jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Discussion of original blog post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26714478
I wasn't included in this survey. Make that 34.001%.

> Above all, that means freedom to set their own office hours.

This only works if every person on a team can work independently.

> That includes, for example, not needing to make chit-chat with co-workers.

I've fallen in love with being able to hear myself think. (Also my espresso machine and my standing desk.)
High wages relative to other wages, sure. High wages relative to the profit generated? Not so much.

High wages without a union only come out of an even larger pool of profit for them to pay wages from.
I don't know either. We must be suckers.
On your last point, a key report being cited around this story is "the Witherspoon report": http://www.winst.org/family_marriage_and_democracy/social_co...

Maybe it's just me, but there's something overly slick about the promotional site for the report and its various media: http://www.socialcostsofpornography.org/
Au contraire
IBM get it, they got on board with big industry trends a long time ago, and keep surviving (not thriving, mind you, but keeping up).
I'll trade processor time for usability any time. As long as animations don't get choppy or the app starts to feel sluggish or battery drain skyrockets, I couldn't care less if an app is using a lot of processor time.

Actually, Skype is a good example of how to not do it. Having Skype run in the background decreases my battery life by a good quarter. Actually talking to someone over Skype can easily get the laptop fans going. Skype even freezes for a few moments every now and then. And Skype is still a tremendously useful app, so I will even take this abuse. (The new design of the Skype beta for Mac is a different matter, though)

Sparrow on the other hand is smooth sailing.
Very true, I've been in the working alone situation, and I think it led to some bad habits (then again, I've been in big corporations which led to even worse habits, so... yeah).
If I'm reading the article correctly, they do fix up all the pointers on the next gc run. For every scanned pointer just check first whether it points to a stale page (and update it), then do the liveness marking. btw, they're using 2mb pages to cut down on page faulting overhead. And they're talking about terabytes of allocations per second (because they're compacting the first gc generation with this scheme, too), so virtual memory deallocation needs to happen somewhat timely. Furthermore at least the linux kernel never deallocates page tables, so no longer used virtual memory is definitely not free.
According to The Food Lab[1], the water type doesn't make a difference.

Lesson learned? As far as pizza goes, use whatever water you want. (...)
Clearly, the small differences that arise naturally in the course of
making a good pizza by hand far outweigh the minor differences that
water could make.

[1]: http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/01/does-nyc-water...
I built this Tetris Playground for a class, and I built a few bots to play against it. I'd love to see what other people could build to play on it. The goal was to make it work in a way that building new bots would be very straightforward and not involve understanding or writing Tetris game code.

I'd love any feedback on the system, and pull requests are absolutely welcome! Thanks for looking!
This does not generalize to arbitrary purposes. If you just want to detect that the user has run more jobs than your build system can possibly benefit from and print a warning, there is no reason to start messing with the jobserver. This is not the Ockham solution :)
Biggest reason is that the soil in London is soft clay, making it incredibly expensive, and until recently, very difficult to build up, and very cheap and easy to build subways. Allowed sprawl to occur earlier than in other cities in the world.
Not all problems need a solution in code.
Hi bgarbiak,

You can use the "From Existing Node.js Code" project template to create a project from a folder, but the project file itself is a requirement for visual studio and also allows us to include helpful metadata (whether or not to analyze a directory, etc - most IDEs/text editors include a project file for this very purpose - they just hide it a little better). That said, at some point we'd like to change things up so that the project does feel more similar to the folder/file experience you might expect.

This is to change the project file to be more "transparent". https://nodejstools.codeplex.com/workitem/1855

There's also another issue to directly open a folder without requiring the user to take steps to create the solution/project.
https://nodejstools.codeplex.com/workitem/209

Additionally, like rlp mentioned - make sure that "show all files" is turned on so that you can see everything in the folder, not just files you've defined as being a part of your project.

