skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I believe that is specific to how rocket engines work. I once thought it applied to bicycles, but that must be some other phenomenon...
From tfa: An escalator that carried 12,745 customers between 8.30 and 9.30am in a normal week, for example, carried 16,220 when it was designated standing only
Maybe you could explain to me why you think that's selfish.

Here's why I don't see it as selfish:

Hiring is expensive. My time has a numerical number attached to it. As a tangible example, my revenue for my company is $125 an hour. I ended up interviewing 10 people for our most recent junior level hire. 2 of them were duds, immediately costing the company $250. The rest of them each spent about 2.5 hours with me: $2500. 4 were invited back, spending about 4 hours each with me: $2000. 1 was invited back to spend the day with me pair programming. I'll discount this at half price, given that I was still able to accomplish something: $500. They didn't end up taking the job offer, so I invited my second choice in for the same deal: $500. I ended up hiring them. 10 people cost the company $5,750. Read back through what I wrote, and you'll notice I said "I". I'm solely talking about my contribution to being in an interview room, not even accounting for my coworkers' contributions, nor the time spent with resumes. Now read back through it again, and replace "company" with "fellow employees". My "selfish" approach saves my coworkers money by eliminating candidates who were statistically unlikely to get the job anyway. If that's truly selfish, sign me up any day of the week.

For some more context, go flip through linkedIn profiles of people with <5 years of work experience and you'll see a strong trend: (5 months) (5 months) (3 months) (7 months). Not even 2 years and 4 "full time" jobs. Going back to the hiring numbers, intro_to_hiring puts the cost of replacement equal to their salary. Now imagine my hire follows this trend. I've spent $15k on finding them, $10k on training them, $40k in salary, and now I have to spend another $80k replacing them. All of that in a span of 6 months. Sounds like a pretty one-sided deal. All said and done, I struggle to believe I'm the selfish asshole of the story.
Well, you can ask...
ISIS has a list of "allowed" devices, that can be used bye its members, iOS was banned long time ago for privacy invasions. I bet they forked Android and you can install only apps signed with a key and Android validates them before installation. If I did it with my Paranoid ROM and F-Droid key, why can't them?
They did simulate. Thing is that you can only tell if simulations are correct by testing in real life.

(do simulations for a living)
It's time to ban encryption, so ISIS can't communicate safely.
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No it isn't. Think about it, throughput isn't determined by how fast people are moving along the escalator. It's determined by how quickly they get onto and off the escalators. People get onto and off the right side more quickly simply because more people want to stand still.

The results of the experiment prove that throughput on the left side is slower.
Right but you don't have to reradiate all the energy.
Why not make the escalators smaller so they only fit one person at a time? Then they could have two lanes where they used to have one and standers would naturally block walkers.
As a fan of Rust I don't think it is really going to be the future. While it might be successful in its own way I now believe that it will remain relatively small-scale (compared to e.g. C++ and Java). The entrenched players are extremely entrenched and Rust lacks the mass appeal that popular languages such as Ruby and Go have, being more complex to learn and write.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10906754
How about if this IP address has been shadow banned on hn?
I wonder why they don't make the escalators three people wide. There is certainly space for it.
the author cherry picks examples of "mainstream" culture to support his argument.

It also feels like the separation between education institutions and "mainstream" culture is a false dichotomy. Especially when 40%+ of the US population now holds a degree from one of these institutions. While in Nietzsche's day university was a rare privilege today it is not. Claiming that something as prolific is separate from mainstream seems wrong.
Thanks a lot for the link!

It seems that if I have a web app and database on the same server then user<->web app does not require CAL even if database is involved in handling that web app work load! That's good news for my use case. It really shows how twisted MS licensing is if MS licensing staff does not understand MS licensing )

I am not sure however, whether this changes if authentication is involved - is it still a publicly available web solution or not?

I really hope ASP.NET will become rock solid soon on Linux so one can avoid MS licensing twists altogether,
“From my point of view,” says TfL’s head of transport planning Geoff Hobbs, “the ideal train would look like a bread bin”

lol I can see that being taken out of context.
Using Stickk I quit drinking completely for six months. There were some negligible lapses, but overall utilizing this loss aversion technique was a positive experience for me. I will try it again soon for other long-term goals.
I wouldn't recommend an AVR. That is outdated technology. Even Atmel mostly makes ARM microcontrollers now (and they are much nicer than their AVR ones).
Ask HN: Does anyone know of a REST API for monthly precipitation in the US?
I'm looking to create a web app around precipitation in the US by state or zip code in at least a month, but bi weekly or even weekly would be fine too. Does anyone know of any public REST APIs that would have this data? I've been scouring data.gov and can't seem to find any usable REST API.

