skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Great questions! While there are certainly other underrepresented groups - including women, the LGBTQ community, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and other racial groups - we set out to be "everything for someone" rather than risk being "something for everyone." We hope that Jopwell's success with our initial target demographic allows us to expand the range of individuals whose lives we impact.

As an added note, Jopwell doesn't just serve the tech community. We are focused on connecting individuals with opportunities in a wide range of industries, including tech, healthcare, consulting, finance, and not-for-profits.
At the moment, I have to prioritize cash over equity. I also think its a better validation.
I notice they are still pushing out the number of wallets and accounts they have as a sign of anything. Coinbase you are now a few years old and have raised over $100m. It's time to leave behind local social networks, and underused sites everywhere and start reporting MAU. No one but fanatics care how many people have signed up. How many people regularly use your service.
Well, it really depends on the targeting. For instance, if you have brand keywords, you should at least have 30% CTR. Overall, I would say that a CTR around 2-3% for search and 0.2-0.5% for GDN should do well.
But again, this can vary extremely from case to case.
Great article. You should additionally measure page speed as experienced by your users, because other pesky things like network congestion, the user's browser & hardware and the speed of light all affect website performance. If you measure from every user's browser, you'll get very detailed performance info. A chart from a recent blog post of mine: https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.rasterize.com/cljs-module-bl...

Just because the page loads quickly on your laptop doesn't mean it loads quickly for everyone. I'm working on a tool to measure this stuff: https://rasterize.io/blog/speed-objections.html, contact me if you're interested in early access.

Contact me if you're interested in an early preview.
You seem to believe I was making a dramatically broader point than I was. I was narrowly objecting to the claim that there was no accusation.
Ah cool.

But I'm fairly sure that these days os x uses libcxx which uses libunwind
I've never heard of Ctrl-S causing a crash, though. So your explanation at most accounts for the hangs.
Earn rewards for workouts (currently in UK only)
Looks cool. Any idea when it can be purchased?
A bit of research showed me that the hot tap and kitchen (and bathroom?) taps are often drawn from the main, which is often an uncovered source in the attic which can collect dead bugs/rodents and such and that scenario is fairly common.

I don't imagine many public restrooms draw from an uncovered main like they do in residencies, but I don't live in the U.K. so won't pretend to know such a detail. Furthermore I'm led to believe the cold tap would be fine, it's the hot tap you have to be wary of.

>I don't think there have ever been any cases of people being made ill due to drinking water from the taps in a public bathroom anywhere.

I can't help but imagine that is likely due to the fact very, very, very few people would drink water from the tap of a public bathroom and tracing it down to such a detail would likely prove to be difficult unless many people drank from that bathroom.

E:

To the person who downvoted, mind explaining why attempting to do research into U.K plumbing to educate myself on a difference between U.S plumbing and U.K plumbing is a downvote-worthy offense? I wouldn't think twice about drinking from a U.S public bathroom if I was thirsty. I'm being led to believe I shouldn't from a U.K bathroom due to plumbing differences between the U.S. and the U.K.

If I have collected any misinformation you should instead correct me so that others do not receive wrong information. Thank you.
This is because caching should be done as coarsely as possible. Caching views and entire pages is the common case.
I hope you actually live in texas...
Approaches to testing React components – an overview
I think you'll find the proximity to the world's largest oil reserves is the overriding concern, not proximity to Israel.
GMOs are to liberals what Global Warming is to conservatives.

It's quite sad, really.
I’m very sorry to inform you that at those temperatures you’d be frozen to death. But even once you came out with some cool (hot?) solution for this nicety, you still couldn’t ski/snowboard. That’s because the snow on earth is relatively close to 0°C, and therefore in that particular stage where ice is lighter (it has more volume) than liquid water. If you apply pressure to it it’s easier for the ice to go back to the liquid state and therefore giving you the ability to ski.

