jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
I'm armchair psychoanalyzing, but I think it's largely because the people entering the games industry are young and it's exceptionally difficult to grasp how terrible something like 80 hour work weeks are until you've been through a few. I mean, it's fairly common for university students to forgo sleep crunching for finals or spend ungodly amounts of time playing their favorite game. Add in "it's not work if you love what you do" and "I'm a special and unique," and you can see how someone might be persuaded to join the games industry in spite of the overwhelming evidence that this is a terrible idea.

For what it's worth, this also seems to be true of the legal and medical professions as well. And, more relevantly, startup founders.
well, you can't expect much from a project done in a couple of hours :)
here's the reason why it's falsely detects 2039:
http://www.bing.com/search?q=2042+%22in+2039%22&go=&...
most likely. It seems it can also happen in 2018
Except that the sum and sum of squares could both be too large for machine precision. I'd suggest:

Scan over the array accumulating two quantities.

P <- P*arr[i]/i; % prod(arr)/N!
Q <- Q + i - arr[i]; % (N/2)(N+1) - sum(arr);

If A is the missing value and B is the extra value, after doing the whole array P = B/A and Q = A-B. Therefore, A = Q/(1-P) and B = AP.

You could conceivably compute P in log terms as well to make it a bit more stable if needed.
I've seen this demo before but had to watch it again. Alan Key's incredible. He invented the iPad before Star Trek did :)

It also reminded me that I should really get on with learning smalltalk.

Also Brian Harvey's full class is pretty good, haven't watched all of them yet but the guy is a good lecturer.
It's a cool project :)
Wormhole apocalypse. Got it.
Can someone please explain why Apple spends relatively so much less than Microsoft on R&D?
I would've thought it's the opposite.
offers used to exist but it seems it died some months ago
Everyone wants this to be the reality, but right now it isn't. Thomas says "with almost complete desktop-like performance in most cases," but seems to say the exact opposite in the previous paragraph (let alone the rest of the article -- who needs drop shadows, right?). He's saying you have to hand code your app, because every framework runs poorly on the device. I'd like to know what, then, is meant by "most cases".
Furthermore, the example outlined in the opening could have just as easily happened in an overheard real-life conversation rather than online.

Joe was upset with our friend for sending the tweet, the content of which was a bit careless but totally benign, and my response to him was a combination of devil’s advocacy and good old-fashioned tough love.

Joe's friend could have been just as careless (or ignorant about his sexuality being a secret) by making a comment in front of people who were not aware of the secret.

The issue isn't being online, or Facebook or Twitter - the issue is keeping a secret.

edit: whoops, thenduks made the same exact argument I made here, but better
"How do I copy the files to my niece’s computer? By the way it is a Mac and I use a Yahoo. Try using the web application."

This gem from the article really illustrates the added difficulty of supporting a desktop application vs a web application. For this particular request what OS she is running doesn't matter, but for many other requests it could be very important to know. Given the technical sophistication of this user, just figuring out what environment the application is running in could be an arduous process.
I really like both clicky and Woopra. I end up using Woopra more, however.
reminds of the IE9 standards compatibility FUD that was thrown around recently.
chartbeat is also great if you're running a Wordpress blog
"Audiobooks not only kept me sane on the 5 hour commute, but I began to wish the commute were longer."

How true. Sit in the driveway or in the parking lot, wanting to finish the rest of the chapter. Or hating that you have to get out and start the day when you know your 10 minutes away from finding out what his plans really are.

Argh!
I might agree with you if it weren't for his misguided railings against types.
I agree, actually. My comment was a pedantic correction and added nothing useful to the conversation. Props to sferik for the hard work.
"They very fact that powerful, rich fat-cats want to eradicate disease[1] and provide eduction[2] is reason enough for me to support spreading disease and remaining ignorant."

While a lot of people repeat the proverb that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", extrapolation like that is not deduction and can often be incorrect. A better phrase may be "the enemy of my enemy is a possible ally".

Unfortunately, the fact that those who currently abuse our economy want to kill Bitcoin doesn't remove Bitcoin's deflationary[3] nature. Support by certain enemies doesn't necessarily make this a political struggle, either.

[1] Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, many others

[2] Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, many others

[3] I suggest that anybody wishing to demonstrate their ignorance of basic economics by asserting that deflation is "good", should instead spend their time contacting a organization like those in [2], who may be able to provide financial assistance, because something must be limiting their assess to a freshman-level macroeconomics class.
Here's a really interesting post about that: http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-...
I think it's a slippery slope.

I like to think of it this way: I want to do everything to make a "perfect" site. It loads quickly, it's easy to use, it's clear in its intent, it does one thing and does it well. As I put together the site, I try to keep it as clean and simple as possible. No surprises for the user.

