skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It seems like there must be some other reason why you're bothered by this project, because these just look like rationalizations:

First of all, why do you think Snap is dumbed down? It's a language that has macros (special forms) and even call with continuation. It seems like that's rather advanced stuff.

Second, as I remember it, Logo was pretty fun and reasonably popular. It seems like it was a success. Scratch is also a success. Why not build on success?

Third, the Snap UI is not pink. Nothing in Snap's UI says it's specifically targeted towards anyone other than beginning programmers.

The researchers say they're interested in reaching minorities. As you say, it's a tough problem, and it's likely that a good programming environment won't solve it alone. But that's why they're putting together a curriculum for teachers. And who knows, maybe learning about computer programming might get kids interested in math, rather the other way around?

This project is at the very least harmless. They're going to do the experiment and if it doesn't work, they'll make adjustments or maybe rethink their approach.

Maybe think a bit deeper about why you really find it objectionable?
I'm not the grandparent but:

Arabic is highly diglossic: in any given area, people use a standard written language called Modern Standard Arabic (used in speech only in certain formal situations) and a local spoke language ("vernacular") used in everyday life. They differ greatly in terms of grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary. Note that vernacular isn't mere slang: it's one's native language.

Also, the vernaculars form a sort of dialect continuum: a Iraqi might have little problem understanding a Syrian from a nearby area, and Syrians might have little trouble understanding Palestinians, and so on, but Iraqi and Moroccan Arabic have little mutual intelligibility.

Neither phenomenon is unique to Arabic. Some Americans speak, say, African American Vernacular English but can also use "standard" American English; of course the difference isn't that big in this case. Brazilian Portuguese is another case of diglossia: the written language has multiple verb tenses and conjugations that aren't used in spoken language, for example.

Dialect continuums also happen in other places, e.g. the Getman speaking countries.

But Arabic is an especially extreme and interesting case (subjectively speaking).
Business Process Management: Workflow Products vs. Customised Software Solutions
" … SourceForge has opted into an ethical obligation … "

Well they haven't - but they're certainly happy to laugh all the way to the bank on malware distribution payments while people assume they're "ethical" from their word-choice and propaganda…

Reputations catch up with that eventually though - I doubt Sourceforge is very far from being a doubleplusungood sarcastic misnomer - the Minitruth of Open Source...
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apt-get install the services and use them on my server ;-)
SnapShillBot on /r/buttcoin got a copy of the Medium post: https://archive.is/DOVJZ

I got an archive of the "SEC-analysis" post: https://archive.is/qVNUQ
remember, folks:

- all of the FBI forensic hair matches of the past two decades were faked

- none of the NSA programs they claim keep us safe have been shown to stop a single terrorist attack

- no executives from the large banks that laundered billions money for mexican drug lords or conspired to rig LIBOR and exchange rates, and plead guilty, went to jail or faced criminal charges

- you are more likely to drown in your bathtub than be killed by a terrorist

please stop taking the federal government seriously until they stop with all this nonsense
Fantastic write-up, thank you so much.
5-year-old girl controls robot with her mind
Because a substantial fraction of the population is paranoid and delusional and actively supports such policies.
PunkSpider: Hackers Scan Tor Hidden Services to Find Weaknesses in 'Dark Web'
According this a recent paper (http://www.voxeu.org/article/myth-europe-s-little-ice-age), Europe's little ice age is a myth.
> servo = !!dlsym(NULL, "servo_test");

I just cry when I see something like this.
It really depends on how it was worded, if it was saying that paid version is exactly the same and is there to express your support, then it is not a scam.
What You Can Learn from T-Mobile’s NPS Mistakes
This basically means that the amount of time that requires intense intellectual strain is way below 100 h/week on Wall Street, but the amount of work that requires much lower intelligence ("busy work") is significant.