At those temperatures it would be as snowboarding on sand. Which is a very loved sport, but not that easy.
One of the nasdaq exchanges has a etf equivalent in Europe. Once we have options on those the market will be more mature.

I think countries giving up fiscal policy for the euro would make other countries consider bitcoin. Makes sense to have a tax regime based on immobile property taxes rather than resorting to inflation or foreign currencies. Since us and Europe already are pretty confident in their ability to collect taxes, they won't be too hostile to bitcoin.
People have been breeding and cross-breeding our food supply for thousands of years. What can we do about that? I know! Let's use the Internet to identify which foods are pure. Then we can be sure to stick to just those foods when we shop at the grocery store.
I think it's 16 months to transfer every piece of sensor and imaging data back. The article says it takes ~40 minutes to transfer back a losslessly compressed full resolution image from the LORRI scanner
I don't know. An iPad with cellular is hardware-wise arguably more similar to an iPhone than to an iPod touch. Software-wise, it doesn't have Phone.app, of course.

So I suppose that's maybe the key: whereas iPads and iPod touches are always meant to be held at arms length, iPhones are additionally expected to be held against your ear and are shaped slightly differently because of that additional use case.

Or maybe it'd be hard to make a "half-pipe" from aluminum on a device as thin as an iPod touch.

Or maybe it's all just arbitrary and everything in life is random and meaningless.
Yeah I thought about equipping everyone with a wacom and then finding a good way to share that experience. Or maybe find an iPad app, since the iPad would be a lot more useful than the wacom. :)
First of all, I don't think anyone has a serious objections to GMOs that are modified to increase output or resist natural predators

The only fear of GMOs that I have is knowing that certain crops have been genetically modified to not die when they are caked in pesticide. Good for plants, bad for me, as I have not been genetically modified to eat crops with layers of pesticide on them.
Dang. Oh well.
Background on Wasabi: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/09/01b.html
http://blog.fogcreek.com/the-origin-of-wasabi/

Killing of wasabi: http://blog.fogcreek.com/killing-off-wasabi-part-1/

Codding Horror on Wasabi: http://blog.codinghorror.com/has-joel-spolsky-jumped-the-sha...
Not sure how this is confusing. Studying Computer Science at college != programming proficiency. I'm finishing up my last college class (online University) will graduate with B.S. in CS Major S.E. got good grades in both C++, Java, and CS related classes and I have been attempting to get better at Python for the better part of a year now and still don't know shit and would hardly qualify my self as a web developer let alone a software engineer.
Doesn't Penn have a taxi-stand that's all nice and managed, like the airports do, with a line of taxis and a line of people lining up to use them? That's probably a contributing factor to you never having a problem; it would be really awkward to enforce that sort of demand on a fare's destination right there, and more likely to get you in trouble. Street hails are a different matter.
+1 for working remotely in Mountain View.

As a new resident, I wish I were living somewhere else and working remotely.
I keep track of all my projects using task management apps like Asana, use Git to backtrack what I have been doing on each project, and switch projects really often. This way I can make sure I am organized and can pick up where I left off and if I am at a roadblock with one project I can blow off steam by doing something really great on another.

Another helpful thing is to use code linters to prevent simple typos and other easy-to-miss errors. Atom editor, for example, has tons of linter plug-ins, as well as other helpful things, to ease creating code.
Our judicial system enabling content authors to go after non-hosting content delivery network services like CloudFlare and making the act of doing so _a successful tactic_ is _dangerous to the public_.

Why do I say that? CloudFlare does not host content at all. All content delivery networks do not host content (arguable) but only effectively _relay_ content such that delivery is faster. Once the origin server goes down, so does the content. This is an integral part of how CDNs operate. They should not be subject to DMCA take-down notices either, because they don't host content -- just enable it.

