skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My general experience is that people asking for money don't need it, not in the sense they'd starve without it anyway.

In the UK people asking for money straight out are usually drinkers. Drug users and scammers tend to want more than loose change hence the more elaborate stories.

I should add that I have been homeless and without money. One time my only option of eating was stealing food or asking for money. I chose not to eat.

I could walk you round a city in the UK and I could point out the real homeless and desperate people that you would never see - mainly because these are not the people asking for money.

I appreciate there is a huge difference here between UK and US since we have a welfare system that is many times more generous than yours. The people you encounter may indeed need the money?
"I don't have a problem with Google, Facebook and Twitter dominating the web as such because I don't have any accounts with them: They are commercial entities filling a need. Capitalism at work I suppose."

1. It's not pure capitalism when there are political mechanisms in place to subsidize entire sectors of the economy and protect, through the arbitrary application of laws and regulations, some companies but no / at the expense of others.

2. Capitalism, on its own, by which I'm assuming you mean the market mechanism for price discovery and resource allocation, does not solve problems like the tragedy of the commons, it does not concern itself with things like civil rights or labor rights, it does not opporate satisfactorily in many sectors and circumstances such as building out public transportation before it is needed or financials panics or war time.

3. Neither whether or not you personally have a problem with them and whether nor not they are filling a commercial need are social issues. One is a personal issue. The other is a commercial issue. Perhaps you should consider the issue for a societal perspective.
I don't dispute the formal correctness of your solution or its theoretical desirability.

But your solution cannot fix the conceptual lack of clarity that follows from the decision of the API designer to return both error information and data for further processing from the same function call.

It's not a formal problem.
And compared to a debit card? You have all the advantages you listed (except the rebate), but you're spending your own money.
This is exactly true. I had the pleasure of having a very short sit down with one of the world's most successful traders and he said this in not so many words.

It was more subtle than inside information. He implied that he could actually influence the outcome and hurried me on from that point.

Mind blown.
Exactly, when I heard drugs usage was a problem in some communities I too knew that was impossible because selling and using drugs is illegal.

Sure, there are a few that do illegal things (and inevitably get caught since there is so much monitoring going on).
Answering my own question; "3.3. Changing image parsing direction":
http://caca.zoy.org/study/part3.html

The answer seems to be that changing the image parsing direction gets rid of some artifacts but introduces others while not vastly improving on faster and simpler approaches.
What about the better typed languages - Coq, Agda, Idris, etc.? Java is not that strongly typed after all.
Apologies for grammar / spelling. Typing on mobile phone, and this app I'm signed into doesn't allow for editing my comments.
NASA uses Node.js for spacesuits
Since this is getting downvoted, let me clarify:

It's my opinion that I don't have to be a Clojure expert with 5 years of experience in order to be able to recognize patterns in the language implementation and the way the ecosystem is governed, and eventually deduct I wouldn't want to associate with them for the time being.
When a lurking mathematician, Brent Werness, invents a sweet new type of detail preserving dithering for Obra Dinn as a devlog comment.

https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.msg121280...
Capital is extremely concerned about labor rights, in particular their suppression and elimination.
> But your solution cannot fix the conceptual lack of clarity that follows from the decision of the API designer to return both error information and data for further processing from the same function call.

Why is it unclear? If the API supports using a reader after an error happens, the types have to reflect just that. It's not the kind of API I would design, but it's what you asked for.

> It's not a formal problem.

The inability to express your intention in a mechanically enforceable way is very much a formal problem.
Algolia runs its search service on its own metal for performance. Being off-site [relative to YC] and realtime search not really being critical [relative to YC] might explain some latency.

Anyway, HN's dupe detector isn't all that performent either.
Well at least I am not dowvnoted for bad language here. :D

Seriously though, I don't understand why is this being downvoted on the grounds of a subjective opinion. I stand behind my philosophy and I am returning periodically to fix things I've done in my past, both in my profession and real life.

You're free to disagree.
Well, a larger chunk of that is the database. A db.r3.4xlarge runs about $1600 by itself. We have several hundred gig of data, and indexes alone keep us in that instance size for RAM allotment.

Aside from that, we run 2-3 c3.xlarge API servers, two c3.medium webserver (hosts Facebook versions of our games) and two more c3.medium servers are joining in for a new launch next month.

We have one large (size escapes me) ElastiCache instance.

3 ELBs sit in front of those servers, all in a VPC.

Finally, we have 11 or so S3 buckets that back Cloudfront distributions for static content for websites and whatnot.

We also pay for several TB of traffic per month, and enterprise support.