Also, does anyone know of a already existing service that does this well? If so feel free to let me know.
In Business, There's No Prize for Just Being First
You got a few answers. I'm curious, did you change your mind on the subject of mass surveillance?
Agreed, but even simpler they could just make the escalator faster. That would more more people per time unit.
Body cams would tell this entire story pretty well especially since 2 officers were involved. Are we supposed to believe that San Fransicso doesn't collect enough taxes to have working body cams on all officers running for the whole shift?

Everyone wants more body cams. let's get them to stop the speculation all the time.

on the police side though, more people need to understand that the cops ask people all the time for ID and they say they don't have it. In WAY TOO MANY cases they don't want to produce it because they have warrants for other things. Cops get people night after night on small offenses and they have warrants for bigger ones. Constantly. That's why he called in, because his experience is the guy is likely hiding something.

I can't imagine not carrying my ID around if I'm an adult. I have to produce it to make transactions.
Well, the point of the article was that if people are standing on one side, you've only got half efficiency, so if they take a whole escalator and make it walkers only and double up the other one, nothing is gained. At least if the outer was stand only and the middle was current rule, there's a 25% increase.
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I tried digging around but couldn't find the package names -- I could've sworn ansi-term (https://crates.io/crates/ansi_term/) and hyper (https://crates.io/crates/hyper/) were two of them, but it looks like they both use stable. Thanks though!
It doesn't become better or somehow "not selfish" just because you bring your coworkers into it. It is ultimately the company which is lying for selfish reasons. The company lies about its requirements to save money. And you don't understand how I could think that's wrong?

You seem to not even grasp what I have a problem with, since you spend your entire final paragraph talking about the perils of hiring inexperienced people. I have no problem with companies saying they want 3+ years of experience because they don't want inexperienced people. That's totally fine. Where I have a problem is when you say "3+ years" but actually want 1+ years, as you described in your original comment.

Not only is that dishonest, but it selects for dishonest applicants, since scrupulous people with 1-2 years of experience will not respond to your ad, while unscrupulous people will.

Again, I have no problem with experience requirements, I merely have a problem with lying about them as you said you do. If you reply, please keep that in mind, and don't explain why experience is so important, because that's not the issue.
And because mass culture needs to appeal to pre-existing ideas and sensibilities, it's exactly why it can't really spread fundamentally new ideas. Netflix will never air a show that questions the Holocaust because it could result in it's bankruptcy.

While I'm not a Holocaust denier, I do believe everything can in principle be questioned, including our most sacred beliefs, or especially those - and perpetually reaffirmed. To expunge critical inquiry from any topic, as long as it's not disguised propaganda, means to live on a flat Earth where everything was revealed and there is nothing more to know. And to do that in Academia - by definition a space shielded from popular pressure exactly to give it the freedom it needs in pursuit of knowledge and truth - is a cultural crime Amazon just can't fix.
I live in Vancouver BC. To my knowledge, we don't have a Walmart within the city, the nearest location to downtown being in North Van, a suburb located across the Burrard Inlet and certainly more than 20 mins by car from downtown. 20 minutes ain't too bad.
The report seems to be saying that the IR is unchanged - i.e. there is IR, it's just what is expected from the star. As the other commenter suggested, it would need to be some reflector which was IR-transparent, which would be a pretty strange setup.
let's face it, this article was put out for the chance the publication could use the words 'alien megastructure' to grab some views.
I used to suffer from compulsions and developed a related trick to break their grip that normal willpower just couldn't provide. Sufferers will be familiar with the 'you must do X, otherwise Y might happen' state (where X is often something pointless and Y is something 'bad' - dying or similar). I found a way to extend that thought with '.. or, actually, if I do do X, Y WILL happen' - hence the best move became not to play. Now years on, this habit seems to have proven enough for my brain to 'snap out' of a compulsion and eliminate the majority of their negative impact.
Hang in there, not all employers are equal in this respect. Try to find a company with a high hiring bar, that will improve your chances of finding a team without that mentality.
I simply don't believe you've been to many London underground stations if you think that.

A lot are steep and scary, the worst of them is a 1.5 minute long ride:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQwERv8V6JA&feature=youtu.be...

The first time you ride that you are not going to want to walk down it, let alone be forced to walk down it!

Other replies to your comment also show a lack of understanding that there are often no stairs because it's an underground station. Like deep underground so they didn't bother with stairs.
Hydrogen + time = message board wank
The title is wrong. It is not a chat app.