Hope that helps - let me know if you have any other questions.
Soon the employer side of the debate is going to be "move somewhere cheaper or you're fired".
Not everyone ignore Bitcoin because they love fiat or can't handle the disruption. Some do it because enabling a stronger uncontrolled brand of capitalism sounds like replacing a weaker poison with a stronger one.
> anti-intellectual languages like Go

Meaning...?

I generally agree with your class argument but don't see how Go fits into it, nor what an "intellectual" language would be.
Ada was designed a few years before C and it could do much more than C and without the problems you mentioned.

So we don't have to wonder at all, it would have turned out exactly the way it did and the reason is because things like undefined behavior, zero terminated strings, null pointers, etc have positive utility underappreciated by academics.
I take your point with regard to the economic incentives at play. But at the end of the day, it seems likely that the net effect of this article will be to drive more readers to the new Subspace blog? (A sort of Streisand effect.)
How are blockchain assets, whose scarcity is defined by the protocol and agreed upon by all participating node operators, infinite in supply?

Edit: Arguing in good faith... you could suggest changing the protocol, sure, however you would need follow that particular blockchain's rules for gaining consensus about changing the rules first.
> Rationalists are the more modern type of reformer here (and so are hackers, founders who like to disrupt things, etc., so this worldview also tends to be popular on this site). Absent a convincing argument from first principles as to why the fence should exist, they think it's clear that it shouldn't.

Maybe this was true 5-10 years ago but my sense is that "rationalists" have grown up (sometimes literally -- they were in their early 20s, now they're in their late 20s, early 30s). Scott Alexander doesn't seem like this "modern type of reformer" to me and I think a lot of people are on the same trajectory as him.

I think this is a phase of personal development and it usually ends by 30. Also, plenty of the people I'd put into this category ("modern type of reformers") are not grey tribers, they're blue-tribers. "Abolish the police," "open the borders" is exactly this kind of reform.

The difference between the blue tribers and the grey tribers -- when it comes to naive calls for reform -- is that the former are more emotional and the latter are more analytical. Neither of them are wise.

> In the other direction, this also explains why the Grey Tribe has "vague annoyance that the question of gay rights even comes up," quoting the Slate Star Codex post linked in the NYT article (which references another Chesterton work, as it happens). To the more modern type of reformer, the gender-checking gate in front of romantic partnership obviously has no point, needs to be torn down, and really the problem is all the people defending the gate because it historically existed. Which, yes, they're right about that! But the Blue Tribe knows that if you actually want gay rights to happen, you've got to play by the rules of the "more intelligent" reformer - who is wrong in this case - and affirmatively argue for taking down the fence instead of simply questioning it.

We're getting pretty close to gay rights these days. Personally, I think Will & Grace had more to do with that than either kind of reformer. Americans have become more comfortable with homosexuality as they became exposed to gay people who are "normal". In other words, the perception of gay people has shifted from hustlers and tortured married men looking for sex in dive bars to well-dressed, polite lawyers.

Reformers played some role in that process but I think it's a mistake to view progress like this as the result of "winning an argument".
Most of us eat at subway pretty much every day.
If you're trying to sell the idea that a newspaper - known not only for its content, but as a reference for style and prose - is somehow obsolete, then maybe you should avoid writing like an 11 year-old on meth.
In India, drivers don't know what safe driving is. Constant tail gating; overtaking where it is not safe to do so. Add this to the lack of enforcement. I would say 99% of Indian drivers will fail any DMV tests (both written and behind-the-wheel) conducted in states such as California.

Lack of sleep: hired drivers (cab drivers, lorry drivers, etc) don't take enough rest, thereby contributing to deadly crashes at night.

Unsafe parking on high ways: During nights, often bikes and other vehicles ram into parked trucks in the middle of no where. These parked vehicles should leave some kind of flasher cones for 400 feet or so. Another result of bad driving practices, along with no traffic enforcement.