This would explain a lot. It looks like a prime target for [more] automation, too.
reminds me of this comment:

"Of these, quic is my favorite option for the future. It is a truly phenmenal transport, with tons of things done very, very well. However, though the dragon is ready to hatch from its egg, it must still be unearthed from the enormous Code Caverns, of the Chromium Mountains, a quest not to be taken lightly."

https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/57#issuecomment-70162...
damage is already done, its a real shame too.
Paris Geothermal Boom Brings Deep Drilling to Crowded Suburbs
Medium is gutting some of its most popular sites
The myth that growing the value of equity is the only way to make significant money is a lie, perpetuated to keep you working for somebody else until you have "the big idea".

What if you started a company as an LLP with some smart colleagues and you shared in the growth of each other's talents? What if you created a co-operative?

Come to think of it, what's your goal? To be rich, or to be able to go back to school without worrying about money? The two are not the same. I doubt that most of the open source developers you've heard of can rock around in a Ferrari but they are doing what they love and are happy: haven't they effectively got to the point you wanted to, but without the need to slog out to the point of having piles of money?

I'd also as an addendum suggest diving into the [/r/financialindependence](http://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence) community - lots of ideas there.
Ask HN: Is Snowden a traitor, hero, or something else?
It seems as if enough time has passed to examine the question,

"Is Snowden a traitor, hero, or something else?"

My hope is that this discussion will be based on the facts that we do know and not just opinions.
You're on developer salaries in SV. I really doubt that.
Trolling or a sophisticated bot?
Thank you.

This is very useful. I am not using my own filter, right now. It's the default LP one in the Web Audio. I think it is probably one of the "not-so-good" parts of it. I don't want to offend anyone from the guys that made the spec, they did more than anyone expected with this API, but I do notice this "dentist's drill" timbre. I always feel it like... "pixelated sound".

As for the envelopes - I spent quite some time tuning them. Yet, this is the first time I work on such a project, so I don't know exactly how bad or good they are.

Great info! Very useful.
BrowserRemote, debug your user's browser remotely via Chrome DevTools
Self-healing concrete could be the next big thing in building materials
it is all politics "i had the last word" now.

the laws that Obama and the majority whip called to be passed, weren't. Now they will have to dismantle several parts of TSA and NSA.

This is just to say "I didn't even want it anyway"
This is where the distinction between "Open Source" and "Free Software" actually matters.
Looks exciting! I just sent you an email.
Blog and Interview on Influence and Work of Cypherpunk Dr. Robin Hanson
Yes, add google admob and facebook audience network ads, and a way to turn them off
I strongly disagree with the repeatable idea. Any progress comes from people NOT repeating things. Computers are good for repeatable stuff. Repeatable means institutional. It is the enemy of progress.
One thing to bear in mind is that there are theoretical Limits to windmill efficiency: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betz's_law

In short, we can't extract more than about half of the available wind energy, no matter what the design.

This is because if all kinetic energy is extracted, the air would no longer be moving behind the windmill, so it would stop turning. Betz's law is the optimum compromise between extracting energy and sufficient airflow to keep the windmill rotating.
and they say Hitler and Stalin were madmen.

my country won the war but it was so thoroughly broken, it hasn't recovered properly to start to do anything sensible yet.

edit: -> Hitler and Stalin were the poster-boy of madmen, according to the West.
Sandhill blog post: https://archive.is/qVNUQ

Medium blog post: https://archive.is/DOVJZ
Ask HN: Who needs monitoring?
It still amazes me that there are servers and sites out there that do not have even the most basic of monitoring.

So, I'm trying an experiment. tell me what you have (sites,servers,gear,vpn,whatever) and we'll make a plan for monitoring it.

If your needs are super simple; there are services we can hook you up with for free. If you have slightly more advanced needs, I can add you to my monitoring box. If you're needs are significantly more advanced, I can setup a dedicated box (or boxes) for you.

