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First of all you should take pride in what you have done already. You've gone way beyond what most of your fellow country men will ever do.

While I understand, you're doing the wrong thing by focusing on this single individual. Since this guy is someone you have gotten to know, you have an emotional tie that is making you blind to the cold hard truth.

This happens to someone everyday.

- Parents have a falling out with their adolescent children and kick them out
- Runaway kids run out of money, and by running out I mean: zero zilch nada
- Addicts just run out of money as well as in zero zilch nada
- Explosive break up of couple where one gets locked out
- Eviction by landlords or as a result of bankruptcy
etc etc etc

Most have friend or family to help out, and you'll never heard about them. Those who don't are the one you see sleeping on the streets. Thats assuming that you're not one of those that just stay between our office, the mall, and the safe gated community in the suburbs where the hobos are nicly or of sight out of mind. This is what most people do...

You can do one of two things.
a) Take the position that's you've helped one guy out of jail. If every body helped one person, everybody in need would be out of homelessness in a forth night. Quite frankly, your guy is just so much better of just living on the street than in jail, so if you take this position you've done your part for king and country. I will not fault you for taking this position.

b) Start working on something, anything, that goes towards a solution that take care of everybody.

I'm a bit astonished that you can't go to the court and argue that as there is no way he is not going to get some kind of compensation, the state can just as well right now front up something like $1000 - $10000 to help him get reestablished.
If there is some crap about there is case law not too, then this is call to start working on abolishing the whole concept of common law and switch to a civil law system. (I know this means getting the legislative to replace the current body of case law with some more sensible civil code. A task for which the word "hard" falls short.)

I just take the position we need to work on the whole problem , and that doing this by individual you're effectively just doing a band aid. Remember the phrase "the road to hell is paved with good intentions?" You make actually be making it worse by doing it by individuals as it may hide the true scope and scale of the problem.
> Google does not make very much purchases in EU, so there is not so much VAT to deduct

I was arguing about the scheme that AnthonyMouse discussed. Also they can't recover all the other taxes "owed" to Spain by means of VAT.

AnthonyMouse > So now there is an independent contractor in Spain that pays Google Ireland for ad space and resells it for just enough money to pay its own bills and makes no profits.

If the VAT rate in Spain were higher than in Ireland the difference would stay in Spain. In that case marginal increse in the VAT rate would increase tax revenues, whereas and increase in income tax would not.

But right now VAT is higher in Ireland(23%) than in Spain(21%) and increasing the VAT rate can have sideffects on the economy as a whole.
k8s works with etcd only. Consul is better in term of features.
The developers are planning to add support for actually replacing transactions by a new version with a higher fee soon, along with allowing the recipient to pay a fee to make the transaction process faster (think that might already be in now, actually).
Current discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12011419
They can also afford cars with stronger danger features, like turbochargers.

They also might be more sheltered from the consequences of their actions and likely to be reckless while driving.

Your assumption may even be correct, but I don't think it's obvious.
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That would give Congress the power to regulate these contracts; it wouldn't make them unconstitutional automatically, unless there's some argument I'm missing.
Well it certainly makes me wonder how well it will do in snowy conditions, let alone any low sight conditions.
Seems like a pretty clear case for adding a radar at the top of the windshield
LIDAR puts pretty severe limits on top speed. Basically, LIDAR has range limitations which means it can't detect anything further than <mumble mumble> away reliably (I last worked on a driving robot project a decade ago, forgot the exact distance). But the range, versus human-comfortable braking distance, works out to a top speed of roughly 30kph. Go faster and your car will detect the obstacle too late to avoid hitting it. Since Autopilot is trying to solve a problem at highway speeds (100kph+), I don't think it's a good fit for what Musk is trying to do.

Now whether what Musk is trying to do is a good idea is a different question...
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I find Shen lang interesting, but never actually tried it.
Can anyone explain few things?

1. Why explicitly call `prolog?` function? Why not make it implicit, so user could use, for example, `member` function (defined via `defprolog` notation) as a normal function?

2. Automatic partial application. I see that example was simplified, but then how it looks in reality? Because I find (* 2) returning `lambda`, instead of 2 confusing.
Does this article add anything not in the Tesla blog post that is on the front page?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12011419
See also https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/sonic-warfare.
Nobody is talking about whether it is safe to put Beta software of such an advanced autopilot system in real world? I mean they are giving choice to people to turn on this Autopilot functionality as if it were just another driver assistance safety feature like 'Honda Sensing' but in reality it is much more advanced system and it seems Tesla is doing this to use the data to feed to it's upcoming autonomous technology. But at what cost!

