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Agree.

With AWS, once you start using multiple services (e.g. lambda, S3, dynamo db, etc), it's difficult to estimate/model the costs in advance.

First you have to estimate how many times your app is pulling down a file or hitting a given db table. But this is dependent on unpredictable user behavior. You don't really know what users will do with your app until they actually do it.

Then, with e.g. Dynamo DB, you have to think about how many indexes you have on a table, and how often your app will query those vs how many times your app might do a full table scan. You have to allocate these specially defined AWS resource units. I don't find it intuitive.

I wonder how many developers really know in advance what their app is going to cost per user.
Yep. But even more: as any piece of code may have to grow and become more complex, any list comprehension except in throwable scripts should be rewritten as a for loop.

Of I think 95% of the list comprehensions I wrote have been refactored to for loop by myself while debugging or extension the code later. So now I just never use them anymore, except for throwaway code.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10664998
If Apple's first car came out today, they need Autopilot, today. Apple can't afford to be 5 years behind Tesla.

Elon: "Should mention that I will be interviewing people personally and Autopilot reports directly to me. This is a super high priority."

- https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/667519445414252544

Watch the video I linked to above. That's a step change in the meaning of automobile.
I don't think that's the point. This is just a measure that's more effective than an announced reminder to turn cell phones off. Comedians just want to limit how many people have heard their jokes before. This device will certainly improve things.
How is buying a shirt or a record that thousands of other people own a "more direct connection" than a photo from my point of view or actually of me at the event?

It's not. You're just arguing to argue.

Unless you mean that it more directly supports the band, to which I say, why don't you just throw dollar bills onstage.

> This reason makes sense if the person has some form of alzheimer's, sure.

"Hey, I would've taken photos of my wedding, but I don't expect to get the Alzheimer's, so screw it."

Whatever.
Looks promising. While it may seem obvious, I would spell out what double-blind means, the problem it solves, and how it is used elsewhere. That then sets you up to point out how doctors use these study types, adding credibility.
Without in any way condoning the move, there is a lot of protection you can add with decrypted traffic. Malware analysis, DLP, etc.

But obviously the security as a whole has to consider the increased risk due to the centralized cert, disregarding entirely the fact that you're trusting a totalitarian government with all of your secrets...
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I've done it myself on a FreeBSD RPi image. I don't see why it wouldn't work on linux.
It's better to have ways that work with human dopaminergic feedback system instead of hoping for good-will and perseverence of the few gems of society. We are flawed as biological creatures. Our motivations are few and far. Good tech should warrant use onto itself. Good governmental systems should warrant good use onto its citizens. And good news/media/information systems should warrant good knowledge and information and affinity for that - upon its users.
It's not easy to get the pouches off. It's a pretty strong magnet - I'm assuming as strong as the retail stores use to avoid theft. I certainly couldn't pull it apart myself, though it comes off in a snap if you have the opposing magnet - of which they had plenty at the exit - which made getting our phones back far more efficient than I'd expected.
And then you think of the thousands upon thousands of years humans have experienced very special, nuanced moments without any way of reliving them. Sometimes you just have to appreciate experiencing it in the moment.
well, it interacts with ALL websites the same, it attempts to identify a list of items, and makes an http request once for each item that comes up, and it does it client side where the chrome extension is installed.

So I suppose its at least sort of autonomous.
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Something I've often wondered about his how much of the top 10 VC performance advantage is due to deal availability. Top firms are offered the best deals (every startup wants to be funded by them), which means that they might be able to achieve better returns without being "better" than other VC firms in terms of, say, investing acumen or operational advice.

It could be that 0% of top VC returns are explained by this; I'm curious, though.
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I wonder how much one loses if the first and the last couple of miles are fuzzed over. Such data would still be quite useful.
They are no longer exclusive to FPLs but higher order functions are definitely a property of FPLs
They explicitly ask you to make sure it's on silent before they put it in the bag and hand it back. Of course there could easily be mistakes, but there were not at last night's show.
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What can Apple do different than big incumbents? How about all the stuff HN goes gaga over when Tesla does it?