Auto-rickshaws (3 wheelers) and motor bikes (2 wheelers): whenever I hear about accidents in India, there is a 85% chance that these deadly vehicles are involved in accidents. These auto-rickshaws (esp during day time) just swerve at last minute on Indian highways. Either ban these vehicles on highways or build a special lane for these 2-, 3-wheelers.
> Does that mean that I shouldn't be involved online in the lgbt community whatsoever

What I'm saying is that YouTube is a terrible place to have a lgbt community. Most of the closed-garden Internet is a terrible place to have a lgbt community, because all it takes is Zuck or Brin or some other "benevolent" dictator deciding to reveal all your secrets, and you're dead.

Like, there was that girl who was disowned by her parents once Facebook made group memberships public on profiles, because she happened to be part of a lgbt group at her university.

You're putting a hell of a lot of trust in Google or Facebook over what is, for you, a life-or-death situation.

Choose a community where people only use pseudonyms, and which isn't driven by corporate profits.

Edit: Also, a "anonymous" online political activist is going to live a miserable life; look at Snowden and Manning and Assange. You can't even send stuff to the newspapers any more without angry people coming to destroy your hard drives.
> Not too scary, this markup.

I find this one acceptable.

> In our opinion not ideal, this markup pattern.

This is very clumsy, perhaps even ungrammatical. The addition of "in our opinion" ruins it.

However, please note that I am not a native anglophone.
There's a running joke on the wsb subreddit about this, about the return that Elon saw in getting his hair fixed (I can't find the specific phrasing and construct of the joke at the moment), but anyway his transformation is fairly notable and there's no doubt it contributed in some part to his success: https://thenewdaily.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/elon-m...

I wish it were not true, but I think it sadly is, that as much people would like to think appearances don't matter, they do. Of course that doesn't mean you should beat yourself over it if you were dealt a bad hand in the hair department, because you can do something to improve your appearances in general! Start with a 5x5 or similar routine, because the gains in your confidence and appearances aside, the gains in strength and health are reason enough.
> For her part, Kuroda co-slept with her four children as a way to adapt to being away from them during the day. "I'm working full time and if I separate the whole night, it's really minimal time for the baby. We can intensely communicate, even in the nighttime. It’s real communication and time together."

IMO the rise in attachment parenting methods stems from the high rate of mothers working full-time outside the home, feeling guilty about being away from their children all day and "missing out" on developmental milestones, or feeling guilty about a minimum wage daycare worker spending more waking hours with their children than they do, and trying to 'make up' for this lost time with co-sleeping and other attachment methods.

I view this parenting style as a sort of pathological paternalism, it's presented as being in the child's best interest, when in reality it's a psychological need of (usually) the mother. Babies need lots and lots of high-quality, restful sleep, and the families that seem to be dealing with serious sleep deprivation issues for both parent and baby are usually in the attachment camp.
> This probably sounds pedantic

It doesn't just sound pedantic, it is pedantic.

The topic is clearly about personality traits not medical conditions.
I agree, my advice to any new parent would be to listen carefully to advice about how not to drown your child while bathing them, and how to make sure they're not suffocated by their bedding. Both real issues where some simple practices avoid the small risk of an absolutely catastrophic outcome.

Then take all other advice with a pinch of salt. Just follow your best instincts and do what seems right. Your child will be fine, plus you'll be more relaxed, you'll appreciate the time with them more. You'll have more time and emotional energy to understand and respond to how they are doing as well as how you and your partner are feeling, and your instincts will get better and better.
I went to art class once a week because I liked it, but stopped at a young age when I didn't se any classes in the course catalog that I was interested in. The only summer camp I did was one week a summer with Scouts.