These are just good design principles, dark patterns aside. There's also this huge "don't be evil" new-age kind of feel-good philosophy that folks use, but to me it's much more practical than that: I want as good a site as possible.

Once you start trying to engineer the user, even if it's in their best interests, to me the design suffers. And I'm not sure there is a natural stopping point once you start down this road. At least I can't find one.

My personal feeling is that that there is going to be a huge backlash against sites manipulating users. Not sure what form it will take, but it's coming.
Wow, did the Ask HN on "what is the YC W11 social network startup that's hiring called" get deleted? There were at least a dozen comments on it last night, it was high up the front page, and now I can't find it.
Got Promoted Tweet block?
Not being forced to rush through everything make it a lot easier for me to learn math.

Thanks to Khan Academy, I now understand trigonometry in a much cooler and intuitive way.

However, I don't know if that mean I am beginning to transcend the mechanics/grammar of mathematics.
We need to keep adding levels of euphemism, until it's euphemisms all the way down. Only then will the egos of half-wits be completely safe.
Yes, our project was bootstrapped initially by a bunch of Cairngorm loving consultants. I doubt we will move to Flex 4 as we have common company library SWCs that would have to move to Flex 4.
Oops. Should be exponentially. :(
>There’s no housing shortage. There’s a limited supply in highly desirable locations because they’re highly desirable.

Actually, it is very easy to have enough housing for everyone and yet make it impossible for everyone who could live in that area to actually live there.

https://youtu.be/724ZR1Za9BU
I interpreted "naked Zoom links" to mean the article was about Zoom URLs in some way. I assumed I would read something about some security vulnerability regarding Zoom URLs. From what I can tell, you weren't writing about the actual links, though.

"Considered harmful" is blatantly overused regardless of the strength of an argument. Additionally, your article does not cite any kind of social or study-based agreement with your assertion.
Full article: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200817-the-batman-eff...
Why are drug dealers still using an easily trackable phone number for communication? Why not a 3rd party messaging and voice app like Matrix/Element? Am I incorrect in assuming that local police would not be able to easily track it?
None of these involve censors (except 20 year old ban on soldiers coffins) and the word choice of banned is misleadingly sloppy due to it's broadness.

For example:

- What was Bret Weinstein banned from?

- How was the NYT censored and banned?

- Russian state media is still on Twitter

- etc., On mobile

I'd guess that overall I understand and am sympathetic of your general position, ex. the actual content of NYT editorial, but I find most arguments around this are frustratingly nonspecific and/or bring in politics in a way that clouds the original issue.

By far the most damaging thing is not recognizing the right to not associate.

With that error, it becomes 1984. Cherry-picking the most chilling example from your gish gallup: why should YouTube be forced to pay and promote Russian state-funded media denying murderous attacks on millions with Big Brother language plays like "special military operation"?
It's also missing Z-tape. Double sided sticky tape that only electrically conducts in the z-axis. Great for where you would traditionally solder a component to a PCB but you don't want it to be a permanent fixture. https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b10167835/
The original article is here[0], but it seems this article might not be holding its weight[1], so perhaps there never was a plan to encrypt iCloud backups.

0: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusiv...

1: https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/01/apple-fbi-and-iphone-back...
Tried to sign up but got the rate limit error.
I did at age 40+

The program was through the local university but in reality their continuing education department ran a coding camp program from some third party.

Camp was challenging/ but not hard.

I got a job about 5 months after completing the program. The job was for a small company, did not pay “a lot” but once I proved myself my pay quickly went way up.

I really liked the classroom experience and being able to ask questions. Could I have learned it all myself, yes. As quickly at a camp, nope.

What was funny was I was a TERRIBLE college student at that age. At the camp I found as an adult I was the opposite.

IMO career footing is your willingness to figure things out on your own and curiosity.

Feel free to ask any questions.
In 1997 or so, the LEGO website had a Java applet that let you explore a VRML world for their UFO theme, featuring a NASA space center with a UFO in a hangar and a Saturn-style rocket on the launchpad.

As an adult I have never been able to find any information about this :(
I use gift cards regularly to unlock country-specific content stores (such as Steam and others) other than where my bank or physical location is. Not once have I seen a gift card supplier that sells them cheaper than face value.

Where does your experience come from? It seems appallingly out of touch.
It’s a good introduction, but it’s a bit disappointing that it ends that way. I’d love to read more about what’s behind the figure and more technical info about how it might work.
The key differentiator is the subtle switch to 1-with-many (along with advancements in and proliferation of mobile technology + bandwidth). This leads to shared experiences, which are quite different from the 1:n (1-to-n) model.

The eye opening moment for me was jumping into a periscope stream, commenting on various things relating to the stream, and having the presenter comment and take action based on what I'd said ("high-five the Philz barista for an amazing coffee"). Really more of a conversation.

