skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I completely agree with you and in no way am being disparaging or taking away from the myriad other ways Patrick has contributed to HN.

Even Patrick - in this essay - says "I’ve been probably best known for running a teeny tiny little business called Bingo Card Creator."

It's just amazing that a $31k/yr biz is instantly recognizable by name amongst most of the dedicated HNers as part of our mythology.

I love it, Patrick is one of the people that's always made HN feel like a small / cohesive community even though its footprint is huge.
Yesterday: Hahaha what a stupid company name! What a bunch of idiots!

Today: Oh shit
My only issue with iOS is that Safari doesn't play WebM. You have to download and open them with the VLC app. I wish they would just accept that it's a solid format and adapt it, but I don't see that happening any time soon.
I hate any title that begins with why. Seriously, no one cares. People have opinions. Even seeing 'why' makes certain I will not read your article.

Let me guess the following without even reading...

* several paragraphs of whining about things that are just personal preference.

* making broad/generalized wide sweeping statements and stating them as fact

* tons of rhetorical questions followed by over simplified answers in support of the other product

* dripping with misguided enthusiasm, using lots of words in CAPS and BOLD.
I feel like that's a bit of an exaggeration. The cost savings isn't in Southwest-style 20 minute turn around. It's that you're not throwing a booster worth tens of millions of dollars away at each launch.
How a company justifies laying off 1,400 people and outsourcing to Mexico
Been with Android since forever, but the battle for security that Apple has recently been fighting on behalf of their customers is enough to make me want to start considering iOS devices in the future.
https://twitter.com/TayandYou/status/712730047669350400

https://twitter.com/TayandYou/status/712730401572134913

Interesting. Can't see how this could go bad.
That would not help solve the issue at hand. In fact that would make it worse.
Watch Out for the U.S. Recession Signal in Friday's GDP Report
The hash is the version. However, the extra information semantic versioning gives is missing of course.
Well, it's both. If SpaceX wants the demand side of the market to expand sufficiently for its business model, it will have to launch that frequently. Also, the faster you can launch, the fewer rockets you have to build for your fleet.
Don't be surprised if this cert is revoked almost immediately, as similar offers have been in the past.
Excellent concerns! gx addresses both:

> Let's say we adopt this. Cut to some small number of years in the future, and everyone is complaining about how dealing with 46-character-long opaque strings is terrible.

Agreed. You can point gx to "repos" (/ipfs addresses that map (package, version) => /ipfs/... addresses. This lets you use simple names, and anyone can publish a repo.

see https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx#repos

> This is a great idea, but there's no mention of versioning. As a long-time advocate of what we now refer to as Semantic Versioning, I can't help but see this as a disaster waiting to happen.

Sorry, this is a documentation failure rather than a feature failure: gx has semver built in and adheres to it today.
It is really easy. In fact so easy, that it does mean you have to educate your elders about not sending money to someone who says they're your kid, without authentication.

My wife went a step further and has a fake alias for her elders in wechat, so if someone steals her login they won't know who is a gullible adult.
Joining Forces with a Robot to Walk Again
Martyn Brown Co Founder Team 17
Show HN: Searchable index of your Ruby projects' Gemfile.locks
Alphabet Dismantling Robotics Effort
It's that "I've seen some shit" look -- a kind of world-weary daze of someone who has been through a few business cycles, several verses of the "this new language/paradigm/whatever will solve all our problems" song.

It's the look of someone learning yet another "teh shiny" just to stay current -- with full knowledge that it's yet another idea from the 1970s, repackaged to appeal to a modern audience.

The look of someone who simply lacks the energy to resist the zeitgeist. Who has to listen to everybody oozing religious zeal over the flavor of the week.