What can be monitored?
Disk space usage, CPU utilization, backup validity, 100+ dns health checks, site exercise checks, spam blacklist checks, log conditions, call queues, emails can be sent/received, network gear, sudden abnormalities, electrical power states, voltage / temperature measurements, and pretty much anything you can think of.

Or, maybe you just need something to watch your watchers, or to serve as a secondary check. Or whatever.

I only ask that you pay what it's worth. Maybe you just pay me for my time (my rate is $150/hr) to implement, or maybe you just pay me $10/check/mo, or maybe you pay me nothing because you don't want to or can't. It's up to you.

Email me r.monitoringdude@ruru.name if you're interested.
I worked briefly for the federal government and realized that the bureaucratic system has two primary functions:

1. accumulate power

2. diffuse responsibility

Regarding the latter, occasionally the system build up too much responsibility which needs to be released to maintain stability. This is solved by picking an individual of power equal to the build up responsibility that needs to be released and punishing that individual by removal of all their individual power. Thus the overall system is restored to balance and only the individual, easily replaced, suffers.

It happened here, and I've seen it happen from the lowest to the highest levels of power in the government.
no need to uninstall.

signup for a new account via this link and you get free premium which means you are off the exit node list

http://hola.org/referral_signup?referrer_uid=basic%2Fg163589...

re-signup each month for a new account and a new month of premium
I know what are you talking about. I've seen so many people who are civilized on surface but backward inside. It's easy to spot when the issue is about women rights or ethnicity discriminations. They just can't hide it. I bet a good percentage of those Iranian hipsters want to have a virgin wife!
1. No.

2. Yes.

3. Respect the people you want to help you. For instance, let's say you want a bunch of people to take the time to read and answer difficult, open-ended questions for free in a way that could lead to vast personal wealth for you. You could demonstrate your respect for them by showing them the courtesy of proof-reading your post. As the questions are so broad, you also could show respect by sharing what you've learned in the research you've done so far to help educate them and to narrow down what you're looking for. You could demonstrate even more respect by thanking the authors of particularly good contributions.
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UniExtract is another one. But none of them open all types of installers afaik. Another possibility for msi is msiexec /a PathToMSIFile /qb TARGETDIR=DirectoryToExtractTo. Actually before installing anything at all I usually try some of these to get a portable app. It's amazing how many installers out there are bascially just automatic single-directory extractors which also happen to add some regsitry entries.
Indeed you can! :)

This has a down-side, though - when you try to clean up a sound and there still seems like a couple of oscillators are running...arghhhh, I have another tab playing.
What an amazing thing!

I wish I had this back in the day when I first learnt C and was doing all this by hand with pencil and paper. The VCR-style rewind is a nice touch.
I'm really note sure why you think catching an error in a separate process is somehow superior to catching it in a higher scope
And you would have to press it ten times to move to 10th line. It is your choice. If you are happy with it, go with it.
it's a factor of two without thinking too hard. You can probably optimize it for pypy too which will get you more benefit. If it's "just" dict lookups there is not really all that much there is to win using cython for example
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, mentioned in the article, is well worth reading.

It is a gruesome and utterly deadpan joke.
Thank you!

Arpeggiator is on my radar. Thanks.
His premise is: "What valuable company is nobody building?" [1] That sounds like avoiding competition to me.

If Google had wanted to compete, it would have gone for Yahoo, and become a portal, and tried to maximize user time on the site. The conventional wisdom was that Yahoo was far more worthy of competition than AltaVista. AltaVista wasn't even a company; it was almost shut down by its parent company IIRC. And it didn't make any money. Nobody wanted to compete with AltaVista. Search was viewed as a feature, not a company.

Facebook also avoided competition in its early years by being closed to the public and signing up one college at a time. They formed monopolies on social networks within specific colleges, and leveraged that position to expand to the rest of the world.

The idea is not to compete "head on". Don't just try to do same thing, but better. Do something different. It's hard to imagine what the world was like before Google or Facebook, but they were both doing something radically different early in their lives.

