skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
What is the difference between memorizing a sequence of steps and having a couple of sequences of steps culturally contextualized in a symbolic language?

I mean it's literally one language against another one. You can call it 'meaning' all you like, but 'meaning' is representative. You call it 'understand' but to this guy memorizing the entire dictionary in order might mean 'understand'.

You might say you need to have felt 'being angry' in order to know what 'angry means' and to determine this as understanding the meaning of the word is ridiculous because it goes both ways. People make their owns meanings up, the only reason we agree is because we exist in relatively the same space time (with respect to the size and age of the universe) and information only varies so much at the distributed rate it tends to vary across minds, people most people are similar in how their minds function and construct pattern relations.
Yes that's true as well. JIRA does that in some configurations. Does my head in.
Some CCTV systems show the time, camera number etc in the video stream, like http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/v/images/color-quad-processor/...

It can be useful because when you're watching a video where nothing is moving, you know the video hasn't frozen; and if you transcode the video to another format (upload to youtube, for example) the data is preserved.

Of course, even better would be if the cops' cameras recorded to a standard format that included accurate timecodes and secure digital signatures - and that same format could be viewed by most video players.
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I thought IT had SpiceWorks, have you ever tried that one?
Because experts with domain-specific knowledge tend to have better heuristics for this sort of thing than the average interested outsider. (They have to, or else they'd get nothing done except debunking flawed claim after flawed claim. Which might be worthwhile, but doesn't move the field forward.)

I've seen plenty of "theories of particle physics" that evidently look fairly plausible to non-physicists (and maybe even to non-specialists) that I can recognize immediately as crackpottery by my own heuristics (but that would take at least a weekend's work to convincingly demonstrate as such, if I wanted to invest that kind of time: I've done that, too). I'm not saying that anyone should take anyone's heuristic guesses in such cases as gospel (once or twice a century we might actually get a delightful surprise), but they can serve as a useful restraining influence if you're tempted to get excited about a headline.
What does logic have to do with it?

I'm just stating what I believe to be a fact: that the majority of web developers in this world never think of PostgreSQL as an option. I don't care whether that's a logical thing for them to think. It's just a fact, whether I like it or not.

If you think I'm wrong about the facts, please feel free to open a phone book in any part of the world other than the Bay Area, call up a decent sample of people who self-identify as web developers, and find out what percentage of them have ever heard of, let alone used, PostgreSQL.
It would be helpful if you could tell me what about its design you don't like at all. Is it the font size or something else?
Your feature rich car can be owned – remotely
I've never worked for a company where we shipped the code directly to the client; that seems a bit risky for the company producing the code.

I did work for a startup though where all of the code was backed up and sent offsite to an escrow service. It was part of our standard contract that if the company ceased operations all clients would have received copies of the code. This was a pretty big deal to quite a few clients as one of the biggest risks for a larger client investing in using software from a small company is lost sunk costs if the startup fails. If the client has this type of agreement in place it is much less risky. If the startup fails then a heavily entrenched client would request to receive the code and more often than not hire one or more of the now unemployed software developers either as employees or consultants to either maintain the software or train someone else to.

@frazras actually from this context since I believe it is a fairly common problem, the closed casket paid service makes a lot of sense. What would be ideal is if it could essentially be turned into a GitHub/BitBucket (private) style service that is dead simple to use, but also acted as an escrow service. You would need a means of tracking clients, but not allowing them access unless terms of contract were met that allows access. Then it would also need to lock down the codebase in some manner; don't allow repo deletes, do backup snapshots, something like this so you can guarantee the startup doesn't breach contract.
Chick repellant.
I'm getting tired of disabling stuff. I want my services to stay unchanged, unless I tell them otherwise.
Got me excited there for a minute until I checked the price. I can't help but think this is way over-priced. The 6" DIY kit from Visionect is ~$600.

The latest 6" Kindle with WiFi is ~$80 (on Prime Day it was going for ~$50). Given that it has WiFi and there are some Jailbreaks for Kindle you could get a Kindle to do this same thing. If you want better contrast you could upgrade to the Kindle Paperwhite for $120. That's anywhere from 8% to 20% of the cost of the Visionect system.

EDIT: Turns out the Kindle can do quite a bit including running a web server, web browser, SSH and much more so this should be easily doable.

[1]: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128704
Turkish Casino: Gambling of the Future [pdf]
Could you provide a link to this paper?
Looks pretty awesome, but logo could use some improvements. e.g lose the cross or replace with stone or something else. Religion sign might put some people off.
Define your terms please.

No anarchism without gender equality (feminism) seems like a reasonable enough point to have in a conversation about anarchism. It's conspicuously asserted and disagreed with more than the surface level point would warrant. All signs suggest this statement is in reality a loaded social signal.