Finally, we're paying for not having to fix any hardware ever, 5 minute incremental DB backups, a VPC I can define in a JSON doc, automatic failovers, and so much more, managed by yours truly, a software engineer, not a network/server/devops/etc. engineer. Yeah, there's a premium, but so far it's paid off.
I think, for small businesses, the problem is that the setup cost and fixed operating costs are amortised over too few transactions to be negligibly cheap - and that's before considering the slightly higher actual transaction fees for such businesses.

Square, iZettle and I think PayPal and a few other are doing things in this area, leveraging smartphones, but it's still early days.
It was the same in Indiana. Most commonly gas stations charged two prices, one for regular and one for a cash discount. The reasoning was that they weren't making enough profit from fuel to cover the cost of the credit transactions with the price of gas as it was. The cards had different tiers for the fees, and when gas went up, more common people went over into the 2nd or 3rd tier.

Additionally, some small restaurants and shops did the same thing. Usually these folks get charged more for processing credit cards than the large places.
A Game of Consequences
Not sure what you're talking about. As others have said, I've had fraudulent transactions on my debit card, and my bank called me to let me know, reversed the charges and cancelled the card and sent me a new one.
Hmm, stupid typo. Can't edit the comment anymore :(
I'd like to chime in re:operationally. It's the single largest reason we use AWS. I'd have to add at least one head to manage infrastructure I couldn't define in JSON, and that's a lot more expensive than what we pay in AWS premium.
It's a classic case of who is carrying the burden.

With credit it's he bank. Fine show my account balance 4k high, I refuse to pay my bill.

Same thing with debit and it's my cash missing, and I need to go through a dance to get my own cash back.

In fact just had a CC stolen last week. No harm to me because I wasn't holding the burden.

I refuse to use my debit card for anything but at an ATM.
One big item: The rate you are describing is just interchange, it went from an average of 0.9% to a cap of 0.3% in the UK. Merchants are not just paying 0.2% to 0.3% on DC/CC transactions.
I'm not sure, I think that in the specific case of an inter-province move you're still covered by the older province

Or you get a separate private insurance if you're coming into Canada to stay

I suspect that even without any coverage you're not SOL because of things like the mandatory insurance that vehicles must have
Possible QT WebKit revival could be great news
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=QtWebKit-Next-Gen

That could be great news for people who love customization and are sick of Googles started trend of minimalism and simplicity which also has affected Mozilla, which is not serving the advanced user group anymore to a very large degree feature wise.

Otter-Browser with a QT WebKit reloaded could really be a win-win situation for all the ones sick of Google and Google influenced projects.

What is your opinion?
Uber hired investigators to impersonate journalists to target lawsuit plaintiff
If you read "Lessons of a Street Addict", Jim Cramer pretty much says directly he used to call his contacts at goldman to get info on trades. Reading that convinced me that day trading is for suckers without inside information.
very interesting. Can you recommend any resources for someone with a fairly strong stats / programming background but no real substantive finance experience?
Costco Canada dropped Amex two years ago [1] and I was stuck with an Amex card which is not as widely accepted as Visa or Mastercard. Amex tried/are trying all kind of tricks to not have these cards closed. The best one yet was zero percent for one year - I had colleagues max the card and put that money in their savings account just for the one year interest.

You bet that Walmart negotiated an excellent rate with Amex.

[1] http://www.moneysense.ca/spend/credit-cards/costco-american-...
Perhaps this is useful for you? https://github.com/spotify/dh-virtualenv
Spoken like a Silicon Valley kid. In my town, nobody uses anything but cash or card at WalMart. And I don't see how phone vs pad is meaningful here - I'm not browsing WalMart, I make the decision to go there or somewhere else before I even get in the car. And if they can't take my money, I won't go there. No chance for them to help me/ coerce me to do anything.
Sounds fun :)

I'm in Austin, TX. Looks like you in the UK. I'm going to look into whether there is something like this locally. Thx!

Also, just curious. What are your thoughts on the EU vote coming up?
My guess for tourism states is that people wouldn't want to find out their vacation is going to cost 5% more expensive after they land.
If you want a nicely embeddable language with strong typing, why not check out AngelScript?
This doesn't seem to account for things like bureaucracy or regulations that slow economic growth.
Not all H1-B workers come via body shops. FB, Google, MSFT, Amazon all hire their own H1-Bs and pay wages no American could complain depresses anyone. This is how I came. It boggles the mind that body shops are allowed to exploit this system and abuse workers who come and do their best to drive wages down. The one solution is end the indentured servitude aspect of it. If H1Bs are free to move around and work where they please, the abuse would end overnight. Free markets work when the labor force also has, you know, freedom.
If your bank only offers Visa cards, it might still be possible to use it as a debit card, since those sorts of transactions have a different sort of fee if I remember correctly. Contact your bank for details.