The look of someone who is thinking "cool, monads -- now can we roll up our sleeves and ship this product? Remember our product? We get paid for shipping product"
My goal is to lobby for broad social change, not merely to locate one single private workspace for just me. Complaining about what is wrong with it is a good way to help others, who might not have even considered that workspace should be treated as a negotiable option for them and reflect their personal work style and needs, and potentially create more momentum among the crowd that reads HN, to help set the trend that it ought to be considered unreasonable when an employer whitewashes over human variation when it's actually more cost-effective to provide offices to any knowledge worker who prefers one.
Disappointing that it doesn't appear to be trained on the works of Tay Zonday.
Is Left-Pad Indicative of a Fragile JavaScript Ecosystem?
Look for a better paying job immediately??
Especially after all the NPM drama, I'd be really interested in a distributed package manager that:

(1) Validates that the specific revision of a package you're dependent on hasn't changed (i.e. checksum of the package stays the same), and

(2) On upgrade, validates that ownership of the package hasn't changed (i.e. package is signed by the same person), or that any change in ownership is authorized/authenticated and traceable to the author of the previous revision. Some sort of strong notion of identity would be essential here, too-- maybe something along the lines of Keybase.

This looks like it does #1 (by virtue of being based on a content-addressable filesystem), but it doesn't look like it tries to handle #2... objects and repos just "are"; they don't seem to carry ownership information with them. If I want to validate that I am, in fact, getting Express.js from the Node.js Foundation and not some complete stranger, I'm forced to trust whatever website I pulled the package or repository hash from.

(This identity/authentication issue isn't new-- for example, Apt solves it with GPG signing of repositories, and assume that the repository is taking responsibility for the safety of the content they're publishing. It doesn't seem to be something that these newer (less strictly-managed) tools seem to be concerned about, though-- npm, bower, homebrew, etc.)
Don't reboot it, just patch [video]
Yeah, orcas are bastards. But they look like cuddly sea pandas!
I just did the same thing! I went with the 5,1 though, putting 5690s in there. I was going to buy a maxed Macbook Pro, but they didn't announce anything and I have work that needs to get done.

If you maxed out the RAM, have you thought about doing a RAM disk?
Can somebody ELI5 why we need Ethereum, too?
The web is a patchwork of different frameworks, languages and standards without any clear direction as to where its heading. Why anyone would want to work with js is also beyond me.
iOS app: 550K DAU with ~2.5M downloads, 3 years in the making.
When graphics are a bottleneck it's usually easier and cheaper to pop an entry-level graphics card than to throw out or replace the whole computer (unless it's a laptop). 3-4 years old low-end graphics cards still beat Iris Pro.
"LOIs are usually non-binding and contingent upon the company actually delivering what they've promised, which means Virgin can back out if Boom can't actually deliver on the promised specs. But the money is still flowing from Virgin to Boom."

...unless the deal is an LOI on something so far in the future than it's (effectively) meaningless, coupled with an agreement to pay the LOI-signer for real-world engineering services, today. Then the money is flowing the other way, as the OP said.

The finances aren't actually clear from this announcement, but the TechCrunch headline (and some of the reaction here) is certainly credulous. A LOI for an unbuilt airplane is essentially just validation that airline companies would like to have an cost-effective supersonic airplane, if it's possible to create one. I think most reasonable observers know that's true -- they just disagree on whether it's possible.
I love the HN-Special extension and miss it when i'm using mobile. At least HN finally a has a mobile view
So you can program your program's program while you program
I'm not saying the organizers should. As far as I can tell his detractors are reluctant to do anything but point and sputter nonspecifically.
Some dude in Germany implemented Bitcoin based API payments (machine to machine)
He is a prolific writer.

He is transparent. I first learned about him from the Business of Software forum and it's incredible to see the path he traveled. I feel like he is my close friend and I am rooting for him to succeed.

Not only he shares what he has learned, you can email him about specific things and get valuable advice for free for which he charges his clients several thousands of dollars.

Finally, everyone loves rags to riches story. In his case, he wasn't exactly poor, but he is a guy just like you and me and hustled his way to success [1].

