skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm impressed that you can go four hours between stops with a wife and kid in the car.

I think most people will find the stops to be more than they're used to, but not onerous. You'll probably hit 4-5 chargers in a day of driving. If you can time it right, two of those will coincide with meal breaks, so you're looking at 2-3 where you hit the bathroom, grab a snack, and maybe have to wait a bit on the car.

If you make big trips once or twice a year then it can easily be a net win over a gas car. The gas car wins on long trips, but requires ~15 minutes/month at gas stations even when you're just local. In my year of Tesla ownership, I'd say I've lost about two hours total waiting for a charge, and gained about that much not going to gas stations.
> But then, I think, do I really want to be at this conference if all of my people – people who care deeply about justice, equality, freedom, and compassion – won’t be there?

If your church or your political party is not full of "your people" then you've got a problem, because the things that make people "your people" are the foundations for organized religion and political parties.

That's not so for science and technology. One can be an excellent scientist/engineer/technician while holding pretty much any set of religious or political beliefs [1].

If you are unwilling to learn science or tech from people who would not be acceptable in your church or political party then you are going to have a much harder time becoming a first rate scientist/engineer/technician than those who do not so limit themselves.

I recognize that when you attend a conference and you do not have friends there then you might find yourself having to choose between being alone or socializing with strangers during those times when there are no actual conference events that you are attending.

If you cannot socialize with with who are not "your people" that too is going to limit you. Those who are able to figure out how to have social relationships with people based on their common interests despite also having areas in which they have major disagreements have an advantage. They'll have bigger, more diverse, social networks which are more likely to be able to help them when they need it.

This will extend to the workplace, unless you limit yourself to only working at small companies. At medium and large companies you will almost certainly find coworkers who are on the opposite side from you on many issues that are important to you. Take Google. About 1/3 of the Congressional donations from Google employees and PACs go to Republicans. Even Ted Cruz and Lamar Smith get donations from them. Are you going to scratch Google off your list of potential employers because you might find yourself having to interact civilly with a Ted Cruz supporter? Similar for Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft (although the distribution is different...from Apple about 1/7th or so goes to Republicans, and it is around 40% or so from Amazon and Microsoft).

[1] With exceptions for those religious or political systems that do not allow one to do science, of course.
There are still reasons to use shell corporations that are entirely legitimate, and have no moral issues whatsoever.
I see so much of this in France... The "aire" stops are super awesome and many have restaurants... If they had super chargers in addition to the gas stations it'd be a lot like what you're describing.
Sorry, developer bootcamps: I was wrong
I daily drove a RWD Alfa Spider for 5 years year-round in Boston, and a Mercedes diesel sedan (also RWD) for 4 years. The Alfa had a (mechanical) limited slip differential and the MB had snow tires, but that was it.

I could drive either of them until the snow got deep enough to high-center the car. It's not rocket science.
Panama Papers - 2.6TB leak on offshore tax havens
Likely a disgruntled employee, same as all the rest.
I run Spacemacs org-mode first. I use it to commit all the todos that I can think of to paper.

Todos with timeframes and deadlines get done. So I peruse the todo list and set their timeframes. I use Google Calendar to schedule them.
I think that was the GP's objection to DIY. Not the actual installation process, but long term leakage issues if you do it incorrectly.
You sound like some of my neighbors who drive great big huge pickup trucks because they need something that can carry a full sheet of plywood, which they do once or twice a year. They spend thousands in extra gasoline and depreciation to save $50 in delivery charges.
I totally agree. It has to work for everything you want, not just almost everything.

That's exactly why the Supercharger network is such a big deal. Its existence moves a huge segment of the population from "almost everything" to "everything."

Yes, there's still a group of people where it doesn't do that. I totally accept that. But the person I'm replying to thinks that the Supercharger network doesn't matter outside of California because it's "so sparse as to be useless for most people." Which is far, far from the truth.
Nice try, Rick Perry.
I use Git and a markdown file.

