skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Given this man's established ideological record, I think this article reveals more about Jason Furman's personal philosophical baises than it does about the objective costs and benefits of UBI: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/11/nation/na-furman11
You apparently don't know what you're talking about because that's not how QE works.
Can this exist?

I know that many countries do provide free tertiary education, but in the cases I'm aware of, its a relatively small percentage of the population that gets tertiary degrees compared to the US.
...and the economy would not benefit from a BI? With increased spending, decreased public support programs, better education and community participation? Life is about more than a balance sheet.
What is the real value proposition of Uber? The software?

Why didn't they just license the software to taxi companies?

What do HN readers think?
I like how you keep making sarcastic replies to comments in a thread you started. It's like seeing someone litter on their own lawn.

Edit: nevermind, it's not your thread. Just shitting the place up for fun, I guess.
I edited my comment to remove that bit but I'll clarify who I'm talking about: the people who see their project as bringing more and more of our lives under the direction of the state, because they know better than you and me how we should live our lives. They've convinced the rank and file that this is the best way to achieve across the board prosperity. The prospect of a hundred years of progress toward this slow takeover being wiped out by a basic income is the biggest threat to their project.

Also, I'm pretty sure that Trump's and probably most Republicans' position on the minimum wage is that it's ideally set by the individual states in accordance with the realities of their economies. A $15 federal minimum wage would devastate vast swaths of America by effectively banning work. The economy in much of America simply can't sustain that.

But yes, if we adopted a UBI we should most certainly eliminate the minimum wage, since it accomplishes the same goal much more comprehensively (i.e. for everyone as opposed to just those who have a job).
Previously https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11873537
It's not merely xenophobia, though that is a factor.
I wish this was true. Our existing customer base is very pleased with the product. But they don't influence others to purchase. We're a gnat in the loud circus of the market place. The product doesn't market itself because not enough people find out about it.
> lenta.ru was something like "opposition media" some time ago, but not anymore

Didn't know that, thanks

> Pretty much all "largest media" in Russia are state-controlled.

I know, this is a problem. But when we are talking about what Putin actually said or did not say these media are very accurate. Much more so than our Western media.
I spent a bit of time living in New York, and I was never short on something to do even without spending much—if any—money. There's just so much to explore and enjoy on foot on top of free scheduled events. The museums vary in price but some are definitely affordable (including the Met where you can pay any price for a ticket). Just the parks and the city itself—eminently accessible thanks to the incredible subway system—are worth it on its own.

I'm back in the Bay Area now and, well, it's not New York, but it's still surprisingly accessible. Concerts with local bands, free lectures (on tech topics or not), free events at a park or on the beach... No magical subway system though: public transport exists but, especially if you're coming in from out of SF, it's a bit of a pain.

Point being that you can definitely experience a lot either for free or for pretty cheap. But there's no way to get around the high rent, except with a high salary.
> The idea is to ensure everyone has a chance at a decent
> life even as technology shifts and the labor market churns,
> eliminating and creating millions of jobs that often
> require vastly different skill sets.

Is that REALLY the idea? To make everybody less prone to adapt to technology changes?
What happens if somebody does an ALTER TABLE changing a column type? I think it's fair to just not deal with that case, but I'm curious if you did more than that.
Also, don't forget: election year. Shuffle to the middle, don't freak out vested interests.
I guess to believe this you have to believe that all so-called liberals and leftists are actually just authoritarians who use the promise of "free shit", as the saying goes, merely as a means to secure power for themselves rather than as a legitimate policy goal. Because otherwise, UBI is basically the end-game of the "liberal welfare state".

At any rate, I don't see liberals and leftists taking a unanimous stand against UBI. Opinions are divided, almost as though they are each separate individuals with their own thoughts.
I can't imagine the people in these bootcamps are coming from a low income background (mostly university graduates).

