Show HN: The New Organs – an archive of stories about creepy targeted ads
4 by saaaam | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Sunday, February 3, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: DIA Study: Invisibility Cloaking Theory and Experiments
DIA Study: Invisibility Cloaking Theory and Experiments
22 by DyslexicAtheist | 0 comments on Hacker News.
22 by DyslexicAtheist | 0 comments on Hacker News.
FOX NEWS: Yes, God cares who wins Super Bowl LIII
Yes, God cares who wins Super Bowl LIII
By the numbers, Sunday's Super Bowl LIII matchup in Atlanta featuring the perennially favored powerhouse New England Patriots versus the upstart Los Angeles Rams is the Mount Rushmore of sporting and marketing events.
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FOX NEWS: Gutfeld: The richer the life, the juicer the tell-all
Gutfeld: The richer the life, the juicer the tell-all
What's the difference between President Trump and the White House press? He's interesting and they're not even close.
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FOX NEWS: Deroy Murdock: Walls work. Democrats know this but they want Trump to fail
Deroy Murdock: Walls work. Democrats know this but they want Trump to fail
Walls work. Love them or hate them, their effectiveness is indisputable.
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FOX NEWS: Judge Jeanine: Northam should do us all a favor and just beat it
Judge Jeanine: Northam should do us all a favor and just beat it
Judge Jeanine offers a scathing breakdown of Virginia Governor Northam's scandalous week.
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FOX NEWS: Andrew McCarthy: Mueller's collusion-free collusion indictment of Roger Stone -- The fever dream continues
Andrew McCarthy: Mueller's collusion-free collusion indictment of Roger Stone -- The fever dream continues
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of Roger Stone may be the most peculiar document to emerge from the Trump–Russia “collusion” saga. It is an instant classic in the Mueller genre: lots of heavy breathing, then sputtering anti-climax.
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FOX NEWS: Watters' Words: Advice for journalists
Watters' Words: Advice for journalists
The Democrat Party is moving towards the extreme left, and the media are partially to blame.
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FOX NEWS: Doug Schoen: Virginia Gov. Northam must resign – This is not about politics, it's about racism
Doug Schoen: Virginia Gov. Northam must resign – This is not about politics, it's about racism
We Democrats pride ourselves on our strong belief in diversity and racial justice. We can’t claim we support these values if we stand behind someone like Ralph Northam.
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FOX NEWS: Everyone finally agrees China can't be allowed to take over the world
Everyone finally agrees China can't be allowed to take over the world
The days when people are ok with China taking over the world are coming to an end. Fast.
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FOX NEWS: Republicans need to do better with women, starting with getting them elected
Republicans need to do better with women, starting with getting them elected
Today, there are just 13 Republican women in the House – the lowest number in over 25 years. We have to do better. And we have to start now.
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FOX NEWS: 'Medicare-for-all' means long waits for poor care, and Americans won't go for it once they learn these facts
'Medicare-for-all' means long waits for poor care, and Americans won't go for it once they learn these facts
Kamala Harris and her fellow Democrats may think “Medicare-for-all” is their ticket to the White House. But voters are not interested in their plan to eliminate private health insurance.
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Do any Lisp beginners want to collaborate on a simple project to learn?
Ask HN: Do any Lisp beginners want to collaborate on a simple project to learn?
