skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
From the FAQ:

Will Google’s self-driving cars get into accidents? Have they gotten into accidents before?

> Safety is our top priority. In the 6 years of our project, we’ve been involved in a small number of accidents in more than 1.8 million miles of autonomous and manual driving combined. Our vehicles have not caused any accidents while in self-driving mode. For more information, view our monthly reports.

So no accidents in self-driving mode; a "small number" during "manual driving"...and credit to Google, even though there is only one monthly report, it contains a listing of past accidents:

http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en/...

I skimmed over the dozen listed incidents. Several of them were during "autonomous" mode but are incidents in which another car is described as hitting the vehicle. Arguably, none of the "manual" mode accidents were egregiously the fault of Google.

However, I think the definition of "caused" will be debate here and for years to come. In one Feb. 2015 incident, the autonomous Google car is struck in the side rear by a car that rolled through a crossbound stop sign. The Google car is described as "Applying the brakes in response to its detection of the other vehicle's speed and trajectory"...since the collision ended up happening anyway, and it hit the rear of the Google car...doesn't that imply that if the Google car hadn't cautiously applied the brakes while going through the intersection, it would have cleared the intersection without getting hit? Also worth noting: the Google human driver tried to take control during the autobrake sequence...so it's possible that his/her reaction and manual braking was what led to the rear collision.
Excellent, thank you for taking the time to tell your experience. I find the most valuable feedback comes from folks like you who are closest to the action.
A word not having a rigorous definition does not make the concept non-existent among scientists. "Life" is not rigorously defined.
chemistry != chemical engineering

Chemical engineering is a booming field (although maybe a bit less with oil prices down lately, I've been out of the loop for a couple years). Chemistry isn't.
> you would go to college, that you were to choose from a list of majors, and whatever you chose, someone apparently would be waiting for you to walk out of your graduation ceremony to offer you a job in that field.

Is this actually true, though? This kind of makes it sound like everyone who went to college in the 70s and 80s was on easy street, but I don't know if that's reality or nostalgia.
Has anyone tried the drink? Is it good?
CMake. Ugh. It solves some problems and creates many, many more in the process.

There's a certain simplicity from the perspective of the user that configure && make && make install works most of the time.

CMake requires a lot of effort to get running by comparison.
~5 years. Freightliner's auto-drive truck is already in production, and light vehicle manufacturers, Google, Apple, Bosch are all pushing the limits pretty fast (and Tesla of course!).

5 years tops. I'd bet on it.
I guess it depends on how productive the smart watches become. Maybe 10-15 years ago, you could still find politicians openly state that they do not use computers, that they never read emails but only get them printed out by their secretaries, that they do not own or use a mobile phone... Nowadays, that is not very common anymore, and I don't believe it is the generational change alone, I believe it is due to a change of the cultural attitude, not engaging with technology like email or mobile phones makes you seem backwards and even a bit incompetent. Maybe "smart watch" vs "dumb watch" will turn out the same? But I guess nothing precludes the Swiss watchmakers from producing expensive smart watches, that will be both functional and a fashion statement.
Yes that's my point. They need more normal apps so that people don't need to leave Steam OS to do productive stuff. They need to be more aggressive in getting them i.e. they won't take a cut of sales
You're absolutely right. I guess I was misled by the title that talks about the "water supply" when they really mean "the quality of water" or something along those lines.
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edit this down (I didn't read it.) looks OK though.
Two days ago I've met this friend of mine, who's been working on a project for the last 1.5 years.
He's been living off savings and he's got a couple of months of money left. The project is not ready yet and even if it were there's the huge question of how it can ever make money, being open source and all.
He's been working day and night and he's so obsessed with it and the myriad of complicated technical issues that plague the project. He will not take a weekend off. He doesn't want to rest because he has a lot of work to do.

From the looks of it, he'll not make it, but how can I possibly tell him that ?
How can I possibly take his dreams and hopes and break them into pieces and hope to still be a friend after that.