[1] http://www.wsj.com/articles/peter-thiel-competition-is-for-l...
Alight then, I will - though I may have to come back to you if I get stuck :) (I haven't written anything in C for about 15 years)
Meet an origami robot that can dissolve itself
Honestly it's because of the weather more than anything.
You might argue that the existence of TSA is basically a partial victory of the terrorists.

Although no people are killed, the financial damage done and the suffering inflicted on our population is gigantic.
This, and Unix pipes is basically dataflow, so there's two useful tools laypeople will be able to easily access and work with if they can grok dataflow. "Real coding" just isn't terribly relevant to laypeople.
I don't see why exposing unsafe operations is problematic: the crate's user still has to explicitly decide to use them if desired.

The normal compiler optimisations still apply to these functions, and they work reasonably well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9644119

Hm, what problem do you see with the closure? If it's just the `unsafe`... well, something has to touch the memory at some point.
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We are looking to add a passionate developer to the team. Python is a must, django is good, postgres is great. If you love managing complicated data flows, we have some really fun problems for you.

Email jon@mineralsoft.com if you're interested.
Any particular reason for that?
Erg, you still don't cover whether the mall situation would be considered entrapment (it would).

I need to point out one final time that you have not engaged with any of the actual arguments that have been made herein, though you are quick to suggest that the arguments are weak or otherwise round your engagement with a strawman as representative of aspiration to the quality of working attorneys.

You are a mighty troll. A very good one sir.

I will stop feeding you now.

I give up. You win by argument from exhaustion.
1 year on with Swift
SQL and database normalisation. Then datawarehousing things like star schema.
Supercharging page load (100 Days of Google Dev)
> more complex things like struct passing are supported, and memory addresses can be accessed directly just like with "real" compiled C (something that has upsides and downsides, but I like this kind of freedom a lot, and as far I know, other scripting languages like Lua don't support it).

Not Lua itself, but at least Luajit's FFI does: http://luajit.org/ext_ffi.html
I think you missed out on the point of compensation. Even as a first employee working at a startup, you're only expected to get 1-3% equity, but you're as you stated doing many things outside of dev work. Big Corp Devs perhaps don't have as many tangential responsibilities, but they will often start with a significantly increased base salary which can be a serious opportunity cost to consider.
Silk Road successors
>after it's gone, after it's cured once and for all, this bane of human existence, this No. 2 Cause of Death, we will have extended human life a grand total of (drum roll, please) 3.3 years

http://asserttrue.blogspot.com/2013/02/taeubers-paradox-and-...
I agree with you. I work in one of those which you mentioned in Germany, and I've less than 3 years experience. By accident I saw the payroll of a top-dev (top engineer actually), and it is "just the double" of mine.

That makes makes for a good living with many luxuries Germany standard's but those guys are the ones who have to dance in front of the local CEO every week and can't enjoy weekends and work in the afternoon. They can afford sometimes low level luxury cars but for sure they can't stop working and just retire.

For them work developing or implement something is a hobby they can do after a whole day full of meetings.

Not a dream dev life, not a way to become actually rich. And I'd add: not a way to enjoy life (if you hate meetings and empty technical discussions which are not about the technical topic but about a political reason which usually sucks).
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Ask HN: How Do You Start a Dev Shop CoOp
I'm a very poor dev, I've been honing my skills for the last 4 years in Rails, Laravel, and MeteorJS, alas I'm currently stuck in a less than ideal day job paying $16.00 per hour for server support.

What I'd like to do is team up with Rails and Meteor Devs maybe 2 of each. Start out part-time build a couple 'demo' or small startup idea apps. Perhaps pick some of the best projects on Assembly.com to clone, or build for our portfolio -- if they are profitable build them out as their own startup, if not use them to market dev services.

