skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
An HTTP-based IMAP replacement makes me want to put a bullet in my brain.

IMAP is actually really good for the most part. It just has a few legacy warts (like EXPUNGE notifications being index based instead of UID-based), but a lot of the newer extensions fix these problems.

The CONDSTORE and QRESYNC extensions drastically simplify re-synchronizing the client and server and have been around for quite a few years at this point.

Honestly, if I was to design a brand new protocol for mail, it would be very close to what IMAP is today and just make a number of the newer extensions mandatory (UIDPLUS, LITERAL+ with Google's caveat for APPEND, NAMESPACE, SPECIAL-USE, SASL-IR, CONDSTORE, QRESYNC, perhaps a few others). I'd also include IDLE, but not as a distinct command - rather just have it always-on (at least as long as a folder is selected).

The #1 issue most developers have with IMAP is that every server implements a different subset of extensions. This isn't an IMAP-specific problem, however, it's just what happens to any protocol that gets as much adoption as IMAP and lives as long as IMAP has lived. There will always be new extensions for any protocol to improve upon it in various ways just like no framework API is ever complete.

Forcing all mail clients to go through HTTP for mail access is just retarded. It's depressing that so many people love the idea of using HTTP for everything. Honestly, wtf?
I may be missing it, but the cool thing about self-quantification usually is that you're not responsible for data acquisition. Things like Fitbit/Aria and Mint give you some automation and make it easier and more fun to track data (and ostensibly turn it into action).

Of course, there's no smart tape that I know of, but I think it would be CV-trivial to rescale & superimpose silhouettes of progressive pictures on top of each other to track progress. I know a lot of people would shy away from doing something like that, but it would be pretty cool. As it is, measurement with a tape is a pain and worse, subject to a good deal of human error.
This is the mentioned indiegogo campaign
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/revolutionary-treatment-f...

sadly it looks like they are still quite far away from their goal.
It sounds like you are perfectly capable of learning technologies on your own, and that your primary concern is having a degree as opposed to an education.

Have you considered going for a bachelors in a non-technical field like economics, or business administration, or engineering management?

Any bachelors degree and your work experience would probably be enough to get your foot in the door of any company if you wanted to step away from contracting and go for a corporate job.
Not if I can help it :) In io.js this is no longer an issue, you have a process event you can catch on "silent errors" to make them loud. This lands in NodeJS soon. Bluebird promises don't behave this way and have never done so.
Email Was Invented 32 Years Ago, by a 14-Year-Old Indian
I think what the parent is saying is that you need to watch what you mean when you say "them" in the context of incentive.

If a single cab driver or small company stops doing these things he takes 100% of the downside (loses the extra ad and tip revenue) and 1 millionth of the upside (making people like taxis more in general so that the industry can compete with Uber). They don't have repeat business. Customers choose/are sent taxis randomly. Prices are fixed. Hence, there is no way for "signals" to travel up and down rewarding and punishing better and worse operators.
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Sports seems to be the last bastion of TV. If you ask why a Netflix user still has TV, the answer will be "sports" in 90% of cases. I think there is a huge bundle of money waiting for whatever company manages to convince the rightsholders to leave the hulking behemoth of TV and move into the world of streaming. TV is still big enough that the equation hasn't shifted yet, but I think it will shift soon.

I like to watch auto racing, but there's no legal way to watch live without a cable sub and an extra package or two on top of that. Usually I pirate races after the fact or watch a handful of smaller series that upload to YouTube after the race. But watching live really has its own unique quality, and I would happily pay a few bucks for the privilege.
How did the Google car cause the injuries?
a quick question. heres the situation I am in a self driving car driving full speed on the highway, a little girl crosses the highway (highly unprobable but still possible) what will my car do? maintain high speed and kill her? or try to avoid her knowing that any attemps to avoid collision at this speed would likely injure me if not kill me? then how the car would react if it is a deer? then how the car will be 100% sure its a deer?

this is where self driving cars are limited and shoudlnt decide for us.
process.on('unhandledRejection', function(promise,reason) {` since io.js 1.3
Charles Dickens perfectly described it in Little Dorrit when he described the Circumlocution Office[1].

Having worked with such people, I can confirm they still exist in the UK public sector and have only increased their power. They have an amazing ability to see a cloud in every silver lining. They detest any simple solution to anything.

[1] http://www.panarchy.org/dickens/circumlocution.html
I uninstalled Flash on my work and home Macs the other day. I must say, it cuts way down on any videos I watch. Pretty much everything except youtube is Flash. Oh well. Not reinstalling it, though. Too much risk.

