skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's because "interestingness" takes a _lot_ of context.

Humans interpret the low dimensional natural world into much higher dimensional space by turning things into models (cars, cats, science, etc), and often "wow" comes from a combination of many of those high level interpretations.
Right, but Kansas is a good example of how they will use their state-level control to route all inter-state travelers through each of their cities, increasing travel times and decreasing value.

The question isn't whether or not interstate travel is beneficial, it's how the states will use their self interest to diminish quality, effectively turning the project into a tragedy of the commons.
I recall reading an article about how lots of suburbs underbuilt on infrasstructure and now need new investment, but can't muster up enough political will to impose the taxes needed to pay for it.
There'd be a lot of overlap, but it would also highlight the very wealthy that pay low taxes (likely landowners and retirees) and high earners with few assets that pay high taxes - the top 5% to 0.5% - that are often politically vocal and frustrated at their relative tax burden and the difficulty they face to accumulate wealth despite high income.
4 billion by the end of the century, if current trends continue. It is however likely that Malthus will intervene before then. Depending on exactly what you're selling, you may or may not want to be anywhere nearby (including Europe, it looks like) when that happens.

http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/09/africas-population-wil...
Well, yes, "item not as described": if you're going to show pictures, they should be representative of the final result.
Who sits in the 41st chair?
There are numerous opportunities there. But the deterrents may outnumber the opportunities. Examples, lack of electricity, trigger happy governments whose policies are far removed from reality, insane levies on small businesses...

For foreign investors, having an audience with the government is an unwritten requirement. If not, they run the risk of their businesses being nationalized by a new government, or their funds frozen for frivolous reasons.

However for "democratic" African countries, having too close ties with a particular ruling party could pose problems. The next government could give one hell for being for the "other party."

Recently, the Buhari administration in Nigeria restricted all funds leaving the country. Theoretically, no funds were seized. And companies could still wire out their funds but only after lengthy approval processes and were often subject to insane exchange rates.

A common question on everyone's lips is - why won't the looters invest in their countries? That's because the next government makes the seizure of money, property, and businesses the first order of business for the first half of their tenure.

In my experience, Africa metaphorically is a jungle. Only psychopath and predator minded individuals thrive there.
I think people neglect how much centralized regulations and processes can reduce cognitive load. Perhaps there's increase cost to the individual regulation, but the reduction in cognitive load and wasted time likely offsets that cost substantially in many cases.

For those regulations where it doesn't we should reexamine and figure out a better way if possible, but I think people should better appreciate what having good government allows you to stop thinking about and start focusing on the things that matter.
>> decentralize power back to the states

Why decentralize power back to the states? What is it about the states that make them the right level to delegate power to?

A large point of what I took from the article is that states are simultaneously too large (because they encompass metro areas and rural areas that often have little in common, both in terms of economic and social outlook) and too small (because they encourage race to the bottom competition between states who in many ways have common interests).

When you devolve power to a lower body, you are doing a form of central planning because you're determining what those lower bodies should be. So we should do it right. That might mean that states aren't the only body to consider.

>> They are the result of ... the political processes we already had in place

You can't assign this causality with certainty. They may have also arisen despite the political processes we have in place.
There's two things wrong with your argument.

1) Minneapolis, Minnesota

2) Immigrants to Europe

You don't have to be some slick banker type moving to London to want your salary to keep pace with the cost of living. Lack of options in a small european country means less chances to negotiate what's only fair.

America’s population is growing about .8% per year (. 5% from births minus deaths and .3% from net migration). Thus 2% of overall growth produces about 1.2% of per capita growth. That may not sound impressive. But in a single generation of, say, 25 years, that rate of growth leads to a gain of 34.4% in real GDP per capita. (Compounding’s effects produce the excess over the percentage that would result by simply multiplying 25 x 1.2%.) In turn, that 34.4% gain will produce a staggering $19,000 increase in real GDP per capita for the next generation. Were that to be distributed equally, the gain would be $76,000 annually for a family of four.

Ask yourself if the GDP of Sweden is growing and if you're likely to see that as a raise.