The feeling of controlling the experience partially, in my opinion, completely changes the dynamic. Also - I can enter streams of places I've never been to and join someone on their adventure. With enough syndication, eventually we can all join in on these adventures with people that have similar interests (subreddit style).

Meerkat opened the floodgates. Periscope is the better execution of the idea.
Last time I used FORTRAN was all of 11 months ago. Thank god I've moved on to O-O and can actually declare functions.
It's a crap article. I'm an early adopter and I've never bought drugs with btc, contrary to the article's unfounded claims.

Whoever created Bitcoin solved a problem: how is something of value sent from person A to person B across the internet. It might not be an elegant solution or a readily apparent one to the less tech savvy, but it's a solution that's been proven to work.

The price is immaterial. What matters is the blockchain technology and its underlying ramifications.
Process supervising is for process supervisors. Init's jobs is to be able to start a process supervisor.
Asterix is an adventurer, not a superhero. He doesn't go around righting wrongs, he has adventures.
Something Positive is a wall-of-text comic which, unfortunately also has very bad writing in its walls of text.

I'm embarrassed to say I read the entire thing in high school in 2004, but in my defense I was starved for content and didn't know any better.
The Washington Post has posted articles with even more clickbaity titles very recently. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/01/...

:P
This is silly. I’m just suggesting that people can be informed about the risks, and told to keep their distance. Any enforcement can be pretty light handed. Testing is the key regardless and focusing our efforts there could alleviate many downstream problems.
Inversely, in my career there's only been a handful of times where cryptographic randomness was too slow.

I'd argue it's better to do the safe thing by default and switching to the faster alternative when you have proof you need it. Doing the fast thing by default and fixing security later is how we got Meltdown/Spectre.
The supply constraints for the vaccine are short term.

> Canada is burning billions because it has decided to prioritize COVID protection above everything else in life. It was clear from the beginning that lockdowns were a bad idea because they weren’t feasible in the long term. Alas, this is the path most of the world's government chose. We'll be paying the price for years to come...

How does this relate to money being a limiting factor for vaccine production?
It is a similar dynamic, but I would be more inclined to trust the ETF.

1) For the metals ETFs I know about, the underlying is held by a bank which is a separate legal vehicle to the ETF. Since the ETF and the bank are both publicly-listed firms, their full-reserve commitments would be regularly audited to a high standard.

2) Brokers participate in risky activity that is unrelated to digital asset trading. This seems like a higher risk profile than a firm that is streamlined to maintain a single ETF.

3) The broker acts as custodian for your digital assets, but not for your shares.

Imagine that you buy a digital asset through your broker and they become insolvent a week later. Assuming your contract gives you no special rights, you would sit on the books as one creditor alongside unpaid vendors and unpaid employees. Years later, you may get back cents in the dollar.

Whereas you would have full and immediate rights to any ETF you had bought through that broker on the same day. They have no influence once it has settled.
Do you have your senator's personal cell phone number? Does your senator recognize you by face? Will he remember whatever question you're talking about even if you secure a f2f meeting?

The lobbyist, who used to be that senator's chief of staff definitely does......
I've also personally never understood the slash syntax. Since one word requires the "s" and the other doesn't, shouldn't we use parentheses like when words may or may not be plural? e.g. "(s)he" like you might say "socket(s)" or "Unix(es)"?

Moot point if it doesn't solve the issue of it still being binary, I guess.
> PS: if I remember correctly, early Scala adopters had reached the consensus that ORMs didn't play nice with Scala's FP style anyway, and so using Hibernate was a mistake. Possibly this attitude changed later.

Having used Hibernate in a Java project, I would argue using Hibernate is always a mistake. Way too much complexity/brokenness for basically no benefit.
Saw that too, over-exaggeration at work.
It's a scam! All they're trying to do is get you to buy these domains from them.

They send out hundreds of thousands of these a day. They don't have the finanical ability to register all the domains they threaten are going to be registered.

Plus the fact that Registrars don't do this... Slip someone a note saying "Oh someone else is trying to register your domain!".
http://about.me ???
erm... Ruby On Rails was bundling prototype ever since and was using that by default for their JS needs.

Prototype might actually be a tad bit older than jQuery even and it tries hard at "rubyfying" JavaScript. Because it does so by happily extending built-in prototypes and because it's a huge amount of monolithic code, over the years, people began moving to jQuery.

And now, finally, Rails is moving too.

