jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
I see ads like that all the time. Never see anyone drinking the product, just sophisticated looking adults mingling intercut with shots of liquors being poured into glasses.

And then a voice at the end saying "please drink responsibily"
You misread. He didn't say "don't have a contract".
What about UK, or Japan, or China, which don't have reserve currencies right? They run deficits just like the US. It turns out, if your economy has productive capacity, it isn't really a problem to print your own currency. Economies that have trouble are those that are strapped for HARD resources (real stuff).
You can just go to a Tesla store and drive one. I did. Wasn’t even accompanied on the drive (thank god - the dude would’ve barfed). Drove it up to skyline and back from Palo Alto. I took out the performance too.

Unlike you, I wasn’t impressed. Acceleration was good but other than that, it doesn’t feel much better than any other cheap car. Definitely worse than a BMW. (I own a BMW and can compare) The body roll is significant. Seats are horrible. (Literally couldn’t stay in seat, no bolstering and very slippery vinyl) Brakes were about the only thing that felt comparable but had this eery feeling that they were going to fade at any moment without any notice. So, I wasn’t really confident in going full send. Some people probably know what I mean...

If all you care about is straight line acceleration then Tesla could be quite good. For me, I like curves more and Tesla has to come out with a specific sport car variant for it to compete on that front.

Oh and I’m used to sound and wind in my hair because I drive convertibles. So, there’s that too. I don’t expect anything like that anytime soon. Too niche for American market.
That would be a lisp machine running on a simulator that itself is the game.
I played with one last week. It ranks slightly below the CueCat in usefulness.
Actually Scala is the language I moved to Haskell away from. It turned out to be too messy and bloated for my taste. The syntax and the type inference are massively inferior to Haskell. An absolute majority of Scala's advanced features are just copycatted from Haskell (typeclasses, STM, Scalaz, the majority of the Shapeless library that you mentioned). The promoted usage applies it's object-orientation mostly only to encode a modular system (e.g., the cake pattern). A lot of things are simply impossible to achieve due to Scala not being purely functional.

So yes, Scala might have an edge over Haskell here and there, but IMO, as of a person who happens to have an extensive experience in Scala, in general it is majorly inferior compared to Haskell.
Hard to explain in any kind of useful way. Let's just say I hack my career like I hack code. I don't expect it to ever stop.
Ditto what Diaz said. The author of this article BTW also makes some rad lossy PNG tools. I took a 3MB website down to under 1MB recently, the majority of which were screenshots.
1 man is a story, 1000 is a statistic etc. Black people overwhelmingly vote Democratic, doesn't mean they all do.
I think one has to consider this event not as an isolated decision based on two tweets, but a series of events that have escalated over time. Just like Twitter can decide to give everyone, even those whose opinions we don’t like, (as they are a private enterprise) a voice, they can also decide to cut short those that go too far. I welcome the decision, but I also tend to agree with those saying it’s “too little too late”.
> In hindsight, it was a brilliant move, and now has allowed AMD to partner with any Fab that has the technology AMD needs.

For AMD, it was the best possible move both long and short term because they never had a leadership position. That doesn't mean it's the best thing for Intel. Intel has for years commanded a premium because of their branding and platform power. They need to demonstrate a technological edge or their margins are going to collapse.
> The fact that something this big was ignored suggests that it was from beginning seen as not a threat ( Trump being known for 'big talk, no action' ). Alternatively, if one is inclined to think along darker lines, this was allowed to happen for whatever reason.

However, It's easy to say this in hindsight now as before he was seen as a 'joke' for running for the presidency in 2016.

But as time went on Trump was becoming known for translating most of his words into action, from protests to policy. That's when 'they' knew he had to be 'removed' by all means necessary.
Trump repeatedly encouraged protestors to stay peaceful leading up to the riot:

> Jan 6th, 2:38 PM: Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!

> 3:13PM I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!

From: https://www.thetrumparchive.com/

Can you link to where Trump called for insurrection? If that's true, that would certainly be significant. He's certainty spread unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, and it culminated in a riot. But saying that someone called for an insurrection is a very specific and very serious claim, and one that is best supported with references.
Originally, lawsuits like these against inanimate objects were a legal convenience used when the courts had no idea who the owner was. Using them for asset forfeiture is a nasty piece of sophistry used to dodge normal due process requirements.
Nickelodeon's been around for 30. Cartoons or family oriented shows at all times when kids aren't in school, since the 1950s.
Aren't these two sentences contradictory? Why would someone who is so worried about liability that they do not open up their wifi run a Tor node?

Alternatively: are you implying that a Tor node is "more deniable" than an open wifi? If so, why?
I'm pursuing a career as a math professor (currently an undergrad). I'm not shy about my passion for math, and this has lead to countless conversations like the ones below:

"What do you want to do with your math degree?"

