jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Regarding our high comp industry vs theirs.. we've reinvented the world at least twice since 1985, and like I said, I haven't seen a reinvention of finance in any positive way.

In almost every financial service that existed in 1985, margins have been cut to the bone (the main exceptions being M&A and IPO services). The commission on stock trades is now $0-8, it used to be $150, as you note.

When businesses need futures/options (mainly for hedging purposes), they often just buy them on the open market rather than contacting a GS/MS/JPM rep and paying through the nose for the privilege.

Regarding hedge funds/private equity, Warren Buffet and others have commented that there are very few hidden gems left, particularly gems detectable by financial/technical analysis. I.e., good businesses are getting more investment.

Regarding your average comp comparison -- that's fine, I'm all about profiting from efficienbut what about the aggregate comp? Is that higher, too?

It's a good question. Top traders get more, but they also tend to earn more. Good IT is certainly vastly cheaper than armies of line workers, and HFT is cheaper than human market makers. More financial services are provided today - my understanding is that credit cards were hardly pervasive in 1985, and no one would cell you a phone on quasi-credit like they do today.

I have absolutely no idea and I'd be very skeptical of anyone who claims to know.
If you upload a complex Word document to Google Docs, Google will make some simplifications to the document.

How does this manage the mis-match between Office and Google features? What if I do something in Office that cannot be synced to Google Docs? Surely all this passing through Google Docs will strip the Word-specific formatting out?

I think it's a great step, but it's not going to be anywhere near WYSIWYG.
"Compare this to a model where the hacker needs to compromise companies individually."

You don't explain how such a model would work, technically. Would that be like the good ole days of desktop apps that store data locally?
Interesting read - I do find it odd the author was worried over spending a few hundred dollars in The search for what should be a six figure position.
I'll add a +1 to that. Turkey is a fantastic country to visit. Istanbul is great, the small boat cruises between Fethiye and Olympos are memorable and Cappadocia is exceptional. My brother and I visited a few years ago and had one particularly brilliant day walking 35km and getting lost in the valleys of Cappadocia - will never forget it.

The hot air ballooning is stunning too.

Set aside two weeks to visit sometime, and make sure you do it. Can't wait to go back with my wife and kids.

It's trivial to carry on from Fethiye and into the Greek Islands if you want to link on from there into Greece, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Italy, etc.
have you been doing REST over something other than HTTP?
It's not 'just' personal projection, nor irrelevant, if accurate. Obviously you'd have to run the experiment to find out for sure, but it's not meaningless to contribute "I would expect anyone I know to think of Amazon's Redshift first". For someone who doesn't know that others feel the opposite definition is the 'default', it might be useful to find out.
> The idea behind "not everything is an expression" is that ordinary macros only extend the expressions in a language.

That sounds great, for lisps, when everything is an expression. I feel like you haven't fully embraced lisp, because the article just kind of asserts that not everything is an expression, without justifying it.

In lisp the point of expressions isn't that everything has a return value, the bigger gain is that everything fits together, like legos. One of the big wins is that you can use your same toolkit, functions & macros, on everything. The point of the article seems to desire restricting that.
Mechanical/electrical engineering, working for SpaceX or Tesla. I want to solve important problems.
Smalltalk-80 used the underscore '_' character for assignment. It was also rendered as a left pointing arrow.
The president and his cronies have repeatedly claimed in public that they have evidence of massive fraud. They have not even attempted to claim any of these in court, where these claims would have been immediately discovered as outright fabrications.

Also, Trump has sought to buy out election officials with 'gifts', has cajoled and petitioned various others to ask for votes to be thrown out or 'discovered', has tried to convince congressmen and senators to overturn the result of the vote, has cobtemplated invoking marshal law and redoing the election and so on.

In all of this he has been successful in conning a large number of people that the most important democratic institution, the vote, has been stolen from them by the federal government and several states. They were convinced enough that they tried attacking Congress to force it to overturn the results.

If these are not aspects of an attempted coup, I don't know how they should be interpreted.
> By that argument you could say the cigarette industry isn’t the cause of tobacco addiction.

The crucial difference is that cigarettes are targeted at children, and the majority of smokers become addicted before they become adults. Whereas the audience for Limbaugh, Fox News, etc., skews much much older. Everyone is complaining about how their dad was brainwashed, not about how their child was brainwashed. How many smokers start as dads rather than as teenagers?

(To further clarify: Alcoholics are a minority of alcohol drinkers. The majority of drinkers drink simply because they enjoy drinking, and they could quit if they wanted to without withdrawal symptoms. In fact I quit drinking entirely when the pandemic started, for several reasons, and I'm fine, I feel like I could continue abstaining indefinitely with no ill effects. Thus, I don't consider the purpose of the alcohol industry to be hooking junkies, whereas that's almost unavoidable with nicotine, which is medically established to be highly addictive.)

