skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Don't know anybody personally that wants to be fat, but I many that are overweight and obese because of misleading and manufactured nutritional data.
Best of luck to you, I'm sorry for where the system has gotten in the way. If I could, I would offer.
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But it's ok for every journalist and leader of industry to call out politicians on a daily basis? Can't have both ways.
Snitches get stitches. Sabu's day will come. You don't get into the game if you aren't prepared for the consequences. He knew what he was doing was highly illegal and could put his family specifically young children at risk yet he CHOSE to engage in cyber crimes.

Sabu gets to order pickles on his burgers meanwhile real people are sitting in real prisons because of Sabu. Sabu should not escape the wrath that he is owed.
I don't think you can expect to gain that understanding from this piece. It's part of a series, and presumably forthcoming posts will explain how the rules engine drives which components are selected to process specific content requests.
Or, or, hear me out here: what if you took the pill and exercised?

There's only so many hours in the day. If a pill could perfectly mimic sleep, would you not take some?
I always thought BCPL would be a pretty decent language for the 8-bit generation (Z-80, 6502, 6800). I know something like that existed at the time, it didn't get as popular as maybe it could have.
Please consider having at least an initial consultation with an immigration lawyer before trying to do this. The initial consult is usually a 20-30 minute phone call and is offered for free by many attorneys. Your intentions are good, but it would be sad if you were blacklisted by immigration for any reason.
Still not clear but we will leave it here :)

Btw, I use both deep learning and knowledge based systems in my work (but not formal verification) but don't like advertising that goes in AI by academics from all camps(don't want another AI winter).
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>Can't a mathematical theory compress, generalize, and map out many relevant empirical facts very well without needing ontological commitments to the generalizations themselves?

Maybe, but its not obvious. The fact that the same generalizations are multiply realizable in different processes/structures certainly says something interesting. The consequences of this multiple realizability hasn't been fully investigated.

Your response seems to be arguing against my post which was mainly about mind-independence, by arguing against platonism. I don't see that mind-independence necessarily implies platonism. In fact, I find all forms of platonism extremely distasteful.

>The map is not the territory, so shut up and calculate.

Right, but this in fact goes to the heart of the question of the philosophy of mathematics. When someone says that mathematical objects are mind-independent, they are not talking about the notation itself (the map), but rather the content of the notations (the territory), i.e. the structure revealed through the notation. It should be pretty obvious that there are many interesting questions about the mind-independent structure of the territory. "Shut up and calculate" isn't an answer to this question, but rather the attitude that the answer simply doesn't matter. For many fields the answer doesn't matter, but the question is worth asking nonetheless.
Webvan is the Web 1.0 company that acquired HomeGrocer.com and then killed it, primarily by deciding to spend 10 digits on fulfillments centers long before building any demand. Not sure that I'd bet on this version to be any more successful, given its status and competition.
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I'm not sure I understand. You can use the links provided and compare those results to the results you get from the free version.
Cachegrind simulates caching on a generic CPU, and thus does not tell you how the code will actually run on any particular modern CPU. In this case, the results agree, but I'm of the strong opinion that cachegrind's time has passed. Unless you want a 'theoretical' rather than real answer, you are almost always better off today using the CPUs built in performance counters. That said, I do appreciate that you are offering real numbers rather than guesswork like I am.
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This is too perfect. I did a minor in math, and covered two semesters of real analysis and two of algebra, plus an optimization class and some advanced (undergraduate) statistics, and holy crap I felt like I was joining the grown up table when I started.
I also very much hope you find some way of working things out, but there is another thing you should be aware of:

> just food and a place to live in transportation would be nice too but i am not going to take money from you and i am not going to ask your for health insurance or be your employee, i don't want to break any rules

There is a good chance that, as well as raising immigration law issues, this arrangement could also cause your non-employer to violate federal and state minimum wage laws.

I second the advice of others who suggest consulting an immigration attorney. This is a challenging and important problem, and it really demands the advice of a professional. If you don't think you can afford one you should: 1) schedule an initial consultation with a good immigration attorney anyway. You should get at least this first conversation for free. (And beware: there are many truly awful immigration attorneys. Do a little research.) 2) Look to see if there are any law schools in your area that have immigration law clinics. They may well take your case for free and, although you will be assisted by law students, they will be supervised closely by faculty and will probably provide you with very good advice.

Good luck.
I do traffic analysis of DNS traffic to spot things like this. IM/IRC, file transfers, rouge-like games, malware C&C...pretty neat stuff all of it, just don't think it all goes unnoticed.
I see what you did there. ;-)
Hey, what kind of visa do you currently have?
You're thinking of customers looking at your company. Could it be that pg is actually talking about investors looking at your startup?