At least the article does not mention "chat" at all. More like a news app for propaganda videos.
When I'm hungry and I go to the fridge, I'm reasonably confident that when I open the door, I'm not going to start chewing on a stick of butter or bite into an onion. That doesn't mean I know what I want to eat. Filtering out what you don't want is a lot different than choosing what you do want, and you treat them differently. Both parties know that. I don't care about being an asshole to a sheet of paper than floats onto my desk on its way to the shredder. I'd never act like an asshole in an interview. If they are in the room, they are a potential coworker and will be treated as if they are already one. Your statement can't be applied to jobseekers and employees. They aren't the same Type.
It depends entirely on the company. The first rule of getting hired at a company run by sociopaths or brogrammers is never to show any sign of humility or weakness. Some people seem to think that's the only kind of company there is, so that bit is sometimes accidentally left out.
That product was made in 1996. Up to then, quite a few gaming devices already used them. Commodore was going bankrupt but company taking over still sold tons of them. So, it was a decent chip, probably cheaper than usual, and might have hired game developers with prior experience in it.

All speculation based on business details at the time. I'd also like to know if it was cheaper or there was a talent advantage in mid-90's.
> I usually camp at the bottom, waiting for the crowd to disperse, then grab the powerup and use it efficiently.

You do realize this means that you probably get to the top slower than if you just stood on it, right? :)
That would work if everyone was the same width. Which they are not
I don't care quite as much about the lack of a proven track-record -- I understand the value there, but I love tinkering and trust Rust enough to not have any concerns about core stability (maybe a mistake, but there it is). It's mostly the lack of a stable HTTP library / ecosystem that throws me off; it seems like everything there is changing pretty frequently. That's just my impression though, and I'd love to be wrong :) I mentioned in another thread as well that the last time I played around with Rust, it seemed like most of the useful Cargo packages were dependent on the nightly version, which definitely gave me pause. I can't seem to find any of these packages now, though, so that's either changed or was an incorrect impression.
A simple trick to crack all Rubik's cubes
http://www.programmableweb.com/api/noaa-climate-data-online

https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/u-s-hourly-precipitation-da...

http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/docs

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/ncdcwebservices

https://data.noaa.gov/dataset/u-s-15-minute-precipitation-da...

Note some maybe datasets, so you may have to import them into a db and then just use something like

http://www.slashdb.com/

to quickly publish your own api.
horses for courses. If you want a small microcontroller that has a very simple IO model then avr is great, and if you use something like an attiny they're cheap as ... chips.
What's really standing in the way of drone delivery?
Another fine Navalny piece:

https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/what-is-nava...
One lesson? The moment ideology enters a scene, we pretend that's what it's all about. Even his surviving family can only talk about his unhappiness in a purely political context. The writer doesn't note that the man's behavior leading up to the suicide is strongly reminiscent of other suicides and family annihilators. Many people reading this article will only think of the war and pacifism and not this guy's humanity.

It's similar to how many people imagine suicide bombers are just random fervent Muslims given an explosive vest. In actuality, their recruiters target depressed and traumatized people and try to sell them a way out of their pain.
Answer: because they are cute or in some cases funny.
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You live in a place where that's true. Many places have Walmart, gas stations or a 60 mile drive to a bigger city.

Since the outcome of WalMart's success is duopoly between Target and WalMart, I would say that no, we're not better off.

This was a huge topic in the 90s, I'd suggest that you look at the many published descriptions of their business practices.
After months of no activity on those wallets, someone put some dust in them yesterday. What can that mean? If they found silk road coins, they can find cryptsy coins maybe, right?
Should Postmates be more careful about where they send their non-employees? Why are they sending people to areas where beatings are known to occur?

He really shouldn't be using his phone while riding a bike though. Know your area and know your destination first. Postmates is sending their non-employees out on bikes on to streets with massive vehicles, with sometimes careless drivers, which can result in severe injury and death. It is probably best to be fully alert and capable of quick responses when sent to those areas.
>there used to be C++ and Java code generators that have since been removed.

What was the reason for removal? Difficulty of maintenance? Out of scope for a C# project?
Carrying firearms on board would significantly limit the places a world-hopping yacht could stop at; at best inconvenient, at worst deadly when you choose not to put in somewhere because you don't want to have to drop your AK-47 over the side. A lot of countries really do not want sailors turning up with AK-47s.
Why would you expect that? Given how pragmatic most Brits are about rules and etiquette, at least once social norms have been established and people have become used to how things work, your assumption seems rather pessimistic.
It's not less energy if you walk infinitely fast.
Hm, so attempting to break it would require direct access to tests, which means you'd need to be a "qualified organization". Don't see any way of doing this that doesn't end in jail time.
Wow that looks like a great read, I'll definitely check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!
Yes, except the station has no lifts (they were replaced by the escalators), so people who can't climb stares would be unable to use it at all.
It wouldn't be quite as large of a problem if people who were physically able would just quit being lazy and walk up the escalator, even if it is a bit of a hike. It's not like walking to the top of a skyscraper.