> we’ll have to agree to disagree about whether my dad was a good person who fell into the sway of bad influences or was a bad person all along.

I don't believe in such black and white, good and bad people. As I said, people are complex. "It's almost always nuanced. You may only see side one side of a person". I think we're all flawed, just in different ways. My claim is that Rush Limbaugh is not a magical snake charmer, he's a guy who tells some people what they want to hear, otherwise how do you explain how you yourself are "magically" immune to his charms?

This is the missing piece in the explanatory puzzle about propaganda. It's easy to point out, but you can't jump to conclusions about its effectiveness without explaining why you who are pointing it out were not affected.
What you're looking for is called Parchive. It uses Reed-Solomon coding in order to generate redundant files that can be used to recover the original. Look for PAR2 utilities (the current major version of the format). It has multiple implementations, open source and closed, across platforms and architectures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive
I have that on old ms-dos pc's.
being FOSS just in the client side, IMO changes little in comparsion with WhatsApp.
WhatsApp serves the purpose of talking to my friends and family. Signal serves the purpose of talking to myself
Same scenario here.
Good read, thanks for that link.
Tencent started with OICQ (later QQ), a somewhat ICQ clone, back in 1999. One of the most important factors, if not the most important one, contributing to the wild growth of WeChat in China is almost everyone online has at least one QQ number connecting with acquaintances. I think QQ was not as dominant as now. MSN messenger was quite popular among young middle class. In fact, the two are mainly used by different classes. After the shutdown of MSN messenger and the rise of domestic organizations (my personal perspective though), QQ seems to be the only dominant force in the market.

edit: typo and added: In fact, the two are mainly used by different classes.
Source? I've only heard of sound intensity (not duration of sound) contributing to eventual hearing loss.
I know, I call it "assembly language", not "assembler".
Facebook's engineering culture is a hindrance at this point. They're not a tech company, they're a social network. Their UI is really so-so considering that vast resources they've dedicated to the platform. Any product-oriented company needs to be driven by UX, not tech.
IRC was simple and decent 20 years ago. Not today. Or even 10 years ago. The world has moved (very very far) on.
The US is not at risk of hyperinflation due to structural reasons related to international trade. I listen to hours os economics podcasts a week from brilliant people with viewpoints across the political spectrum , many of whom love nothing more than to trash Fed actions and US economic policy and I have never once heard any of these let's say 50+ speakers say they feel hyper inflation is a risk. It really isn't on the table.

I would be more worried about a solvency crisis or sector specific inflation, or broader changes in the global role of the dollar.
It was more aspirational, 1k of documentation and -3k of errata that never existed.
ok but it got resolved less than 2 days ago.

far far more so, leaping to javas defense doesn't feel related to what this thread has been about. the thread has been about strategy & tactics, about escaping with something if the legal situation did go bad.

and as I stated, it doesn't seem like Google's Fuchsia does support Java. it might have been an idle notion, a legacy Android compatibility layer, but Java does not seem to be part of the modern Fuchsia attempt. at all. from what I can find. whatever pluses Java has, it doesn't seem like it's relevant enough to warrant any modern Fuchsia support. and the legacy Android support seems dubious / maybe non existent.

again I think the "fuchsia was just an escape hatch if Google had to have a non java based os" folks are a bit whack. but it was also a legit thread. even post Oracle trial, a break from 15 years of legacy & an underlying >2x as old posix api, for a more security conscious premise, sounds great, long long overdue.

Java has upsides but I don't think this thread should have to suffer that radical change in discussion. it muddies what was being talked about.
Apparently a coup is too political for Hacker News!
Is it OK to avoid that if we have to sacrifice our democracy in the process?
I came to say this in a more ironic way, but this is clearer.

During the BLM protests the police wasn't late at showing up fully armed.
If you are junior you would make mistake to ignore technical aspects of work (stacks, what to learn, how to develop, deploy and maintain) in order to focus on communication, trust, teamwork, documentation, clarity. While communication is somewhat important for juniors, but usually the technical aspects are even more missing. It is when you have technical aspects down when the other aspects start to matter more.

Also, juniors are not in political situations where the other aspects matter all that much. Generally, they find themselves in simply political situations. As long as they are not downright toxic, it is ok.
This (aside from the realisation of how fragile american democracy is) isn't yet, but in the Pa. State Senate they have realised they can just refuse to swear in the newly elected democratic senator and refuse to let the Democratic Lt. Gov. Preside.