Or you know, use cash. Don't shop at walmart. That sort of thing.
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Somehow, I'm thinking such an exchange with you might not be terribly pleasant...
> asking you which account to pay with

This never happens in the UK. It confuses the heck out of me in countries where it does (e.g. New Zealand).
Wow, that's impressive. ~450kV is hard to imagine.
So, after thirteen years of my loyal and dedicated service, you're offering me $10,400 severance, six weeks notice (during which I must train my H1B half-price replacement), if and only if I sign a non-disparagement agreement? And otherwise, I'm out on my butt tomorrow?

No. You're going to give me one year's salary with benefits (after all, Lester Burnham got away with it in "American Beauty"). You're also going to pay me DOUBLE during the period that I am training the half price indentured servant who you imagine is going to replace me. Mind you, he'll never replace my previous loyalty and dedication; that's not something you can train into someone in six weeks... or ever. You have to earn loyalty, a lesson you'll discover over the next few months as you screw your employees.

Also, you will sign a mutual non-disparagement agreement; I say nothing bad about you, and you say nothing bad about me, and my lawyer says if you spread malicious and damaging gossip about me, it will cost me one million dollars in lost career potential, so that's what you will owe me if you do so -- plus punitive damages.

And if you don't give me what I want, I'm quitting as of 5pm today and will immediately write a book and blog about the stupidity of management here at Wrecked Lives Inc. In fact I've already reserved the domain names that will be appropriate for my upcoming tell-all. Lots of luck stopping me; I'll only tell the truth, and the First Amendment protects me. If you try to sue me, I'll sue you back, and the resulting publicity will make my book and my blog and my Youtube channel famous enough that I'll never need to work again. Your investors and commercial partners will also hear about it. So make my day.

I'm not saying most people would do this, or even if they did, that they would get away with it, but it's how a person in that situation ought to respond. Granted, we in the U.S. have at-will employment, granted it's a free market, and sometimes the smartest move is to simply move on and put this behind you. But we're also human beings with emotions, loyalties, and a sense of betrayal, and when a management team tries to pull the H1b-swap-and-gag on the employees, they have to recognize the price.
To me, the evolution of programming communities and their attitudes toward mutation is interesting. It seems like 2011 was long ago and somewhat "less enlightened."
I mean the $3 fee for ATM withdrawal out-of-network, which the Walmart ATMs almost assuredly are.
Right, and AMEX already has a relationship with Walmart including a co-branded financial product offered in-store.
And some Australian retailers charge extra for specific cards with higher fees (eg JB Hi-Fi stores have a surcharge for using AmEx or Diners Club cards, which typically charge the merchant more than Visa or Mastercard do).

I was going to link to The Good Guys and their "Pay Cash Pay Less" marketing, but it appears they scrapped their cash discount after finding customers increasingly prefer to use electronic payments:

http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-good-guys-scraps-cash-dis...
You present "I chose not to eat" as if you made the moral choice. But there is no shame in asking for help if you need it. I don't have illusions about what most people asking for money are going to spend it on. Honestly, they have to deal with loneliness and destitution somehow. That is why I specifically say regardless of whether I think they deserve it.
Because having to use a buggy, badly designed, unsafe language just on the front-end wasn't enough.
Experience actually matters in software development. I'm not sure why you deride it as elitism.
Kickstarter is the future of ecommerce
Actually, disputed transactions are usually refunded immediately on those too.
To put this into context: Most (small) German merchants could pay less than 1% in total fees for credit/debit card transactions if they were switching their acquirer. Large chains pay less than half of that from everything that is publicly known. For German debit cards (Girocard) the large merchants pay a total fee of 0.15% which is probably much cheaper than cash handling.
I wonder how many more lives would have been ended had federal dollars funded research using embryonic stem cells.
What makes this comparison even more crazy is that those AWS prices don't include any (very expensive) bandwidth or block devices.

Also, once you're paying upfront for reserved instances you've lost one of the major advantages in your cashflow scaling with your usage.
Nice.

I take it back - the construction of the measure is pretty immune to tampering.
Apple and Android pay use credit cards from MasterCard and Visa, process through those interchanges and pay those fees.
Or lobbying.
Or graft/bribery.

