skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Can we just have a breakdown of companies who played a large part in the TPP formation so we can boycott them?

Unfortunately, it isn't that simple. We need to know what each company was pushing for. For example, maybe the TPP turns out to be not quite as awful as it might have been, because Company X wouldn't stand for the awful stuff. We really don't want to boycott them in that case.

The big problem here is not the companies, anyway. It's the government. Companies are private entities. They can only be expected to push their own interests. But the government is supposed to represent the people. Theoretically, the government is what keeps private companies from running amok. When it fails to do so, we need to hold the government accountable. When it does just the opposite, and enshrines companies' unreasonable demands into law, then we have a serious problem.
(original author here)

I talked about that one a few years ago too: http://caseysoftware.com/blog/startup-risks-for-developers
This is basically heresy, but what I've been told is that imaging stars from space is actually more difficult, because there is no diffusion of the local atmosphere to help increase the perceived size of the point light source.
Well, the women who've left have been more prominent, by and large. In the case of Pao and Taylor, they were also extremely abrupt. The guy who organised the secret santa thing got some press, though.
AIR being active infrared as opposed to passive (or a particular waveband)?

Anonymity is a more interesting problem than "can distance sensors uniquely identify a passerby among 500M North Americans" as your reply implies. What if you are the roundest or tiniest person in town? All the sudden you are uniquely identifiable.

You're early in development, and I bet whoever did the circumference estimation has more in mind. I imagine you could make a good estimation of a person's height from your data: whether the profile sees knees hips or hands. Can you identify the asymmetric waist bulge of a CHL carrier? Does your infrared band penetrate polyesters but not cotton? I hope the reader's feature-vector blood is flowing at this point.

Your page needs to have way more formalization around the concept of anonymity (outside of the registration required area) for me to feel that you are appreciating the problem from an engineering perspective and not a marketing one.
Looking forward to .NET Core and ASP.NET vNext... so I can adopt more .NET at work (at least for the web stuff), without fighting the uphill political battle of bringing in Windows on the server. :)
I found a comment in the hbr's link(https://hbr.org/2013/05/what-makes-a-good-corporate-st): by Faisal Khan 18 days ago

Though I have great respect for Todd but this piece do no justice with Walt Disney's strategic process and what's the message in the drawing for today's planners. The Disney recipe is definitely missing from this article and shouldn't be tagged as that at all :).

Can anyone elaborate this?
People have been saying that about reddit for years. They overestimate "average" CPM by about 100x.

People don't pay a lot for ads, and when they do, it's only on a fraction of the page views.

Display advertising will not be reddit's "cash cow", it will be one pillar of many sources of revenue. The good news is, Steve and Alexis both know this.
Such an article would probably not have the conclusion that playing the lottery was a wise investment, exactly.
You're spot. Chateau Heartise is a popular blog in the ["manosphere"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manosphere).
Any info about license/pricing etc.?
I agree with a lot of this, but not turning off WebRTC in general. Certainly you should turn it off (or force TURN only) if you're trying to hide your IP behind a VPN. But IPv6 already causes you to lose the same amount of privacy as exposing your IPv4 address behind a NAT, so it seems somewhat of a lost cause.

I still think WebRTC enabling peer to peer connections is better than running all of your data through a third party server.
just send her a tweet with this then.
AFAICT, small, unreadable pictures is SOP for most blogs.
"I'm 100% in favor of equal opportunity," can never be followed by a but.
Mozilla got $0 from Pocket. Mindboggling. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9885360
> Some motherboards even have a backup one

Are they detached and non-writable while the primary ROM is active? I have consistently used Gigabyte boards for a decade because of the extra features that come with them, Backup BIOS being a key one — in the old days I would have to flip a jumper on the board to make the system boot from the backup, today the secondary ROM gets automatically enabled if the primary one fails to load.

I wouldn't trust the secondary flash ROM on my motherboard to protect me from APT, it's only purpose is to recover from a failed flash.
I strongly feel Adsense can be really great source of revenue!

Thanks POF for making my faith more stronger and stronger!

How many of you have Adsense source of income?
Hey! I just posted a similar idea to this as a reply to another comment

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9886142

Basically put a high-powered airpump and heating element in the center of a life raft with a balloon designed to lift a bunch of people above the tsunami wall

Helium is too expensive and rare to be deployed for this purpose (imo) and hydrogen is too reactive to be stored where these life rafts would need to go

As for the dangers associated with anything that could go wrong in flight or putting down somewhere dangerous... I think most people would rather take those chances than just be instantly crushed to death.
"Lack of other languages" was poorly worded. I'm sorry.

What I meant was that, after the spread of Unix and C, C is the most common systems language in production. (Before the spread of C, I believe assembly was the most common systems language(s).)