I think you're selling design as a difference short, for Apple design is holistic and affects the entire product experience not just the look and feel or the entertainment ux.

They design the manufacturing process to squeeze out nickels on the dollar and using CM means they avoid legacy overhead that weighs down behemoths like GM, VW and Toyota. They also don't have any legacy overhead tied to engineering around ICE. As we've seen with Tesla, they had to reinvent almost everything because most of the problems traditional car companies had been working on don't exist in an all-electric vehicle.

Apple designs the buying process, which for cars is nightmare fuel for most people. Even in their normal retail stores, buying is easier, you can pick up some things off the shelf, ring it up yourself right where you're standing with the Store app and then walk out. This may be Apple's biggest advantage from the customer's perspective.

Carplay I haven't used but I think you may be selling this short too, on /r/cars when an industry entertainment guy asked what they should be doing the most upvoted response was: get out of the way and make dumb screens for Android Auto and CarPlay [1]. Maybe you're right though and it is outclassed by some current offerings. Perhaps this area is an Apple weakness but another possibly is that CarPlay is to iCar as the Motorola ROKR was to the iphone.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/2vfubz/i_am_one_of_th...

You talk about Apple's materials being shoddy but that is not the impression I have (outside of charging cables). My iphone 3gs and 4s have held up very well and metal frame ipads, macbooks and iphones seem to do even better. Greg Koenig's much linked post about their Watch manufacturing [2] basically said Apple is operating at the pinnacle of craftsmanship when it comes to materials, precision and finish. One quote of many possible: "I see a process that could only have been created by a team looking to execute on a level far beyond what was necessary or what will be noticed. This isn't a supply chain, it is a ritual Apple is performing to bring themselves up to the standards necessary to compete against companies with centuries of experience." There is plenty of room for technical gimmicks here in the auto industry and I fully expect a video of Jony Ive explaining how revolutionary it is for safety when the entire carframe is milled from a single piece of aluminum.

[2] http://atomicdelights.com/blog/a-glimpse-at-how-the-apple-wa...
You can use it like korma if you want (it has a higher level dsl (but with functions that all return a map)) ala:

(require '[honeysql.helpers :as sql])

(def query-map (-> (sql/select :*)
(sql/from :foo)
(sql/where [:= :bar "baz"])
(sql/limit 5)))

This works because each of these functions has two arities, the lower one returning a map, and the higher one assoc'ing or merging (there are merge-* functions for building purposes) something into its first argument (which is presumed to be a map).

(= (sql/from :foo) {:from '(foo)})

This means that if you just need a SQL AST, you have this handy map thing that honeysql can turn into platform-specific sql. But if you just need something quick and dirty, you can use something that looks very similar to korma. There is no ORM functionality, but with a query building toolkit, I haven't really needed it. Since honeysql's helpers are built as functions, I haven't even really needed to dive into the lower map representation much, although it was handy the one time I was translating a higher level query language into sql.
... and anybody with a pocket knife can defeat the purpose.
Very good comments. What I failed to mention in my original post was that I feel that the discussions are really one-sided. My co-workers expect me to listen to and do everything they say, and don't want to hear any suggestions from me. I'm fine with other people considering my suggestions and then deciding against them. I'm not okay with coworkers who just reject my ideas because they came from the new guy.

I do think you're right about tolerating different personalities, and about talking to a manager. I'll tread carefully.
According to https://www.ch.ch/en/married-name/

> Surnames combined with a hyphen, such as Meier-Müller, are still allowed. Combined surnames are not official registered names, but may be used in everyday situations and recorded in your passport and identity card.

So, it's not "official" but you can use it everywhere including on your official documents.
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> At this point I think bayesian methods is one of those things like Monads - you either understand it or you never will.