Also note that with Rails 3.0, they began using data-* attributes for the framework-provided JS-dependent logic, so it became possible to easily replace the built-in prototype with jQuery. For 3.1, they are just switching the default.
Ah you're right, weird that I never noticed it before. Still, I wonder if the revision control is specific for each app or built into the storage layer..
In Canada, both Rogers and Bell have been doing this for a while already. Many of their data plans include "unlimited social networking" which is unmetered data to Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and a few IM services.

http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_page...

http://www.bell.ca/shopping/PrsShpWls_SmartphoneCombo.page
Re: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: You're projecting. The whole book is about following a system that teaches you to draw.
I'm a social science person who used to work with hard-core data nerds (demographers), so this rings all too true. Nothing may be what it seems, including data: The New Yorker recently had a great piece about the "decline effect," which means that the strong results you see in an early trial or experiment become less strong over time (documented in a number of disciplines). Here's the abstract: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_...
> People don't like to be made aware that their locks are actually useless.

They aren't useless. They raise the bar from "able to open a door" to "able to pick a lock or willing to break the door down". That cuts out like 99.9% of people on the planet (and a vast swath of actual criminals). That's a good deal for twenty bucks, even if the bar being raised is almost comically low.

What people don't like is paying for someone else to do something which appears trivial enough that anyone could do it. That it's a skill which takes time and practice to hone until the process looks that trivial is irrelevant, it looked too easy to need to pay someone else to do it.
It looks more like Docker is pushing the Linux kernel in unprecedented ways. You can't blame Linux for having a cache there for (so-far) normal workloads. And cadvisor was pushing the problem further by reading constantly stats.
Almost everyone within the firearm and concealed carry community consider carrying a gun with a round in the chamber as absolutely asinine and foolhardy. No instructor or enthusiast I know does that. It’s incredibly dangerous for several reasons. Most people practice a “safety off, load chamber” movement so they can do it quickly.
They may mean r/pelotoncycle, which is for the in-home exercise bike.
Thanks!

That is definitely an interesting concept.
> Perhaps the message is just that millions are delivered to those with a combination of luck and the freedom to pursue rationally unjustifiable interests.

Where do you see that message? No luck was involved in your example, just hard work on behalf of the good players and of the Dota developers, and pursuing a hobby with passion is perfectly rational.
> Many internet services are not country specific

The companies and/or owners of those services do operate under a certain legal aegis, though. It’s not like they are stateless.

I just happened to read the text on a food product; it had text in three languages, and the www.* domains listed in the three texts were in the ccTLD for each country. No .com was mentioned anywhere.
Chinese and Japanese. It's fun looking at the google translated approximations, the japanese page especially is a little different concept than the german I think:

> 忖度
> Degree
> Estimate the feelings of others, and give consideration to others
> Missing in English

> There was no English word corresponding directly to “Degree”, and there was a scene explaining the meaning in English to a foreign reporter at the press conference of Yasuhiro Tsunoike. [15] [16] He states that the nuances of "surmise" and "read between the lines" are different, and that the same nuances in Japanese can only be expressed accurately. ALC, which also operates an English translation site, is not a direct translation, thinks about (people) feelings, senses (people) feelings, considers (people) feelings, thinks of (people), the body of the other He proposes an alternative English translation of the words “thinking, thinking, guessing, guessing, reading the air” [17] .

> "Jesusman" is sometimes used as one of the corresponding words for "degree".

EDIT EDIT Is it a coincidence that イエスマン is Japanese for Jesus-Man and is pronounced 'Yes-Man' ?
So, one view of AI is that is is machine learning. Another view is that it consists of automated process. So, if expert systems count as AI, or if production rule systems count as AI, then pretty much any handcrafted if-then statement counts as AI. And, so too might any automated process..

This is has the advantage of recognizing how human intelligence can be automated and aggregated into system processes. And, the disadvantage that the boundaries of the concept start exploding.

I like cybernetics for providing a clear model of what constitutes intelligence -- a feedback loop between perception and action that achieves goals or lowers local entropy.

And, cybernetic systems can be artificial, natural or a mix
[I was wrong]

Real title: "Affordances". Don't editorialize, please.
That's funny. I immediately thought that this guy had a FEVER. And the only prescription was more AIRSHIP.

But apparently there are two Bruce Dickinson's in music: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson
Yeah, thanks for reading my rant. I agree. Its not that I have a problem with YAML itself - although it is bad.

My problem is people embedding a DSL inside or ontop of YAML. Then you end up with the worst combination of config and an adhoc programming language.
Exactly. I was trying to say that equivalently to "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics", we could also wonder at "the unreasonable simplicity of physical laws" (simple in the sense that we are able to understand the properties of it—at least superficially, but often also deeply). There is perhaps also an anthropic principle here: If the systems we find ourselves in would be much more complex, life would have likely been unable to form as prediction and organization would have been too difficult.

It's actually hard to quantify simple systems so perhaps I should have replaced the word "most" with "many" in my comment above. There are also typos e.g. s/its/their/, sorry for that.