Sometimes failure is unavoidable, no matter how much people will warn you about it.
Failure is something so personal and private that the only way to understand it is to live through it.
Apple rewrites app store economics
This is what I don't understand as well. I'm sure there's a feeling that things will never get better, but for the people who're considering suicide because they lost their job/they're in debt/whatever external, why not just pack up and leave to a distant country to start a new life? There's literally nothing more final than killing yourself, so why not just give starting a new life a shot?
I don't think that a conversion will be easy. In addition to all of the necessary sensors and automated controls, you'd need to find someone willing to either do the conversion for you or sell you the parts needed to do it yourself, including a license for the software. Given the liability issues and low payoff involved, I doubt that any of the players involved will be licensing their software for diy/conversion use.
They have NO evidence, I downloaded their full report in search of the "official" total of cases where drinking water has been contaminated due to hydraulic fracturing and it is omitted from the report they simply make the assertion that "the number of identified cases, however, was small compared to the number of hydraulically fractured wells" This study doesn't serve to advance our understanding of the hazards of hydraulic fracturing in the least, it's 999 pages of nothing! Down vote all you want
If we make such a list, it would help us overcome the Survivorship Bias.
It is an ill-made system where colleges charge 100k of dollars without having to disclose or be responsible for dooming lots of people to debt and make a killing on it.

And most of the people that make the decision to go to college do it before being old enough to vote, drink, and a bunch of other things that as a society they are deemed to be unfit to do.

Of course people should be more aware of this,but instead of blaming people,finding ways to improve the system helps everyone. I strongly think colleges should have a legal requirement to disclose employment data to anyone picking any major.
Find out what box he is hosting the app on and DDoS it.
Maybe it doesn't get expressed to college students enough, but internships/co-ops/volunteering are extremely important. It's the difference between getting an awesome job soon after school and 5+ years after school. A few people I know have basically refused to get internships (as in they thought about applying to one, shrugged, and gave up). Meanwhile, I knew a girl who went to an extremely small, private, liberal arts college in a small town in the middle of no where and majored in "Sports Management". Meanwhile, she volunteered for the local ice rink's summer hockey camp and got a part time job working with a university's hockey team. She did two summer internships with different lower level professional hockey teams. Her first job out of school - assisting with an NHL team's youth hockey program. There is almost no way she would have gotten that job without her other experience.
Was about to say something similar. I think this is a terrible article mixed with some modern day and applicable wisdom. But given that it is on Techcrunch....oh well.
I really think this could be a huge game changer for the gaming industry.

It might take a while to pick up, but I don't see why it would not work.

The problem of drivers will easily solve itself. If valve can negociate will AMD or nVidia, I don't see why drivers would not improve. It might take time, and at first it might not be a frank success, but I'm pretty confident that PC enthusiasts are already a good target, and I'm sure many PC gamers will buy it so there's no reason it's dead in the water. There are many good markers. If I was into the stock market I might try to invest in this.

Steam already holds a pretty big market share, so to me they got enough steam (pun intended) to negociate and tuck their way in.

The only issue is that they're not mainstream, they might lack advertising and they might not have a chance to be success with kids and teens. But the hardcore gamer community is pretty big already, so why not ? I'm sure developers will love it, and it might even allow so many more indies to make a buck.
Self-discipline is a crutch for weak minds.
Excellent list of things to keep in mind.

Of course, being The Statue is allowed, if you happen to be John Carmack, legs planted firmly on the stage like a colossus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn8m5d74fk8
If you're fine riding with other people, then a self driving car is just a Lyft Line with one extra seat available and without driver wages to pay. I think they're going to drive down the costs of a ride to a level where buying a car doesn't make sense for many people even before self driving cars happen.
Requires VS so you're out of luck on OSX (see the relnotes at https://nodejstools.codeplex.com/releases/view/614706)
Ask HN: What are the most overrated/overhyped startups?
Discipline is the muscle that needs to be worked so that when shit gets heavy, you don't just drop it.

Really it's about developing the behavioral pathways in your brain, your second nature if you will. For me, when something hard comes up, I automatically try to find a way around it or some way to accomplish the goal without dealing with the hard thing.

This is great for my creative problem solving skills since I'm able to automatically think outside the box and find workarounds to hard problems that can't feasibly be worked through.

However, when there is no workaround, actually convincing myself to do the hard work is extremely tough... my brain keeps automatically pausing and trying to find an easier way around and in those pauses I find it very easy to be distracted and a reason to put off the hard work just a little longer.

So yeah, sticking to a studying schedule would be a good way to exercise that discipline.
This project needs more stars!
Trip report: Spring ISO C++ meeting
The first ever space-to-Earth 'handshake' just took place
Even if they do cause rare accidents they ll be successful. I think in the end humans will adjust to drive more rationally when they learn how to spot autonomous cars.
It's alright, sort of tastes like bland vanilla rice.

