jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
> most people writing python would write 'rm - rf' if for some reason they had variables with those names (why would you name it that?) that they needed to subtract.

I can see myself naming variables that way, when doing a geometric computation. Being a mathematician, all my variable names are single letters. But sometimes I have variants of a name that merit a second letter, like a sub-index. Maybe I use "r" for the current radius of an object and "rm" for the "middle" radius and "rf" for the "final" radius after some polishing process. Then I want to see how much material I'm losing from the object in the middle. Thus "rm -rf" (yes, the missing space is a typo).
I am glad you successfully rebelled against your parents, as you are now here, writing this on the community website of a startup incubator.
what I've found to be super helpful when communicating the importance of privacy to my less tech savvy friends and family, is communicating that I don't want to participate in services that ask me to sacrifice the details of my inner life, especially to companies that I feel are disrupting the health of society, and that is what I feel they are asking me to do when they prefer to use platforms supported by surveillance models, like Facebook and Google.
Just about anybody else running then had more decency and common sense and aptitude for the job.

The problem is, Trump = big ratings for the media on both sides. MSNBC is as much to blame as Fox. It's also imho partially the DNC's fault (the left has less choices), and they picked a flawed candidate who would've never won against any of the RNC choices.

She had a criminal on-going investigation, which true or not should've been like, woah, let's maybe put someone else in, who might not be indicted.

The entire system is fubarred and there's plenty of blame to go around, I don't know where we go from here, and I highly doubt a Biden administration is going to bring much joy either to a lot of American's who are suffering.

I do hope we make it harder for something like this to happen again (for fascists to take such strong control in America).
Literally every single time I open Twitter, Trump is the first account it recommends I should follow.

I'm not even in the US!!
Matrix is really great as a protocol They can do call , photo uploadinf etc.

But be careful with them. I have lost message with them. One client show the message, the other wont. And a scary room update process. I always scare of losing message with their Element client.
I too, enjoy Dependabot reminding me my blog exists.
I joined a long time ago when I was broke and they were one of the few online banks I found with no minimum balance or fees and had a good network of ATMs near me.

Then they stopped allowing me to send checks, so I had to open an account with another bank just so I can have checks when I need them.

Then in the few times I needed support, I couldn't get it. One time I tried to buy a car and was having trouble with the payment. I tried to call them and it turns out that their support phone line closes at 3pm PT! How is that acceptable?

I'm glad they're shutting down, because it'll get me to actually fully switch over to another bank, which I expect to be a lot of effort.
Despite the circumstances, I don’t think it sets a good precedent in the future. Many reasons for this, not least of which is when you have a criminal continuing to give evidence publicly you let them keep going...
Question:
How did elon maintain his share in Tesla during the finance rounds? He was not a cofounder. During the years, he did not have other significant sources of income. And Tesla has been capital hungry for a long time.

I am quite interested in his techniques, and am guessing so do a lot of founder wannabes.
The main reason I don't like TSLA is not that I think electric cars will go bust, but that the company does not have good leadership. The CEO just does not seem to have any common sense, openly taunting regulators on Twitter, racking up defamation lawsuits and SEC penalties, etc. There's a lot of startup era hype and showmanship projects that don't come out as promised.

As for crypto, I definitely see a future for it and plan to invest soon, but I will wait to see if it dips back down a little bit before buying at such a large high.
> use of cc licensed image in our site can be considered under fair use

This is 100% incorrect and not what fair use means, ask a lawyer.

> We will still insert the license going forward as it makes it more simpler and straightforward.

It's also legally required, and for many licenses (most CC licenses) you not only need to somehow include the license but also attribution.

I know very well how CC works, and if you would please read the link you yourself posted, you will understand that the way you are using these images clearly does not fall under fair use, as a compilation/library of anything whether that's images or songs or movies or whatever is not "news reporting, teaching, [or] parody" -- what these examples all have in common is that you're creating a derivative work ON TOP of the original work, which is why it's "fair use".
It can be done in 30min if they want. Impeachment goes how congress wants it to, the only part of the process set in stone is the voting requirements.

Edit: oh and the 25th amendment would allow trump to object and be effectively tried in the senate. That amendment is really designed more for “the president is in a coma” than for “the president is currently trying to overthrow the government”.
Beautiful trail, least it was summer last year. The Ballard to Belltown one still is nice, but, gloomy out to do it now. :)
>Within 2-3 years a new platform will rise and it will fix flaws of existing messaging apps.

