skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't really get the point of down votes. I was honestly interested in Sam's personal response and not the lmgtfy.
I meant my comment's TLDR. Sorry for confusion
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Yeah, if you lived past age 1 it might have been alright, until you died at 50.
The only time I've ever had a parking ticket (80GBP) was in an area that only accepted payment via phone call.

I had no signal, so I decided to leave the vehicle and go to work, I'll pay for it when I get back, humans are generally reasonable folk, aren't they. Came back to a ticket and invested about an hour in trying to fight it before giving up.

Since then I am extremely skeptical of 'paying for parking' in general and have tried to find free bays. I'm willing to pay a few quid for parking, I'm not willing to risk a ticket (and the associated general angst at some bureaucrat having the power to arbitrarily steal money from me).

I'd appreciate a system that sent me a bill in the post for sitting in a spot and required payment within 2 weeks or something. Penalties for non-immediate-payment seem like an oddly antagonistic policy at this point, given that we have a nationwide database linking car plates to owners.

This is probably all different in the US, just adding my 2p. :)
And a cool follow-up article: http://superpowered.com/android-marshmallow-latency

Last time I worked on Android Audio was around the 4.1-4.2 era, and it was absolutely brutal compared to iOS. Glad to see that it's improving finally!
Level 6 is a senior engineer. Roughly 90th percentile of engineers. We have principal engineers, but not a lot of them.

I had 15+ years of experience before coming here.
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The issue is that the risk of investing in a startup is extremely high even if you do limit investment to serial founders or post-product, post-traction businesses. It's already very hard to generate a positive return even with those conditions, and impossible to tell with certainty which will work out.

Investing in random unproven founders with no product or traction (apparently) makes it practically impossible. Even fewer will work out than in the pre-screened batch, and the hit rate is already close to zero.

If it were at all possible, there would be no need for VCs at all. You'd just fill out some forms about your idea and then do an IPO.
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I think the quote and definition from the blog is a good one: “better engineers than statisticians and better statisticians than engineers”. Perhaps that 1997 quote was influential in the decision to use the term Data Science, I think the current usage encompasses much more than statistics. When I started it required the ability to push production code, build statistical models, and communicate results effectively. Maybe I'm wrong and maybe the tools got better, but for a while, you couldn't provide value if you couldn't get to the data or create the data you needed.
> adults aged 18 to 28

I wish I stopped reading there.
I think the report suggests that the presence of the teeth does not alter the position of the others. It does not claim that their absence couldn't affect it.
I don't think the author would disagree with you on that. His main point is that engineers don't want to be in a role where all he/she is doing is productionizing someone else's ideas. There should be areas of end-to-end ownership for both the engineering team and the data science team.

It doesn't sound like he's suggesting here that some types of technology are just generally horrible to work with or that it sucks to build ETL jobs in general. Maybe he could have done a better job defining what he meant by ETL engineer here, but he does qualify it in that quote with "ETL to produce data that you yourself never get to use or consume."

In general, roles that offer little areas of ownership do draw mediocre engineers.
How important to you is it that the founders of your companies have gone to college? Has your view about teenage entrepreneurs changed over time?
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That's wrong. It's perfectly possible to define your problem well, and still require an iterative process to find a good solution.
Thanks, what about homepage https://comment.ws? What do you find difficult here? Would appreciate your or anyone else's feedback!
All the angst about "big" data that "isn't big" is based on a false premise. "Big data" was NEVER just about scale, but rather intended to be equally descriptive of diversity as well as velocity. The problem is that whomever coined the term made the same strategic error as whomever coined "global warming" -- the adjectives used are too specific to adequately describe the full range of qualities involved.
"The President of the United States of America can personally call"
I think Barrack Obama can make a personal call but The President of the US can't.

When an email comes from @state.gov with the description of "U.S. Department of State SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT ON SENSITIVE INFORMATION & REDACTIONS." I don't think it can be considered Hillary making a personal request.

Ironically this might have been a very appropriate use of Clinton mail.
Honestly it just sounds comfortable. I'm not sure how much work I would get done, but god would I like a start up steam room. that's for damn sure.
+100 on this!!!
I have quit using toothpaste. I researched what it was for and it was reported to have grit to polish the teeth, mouthwash action, and fluoride. I don't need fluoride and I don't want to grind my teeth down. I also haven't heard any reports of bad breath from no mouthwash. My teeth still feel cleaner, bits of food are removed, and don't look any uglier.
Every other country was free to trade with them?

lol?

You do realize the US banned any companies from trading with the US if they had traded with Cuba before?

And used this against Iran, too?
What makes you think I was dismissing it?