Had to stop 'cause the girlfriend is celiac and they can't guarantee gluten free.
Windows 7 upgrade from Vista costs as much as a used laptop with Windows 7 on it. Why would I upgrade to Windows 7 on an old laptop, I would rather just buy another one where OS X is free. Where as OS X and X Code, the latest versions were gratis on an early 2009 Mac.
Can we please take a second to notice that, almost by the definition of capitalism, "become an investor" is not career advice remotely helpful to anyone but the most privileged?
"And despite some skepticism, GiveDirectly's financial support is growing (from $5.5 million in 2013 to an expected $40-50 million this year), driven in large part by younger donors working in tech or finance, according to Niehaus."

And according to PG, http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html
Because we humans do not in the exact same circumstances.
I think that's part of it. Working on or being a startup brings a certain cachet to it and is more likely to get media attention vs just being a new small business or new charity. A normal new business calling itself a startup doesn't strike me as oddly as charity based groups. At least with a normal for-profit business the goals are roughly aligned and similar whether you're looking for the explosive growth or long term growth and stability, you're still in it to make money instead of charities which should be operating completely opposite.
If it's debatable what a human should have done in a given situation, you can't really expect a computer to perform better.

That said, when they sell one of these things to a person, how the heck are they going to handle the insurance?
Isn't the long term plan of google to licence the technology to car makers? Also the sensors and manipulators seem like standard components so they 'll probably not cost a lot when they are produced at scale.
I doubt it. Right now, in Guatemala, they have an ex president in prison. And the current tax admin under investigation. And the vice president resigning because she was stealing all over. And on and on. Same thing every 4 years. It's no secret, nothing happens or changes.

Busting lower level folks probably won't fix anything. You'll just get mired in their terrible slowness and endless rules, pointless paperwork and so on. At least bribing folks, you can get stuff done.
Well the Mac Mini is the same age as the laptop in question. Early 2009. Windows 7 was released mid-2009.
When people talk about a company having "cash" they don't mean a stack of $100 bills, it just refers to any low-risk and liquid asset. US Treasury notes are by far the most common. As to where they keep that paper, there's far less of it and it probably goes in a vault somewhere. I remember that being an issue post-Sandy that banks vaults where they kept a lot of bonds were flooded.
@5% average yearly return, Bill Gates + Warren Buffet could do this for 8 million people a year, every year, forever, and not eat a cent into their initial capital.

For scale: that's the population of Switzerland.
It's the unfortunate truth, imo, that chinese people are more likely to cheat. This does not preclude other races from cheating though, and it does not mean ALL chinese people cheat.
The Raspberry Pi will run Windows 10. I don't know that "running Windows 10" is a meaningful indicator of anything in this context. It's certainly not running the same sort of Windows 10 that desktop and laptop PCs are running -- Windows Universal apps will be able to run on it, but traditional Win32 apps (like any Windows game on Steam) won't run on the Xbox One.
Yeah, I get that, but it seems that the economy is looking to fill "chemistry" jobs in general, and it's hard to believe that there could be such a dearth of chemical engineers while at the same time a glut of chemists. So, what's going on here?
Microsoft is following its own strategy none of this stuff is positive for free software. It's just a way to enter and stay relevant in a market where free software whether that's android or linux has already won. Microsoft is not doing it for us, it's doing it for itself to stay relevant. Am I thankful, no not really. I would prefer Microsoft go away and the Unixes prevail. This just ensures the market stays fragmented with Windows leading the user base. Despite the fact that there are competitors out there good enough to replace most of it.
That's a significant problem. So does Google only send their car out in good weather?
frame of reference: .Net Developer for the last 12 years, been a lead developer for 3 years, have been the build guy at a couple different places, and set up TFS for a couple different companies...

The thing about Visual Studio Online is frankly...

Really TFS isnt better than anything comparable for project management related stuff, meaning: scrums, work items, bug tracking, release planning/scheduling, kanban boards, burndown charts... Its just not that good.

TFS isnt really strong in source control either, for really super big enterprise stuff perforce vault etc are generally preferred, for large scale collaboration projects decentralized as in git is where its at, and small scale or 'slow to change' either git or svn is a better fit...

TFS is a deployment nightmare, and migrating between versions is a terrible time consuming experience...

Really TFS at this point's only real strength is good Visual Studio integration...

So a TFS client that's not in Visual Studio..... just isnt really competitive with 'average' tools, not even considerable against 'best of breed' tools
Movie studio takeover
Honggfuzz by Google
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I wouldn't have downvoted this comment...because it actually refers to the report at hand and directly critiques it. I'm not anti-anti-fracking, just anti-anti-anti-fracking generalizations.
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> From the looks of it, he'll not make it, but how can I possibly tell him that ?

Don't tell him. Ask questions that get him to think.
I am curious why google dabbles in all these strange projects removed from their core business, which seems to be organizing the worlds information and making some money off that. are these merely hobbies of eccentric, rich founders?