No anarchism without the amero-centric slice of a 21st century political movement and all it's associated baggage? Ah, now we've got something bananastown enough to start the purported internet fights.

So, I'll repeat, define your terms please. And are your definitions the ones everybody in the conversation w/r/t r/anarchism in specific, and anarchism in general, understand to be in use?
Polynomial time in a quantum computer is called QP. (The same way that polynomial time in a non deterministic computer is called NP.)
now it explains why they don't work in non-english speaking countries. other fleas no hablo ingles! time to send them for some proper schooling...
> The problem is scaling your database, keeping your data secure, and iterating to meet business goals with a growing codebase and infrastructure. A mess of stored procedures would restrain you from doing all three.

Your argument has a non sequitur right here. A mess of [foo] is a mess; the layer it is in does not matter; the language it is in does not matter. A mess of application layer code is equally effective in preventing scale, security and effectiveness.

The original post is right. Web developers treat their databases poorly[1]. A database is an interface to your data that maintains integrity. Maintaining integrity almost always means stored procedures, as some validation is not expressible as relational integrity and basic type validation.

Now, if you are at the point where your database fully guarantees integrity of data going in and coming out, a REST interface is a small step away. This project is very welcome.

[1] The typical web developer treats a database as a data store. It is also a data store, but a well designed database is much more than than.
When Texas DPS installed the first camera systems which were VHS tape systems. In those, the officer was responsible for changing their own tapes and turning them in to their supervisor. In rural areas this means that there could be a considerable amount of time that the tape was available for editing. Those systems were an improvement over nothing at all, but there was always the possibility for funny business. The systems main effects were to protect officers from frivolous claims and assist them in report writing. They couldn't stop a dishonest officer from destroying a tape, and therefore didn't always protect people from abuse.

I'd like to think that things (other than the format) have improved in ~25 years, but there is no guarantee of that. Often enough, it takes a significant event like this in order to motivate the right people to do their jobs properly.
Somehow Teen Girls Get the Coolest Wearable
What does the word "curated" offer that "selected" or "chosen" doesn't? And for that matter, who sees a reading list and doesn't suppose it to have been selected?

I also have to say that "subscribe to this list and track your progress" strikes me as odd. Pick up a copy, mark or dog-ear, and that job is done. Register and read for free--Gutenberg doesn't require registration, and as far as I know doesn't track one.

But the site is handsome.
Don't let your job let the only thing to teach you. Self learn. Do things that are out of your reach. Other languages and tasks can teach you a great deal about the inner workings of software development.
Analyst’s nightmare, or how to lose $20,000 every day
Movie trailer makers multiply as online viewing of previews soars
Yeah, in either case, I'm still confused. The e-ink one shows examples that are confusing. The one linked to here in the comments shows a designers attempt at packing all that information in.

The reality is, I want to know one thing: How long can I park here.

Maybe the length of time is 0 (No parking). You show: No Parking.

Maybe it's for the next 4 hours: Parking 4 Hours Remaining. Or maybe you put the time when it ends: Parking until 6 AM.

Maybe it's only for people with tag 13-A: Parking 13-A Only.

Either you can park someplace, or you can't. You can have the complete rules if people want to plan ahead, but they shouldn't be what people need to read while driving around trying to find a parking spot.
New York Prisoner’s Keys to Escape: Lapsed Rules, Tools and Luck
How far into the suburbs do you go? I'm in the CR* postcode (Croydon Borough) for example.
I don't think that anyone would written in any formal document or non-fringe paper that killing was caused by disrespectful behavior. But I can't imagine that it was no factor in any of the killings.

If you have a group of people that have right to kill someone for legitimate reason you can be sure, I think, that some of them will be less reluctant to exercise this right if they are distressed by disrespect shown towards them by this person.

Take this guy for example (I just read about one at random):

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-man-wounded-lapd...

Unarmed guy who riding skateboard down the street was killed because he didn't obey commands from police and they were unable to subdue him. Technically he was killed for using potentially lethal weapon on police officer. For me if disrespect and police vulnerability towards disrespect wasn't a factor there, the policemen would back off after initial trouble and keep an eye on the guy while waiting for back-up.
I lolled. You can't be serious, right?
Demystifying OAuth2 (and OpenID Connect)
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Factoring is not NP-hard (fixed!), it's simpler than that (but not, until the present day, P)

It is NP though (edited as per child comment)
Evaluating MySQL Parallel Replication Part 3, Annex: Under the Hood
Build a honeypot to capture embedded malware
Prescient comment in the old TC article[1]:

Given the corporate interest, it sounds like Pixate has an easy exit ahead of it, if they so desired, but Colton says that’s not the route they’re taking right now. “We want to see how broad this can be,” Colton says. “It’s really a big change in how you can build apps,” he adds.

