jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Think along the lines of netflix/goodreads/yelp for theatre. Still very new and constantly evolving, but good response from the community so far. The tech work is a lot of fun, especially the collaborative filtering stuff. The audience tends toward very non-technical, so I got a lot of instant feedback about what works for them and what doesn't. And you can't beat New York City for a tech/theatre startup. Cheers.
http://hacker-newspaper.gilesb.com/ is awsome!!!

I am planning to crawl HN using http://scrapy.org Strictly adhering to http://news.ycombinator.com/robots.txt will severely limit the usefulness of the data scraped.

User-Agent: * Disallow: /x? Disallow: /vote? Disallow: /reply? Disallow: /submitted? Disallow: /threads?

So I hope to crawl HN /x,/threads etc. Of course I plan to do it as slowly and unobtrusively as possible. If a database dump or archive is available, the whole crawling could be skipped.
Nothing about that is rigorous. You still haven't convincingly demonstrated that computation works as a remotely serviceable analogy for intelligence.
Intruiging, thanks for the summary and link to sources. I'll have to give that a read.
Human greed is predictably predictable.

In other news, water is wet.
Yeah, I only counted releases implementing new features, not every single one (both for Rust - even though we have few point releases - and for the other languages). Also some compilers don't have a fixed release schedule, which made gathering those stats a bit hard.
We're also using httprouter and so far have been pretty happy with it. The lack of middleware isn't really an issue, you can inline the key stuff (Gzip, logging) yourself from other sources.
You are missing the point. Right now you are getting 25 BTC for mining a block, but that block reward will drop to zero while the costs for processing a transaction will remain more or less the same. Therefore transaction fees will have to go up until they cover the transaction costs without subsidizing them with the block reward. The other alternative, lowering transaction costs, is not a real option because it would make the Bitcoin network vulnerable.
I've tried the TV method but never really felt like it worked. In contrast, after a session or two with Rosetta Stone, I'd walk away with some basic Spanish or Arabic kicking around in my head. It's really pretty amazing, but as I said before the issue is that people (including myself) always quit RS because it's still a chore.

I guess the upside to TV is that it's not a chore and people would be less likely to quit.
Er. US healthcare costs have been outpacing all other nations since 1980.

The US has very poor healthcare results across the board, exept in one medium-size illness, cancer. Where the US does slightly better, untill you factor in that the short US lifespan, and how much younger US cancer patients are on average. And it would be very peculiar indeed if the country with the best hspitals, doctors and tech should also be the one with the shortest lifespan, years in good health, infoant mortality, amendable mortality, amternal mortality, etc, etc, etc.

The bottom line is the US system costs them most and has very bad results.

US healthcare and pharma industries are not all that innovative, have a look at number of patents brought to market. he US also scores very low on number of nobel prizes per head.

Which brings US to Universiteis. US and UK univeristies like Cambridge, Harward, UMIST, Iperial, etc are undoubtedly good...but only looks dominant when you do the by-paper measuring which only counts papers published in english. Count non-english papers and the field widens. Count Nobels, and the US brings up the rear.
As much as I admire Sacha Baron Cohen's efforts to uncover hypocrisy of our society, I agree with your comment and disagree with him - that social platforms have to filter content; just on the basis that this filtering, even if done with good intentions initially, may later be seized by individuals with their own agendas, which may not at all be virtuous.

If we mute people talking about races and skin color, prohibit to single out minorities, do we actually relieve the pressure in the society, or help build it up to a radical level and fuel even more hatred that way?
Do the results stay the same if you exclude files longer than say 1000 lines?

I think a lot of big .sql files in repos might be autogenerated by tools, and being long would be a good way to remove some of them.
Thank you for this refreshing viewpoint.