Greats side effect: no more autoplay videos on random news sites.
New CEO, new rules: Can Reddit be tamed?
Not a new idea - but seems like a nice design; shame you don't have a video showing it in action, and I don't see why we need to sign up to try it - maybe move the sign up to later on?
I think its being implied that the Google Car is what the distracted driver hit, which as a result caused the injuries? no idea.. but having only 15 accidents since 2009 and none of which was "at fault" of the google cars.. is pretty amazing to me
This seems like a bit of a strawman version of the Greek crisis in relation to capitalism, attributing to human failures actions which were a result of a complex series of coercive acts. The worldwide financial crisis was created because of strong incentives on financial institutions to game the system for profit. This led to a worldwide breakdown of economies, but nations were not equally able to respond with economic stimuli. The Greeks were in a particularly bad situation because of a wealthy class which has been able to avoid taxation. Corrupt government also played a very important part in the process.

But the underlying cause of the crisis was the fact that the rules of capitalism have the property of being exploitable by large financial institutions unless they are under strict public oversight, and even this has been shown to be ineffective. Rational self-interest by banks which damaged the world economy forced Greece into a series of austerity measures which progressively weakened their economy and their ability to pay their debts, locking them into a series of pressure to take yet more loans under terms which lowered their ability to repay them. The logical end of this was their most recent deal which surrendered national sovereignty over their economy.

So what we see from this example is that capitalism has shifted most of the power to those most able to manipulate it, financial institutions, and led to the degredation of national sovereignty. The extreme end of this scenario would be a world without any nations controlled entirely by banks, but I doubt we will get to that point before alternative models take hold, as very few people want to live in that kind of world.
Thanks for your suggestion. The readability of a text in this tool is measured by the Dale-Chall Score as described in the introduction section. Of course there are other alternative algorithms but anyway this tool focuses more on counting the number of words in the given text.
> Build a straightforward AST then convert to LLVM.

How well do you think LLVM is going to optimise that code? You can't just give LLVM dumb IR directly generated from your AST and expect it to somehow work magic.

LLVM is low level. You need to lower your high level operations, such as method dispatch and metaprogramming, a long long way before LLVM will do anything sensible with optimising it.

For example Rubinius generates LLVM IR directly from bytecode for Ruby (so it's even a level more sophisticated than you suggest), and for every benchmark I run it's basically no faster than MRI!

For another historical example see Unladen Swallow.
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"The driver behind the Google Car was clearly distracted as it had not braked just before hitting the Google Car in the rear Read more at.. http://geekinspector.com/309/news/googles-autonomous-car-cau...

Sorry... how exactly did the Google car cause this?!
These content companies really need to stop trying to build their own streaming infrastructure (HARD!) and just build on someone else's tech. You're a content company, not a tech company. Stream on YouTube or one of the other handful of companies that do this well.
How the Church of Scientology tried to bring down journalist Paulette Cooper
Well - the moral is to complain more, when I wrote and advocated for detection in io.js I needed people on my side - Domenic needs people to complain and help now for the browser spec - we're always a hand short :)
(>>=) :: M a -> (a -> M b) -> M b

The `a` is bound in the second argument.
I configured the Colfax CX1205a-X6 to confirm -- the spec is suboptimal but compares favorably to the most expensive MPB (which I see as just over $3K).
How Cisco Is Preserving Its History and Why Other Tech Companies Should, Too
I wonder when we'll start seeing CPUs with integrated heat pumps. Stacking a Peltier junction as a layer could start to make sense. Or even having (non-conductive) fluidic cooling. (Although you have to be careful designing the chip or else capacitive effects can cause problems)

Also, we currently have a heat ceiling on the order of 10s of watts. An integrated liquid-cooled heat sink could drastically up that, at least for server-like applications.
Redgate in the UK do (or did... i don't know if they still do) this for small startups. I went for an interview there once and in one corner of the main office was an area with a few desks where 3/4 person startup was just getting going. This was in 2009 so they may not have the spare capacity now, but it's certainly been done.
Isn't it possible to do the measurements visually using Kinect?
> To clarify, are you are suggesting that some people are harassed more easily than others, or lie about being harassed? I don't believe that happens very often.

I'm not an expert on psychology and wouldn't want to speculate on other people's internal mental states. But certainly I have seen people claim that they feel harassed in situations that are, to my mind, a million miles away from harassment; that seem to me like nothing more than simple disagreement.
Good for you. For me it would take close to a working day at least the first time. Later on, maybe an hour if I am lucky.
Raising money is not the same thing as making a sale
I didn't see the article for when it's 2AM and you can't get that one last bolt off.
Well, the people with "permanent secretary" in their job titles aren't literally permanent, but they're more persistent than the ministers they serve.

Generally the system is referred to as the "permanent state". The oral and written tradition of various parts of the civil services has a very large influence on what policy can actually get made. Certain ideas keep popping up in a way that suggests the same briefing paper is simply being presented as a new idea to each new minister.