UPDATE: Just read this news on NYTimes:

"The traffic safety agency is nearing the release of a new set of guidelines and regulations regarding the testing of self-driving vehicles on public roads. They were expected to be released in July."

Good and much needed step from NHTSA here.
this is silly. its a good place to move because its start up friendly? thats nice and all but its hardly relevant to the vast majority of the population. i will admit though that most of the people who are so worried about brexit that they would move to another country are in the age range and socioeconomic bracket from which most start up people emerge. by the way can anyone list some of the reasons why leaving the eu will be a disaster? i dont know anything about the eu.
"What we know is that the vehicle was on a divided highway with Autopilot engaged when a tractor trailer drove across the highway perpendicular to the Model S. Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied."

That's really disingenuous. There's no way to know for certain what the driver did or didn't see, but there are a lot more salient features for them to go by other than the white trailer, like the fact that the cabin has driven across the road or that the wheels of the trailer were square in the driver's lane. A much more likely explanation is that the autopilot set expectations too high, the driver was not paying attention (like in all the youtube videos of the system in action), and the autopilot failed and crashed into the truck.
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After reading a lot of the comments here it's obvious that the best thing Tesla could do for the safety of this feature is to simply rename it "Magic Cruise Control" or "CoPilot" or something to that effect.
I totally agree, but I find it funny that you started by decrying the hype the series has received, and then almost immediately after claimed it to be one of the best pieces of journalism you've heard recently. :)
Just pay people more.
Yeah, if our system puts innocent people away they should reimburse them for that severe fuck up. Maybe focus on changing that law, for the big picture.
I like the advertising. I like the timing. But what I like most is that they have the urge to tackle their future. Without any restraints to make jokes about themselves to tackle something else: The backwater stereotypes.

This far, I've heard only good things from that area. From people who worked or studied there.

What I'd expect but didn't see: Is the tax-system competitive? How about the other performance indicators regarding incorporation, labor costs and legal certainty?
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This is one area where Texas is far ahead of California.
I'm not sure what the claims are about autopilot, but I would currently only use it in situations similar to those I would use cruise control.

It's going to get better, but it's crazy to assume it's currently much more than a highly-assistive cruise control.
So what kind of networking do you do? Go to company happy hour? Freelance? "Connecting" to people on LinkedIn?
Just my 2 cents, so please read with a grain of salt.

From your story, you appear to have a stronger connection to Ray's story then most folk on this site. Since you were in similar circumstances (without means), you have an understanding of how one can feel in that situation and your reaction is just, when viewed from that side.

On the other hand, people who read HN are entrepreneurial in spirit and instantly see it through their lense of "solving a problem". It is my opinion that most folk here have no problem doing what is necessary to get their story across or "sell themselves" to achieve a goal (within reason). Hence, to them, Ray's situation should be attacked with a similar POV as drumming support for a startup or idea.

I believe the misunderstanding comes from the way you are viewing Ray as a person and attempting to preserve his decency in the event he's not comfortable with some of the suggestions while others are viewing his situation as an issue to solve/conquer without similar experience. Both opinions are right but for different reasons.

Regardless, I'm glad that you had the strength to overcome your own hardships. Hopefully Ray has similar success.
Reminds me of their complaint blog post why the German government initiative is capped at 60k where it seems like half the point was to advertise a new lease deal.

https://www.teslamotors.com/de_DE/blog/teslas-antwort-auf-da...
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That's some PR firm-level explaining. First, autopilot is not just lane assist, it's lane assist + adaptive cruise control + additional features (it can change lanes if you tell it to). Other OEMs have purposely shied away from enabling an autopilot-like feature set together, even though it's technically possible, because they are absolutely terrified of something exactly like this situation happening.

Second, you're completely ignoring that autopilot will very much entirely drive the car by itself for minutes at a time (reports are anywhere from 5 to 15 depending on software version), which will obviously encourage drivers to not pay attention to the road. I don't care about disclaimers, I don't care about nag screens or chimes, and I definitely don't care about some warranty text that flashes on the screen. If you make a car that can drive itself you encourage drivers to let it do just that and you should be prepared for that eventuality. Period.
and after listening to 'serial', give 'undisclosed' a listen - they dive much much deeper into the details of the court case, police records, evidence, etc.
It should not be hard. For v2 API, there are several Java bindings (https://github.com/jurmous/etcd4j).

For the gRPC API, it is easy to generate a Java gRPC client based on the defined service. We have plans to make that experience better.
It seems the driver was Joshua Brown, the guy who posted the viral video of how his Tesla avoided a crash on the highway some months ago. Really sad.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/30/12072634/tesla-autopilot-c...
>does new medical technology do much to lower lifetime spending?