There is great value in allowing everyone to speak their minds, and sorting out who the idiots are afterward. Freedom of speech works very well.
I live in a northern Midwest suburb, in a region that receives a lot of snow in the winter. I have driven older trucks my whole life, in part because of of the 4x4 capability for winter driving. I also enjoy being the guy who keeps a tow strap in the toolbox and hauls people out of ditches. Hard to do that without a heavy 4x4 vehicle.

When you have the bed, you realize there are a lot more uses for it than you might otherwise think. Other than just hauling stuff, the tailgate acts as a bench to sit on- I used to have lunch with my wife every day in the summer like this. At an outdoor event (like fireworks, outdoor concert in a park, etc.) I've lined the bed with blankets and lounged at comfortable height with 3 friends and great view of whatever is going on.

For me, the real key is to own an older truck that you don't mind dinging or using to its potential. I buy used, with cash, and I don't spend more than $15K or so. I don't understand spending $65-75K on a brand new mall-crawling status symbol that will only start being used like a truck in 15 years by a guy like me.

Although admittedly, I really like the look and presumed potential of the new Tesla truck. It's the first vehicle that I'd actually consider buying new. I wonder how well the stainless steel will hold up the salty roads- the bane of vehicles around here.
And Alma Linux is here already, with backing from a commercial company with has direct access (same time as Red Hat) to the security issues.
Neither Photoshop, Kleenex, nor Google have lost trademark protection.

Additionally, the term Yubikey isn't likely to become synonymous with 2FA in any case. Most people don't know that yubikeys work in several different, independent modes, such as FIDO/U2F 2FA, or CCID smartcard, or Yubico OTP (those long annoying strings your yubikey types when it brushes your thigh or hand).

The CCID smartcard mode requires a pin, which is technically two factor authentication (knowledge of PIN and possession of yubikey), which is an entirely different thing than FIDO/U2F 2FA (which is what most people mean when they talk about using a yubikey for 2FA, not that "yubikey" and "2FA" are interchangeable terms).

This is further complicated by the fact that CCID smartcard mode can be used for ssh (via gpg-agent, with ssh keys inside the yubikey itself), AND, separately, OpenSSH (with other keys) can use a yubikey for U2F.
There are 10 kinds of developers in the world...

Those who like to start their day mid morning and those who like to start their day early morning. To accommodate everyone a lot of companies use a standard "core time" of 10-2 where everyone needs to be in the office.
Yeah, the valuable conclusion to make from the Dunning-Kruger paper is that self assessment isn't worth a lot.
What am I looking for in that link? I may be mistaken but doesn't google3 refer to third party libraries, and not code written internally for Google? All I want to know is if a major team at Google is using Golang for any critical services.

I don't care for conferences, but I do care about tools. Google put resources into developing a full IDE for Dart, yet nothing for Go...
Both of you missed something big about SMS/MMS:

It's not really a messaging system, it's a push notification system that everyone who has a smartphone is subscribed to.

You probably have a phone that can accept MMS, and a corresponding phone number.

Lets say I turn this into some kind of guard dog system (bear with me). Imagine someone wanders onto my property. I'd rather get a text/mms than an email which might get lost in my inbox.

Individual systems might be great at specific things (motion detection, security systems, etc.).

Dogs are living beings, they can be trained by average humans to do new things that your typical security system never imagined.
How about multiple ejectable tubes(wing tips, tail and nose locations)that record flight and voice data and are ejected if an explosion or structural failure is detected or if the speed and trajectory indicates the plane will impact the ground. Eject with a small parachute and are made to float, along with a homing beacon, flashing LEDs. And capability to transmits the data to a satellite if possible or maybe even remotely to a surface ship or search team without physically finding the tube.
drink beer before its legal

My own advice would be: don't bother with alcohol until you're well beyond drinking age. And definitely don't bother with heavy drinking of any sort, in those years.