The secret part of the permanent state is even more persistent, as it keeps all information relating to its operations secret. This can include even quite large chunks of the budget: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zircon_affair

Pullquote from the end of that page: "We saw the spectacle of police being sent to raid the BBC headquarters in Glasgow in the middle of the night.... We saw the Zircon tapes seized as an elaborate blind." Darling said that the cabinet episode concerned "... the election campaign of 1983, and the fact that the Government sought to undermine and spy on the citizens of this country."
Personal prejudice: I'd be very reluctant to give up earnings while in college, particularly as you're already very viable.

In tech, college is mostly a learning experience and certificate program for entry level workers. You're not entry level.
They also don't tell you that the SKA is in south africa, with portions built in australia.
It gives me no reasons to use it over the standard Cycles renderer.
Uuuh... and what about CPGs? Chocolate bars are designed to push consumers to spend more money. Whats the difference between this and shooting cocaine in your veins?
I trust a highly trained algorithm to make better and faster decision than a human driver. The algorithm is even aware of all the cars around it and their speed and can decide to take evasive action with a way better chance of success than I ever could.
Possibly? I don't know how accurate they'd be, but that's the general idea I'm getting at. Most people have a hard time committing to long-term work for self-quantification.

Measurement of progress autonomously means less work, more data and perhaps more chance at success.
I have a feedback, the form doesn't look right on latest Safari (OS X 10): http://i.imgur.com/d27jsic.png
Congratulations. Could you share some analytics reports? I have curiosity on this content websites. When it's started to really grow?
Yes. If the speeder is endangering people by driving fast so is the cop.
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> Killing people kills

FTFY.
The 2.1v, introduced in 2013, makes this statement WRONG: "The Soyuz LV consists of: • A lower composite consisting of four liquid-fueled boosters (first stage)" (source: Annex C, A5.1.1.)
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The quality of quizzes is great, but this doesn't seem like a really great way of presenting them. Did you know that there's research that older people with dementia do remarkably better in an environment that reminds them of their youth? I can't find the research right now but it's interesting. Maybe there's a presentation format that reminds people of their youth - like a quiz show format - with buttons to press to choose an answer.
I think earbuds / headphones are the internationally recognized sign for "head-down / do-not-disturb".
There is, but I think if someone is using this app to keep track of their arm diameter, they are probably aware of that ;)
Ok, full disclosure. I'm such a whimp.

40 years old and still buckle under the slightest peer pressure.

Showed it to a friend of mine and he was instantly enthousiastic and said "let's both do it and have a monthly nerd session!"

So you go two subscriptions from Amsterdam the Netherlands half an hour ago :)
Your slippery slope is ludicrous, like when homophobes insist gay marriage will lead to people being allowed to marry their pets.
While underscore is indeed widespread, don't let libraries keep you from thoroughly understanding JavaScript:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4anAwXYqLG8
Unfortunately, particles are also waves. Look at de Broglie waves.

Now, that being said, one real advantage is that the effective wavelength tends to be much smaller. For example, an electron at 0.9c has an effective wavelength of 1.2pm (picometers).
> stopped in a place other drivers might not expect

You should expect drivers to stop at intersections. You should normally leave enough space between you and the car in front to avoid rear-end collision, even if that car stops suddenly. And there's already a signal the car in front has slowed - their brake lights come on. (Maybe that's not a US thing though?)
Or they are mundane people who wants to discover tor. It happened to me (20 years ago). Hopefully the hard disk where the picture has been stored (during less than one minute, before I removed it) does not exist anymore.
I have absolutely never heard of such a thing in the US and I've been driving for a long time. I mean, people get little dings and whatnot in parking lots or wherever all the time--which they may or may not do something about at some point. I've never heard of sending a letter to the insurance company in the absence of a claim. I'm not saying there isn't some fine print in some contracts but it's just not something I've ever heard of someone doing.
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That's a little too extreme, but you could imagine a real example not far off. In the case where they used 13.html to list their secret cost of goods and omitted it from the button controls, skipping from 12 to 14, and you typed 13.html, then used that information to set prices for your own wholesale business, there's actually a chance you could actually get in trouble for it.
If they start refusing trips or jack the price I will take my business to lyft. Competition dissuades companies from engaging in that type of behavior far better than legislation ever would.
Ask HN: What is the best way to learn Machine Learning in Python?
I am comfortable in coding, also familiar with python programming.
What approach should i follow to learn machine learning with in SHORT TIME.

Should i start with a book(if yes which one), or with a machine learning library or with a project or with complete machine learning algorithm implementation in python.

Please provide me step by step guide which i should follow (with the source links and references[if possible]) to learn machine learning in one or two months.
> I think there is a huge bundle of money waiting for whatever company manages to convince the rightsholders to leave the hulking behemoth of TV and move into the world of streaming.