I keep a repo on all my systems that track a Gitlab repo (any Git repo would work). This repo contains a primary ToDo file with an overall list. When necessary, I spawn dedicated lists for specific projects or events. This is all written in Markdown (usually Github flavored).

The text editor is left to the reader's preference :) I'm strongly preferential of Vim, and use a few different Markdown plugins to ease writing.

Occasionally, if needed I build a printable PDF using Pandoc. Usually I only do this when I need to bring it with me.

Of course this doesn't bring any sort of notifications or reminders, so I supplement this with Google Calendar (and more recently Google Keep) when needed.
The most intricate April Fools joke this year
GIF sounds like an economical way to show how product works. It's fast and to the point. Thanks for the idea.
It seems that the advance here is not that WiFi can be used as an alternative to GPS, but that sweeping multiple frequencies allows for high precision timing measurements (hence the name "Chronos"). I suspect the same could be done with cellular frequencies on a much larger scale with similar improvements in accuracy. I am curious how the precision scales with more channels and lower frequencies.

Edit: Apparently exploiting the phase change of a signal has been used to improve the accuracy of GPS in a similar ways [0]. The dual radio angle calculation seems to be a more novel advancement.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Kinematic
Had similar problems.

Atm our protocol works for us - maybe for you too:

- It is expected that you do PR reviews every morning
- It is expected that you wait for 2x +1's ([1])
- It is expected that every comment is addressed either with a comment or code
- that way people can give 2 comments and give +1 and move on

Minor rule: "Code style" discussions are made explicit in code linters and shouldnt (repetitive => linter rule) happen in PRs

Minor rule: If people dont like to review a PR, the PR is too big or not properly prepared (explanations [2], no committer comments, no screenshots, etc) or both

Most important rule: PR Reviews are meant to enable the committer to do a better job - not to "code check"

Hope that helps! GL.

[1]: http://cl.ly/2M3K1I0s380m/Image%202016-04-03%20at%2019%3A04%... (2 days b/c weekend usual cycle time is 24-48h)

[2]: http://cl.ly/1w3s2y0m0T2H/Image%202016-04-03%20at%2019%3A12%...
Personal experience in electronic test/measurement and components sectors.
Ah' wait, what?
When it costs 10,000 to replace, maybe you don't care that much.
And what's the big deal with that? Oh dear, unplugging an appliance.

Compare to: "I'm sorry Jane, would you mind terribly if I place a tank full of volatile and carcinogenic liquid next to your house?"

Gas cars have their own problems, we're just used to them by now. EVs aren't perfect, and there are many legitimate scenarios where they aren't (yet) practical, but their problems get exaggerated beyond belief.
Exactly. I wouldn't be surprised if things on the airport have to meet weird regulations, and that the IBM will have to take some responsibility as a result of possible damages.
Voice controls are terrible for anyone without a Standard American Accent. I also feel voice automated controls are very distracting.
Two reasons I can think of; biochemical reaction pathways can be tremendously complex with subtle feedback mechanisms that are non obvious, secondly, DNA encodes mRNA that encodes proteins; determining protein folding from the sequence of DNA is exceeding difficult, so, just because you can 'write DNA programs' doesn't mean you can actually do anything with the result. Both of these factors taken together mean, that with current technology, it's really hard problem to modify DNA, to influence existing biochemical processes, or create new biochemical processes. I studied molecular biology in the 90's so I'm a bit out of date, but I believe this is still the state of affairs.
Taskwarrior, with my own task server to sync between multiple devices. Been using it for a couple years now.
It'd be interesting to hear what do "materials" can entail. It might be that they actually delivered iPads to the airport.
Ding ding ding! Single family zoning is the problem.
Diogenes Laertius cannot really be described as a peer of Pythagoras, as Pythagoras lived in the 6th century BC, long before anything Roman might be considered a peer to anything Greek, and Diogenes Laertius in the 3rd century AD.
I think you're very wrong about the size of group of people that the Supercharger network doesn't move from "almost everything" to "everything".