"I want to go to graduate school and eventually become a math professor."

"Oh, so you want to teach!"

"No, I want to do research."

(Here they give some expression of confusion. I've had this particular conversation dozens of times)

Also

"So, what do you do in math research? Do you just sit around and solve equations all day?

I do my best to explain to these people what math is like and why I do it, but I usually don't feel like I'm getting through. I have been told by mathematicians many times, and have experienced myself, that doing mathematics requires lots and lots of frustration (I'm sure many people here, including those who don't do pure math, know what I'm talking about).

But for me the most frustrating and disheartening part of math is the fact that most people don't know what it is. It's not just that they don't understand the details, or what happens at high levels. It's certainly not just that they look at an end product (analogous to, say, a product from a startup) but don't get where it came from. It's that most people fundamentally don't understand what I do. They think of math as the capricious monotony they were put through in grade school and can't fathom why anyone would consider dedicating a life to it. Most aren't even willing to try. My love of math is a very big part of me, and it's a part that very few people understand.
True it was in the US release. I guess I assumed that since we're talking about censoring nudity we were talking primarily about the US market.

This is getting off topic, but I don't think it was a bad movie, although certainly not his best. Despite the nudity, the film is strangely un-erotic. I think you are unfair about Kubrick's motives in making the movie. I also think there's much that can be said about the movie, For example: http://www.collativelearning.com/EYES%20WIDE%20SHUT%20analys...

Edited: Terrible grammar.
I confess I was hoping that this was one of those domains like http://islostarepeat.com/ where the answer is always "Yes".
While I do not know the details of your application such as whether or not ads are displayed.

Is it possible that you display ads to pirated users and no ads to legitimate buyers? I do not have experience with iPhone/iPad development so I am not sure if this is even possible.
Cute mascot. I initially didn't see the text because I opened the page in a new tab, so I would definitely make something a little more static unless it's triggered by a user action. (Even then, try to provide a bit more incentive to sign up.)
The word "awesome" is so overused that it might be a good idea to disallow it in titles of HN submissions (and I'm only half-joking).
I'm looking at the blog (in chrome) and definitely am not seeing a link to the homepage. I came to the comment section to make the same suggestion jasonkester already made (I manually went to www.wakemates.com to find out what the heck it was)
I do the same, if I understand correctly - my home wifi is open. For the same reasons.

I do watch the connection regularly, and I block the MAC addresses of people that appear to be downloading large amounts of data, running torrents, etc (so far MAC blocking has been sufficient - I haven't had a persistent user switching addresses or trying to use my own).
The 30th works for me. would love to meet up.
But why make the comparison if not to inflame? That's the point, isn't it? Comparing data collection to sex in the context of consent—as if the concept of consent applies in the same way, which is on its face a bold assertion—isn't about a logical argument, it's about trying to win a war over people's sentiments. And I think the sentiment that's being fought for here is irresponsible and simplistic.
I liked the tavern poetry.
Can anyone who has been running the beta for a while comment about how NetBeans 7 stacks up to IntelliJ IDEA 10? I am trying both out, but I'm new to IDEs and some opinions from those with more experience would be helpful.
This is a side project that displays the 100 best, highest rated products on Amazon.com.

All of the products have close to 5 stars, and enough reviews to make the rating significant (usually over 50). Each product also has a very short summary of its Amazon reviews.

The information was gathered by manually going through hundreds of Amazon pages and filtering out all the noise and all the products with too few reviews, removing products that are too similar (no need for two sets of steak knives), and making various judgment calls like choosing a product that's 0.1 stars lower because it's $150 cheaper. Then, I read through hundreds and hundreds of Amazon reviews in order to write a short summary of why each product is awesome.

I've been running some ads on Reddit and it's gotten a great reception so far. Would love to hear what everyone here thinks.
It's like a framework that allows companies to build apps. The kind of apps for which every employee needs a 4-hour training (for each app) just to be able to fill some data in a form regularly, or to be able to view a list of assigned tasks and close them.

Note that after that training, the employee will need his notes to complete the task every single time, and will only complete the task rapidly after several years of experience with the software (and undocumented tips from older coworkers).
Is it done by hosting guys or I have to do on my own? Also what about backup? I am not quite good at devops/admin stuff hence asking
Ambiguity is the norm, it isn't rare. Almost all visual input, ie., light, is ambiguous. We (animals) use the history of our prior geometrical-light experiences (ie., walking around) to use environmental cues to resolve ambiguity.

That billions (, trillions) of images are needed to aproximate what we can do for a single instance, i think is a good guide to the magnitude of the problem.