[1] Success not in terms of millions he made but rather by living life on his own terms doing what he loves.
Gecko Robotics (YC W16) Does Inspecting at Power Plants To Prevent Fatalities
Here's it in a nutshell...
http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/22/geeks-for-monarchy/
Except you didn't read the article so you don't know that it is specifically related to web application development and not "things that are just personal preference."

The article makes a list of web features that Apple has dropped from the iPhone or from Safari or has neglected to implement continuously over time, and provides real enthusiasm to developers.
I first saw Blendle from one of the HN "Who's hiring" threads while looking for jobs in Utrecht. It was right around the time that there were a ton of stories about intrusive/tracking ad networks, AdBlockers and Google's Contributor option came out.

It looked like you were one of the few out there actually building something that solves the "paying content creators for their work" problem that is the root of all the ad problems. Kudos to you. It would be cool if you combined your service with an ad blocker so that users could block ads and feel good about still giving the creators a way to get paid: join the network!
Using a combination of Sphinx and Watson.
What has been your experience here?
Where does it end? An individual working on an open-sourced project has to get strong-armed out of a 3-letter name because a corporation paid for it? Isn't that concept a little ludicrous in its own right?

Could this eventually end up a constant corporate whack-a-mole until project names ultimately degrade to random strings of consonants?

If it's professional to contact someone and say "Hey buddy, we're bigger than you — change or we'll ruin you" then maybe "fuck you" is necessary.
The character of Moldbug (which I don't even know if it is actually what the author truly believes, it was always designed as a pen name) is a neo-reactionary. Ex: He is definitely a racist, with the belief of genetic differences in attitude that contributed to slavery. [1]

Now, I don't like those beliefs at all. I do think that LC made the right decision though. Inclusiveness is a good policy, and no matter how certain more authoritarianly inclined progressives are spinning this, that's what this is. Assuming no one is threatened, and he isn't promoting his politics, he should have a chance of going through the (anonymized!) entry process and talking about the really weird and awesome Urbit.

[1] http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.fr/2009/07/why-carl...

edit: One of my main philosophical issues with Moldbug (besides the repugnancy), is that he is internally inconsistent. He might refute that later on. I dunno, he's spewed out literally tens of thousands of pages of text.
Minor note. If I am reading the article correctly, it has revenue of 2B, not earnings.
Tesla is now offering Ludicrous Mode upgrades for older P90D models
IBM Watson Analyzed the Harry Potter books and movies, fascinating results
It is pretty amazing. Note that Tesla doesn't even sell the 60 anymore, their current low end is 70kWh, and the high end is 90kWh. (A 100kWh will probably be introduced pretty soon, based on leaked info from the firmware.) The Model 3 will probably have a smaller battery, as it won't need as much, and that will save cost. 60 seems like a decent bet, although it might be as small as 50 or 55.

On the other hand, it's an amazingly small amount of energy. A 90kWh battery holds the equivalent energy of 2.7 gallons of gasoline. It's just that the electric drivetrain is 90+% efficient at turning that into motion.

The optimal speed for maximum range is about 25MPH. The slower you go, the less energy you waste fighting air resistance. I assume that below that speed, the energy that goes into maintaining the various systems start to cancel out the gains from going slower. The current record for a Model S is 452.8 miles, which took almost 20 hours. Not exactly practical.

Slowing down more reasonable amounts definitely helps. According to Tesla's range calculator, with a 70F outside temperature and no climate control, a 90D can expect to go 275 miles at 70MPH on level ground. Drop to 65MPH and you can get 302 miles. At 60MPH, the range is 332 miles.

This is always good to keep in mind on longer trips. You can watch your projected state of charge on arrival, and if it starts to drop below where you're comfortable, just slow down a little bit and that should solve the problem. Obviously, it's best if you don't have to do this, but it's a good plan B or plan C to keep in your pocket.
"It returns the exception so you can do something like

case catch Expression of"

Something to be aware of is the cost of a bare catch when an exception of type 'error' is thrown:

"[W]hen the exception type is 'error', the catch will build a result containing the symbolic stack trace, and this will then in the first case [1] be immediately discarded, or in the second case matched on and then possibly discarded later. Whereas if you use try/catch, you can ensure that no stack trace is constructed at all to begin with." [0]

Stack trace construction isn't free, so it makes sense to avoid it if you're not going to use it. I know that in either Erlang 17 or Erlang 18, parts of Mnesia were slightly refactored to move from bare catch to try/catch for this very reason.