Add organic chemistry to that list. I can write a program from scratch that will accurately simulate how two organic molecules react using density functional theory, but I'll be darned if I ever understand those little diagrams and arrows.
Out of curiosity, why not Haskell or Scala if you already know them?
The Initiative is an LLC and not a public charity or private foundation, so as not to limit the activities they can take part in. This will all be taxed at some point (though the Initiative may further grant shares to public charities).
Are you suggesting governments "have to" "enforce your human rights"? Wouldn't that imply not monitoring everyone?
I met a 94 year old P38 pilot a couple months ago. Still driving his Buick.
Note: "blue" doesn't mean new or in development, but rather dirty, ribald, or adult.

http://comedians.about.com/od/glossary/g/bluehumor.htm
I've used Metabase before, it's a super easy way for a non-technical to do sql queries.
Good point. If I am as mature an adult as I believe myself to be, I ought to be able to have a peaceful conversation about this with a couple of coworkers individually. Definitely would be better than putting them on the defensive by sending a manager after them.
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The best one I've seen yet is the twitter background for Salesforce's Desk.com

https://twitter.com/Desk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Es...

If you look for more than a second, you realize nothing, absolutely nothing about it makes sense. It's insane.
I don't mind if the person in front of me blocks my view for less than a minute out of the entire show taking photos.
Goldman Sachs wants to create its own version of Bitcoin
I would assume their root trust store could be similar to what your browser would use. i.e. a curated set of root CAs with CRL subscription.
You can succeed as a fast follower but you won't become a monopoly.
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Oh, you're saying people place a higher value on photos than the 1% of the experience they trade to make them? Yeah, that makes total sense. They still have the other 99%. I don't see why you would call that absurd.
Good thing Apple is having a war on ports... because you know, there's enough wireless bandwidth for all of us to have gigabit wifi connections.
Nice. Sadly it's super rare to see anyone who's made it deviate from the script and share authentically like this.

I suspect this is more a case of "VCs colluding against founders" than "VCs being too dumb." When you have a legit $100 mil valuation, SOMEONE will buy those shares, unless you're blocked from selling.
> Something I've often wondered about his how much of the top 10 VC performance advantage is due to deal availability.

My guess is, most of it.
> npm seems to handle this just fine for both JS and native (c++) node modules via gyp

Could you describe this in a bit more detail? Does gyp (in the context of npm) build the binaries at install time, or is it a repository of a bunch of pre-built artifacts?

In my experience of installing npm packages, it doesn't seem like it's building native extensions at install time, but it's hard to say for sure.
Google has a long history of failing to productize otherwise brilliant technology. Google Analytics is free and yet Mixpanel, Kissmetrics, Intercom, and a whole raft of analytics startups appear to be thriving by solving specific problems. AI and Computer Vision is a big space.
I wonder what "go support" means. Would that not just executing a binary? If data is passed to it via a file handle, wouldn't that mean any executable would work? Or will you give it source code?

I know you don't have the answers, just stuff I think about when go support for lambda is discussed.
And here's the solution: Turn in your guns.

Disclaimer: I'm a gun owner, and an avid hunter. At one point in my life I shot for competition. I still think that we need to turn in all guns. I personally know too many people with guns who _don't_ need them, instead they have them because they think it's cool, or because it's a "constitutional right."

Sorry, but I think the constitution was written when we didn't have a problem. Most of these peoples are also religious in one way or another (you can infer which way they lean, and you'll probably be correct) — but don't you dare tell them that it's also a constitutional right to choose to follow no religion. Because that's sacrilegious.

I was also raised catholic.
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Berkshire doesn't just buy stock. It buys a controlling interest and influences the way the company is run.
> There is no democracy so there is probably no way to resolve this grievance

Just for the record, look to the US for a good example of how well democracy works for "resolving grievances".

Occupy Wall Street protesters aired some grievances, and were beaten and tased into submission. The same happens anywhere, every time the citizenry actually demands something.