20k from parents, family and friends before even turning to loans isn't terribly difficult to get if they're all convinced with you that this is your shot at a 100k+ salary and becoming self-sufficient.
If you want to work in HTML5, Electron or Cordova can both take you pretty far.

http://electron.atom.io
https://cordova.apache.org

This won't work for all apps, but (for example) a lot of simple mobile apps use Cordova with faux-native UI frameworks, and there are a lot of graphics-lite games out there using NW.js or Electron on desktop.
I've since moved to IRCCloud, but when I tried Weechat Android it was very rough around the edges.
Only one solution exists to the threat of automation and that is: training.

People need to be able to rapidly move from unproductive or fully automated parts of the economy to others. It's easier said than done and in the US at least would require a massive investment in and rethinking of access to vocational education. It needs to be free as a start.
I saved up and paid cash.
Can you elaborate on the security issues? Have you tried reporting them?
Been following your blog for a while now Peter, since I first came across the article Wired did about you. I'd love it if you wrote a post about this, and your success in generalup until this point!
Thanks for your answer. I was asking mainly about performance related capabilities. What can native SDK's do that SIMD, shared memory multi-threading, and GL API's won't address?
Don't you get it is impossible that that will happen? It is much more likely that you'll get UBI AND a bigger welfare state.
Code.org Video Explains Away Its Donors' Lack of Workforce Diversity
What if they "disclose" the patient's own bias as well? Would that help reduce the overall bias?
Part of the issue is UBI poses a threat to established ways of doing things -- many businesses rely on the relative lack of social and labor mobility as a way to provide the continual supply of low-paid unskilled workers they want. The threat in UBI is that those workers would be able to take time out of the labor market and get education and training or even start their own businesses instead of settling for the "it's the only game in town" of working under the established model.
> Personal liberty absolutely ought to trump considerations here;

Not before we actually know what those considerations are. It's prudent to error on the side of caution, but erroring on the side of caution doesn't mean we ignore the issue after that. If there's serious public good that can be brought about, we should investigate that and explore ways it can be achieved acceptably.

> one reason I haven't sent a DNA sample to 23andMe, etc., is because I can't control what happens to my data after that point, and I'm not even sure if I can find out.

Yes, and I agree with this outlook. When I said it would be a good thing to legislate, I meant that we should investigate ways we can implement clear rules such that we can all benefit from the useful medical information while protecting privacy as much as possible. We already do this to some degree in the US with HIPAA laws, which facilitates the sharing of client medical information between medical professionals but also comes with a bunch of very specific safeguards and requirements.
A "personal" CRM (for relationships)

A habit developing app

A meditation focused app

A to-do list app

A productivity focused app
Does anyone know good resources/research about generating latent vector representations with iterative processes using numerical analysis algorithms and not neural networks?

The black-box effect on word2vec and similars puts back some applications like generalizing linguistics methods to bioinformatics.
> Except for the fact that nearly every building is emblazoned with the Who's Who of tech company branding, it would be difficult to pick out Palo Alto from any other sleepy college town.

The $3m but very unremarkable homes make it a little easier.
To somewhat contradict myself (or at least my snarky attitude), the suggestions in the article would benefit workers and businesses. But generally speaking, yes, Brookings drinks deeply from the neoliberal coolaid.
I'm a software engineer and it's my favorite GUI available for Linux. I've used all the hip things like Xmonad, dwm (for a long time), XFCE (for a very long time), Gnome 2 and 3, KDE 4 and 5, i3 (which I still like a lot), et cetera.

I still prefer Unity nowadays. It's simple, it's fast and stable (at least for me), and it reminds me of OS X (which I also like).

Everyone who runs Linux at my job uses it. No one had to be taught how to use it. No one has had any issues with it or complains about it. It just gets the job done.

I totally get that not everyone likes it, but Canonical is targeting a general audience and I think they're doing a good job. If you don't like it, just apt-get something else. It doesn't need to be super customizable and cater to everyone. Let them focus on their core features for their primary audience.
You are making generalisations so broad that it is impossible to understand what you are even talking about. Rank and file means how many tens of millions of people exactly ? And since when did they all speak with one voice ?
Ask HN: What type of compensation for 'Technology Adviser' type role?
Hi,

-=My Background=-

- Software developer manager with 14 years experience in multiple software companies/roles.