Are you going to be able to negotiate a 3000$/yr raise for yourself? 12,000$/yr for your family of 4? (distributed according to the current breakdown of wealth held in the US for the pay range of a computer programmer)

Because that money is going to go SOMEWHERE. And if you can't negotiate for it, it will go to the top. And you will go down. Its that simple.
I had the privilege to work on the windows kernel team in the NT5 then XP days. I really wish they could share some of his code. it was the cleanest, well segmented, and commented code I've ever seen. it made the system much more maintainable and understandable, in areas that are inherently complex. great interfaces with a clear understanding of what was going in and coming out. and it helped all the other devs raise their game.
The biggest problem with that is the water agreements. Southern CA does not have enought water to sustain its population. It needs Northern CA. There are more people in Southern CA, so splitting the state is unlikely to pass in a state referendum.
Did you even read the blog? (also note, it's a blog)

None of that blog actually supports the claim:

> A modern GMO actually lets you use LESS herbicides and insecticides, and often far less dangerous ones than many that are OK for labeled organic crops, and happen to be far more toxic.

Nor does it ever mention herbicides, only pesticides. Nor does it mention that you may actually be harming yourself by consuming organic produce vs GMO produce, which is what the claim was alluding too.
We could get rid of lead pipes.

(which is relatively specialized work that is happening anyway; it isn't all that specialized, but digging with a machine is incredibly more effective)
No, the method for changing how representation is apportioned was already negotiated as part of the original constitution. You would just have to pass a constitutional amendment.
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I don't think anyone is saying that the Federal government is without purpose. Interstate highways are exactly the type of project the Federal government should be taking on.

That's not the type of central planning described in the article, this is the Federal government correcting a legitimate failing of a confederation. What was in the best interest of each state was opposed to the interests of the country as a whole.

It's exactly analogous the position of a classical economist, except the states are the individual actors. Yes, markets sometimes fail, and it ought to be the duty of a central government to correct those failures when they happen but economic intervention should be rare and only when absolutely necessary.
This is easier in theory than it is in practice. While obviously each branch puts together its own integrated units for various missions, th8e real detriment to this kind of idea is what you would lose when breaking down the larger command/logistics backbone of the Army/Marines/AF/Navy.

I totally agree that the current system is not maximally efficient, but how would these new integrated units be managed logistically? Would each unit field its own logistics personnel? That might make sense, but then you end up with a lot of duplicated effort for little marginal improvement. Would we need an entire separate command structure for the sole purpose of heavy equipment movement and base management/support? If no, who might be the logical choice for this role?
>States actually have rights, not just individuals

States are arbitrary and given rights by individuals. States cannot feel the effects of any law. States are not citizens.

>(Short summary: any power can become a tyranny, so keep other powers around to counter the national government.)

That's a comforting idea in the abstract, but when applied it basically means people in rural areas should have more say in the national government than people in urban areas. You're literally in favor of taking power away from people and giving it to others. You're for tyranny of the rural rather than people being treated equally. In the age of telecommunication it makes even less sense.

We're not the EU. The idea that the US is a collection of countries went out the window a long, long time ago. Federal laws have a much bigger effect on people than state laws.

The Senate is the only place where people are not proportionally represented. To argue for it is to say that people are not equal, and that states are more important than people, which flies in the face of democracy.

EDIT: To address your point below, you're in favor of taking away power from some and giving it to others based on population density. This is a horrible idea since our cities are where our most educated and most productive live.
Minecraft is now owned my Microsoft.

Given that an uncontrolled market will always favor consolidation, there is at least one obvious step to prevent the dystopia you mention.
The British think of all US citizens as Yankees. The look on a rural Georgian's face when an English acquaintance referred to him as a Yankee is one of my treasured memories.
Mark Ferrari also teamed up with Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick (et al) to create a new 2D adventure game called Thimbleweed Park[1] (No affiliation!) - awesome backgrounds by Ferrari!

https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com/
It would appear we are in between the ignoring phase and the laughing phase, with respect to the attitude of the incumbent.
There has been a notable trend away from state power towards federal centralization. It's not a centralized mandate but has been happening through numerous slivers and cuts over the last few decades. Additionally, there has been a significant growth in executive power over federal thanks to the Bush administration pioneering work, which Obama continued to expand.
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Ask HN: What Are the Hacker News Mokitas?
Mokita is a word of the Trobriand Islands. It means "the truth we all know, but agree not to talk about."

What are the Mokitas of Hacker News?
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'global food supply chain' is off-shoring; think of it in the same way as the mis-use of H1B visas and transferring I.T. work to low-wage economies, leaving 'local' I.T. workers out of a job.