I suspect that any systems language would have a bad reputation if it were used (and over-used) as much as C.
I've read plenty of cables. I remember them bitching about Syria and listening to Saudi but I can't recall besides maybe giving some sort of ambitious April Glaspie type green light to Saudi Arabia (to support ISIS) anything like what the poster above is saying about ISIS.
In today's world, are there still devs out there coughing up free work to "idea people"? If you can code, bathe, and are willing to live in a major metro area you can get paid real money to work on real software for real business/startups.

Those seeking free work are inadvertently preying on those with imposter syndrome. Many devs refused free work in the pit of the tech recession (2002-2003). Expecting that to happen today is laughable.
Extensibility for the Masses: Practical Extensibility with Object Algebras [pdf]
Using Computer Science for General Education Requirements
A Biodegradable Computer Chip That Performs Surprisingly Well
Or you can practice needfinding
Yeah that seems to have worked for me.

Also it's a great idea to call it iterative deepening. Lower memory requirements but gets the job done anyway! I used to judge myself harshly for not getting something on the first read around, but going through multiple times is normal for me now.
I wonder how the ad networks/agencies will respond to this if it becomes the norm across future competing browsers?

Flash ads (including video) can be horrid on CPUs, but they also often have higher CPMs than static, "cheaper" ads. Firefox seems to be blocking flash entirely. They’re also doing it in a way that the ad networks can’t tell, unlike Chrome. In other words, if I disable Flash in Chrome, the ads normally fall back to (cheaper) non-flash ads. On Firefox, I’m getting blank gray boxes.

For sites that depend on advertising to survive, hopefully the ad networks will update their inventory with alternative non-intrusive ads a.s.a.p. so this type of (admittedly much needed) evolution doesn't suck too many content providers down.
What's funny is that your Nexus phone & tablet weren't made by Google, but the Moto G actually technically
was (Motorola Mobility was their subsidiary at the time).
I agree with you in the sense that space exploration is at its core a human, not national, achievement. National divisions are silly when seen in the context of the vastness of space. In a similar vein, I think Gene Roddenberry was right in thinking that true elimination of national boundaries will come after we meet sentient aliens for the first time - with an alien to compare ourselves against, we all see our common humanity much more clearly.

We're partway there. As you say, there is cooperation on the Space Station. Cooperation between the various space agencies on missions from telescopes to probes is commonplace. Look at Cassini: a NASA probe with a ESA lander. The Curiosity rover has a Russian instrument on it.

But we haven't reached the point yet where nationalism is no longer a part of the drive behind space exploration or other 'big-science' projects. I see competition for scientific glory as a healthy and productive form of competition, so I don't think we should completely shy away from it. It's akin to rival schools competing for academic glory - a kind of tribalism that results in achievements which benefit all.
Useful English idioms that make you sound like a native speaker
I believe my neurologist was one of those who helped develop that device (Cornelius). Can't log in to see, but sounds like the same thing. But, he keeps me on an adjustable CPAP machine instead because of how my sleep apnea works.
Which dev skills should you master next? Puppet tops hiring lists
You see, humans have judgement, and obvious presence. I don't mind George and Jim remembering I was at the pub on Tuesday, because they will consider who to reveal that information to before they do. (A pub I don't think anyone would be at if there were two guards photographing everyone). These giant piles of databases are open for everyone.
He is for sure making 4-5 digits USD every month!
It's probably the former. It's been tried before, with Deep Space Two at mars - but didn't work.

There's also a sense that if you're going to spend tons of money to send a once-in-a-generation probe to an outer planet, it has to work.
Wait, are you serious?

While the partition plan was ostensibly created by the UN, it was more or less completely designed and pushed through by the US. Israel, for all intents and purposes, is a US created state. Not only would the failure of Israel leave a huge black eye on US foreign policy, but Israel is also one of our most publicized allies. If we were to allow Israel to be overrun by an Arab consortium we would have zero soft power left when trying to convince states in hostile areas to side with us. We've doubled down on Israel so much in the past we've essentially backed ourselves into a corner, a corner that was tightened significantly when we lost "control" of Iran in '79. Israel is also the most heavily armed nuclear power in the middle east, and has one of the most advanced militaries in the world (although that's mostly thanks to us). That is why we continue to support Israel.

I'm not saying these are good reasons, but they're at least actual reasons as opposed to the politicized tripe that's in your linked articles.
Google Introduces New Open Format and Dev Tools for Working with BLE Beacons
Mobile Shopping App Wish Buys Android Lockscreen App Maker Locket for $30-50M
Sure, physical location in Germany is just by chance..

"Let's count the members of the main decision-making group of the ECB, the Governing Council. Two Germans. Twenty-three non-Germans."

No, let's count hard data better.

Here, from a nobel prize:
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/one-size-fits-on...