-=Situation background=-

- For the past 6 - 8 months I've been in contact with a person who owns a company, giving some tech advice, thoughts, advice.

- Company has been around for a year or 2.

- They already have tech in place but is outsourced and the founder is non-technical; so honestly they are not sure if they have good software/are paying the right price etc.

- We've probably had contact 4-5 times.

- No payment or contract; although there has been vague talk of that in the future.

- I am perfectly happy with the chats we've had and it being casual/relationship building at the moment.

- I quite enjoy the market the company is in and like the idea of some kind of more formal advisory role going forwards.

-=Question=-

- What's the normal way in which compensation for this kind of role is handled? (It would be outside of my normal fulltime job). Some kind of retainer? A slice of equity? A nominal salary? Starbucks gift card....

- I'm not pressing hard for a position/role but would like to have my ducks in a row incase the conversation presents itself.

Thanks
The idea that people will stop working without the constant threat of total destitution lingering on the periphery, is so totally ingrained into the American psyche that it isn't even worth mentioning.
Very presumptuous article, not that that's new. When I paid my $100 several years ago I hoped and expected that my data would be sold of as many times as possible. So much more good can come of it than bad.

Insurance companies can and do insist on health checks before they insure you, unless prevented by legislation. This is not new.
My first thought on $20k Bootcamp - anyone out there want to start a bootcamp??

Seriously, looking through the syllabus it is a lot to cover; and if you learn it well through their method (and if employers also believe in it) I can see it might be worth it. But I doubt it. It is a pretty big promise.
Actually no, historically large percentages of the population (whatever their sexuality), especially the male population, did not marry as it was very expensive to start their own household. That's one reason why so many gifts were traditionally given for weddings. Though you do have a point WRT divorce being very uncommon.
I've been skeptically positive towards UBI, but this sounds like a real problem with UBI, to me. Do you think there is merit to this concern?
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This is the programming equivalent of a food blog post (technical details interspersed with what's happening in the author's life). It's great and I think there should be more of it!
Indeed, it may be that having a highly centralized city, and a cultural hub, go together. I live in a mid sized town in the Midwest where there is a fair amount of demand for living in the central neighborhoods -- people ranging from hipsters to retirees, and also a lot of culture.

I use a lot of those amenities. Music is a huge part of my life. I'm a performing jazz musician. My kids participate in the youth symphony. We attend classical music concerts together. (Yeah, my kids are weird). I'd have a very hard time living in a culture desert, and would probably not want to live in the US at all unless it's in one of a very short list of cities.
This might be of interest as well: http://pypi.compgeom.com
But if you assume UBI as a part of a package deal which includes tax reform and changes to minimum wage then it's much harder to write it off as clearly unviable.
If you create a screencast I assume you give it your best. Look at the typing skills demonstrated in the screencast accompanying this project, https://asciinema.org/a/90r2i9bq8po03nazhqtsifksb

Judging from the screencast he use around 10 seconds per line. That would be, (10s * 1000 loc)/3600 = 2.7 hours just to type 1000 lines of code. Programming is of course not typing, but a mental activity first and foremost. Let's say he is incredible smart [1] and helped by copy and past, so on average he uses 90 seconds to program one line. That is, 25 hours. Of course it will take a few days to create a 1000 line C program that does anything useful.

And of course I know that "a few hours" is just something one say to look cool. I just don't think it is cool.

1. His naive redlock and following discussion on HN a while ago was not convincing, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11065933
Interestingly, this was probably due chiefly to observer bias. Serious Eats tested whether or not "better" eggs tasted better[1], and came to two conclusions: any perceived improvement in flavor is due exclusively to a darker yolk color and to the belief that the eggs come from a high-quality source.

They did a similar test with mexicoke[2] which produced a similar conclusion. People prefer coke in glass bottles, and they prefer coke that they believe was made with real sugar. When both of those variables are controlled for, they actually prefer HFCS coke.