It's kind of amazing how people still hold democracy as some sort of 'value' to strive for, when in reality it's just a PR-facade.
Dupe.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10663326 has considerable commentary.
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ha! my bad.. i did think it odd that another color was attributed to a work i always heard refered to as 'green'

my ignorance revealed my bias

still, why hide your material even if it's blue? it's still your material

..or is the argument we need to protect the children?
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I will eat a week's pay if OOP is still in vogue in 2015. (2001)
Small businesses may be online, even if they don't know it. If they have a phone number and an address, they are probably listed on Yelp, Foursquare, Facebook, Google, Citysearch, Superpages, etc. You could search these sites for contact info, or use an API like Factual. If you want truly old school businesses who aren't online at all, try the phone book.
What is the benefit of nuclear if we are left with uncontainable highly toxic radioactive waste? There are already problems with handling waste at existing storage sties. Radioactive waste isn't a problem to be solved 10,000 years from now, it's already a problem. Even guaranteeing safe containment for 50 - 100 years seems like a difficult task, and that is not an outrageous demand for people to make.
I find this kind of analysis to be really awesome and I'd love to learn how to do even a more basic version of it. Does anyone have some resources they can point me to?

I'm actually working on a small project that has a much, much smaller dataset than the NYC Taxi data but some similar attributes (geographic coordinates mainly). I'd love to produce something like this with what I find (assuming I can find anything interesting).
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I assumed he meant day, month, and year.
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Right, but MM's "optimal capital structure" isn't taking into account if your company can't raise debt on the public markets while maintaining cash flow.

Debt is essentially selling a put option on your assets, but early stage companies don't have substantial assets. That's why convertible debt exist and why early stage financers demand equity.
I must admit I found the proposed $60 price a bit shocking when I read the article. Surely there are free software solutions which do much the same thing. I believe Okular can do most of the things the article alluded to.
How many variables are part of this simulation? Are those not dimensions?
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If you want to have a listen to the Pip yourself, as well as many others like the squeaky wheel and the buzzer, check out this WebSDR implementation:

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

and for a much wider list of frequencies of number stations, and radio anomalies you can take a look at:

http://priyom.org

they have times they broadcast figured out there. if you enjoy this kind of stuff, i suggest picking up an SDR yourself, i know i do. my $20 RTL-SDR works well for playing around with this.
Agreed. As for required watching, Scott Miller of the Bolt team produced an excellent 18 part YouTube series on Design for Manufacturing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84VxN9K_PMM&list=PLNTXUUIxHy...
Pardon me while I pick my jaw off the floor. I had heard stories about the random instances of absolutely obsessive attention to detail when modeling the physics/chemistry of things in the game, but did not expect anything like that.

Out of curiosity, how do details about these things become known if the code is not open sourced? Is it in official documentation somewhere? Is there any sort of list of these ridiculous examples of awesomeness?
This is plainly wrong. Kickstarter isn't debt, it's sales.

Both are obligations, but that is where the similarities end. Not all obligations are debt, unless you want to back the meaning all the way out such that it's no longer relevant to the kind of debt one would discuss around a business.

Sales and debt serve two different roles within a normal business and come with important, different legal requirements and nuance.

Easy proof: Kickstarter doesn't have the same legal protections that typical debt contracts do, not even remotely close. Kickstarter has legal protections a lot closer to what a sale comes with.
I don't see how that would work unless you're talking about ZIP+4 and not just a regular ZIP code. It would work for very sparsely-populated areas and extremely small towns, but most residents will share a ZIP code with thousands of others.
The authority of the free market. Did web PKI develop because of governments? No. In fact, quite the contrary. Similarly, if consumers are educated and aware of the weaknesses of current cryptography controls in light of new threats such as governments requiring the installation of their own root CA so they can middle the connection, maybe they'll drive demand for better controls, controls which already exist.
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I agree with you on trade school.

However, I would think it's often the poor who would benefit most from college, because it's there they can network with people who would never otherwise be available to them. That could also provide positive peer pressure and some concrete examples of people you can emulate. And college will teach them how to learn and critically think, which might not be skills they have yet.
note i said i wish someone had a phone on him, selfishly relieving myself of the burden

i used to do an open mic circuit and the coolest thing i saw at a bar was an mc with a tech bent that upon agreement would pipe the mic through recording software as well as the pa and then automated a conversion and upload system where you, or any visitor, could go to the bar's website and download your set in high quality mp3

i'm very appreciative of the experience

i lament being unable to share it with you
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So really, any form of financing a company would be considered debt.
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Raspberry Wifi, command line huh?
Pings from submarines.
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I think you're forgetting the reason why Google Analytics is free. It's not to generate profit, it's to collect data.
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