Its dangerous to the public because this significantly raises the cost in starting such a service, because now you're not just enabling faster delivery of content but suddenly you're responsible for the content itself. Handling DMCA takedowns quickly becomes fast because these large corporations will abuse the process with automation, and in turn you _must_ respond actively as if each one is 100% correct. If you want a cost-effective solution then suddenly Sony has unrestrained access to delete content from your service. This is serious.

It makes sense to have services like Youtube, image hosting sites, or file hosting sites respond to DMCA takedowns because _they are responsible for the content_ and reaching out to the uploader would mean companies need to reveal personal information of uploaders (which would quickly be abused).

But CloudFlare or other CDNs and their systems _do not have such knowledge_. They don't know who is responsible for uploading content or the ability to investigate if it's infringing on someones copyright.

If Sony doesn't like someone uploading a video to YouTube, they can file away a DMCA takedown for it. Right now Youtube has the _oppertunity_ to look into this case and fight it legally if they feel it is important. The key here is that the DMCA goes to the actual content host, Youtube. But if CloudFlare was serving Youtube and got a DMCA to takedown some video, suddenly Youtube can't fight this in court because _its not a DMCA to YouTube but to CloudFlare_.

Corporations should be required to go through proper legal systems in which the content host can respond to DMCAs and fight them if they wish to. We should be afraid of giving out giant ban-hammers more than we already have.
There are many problems that cause the population of tech candidates to be skewed, but one you may be overlooking is literally not knowing job openings exist or who to talk to.

I grew up in a small town, did not know anyone in the tech industry, and was largely self-taught. Once in college, I got lucky and got to know hackers on irc, and that led to jobs in the security industry. My first security job came from being recruited over irc for a company in Atlanta I had barely heard of and certainly never would have applied to without them contacting me.

I see Jopwell as like that recruiter, connecting with people that may not be as well connected so they even know a job exists to apply to. The candidate must still be good for the job, which is why companies hire.
I don't believe you were deliberately trolling, but on reflection, I do think your comments in this thread have broken the HN guidelines [1], which say:

"Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them."

You didn't engage with anything specific about this story. You only raised the most automatic and generic and obvious of objections, in an outraged tone. That's precisely what that guideline asks you not do to.

Moreover, you got some really thoughtful replies that (agree or not) were clearly trying to answer you meaningfully. But you responded with more automatic dismissals (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9893128). That is not substantive discussion. I'm impressed (edit: and grateful!) that frankdenbow and the other users replying to you stayed as respectful and thoughtful as they did.

HN is a public forum; the public is divided; we can't expect everyone to agree. We can, though, expect you to actually engage with others, with the real problems they're working on or facing, and ask questions and listen to replies in good faith. Respectful disagreement on a divisive topic is hard enough when people do meet this standard; it's impossible when they don't. One violation can blow an entire crater in the discussion. Please don't do that again.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
> But non-speculators pay $1323 to fill teeth and conduct electricity.

Well, It tends not to be used for fillings any more, and for coating conductors, only a tiny amount is used. Even then, half the time the gold plating is social value ("Audio connector with GOLD PLATED TIPS!", rather than practical value.

Mostly, it just sits in stockpiles, though; it's practical value is less than the value of stockpiling it.

> I think gold derives 0% of its price from anything other than its value

This is a tautology. However, a large portion of that value comes from the perception of value. It's valuable because people think it's valuable.
I was getting all geared up to argue with you, I looked up the OSI definition, and ... you're right. I wasn't aware the OSI had a definition, that'll be very useful!
It might be intentional. The so called leaky paywall. (It's also kinda hard to defeat assuming you want new visitors to be able to read a few articles without a big hassle)
It can't actually take 'true' colour pictures at all --- RALPH has sensors in blue, red, infrared and methane, but not green.

I suspect they can probably synthesise true colour-ish by comparing the monochrome images to the blue and red ones; subtract blue and red from overall brightness, and what you have left is green (ish).