And here (a little dense maybe):
"Overall, the concern that the ECB rate aligns more with the Taylor recommended rates of the core countries than with the peripheral countries appears to be supported by the data[..]"
http://econ.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/Srivangipuram.p...
Flash runs in the browser, so any random web page can run malicious Flash content. Adobe Air is a standalone application runtime, so Air users know what content they're running.
Most of the machines sold now are continuous, but not at constant pressure. Mine's set to detect apnea events and adjust between 5-15 for pressure and to adjust that further based on exhalation.
The title and event his web page led me to believe it was related to this project: http://witness.org/

"WITNESS is an international organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights."
I use Firefox latest version and Safari 7.1.x (most recent version available on Mavericks).
This is going to cast some big ripples. There are a lot of packages that have been waiting for this.
It might have been better in the long run if every one got on the AsynchIO train, but if nothing else the python2/3 saga has shown that standards can have a lot of momentum.
> The question I’m asking here is what should we do as engineers? Ethically, I mean. I really hate to see people taken in by such an obvious scam.

Skepticism is certainly warranted based solely on the timeline presented and my experience in medical devices.

As to the rest, you're operating on incomplete information. According to the NSPE, "Engineers may express publicly technical opinions that are founded upon knowledge of the facts and competence in the subject matter." You say, "what should we do as engineers", so I'll make the implicit assumption that you're an unlicensed "software engineer" like many on HN. If so, consider that you may be operating outside your area of expertise without complete knowledge of the device. I would make careful public statements: I, for example, wouldn't say "I performed a first-principles analysis and, as an engineer, I find the device claims are impossible."
Location: Canada and Canadian

Remote: Maybe

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies:
Interested in: Clojure, ClojureScript, Reagent/OM, Javascript, NodeJS, ReactJS.

I personally love functional programming style. Did some Haskell too just for learning.
I was doing mostly PHP and Ruby on Rails in my early career and heavy HTML/JS related stuff. Good with Photoshop too.

Resume/CV:
https://www.overleaf.com/read/ymjbknwrdsnt
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/gzmask

Email: gzmask@gmail.com
Ask HN: How many of you have Adsense as the main source of revenue?
Just now we can see POF sale deal on Home page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9884417

They have/had adsense as the main source of income.

So wanted to know how many of you have adsense as the source of income?

Whats the source of traffic?

Share URL if possible.

Lets discuss adsense today.
Google’s DeepStereo Algorithm Learns to Synthesize Real World Images
This is a very interesting departure.

I understand that in the media, especially with the litigation around Pao and the scarcity of women in leadership and technical positions in high tech, that this would take over much of the discussion. Bethanye also mentioned a "glass cliff", so it's reasonable that this would be a big part of the discussion.

I am very interested in Bethanye's business-related decisions to leave as well, though. I'm nowhere near her level in any corporate hierarchy, but I am very frustrated with how difficult it often is for engineers, even senior or director (or "chief engineer") level tech workers to operate with the level of autonomy and decision authority that is often explicitly promised.

Maybe when the dust settles, if people are still interested, a journalist will have the opportunity to talk with Ms Blount about this. As a dweller on the lower levels of the hierarchy, although with "senior" in my title and all kinds of autonomy spelled out, I can see now that aggressively asserting this kind of autonomy is essential to a strong career, and you need to be prepared to 1) fight it up the chain, and 2) walk away, if other wings of the business try to cram you in a box and tell you that your job is purely to execute a technical vision that may collapse, and the upper level decision makers don't have your back.

Unfortunately, low on the ladder often means fewer options, which makes it harder to fight this fight. Higher usually means better severance, stronger networks, a better chance of a good placement in the next gig.

Anyway, as an engineer, this is the conversation I'd really like to have… though again, I understand that the issue of women in technical and managerial positions is also very important (and isn't necessarily unrelated, either).
So if these comparative benefits are objectively measurable and designs are freely available, why haven't they been commercialized yet?
Greenspan's autobiography goes over this. US DoS/DoD define Middle East "stability" as the stability of the energy markets, not the stability of Middle Eastern national polities.

Foreign Affairs treats this as an implicit assumption. FA wouldn't tarnish their place in the NATO clerk vetting process by making a claim like this explicit. Their profit model depends on it.

In case you missed it, OPEC dumped on the market months ago and US shale production well counts have plummeted.
Similar story here, both buttons on my iPhone 5 stopped working most of the time. Apple created two separate replacement programs, one for the lock button and one for home button.

Unfortunately mine didn't qualify for either one! I'm not sure if it was the serial number or the date it was purchased, but when I checked online or called in they said my device wasn't part of either program.

This is the line that got my phone replaced: "I don't care about the programs you are describing - your company created them unilaterally so when you tell me I don't qualify it doesn't mean anything to me. What matters is that my phone is failing, if there's nothing you can do about it that really sucks and I feel really screwed over."

Then they replaced it.
Awesome. I really like it.