And then 2-3 years after that an entirely incompatible platform will do the same thing...
What kind of experience do you need for this book? For most ML you need linear algebra and whatnot, but this doesn't appear necessary here. If you've worked through something like SICP, do you think that would be sufficient?
No sitting president has ever tried to marshal his influence to steal the results of a certified election, because there is an unspoken agreement not to.

That unspoken rule has been broken. Not punishing him to the fullest extent possible ensures that this will happen again. The next time a personality like him gets elected, it might be successful.

I would consider it a feature if the next guy who gets the idea to start an insurrection to think twice, before he pulls the trigger.
Is that even the issue any more? Most people probably don't remember Chernobyl, and forgot about Japan the instant it left the news.

I think the real resistance, is the drug of indignation. Folks are manufacturing it all the time, latching onto anything they can find to get spun up about. With negligible attention to facts. Its the one constant in our brave new world.
That's why I said "in most scenarios". Every React codebase I've ever worked in has used JSX.
What do you think the differences between modern boycotts and Rosa Parks bus boycott are? Why are modern ones so ineffective in comparison?
It's the best-looking Tk app I've seen. I occasionally launch it just for aesthetic pleasure.
You didn't vote for your executive branch?
Fair enough. You're right that the actual most important thing to get right is the numbers. I've written about that on our blog: https://leetresumes.com/blog/how-to-write-bullet-points-for-...

However, these really don't reduce to nice, short bullet points on an examples screen! Thanks for your comment!
I was worried when ING Direct was bought by Capital One, but they never introduced any bullshit fees and seriously improved the app and website. So I've remained happy with them.
Because prescription drugs are supposed to be prescribed by a doctor with actual medical knowledge. Average joes watching ads shouldn't be deciding what prescription drugs their doctor gives them.
So much this.

I live in Austria now and the market is flooded with STEM grads due to very good schools and free education to the point where, in my college town, I can't throw a rock out the window without hitting someone doing a PhD in ML, but that doesn't translate to an abundance of jobs due to the lack of VC funding in this area.

This leads to massive academic title inflation where, unless you already have job experience, most companies can afford to throw your resume in the bin if you don't have a MSc and stil have enough candidates to fulfill their demand, so your only choice if to pursue at least a MSc if you want to be employed.

Friends in Denmark have told me the same, you can easily find an Architect but good luck finding a plumber.
For the non-lawyers: as the article indicates (but doesn’t really explain), this is a ruling on a request for temporary relief (called a “preliminary injunction”). This is not a final judgment. It can (and presumably will) also be subject to appeal. Nothing remotely final about this. The judge has simply said: “CA, you can go ahead and enforce your law for now.”

Now, this does also mean the judge would quite likely ULTIMATELY rule in CA’s favor. But it is not a guarantee. And, as I said, then there’s appellate and Supreme Court review.

For reference, the 4-element test/standard for a preliminary injunction generally accepted in US courts is set out here:

“[G]enerally a plaintiff seeking preliminary injunctive relief must satisfy a four-factor test: (1) that he or she is likely to succeed on the merits of his claims; (2) that he or she is likely to suffer irreparable harm without preliminary relief; (3) the balance of equities between the parties support an injunction; and (4) the injunction is in the public interest.”

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/committees/wom...
You make it sounds like non-American countries are going to take over America and then then rule over it with an iron fist. That being said I don't know how you'd create "real value" on top of what Coca-Cola does. They put sugar into water and sell it at absurd mark-ups.
Your comment ignores the fact that oppression based on gender and race still exists today.
I am genuinely surprised that this part of the equation is not more troubling to more parents. Yes, the toy is is part of the draw. The question is whether this is a good thing and/or a good habit. I think it is not.
It's a mix of people having to cut their own hair for the first time and people who wondered what it would look like to shave it being able to do so with lower social risk during the pandemic.
I celebrated my 32nd birthday a few days ago. I'm one year older than my wife.

We've been trying to get pregnant now for 3 years. We tried IUIs (very different from IVF, think "turkey baster" a few times, to no success.

Ironically, it wasn't until we stopped trying to get pregnant that we got pregnant. We did a one-week intensive marriage counseling program (strongly recommended, not cheap, worth every penny of the $6k cost) and it possibly healed so much in our marriage we got pregnant _the week after the counseling_.

After trying, with great adherence to all the best practices, for the prior 3+ years.

I blame in part the extremely high housing costs in US metro areas. We are both in tech, but also want to live in a nice place (Golden, CO). Housing affordability is a joke, I have no doubt that the price of housing affected our child-rearing plans.

We bought a house in Golden (barely. Inflation and all, it's a stupid rigged system oppressive to everyone.)