1. http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/15/pixate-debuts-a-framework-f...
I'm white and have been pulled over twice in North Carolina for having NJ plates on Route 95. It's a major drug corridor and being out of state had to mean we were running drugs.

I was with my brother both times. We were shouted at, separated, patted down, and questioned repeatedly, trying to find some disparity in our stories and an excuse to search the truck.

I imagine it would have been much worse/more aggressive if we were minorities.
oh I love the silence logo!!

In fact, I think I love any musical reference in software :-)
Kilometer.io – Analytics for SaaS startups
The Modulith - It can go wrong even if you got modularity right
Who is accountable? Names. I imagine no one here is for abuse of power. How about use thereof?
I think you mean the cost of distribution. A business can keep its modifications as secret as it likes so long as it doesn't distribute the modified binary.
Most commercial JVMs do have native compilation, .NET Native style though.
Stacked zoning exists in the US and was very common in the wave of local zoning adoptions in the 1920's. Over time, other forms have tended to replace it or be selected for initial ordinances. I suspect Japan's history of zoning like many of it's political institutions arose under rather different circumstances in the 1940's, hence it is national law rather than local.

Anyway, I qualified "residential" with "prohibited".
The Lego prosthetic arm that children can create and hack themselves
It is NP (well, it would be if it were a decision problem). It is not (known to be) NP-complete (or, equivalently since it is NP, NP-hard).
Stateful:

If I have to load the stored procedure into the persistence engine then that step is required. This is no more stateful than queries in the application but it means that the relevant state in both the application and the database engine needs to be reloaded and constantly sychronised. Ergo, two times the work.

CHECK constraint violated is no good for humans. Prevention is better than cure here.

Why shouldn't I enforce unique constraints in the application?

1. Open a transaction

2. Get a user by name from the ORM.

3. Exists? Tell user that the username is already registered.

4. Doesn't exist? Save new User instance.

5. Commit transaction.

Steps 2 and 3 can be as arbitrarily complicated as you need them to be, are fully testable and cheap with anything that uses MVCC.
Apptimize hiring lead automation engineer
Ask HN: Alternatives to HN less technical/professional and more web-focused?
You need I think around 500 karma to be able to do it. That's what's up with the grey and nearly-invisible comments are--they have been downvoted
Paul Krugman: “I may have overestimated the competence of the Greek government”
For the same reason Tour de France riders ride standardized bikes. You can actually buy faster bikes than the ones used in the Tour de France (it's difficult to also get the necessary legs though).
> I have yet to hear a good explanation for why some people experience ASMR

I have the theory, though obviously not the means to prove it, that in reality we all experience ASMR, but not everyone can identify it when it happens, so those who deny experiencing it are simply not aware, so to speak. I think this may be the case because, for me, it took me a while to realize what ASMR was in the first place, and only then I understood that I do in fact experience it too, only never thought much of it.
Would it be so hard for her to just do what he asked instead of blowing things up...

I really don't understand the absolute lack of respect some people have for the law and other humans. Is it that hard to be civil?
I agree. Target should be foodie/ home chef types who are willing to invest in the best. "Our knives are cool" is a better message for them.
Anybody have those code dreams?

Those are worse than no sleep. You sleep all night feeling like you're struggling with this mammoth problem or even worse having a breakthrough in the problem, then wake up feeling tired and can't remember whether your revelations were real or figments of your imagination.

Anyway, I used to have those a lot in school, when I was working towards more solid deadlines and literally fell asleep coding. They've happened once or twice since I've been out and working and I've learned that it's better to put the problem down and walk away than to spend my free time or sleep time trying to solve it. That's only going to lead to an unproductive day the next day, when I actually have my tools in front of me.

Occasionally, I'll be watching TV after work and the solution just pops into my head. A relaxed mind is a creative mind. Even then I won't pursue it, just make a note to investigate tomorrow.
Shouldn't the derivative of sigmod(x) be sigmoid(x)(1-sigmoid(x)) and not x(1-x). The code seems to implement the second.
There is a real, documented, historically significant movement for women's rights --- most notably, suffrage. The same isn't true of "men's rights", and the fact that you'd make that comparison is, I think, extremely telling.
> No anarchism without the amero-centric slice of a 21st century political movement and all it's associated baggage?

I don't know what this is referring to, and I don't understand your question. Defining the real world conditions that would lead to or constitute "gender equality" is the root of the discussion.
Blacks are indeed pulled over more than whites. Here is some data for 2008 traffic stops.

• 8.4% of all drivers were pulled over in a traffic stop that year.

• 9.9% of male drivers were stopped, 7.0% of female drivers.

• 8.4% of white drivers were stopped, 8.8% of black drivers were stopped, and 9.1% of hispanic drivers were stopped.