Enormously technical nigh-incomprehensible paper here: http://www.boulder.swri.edu/pkb/ssr/ssr-ralph.pdf
How do they measure altitude of the mountains without a sea level?
I'm Randy, CTO of Jopwell. Thanks for the question! The problem is that companies are having trouble finding minorities with technical backgrounds. But they are there. We're trying to solve this by building a place where companies can find diverse individuals, and in turn, be able to consider a diverse pool of candidates when looking to hire.
Large image of Charon
Presumably it breaks stuff.
UACME – Defeating Windows User Account Control
I wonder:

1. If it is reasonable to expect fewer collisions over time, as earlier collisions eject some objects from the belt and remaining objects settle into "safer" orbits?

2. Whether collisions cause objects to break apart such that subsequent collisions are with smaller objects, which then leave fewer discernible impacts?

3. Whether the temperature changes induced by Pluto's orbit--which cause the methane ice to move between the atmosphere and the surface--would cause a smoothing effect over time; e.g. craters being filled by reforming ice?
I wanna see that happen, if only to go to those organic groceries and see the disappointed looks on people's faces.
World's Cheapest Solar Power Lands in Austin, Texas – Under 4¢/kWh (Sort Of)
@aoruz: My story matches up with your's quite closely. One suggestion I would have for a future book to read is either Black Hat Python, Grey Hat Python, or Violent Python all "hacker" related books that are great for anyone interested in security at any level. BlackHat Python is number one pic.
Don't forget the use of gold for jewelry, which dwarfs the other uses.
For me it's more about the fact that companies are collecting too much data and not anonymizing it properly or securing it properly. I doubt Walmart, or whomever is going to do much more than send me annoying emails or postal mail at worst.

What I'm more concerned about is things like criminals obtaining the info and realizing my personal machine might be a good target for some reason. Or some company selling the data, which eventually gets to a healthcare company that is able to connect my browser history to my name and start denying me coverage or marking me as "potentially high risk" because I looked up the wrong thing, or things like that.

I haven't gone as far as using Tor, but I block cookies from 3rd parties, use ad blockers and browse entirely in private mode until I'm forced not to by some lame web site. After I'm done, I delete as many tracking things as I can and turn private mode back on.
(Just realized this might be confusing: I'm a different Geoff. Geoff Greer is ggreer, but he's also in these comments.)
Prototype ready in a week, planning to sell a couple to early adopters by the end of the program as well. Currently planning to officially launch in the beginning of 2016.
That is odd... for me (Firefox on Windows), enabling that option completely removes the `RTCPeerConnection` property from the global object, and any script that tries to use it fails with `TypeError: RTCPeerConnection is not a constructor`.
See here:
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/0310163...

New Horizons is able to transmit to Earth at only about 2 kb/s (I might be slightly off). So right now, and for about the next week it will be sending back essentially thumbnail images (in addition to science data). These are JPEG-compressed, and during this stage will only be from the panchromatic (b&w) camera, which has a higher resolution. Later this year it will begin downlinking the full set of uncompressed, full-resolution images, including those in color. The full dataset is expected to be about 60 GB and will take about 18 months to downlink.
I can't find record of this anywhere.

I'm talking about Don Lancaster of TTL Cookbook fame, and yes of Guru's Lair.[1]

The quote, or perhaps the more PG version "don't mess with the eagle", appears in his later book The Incredible Secret Money Machine. That one is more of a philosophy of life book, it's much different than his technical books.

IIRC (it's been many decades since I read it) Don expounds on that theme, it's not just a random quote. E.g. a govt bureaucrat can make your life hell just for the lulz[2]. That's why it's dumb to do stupid things in a high profile manner.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Lancaster
[2] ok, lulz wasn't a word in 1978, but work with me here. :-)
i've had a bit to drink, can someone ELI5 this to me?
WebRTC, a protocol proposed by Google to W3C has applications in user tracking and detection of bots. Cui bono.
I've never seen them interrupt a show in progress. I've seen them do pledge drives where they preempt a show, but I haven't ever had something I was watching on PBS be interrupted, personally. Maybe I'm just lucky, or maybe they do it differently in the places I've lived?
Clearly this review was not written with people like me as the intended audience, as the introductory paragraphs were almost completely incomprehensible to me on my first pass through them.

