skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You're missing one side of the equation. Some of those technical decisions matter a great deal. Some don't, but language and tooling choices affect careers. If we (at hypothetical company X where I work at a given time) become a Spring/Hibernate/POJO/VibratorVisitorFactory hellhole, there is no place for me. Over time, that means that I don't have a job. So, damn right, I am personally invested in fighting that garbage before it gets in. Same when it comes to that trendy "Agile"/Scrum shitshow.

Am I going to tell a front-end engineer with 15 years of exprience that he has to use PureScript because I, personally, think JavaScript is a poorly-designed language? No. That would be dogmatic. I generally prefer letting domain experts call the shots that affect them. It's about getting the right decision, regardless of whether it's my decision, and I may not have all the information.

There are times to step back and let someone else call the shots, and there are times to stand your ground and fight. Make no mistake, though: promotions and demotions and firings result from these decisions and their long-term consequences, so getting them right really matters.
That was a provision, as one may never be fully aware of how much was there to begin with, considering that we're talking about a flourishing period for so many things (about which we've managed to savage knowledge).
How Uber Takes Over a City
If you don't have Click-to-play enabled for Firefox, you should, and here's how you do it:

Open Firefox and navigate to about:config.

You will be sarcastically warned that you about to void your warranty, just click on the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button to move on.

Now search for:

plugins.click_to_play

Next you need to right-click and toggle the setting so that the value is true.

Once you are done restart Firefox.

To test it out, head over to a site with Flash (BBC, ironically, has Flash), you will notice you will have to click on the plugin to activate it.

That’s all there is to it.

I'm sure there's a similar method for Chrome, but I don't have it installed to test.
re: the anecdote that was shared from Diamond's "Collapse"

> When they get overpopulated, some members simply had to get into a canoe and paddle away, to die on the sea alone.

This was an example of a society which had developed bottom-up knowledge and management of population levels. As well as cases of "virtual suicide", as described, there were also traditions dictating which siblings were allowed to have children, and which were not. From memory, they also developed appropriate agricultural practices to not damage their limited available productive land.

In my opinion, this society developed a successful reaction to the limits of their environment, although some aspects of it might seem very confronting or perhaps even unethical to us in other societies.

On a personal note, in a strange way I found it was peaceful to read "Collapse", to learn that there have been many civilisations that have collapsed in the past -- civilisations that were in some sense more successful (by lasting for a longer period) than the civilisation I am part of.

Similarly there is a sense of peace in learning more about the non-human parts of natural history. It's not all about us.
People are cooking more, buying pre-made food less... WAR, meh
50% retention of people who download them in the first place. Not 50% retention of the entire potential market.
Can you imagine what that algo looks like? If this is the case other URLs are getting handed over without payment and there doesn't appear to be evidence of this - which companies have lost their YouTube shortcuts to individuals?
To me funny in a way that they seem to be really bad making money with making video games...
Yes, this is what I wanted to say. Quantify what makes them great. After reading the article and the comments, I still have no understanding of why or what makes them so great.
Both of your impressions are generally wrong. Having something important to do with very few narrow exceptions justified, at least in California, a deferral of service to a specified future date, not an excuse; relevant experience usually doesn't justify a for-cause challenge, but may be the basis for a peremptory challenge. Though, even there, I think it's a lot less so than popular, entertainment media driven, perceptions would suggest.

Your view may or may not be in the minority, but even if it isn't that doesn't make it correct, just popular.
Not really. It's to prevent silly mistakes.
> because no matter what it is, blood, maggots, urine, bodily waste, it'll all be made sterile and 0% chance of food poisoning.

I'm sorry, but that is incorrect and you were misled. Food poisoning is not directly caused by micro-organisms but by their excreted byproducts. If you take a rotten piece of meat, irradiate it and cook it well-done, you will still get sick. If you take a can that is bulging with botulism, irradiate it and thoroughly cook it, you will still get sick. Because while the micro-organisms are dead, the toxin (literal toxin, not "chemicals") is still present.

For an analogy: boiling water will sterilize it, but not do anything about turbid mud or arsenic or other non-living contaminates. Irradiating food does not mean you get to be lax in other standards.
For the record, this is the definition of a BOFH: Bastard Operator From Hell.
I paid since it's a tool I'm using on more or less on a daily basis.
Why don't you work on an interface that isn't a nearly exact copy of Slack's before you work on some replies. Copying their functionality is one thing but copying their look and feel is not only pathetic, but against U.S. intellectual property laws. You guys made the equivalent of a Chinese knock-off product. And why not focus on your startup instead of working on cloning other team's hard work?
>* Honnestly, I wouldn't be surprised if both knew about it.*

Surprised? Of course they knew about it. This has been happening ever since the end of world war II (even before, but the means weren't as advanced then).
Days since last new JavaScript Framework: 0
I think it's more likely that there is no decision between being a wave and a particle at all, and it is just our measurement equipment can only see it as one or the other, and what they interpret as change in behavior due to measurement is in reality just a change in method of measurement of the same behavior, like different projections of a higher-dimensional object.
The Feds own most of the land.