I heard this from somebody a couple years ago, so I can't take credit for the thought. In a broadcast medium, like TV, they don't actually know how many people are watching. It's kind of a guess built up from survey companies like Nielsen, but it's ultimately a fiction and can be gamed in certain ways. For example, "90% of cable subscribers subscribe to cable for the sports channels" and "there are 100million cable subscribers, so therefore the market for sports channels is 90 million households" and "the average household is 3 people" therefore "advertising reach is potentially 270 million pairs of eyes".

They can use these numbers to sell advertising at inflated prices, which makes the channel more money, etc.

But on the internet, things become less "fiction" because they can be backed by much more concrete numbers like unique visitors to a site, or number of accounts who watched some particular live-stream, etc. And suddenly 270 million pairs of eyes turns to 11,000 people tuned into the live-stream and now ESPN or whoever can't really charge $50k for a 30 second placement anymore...after all no more than 33,000 people might see it, and even if access to the stream is $10/mo, the revenue from a single game's TV advertisements will overwhelm the monthly fees from all of the subscribers.

The internet simply eliminates the advertising fiction the TV world operates in, and the better data quality it provides simply shows that it doesn't allow them to charge the same kind of revenue generating advertising that they used to. On top of that, there's more actors in the distribution channel that they have to revenue share with, making the number even smaller.

TV broadcasters are terrified of streaming TV even though they know it's the future. The gold mines of broadcast TV are too hard to move away from even if it's rapidly going away as a medium.
I am referring to data-oriented design[0], not optimization: thinking about your data, access patterns, and transformations is not a premature optimization in the Knuth-ian sense. It's just plain, old engineering.

It's not incorrect per-se, just misleading in my opinion.

[0]http://dataorienteddesign.com/site.php
The relevant part of the CFAA, chopped up for readability:

> Whoever ... intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains ... information from any protected computer ... shall be punished as provided in subsection (c) of this section.

That requires both intent and access in excess of authorization. So since 1.html is a public page, you're authorized to read it. If 1.html was the personal information of the customer with ID #1, as in the AT&T case, that would violate CFAA.

Also notable is the definition of a "protected computer." It's any computer "which is used in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or communication," which is every computer connected to the Internet.
Neither are strictly correct in isolation. Of course the complexity matters, and of course the coefficient and reality factors matter. Often focusing on a core algorithm that's far too complex will save you time, money, and grief down the road. Engineering is, of course, knowing how to make the tradeoffs; but it certainly also involves knowing when one of those smart tradeoffs is time invested in getting your algorithmic complexity down.
It should be _possible_ with even a smartphone camera.

You'd have to do some clever image registration to calibrate/ re-scale the image.
Post-PC sounds weird for me, because a smartphone is becoming a Personal Computer, especial if you attach it to a big display and keyboard, and if it will be able to run a full OS like hopefully the Windows 10 (which is technically very possible with the Intel CPU phones). At that point only the size and the lower (but useable) performance will be the difference.
Depends on which bits of the press and how free you think it is. The large rightwing sections are quite happy to argue for more government surveillance against the usual suspects, and the press is still very much subject to the Official Secrets Act, D-Notices, libel considerations, etc.
'Against the Gods' is an excellent book. I can't recommend it highly enough to anybody who is at all interested in any kind of risk, or the financial markets.
For sure. But that's a far more nuanced argument than "twice as fast." :)
Kind of would block out a whole range of frequencies though, right? Dozens of transiting satellites, transmitting at a fairly constant volume, but of random data?
yes but what if your goal is to get out of this and the goal of the algorithm is to save the deer or the little girl?
As a huge American football fan, I don't want an ESPN streaming service. Cut out the middle man, give me an NFL games streaming service. The NFL could be innovative and do this now, but like ESPN they will ride out the cable model until something needs to be done financially. And with no competition, I guess that's the right thing to do for them. But it sucks to be a fan without cable.
Nice work! Little feedback: on this screen http://www.howacarworks.com/electrical-systems/checking-the-... the ads overlaps the content completely (one paragraph).
I've experienced slow admin/internal UIs that were so slow and inefficient they brought down the consumer site... and yes, I'm talking algorithmically. Processing data in triple nested loops because it was "quick and easy" and then the data grew beyond a relatively small threshold (something like 10k records was where it started to break).
down with having their kid's selfies, wife's neurotic texts, dick pics, GPS data etc sucked into a great spy apparatus

I don't think they are, really, it's just that they haven't thought about it and don't really understand that mass surveillance means everybody, not just the bad guys.

(Consider my favourite bit of narrowly-drafted legislation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act : rather than address privacy in any general way, go after the particular leak that embarrased a particular candidate)