As founder, I'd like of course some bonus for the idea, but I'm not greedy, the other founders as well would get more than future employees in terms of company ownership. It would mostly be based on an every hour worked = 1 share and 1 vote on the board. So obviously those with the company longer and putting in more hours get more in bonuses and shares. Salary would be even and equal for everyone in the company, with bonuses based on # of shares, and other factors.

So, first off anyone care to join? Secondly, how would you go about recruiting or finding the founders to something like this?
"Compiling" for a FPGA is far harder than your regular processor compiling, where you "just" translate your high level code to machine code.

Here is a link that explains the process:
http://curtis.io/others-work/open-tooling-for-fpgas
The Dark Ages began with the Islamic conquest.

Reagan, too, was a religious nutter, so you might not be so far off:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog#Modern_apocalypt...
My wild guess loosely based on my time spent writing software to analyze observed radar signals: I believe the parent probably opened the bag along the seams to get one flat piece of reflective (on the inside of the bag) material. I know weather balloons are often reflective so they can be tracked by radar. I'm guessing a full-size potato chip bag opened flat would be big enough for the radar to see, couldn't tell you if that's what the parent meant by fooling the radar or if something else was done to the bag to make the radar interpret it as an aircraft.
Suit Up – 50 Years of Spacewalks
The same quote is often attributed to Napoleon and probably suits the army well. There is also a world of a difference between enthusiastic and hard-working. I'd say being energetic falls into the same bucket as being smart (lets call it 10x things), whereas working steadily or being careful and methodological into the other, of things useful for building larger structures.
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I am kind of conflicted by this message.

So I sympathize with the situation you were in, I was on an H1B for three months during which my company went through layoffs. It was kind of ridiculous in that the layoffs were on a Monday and my Green Card interview as on the following Friday. The amount of stress I went through was intense. Despite now knowing that I would probably have gotten atleast 2 weeks of a paid holiday which would have ensured that the green card would have gone through.

And I can see some unethical managers exploiting that situation. However, I have worked around people of all different origins, immigrant, Indian born and culturally Indian, I want to say that it really is a function of your personality and the job situation you are in. My current company has quite a few Indians (born and bred) who work normal 9-5 hours while being on an H1B.

Ironically enough I work more insane hours these days. Not cause I particularly am in fear of my job. Because I have finally found that niche that I am good at. And I am in a hurry to achieve some life goals.

I am of Indian origin, born and grew up in Africa. I have gone to India and witnessed first hand all the bullshit rigmarole that goes around in enforcing a cult-like structure. I also refused to accept that as my choice in life and left. I do understand how that choice might be harder for someone whose ties are much stronger.

I guess where I am conflicted is this implied message in your comment that it is totally about the societal structure and the corporate enslavement. You always have a choice. i.e. if your individuality matters to you.
I will, thanks for replying.
Progress != profit, for any value of "progress".

There are thousands and thousands of very successful businesses that mimic other businesses. Burger chains are a trivial example.
Absolutely. I noticed that soon after I typed the other, but decided to leave it. Usually I'm passing the results to something else so it doesn't matter, but you're right, that produces just the number we want.
There are a couple of hundred countries on the world that manage to run airports without the TSA being there.

There's without doubt a lot of people who've already done the "difficult working out", and not all of them ended up with "The TSA", or even anything vaguely similar.

(Can I point out that from outside the USA, while I greatly admire things about your civil liberties - it _astounds_ me that those same people put up with the TSA. I have no choice, the privilege of visiting requires it, but pornoscanners and gropings for domestic travel, and Kafka-esque no-fly lists? I can't quite understand how "the land of the free" ended up there...)
your ssl is signed by unknown vendor so i wouldn't trust it..
Can add anecdotal evidence that people are afraid of changing a company's billing system as it may result in bills being generated that are significantly different as to either raise client or internal concerns, so best to leave it alone, right?
Amsterdam dev here, only 500e/m but I live well.