An initial thought...Perhaps, it's use case is possibly a little more Western World-centric due to the audio/video aspect of things. Where recording a perpetrator is a deterrence against further aggression.

We do a lot of work with NGOs and human rights defenders where security, especially in developing nations, is a different concept. What I mean is that in many emergency situations, the last thing you want a normal person (starting to panic and who's decision making process is starting to slow down and become impaired under pressure) to do is start holding a video camera up. Especially in the context of a case like a kidnapping or under fire. That will only have only the effective of a) probably antagonising the attacker, leading to the phone being snatched and/or thrown away (thus breaking the most important aspect, the real time reporting of current location)...b) in the most high risk situations, the user needs to be getting themselves to safety, as this initial 30 second reaction is the most important - focusing on the video and audio on the phone will slow this down and undo the natural inbuilt reaction to run like hell...

Anyway, just a thought, awesome project and good on you for doing it.

(Please excuse the following: Plug for our security planning tool, which aims at preventing physical and digital security incidents http://www.secfirst.org
...Plug for a very cool Android panic button: Amnesty https://panicbutton.io)...Plugs over :)
Standard issue in the creative industries. There's always someone with the absolute bestest idea for a book/movie/band/franchise/app, and they just need someone to do the actual work.

If you're really lucky they'll offer to split any income with you 80:20.

If not - think of the exposure! (Etc.)
Steve Jobs won finally.
Was this inspired by the last 2 episodes of Silicon Valley?
Green: Healthcare, Education, and Government

Blue: Professional Services

Looks like how Minneapolis and St. Paul folk perceive each-other is dead on:

http://i.imgur.com/56EgrkE.jpg
Physical isolation, control of whole environment, and more security/reliability/predictability when these are leveraged properly. You also have less legal risk if the FBI decides to kick in that colo's doors as they have in the past and seize shared servers just because one client was on it. I doubt the quantitative risk of this is high but I like risks not existing where possible.

And you're never investing in IT if you are doing IaaS or PaaS: you're just paying a third party for a temporary good. Colocation is investing in IT because you own the equipment and what's in it. The other parts are their problem with them having a financial incentive (eg competitiveness) to improve them over time.

Cloud can shut down tomorrow and what do you get out of that? If it's my PC with my data, I can get it back from them somehow and people trying to stop that might face criminal charges. A VPS service shutting down means my system probably ceases to exist unless they have specific provisions for the situation that work during bankruptcy. You might know of them since you clearly study the cloud offerings more. I don't so I stay in a low-risk situation.
CPAP treatment (and no other substantial changes in my life) brought my blood pressure down from 160/110 down to 118/78. Previous doctors had tried, without success, to lower it with massive beta blockers and other medication. I just needed some damned sleep.
Interview with Bruce Eckel: Out with the old code, in with the new
In both cases the USA was a primary supporter of a repressive totalitarian government kicked out by a popular revolution.

You're missing the other side of the equation. The USSR used Cuba (and Cuba used the USSR) to repress the people of Cuba. Cuba was just a superpower pawn.
Yes, that was my point with this one: http://caseysoftware.com/blog/startup-risks-for-developers

At these early stages, the risk/effort split isn't even close to 50/50.
AWS IAM: how to master Amazon authentication in 5 steps
Apple Pay launches in UK
Can't see it either. The CSS & JS it loads from Amazon's CloudFront isn't resolving properly.
> Is this typical?

Your individual experience may vary. May I suggest James Dyson's autobiography a useful read on overcoming failures and set-backs> https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/955045.Against_the_Odds
I'd say a lot (most) tech companies are similarly places where "idea people" sometimes known as "business" are having developers implement their ideas. And even though in this case the developers are paid, I'd say same advice applies - it's not a good place to work. Find a place where you are paid to implement your ideas, or ideas you really understand and believe in.
This isn't limited to hackathons, and to be fair the title is fairly click-baity.

I remember seeing a page here on hn listing 1001 great ideas. So if you are out of ideas, then just pick one from there and adapt it to a problem you have identified.

There are an endless number of ideas you can come up with that combine some of your domain knowledge with a problem you can identify in your local community. I was just reading an article about pot holes in Oslo. How about an app that lets you quickly log a pot hole. Or use the accelerometer to identify pot holes and warn other users. Or let you plan a bike route to avoid pot holes.

Everyone is capable of coming up with ideas. Just because they come from a developer doesn't make them any better than coming from a non-developer. Then again lots of terrible ideas come from both devs and non-devs.

The upside for the developer is that they can evaluate the complexity of an idea much better than non-devs and can make a nice little demo to show others.
Thanks! Interesting..

So if I'm understanding correctly it's doing a spherical projection onto a plane, we get to navigate that plane, and every snippet of that plane-projection we see is being projected back into 3D somehow?

It can't actually reconstruct the 3D environment from the projection, so what's actually happening there at the end?