Much of the unstated benefit of locally produced food is in a shorter time between harvest and plate (fresher), less handling (bruising), less transportation (ecological), less packaging (resources + cost), shorter supply chain (less middlemen; farmer/producer should receive higher % of retail price), generally more pride and care involved (better quality) plus of course supporting the 'local' economy by keeping the money circulating locally and local smaller family farms in business.

For animals it should mean quicker time-to-kill (less stress) due to less travel and coral-ling at abattoirs, and, depending on the butcher, better cuts of meat (less mechanical cutting) due to following the grain.

In the U.K. the biggest immediate benefit is the farmer receiving a greater slice of the retail price, which is essential in some sectors (such as dairy) where many farmers receive less than the cost of production, and certainly not enough to protect against poor years.

Combined with low investment returns pushing capital into land 'investment' which is driving land price growth to ridiculous levels; subsequently driving rents for farmers who don't own their own land to bankruptcy levels (we recently sold 10 acres @ £10,000/acre which was bought for around £2,500/acre 15 years ago [0], but the gross yield hasn't moved from around £400/acre).

Even amongst farmer land-owners many are selling off small parcels in order to cover shortfalls in farming income or to invest in new facilities and equipment.

The big farming agri-businesses (10,000+ acres) are about the only ones that have the production scale to make profits and invest in land.

Born-n-bred and still living on a 1,000 acre farm, but hacking code.

[0] http://pdf.savills.com/documents/Savills-ALMS-Feb-2014.pdf
just realized r1q2 was the same person/group as the totally awesome gloom mod
The Army is allowed to do fixed wing aviation, but only with a dry weight of 5000 lbs. or less.
This has apparently now been enabled for all iCloud users (previously it was not available to all users).

It appears that anyone using the older 2 step verification will need to disable that before you're able to enable the newer system.
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I understand and agree with the egalitarian spirit of your post, but...

1) Housing in the vast majority of the US is inexpensive. Paying $3000 for a tiny room is something that pretty much only happens in SF proper and Manhattan.

2) Crime, quality of public schools, etc. are all completely dependent on where you live. As economically unfair as it is, software developer salaries in most of the country are high enough to place you firmly into the middle/upper-middle class, which means that you can afford to live where it's safe and schools are good.

It's morally questionable but American software developers are paid enough that they can for the most part ignore the systemic economic issues that plague the US.
Apply HN submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11442655

We think we're in a great spot for YCF. We just launched and user engagement has been awesome. No outside investment of any kind, but just went full-time and living off savings.

We did submit a normal YC application as well, and we were not invited to interview. We'd just launched the prototype and didn't have final videos to show, so we're hoping this helps better illustrate our vision.

Awesome thing is we're engaging different types of users in different types of ways. A software engineer (and cat lover) planted the "Cats" Seedling, and response has been great. I planted one for my sister's birthday, and a diverse group of messages were contributed that reflects the diversity of her social graph. Check it out!: https://www.giveseedling.com/#/harvest?token=0df51c5c0f76f25...

If you like where we're going and want to see more, we'd really appreciate an upvote and comment on our Apply HN post. Thanks!
> They are the result of the market and political processes we already had in place.

Fixed that for you. The market is far more important in shaping the economy that the state.
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Happy to see AbiWord, the first open-source project I was part of, continuing to do things the right way. The cross-platform approach in AbiWord has always been committed to quality over convenience, and I'm glad that's continuing.
America should just be honest, city and non-city areas should be divide and run independently as two populations.

Map showing what America really looks like:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Cartline...
Same answer as for India and all the other cheaper locations; it's easy to get simple development done thanks to all the (chiefly American!) tools for drag and drop development, testing etc available nowadays, but having a team of people with the vision to come up with something new (and therefore difficult; you're not just doing a cheap shitty version of something which somebody else already invented), functional (bug free - yes, the code compiles and passes the tests you knocked together but does it actually work in the real world), scalable and competitive with the systems it attempts to disrupt isn't quite the same thing, is it.