[0] http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2013-November/0...

[1] He's referring back to an example in the email
Audi Set Up Free Wifi at New York Auto Show, and Look What the Wifis Are Called
I got a cheap-o Moto G for $170 3 years ago and love that thing. It is small 4" only, got reasonable updates (up to 5.1 now). It is simple to use.

Yeah Google owns my life, but I wouldn't feel better if Apple owned it instead. Never felt the need to tweak hardware, or run Cyanogen and others. Once I wanted more memory for my music. But then deleted some of the music I didn't want and was fine.

Best part if I sit on it and break it, I'll just go find another $170 Moto G without blinking an eye.

I have a full time job and all but shelling out $700 for a phone I can drop, loose, break is not in my budget yet. Maybe one day...
I'm just gonna answer the questions I feel comfortable with.

1) What are some of the best things you value at your job?

The clients I work for are huge, well known companies. The work is interesting, and I'm learning a lot from the other developers. They like to encourage professional growth.

3) Besides money what is the one thing you wish your organization would offer you?

Getting to work remotely as often as I'd like, which would be like 3-4 days a week. Higher matching for the retirement plan comes in second.
Even in the case of rockets, once you work out all the kinks, you can get very high reliability. When was the last time you heard a Soyuz rocket fail or one of ULA's launch vehicles.
Actually, supersonic unmanned cargo might be interesting, but probably isn't as interesting as manned passenger aircraft.
> We're sorry for creating any impression that this was anything more than a polite request.

This is some truly epic weasel-wording, surely. It is literally impossible to read "our trademark lawyers are going to be banging on your door and taking down your accounts and stuff like that" as not being "anything more than a polite request". That’s not how language works.

Maybe you mean to say that you regret explicitly threatening Azer with the full force of your lawyers?
I agree that there is a definite cost of dependencies. I don't agree with the implication that these small modules are frivolous - doing one thing and doing it well is a time honored Unix principle. It saves developers from having to roll their own dependency, and gives them free wins if the package is well maintained and widely used. Edge cases are often identified and accounted for, even if the responsibility of the package is tiny.

The example you gave was a poor choice - read further down https://github.com/sindresorhus/user-home#why-not-just-use-t.... It exists to avoid exactly the problem that sparked the conversation around npm today.
With Bots Like These, Who Needs Friends?
I launched a niche website a few years back on my own as a side project that averaged less than 100 unique users a day. Now the site does over 1,000 unique users a day. No paid marketing, just SEO.
The writing is poorer in RPO, but the exuberance and energy of the story itself made that not matter for me.
but...

MacBook == corporate.
Starbucks == corporate.
Find any decision maker's email
Try this:

brew install brew-pip
brew pip ssh2ec2
You need ethereum (or some other blockchain) if you're concerned about hackers. You could imagine an attacker getting into npm's servers and replacing package links with malware.

You might also like a decentralized repo if you're worried about a single agent having a monopoly. This monopoly could one day charge for access to the repo.
Ask HN: Should I sign doc to let prospective employer check my credit?
It was created before npmgate but I posted it as a response to npmgate.
Launched: Multi-Sig Ethereum Web Wallet with 2FA
As you mentioned in the GH issue, Fabric would probably be a better tool - this isn't supposed to be a config management framework or anything in that direction.

Having said that, you can do something on all matching instances with:

ssh2ec2 --tag foo=bar --all-matching-instances /some/command
They don't need to use legal force - they could just license the name to him.
What exactly is their business model?