Google the "amnes room" -- that "illusion" is how we are always seeing.
Exactly why I mentioned monetary -exchange-, not backing. The value is backed by a countries GDP, which helps determine its value/worth. If I accept (exchange) a Dollar for a Euro, I know it is backed up by a certain economic output, status and its national banks. I think that’s a difference there?
>Almost all international trade, even when involving China, is done in USD.

What will happen to US and world economic trade when this is reversed?
(2.1) Review a random sample of 3-4 PRs - Were they merged? Do the delays before reviewing or before merging seem acceptable to you?
> It's being supported by assets with real value.

What does "real" value means?
“Reserved, unclaimed” is a classic dark pattern.
Always with the negativity. Sheesh. Here is the cliff notes version of the referenced article:

Complaint: Can't find free wireless

Observation: Criminals abuse open wireless networks

Observation: Fewer and fewer networks

Ask: "We" want to reverse trend, encouraging 'free' networks

Ask: Give common carrier protection to someone who opens a wireless network.

Whine: It sucks not to be able to get online.

Strawman #1: Perhaps people want to prioritize their traffic over the freeloaders

Occam's Razor Says: No, the simpler argument is they pay for it and don't want to give it away)

Strawman #2: If a hacker wanted to they could break into your network so you don't buy much
by securing it.

Occam's Razor Says: Locking your front door doesn't prevent breakins either but it does keep random strangers from scoping out what is inside your house.

Ask: No cost WiFi that protects the identity of the free loader

Fallacy: There is no protocol that allows anyone to join the network using link layer encryption.

Exception: Opening VPN connections using well established standards.

Strawman: Spectrum auctions were expensive, WiFi makes more efficient use of spectrum.

Exception: FCC just opened up a huge chunk of wide area spectrum for unlicensed use, aka 'white space' from the abandonded TV bands.

Ask: Join with us to whine about the lack of free wireless access points.

Since it isn't 'free' to provide a network connection, you have to make it economically viable. Economics being the force that allocates scarce resources (and network connectivity is once such resource). If you don't pay cash for a 3G connection (or an LTE connection or an EDGE connection) then you have to offer something else. I am really, really tired of hearing people refer to the Internet as "the commons" (as in the original Boston sense and with 'Tragedy of' in the conversation) since the network has never been a 'commons' in any sense of the word or concept. That you grew up and didn't understand who was paying for it and why and got mislead into believing it was 'free' is fine, but don't persist in that mis-information or you might find yourself talking about how all the strangers sleeping in your parent's living room is a 'tragedy of the commons' when its just squatting on your parents property. Its not a 'tragedy of the commons' when there are rolling blackouts because there isn't enough power generating capacity or typhoid because there is an open sewer running by your house. The author wants a world wide, cryptographically secure, communications network that anyone can access for free. Its a pony request [1].

[1] http://i-want-a-pony.com/
We had a similar experience with failure every 3 months or so. We had a small portion of our services on Amazon and it was the main reason we moved it back to our own Servers.
I really don't know how they can continue to offer a service with a failure rate as high as EBS. Amazon should be ashamed of themselves for having such a glaring gap in their otherwise strong collection of products.
Is there a technical reason why Google has to push out a new variant of Android (2.3+) instead of making the app/service available as an APK?
Take a look at the Wiki article on symlinks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link

If you're a Windows user think of a more hardcode version of shortcuts. You can create them in Windows Vista / 7 from the command line through the `mklink` command.

Basically you can set up a symbolic link from inside your Dropbox folder to any other directory and Dropbox will start syncing the folder without you having to actually copy or move files.
We had two disappear in quick succession shortly after migrating to ec2 a couple of months ago (one running postgres and one varnish), but nothing since.
The AIBO used a proprietary commercial operating system and required a separate set of commercial compilers to produce valid code.

When I was working on it through a special arrangement with Sony Research, I made a bunch of perl scripts that could munge the assembly generated from gcc so that the assembler could generate code that worked properly on the robots, but there were still a large number of very expensive commercial licenses between it and being OS compatible.

I unfortunately can't go into much more detail than that, because I believe I'm still covered by an NDA I signed back in ~1997 :-)
I've written about this elsewhere, but I'll chime in here too.

The largest radio telescope we have (the 305 meter diameter Arecibo) would need to have it's sensitivity increased by around two orders of magnitude JUST to pick up our TV/FM/AM signals from outside the solar system. If we move into the narrowband signals then, depending on the source-strength, it could pick up signals at up to a few thousand light years... if it happened to be pointed in exactly the right direction at exactly the right time.