That seems to be more of what he's getting at here:

The problem with not having the .com of your name is that it signals weakness. Unless you're so big that your reputation precedes you, a marginal domain suggests you're a marginal company.
Properties siezed through eminent domain are compensated at fair market value... So that would be pretty pointless by definition.
If you have 8 years of experience, wait till you get 9 years. If you do, then even if you have a year of college, you can qualify for H1B. Typically, 3 years of experience equals 1 year of college. As is popular myth, a college degree or education is not a requirement that is set in stone for H1B.

Also, money or not, if you're working in US in capacity that usually someone would get compensated for, even for a company outside the US, you need to have work permit in the country.

If I were you I would look for jobs within Middle East like Qatar, UAE. Jobs related to tech are there, US universities are there, and the requirements with immigration are basically "if employer wants you get in." Rack up a few years of experience, then getting H1B would be viable.
Just as a bit of anecdata, I know New Zealand considers WWOOF'ing [1], in which you get accomodation and food in exchange for work, as actual work with compensation, so you need a work visa.

[1] http://wwoofinternational.org
Many hostels overseas offer this arrangement and it is totally legal through some kind of room-and-board exception, but I'm not sure about the US.
You are correct in noting that obese people are "mentally ill." They are not "diet resistant" nor do they have "slow metabolisms", PCOS, or thyroid problems.
Ask HN: Do I really want to make a game? (or any side project?)
I know the question title sounds weird, but I'm looking for other developers that might have been in a similar position.

I love games, I love games technology and I have these vague ideas for games I want to have made. Yet I never seem to actually start making one.

Even though I think I really want to. But do I?

Having an interesting talk with a friend who pointed out that maybe I really don't want to make something, maybe it's just the idea of making something that appeals more than actually doing it. That if I really did have a burning passion, I would have started by now. I don't know.

I seem to be at a kind of roadblock. Every idea seems interesting enough to pursue, yet nothing seems good enough - "there are already games like that out there", "it's not unique enough", etc. I just end up procrastinating, or sort of looking to start a million different things because everything is so appealing, but end up doing nothing.

I guess this is applicable to more than just games. I'd love to hear some stories about how people got through this, no matter what the outcome (even if it is "I tried and decided it isn't what I wanted to do after all").
Also, indentured servitude is frowned upon.
Of these 18, only about 2-3 of them (Microsoft, Qualcomm, and maybe Verizon) are in the tech industry. It's not really clear this is hacker news, but if you can tie this into tech, startups, or the like, there's probably an interesting conversation to have here.

"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics [...] If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
I've always wondered why Real Analysis isn't introduced earlier in math education. It might make it easier to grasp concepts introduced in upper-level math.
I live on an Island in Canada population 140,000 right now it's cool 18C/64F but even we have water restrictions and have been for the last three years.

I can't even imagine a desert climate with millions of people even finding any water for all those people boggles my mind.
We only hire people with math degrees for our company (parallel supercomputing field). CS people generally don't have the required skills.
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Hi,

I like you and your tenacity.

Why don't you ask it differently so all those annoying comments trying to "help" you would stop.

What I'm thinking is this:

"hey guys,

Does anyone have a fun side project I could hack on? Would you also be so generous as to have a couch for me at your place and host me for couple of weeks or whatever time?"

I can't imagine why such a proposal would have any illegal implications as long as you're presence in this country is legal. You can also qualify the "side project" as non-commercial and "hobby"

Does that make any sense whatsoever in your situation?

Anyway, best of luck. I really hope things get better.

Take care.
I'm not sure this has to do with subsidies. Companies like Coca Cola put billions of dollars into marketing and advertising, and sugar is very addictive. On the other hand, there are a lot of protests when governments try to regulate junk food (like when Bloomberg tried to ban big sodas), the whole "nanny state" debate. In that context, no wonder there's an obesity issue in the US (and other countries). I had some heated discussion with some american friends over this topic, it gets very ideological.
Talk to a lawyer that actually knows the stuff. Also, if the situation looks that bleak regarding the U.S, please consider another country that gives you a better legal standing. Broaden your search. There is more to the world than North America and Europe.
If the US visa doesn't work out try going to a country with less archaic immigration law. i.e anywhere else.

Specifically Australia, Canada, Germany all have working holiday visas which are flexible and would let you do this sort of thing. Generally anything to do with the US and visas is a bad day.
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It's just that the rest of the country needs to pay market rates for the California water they're consuming via agriculture. It's the whole country's problem.
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Bernie Sanders is 73 years old. How many companies has he run? Zero. How many jobs has he created? Zero. He's just another in a long line of communist pied pipers like Hugo Chavez who sell the snake oil of utopia while leading their country and their countries economy to ruin. Utter fool.
Am I blind? I can't find a link to the referred-to articles.
Have you tried applying for refugee status?