I'm guessing "summer camp" for most other kids is of a longer duration?
As a tall, skinny white guy who also likes leather jackets, I fear if I shave my head I'll be lumped in with the neo nazi sympathisers.
Bro you already won the HN argument, you don't need to keep replying unless you want to hang out sometime. Just let me know
Re: the 1FeexV6bAHb8ybZjqQMjJrcCrHGW9sb6uF address Craig Wright is claiming, others believe the coins in it were stolen from Mt Gox: https://cointelegraph.com/news/former-mt-gox-ceo-mark-karpel... https://blog.wizsec.jp/2020/06/mtgox-march-2011-theft.html
Physics is a technical topic, but people are treating it more like philosophy. Imagine if Stack Overflow were filled with questions like "Can a computer think?" That's what's happening in Physics.
I look at European city centers where cars often times get thrown out now and: they don’t agree. Profits were way down even before COVID. Even if you offer people the option to not use their car, they will avoid it. No form of transportation will ever be as pleasant to use. Cars don’t make cities unpleasant, cities themselves are unpleasant. No matter if cars exist or not.
Bikes, pedestrians and cars must be properly separated to make safe cities. Doing that would maybe convince a few people to take a bike.

Or we can go back as you described. Destroy the cities we have built and build small walkable towns. That would mean that you have no say in what your job will be, but your parents do. That’s over 100 year old concept that worked well back then and would probably work well if you built it up again. But with modern demands of “personal freedom” it’s impossible to build.
That "censorship and silencing" is just those platforms using their free speech back. If you think the corporations running these platforms don't have that right, you'll want to meaningfully differentiate this decision from e.g. the decision of Fox News to not give equal airtime to someone like AOC.

I think both of those platforms should have editorial discretion.
Yeah, but the b.com leak involved credit card data which changes everything in the eyes of regulators. Sadly this is not true for "mundane" data like phone numbers, email addresses, or even physical addresses.
Getting banned from Twitch can have serious career consequences for streamers and potential streamers.
I think the real issue is being banned and not having a reliable appeals process to go through. The appeals process takes long enough that it can tank your viewership.
From what I understand the Magnet is extremely specialized and it would cost millions more to manufacture a second one rather than ship the existing one. As to why Fermilab, scientists had exhausted the capabilities of the particle accelerator at Brookhaven and Fermilab already possessed the equipment to generate more intense muon beams.
> When keybase did their Stellar drop, I didn't activate it and it was just a nagging option in the UI forever.

Just FYI but those Stellar drops are worth over 500 USD right now.
Your total compensation at FAANG is base salary + bonus (usually % of your base multiplied by your perf and company perf) + stock.

When you get promotion your base salary will increase, your bonus will also increase (due to being % of base, but also higher levels have higher %) and your annual stock refresher will be higher, as you are now on new level.

She would get annual stock refresher even without promotion, but with promotion refresher would be bigger and total new comp could have compensated for drop after initial grant has finished.

You can check levels.fyi for comparisons of total median comps between levels at Google.

L3 - $189k[0], L4 - $265k [1], L5 - $350k [2]

[0] https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi...

[1] https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi...

[2] https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi...
It's incredible stupid to say that protecting an ethnicity (something that can't be changed) is tantamount of protecting ideology (something you are not born with and something that sometimes includes advocating for violence).

Also, no one is illegalizing anything by banning it from Twitch.
The FAQ covers this in detail under the "What is DragonRuby?": http://docs.dragonruby.org/#--frequently-asked-questions,-co...
Thanks for the info! I was hoping it was more secure than a simple USB flash drive. This seems like a really good way to improve key security.
Here's my own version: https://igorpartola.com/debianization/. It tells you how to set up your own repo as well.