See chart "Federal Land as a Percentage of Total State Land Area"

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2014/04/the-ugly-facts-...
At low-end jobs only. The high-end, most desirable, generally highest wage jobs absolutely do enforce a type of "no asshole rule" that prevents hiring these kind of people, and fires them fast if they're discovered later.

It's MUCH easier to find these kind of low-end people who are looking for work, since it's so much harder for them to get a job. That's the only reason they're so over-represented, versus how many there really are.

Note that sometimes entire cities become filled with bad-behavior people, as almost all of the good behavior people move to a different city. Look at whether your city has a high emigration (moving out) rate among top-performers in your industry. Do the most career ambitious people tend to move away from your city, or move to your city?
France Pays Lip Service To Protecting Against US Surveillance.

Just like Merkel earlier, yet at the same time telling her prosecutors to stop investigating the US surveillance.
Pharaoh Tools
Apparently but only if you're using Chrome and not Chromium (v45).
To clarify, I was teaching things like how to use Windows and how to use an email account, so not coding-related. But yes--by the time I was at Meebo I was already picking up some industry coding experience, though not anywhere near what I'd have had on a more traditional CS degree + pure coding job out of school track.
John Chen has BlackBerry back in the game
No, you can just use the open source build which doesn't include any of the google components, like the ticket says. I don't see how they can do any more for you than that.
General job market advice is to budget (financially) 6 months to find another job.

If you work in a high-demand sector, if you are experienced, if you're not bothered by the ethics of who you work for or about the conditions, and you are lucky, it might take you less time. Good. You saved yourself some budgeted time and you should be happy about this.

There are plenty of jobs where you won't even get through the door in 1-2 weeks. Many companies have hiring cycles that don't allow that level of flexibility.
Basically to make a computer that small and cheap, you need a small and cheap CPU. That's pretty much it.

That's why Chinese no-brand maker have been making those since the Intel Baytrail was released:

http://www.geekbuying.com/category/Windows-Mini-PCs-1655/

It's nice to see a device from a well-known brand that stays close to the anonymous Chinese manufacturers, but at the end of the day the innovation that makes it possible comes from the chip makers.
Flash's 11th security hole of 2015:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player.html

Flash is and always has been an absolute joke, I refuse to install it on anything I own.
Given that the parent comment is all factual, the mocking sarcasm comment most certainly meets the bar for being a low quality comment. (If any mocking comments are ever not low quality, please let me know.)
Java Applets a bigger malware attack vector than IE / ActiveX ?

Additionally, it was Flash that was compromised, not Pepper. There's a distinction.
I have the suspicion that actual game dev tools will have the upper hand for VR. Sort of how native development is the way things are done on mobile. I'd love to see the web be universal, but I think there will just be too many shortcomings.
My second favorite computer to write (my main job), to this day, is still a Powerbook 1400c running System 7. It uses a G3 upgrae so it's very fast/responsive, as that OS would run just fine on even a 040 processor.
I paid, since I use it professionally. Just like I would donate to useful open source software if they have an option for this. They do the same to my apps...
In England the justification has to be approved by a Custody Sgt initially that gives up to 24 hours. A more senior officer has to review the continued detention from the 6 hour mark up to 24. A Superintendent or above can authorise up to 36 hours. Beyond that a Magistrate can authorise up to 96 hours in 36 hour blocks.
During this time the individual has access to legal advice, where the reasons for continued detention have to be provided and the evidence thus far collected explained (again unless a very senior signs off on why not).

Unless you're been arrested for a very serious crime, in which case you're going to be defended for free by a very experienced QC who will tear apart dodgy process, you are likely to be arrested for a handful of hours. The exceptions would be being held overnight, if you're drunk/high and thus incapable of being interviewed etc.

Things are slightly different in Scotland where you get detained not arrested, but the principles are broadly the same. UK policing as a whole has been through periods of dodgy processes and huge reforms in the wake of them. There are likely to be very few criminal justice systems in the world I'd rather interact with than the UK one, especially if I were accused of a serious crime.

Edit to add - plus the premise of "fishing" implies there is no existing evidence. The initial justifications for the arrest have to be supplied at the start, and "it might have been him" won't pass muster.
They have responded to their students wishes and at the same time helped bring this issue to public attention, which is great
Not exactly years of programming. But years of studying computer graphics, as applied to games.