A lot of this has to with the observation being a student really is a 24x7 game, in those years (if you've chosen to go the student route, that is). While I definitely wasn't a "grind", I have to say that the only reason I made through the system as far as I did was that, aside from a healthy amount of distraction (movies, shows; and parties for the sake of socialization -- not for the alcohol) I really was studying, or thinking about the content of my studies, pretty much all the time. It was really all about being "always on" and intellectually focused, all the time.

And getting hammered on anything like a regular basis -- which is pretty much what the college drinking scene is like, these days -- really claws a huge chunk out of that dedicated focus. I'm just not sure I would have made it that far if I had taken up the interest in casual drinking in my mid- to late 20s.

It also, BTW, claws a huge chunk out of your wallet. $5 for a lager is nothing when you have a regular "adult" job, but (scaled up to rounds of 3-4 every few nights) it's a lot when you're on a student budget. There's only a certain period of your life when you can meaningfully benefit from the kind of ascetic detachment from the temptations and corruptions of a fat, "adult" paycheck. Later on, when you're more or less forced to go the high-paycheck route, you can indulge in the comfort-distraction that goes with it.

This is the time of life when you should be getting intimate with the local university library; reading Feynman or GEB or any of the other books mentioned on the bus; learning to draw or to play an instrument (just to show yourself that you can); and spending your last dime on that Godot flick and, perchance, a can of tomato sauce to heat up in fleabag apartment you and 4 others share downtown.

But beer? You'll have plenty of time for that, later.
1. Eat that humble pie, confess that you don't know as much as you thought, get past it. To maintain your dignity, focus on the work, not the politics.

2. Unfortunately quite common.

3. No. Try not to dwell on it. Pity them quietly, stay focused on the work, don't lose yourself in their negativity. Treat others as you'd have them treat you (even though they don't yet), and lead by example.

If any consolation, you're going through what I call "celebrity training." Since moving to LA, I've noticed particularly successful/famous people can be particularly difficult, demanding, and even insulting.

When you meet their assistants and see them graciously cope with their superiors being completely insulting, demeaning, abusive, awful human beings, it suddenly becomes clear: That is why you want to get to know the assistants.

It's like they know how to speak a foreign language reserved for a special few- some of the most powerful, intelligent, successful people in the world. They all speak verbal abuse.

Most people when they hear verbal abuse freeze in shock, do as instructed, feel embarrassed, explode in retaliation, or run. But if you're fluent in verbal abuse, you learn how to ignore it, see past it, even reform it, but most importantly, they learn how to work around it.

Also, keep in mind that a lot of your fellow bad-asses may have mild autism/aspbergers, which makes it hard for them to tell when they're offending you. If you get up in their face about their shitty behaviour, you might be surprised by their surprise. They may not even be able to detect how much they're upsetting you.

If you haven't already given them feedback, then you should. A simple "Hey, it kinda stresses me out. Maybe less of that?" will do. Remember to do it immediately after an infraction. People are like dogs, and the sooner you interrupt and correct and throw it away, the more likely it'll stick. Also like dogs, people need gentle reminders, as they'll keep slipping up for a while until it sticks.

Keep it light and funny, not dramatic. Try a quick, soft-spoken "rawr?" with about the delivery and tone you'd use to say "lip?" while pointing out they have a suggestive dollop of sour cream on their upper lip at a house party, and you just want to bring attention to it very subtly for their benefit.

Also remember that an important part of training your dogs is to reward, not just punish. While looking for infractions, you also want to look for spontaneous moments of good behaviour and thank them for it immediately, even with only a smile and a nod.

Best of luck!
Webviews have been "getting there" for like 5 years now
I see, thanks. That makes sense.

Why don't all companies do this, then, I wonder? It seems like companies offering people an opportunity to work in SF, plus affordable housing, would be a huge attraction?
Awesome! Thank you! No doubts that will help a lot!
Not necessarily. They can negotiate custom payment schedules with the service provider. I imagine this investment will go a long way toward helping them form those partnerships.
> You seem to focus only on the few drawbacks of CSS inheritance and to ignore its biggest advantages like you don't have to write declaration for every and each element on the page and rely instead on inheritance for props to cascade properly.