The method I described is actually quite deep even if on the surface it appears to be simple. It starts with this: http://www.imsb.org/teachings/vipassana-practice/ and might wend it's way through something like: http://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Your-Demons-Resolving-Conflict...
One of the problem about the bay area is housing. If YC continues to make successful companies this problem is going to get worse. Does YC have plan to do something about this problem?
That xray image you attached doesn't show any of your airway though.

When I visited Dr. Kasey Li, I had the entire cross section of my airway imaged. He was able to measure the size of my airway (I can't remember the exact mm, but as he said, "thinner than a pencil").

Perhaps you can attach xrays of your airway, before and after, so we have hard data to work with instead of unbacked assertions?
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Also ignores other things that seem likely to me:

- People in cities have more people to compare themselves to when calculating 'how well they're doing' relative to people around them. In a big city you're less likely to be at the top.

- Smart people are more likely to need opportunities provided by big cities and big city networks, and are probably more unhappy in smaller rural areas.

The 'evolution' argument sets off bad science alarms, no ability to test and not even very good speculation. Then going on to suggest that smart people are more able to ignore evolutionary pressure also strikes me as a stretch.

The idea that smart people have a bigger project in mind and time spent socializing makes them sad because it's 'wasted' does seem reasonable to me though.
What makes you think I was dismissing it?

What I was describing is the opposite of dismissing it, and if anything, much healthier. You do realize I was talking about Vipassana and directly experiencing the suffering of others, right?
And you're favoring people who work for employers generous/savvy enough to offer this benefit.

I don't get it.
tl;dr

Someone is getting fired.
I moved out to a small town a couple years ago, and a large part of that was I had a large group of friends. I wasn't able to really engage in many of my side projects, and just needed more space. I'm close enough that I can hit the big events of the group, but people don't swing much when you're an hour and a half away from the city core. But I'm not very smart, so I wonder if we have a correlation here between location and people that take on self initiated projects? And smart people tend to be in a position of initiating projects on their own without direction. I can honestly say, I love living where I am, and couldn't be much happier.
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> in a dorm

I think that implies college student who didn't have a lot of money to spend
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(Disclosure: Canadian living in the UK)

Pension contributions are restricted because they are tax-deferred. You avoid paying income tax on the money you put in the pension. That money will also grow tax free, but you will pay normal income tax on it again when you take it out. The age limits on withdrawals are to incentivize long-term savings, I suppose. It's one way the government can incentivize savings, there definitely could be other ways.

If you want to invest your after-tax earnings, you can do that however you please (including investing inside of a tax-free ISA).
For what its worth, the whole idea of giving you all, a team none of my employees know discretion over their 401k seems like a terrible idea. You had my interest until that part. Maybe others are interested but as a CFA Chartholder and someone who manages institutional money to me discretion is often used at precisely the wrong time no matter who is doing it (especially worse when its not your own money or dont have skin in the game).

It is interesting though, dont get me wrong. These type of services the country needs more of as the current model is more than broken.
But that can be validly parsed two ways: "A machine-learning machine, which is learning" or "A machine which is learning machine-learning".
This might help: https://crew.co/how-to-build-an-online-business/idea-vs-exec...

The concept to further research is execution vs ideas: https://www.google.com/search?q=execution+not+ideas
I can see the value of a tax deferred savings plan but in the US your employer picks a 401k administrator who then charges fees and gives you a limited selection of investment choices.

This is the same nonsense as employer-based health insurance in the US. Your employer picks or gives you limited choices for a plan.

Although the employee's future is at stake he has no input in these choices.
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Jason has been nothing but supportive, helpful, and encouraging towards us personally, and our business. He has made himself extremely available, and has invested much of his time in doing this.
YC is a brand which depends on trust. Think if your idea worth risking this eleven year old brand.
It might as well be alchemy
FWIW, this article [0] says that short life expectancy is a myth, and that primitive cultures live as long as we do.

However, you are definitely right about infant mortality. Kids were 30 to 100 times more likely to die.

0) https://condensedscience.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/life-expec...
Ms. Clinton only checked her personal email on her Blackberry: she did not want to sit down at a computer terminal. As a result, the NSA informed Secretary Clinton in early 2009 that they could not help her. When Team Clinton kept pressing the point, “We were politely told to shut up and color” by IAD, explained the state security official.

I wasn't familiar with the phrase "shut up and color". It seems to be a common Air Force phrase used to remind subordinates of their role:

shut up and color
References the popular kindergarten past-time involving
line art and various multicolored crayons, also known as
"coloring". coloring often results in an all-consuming,
zombie-like preoccupation of the participant with the
activity at hand and a subsequent obliviousness to the rest
of the world as he/she bravely endeavors to stay inside the lines.