Not in general. New technologies/medicines/etc. tend to increase healthcare costs.
Perhaps because thats the contexts in which you hear it most often.
Wow, I was not aware that any of Taco the Wonder Dog's stuff was still floating around on the internet. Is that channel related?
It's very easy for an outsider to judge it like that. You can't compare the UK with an ex-communist, very religious country. These things can't really change overnight, it takes a few generations. So yeah, I wouldn't advise any gay people to go to Romania.
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They could defend the public's perception of autonomous vehicles in general by not rushing to market a beta that is less technically capable then other autonomous systems being worked on by their competitors.
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In Romania, companies which have under 100.000 euro / year income are called microenterprises. Microenterprises have an income tax of 3% which should be paied quarterly. If they have at least one employee, the tax is 2%. If they have at least 2 empoyees, the tax is 1%. The tax on dividends is 5% and IT specialists are free from salary taxes. We moved our headquarters to Bucharest in Q1/2014, but this autumn the team is moving to Sibiu, Transylvania! Glad to be here :-)
> The autopilot doesn't drive the car, the driver does. The autopilot is a help just like cruise control. Tesla are very clear (apart from the naming of the feature) that the driver must still drive the car.

I'm sorry, but that's a cop-out. What's the point of an autopilot if you have to avoid every single obstacle and react to every single thing as if the auto-pilot didn't exist? You can't say "autopilot is safer than normal humans" (heavily implied by the blog post) and then turn around and say "but it's really the driver who's responsible for everything!" anytime there's an accident.

Unlike autopilot, cruise control has very limited functionality. No driver expects it to do anything other than keep their speed, so they are still actively engaged with the road to respond to anything that takes place.
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Even more interesting... are there any books not focused on personal finance that have lessons that carry over well?
Well if someone try to shout you down, I'll shout you up! :-)
http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/
I really like using rethinkdb. Currently, I am using thinky for node as an orm which works quite well for my purposes. If anyone else works with nodeJS I would be interested to know:

* how you use rethinkdb

* what you don't use it for, and why

* good examples resources like ORMs, repos, and data models.

Some things I like/use/reference:

- https://github.com/drhurdle/node-rethinkdb-auth-starter

- Yo Express, provides a nice structured MVC application with thinky and rethinkdb with gulp

- https://www.airpair.com/javascript/posts/using-rethinkdb-wit...
UK wasn't part of the Soviet bloc until 1990, so a bit unfair to compare in my opinion. You either care about LGBT rights or getting some shitty Cuban oranges for your kids at least once a year.
I think a lot of societies in the Eastern Europe went through tremendous changes in the last 20 years. Not saying it's all happy happy joy joy now, just that we should consider this in some context.
The Microsoft situation is rather different. At the time they didn't make hardware and they where forcing pc manufacturers to preinstall certain applications on their computers thus distorting some markets.

Apple makes their own devices, they are not forcing any OEM to include the App Store on their phones, or Safari or even Apple Music. And they are not forcing consumers to use the App Store either as there are other more popular choices.

Walmart is tied directly to many companies' livelihoods. They still have the option to charge for the privilege of selling thru their stores and those companies have the option to refuse.
The autopilot may reduce driver attentiveness, making the edge cases in its automation more deadly than they might've been without it.
A few weeks ago there was a case where a model S crashed because the human driver tapped the brakes, disengaging autopilot, but the driver did not know, and his car hit another car.
If it's possible for the arm of the law to reach particular speech, is that speech really free?

We need an internet were speech isn't protected because the government blesses it and decides not to censor it. We need an internet where the government is wholly unable to censor it. Then we'll see what actual free speech looks like.

...and the matter of what speech is permissible is far from unanimous. The list of content that various governments deem taboo is enormous and growing. In the USA we have it much better than most places, but even here we have a very robust system of denial-of-service via DMCA and other legal means, including the trademark at issue here.

There's little doubt in most people's minds that the kinds of actions that The Yes Men execute are protected by the first amendment, yet here we are.
A while back, someone made a proof of concept Unreal plugin: https://github.com/shadowmint/ue4-static-plugin/
Tesla doesn't need autopilot to gather data -- just having the sensors on the vehicles is enough.