Now I want to fix the housing cost problem here in Golden, in Lakewood, and ultimately in Denver.

It'll take some years, but if all goes according to plan, I'm going to die, peacefully, in my sleep, in about 80 years, within 150 feet of where I'm sitting right now.

I've got time to work on these affordability problems.
> Looking to the world outside of the US might provide some badly-needed perspective as to why that is not true.

My understanding was that this is the opposite. In the US, the standard of living is pretty high, but not improving. In most of the world, standards are lower but improving. I think your point is that people should focus on what they have compared to the rest of humanity and the world, rather than compared to the generation before.

Feel free to correct me if I misunderstood you.
A hair transplant isn't extremely expensive, and price is definitely not the limiting factor on the result you can achieve. They cost around $10k on the low end and $35k from the most expensive doctors in the USA.

Elon was lucky to have great donor sites for the hair. Likely also started using finasteride, minoxidil, and a DHT inhibiting shampoo right around when he got the transplant if not a couple years before.

I've had 3 hair transplants myself, and have spent enough time in and around hair transplant surgeon's offices to know that the vast majority of cases don't turn out as well as Elon's. Most people just don't have enough hair.
This reads word-for-word like an email from a PM to management talking about how their project that imploded embarrassingly has so many intangible future benefits that really, it's a huge success when you think about it.
from an earlier post in the series:

Michael Osterholm, Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) and state epidemiologist for the Minnesota Department of Health:

…Imagine you are setting across the table from two people both of whom are 65 or older, both with underlying health conditions. You have two doses of vaccine, one in each hand. And you say to them I can give two doses to you or to you but then the other person gets nothing. Or I can give one dose to both of you. And this is what I know. At the very least, one dose is likely to prevent serious illness, hospitalization and death. Two doses will probably even prevent clinical disease with B.1.1.7. But the other one of you; if you get infected with this virus, which I think substantial numbers of Americans will, things are not looking good for you. What do you want me to do?

If that is your Mom or Dad. Your Grandpa or Grandma. What would you do?

This is where the rubber meets the road. I think if the data bears it out we can save so many lives in the upcoming weeks and we are missing that opportunity.

I have already made my choice. I am postponing my second dose. I want my second dose. But I am confident that I can wait. And I can only hope that my second dose, which I have just deferred, will go to someone who it will save their life. It will make a totally different world for that family.

You know some could argue that this could be the end of my career. But I could not sleep with myself at night if I didn’t do this. I just know in my heart of hearts that this is something we must do if we are going to save lives.

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/02/os...
when using the S&P500 as a yardstick, we have to remind ourselves what environment we are living in. Interest rates are very low (though this is currently changing) and equity valuations are at or close to all time highs both in absolute an relative terms.

Berkshire generates more operating profit than Salesforce has revenue; it generates 6x more profit than Nvidia and those numbers ignore both the gigantic stock portfolio and the cash position.

Valuations will eventually trend back to historical norms. Given that GDP is relatively stagnant (there is modest growth in real terms), it is impossible for all of these companies to grow indefinitely.

Both before the .com crash and the 2008 financial crisis lots of companies have vastly outperformed Berkshire, a wave of bankruptcies and 95% declines ensued.
It wouldn't be Bitcoin then; a change in rules creates a new coin. There would have to be incredibly strong incentives for people to accept a fork that would debase their assets.

Nit: it would also require a hard, not a soft fork.
Everyone has a different definition of gambling. I don't think it has to do with EV. Poker players can definitely achieve long-term, sustainable +EV, especially in rake-free games, because they are playing against other players and not a house. I still think it's gambling (along with the stock market), which to me simply means wagering something of value on a future event whose outcome is unknown.
HF firms? Or pattern traders?

I’m not sure if my answer is good enough but the volatility is always there to exploit.
I'm not sure exactly what your plugin does, but are you aware of the "c" flag to substitute, eg

:%s/debug/dbg/c

vim will show the text which is about to be modified, and you have a prompt to confirm, skip, or quit (and some others).
I found that "if someone calls you, will it ring?" is a question that works to demonstrate that it's not actually off.
How is it "more efficient" when individuals who can do the job are not allowed to do the job because of some arbitrary price control floor? Literally nobody in society benefits from this arrangement besides a tiny class of programmers who can actually command that kind of salary. What you are recommending is the classic kind of supply constriction rent-seeking behaviour that used to ensure economic growth was utterly impossible in most economies.
I have not used Skruv, but from my experience with vanilla js (document.createElement('div')), hyperscript (h('div')), and jsx (<div/>), jsx is hoesntly much easier to write and to read.
i used to do freelancing as junior web developer... i dont think ill put up with it now.
Might be wise but might not be, look at Xanadu, with the web we got a massive 'halfstep' without any xanadu hands on the wheel.
A better metric is probably excess mortality for 2020. The covid deaths per capita metric will vary immensely depending on exactly how it is measured. Here are the numbers for Sweden and some other countries:

> Preliminary data from EU statistics agency Eurostat compiled by Reuters showed Sweden had 7.7% more deaths in 2020 than its average for the preceding four years. Countries that opted for several periods of strict lockdowns, such as Spain and Belgium, had so-called excess mortality of 18.1% and 16.2% respectively.

> Twenty-one of the 30 countries with available statistics had higher excess mortality than Sweden. However, Sweden did much worse than its Nordic neighbours, with Denmark registering just 1.5% excess mortality and Finland 1.0%. Norway had no excess mortality at all in 2020.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe...

Can someone fill in the numbers for the US and Canada?
If it wasn't backwards compatible then it would be a new language.
Compilers keep adding new warnings all the time. If someone's build is broken by -Werror then they should disable that warning, if it isn't relevant to them.
> You can write stuff as convoluted and unmaintainable as you'd like, but that's on you, not the tool.

In this case, it's also on the tool. CMake is a bad tool. Unfortunately it's the least bad one available for that task. I've rambled on this topic before. [0][1]

My most recent adventure with CMake was with its SWIG support. This was as painful and error-prone as everything else in CMake, and I've used CMake for years.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24203172

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24565266
Do your colleagues feel the same way? Would you inflict office work on them if they don't?
That only works if earmarking for issue B is not common, but if some media story suddenly made earmarking for issue B 50x the general fund / issue A, by people in aggregate, your not going to be able to do that well.

What you talk about is much like the arguments against voting, while such logic makes society lose it's prisoner's dilemma for change.
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The SSC subreddit is also discussing this: https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/lixeor/why_... and https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/liz5wk/sili...
> If it was lab created then you know some group intentionally or through their negligence caused millions and millions of people to die.

Just 2.4 millions as today. Not millions and millions. This is not 1918 flu levels (yet).
Is it counterproductive that we expect researchers to work in universities and become professors? It seems like there should be more outlets for the calling. Our universities are proving to be a bottleneck.

I see how there is an often-natural relationship between cultivating knowledge and disseminating it to students. However, we need and have more prospective researchers than universities are willing or able to support.
Or http4k, which implements "server as a function" and is fantastic for an API backend, with lenses/contracts, auto-serialization on top of your choice of Kotlinx/Gson/Moshi/Jackson, nested routing, so much more.
It's actually a self-organizing list with the move-to-front method:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-organizing_list
Yeah, I used this example in classes I taught. Very awesome application of this technique.
Proper use of the definite article is a problem.
Still the compiler has to deal with that. So one ends up with an interpreter in the compiler for very esoteric and hard to write/read language instead of just embedding an interpreter of a subset of Java.

One alleged benefit of Java constrained genetics is that they allow in theory better error messages. Still in complex cases even after over 15 years with genetics in Java the error messages are not that great. Zig to some extend delegates to the compile-time library authors responsibility of producing good error messages. But then the error messages can be improved without waiting for the compiler to improve its reporting heuristics to cover all edge cases.
Read my other comment but this is honestly a weird take conflating a broader puritan anti-sex pattern with pushback on sex work.

It is not a wholly positive thing. There are advantages (remote work from anywhere, etc.) but it doesn't do any favors to the actual people doing this to place sex work on a pedestal.
> Sure it helps that the setting is futuristic, I wonder if I'd still like it if it were set on a seaship in the 1700's or something...

Can I interest you in a tale about a federation, a ship on a mission of peace equipped with heavy weapons, a man of science, and his struggles to become more human, of a captain who solves ethical dilemmas?*

* Disclaimer: may be set in the 1800s

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin_serie...
so what would happen if you put the transparent panel on top of a normal panel?
"But I can not justify $ 25 for a game I can only use for 6 months, but I will pay $ 25 once off."

just to play devil's advocate, that's less than the price of a grande latte at starbucks every day for a week
Sounds like tacos shouldn't be interviewing anyone as it's clear the lack of C knowledge surely makes any candidate an incapable one.
Railroads have had police for 100+ years. Logistically, it makes a ton of sense. Who would be the primary responder to incidents on or around a train or associated infrastructure?

It is unfortunate that this model has been extended to gated communities, universities and datacenters.