2 by elamje | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I recently decided that I wanted to take my CS skills to the next level, and learning LISP(Scheme/Clojure/etc.) was going to be a part of that process. I am fairly capable with code in general(did a lot in undergrad, and now work with C# professionally), but really just beginning with Scheme(bought SICP), and Clojure and I want to continue by making something cool, simple and open-source. I really just want to gauge interest among people in a similar stage of learning, so we can possibly come together to write something simple, yet meaningful enough to motivate us. I'm open to really any major LISP, although it seems that Scheme and Clojure offer a nice community to work with. If you are interested message me on Keybase at j3elam, or twitter at elamje. Or comment of course:)
2 by elamje | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I recently decided that I wanted to take my CS skills to the next level, and learning LISP(Scheme/Clojure/etc.) was going to be a part of that process. I am fairly capable with code in general(did a lot in undergrad, and now work with C# professionally), but really just beginning with Scheme(bought SICP), and Clojure and I want to continue by making something cool, simple and open-source. I really just want to gauge interest among people in a similar stage of learning, so we can possibly come together to write something simple, yet meaningful enough to motivate us. I'm open to really any major LISP, although it seems that Scheme and Clojure offer a nice community to work with. If you are interested message me on Keybase at j3elam, or twitter at elamje. Or comment of course:)
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Recommended Courses for Introduction to R/Data Science?
Ask HN: Recommended Courses for Introduction to R/Data Science?
3 by deilline | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hi y'all, A friend of mine with a non-technical background is looking to learn R and apply it to her daily work. She has a background in statistics and clinical research but is non-technical. I was wondering if anyone on this forum has gone through any courses and their experiences with those. The reason I ask is money is a little tight for her so she is trying to do some research before she spends on it. Cursory google searches for ratings of courses had a lot of companies advertising their own products or courses like Edureka, for instance. Thanks in advance!
3 by deilline | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hi y'all, A friend of mine with a non-technical background is looking to learn R and apply it to her daily work. She has a background in statistics and clinical research but is non-technical. I was wondering if anyone on this forum has gone through any courses and their experiences with those. The reason I ask is money is a little tight for her so she is trying to do some research before she spends on it. Cursory google searches for ratings of courses had a lot of companies advertising their own products or courses like Edureka, for instance. Thanks in advance!
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Cash or equity?
Ask HN: Cash or equity?
6 by birdinhand | 12 comments on Hacker News.
I've got a major career decision to make and I'm really sweating over it. I can choose between enough salary to cover my expenses and 50K stock options in a SF startup that is in the process of closing a $100M round with prominent companies and VCs in the valley. The stock will either be worthless or, up to 1.6M if the company manages to 10x it's current value. At current value, the options would be "worth" $135,000 after paying the strike price. Given the laws in my country of residence there would be no taxes on either exercise or selling the shares. Or I can choose $400K in after-tax income over the same 4 years. I think the company has good prospects of succeeding, and they'll certainly have the funding for it. They're in the nice hockeystick part of the growth curve. But nothing is for certain, and there's always ways it can go wrong. How does a person even begin to make a sensible decision about something like this? I made some spreadsheets, entered some made up probabilities and the math tells me choose the equity. Everyone else tells me take the money. If I had $400K in cash, I wouldn't spend it all on shares in this company - it seems to risky to me. That's an amount I would definitely miss if I lost it, and it's fully undiversified. Heck I wouldn't even put $400K into just Apple or just Google, and they're a lot less risky! But the smart money may be to take the risk. What would you do?
6 by birdinhand | 12 comments on Hacker News.
I've got a major career decision to make and I'm really sweating over it. I can choose between enough salary to cover my expenses and 50K stock options in a SF startup that is in the process of closing a $100M round with prominent companies and VCs in the valley. The stock will either be worthless or, up to 1.6M if the company manages to 10x it's current value. At current value, the options would be "worth" $135,000 after paying the strike price. Given the laws in my country of residence there would be no taxes on either exercise or selling the shares. Or I can choose $400K in after-tax income over the same 4 years. I think the company has good prospects of succeeding, and they'll certainly have the funding for it. They're in the nice hockeystick part of the growth curve. But nothing is for certain, and there's always ways it can go wrong. How does a person even begin to make a sensible decision about something like this? I made some spreadsheets, entered some made up probabilities and the math tells me choose the equity. Everyone else tells me take the money. If I had $400K in cash, I wouldn't spend it all on shares in this company - it seems to risky to me. That's an amount I would definitely miss if I lost it, and it's fully undiversified. Heck I wouldn't even put $400K into just Apple or just Google, and they're a lot less risky! But the smart money may be to take the risk. What would you do?