I suppose it depends on whether you are in the private sector, the public sector, or law enforcement.
> I get a push notification to my phone for every transaction.

No you don't. You only get it for online authorizations.
I saw a couple of American Express cards in US with no foreign transaction fees. As an expat and nomad I really wanted to get one of them. Unfortunately no financial services in US are available no non-residents* (bank accounts, stock trading accounts, robo advisors, credit cards, etc)

* please don't complain that jobs and profits are going abroad if your country won't do business with foreigners. It is often hard to order products from US because almost nobody ships abroad (Amazon does, but not all products). Anyway, this is off topic, sorry about that.
I've found one post in comp.linux.os.development.
I agree with you, actually; you can't have your cake and eat it, too. I believe employees in every field should be looking out for themselves. Signing a non-disparagement agreement is ridiculous. The company needs you to train the replacement, so make them pay through the nose. If they just say, get out, don't let the door hit you etc. -- fine. Move on. Don't dig your own grave then lie down in it.

People need to keep their resume up to date, keep testing the market, and be ready to move on if a superior opportunity arises, or if they become aware of an H1B replacement scheme in their group. That's the only real way to stop these practices; make the employers aware that people can and will walk if not treated right.
Since last Thursday they are legally required to ask you but if it's anything like Germany most merchants don't care.
The problem with debit is that the money is immediately gone. In the case of a dispute, it takes a long time to get the money back.
Few years back, SEC started being very agressive about finding entities making above average returns; my understanding is that if over a set amount of transactions you're making over 30% that you will get "knocked" and the auditors have zero reason not to leak the information. Best example I know is the Walmart parking lot satellite imagery analysis; happy to dig up a link.
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I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I'm just saying it it's very uncommon for customers to blindly think of software as something to pay for.

Congratulations, you are in the extreme minority. But the truth is that this isn't normal, and I'd like us put our collective brains together and see what we can do to fix it.

Were you building for the enterprise? How many connections did you have? How much of an existing customer base / following did you have? These things matter in the minority of cases where customers pay for software as easily as coffee.
Why is subtracting these two times (in 1927) giving a strange result?
"You present "I chose not to eat" as if you made the moral choice. But there is no shame in asking for help if you need it."

Which was my point really. Of course there is no shame in asking for help but not everyone does. It's partly why I ended up homeless.

I applaud your generosity though.
Singapore too.
First of all, calling someone a useless lamer is about as unprofessional as it gets. Next, don't get into an argument during an interview. State your points and if they don't agree, move on. Take some of what they say with you as food for thought. Take the interview as a learning experience and learn from it.

Next, you probably need to go back to the basics. Pick up an introductory programming textbook, in PDF form if you are cutting your expenses. Learn basic OOP, basic algorithms and data structures, runtime complexity, functional programming, understanding when you would choose what tool. There is nothing worse than a senior programmer who can only think in the paradigm of the programming language they have accidentally built their career upon. If you don't demonstrate a basic understanding of these things, and aren't able to speak to the above within the context of jQuery, then you are at a disadvantage.

Learning another framework is not the solution. It's a bandaid at best. You will just find yourself in the same position again in a few years when your tool of choice falls out of favor. Break the cycle by becoming a software engineer.

In terms of your living situation, congratulations on buying a place. If you run out of time or money then rent out your apartment and move abroad where you can live on a lower cost of living, but I think you can and should make your stand now against becoming a useless lamer.
Which nowadays is the large majority of transactions.
It is not a 'war on science' to oppose killing embryos for their cells any more than it is a war on science to oppose killing prisoners for their organs. Science can only answer the question of what will happen if one does one thing or another; religion/morality/philosophy must answer the question of what should happen, which implies what one ought to do.

Save for psychopaths, everyone applies some sort of moral calculus to his actions.

The religious right does comprise the largest portion of those who recognise the scientific fact that an embryo is a living human being and apply the moral principle that killing innocent human beings should be avoided (much as the religious right comprised the largest portion of those who recognised the scientific fact that blacks are human beings, and applied the moral principle that human beings ought not be enslaved, 150 years ago). It's not a war on science; it's applying moral principles to scientific facts.
Even though all these features were purposely excluded by choice it's clear now in hindsight that some of these decisions are wrong. What I find so so weird is the tenacious responses when it's pointed out that Go has flaws. Why does Go get to be the one perfectly designed language? A decision can be made with tremendous thought but still be wrong.
Any civil engineer knows boring = digging. The English yellow pages (a phone directory of services) had the line

Boring: see civil engineers

Many other engineers thought this was funny. Being a civil engineer I failed to see the humor.

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