This presentation explains what problems React inline CSS solves. https://speakerdeck.com/vjeux/react-css-in-js

EDIT: I gave wrong presentation link initially.
> Interesting tidbit - it appears the universe uses them to preserve quantum state information. Make of that what you will

Huhwhat? I don't think that's true at all. Quantum states are continuous while Hamming codes are inherently discrete.
try watching TV non stop for a week or two - it gets boring and annoying, real fast. there will be people who will watch TV all day when they don't have to work, but there will also be people who would spend their time doing useful things. Even if the latter group is just a fraction, it would benefit everyone immensely in the long run. After all, only a few thousand people edit wikipedia out of 7 billion of us, only a few thousand people write open source software but all of humanity benefits from it, right?
The reason I brought it up is because the quoted text seemed to boast that Indian courts protect freedom of speech more strongly than U.S. courts. On a second reading, however, I have no idea what that text is actually trying to say.
The mob started at a “Stop the Steal” Trump Rally where DJT personally used mob boss speak about it “not being so nice for some senators” and quickly following up with calls to not be weak.

“Go to the capital and be strong so the legislators can’t steal our victory.”

*several hours later, after they’ve broken into the capital and terrorized the legislation

“Go home, but they did steal the election and you’re special and we love you.”

That was him approving of their actions. That was him saying what they did was what he wanted and he would happily see them go further. Not picking up on this pattern in the past 4 years doesn’t make you crazy, but it does mean you aren’t paying close attention.
I know Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit and all the rest don't count as broadcast media but I feel like we got here in part because the 1987 elimination of FCC's fairness doctrine slowly allowed a shift in how we communicate with each other.

We went from specious claims and conspiracy theories being the subject matter of newsletters to their public broadcast to millions via talk radio ~and Fox News~, thus allowing people to descend into their own bubbles without ever having their views challenged. Now people seem to rely on social media to give them the same experience. When challenged too much people just pull up stakes to insulate themselves: voat, parler, and private facebook groups are only three recent examples.

It'll be interesting to see if whoever replaces Ajit Pai holds a different view on public intercourse over the airwaves.

Edit: Well as some people have pointed out, Fox News would have been exempt from the Fairness Doctrine as a cable network, i.e. it doesn't use the public spectrum.

As Wikipedia says "The channel was created by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch to appeal to a conservative audience, hiring former Republican media consultant and CNBC executive Roger Ailes as its founding CEO." So my personal view that Fox (among others) is responsible for a) exposing millions to fact-free content without opposing views and b) people got used to that and don't like it when it's challenged created the bubble we have today. I'm wrong that the Fairness Doctrine would have prevented Fox, although it might have prevented talk radio.
Another discussion [2015]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9570713

Found this while trying to determine the definition of "unbeardily".
I don't buy in to the conspiracy theories because all of the big players comes out looking terrible. DNC now has to spend most of the first half of Bidens term trying to rebuild the nations confidence. RNC looks like crap because Trump. The only beneficiaries from a political perspective look to be state governments
I got some popup from whatsapp didnt read it and clicked back. It was probably this message and I do not get this popup anymore. Looks like some dark pattern. I did not accept any new changes...
*and people on foot or bicycles
It was and still is purely organic. The entire establishment aggressively suppressed euroskepticism of any kind for decades to the level that it required a total outsider, who was himself frozen out completely, to create an entirely new political party twice and bring them to winning enough votes to ensure the Conservatives couldn't ignore it anymore.

You say "the Sun" as if a single tabloid the vast majority of all powerful people and decision makers don't even read was some decisive factor. Now consider the total and complete opposition of the BBC, the Guardian, the Economist, the Financial Times, the Times, the Civil Service, dominant factions in both political factions, etc.