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Can you transition from trade secrets to open source?
Ask HN: Can you transition from trade secrets to open source?
6 by softwaremoat | 5 comments on Hacker News.
Mostly just looking for people submit ideas on the main topic, but if you're interested you can read about my specific situation below. I have unique knowledge/experience about how a variety of industrial equipment and computer systems communicate, and how the software to allow them to communicate should be designed. Right now, it's very difficult to make these devices/systems communicate, but at the company where I work we're creating software which uses the knowledge I have to greatly simplify the process. Companies have happily paid us large amounts of money just for the beta version of our product. I'm currently the only active developer. On the one hand, there is a need to protect critical portions of this code. But in an ideal world, there would be some way to profit from the useful software we're creating while opening source access to the world. I would absolutely be open to ideas about that, or experiences people have had. At the very least, I would like to avoid internally segregating our code base for future developers. However, how would we prevent a VC funded competitor from poaching one of our developers and gaining access to knowledge it would have taken them years or decades to acquire? Are some businesses only viable with closed source, internally segregated, software? Or, is it inevitable that all source will leak anyway, so you should try to create a model which does not rely on proprietary information?
6 by softwaremoat | 5 comments on Hacker News.
Mostly just looking for people submit ideas on the main topic, but if you're interested you can read about my specific situation below. I have unique knowledge/experience about how a variety of industrial equipment and computer systems communicate, and how the software to allow them to communicate should be designed. Right now, it's very difficult to make these devices/systems communicate, but at the company where I work we're creating software which uses the knowledge I have to greatly simplify the process. Companies have happily paid us large amounts of money just for the beta version of our product. I'm currently the only active developer. On the one hand, there is a need to protect critical portions of this code. But in an ideal world, there would be some way to profit from the useful software we're creating while opening source access to the world. I would absolutely be open to ideas about that, or experiences people have had. At the very least, I would like to avoid internally segregating our code base for future developers. However, how would we prevent a VC funded competitor from poaching one of our developers and gaining access to knowledge it would have taken them years or decades to acquire? Are some businesses only viable with closed source, internally segregated, software? Or, is it inevitable that all source will leak anyway, so you should try to create a model which does not rely on proprietary information?
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Can companies ask for private info before any interview/offer?
Ask HN: Can companies ask for private info before any interview/offer?
51 by mingodad | 49 comments on Hacker News.
We are talking about abusive privacy issues that several agents in our society are practising, some countries have laws regulating some issues like what a company can ask for a job applicant. Today I received an email inviting to participate in the selection process for a company that praise privacy in it's main product, but surprisingly it doesn't seems to apply the same in it's internal workflow, for example see what they ask in their invitation (the company listed it's offer here on HN http://bit.ly/2D2hRQw ):
51 by mingodad | 49 comments on Hacker News.
We are talking about abusive privacy issues that several agents in our society are practising, some countries have laws regulating some issues like what a company can ask for a job applicant. Today I received an email inviting to participate in the selection process for a company that praise privacy in it's main product, but surprisingly it doesn't seems to apply the same in it's internal workflow, for example see what they ask in their invitation (the company listed it's offer here on HN http://bit.ly/2D2hRQw ):
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Which 3D Printer for Product Design Prototyping in 2019?
Ask HN: Which 3D Printer for Product Design Prototyping in 2019?
9 by nelsonic | 8 comments on Hacker News.
We are creating a "Maker Space" or "Hackspace" and want to get a good 3D printer that we can use to make IoT prototypes. If you have experience with 3D printers and can give advice on which one to buy, please share! Thanks! More detailed criteria in: http://bit.ly/2MMXNWw
9 by nelsonic | 8 comments on Hacker News.
We are creating a "Maker Space" or "Hackspace" and want to get a good 3D printer that we can use to make IoT prototypes. If you have experience with 3D printers and can give advice on which one to buy, please share! Thanks! More detailed criteria in: http://bit.ly/2MMXNWw