The network matters, but it's only a strong selling point for those it moves from "almost" to "everything", and I think that's actually a fairly small segment of the population.
I still remember the days when Linux font rendering was so subpar, that this comment of yours makes me very happy.

I long for the day we can say something similar about PC gaming.
Wow, that looks really good. I have rockstar-level (probably more, TBH) respect and admiration for serious professional chefs. Maybe i should do the inverse career switch, but i'm not sure i'd know where to begin.

You must be popular for dinner parties with friends though. Something i've wondered about though, if and when you're invited to other peoples' dinner parties, is that weird? I have a friend who is a relatively good (not Michelin star or anything, but does it as her day job, and quite well IMHO) chef, which always makes me a bit jumpy / stage-frighty when cooking in front of her...
The US press situation is a standard consolidation story. They are dependent on leaks and access to officials, and have little meaningful competition to drive risky behavior.

There's a reason Fox leans republican and CNN leans democrat -- they get to avoid competition.

In a market like NYC with 4-5 papers, the Post and Daily News always try to one up each other, posting off politicians in the process.
If they aren't watching the line then they aren't doing it right, inducing a predictable behavior in an adversary is half the point. Remember all the hubbub several years ago around TSA behavioral profiling? I don't think I've ever seen the link drawn in the media, but that was around the time that technical failures were being uncovered in the detectors and scanners. Also, and I'm well aware of the fact that this makes me sound crazy, that is when the TSA employee that checks IDs and marks boarding passes started calling me by my first name. So they're watching the line.

Anyway, with the level of uncertainty already high in queue fill rates - I don't think anybody is going to feel confident enough that they'd alter their diabolical plans. Oh and I just remembered something that renders all this pointless, the functionality for randomly alerting is already built into the metal detectors... undoubtedly a contract requirement for a feature that is never used.
To be pedantic, he did say 'gag'
You're an unskilled driver.

Traction is traction. No matter how a car handles it'll handle the same way on every surface, the traction threshold will be different. No matter which wheels are driven turning and braking is the same. In a straight line it front/rear doesn't really matter. RWD will slip out, FWD will just spin and in either case the driver (the one's that aren't the worst of the worst) will lift off the throttle before anything bad happens. In a modern car traction control will just work it's magic and you wouldn't even know. Ditto for turning from a stop. The driven wheels are irreverent to turning while slowing. The problem is in a long sweeping turn that the driver wants to accelerate out of, like a highway ramp. FWD will just plow straight into whatever is outside the turn. RWD will do the same thing but the car will be oriented differently. No matter which wheels are driven if you break traction in a turn you're going to go wide, better hope you've got enough space to correct it. The safety advantage with understeer is that if you do something monumentally stupid (e.g. drunk guy takes highway off ramp at 90mph) the front of the car with all it's crash test safety will be between you and the consequences of your actions.

The RWD vs FWD thing is more of a "what I don't know can't hurt me." The novice won't notice a little bit of understeer whereas anyone will notice a little bit of oversteer and everyone who can't apply a reasonable amount of self control to their right foot should bend over, grab their ankles and spend their money on some snow tires.

The Miata club of Alaska was featured in one of the car magizines (I forget which) and they basically said "Everyone that thinks we're insane for driving these cars year round in Alaska should know that the design characteristics that help maximize use of available traction in the dry don't stop working in the snow."
That seems vastly more defensible (liability, actual derivative work, etc.) than them charging for journals, tbh.
I can't remember who told me, but I recall a story of people working for the federal government declining a cup of coffee when visiting an office for similar reasons.

It's applying the rule beyond reason, but that sure beats the alternative!
When the first three leaders named are the top 3 enemies/adversaries
of the US/Britain - Putin, Xi and Assad - my own little conspiracy
canary started chirping.