The current cost seems to be about 3/4 as many casualties as one would expect from the # of miles they've driven.
Not to mention the great push-based features!
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The way the title was phrased made it seem like there was a weird bug that only affected the number 14. Extremely bad title.
Has it actually been linked?
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Ah I think it deserves the hype. But I got on the bandwagon just as it started...from my experience, the people who didn't catch it early on eagerly participated in the backlash...but that's just in media circles, where there's pressure to be either the first adopter or "too cool for school". To be fair, the number of podcasts that arose exclusively to cover meta-Serial was pretty obscene...imagine "The Walking Dead", except with "Talking Dead"-type shows on five different networks.
Yeah, I had the same issue with the writing. I think it would have gone much better if the meat of the concluding paragraph came first, possibly with a matching paragraph at the bottom.

Personally, I would have used a more neutral title, led with sympathies for the family, and then gone into the technical detail.
Nautilus has an article[1] that explores exactly this question. I beleive the conclusion was that it is the number of cortical neurons, not the total number of neurons and not brain mass that best predicts intelligence, or at least best correlates with our intuitive ranking of intelligence that puts humans and then primates at the top, above elephants.

[1] - http://nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/the-paradox-of-the-elep...
Do you think they will/should change this? I understand the radar can't see an obstruction above x feet, but that doesn't do any good when the car is x+y feet tall.

From what I read about humans, you need +/- 30 degrees up/down vision to get a license (varies by jurisdiction). And we kill a little over a million people each year on roads. Not sure what this should imply about a car's radar though.
In this press release, they argue that it's important to note that their feature is in beta. If the accident would have happened either way, then it was not important to mention the beta status.
They opened with the whole memory thing and I found it sort of leading. Not to post spoilers but obviously I don't know exactly what I did 6 weeks ago. I can guess. Maybe even think of a few specific things. However, 6 weeks ago my first love and someone I was very close to didn't disappear one day. Further, I haven't spent the next 6 weeks as a teenager in a high school, which, if things haven't changed since my time, are dramatic rumor mills.

I just know that if someone that close to me disappeared, I'd be reliving and remembering that day and the days after to the point it'd be burned in my mind.
If anyone saw the link to codehappy.info that was posted a few months back, this is the evolution of that site. It's still very much a work in progress, but I wanted to get this out early to see if there is even any interest in a site like this. It obviously could use some design work, and I literally just launched so there aren't even any job listings yet. However, if anybody wants to comment I'd really appreciate hearing what you have to say.
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Not a "Show HN"/product, but a blog. Figured I'd share to provide more data points on HN traffic numbers.

I had two posts hit front page, top 3 and top 5 respectively.

359 points, ~55,000 pageviews, ~23,000 sessions

141 points, ~31,000 pageviews, ~12,500 sessions

Running on simple shared hosting, I didn't see any downtime or at any point experience/hear reports of slowness. Obviously there's less room for aggressive caching when it comes to a product/service but my blog chugged along fine.

Worth noting these stats are approximate as I've taken out the average pageviews of my site on a day to day basis. This was also back in late 2013/early 2014 so traffic numbers may be different.
If your device is rooted, you can use a long password for encryption and a pattern or even no lock for the lockscreen.

I have set it up this way, it needed some sqlite hackery.
XDA dev has appropriate infos.
I disagree. In a car with normal or even advanced cruise control, the driver would still be paying attention to the road and ostensibly would have seen the truck ahead and applied the brakes. Autopilot makes it very easy to not pay attention at all and let the car drive itself for minutes at a time.

I'm sure you'll say, "yes but that's a driver attention problem, not a technology problem", but to me they're the same thing. If you give drivers technology that encourages them to not pay attention then accidents caused as a result of that are partially your fault.
I'm very curious about the car insurance implications of using the beta autopilot. I can't imagine Allstate's going to be all that happy paying a $100k claim caused by a product that's explicitly marked as being a beta.
That's from Ed Easterling's Crestmont Research. Easterling's updated the matrix since:

http://www.crestmontresearch.com/stock-matrix-options/
Thank you for commenting.

My view is strongly shaped by the negative reactions I have gotten over the years on HN, where I have only sought to be taken seriously as an entrepreneur, but have largely failed in that endeavor. So I am very familiar firsthand with how much harm can be done to one's ability to support themselves when there is a lot of public attention given to them in a way that frames them as a victim, a charity case, and so on.

I have about six years of college. I was an award winning student. I am the top ranked woman on HN while homeless and, yet, I cannot get people here to take me seriously that the only damn thing I need in order to make my fucked up life actually work is arranging for an (adequate amount of) earned income that does not keep me ill.

In spite of the famous saying that There is no such thing as bad publicity, I have experienced firsthand that there absolutely is such a thing as bad publicity.

Entrepreneurs are promoting their work and accomplishments. It has a completely different impact on your life when what is publicized is how you have been a victim, how pathetic your life currently is and so on. That in no way convinces people to give you paid work, whether as an employee or a freelancer.