I don't know if you'd be allowed to work, but instead of taking grants from the US as a refugee, you could maybe convince them that you are a skilled-refugee who is leaving your war-torn country and you would like to work instead of being given a handout.

Something tells me that the red-tape in the US won't allow this, but it is worth a shot, especially if you speak to an immigration lawyer about it.
Curious that the violin plot is most smooth for the least used expression (lol)
Why U.S.? I understand that you don´t want to live in your country, but there are many others countries. Many of them has a much flexible immigration system where you can live legally if you find a job and where there are many jobs opportunities if you know how to code. I mean, instead of working almost illegally for free in the U.S., you can be legally and earning good money in another country. I´m from Uruguay and this will work here (also, you will have health insurance, as it is mandatory in any job of any type. Also, it is common that tech companies hire forgeries that don´t know Spanish, as most people know English, is not a problem). I know that this is also the case in many other countries.
It can't be, unless time travel...

From Wikipedia: "Since 2001, new registrants to the [.edu top level] domain have been required to be United States-affiliated institutions of higher education, though before then non-U.S.-affiliated—and even non-educational institutions—registered, with some retaining their registrations to the present."
I would suggest Singapore too.
Great emerging startup scene, very quick to get working visas.
If U.S. doesn't work out, give Australia a try, a lot more lenient.
I'm not in the US, but some people here are.

What about working on some open source projects? I don't think that would fall into the danger zone of immigration law(since you wouldn't be working "for" anyone).

Alternatively, maybe a company here can offer you an internship? The visa requirements could be less.

Does anyone here know an immigration lawyer that could help this person get out of a bad situation?
It's "y'all" thank you.
I think it is unlikely the citizens of California are going to be be willing to shoulder all the environmental damage required to move massive amounts of water from the Pacific Ocean to Las Vegas, even if the full financial burden is shouldered by Nevada.
But I one disagreeing with him is using logic or proof, they're throwing out a few counter examples to "prove" their intuition and disregarding someone with enough experience to have an actual informed intuition about the topic. Given the choice on an issue you are not that informed on will you trust your own intuition or one of the leading experts in the field?

If there had been logic, data, or some other proof besides a couple of counter examples, I may need to do more than appeal "argue from authority." They aren't, so I'm sticking with the authority.
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> What makes you think people want to be fat?

Because I want to be fat.... health is overrated compared to how it effects quality of life.
I take it that the article is aimed at early stage startups and is premised on the idea that choosing a name is worth about 20 minutes of time by a founding team and an experienced investor. I find Airbnb useful because "air" has nothing to do with the current company. Any connotations to air mattresses are probably non-positive at this point and the company's success came after pivoting away from low quality low cost accommodations.
Yes, they use this stuff as supplements, but thing is that they do real exercise. If you think that a pill is gonna make you healthier than 1-2h of daily exercise you're in for a surprise... These journos and their misleading reports...
"Company does thing that helps itself"
> Don't know anybody personally that wants to be fat, but I many that are overweight and obese because of misleading and manufactured nutritional data.

No, they're overweight because of their diet and lifestyle. Not all obese people are too stupid to realize this. I don't know what "misleading and manufactured nutritional data", but a) watching caloric input and b) exercise have been known as being primary to weight control since antiquity. No matter what your preferences are, you can tweak those two factors to lose weight.

Nobody has forced Americans to consume complacently. I'm not sure how it's been so hard to see.
Uruguay was one of the countries I was thinking of in my other comment. So I second this.

Also, gmazzotti, I believe you wanted to say "foreigners" instead of "forgeries".
Here is a more exhaustive test that throws in a random boolean array (bb) for a total mispredict scenario (always read, sometimes used)

First, modulo oscillation:

var b = true;
for (var i = 0; i < x.Length; i += 1)
{
var cc = bb[i];
if (b)
x[i] = 0;
else
x[i] = 1;
b = !b;
}

Time: 36 milliseconds (averaged over 10 runs)

Case 2, no branch:

for (var i = 0; i < x.Length; i += 2)
{
var c = bb[i];
x[i] = 0;
}
for (var i = 1; i < x.Length; i += 2)
{
var c = bb[i];
x[i] = 1;
}

Time: 22 milliseconds

Case 3, coherent branching:

var kk = x.Length / 2;
for (var i = 0; i < x.Length; i += 1)
{
var c = bb[i];
if (i < kk)
x[i] = 0;
else x[i] = 1;
}