To say Brexit wasn't organic is to innuendo into existence some vast but vague conspiracy. "Obviously" it wasn't Russia you say, but it had to be someone right? Isn't this the same sort of rhetoric that has lead to the Capitol just being stormed? Isn't it far more likely that parts of the British press reported bad stories about the EU for decades simply because there were bad stories to report, as you'd expect there to be? And reporting stories about governments is the sort of thing a free press is supposed to do?
If you don't care about centralized/US-based but care about privacy (I assume you wouldn't be leaving WhatsApp otherwise), go for Signal.

But if you want to avoid a repeat of what's happening with WhatsApp, support decentralized alternatives. Go for solutions that are built on Matrix or XMPP, the primary contenders in this space. Both are open networks with plenty of open-source software, public servers, paid hosting (i.e. you are not the product) and self-hosted options.

Personally I'm in the XMPP camp, and working on https://snikket.org/ specifically as an alternative to WhatsApp and the other centralized services.
Email and phone calls are not a replacement for an instant messenger. That would be like getting rid of WhatsApp not replacing it.

Once RCS gets established though, text messaging may be a reasonable alternative. (As long as telcos don't try to use stupid pricing)
The abort would have been automatically triggered had they not manually initiated it.
Calling that 'generics' is even weirder. What's so generic about a list of ints? That sounds pretty specific to me...
The data science bootcamps are definitely an effective way to train scientists to be data scientists.
Is the primary benefit of SASS to reduce development time? I find it slows me down having to wait for it to re-parsed on every pageview during active development. Does it offer any other tangible benefits?
From experience it's very efficient especially dealing with Government, banks and other large institutions. The public transport network is superb too - OVfiets opens up a world of exploring on two wheels!
I mean, isn't it inconvenient to constantly be hopping platforms as they get deplatformed?
More attractive might be understating it:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/12990532

> The owners of Australia's newest coal-fired power station have written down the value of the asset to zero, wiping out a $1.2 billion investment in the face of an onslaught of renewable energy. ... The decision was booked in Sumitomo's September accounts, in which the company acknowledged the facility was worthless despite being barely 10 years old.
Correlation but with categories rather than continuous variables, for example as used in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendall_rank_correlation_coeff... -- so "has the same sexuality as their twin" would be concordant, or I think what the parent comment is referring to is more specifically "is homosexual and their twin is too". In the general population, you'd expect a concordance of at most 10% (a high-ish estimate of the prevalence of homosexuality in the population), though of course that's conditional on the first person in the comparison being homosexual, otherwise it'd be much higher.
Some of the sites are shockingly bad.

Yes, I fear that the economical situation in Turkey will really de-prioritize preserving all these sites.

Hopefully, more outside funds will flow in to help pickup the slack.
I think so, yes. The stand down orders given to police departments in major metro areas, for example. The discretionary lack of prosecution for many of those arrested. The allowance for protestors and counter-protestors fighting to become spectacle/sport. The national media coverage I watched and listened to was largely sympathetic to the idea that understanding was needed in the face of the burning and looting rather than reactionary exercise of control to enforce order.
I find the Pomodoro technique to be great for combating internet procrastination. All you do is take a forced break after some fixed time of working. I do 45 minutes of work followed by 20 minutes of break. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique

Since you know you're going to take a break soon, you can't justify slacking off during work time. It's a mental hack that's simple and effective.

Posts about the technique pop up on Hacker News from time to time.
If you want pre-paid, just call and they'll mail a sim out to you. I did that and ported my ATT number over with no problems. They can't do pre-paid in store, I don't think.
When I'm hanging out on the web I keep a wire book rack with an open book on it right beside my computer. It acts like a third monitor and I find myself reading it as much as I do the other screens.
"There isn't."

"Why New York City's Iconic Pizza Is So Tough to Replicate" - http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/magazine/16-05/ps_piz...

Tommaso's Restaurant - http://www.tommasos.com/