1.) <direct command; imperative> a streamlined and highly
economical verbal jab that efficiently informs the
receiving end to—in the following order—(a) step the fuck
off, (b) shut the hell up and (c) mind their own goddamn
business without actually having to use any profanity
oneself.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shut+up+and+c...

Surprisingly, it can also be used with positive connotation:

Maybe by reintroducing "shut up and color" I will catch
some individuals off guard. But my intent is not to offend,
but encourage people to reevaluate themselves as leaders
and followers and as Airmen. Airmen are only human, so each
of us has had our gripes at one time or another. But, there
is a time and place to voice your concerns and I believe
when you are surrounded by great leadership they will
embrace those concerns.

However before you make your concerns known, assess what is
really wrong - that's where every individual can reevaluate
himself. Is it the system or is it you? Instead of asking
"why," listen and understand, then do something to fix the
situation. If you're a leader, listening and following
through on the situation to make things better for your
Airmen is key. In my opinion, "shut up and color," is meant
to help us understand, conform and act the way we should
when we are at work, representing the world's greatest air
force.

Let me be clear, Airmen at all levels need to make sure
that the message, "shut up and color" is not misinterpreted
or disrespectful to any Airmen. I convey this message as
motivation and a challenge: everyone needs to lead by
example. You don't have to agree with me. However, I hope
you hear what I said and give yourself a gut check. I
fulfill my duties and role as an Airman. When the Air Force
requires some sacrifice, I'm ready to shut up and color!
Are you?

http://www.lajes.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123401376
ok, so a lot of these seem to conflict racial privilege, with the privileges associated with wealth and population %.

I might find it hard to find western food in India, or at least if I'm not wealthy. While obviously race and wealth/pop% correlate, this list explicitly frames them as white privilege.

Wealth disparity being racially correlated is a problem, but any other results deriving from this aren't in themselves a problem (e.g. finding a barber who can cut your hair).

Population % certainly isn't a problem (would you go to India and complain about similar things, wealth discounted?).
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>>Only on HN are these incredible compensation packages considered "underpaid".

"Underpaid" and "overpaid" are relative terms. If you currently earn less than what you can expect to receive elsewhere for the same work, you are underpaid.

>>In the real world (outside FaceGoogAmaWallstreet), the story for developers is quite different.

Interestingly enough, this is precisely the sort of thing that this very thread is attempting to challenge. Have you noticed how many "wow I am seriously underpaid" comments have been posted?

All of this reminds me of a quote by Michael Corleone in The Godfather:

Never be embarrassed by your wealth. This recent contempt for money is still another trick of the rich to keep the poor without it.
Sure, in a nasty, brutish and short way, I can totally envision quality of life to be better "in the good old days".

Or was your comment meant to be snark that I didn't get?
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Btw, I didn't down-vote you I think it's a valid question.

To your point:
>> The reality is that there are tons of other people who are as qualified as this person

I think this is where industry veteran may have an edge compared to "other qualified people" as you put it. Yes 20 years old founders are great for many reasons, but experienced veteran that know the system inside-out may have competitive advantages and know-how that younger ones don't have. And if that's right, I think it would be silly for YC to not invest in them because they can't move for 3 months. Actually, some people just travel a lot during those three months (I.e. going to dinner and stuff), but still run their company in their city. Keep in mind that not all companies in YC are two guys in a garage.. some of them have 50+ employees, you can't just leave for 3 months.
Javascript deniers have it almost as worse, please can someone archive.is/mirror the page?
for instance, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich narrated his book 'Beyond Outrage' even though he was told that it really wasn't a good idea.

That's a very interesting aside. I could see how a non-professional narrator would struggle with the demands of the process. Would it not still have made sense for someone like Mr. Reich from a personal branding point of view? He is, after all, a somewhat well-known public figure and paid public speaker.
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No. I am also not deducting taxes from the part of my salary that comes in the form of base pay.
Before I made the changes I found friendships to be anxiety inducing, and I was hopeless with women. Now I do very well with both as a result of learning body language. (Of course, I had to take the observations and use them to change my own habits. But body language reading was the necessary element that was missing.)

So it went from pathology to not pathology. Very far from it. My intuition is that I couldn't learn my way out of Aspergers, and so I probably just had a case of poor social skills, in a non-clinical sense.
It's great experience for the children.