On the positive side, I do get a lot of phone calls from Microsoft in India offering to fix my computer problems if only I'd let them use remote desktop to connect to it.
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$ youtube-dl http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023586/8-Bit-8 Bitish-Graphics
[GDCVault] 8-Bit-8-Bitish-Graphics: Downloading webpage
[GDCVault] 8-Bit-8-Bitish-Graphics: Downloading XML
[download] Destination: 8 Bit & '8 Bitish' Graphics-Outside the Box-1023586.mp4
[download] 61.0% of 714.86MiB at 12.99MiB/s ETA 00:21
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Because it was/is a good balance. You can take your logic all the way down to a city or all the way up to a nation and delegate or not. Having vastly different states from one another gives a citizen of a nation the freedom to easily move to somewhere else where the prospects are better and or where it aligns with your way of life more.
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https://www.facebook.com/ALDEgroup/videos/10153893201220020/
The Internet providers assign Russian mainland IPs to Crimean users, to circumvent the sanctions regime, so they see it the same way Russia sees it.
I don't think HP's RPN calculators were ever in competition with TI. The RPN calculators like the 12C are marketed to finance professionals, and TI has nothing like them. The HP graphing calculators like the 50g are infix (although there is a pretty good RPN app available).

Edit: I do see that HP made graphing calculators with native RPN in the late '80s, so perhaps they were pushing these for academic markets, although today they seem to be the provence of surveyors.

Random aside: I first learned RPN from my father, a budget analyst, and have used it ever since. RealCalc is an Android calculator app with an excellent RPN mode, if you're curious.
I was at Microsoft for over a decade and had access to the Windows NT source throughout.

I couldn't agree more about Dave's code and the code of the other early contributors to the system. Extremely clean, clear, and simple code neatly partitioned into small understandable functions.
Yeah, I was agreeing with the parent in saying that adding a non-timezone to the timezone selection is not a usability enhancement.
fair point. I'll clarify my meaning a bit.

central planning has a role to play. for certain types of projects it is appropriate and sometimes even necessary. however, the idea that central planning should be the starting point for economic development is wrong-headed in my opinion. it should be considered the exception, used when needed and not otherwise, not the rule.

additionally, I challenge the notion that interstate infrastructure projects are actually examples of central planning. they are more like examples of networks of mutual development and collaboration between diverse partners. adoption of shared technical standards, agreement on shared funding models, and legal compacts to ensure shared responsibility for maintenance and upkeep are what drives projects like the interstate highway system.
The states are small enough that they do need one another right now. If we break it into regions by economics, secession becomes more probable as many could be self-sustaining. A few states are now but the initial setup is a more robust link that occurred more naturally rather than ivory tower (bottom up like everything in nature).

All in all, borders these days are almost immutable, very hard to change.
I didn't quibble with that part. I omitted it for clarity because I only intended to address the other part. I don't think that's controversial practice when quoting.
Can XY win the BLE Finder war by turning customers into investors?
if you need to type a URL manually, it could another reason
I'm being a little sarcastic, but you could have units organized around providing logistics. Get this here, get that there.

Realistically, you might just end up with even more bureaucracies defending their own turf and resisting change.

The other thing that might happen is that you end up with less redundant capabilities and better integration. It's kind of stupid that the presence of a jet engine dictates that close air support be under a different command.
I had nothing but performance problems with CrashPlan, so Arq was a significant improvement. But that's setting the bar low.
More photos: http://www.protothema.gr/culture/article/570220/fotografies-...
I don't know that I'd go as far as you, but I've often thought that, as our population has increased by two orders of magnitude since the founding of the Republic, we ought to add another level of indirection in our government to keep things manageable. Right now we have municipal, state, and federal. Perhaps something like the proposal in the article could be used to introduce a new intermediate level of organization between state and federal.
I had my first experience with Jupyter last weekend when I was trying to learn about document clustering with Python. It seems like a cool idea, but in practice ended up being kind of annoying: https://github.com/brandomr/document_cluster/issues/7
I might be mistaken, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he is more of an designer and architect than someone who writes a lot of code himself.

If you want to understand his designs it might help to read the book Windows Internals.
Most of Europe doesn't see Putin as a dictator - that's just some hysterical nonsense the US mainstream media likes to peddle.. Americans gotta have an enemy figure to fixate on!
China is massively investing in Africa, and there is a growing political tension for that :-(
Given the way the economy has crashed, this won't go on for long.
Sure. But why these states in particular? You don't think it's possible that there might be a better configuration of borders/regions? It seems improbable to me that by chance we landed on the optimal structure as these borders were defined in the years spanning from colonization to the early 20th century.
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What's more worrying to me than the enumerating of all short URLs, is the directory traversal when you know one URL. This is someone I know, and have specifically shared one file with, being able to see ALL my other documents. Glad to see that's gone now.