Edit: I should add that I love me some Debian packages. At my previous $JOB, I converted the monolithic codebase we had into roughly 50 Debian packages and deployed it from our own package repo. I set up Puppet on top of this to deploy changes to the servers. The biggest upside of this was that we had to write no custom code to manage dependencies, etc. The old broken shell deploy script went away, and we were able to move from SVN to git without having to update much (except how we generated debian/changelog). The biggest PITA when I was doing packaging was writing proper init scripts. If the daemon is run with an interpreter (#!/usr/bin/python), you have to update the part of the init script that checks if the process is running. Also, compiling .py to .pyc files gave me some trouble, though that has now been greatly improved.
Both of those court cases didn't matter.
Out of curiosity, do you feel like bringing in some class animosity (your strawman VP) makes your point more obviously correct or more obviously self-serving?
Entrepreneurs have realized this, but energy is far more difficult than people will admit. Even if this works and is cheap, the real issue is batteries. Batteries are expensive and their manufacture entails environmental costs. There is no free ride. Yes, Tesla wants to reduce the price of batteries, but that doesn't make it so.

If this works you need many multiples of battery capacity as production. That is a staggering amount of batteries. And batteries don't have a long life. How is the battery life on a 10 year old computer?
Asteroid Mining:

http://www.planetaryresources.com/

Space Travel:

http://www.blueorigin.com/

Robots:

http://modbot.com/
Matlab is popular mostly because there's a lot of code in place to do optimization and to compare to past work. I personally stay away from it these days because its pretty horrible for anything but that, e.g GUIs.
Just read a short blurb on Amazon, seems like great stuff and looking forward to checking out more.
Reminds me of my first experience. The trip involved getting something huge, like a big sense of "oh, I finally get it" but now, 3 years later, I'm still trying to figure out what I actually got.
I recommend hiring a graphic design professional, as well. The site looks kind of unpolished.
Starting with iOS4 developers have access to a set of APIs. Audio, GPS + 'Location', Push, Phone (think Skype), Worker and probably a few other APIs.

Until now, when the user pressed the home button you were able to write your state to flash if necessary. Now there is another way to 'freeze' your app and keep the state in memory -- at least until iOS4 decides your app won't be needed soon and fully quits it to free memory.

If you use the APIs mentioned above it is possible to continue playing (streaming) music, doing something else during a Skype call or update your location whenever you connect to a new cell tower* . If you need turn-by-turn you get access to constantly ask for GPS, this aside from calling/playing music is the only 'real' multitasking as it continues in the background until you tell it to quit.

The Worker API allows you to complete a task, for example continue uploading that video file to Dropbox. Once it's done the Dropbox app quits (or is frozen in memory as everything else).

Push notifications allow to access a server but it seems as someone else here mentioned the payload is too low, and only accessible as soon as the app is activated.

I can't tell for sure though as I'm not an iPhone developer just following it closely and most of this information comes from the January(?) keynote when iOS4 was introduced.

*Because GPS sucks battery you app gets called whenever you connect to a new cell tower, this according to Apple, should be sufficient for services like Google Latitude where the exact position at any given point isn't that important like it is for turn by turn navigation.
Pretty cool! Is there any way you can make it larger? I find the characters to be very small.
Interesting, for me the Kindle price still is the most expensive:

https://skitch.com/kroger/r4t51/shades
Um, thanks, I'll check that! Still, I think it's unintuitive. There's no way I could figure this out from twitter's UI, if only somehow by accident.
Oh, I've been involved in several incidents in Data Centers -but they all were a result of people who had been legitimately been let in to the data center. Contractors, Electricians, Customers, Telcos.

In the entire history of data centers, I'd be surprised if there's been more than a dozen external penetrations on a data center that had the following:

o Solid Concrete walls.
o Man Traps w/security that vets all entry.
o External Locking Doors that are always Locked.
o Secure Shipping and Receiving (Basically Rolling Doors
that lead into a "Package Trap" for gear where it is
deboxed)
o And, I should have also mentioned, customer cages.

On the flip side, I'm betting we could find thousands, and more likely tens of thousands, of incidents related to people who had been let in through proper channels. If you want to invest effort in securing your data center, that's where you'll get the biggest payoff.
Sure. Facebook could be "MySpaced", too. The whole point of what happened to MySpace is that it was hard to figure out what it would take to disrupt them until it happened.