I do wonder if he would have had that bit of "child labour" investigated by regulators if the project had progressed any further.
Yep. Start with Vipassana. That by itself won't teach the psychology, but it does allow you to clearly experience and see the experiences arising and passing. (But I don't know if people on the autism spectrum needs it, or it would be helpful). Once you can clearly see it, hear it, smell it, feel it, there are a lot of surprising things you can find out just by observing it.

Another practice I did for a while to really start examining intense, often unpleasant emotions within myself and others is this: http://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Your-Demons-Resolving-Conflict...

At the end of the day, someone's suffering is their own. By "suffering" I am really talking about dukkha, the Sanskrit word better translated as existential anguish. This is something every person has. It is only when one can clearly see it that they can allow space for someone to work through it. By "witnessing", I am talking about something like practicing vipassana while in the presence of someone suffering. And believe me, that is not as easy as it sounds, neither for the practitioner, or for the person in deep suffering.
Uhh, we already do (to an extent, and just the interest part.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2015/03/19/unde...
https://archive.is/kCJFQ
If you look at the EULA you'll see that free here means free as in no cost. It is still proprietary software and isn't considered "open source" by the OSI definition[2] even tho the page claims it's "open source".

[1] http://www.zynamics.com/eula.html
[2] https://opensource.org/osd
this has been true for my case. however, I don't consider myself to be particularly smart, rather its super tiring to navigate socio-emotional dynamics.

I do enjoy a few close friends but when I was living in and working in downtown vancouver, it was some of the most miserable chapters. In particular, the large density of people adds to my stress for some reason. I don't know why but I tense up and my senses are heightened when I'm in a crowd.
Sam, Energy has the #1 position on your RFS, but energy companies are typically slow moving and capital intensive by nature. Can you give us a bit more insight into the kids of energy companies you are hoping to find?
Oh wow, interesting. I always remember PG saying he only had time for dinner with a friend every two weeks.
I refuse to move forward even with a phone interview if I don't have a salary range from a recruiter. It's just not worth my time.
>The second is to give them a microcosm in which they can walk around in suits, look important, use buzzwords, and basically find some, however contrived, meaning

Sounds like every private sector job i've had tbh.
That explains why you have so little knowledge of labor history that you don't know what a "scab", is nor know of the strikes by people in a STEM field. You have neither the training nor the experience.

What you might take from that is that, while you are neither "over-worked, or under-paid", you are under-educated about history, and more specifically labor history.

Your last line continues your tiring practice of name calling. Please stop.
You've got some misinformation here, this was my experience two years ago but on the seller side as an employee leaving a startup.

>"you could attribute the entire 34% "discount" to the fact that these are common shares, not preferred."

I sold common shares via the secondary market and I got exactly what they were valued at. This was a very well-known startup. So that's incorrect. In fact I managed to get just north of that price given the scarcity of obtaining them.

> "You don't actually own common stock of the company (e.g. Palantir). It actually works like a mutual fund."

This is something specific to just EquityZen and this is a technique that is used in instances where the company's employee option agreements forbids such a sale. This is a loophole of sorts used only in those instances.

One other interesting point is that once I had a buyer lined up the company exercised their right of first refusal which means they then had to buy the shares for the same amount as the buyer agreed to purchase them from me for. The company themselves of course didn't actually buy them but they put me in touch with a well-known Hollywood celebrity's wealth manager who then bought them.

This last point irked me a bit when I thought about all the other engineers toiling away to build a good product who were bound by all these options restrictions yet some Hollywood celebrity with no connection to the company was on a shortlist of preferred buyers should some options come available. Sigh.
Why students are throwing tons of money at a program that won't give degrees
What was your experience coming into this position?
I think ideas where you reframe an idea that "sounds negative on the surface but is actually good" are great. Much of success is about reframing the perspective of yourself and the people around you. If you can do this effectively, you get your own reality distortion field, which is a very powerful thing to have. Remember that nothing is intrinsically good or bad - good and bad are both human emotional responses that can be reframed in other terms.

I do think this particular article is transparently self-serving, and not in a way that is particularly effective. (For the reader, at least; it's pretty effective for the writer, in that it gets people to read it, nod their heads, and then share it, resulting in more pageviews.) Much better to reframe reality in ways that are long-term beneficial for you rather than just make you feel good once.
In Canada you can self-manage your RRSP (a tax-defferal plan much like 401k) and choose which funds or stocks to buy, etc.

But when I was getting matching RRSP contributions from an employer (and I assume there are some kind of government tax breaks related to this), I didn't get any choice as to the RRSP fund manager. (Which didn't stop me from moving it to my self-managed RRSP account years later after leaving said employer.)

For 401k, I'd infer the reason is regulatory: employer-matched 401k contribs have to go via a certified plan manager.
What decades old organization does not feel congealed?