You'd have to build an absolutely monstrous dish to be able to detect any of our signals at even the center of our own galaxy (much less at the other end)... I haven't run the numbers on it, but I doubt it's physically possible to build a receiver large enough. Add to that that they're highly directional devices and I think you'll find the "N" in your scenario is actually a startlingly small number.
I also not a guru but I've been locking on Ubuntu Core and it seems even more simplistic than Core OS. The great thing on Core OS is the etcd (for exchanging key values across clusters) and fleet (for managing e.g. containers on systemd and etcd). So Core OS has better management tools for things like Docker. Ubuntu Core is missing both parts and it seems better for embedded systems than for cluster management IMHO. And many people are using Ubuntu INSIDE the container. CoreOS is a good minimal layer... no need to have Ubuntu there... also Ubuntu Core does not have tools like apt-get ;)
Dynamic arrays like std::vector must be tweaked for a special use case as well, for instance it is quite essential to pre-allocate the array to a capacity of the expected number of entries using std::vector::reserve() so that no excessive re-allocation takes place while the array grows. Also special care must be taken if the objects have an expensive copy operation (that's where the new move-semantic in C++11 may help a lot).
In my opinion salary information should not be kept a secret except on personal request. Openness in pay, responsibilities and performance[0] leads to a far healthier company in my opinion and experience. That is not to say you stick the salary information out in the open in a database for all to check at will but during [pay] reviews I feel it is important to be able to see how much you earn compared to your direct colleagues. This is also good for a company as it means they actively working towards equality.

[0] This is obviously quite difficult because performance can be very tricky to measure fairly and can cause problems in comparisons to other positions. The same is true of performance related bonuses which I am fine with keeping private.
Women are not objectively less productive workers. Men die earlier--insurance companies have figured this out so why don't companies pay them less as a result? They're going to die sooner, that's a significant risk to the company, they should be paid less than women. Men are more likely to engage in risky behavior, more likely to have anger management issues, more likely to provoke harrassment cases, all reasons to pay them less because they impose a higher risk on the company.

But for some reason you want to conveniently ignore all these facts and instead point to maternity leave and say that's why we should pay women less? Think again.

But further, if your weren't trolling, the answer to your question is that even if the assumption were true, to pay them less would be sociopathic. That's why it's wrong. Again, think.

If disabled people are actually, objectively, less productive workers, a drain on society, why is it wrong for societies to euthanize them?
TL;DR: Yes, you'll get better.

I'm reminded of a recent article about grandmaster chess players - when briefly shown a chess board with pieces that were laid out in a reasonable way, they were later able to recall them exactly with ease. Non-chess players were generally unable to recall them at all. When shown chessboards that made no sense (strange configurations, etc), the grandmasters were not any better than non-players.

I think that if you're relatively new, this sort of thing can be difficult, but the more you work with code, the easier it will become. Common patterns become "more of the same" and you can start to notice minor details relatively easily.
Yes, you can become a good programmer if you're not detail-oriented. Not without becoming detail-oriented in the process of becoming a good programmer, however.

An entire system can go down because a single bit which should have the value 0 has the value 1, or vice-versa.

However, everyone has problems with details to some extent. Otherwise, we wouldn't have software defects. A reasonable software development process does not rely on hiring perfect people who take care of every detail and never make a mistake. (By saying which I don't intend to blur the distinction between missing a detail, or getting a details wrong.)

Alan Perlis once wrote the following epigram, #32 out of many:

"Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis."

That's the important thing: getting all the cases right and not missing any.
HAHAHA, this is awesome.
Blockchain has extremely narrow potential in a decentralized social network. Blockchain was designed to prevent double-spending. In a social network, the only analagous purpose might be to reserve a name, or to locate the servers (bypass DNS).

It would be ridiculous to use a blockchain to authenticate posts, upvotes, friend connections, etc, since these should all be done with digital signatures alone
It's practically a condemnation of the readership the extend to which the author has to build a complex network of rhetorical and example based fortification around what are fundamentally simple points that are plain as day and could be discussed frankly and freely among the demographics and employment situations he/she is describing but which the readership has scant if any direct experience working with. It pains me to think about all the writing and re-writing and very specific word choice that must have gone into this.
Many things in life are to some degree what you make of them, but a lot of low skill jobs don't even offer the hope of learning or advancement. This seems like a real situation of despair to me.
Some of the most useful plugins for Vim and Emacs to counteract bad defaults, are no longer working due to breaking editor changes with insufficient plugin maintenance.

I've had to comment out so many shims like that in my configs and tolerate horrid default editor behavior. Too many problems, not enough solutions. Entropy increase.

Years later when someone posts another fix, it feels so good to reach another peak of seamless editor behavior. There's always a hundred other little annoying problems with an editor (any editor). But nipping even just one flaw in the bud for a few more months produces such b l i s s.
All areas of the government are approximately equally corrupt. The FBI does not investigate every crime that deserves it. They pick and choose and will not move against those in power without sufficient political willpower to back them up.