I bet I could show this article to myself back when I started CompSci and be able to comprehend most of it. But I was a Gamedev.Net addict, tried my hand at competitions and tried to write my own 3d engine. At some point, my mathematical knowledge became the bottleneck.

There are a lot of established methods, you can pick a lot by reading SIGGRAPH, but that's too heavy early on. If you are truly interested, you should start by learning how to put simple 3d geometry on screen. Then, when trying to figure out how to make things look better, you'll naturally gravitate to learning what you need.

Nowadays, it is much easier to start, since we have WebGL and all you need is a browser and javascript. On the other hand, shaders are now a mandatory part of the rendering pipeline, so you need to learn those.

When trying to apply these techniques in real games, there's indeed lots of experimentation. And many times game developers come up with novel techniques. See papers by Valve, for instance.
Virtual platform for safety crossing
Love how this is posted tut-tuttingly on the BBC's website -- which went from Real Player to Flash to -- eventually -- mp4 video, but only as a last resort. (Motto: "as a public entity we've never found a proprietary format we don't love".) Indeed, I had a Realplayer One "subscription" that took me something like a year to shut off (they'd claim it was off and then keep sucking money out of my account) which I blame entirely on the BBC.
Did they actually tell you they had concluded you conducted the robbery? Or did they simply treat you as a suspect or person of interest and wanted to discuss it with you?

That's two different things.

Seems the system worked in your case. You had a plausible reason for the existence of your fingerprint at the scene of the crime. I would imagine they also ran your background information without bothering to inform you and regular police officers don't care about motive. Detectives do when investigating a case but street cops showing up at your door (assuming that's what happened) probably don't. You apparently didn't even have to go to court to explain all this and be set free.

Curious, do you know if they caught who actually committed the robbery?
For me, some 2d games are mindblowing. It is a major pain to have a 2d isometric game with overhangs. I'd rather do it with a 3d engine.
They value "the right technical decision" over human relationships and it doesn't seem to occur to them that the right outcome might be the one that makes someone else happy, or is the most diplomatic, even if it isn't "technically right".

The question you should be asking is: A coworker tells me or my coworker that we're wrong, and it hurts our feelings, how do we deal with it?

I've been in this situation a lot. I'm a social and diplomatic guy with a passion for programming but I've also been nonchalant or even careless and get told off for it a lot by colleagues with superior discipline and experience.

It hurts when you think you're good at something, and someone points out a flaw that in retrospect is obvious or even dangerous. For me it helps to think highly of the people who gives me the criticism, even if I think they're dull and over-disciplined.

I strive to one day be as cautious and knowledgeable as they are so code I write will be as reliable and robust. And ideally someday I'll look at their code and point out their negligence.

In a team, I would try to publicly compliment the grumpy programmer on his feedback, and initiate conversation on how to set the tech straight. A positive reaction will temper his grumpiness and make him rethink his attitude, they might even backpedal and say 'well its not that big a deal' when you list the downsides of the 'right technical decision' as hurdles you are planning on overcoming. Once you've accepted someones feedback fully, it's much easier to negotiate.

Note that you should only do this when it is 100% the case that this person is technically right.
And what if we don't consider having policies created and selected by a wealthy elite to be a good thing, and actually want the will of the masses to make policy? Or, in other words, what if we actually prefer democracy over plutocracy?
the book is highly fascinating and similar to another favorite of mine; Red Mars; involves sending and confirming arrival of support missions before manned missions are sent.

other than "we did it" I am still trying to understand the value in sending man to Mars. Oh I am all for it, just how do we sell it to the public to the point politicians cannot forever turn it down by laying claim to the money better served elsewhere?

So while the author thinks it has to be government, private individuals would have less restrictions spending the money and more reasons to find ways to get the costs down to minimal levels without losing sight of the safety required
If you're assuming they can't replace those GS students with other students who are capable of paying full price, you're wrong.
Their first launch was May 2014. The thing they released then mostly didn't actually work, but was very heavily hyped anyway.
Interesting, still at that scale: "most of our backend logic lives in Django"
The only way to answer questions like this are by first asking our goals. Is our goal to let successful business leaders become ludicrously wealthy while externalizing much of the risk? Is our goal to have a system where the natural luck of the system creates lottery-style winners and losers and let that be? Or is our goal to have a maximally productive and healthy society?
Why would I want disposable email accounts? (except I'm hiding from the NSA)
Slide – Lexus' Hoverboard
I've found new job in one day two years ago, but year ago it took me over 2 months. Luck is also big factor.
To clarify, Pepper is not a rewrite of Flash. It's a browser plugin sandbox API.
You are correct, but that doesn't mean it's their job.
Even on an iPhone 6 the Facebook app can feel sluggish and clunky. The mobile site in Safari is a good alternative and feels quicker.
What drives me up a wall is when people find a non-working marker... and then put it back! No! Throw it away! It is better to have no markers than have non-working ones. That is an easy and clear signal that it is time to find / buy more markers.
> People like this get grumpy and sulky when the technical decisions aren't what they agree with.