These Republicans (particularly Ted Cruz) aren't stupid enough to believe their own words, but they're seriously playing with fire risking their countries democracy in the name of a '24 run at a time when China is only getting stronger.
Flagged by embarrassed Trump bitter-enders.
One core of the M1 can drive the memory subsystem to the rails. A single core can copy (load+store) at 60GB/s. This is close to the theoretical design limit for DDR4X. A single core on Tiger Lake can only hit about 34GB/s, and Skylake-SP only gets about 15GB/s. So yes, it is close to 4x faster.
Damn, the one time I don't use "he/she" or "they". Thanks.

Sorry to the author.
Upvoted just to hear I wasn't the only one who's literally had their breath taken away by that passage. I was listening to it on audiobook while I was running, and about halfway through that passage I stopped dead and cried. My eyes are welling up even remembering that moment.

I've never been a workaholic, and have always been pretty laid back - but since hearing that passage, I've had a much more sage, compassionate, patient and relaxed outlook on things. It's acted as a kind of momento mori for me - don't get too upset about things; don't get too worried about things; just make the best you can of what's going on now for yourself and those around you.
Eventually you will be able to regret the quality of the code before you have even written it!

(Sadly, this is not just induction applied to this thread. Not doing the best you can is a key to productivity.)
I think you missed the point.

I did buy it. It still advertises itself by default.
This is yet another example of a trend in culture of what was once a thing associated with production (founding a startup) becoming a type of consumption (this card).
Speak for yourself re Android - I never have to kill off apps in my Nexus One running 2.3.
The trend isn’t just in the Bay Area. I’m seeing the same thing in the Midwest.
Especially the glass.
While they may stand out, only a tiny percentage of pickup truck drivers are like this.

There are so many people who have desk jobs or jobs where they don't really need or only occasionally need a pickup, but they still drive one (at least where I grew up, in Northern California). Because of the Tesla truck's performance, and many other EV advantages, my guess is that this pickup truck will indeed appeal to a large number of pickup owners, including showboaters, occasional towers, occasional use daily drivers, as professional/hardcore customers.
Can it haul a "fifth wheel" trailer?
Eh, I'm not sure about that. I drive a Silverado. It's a family thing; I started driving one when I was 16. I put down $100 tonight. I'm not 100% sold, but I actually like that it's different.
Dominican here studying Telecommunications. I was giving a tour to the Datacenter of the 3rd largest telecom company in my country. They were using the Netflix box. I was giving a tour to the 4th largest telecom company, they too had the Netflix box. I was told the 1st and 2nd largest telecoms in the country also had the box.
Wait. They missed all the load-as-you-scroll and infinite-scroll website themes. All the rage these days!
I watched it, I cringed, I still put $100 down on a top-end model, hoping I'll have the cash when it arrives 2+ years hence.

Thing is: though the glass demo failed, we still know this guy comes thru with great stuff - he'll get that problem fixed, and we'll have videos soon of someone literally shooting up the truck with practically no damage (glass included). The man managed to get rockets to land & reuse; fixing the glass will be resolved next week.

I'm not sure if I'm thrilled or dismayed by the exterior design, but it's innovative and futuristic. It pushes the state of the industry forward.
The trimotor version claims to tow 14000+. A 2019 Ram 2500 tops out at around 19K, but my 2017 is a little less. The 2019 F150 tows about 11K.

This truck is no Dodge Dakota. This sits between a half-ton and 3/4-ton truck.
Are the people commenting that this truck is a good product just delusional or trolling?
@dkthehuman Do you plan on releasing a Firefox version?
Number One Rule:

Don't use aws with a credit card you are responsible for.
>> a form of "I am very clever and counterintuitive" rationalization

Speaking of a "stupid, hazardous fad," this self-congratulatory twist-of-thought is rampant and dangerous right now.
Are we going to get a public DEM dataset better than SRTMv3 any time soon?
I appreciate your feedback on this--I did end up finding the Mouse Model documentation after a bit, but I think there was some frustration built in on my end by that point.

I'm certainly open to trying it again in the future, and honestly do hope that it becomes a feasible alternative at some point. In fact, I think think that for certain tasks, it's not that far away, but I think that some of the UI decisions, whether from expert blindness as you've pointed out or other reasons, will keep coming up as a point of friction for even moderately experienced CAD users from other programs unless there's a deliberate decision made to try to make the defaults and jump-right-in process more familiar to those coming from the existing options.
Location: Toronto, ON ( Canada)

Remote: No. (though perfectly willing to work on a trial basis remotely before relocating.)

Willing to relocate: Yes (US and Canada only - If you are based in US, I will expect efforts from you to apply for a US visa that leads to a P.R. A TN permit for Canadians like me can be used as a stop gap measure.)

Technologies: Web, Android(out of touch) and Windows desktop apps. * 15 years of experience on the web(from frontend to back, though my pref is mostly backend). See résumé link below for further details.