That said, what follows is an excellent argument for why Nicholas Carr's The Glass Cage is terrible. I assume the introduction designed to prime the intended audience* for this argument.

* Which I assume is made up entirely of people whom I'd be very sad to find myself at a cocktail party with (although I expect they'd be similarly sad to find themselves at a cocktail party with me). I'm reminded of Cryptonomicon and Dr. G.E.B. Kivistic.
As usual, Wikipedia has some interesting numbers[1]. Relevant to your particular question, alfalfa uses ~20% of the irrigation water in the state. The amount of alfalfa eaten just by horses requires ~1.9M acre-feet, which is ~620 billion gallons.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_in_California#Uses_of_wa...
> All content delivery networks do not host content (arguable) but only effectively _relay_ content such that delivery is faster. Once the origin server goes down, so does the content. This is an integral part of how CDNs operate.

What's the point of a service that caches and accelerates errors?

If this is by design, then I don't understand most of the value proposition of CDNs. If my origin is overloaded, down, or throwing intermittent errors, I want the CDN to cover for this. But no, a CDN is just a set of mirrors for whatever you're serving now.
The vast majority of gold ever mined sits around doing nothing. If it was seriously useful for practical purposes then people would pay a lot more than $1323/ounce for things like plating electrical conductors, in order to get that gold out of vaults and people's dresser drawers and into useful applications.

Compare with oil, which stores pretty well, but where the vast majority of oil that is extracted is used rather than stored.
>You can zoom in and check out how many travelers are staying (approximately) at the tops hostels.

I understand the gist and it sounds useful, but how are you determining (approximately) how many travelers are staying at the top hostels?
Cached: http://goo.gl/6AYpQd
I agree they are not an employer.

However they are still doing business with candidates and it is well established that e.g. a restaurant cannot refuse customers based on race. Uber could not refuse drivers based on race, even if drivers are (theoretically) independent contractors and not employees.

This is outside my knowledge of law but my spidey sense is that they are not clearly on solid legal footing.
I thought the reason he survived wasn't that he just had a huge ego, but because that universe really was just created for him.

Apparently, it's just as good to think the universe is created just for you.
If your last line of defense in encryption/network security is noticing that the fan spins up more often then you already lost the game.

Why even bring it up?
how much of this is companies companies think "we want X" when really, they don't need X?

i ask because for a long time google said "we only hire from top schools" and then they looked at the data and found the school they hired from didn't really matter.
Ask HN: Is your information on genealogy sites? How do you remove it?
I did a google search of myself today and found my name listed on a site called onegreatfamily.com on the first page of my results. It has information about my parents and sister listed.

I would like to request them to remove my name from their database or at least from their searchable index, but since they require a lot of personal information just to submit a contact form it seems like I would be then voluntarily submitting my information to them according to their privacy policy[1]. Their site is really low rate and shady and they don't have a very good privacy policy. It's very generic and doesn't cover much.

What is the best approach to having information removed from these genealogy sites?

[1] http://www.onegreatfamily.com/Help/Privacy.aspx
@sprkyco Thank you! I am more of a visual learner but I will def go ahead and look into those books. I appreciate your input!
Additionally, the STUN attempts are supposedly gone since yesterday:

https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/issues/431#iss...
For a great book about the power of rhetoric, check out Plato's Gorgias. http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/gorgias.html

From Wikipedia: In this dialogue, Socrates seeks the true definition of rhetoric, attempting to pinpoint the essence of rhetoric and unveil the flaws of the sophistic oratory popular in Athens at this time.