Imagine been a life guard, telling a mom there is a shark off the beach and not to send the kids in the water, having the mom then send the kids in the water and then blame you for the shark eating them.

That's pretty much the life of a lot of more experienced developers.

> They value "the right technical decision" over human relationships.

That's because if the wrong decision is made those human relationships go to shit when they get blamed anyway.

> it doesn't seem to occur to them that the right outcome might be the one that makes someone else happy.

This isn't flower arranging, there are a limited number of solutions that will fit the requirements, if one of those can include "makes sunshine and unicorns appear" cool.

> Are YOU a dogmatic, stubborn and difficult person?

I don't think so (but then how would I know), I've never been fired in my entire life and survived 5-6 rounds of redundancies so I can't be that hard work.
Awesome to see more companies questioning Slack, and developing their own solutions!
I was actually referring more to the general public and not to people with highly sophisticated music tastes. This is a first cultural world problem, so to speak. The vast majority will probably be completely happy with an app that composes them their infinite personal soundtracks based on their Facebook profiles (similar to how Ray Kurzweil suggested that we may have chat agents that fool most poeple very soon). That might be a harsh reality to people in the first cultural world, but it wouldn't be the result of the general public wanting to believe in strong AI, but the music would actually give them the same satisfaction they receive from manmade music (or even more due to the personalization). I believe this is a somewhat plausible prediction and claims like "computers are incapable of human emotion and ingenuity!" will not change anything (except for your mood).
Any recommendations? Based on the little I've seen of the country I'd say Rotterdam is my favorite place to visit, but if I was moving there I'd probably settle on Utrecht
The new Bitbucket webhooks
Spying on citizens part and parcel of democracy? In what definition of democracy?

>If you want to pretend that those politicians and officials are accountable to the people, then the people are a legitimate target for espionage, just like the king would be in a monarchy.

First, if officials are accountable to the people, then the officials are legitimate target of espionage (or transparency). The people is the master, not the officials.

Also, following your logic, are people also a legitimate target to terrorist attacks? It is after all a democracy, and in that sense they are responsible for the actions of their government, right?

Or we could take the logical conclusion that what we have is far for a democracy...
The Forgotten Story of the Original iPhone Released in 1998
Their 'investment' in political influence is amazing:

It has 250 lobbyists and 29 lobbying firms registered in capitols around the nation, at least a third more than Wal-Mart Stores. That doesn’t count municipal lobbyists. In Portland, the 28th-largest city in the U.S., 10 people would ultimately register to lobby on Uber’s behalf. They’d become a constant force in City Hall. City officials say they’d never seen anything on this scale.

I suspected politicians were responding to something besides the appeal of easy-to-get rides. What I've seen from local politicians was hard to explain otherwise.
Can you install Linux on it, i.e. is the boot loader unlocked? If so, it can be a great air-gapped stick for generating and storing keys and certificates on the go.
IT operations will be seen to be responsible for something that was thrown over the wall by developers months ago.
And the developers have moved on.

In this all too common scenario there is a lot of value in being conservative.

That said, I do agree that it goes too far, and the occasional sysadmin cam be most unpleasant.
Like say you get an electric car and people ask what is the range, and you answer the number for the top speed?

It's inexcusable for journalists reporting on any energy issue.

You just can't give any slack on this point. It's 100% wrong to say one thing and mean the other thing.
Playing devil's advocate a little: But a lot of this was down to which streaming format their media partners would sign off on (they wanted certain DRM guarantees).

Real Player was the market leader in DRM-ed video, until Flash improved and took over.
No mention of a cattle prod so more PFY I think.
Because AWS is some legacy dinosaur and not the world leader in such infrastructure, right?
Heh,when I was a junior dev we had a senior guy on our team who would stay after hours and refactor literally every line of code our team of four devs had written that day.

What was even more infuriating than his condescending smugness about it is that he was a really, really brilliant developer, so you couldn't really win an argument with him over it. His code was indeed better, but never enough to justify his being such a prick about it.

Also, during planning and architecture discussions he wouldn't say a word, just go and rewrite everything we discussed.

I left for another team after about 3 months of this.
I hate to be the guy- but how about just serving some html and some css?
I could go into great detail, and feel free to ping me directly if there are some specifics you are interested, in short for focus, roughly foundation is brown noise, with subtle pings after first 5 mins, in the middle and 3 chimes 5 mins before end. I used... I believe 16-22Hz oscilating entrainment frequency.
I have those in 25 and 45 mins, and I used them for Pomidori sessions, hence the chimes.
>centralized logging

A logging program is just another IRC client. Problem solved.