Is the leak because they are adversaries, or are they adversaries (at least in part) because they are the sorts of people who would participate in the leaked behavior?
And SF has some of the highest rent in the country because they won't zone for larger apartment buildings.
Lots of people text and drive but I wouldn't advise it.
This is a false dichotomy.

We have minimum lot size restrictions, and restrict lots to one housing unit (R1 zoning). These regulations push up the prices of homes (since it increases the minimum amount of land for a housing unit), and do nothing to save forests and national parks.

In fact, if we keep building low density neighborhoods, more open space will be used up than if our zoning allowed for denser development.
We're talking about the app with 1 arrow on the screen that responds to a press anywhere on the same screen? 1 icon, 1 tap target, hooked up to 1 secure random algorithm.

I don't know how anyone can look at this situation and not see the government is wasting a lot of money in their pursuit of not understand technology.
This is an intriguing question for me. I am a web developer by profession. I am convinced that I need to learn at least one mobile platform to keep up with the times.

I have an old Android flagship phone. I never considered iPhones because they are too expensive in our country. But the majority opinion I see in sites like HN and Reddit lean towards iOS. They say that you can earn more on iOS.

I would like to develop in Android because that is the phone that I have. But I am also enticed by the monetary advantages that developing in iOS brings.

I already have a macbook. Is that enough to develop in iOS? Or do I need an iPhone to truly test apps?
Too late to edit, so here it is in a separate post:

My point is that rust is a little more strict than C (even correct C). So even if you are a good C programmer who writes without memory leaks, you'll still probably have to battle the compiler for a bit.

Not hating on rust or its abilities - I think it's great.
Tesla charged S/X owners $2,000 for "free" supercharging for life. Based on my first 3 years of S ownership, Tesla's making a lot of margin from me on that part of the car. I'm OK with that, I love having low-friction fast charging on long trips.
Blind people had exceptional memory because they've done intensive mental exercises and use their memory a lot that they had surpassed how a normal person thinks.
"Or require actual bids on contracts that a small business person can grok instead of blanket purchase arrangements that require Fortune 50 sized legal/contract teams to bid on."

At the local level, at least in the Pacific Northwest, this is exactly what happens. Local agencies have targets of anywhere from 15-30%, for how much they'd like to spend directly on contract dollars awarded to minority-owned/woman-owned firms.

Most are hitting between 5-15% now, but I'd say probably 4 out of 5 purchasing managers wants to do better and actively encourages their staff to do outreach to the minority/woman-owned small business communities.
I've also been there. It's a really poor environment for quality. Forget engineering driven.
Thank you for that link, but it's not a "TED" talk, it's a "TEDx" talk. I'd still very much like to see a 2016 "TED" talk from the same person.

All that said, the linked TEDx talk is absolutely worth watching.
quite the season for leaks - first the mega Unaoil one now this
We had this problem at a previous job - how to locate a piece of medical equipment so that a nurse can quickly get it when needed (they get moved around and their locations typically aren't communicated at shift change). Ordinary WiFi wasn't good enough - it had roughly 1.2 meter accuracy, which given that radio waves can pass thru a wall, couldn't tell you if the device was in room 201 or the adjacent 203. Which is a problem when seconds counted.

The fact that they can do this with just a firmware update is excellent news. Hopefully they'll license it to some of the big commercial access point vendors (Cisco, etc).
Looking for some creative data filtering here, hackers.
Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11416928
How is this any more useful than my smartphone? I'm also extremely skeptical of voice controlled anything ever catching on. It's just too awkward, no matter how good the technology gets.
You definitely don't care when you're dead. In that split second before the disaster, maybe the point of silly regulations like not collapsing at the first hint of an earthquake or not going up in flames in seconds will become clear.
You have to be more specific. Diagnostics? Brain surgery? Heart surgery?