Time: 31 milliseconds

Case 4, totally random branching:

for (var i = 0; i < x.Length; i += 1)
if (bb[i])
x[i] = 0;
else x[i] = 1;

Time: 75 milliseconds (the slowness could come from bad branch prediction, or the fact that a load needs to complete before the condition can be verified!)
yup. I've been denied entry into the states to volunteer at a tech conference because it would've been "taking a job" from a local.
Unfortunately this is most certainly in violation of immigration laws. And chances are at some point, you will be banned from entering the US for a minimum of 10 years. I actually know 2 people that this happened to, one of them a personal friend of mine. Immigration/Customs officials do not need proof to ban you, all they need to do is suspect it. If you enter the US with no plan, no money, etc, they will suspect, rightfully so, that you are working in violation of your visa and you will get banned on the spot, especially if you visit so often.

My suggestion is to not do this. Enter as a tourist and enjoy your time in the US. If you want to work in the US, do it legally. Do work on an open source project and try to network and get a job that that way. Maybe try to join a huge company like Google or Facebook from abroad and transfer. That's your best way, especially if you get an L1 visa.
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If you're from a war torn country have you considered applying for asylum? I know cases were asylum was granted to guys from my old country, India, which is by no means a war torn country.

I'm going through the immigration process right now and everyday Canada looks like a good option. I know it's not the US but it's still an awesome western country and has a reasonable immigration system.

Good luck!
What is the rate on the knowledge-and-experience loan and what is the term?
Volunteer recruiter in Cambodia here;

There are definitely 'organisations' out there that are purely in it to profit directly from volunteer 'programme fees', so your experience doesnt surprise me.

On the other hand, without saying its true of your case, it is also unreasonable to expect a school to automatically welcome some random off the street, who has been there only 2 months and does not have a definite plan to stay or leave, who may or may not be qualified in either the area they intend to teach or in teaching itself (which is a thing, teaching is not easy). Your experience sounds more hostile than that, and i dont doubt they were unwilling to work with you for dubious reasons; however, legitimate reasons do exist.
> One of the consequences of this axiom is that every subset of the real numbers has a least element according to some ordering.

An even weirder consequence of AC is the Banach-Tarski paradox [1].

Other examples of how mathematicians come up with alternative
perspectives are non-Euclidean geometries that replace the parallel postulate of the common Euclidean geometry, e.g. Lobachevskian [2] and Riemannian geometry [3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach%E2%80%93Tarski_paradox

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_geometry

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_geometry
Fair enough. I have no skin in this game since I'm a PL researcher...
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This is a far simpler problem than SAT. There aren't enough details in this post, but one would expect that 'processors' would not impede one another. Then it's dependency resolution, of the sort that package managers do every day.
> You are correct in noting that obese people are "mentally ill."

Thanks for saying, but that's a little in opposition to what you said earlier (that it is a "choice"). By definition the mentally ill don't choose to be that way (and by extension neither do the obese).

I feel like we've tried and tried to address obesity with diets, but that's like trying to stop a sinking boat by bailing out water. Bailing water might keep you afloat for longer, but it doesn't plug up the leak that got you there to begin with.

Obesity is the same. Diets might keep them "afloat" for longer, but without dealing with the underlying addiction that caused the problem to begin with, you're only delaying the problem not solving it.

Which isn't to say there are easy answers, but some studies have used a combination of counseling, antidepressants, and monitoring to achieve compelling results[0]. It isn't a magic bullet however.

PS - You can either come at addicts with hate/disdain or sympathy/compassion, I choose to do the latter. "There but for the grace of God go I"

[0] https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/news/press-releases/2011/nih-studi...
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I have a B1/B2 visa
I suspect you are on a BUsiness (B-1?) visa and what you propose to do, even if no cash exchanges hands is considered compensation and therefore employment. As others have pointed out, you could end up in serious trouble with US immigration authorities- the 10 year ban is just the beginning, it could end up with a lifetime ban!

It is just not worth the risk and definitely not someone of your caliber needs to. There are other countries where you could fare better. Perhaps Canada?
Well he's at least been a senator in Vermont for quite a while, so it's conceivable he's "created jobs" there, much like many of the other politicians running for office. Beyond that, I think it's fair to say that large tech companies using offshore tax havens is kind of a shitty thing to do.

Also, what does being 73 have to do with anything? Do you need the pointless ageism to make your point?
You should try using nsjail, which makes using namespaces and seccomp-bpf easy. It's very simple, it's made to wrap existing programs with a single command line invocation. Done and done.

https://github.com/google/nsjail
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