Résumé/CV: http://tinyurl.com/n5bdsd9 (downloadable in .doc, github code also available)

Email: dennis_quicksort-1@yahoo.com

* =not that the number of years of experience matters, but 20 somethings shallow 'software-is-my-only-passion' kids are annoying,(I'm fine with the young, wise, humble ones). I prefer working with silver hairs(or ones born with silver hair - like I was :)) who have life/opinions/wisdom beyond software. Take Care.

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This was awesome. I laughed so hard. Made my day better.
The reason is that Dell replaced S3 sleep with Modern Standby.

Modern standby is turning on my XPS so much it can actually get dangerously hot in my backpack.
People don't care enough because it's a privacy inconvenience vs all their communication with their family and friends. There's little that will tip that scale.

The answer is probably strong anti-competitive legislation that makes it easier to move service, easier to inter-operate between services, and making services more granular.
When I write a component that takes a smaller margin I write something like this:

my-component {
margin-inline: var(--margin-thin);
}

If I want this dense notation I can name the custom property `--m-1`. In most IDEs (or language servers) I’ve tried custom properties also have autocomplete.

That is I use CSS custom properties inside component scoped styles. (Component scoped styles is what I call the general idea that React’s styled components are implementing, but Vue’s SFC and the shadow DOM scope the styles to the component at hand equally well).

I’m not saying “Don’t use Tailwind; use custom properties instead”. But for those of us that don’t like the idea that Tailwind brings, there are options, and we are perfectly happy with what we got.
gimp: cripple / derogatory term for disabled person.
Thank you. Yes, maybe a bit too generous but certainly long, colourful and complex.
This video is absolutely fascinating. Thank you!
Children will deal with it badly, of course. That's why it is a mitigation, not a solution. Unnecessarily creating opportunities for the problem to manifest will not result in the problem being solved more quickly; it will only increase the damage from it.
It is a crazy figure for high school kids at least (though far from unheard of). But that was back in the day when our heroes ran ridiculous mileage, too. Problem for me was that my heroes were training for 10K meters or more at an international level, not just hoping to make the state meet in the 2 mile. I wasn't pushed by a coach to do so (my coach probably would have had a cow had he known), it was mid-winter and what the hell else am I going to do in Indiana in December? For the remainder of high school I kept it to 70/week, and much less when competition started.

If you have the time (and that's probably the biggest limiter), 95 miles/week isn't all that uncommon, especially among top runners. Whether one starts to run into massively diminishing returns is another discussion. Even now in my advancing middle age, I'll be trying to crank it up to a peak of 80 miles/week in preparation for a marathon in May (one last shot at a time goal before I get too old). Lots of early mornings and my wife won't see me on Sundays until noon, but doable for a person with a job. But we'll see if my old legs can still handle that, and adjust accordingly if necessary. And I don't plan to win anything; if I have a really good day maybe I can walk away with a free pair of socks.

As for write-ups, meh, there are plenty with more interesting stories than mine (and to directly answer your question: no, never written anything worth reading). I've always been one of those "just shy of greatness" runners. Never quite good enough to qualify for Olympic Trials, pack fill at cross-country nationals, that kind of thing. As I often say, there are two people on the planet that care about my results: my wife and my mother, and I'm not 100% sure about my mother. So I've just never written much down.
The TSA is obviously staffed by bureaucrats who are simply following bad rules. This should call for a restructuring of the organization, not a lash out against The TSA or (worse) The Government. Let's figure out what is wrong with the process, and how we can fix it. Enough being scared and pointing blame.
I'm all for radicalism since radicals are the main force questioning conventional wisdom. But the size of the vegan movement is totally out of proportion to its veracity.

Take the whole "meat is murder" slogan. It's ridiculous from the outset and completely ignores our existence within the earth's ecosystem. I mean industrialized animal farming is fairly horrific, but the way to stop that is by advocating and paying the premium for more sustainably raised meat. Opting out of meat entirely does nothing to change the industry, because most people will always eat some meat if they can afford it.

Meanwhile, as vegans focus on the elimination of meat from our diets, they practically ignore the industrialized food that wreaks direct reproducible havoc on our metabolisms causing epidemic obesity and diabetes. Consider the effect of refined and reconstituted carbohydrates made from federally subsidized crops that make the most devastatingly unhealthy food items also the cheapest. Just the effects of soda pop alone are worthy of an international movement.
You can test this with relatively large files. If a 100mb file finishes syncing to Dropbox within seconds over a slow DSL, you can be pretty sure that someone has already uploaded a copy there before you do.
It really bothers me when people cheat in engineering classes, or really anything where your competence (or lack of) could affect someone's wellbeing.
Ginny Messina, who is a dietitian and actually has some qualifications to talk about this stuff, wrote a great response to this blog post - http://www.theveganrd.com/2010/11/do-ex-vegans%E2%80%99-stor...
Just used this coupon. I believe it only works once per customer.