Here's a medical robot stitching a grape from 2 years ago:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0XdC1HUp-rU

AI better at diagnostics than humans 3 years ago:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2494918/healthcare-it/a...
Fair point. Maybe I was too harsh. I do believe that people should be able to work out their ideas publicly. And perhaps it's not the author's fault that it ended up on HN.

But the again, if you visit the blog now, the piece reads:

> Update: this post was the product of an exhausted mind, and as such it misused terms, wasn’t well backed-up, and was generally incoherent. I’m withdrawing it until such time as I can articulate these ideas a little more competently.

I look forward to the outcome of this.
Off-topic, but what is going on with the I in "reaI"? When I replace it with L, it resolves to the same account. Odd...
I doomed mankind with a free text editor
How the CIA managed to leave explosives on a special-needs school bus
Yes, everyone knows you should trust a site's own reviews for a product online.
The first thing I did when I looked at the Panama papers was filter by country, and I saw that "United States" wasn't even listed.
> "In reality, housing construction is very limited; it’s being restricted by zoning and permitting laws."

So what about all the small cities where there are no enforced zoning/permitting laws and developers get literally anything they ask for?

If zoning/permitting is the issue, why do all these areas without zoning/permitting have the same problem?
I think you miss the point:

Two words: Eminent Domain. Silicon Valley (and other areas in CA) need to use eminent domain to build high-rises.

The housing crisis can be solved without impacting nature preserves.
I suspect that one secret feature of this app is a discreet way to override the randomizer and send a passenger to the "intrusive search" lane. That is, if the screener suspects someone, he or she can swipe or click in a clandestine way to guarantee that the passenger gets the annoying search.

The passenger can't complain about being targeted or profile or singled out, because, hey, it's random.

(The actual rationale of the randomizer might have been to avoid accusations of profiling, while still being able to do profiling. Leaving the bad guys off balance is simply a benefit.)
The associate GitHub project: https://github.com/mortenjust/cleartext-mac
I used to be a structural engineer, and I can tell you _exactly_ what you're giving up if you're interested. The cost difference isn't $10k vs $700k because of building materials. The cost difference is $5k (land) + $5k (construction) vs $600k (land) vs $100k (construction).

What I've seen is that most people in the West end up thinking that that $95k difference is worth it.

Let me start with a true story of what happened to me the first time I represented myself in court back around 2005. Someone had moved my motorbike to make a bit more room to park their stupid oversized Hummer. My bike was now just past the legal line so I got a $45 ticket. Outraged I vowed to bring this to court. In the pre-meeting with the prosecutor the cop didn't even remember the location of the motorcycle, let alone what was around, whereas I had drawings and the license plate number of the Hummer owner.

The prosecutor said that if I plead guilty with an explanation that they would drop the charges. So that is what we did. Right afterwards I got a $40 "courtroom fee" because I'd plead guilty. That's when I learned the adage "A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client".

5000 years ago children died because they crawled between the banister railings. Our building code stops that oversight. 5000 years ago houses collapsed during hurricanes. Our building codes severely reduced that. I could go on and on.

The main issue isn't the building code. The issue is that it is difficult in modern cities to get the local population to agree to expanding the housing stock with taller buildings. It ruins views, it's noisy, excess supply collapses housing prices. It changes the city's charm and culture. So they elect people that slow it down.
I have never heard of this paper. But really impressed with what they have managed to pull off. Kudos!

It would be cool to see the global engineering community coming together in a similar manner that the journos have, towards one such big project.
TLDR - The super wealthy use loopholes & hide money offshore to avoid taxes / etc
Currently on the Canadian configurator for the S, free supercharging is a standard feature. I thought the only car that didn't include supercharging was the P40, which they cancelled and never delivered (delivering instead software limited P60's to those who preordered the P40).

So when they charged $2000, what happened if you didn't pay the $2000? No access to supercharging, or paid access to supercharging?

Charging a flat rate is even worse than giving it away, IMO. Many people have the mindset that if they had to pay for it, they're going to make sure they get full value for their dollars.