On the other hand I am glad somebody is pouring money into fundamental research. The government has limited funds. Many big companies that formally had big R&D cutback during downsizings.
This may just be my graduating class, at my school, but when I graduated, there were 5 people (out of 34-ish) that weren't employed as they graduated.

Every other person had interned/worked, and had a full-time position.

But this was engineering, and I think I was lucky to go to school with a bunch of really bright people, because I learned a lot from them. I have no doubt it's different in other areas.
Data hacked from federal government dates back to 1985
Building up my consultancy business.

http://jcurcioconsulting.com

Custom web and mobile development, primarily working with small businesses in Maryland.

Feedback on the website is always welcomed.
It's reasonable to think that the person you're responding to is also in the "might actually be hurting" category, suicide of a family member is generally traumatic and life changing. We can show them and OP compassion at the same time.

'Nice' means we just do what they say and delink the post, 'kind' means we try to understand where they're coming from and try to help them understand that while we value their opinion and input we also value this discussion.
But Windows Office still can't open a fucking resume made in Mac Office.
My main login is crawling with porn and sketchy photos. My desktop is littered with isht. The presentation account is a lifesaver for looking some level of professional.
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It does require luck, but I don't agree that it is random. A sports analogy make work here. Is it random that the Cavs and Warriors made it to the NBA finals? No! Did they both require some luck to get there? Absolutely!
What a fancy world some people live in.
Git comes with Visual Studio since Visual Studio 2013, so it's a lot more seamless.
Definitely not true, but it felt to me like that's the impression most of us had. Though, getting out of college in the mid to late 90s was a pretty great time for job prospects. Once it sank in that your Marine Biology degree wasn't going to get you a 6 figure job swimming with dolphins, there were plenty of fast growing companies eager to suck up any warm bodies.
I don't think there has been much smartwatch uptake thus far. If anything quartz or other "normal" watches would have displaced the Swiss market more than anything.

This hasn't happened and high end watches are still selling and thriving. These have always been cosmetic jewelry items and aren't going anywhere. I'm more technically inclined than most people and don't want a smartwatch, but just bought my first real Swiss IWC last month. As long as the brand keeps their quality up, there still will be lots of people buying them.
I use the VS node tools most every day. Thank you for work!
I believe that is their plan. However, I don't see them going after the aftermarket—too many variables, and given the liability issues involved (for instance, what would happen if a sensor was installed incorrectly?), I think they'll avoid the aftermarket channel entirely.
Wasn't it enough for your girlfriend not to drink it?
> If you're a recent immigrant to the United States, freedom of all kinds tastes sweet.

Heh, strong murica-factor.
This is in Visual Studio (works in the free community edition), and we have some azure VM images ready for you to spin up if you want to give it a try without installing windows
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2015/04/24/node...

Code and VS are different products, codebases, Etc. But if you see a specific feature you'd love to have in code or v.v., let us know, as we're always considering ways to collaborate wherever it makes sense.
Obama campaign CTO Harper Reed tells how hacking changed his life
> Why not use them instead of inventing a new character that does the same thing?

Perhaps because the fields could also be using these same characters internally?
There is a lot of survivor bias here - many people who try to make their own business just plain fail. People who try to do so without already having had some work experience and savings built up often end up just scraping by at or below the poverty line, just trying to make ends meet.

Encouraging a 20 year old who is well educated, just without that final degree to quit and start their own thing is far different than telling your 13 year old daughter to quit school.

And saying that multi-millionaires have a diverse set of income streams does not mean that their first million did not come from a more focused effort in one specific area.

I'm not arguing that higher education is for everyone - clearly, it is not. But saying that nobody even needs a high school level of education is not a claim I am going to support.

My advice to a 13 year old is more along the lines of, keep learning, keep having fun, enjoy your teenage years, make teenage mistake while you still have the support structure of your parents (whether you like it or not), and just enjoying being young without too many responsibilities. There is no need to rush teenagers into adulthood.
I did some brief research and I'd call it a mixed bag. Looks like he definitely had a high-tech upbringing, but not necessarily a silver spoon.

Wikipedia mentions he attended Cornell and CMU (PhD).

Freakonomics blog says "He grew up in a middle-class family that lived beyond its means, in large part because his dad was about to hit it big with a computer business and the family was banking on that success. Then the success happened, and the family lived even larger — until the business suddenly fell apart, leaving everyone devastated.

Years later, James struck out on his own and he, too, struck it big."

http://freakonomics.com/2007/05/03/james-altucher-strikes-ag...
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