• Speeding was the most common reason for being stopped.

• 85% of drivers felt the stop was legitimate. This breaks down as 86% of white drivers thought the stop was legitimate, 74% for black drivers, and 82% for hispanic drivers.

• 5% of stops led to a search of the driver, the vehicle, or both. Male drivers were more likely to be searched than female drivers (7.4% vs. 1.6%). By race, it was 3.9% for whites, 12.3% for blacks, and 5.8% for hispanics.

http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=702

By 2011, the percent of drivers of each race that were stopped had gone up, to 10% of whites, 13% of blacks, and 10% of hispanics.

http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/pbtss11rpa11pr.cfm
That's a lot. I saw this.

http://blog.instavest.com/Infographic-What-Can-Apple-Buy-Wit...
Fascinating. Imagine being able to (re)start Java, Ruby and Python processes nearly instantly... No more interpreter startup overhead, just right into the process. There's some interesting implications for deployment as well; snapshot a containerized process on one machine, reproduce the disk elsewhere, and restart the already partitioned process.

I would think you'd need rather robust error handling in the program being snapshotted: there would be several machine states which would change from run to run.
Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2015, .Net 4.6
I find this one https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/three-modern-g... a little better but both are pretty good.
Almost 70% of developers, use Git from the command line
You are 100x more likely to end the encounter in your favor if you do as the officer says.

Do not, under any circumstance, make the officer feel uncomfortable. If you play nice, so will they. Always respect/practice the 4th.
not sure about the rest of you, but none of these are dream jobs... I'd give myself 6 months before I get bored :D
We're just resources for arresting cops and prosecuting attorneys, anonymous metrics on performance evaluations and resumes.
As an entry level developer - how does someone go about re-writing "x" in 100 lines of "x"?

Is there a certain process that goes into developing something like this, and why is this a popular thing to do? (writing an existing software in lesser lines)
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I haven't read or seen anything to indicate that Tx DPS uses any sort of technology to protect chain-of-custody from tampering by troopers or other parties within DPS. This isn't a problem for state prosecutions because a DPS trooper is a sworn officer and is usually considered a reliable witness.
No... but now I want one!
The likelihood of positive feedback loops is very low, given that the Earth has had a relatively stable climate for a very long time. Any inherently unstable system would have degraded by now if susceptible to external shocks. The effects of greenhouse gases are mild compared with planetary collisions or large volcanic eruptions so it's unlikely any positive feedback loop will occur.
He could also respond to her question about why she should put out her cigarette with out going full Judge Dredd on her.

Also she responded in a way that seemed to be in keeping with her civil rights.
""Did that just yesterday. What cemented my decision to issue a cite was the fact that the operator was on the cell phone (the reason he didn't signal) and didn't even get off the phone with me standing at his window. I had to ask him if he wouldn't mind getting off the phone to talk to me."

Sounds like time for one of those discretionary arrests for a traffic violation."

Just wow. A lot of the responses on this forum are incredibly entitled, power trip-y, and precisely why no one trusts cops anymore.
So the solution is to just automatically assume people are racists when they ask if you're lost? Nice.

Also, what exactly are you saying? I can't see how "no, why do you ask" said with a smiling face in a friendly tone could be construed as either aggressive or SJW, but then maybe I don't live somewhere where people are incredibly touchy.
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Issues with the camera, recording medium, data corruption, etc.

But my money is on editing.
Gonna second this. Do something fun, whatever it is. You don’t need to be a hero the first day. Go in well-rested, motivated, and open-minded.

The company pays you to learn their stuff.
Thanks for the explanation :)
I know it's not easy to get in directly, but still I'd like to at least try! Unfortunately OPT is not an option for me, as I moved back to Italy to finish my classwork here and to work on the thesis from here (I now regret this, but at the time it seemed the right decision to finish both degrees in as little time as possible) and thus I don't have that option.
Doing the interviews in January is more or less what I pictured would be the right time, so I was thinking of applying at the beginning of December. :)
Thanks! :)
I have often been tailgated by police, and I agree that it is dangerous. However, it is common, and I never felt like I was being deliberately goaded. At worst, they may have been hoping for me to make a mistake. Usually, they just hang out for a couple of minutes and then pass (driving well above the speed limit, I might add, if we are going to enumerate all of the moving violations regularly committed by the police).

And, I wish police would fine people for tailgating. I've never seen it happen.
You would surely have to qualify what you mean by "optimal". I would say from a "roll-the-dice" perspective that an average engineer or designer that goes to work at an established Fortune 500 corp is going to make far more than the same at a prestige startup.

Full disclosure, I'm biased, I worked at one of those startups and got screwed bigtime; now I work quite happily at a mundane but profitable adtech firm for over 2x the total comp.
I think he means this one:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.06284
What is it telling?