Call me naive (after all, I'm just an engineer), but I am shocked that they are managing to sell something that's free.
It seemed much easier to do Facebook auth in RN vs in Objective C, IIRC. We had this up and running in less than a day.
> we read or skimmed nearly everything the speaker has written online (which is no small task)

Ouch. Must've been an almost sisyphean task in Moldbug's case. Dude's the most prolix blogger I've ever come across.
If you are addicted to junk food but want to eat clean, you rid your house of junk food.

If you are addicted to TV but want to spend your time on more active pursuits, you get rid of your TV.

If you're addicted to futzing around with your Android device…
TL;DR (applicable to all articles in both directions): Apple software quality has gone to crap. Android is an inconsistent mess and I hate $OEM or $CARRIER bloatware.

In fact, both iOS and Android are usable. If you had one or the other issued to you by an employers, it would be fine. The only shocking thing is that there isn't a third and fourth choice with a vibrant device and app ecosystem.
After you already have an established career, maybe.
The Taylor series and Coolidge effect want to have a word with you.
I'm an iPhone user myself but I understand this impulse. Having safety and compatibility sorted out for you really is an important time-saver and convenience. However, when you want to do something that isn't part of the manufacturer's plan there's only one way to go. I probably wouldn't sideload many apps, but when there's one app that makes my life easier and app store rules prohibit it, I'd really appreciate the flexibility.

Long story short: just because you can doesn't mean you must. Options are nice but so is not having to think about it. The Nexus is a middle ground for Android
Really? Which ones? I've only every worked with ones that allow you to register particular names, except for Vim and how it downloads packages from GitHub.
A subcontractor can make way more money by internally making parts of substandard quality to ensure they get bought.
> I'd love to have more startups like this to watch,

There have been plenty of supersonic commercial jet startups-and-shutdowns through the years, to the extent that aviation people shrug when a new one appears ( but are quite happy to take the promotional merchandise that is handed-out at airshows! )

One of the most recent prior to Boom is Aerion:

http://www.aerionsupersonic.com

Prior to that we had HyperMach who were proposing Mach 3.5

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-picture-hyp...

Or fancy a catchier name? Here's Spike

http://www.spikeaerospace.com/

Even the big-boys have dabbled in the arena; Dassault, Gulfstream, Lockheed-Martin, Sukhoi and Tupolev all had projects but none made it to hardware.
Isn't what happens during the program confidential? (given that this article was submitted by a YC partner, I suppose what's said in the article is fine).
Unfortunately we aren't done finding out just how bad the F-35 will be. Or have I missed recent news?
That's a total overkill for the purpose. We use signatures for authenticity checks. Let's not try to use Ethereum for everything just because we hold some ETH and want its value to grow by using it where it's not even necessary.
How do you do test your restore without destroying the only trustworthy copy of your data?
Any powershell guys out there?
I need to enable certain security audits solely through PowerShell. Is there anybody out there that can give me a hand?
I'm in the same camp. I've had a dozen or so android phones starting with the moto droid. I suspect my next phone will be an iPhone, although its hard to justify the price difference between a Nexus 5X and the latest iPhone
That is only development costs. That is about 10billion dollars. If the margin on the plane is 50% which is just to breakeven they would need to sell 20billion dollars worth. If they can sell each plane for 300 mil they would need to sell 67 to break even. There were 20 concordes that were ever made.

Margins on aircraft are never 50%. For 787 its like 10-15%.
Just wanted to quote this:

"I’m told, against my expectations, that BCC was impressively well-documented by the standards of other businesses its size. This implies that many people are running their small projects in even more of a cowboy fashion than I do, for example by not having dedicated books for the business. If this describes you, God help you. At a minimum, get your books for the last year done professionally — whatever you spend on bookkeepers/accountants will be a pittance next to the time saved and additional valuation captured."

Even if you're not selling, getting this done will save a lot of headaches the road... Dedicated books for the business is a MUST. I know a lot of small businesses where this is not done religiously and it always comes back to bite the owner in the ass...

EDIT: By the way, I was curious so I just took a look at the BCC site, the blog is timing out...