You know what's faster than either walking up stairs or an escalator? Walking up an escalator.
It seems like it should be the police who should be paying (out of their own founds) and not his employer.
You're allowed to defend yourself. You're not allowed to wander around carrying weapons.
Good call! Didn't think about importing them into a lightweight database.
This is exactly the case. It also turns up in shootings, when there's footage.
And then if you want to get seriously weird, you could try the PRU on a Beaglebone Black. Two internal processors (almost) entirely separate from the main processor. They have a 200 MHz clock speed and can generate extremely accurate and deterministic time critical signals
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I guess you've never built a product for a business then? Someone who can write Javascript and deliver features that work (even if inefficient) is actually providing significant value to the company. Customers pay for features, not formal CS education.
It would've driven me mad if I'd had to stand; very, very few things annoy me as much as being stuck behind people (or traffic) moving unnecessarily slowly.

Isn't this exactly the point, though? At peak times, there are significant crowds around the entrances to escalators at busy Underground stations, and those crowds hold everyone up regardless of their preference for standing or walking. The idea here is to avoid the crowds forming a bottleneck in the first place, or at least to reduce the delay if there are still too many people to sustain full throughput.
The area doesn't even have enough collection to have cameras installed on BART trains.
No DRM yet, but Google doesn't allow YouTube downloader extensions in their Chrome Web Store (but allows downloaders for other video sites, how strange :-/).
I'm skeptical that a police assault would be ruled a work-related injury.
That works too, but the author said they have d digits each.
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If there are stairs as an alternative to an escalator I always take the stairs unless it's completely empty or I'm carrying something very heavy. I've yet to encounter a staircase built as a part of modern, public transit infrastructure that was too long for a healthy adult to walk.
It's not blaming someone else. Bjarne worked at AT&T Bell Labs, and once C++ caught management's eye and became more than his own personal project, 100% compatibility with C++ was a business requirement. Bjarne ended down expanding a huge effort to bring that down to about 99% compatibility, to avoid some of C's most insidious warts such as prototype-less functions, but compatibility was still a goal.

That goal included semantic compatibility (C++ constructs shouldn't feel alien to C) and performance equivalence (C++ abstractions should have the same performance cost as C).

That's why Objective C's good(?) design of strapping Smalltalk's syntax and semantics to C inside square brackets was never an option. Objective C containers not supporting C primitives would have never made it.

And let's not forget that Objective C uses dynamic dispatch and must box primitive types, so it could never claim to be on par with C performance-wise.
The examples worked well in Hive also.

I've never used Periscope but have followed and read the blog for a while. Always great content.
IMO (4) is a fatal and clumsy misstep for the entire article, and betrays a profound lack of contact with Nietzsche's own writing on the part of the author.

Nietzsche never would have uncritically claimed mainstream culture does our best thinking any more than he would have given such an honor to academia. So it's bizarre to see his thought appropriated to that end. He was, in fact, extremely concerned with the difference between culture that is merely popular and a genuine, healthy, thriving culture. He saw academics and journalists as frequent accomplices in the destruction of a thriving, healthy culture by their appeals to popular taste and public opinion. By their spinning rigorous sounding tales that merely served to comfort (or discomfort) individuals and reinforce their existing opinions no matter how deleterious or suspect such opinions were (eg. about morality, the nobility of the common man, the goodness/badness of state institutions, etc). Additionally, he was just as concerned about the influence exerted by nation states on thought as he was about the similar influence exerted by public opinion, common sense, and mainstream culture.

To simplify the formula down to "mainstream culture" vs. "the state influenced academics" is to be overly reductionist and to overlook the part every segment of society plays in producing uncritical thought.

For more clarity here I would read Nietzsche's "Untimely Meditation" on 'cultural philistinism' - "David Strauss: the confessor and the writer", and "Beyond Good and Evil" namely the section "Peoples and Fatherlands" for an idea of his approach to critique of mainstream culture in his time.
The number of times I've seen enterprises deploy Windows servers running Java on them is probably equal to the times I've seen it in production on Linux. Windows system administrators are easy to find in enterprise space and the process of keeping them fed and happy is really cut and dry compared to the myriad of options (read: ways to fail when you're as dysfunctional as most F500 organizations) on a UNIX variant. When you have both Java and C# developers but don't want to spend the money on both Linux and Windows computer janitors, your pick Windows for standardization of OSes, not Linux.

The lack of choice is liberating for enterprises constantly in a state of analysis paralysis over every random software requirement that could sink their ball of twine software stacks.
Somebody get this guy a YC appointment. He has the right idea, and needs to scale it up.
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I won't make a suggestion, because I don't have one.

However, I am against the circlejerk that we don't need to change anything to battle the seemingly rising terrorism.