That said, we never actually eat our food double-blind so even if any perceived difference in flavor is due only to observer bias, it's still important! After all, the whole point is to please the "observer".

This also isn't to discount the difference between low and high quality versions of other foods. Grocery store tomatoes (beefsteak mostly), for example, were bred almost exclusively for shelf life and transportability, with flavor suffering as a result.

[1] http://m.seriouseats.com/2010/08/what-are-the-best-eggs-cage...
[2] http://m.drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/09/the-food-lab-drinks-...
This. Oh so much this. The more I learn about how the world works, the more I am amazed and horrified by the creative and subtle ways that humans come up with to coerce other humans into doing their bidding without realizing that they are being coerced. (Donald Trump is a master of this game!)
There are good bootcamps and bad bootcamps. The best I've seen so far are Dev Bootcamp and Flatiron. They both have a ton of class time and teach both Ruby and JS.
How much would it cost to provide universal basic income to the US?
FUD /fəd/ noun
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If they're unremarkable, perhaps not...
I don't want to give out URLs and names in a public forum, but I've started several 6-figure online businesses in different segments over the years. The one I'm focusing on now does about $400k/year in profit and I only have to put in about 5 hours per week, I'm basically retired at this point.

I'm brimming with ideas - really good ideas, but I don't want to pursue them without dedicated partners. I want to build great products foremost, the money follows naturally.

We can talk privately if you think there's an opportunity here.
I seriously doubt a boot camp will get you a 100k job if you aren't already qualified
This part appears to be pure FUD.

Welcome to economics, a modern form of astrology where politicians ask their friends if "the math" can support a position. Of course it can, if the economist wants it to.
Economic is a social science, it's subject to people's opinions and interpretations. There are economists today (at the PhD level) who will look you in the eye and tell you recessions don't exist. Not mainstream, but not also not a "quack theory". UBI for most people is just another label for welfare.

I agree with the premise that most people don't quite understand how much automations will eventually disrupt the entire labor force.
Gradle Mirror Script
If your strategy for employing labor includes anything other than the monetary recouperation for someone's time then your entire labor strategy is perverse.
While I'm in favor of UBI (though preferably after smaller-scale experiments and careful study), this survey of economists about one version of UBI did give me pause:

http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/poll-re...
try this one:
https://github.com/cmcneil/board-yet/blob/master/model/item2...
Can you clarify the question? It sounds like you think UBI's problem is that it removes the "continual supply of low-paid unskilled workers [the businesses] want".
Just out of curiosity, where can I see what Notch can do in a few hours of code? Is there some screencast of him coding?
Robbers use popular Pokemon Go game to lure in victims
Thank you, that was very interesting.
It's not a real threat, because as UBI is slowly ratcheted up to actually be a livable wage automation will replace all of that unskilled labor. If we instituted a UBI right now it might be something really low, like maybe $200/mo. A person might work fewer hours at their shitty no-skill low wage job, but they aren't going to quit.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12061261

And many other submissions on this topic:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12064992
I'm confused. You posted this exact same post, with a different Medium link to the exact same story, a month ago. You've also been answering your own questions about negative reviews of Hack Reactor on Quora.

I can't help but feel you're holding some insane grudge against the program that you can't let go. Why is that? We're both alums from the same program, I got so much more out of it than what you're claiming was actually delivered in your post.
Kudos, its pretty rare to do so.
The bootcamp in question has it on their website:

http://www.hackreactor.com/average-graduate-salary/
Integrated offerings from Intel have always been substandard.

Claiming someone can make due with 30fps in a competitve fps shows a glaring level of ignorance from the author.

Can you play with 30fps? Yes. You can also play with a blindfold on and a hand tied behind your back. Given the choice, why play at a distinct, undeniable disadvantage?
Being incredibly popular with consumers and the public will do that for you.
One reason for overdose is that dealers increase the potency of their product by cutting it with Fentanyl, and other synthetic opioids.

These opiates, while easy to produce in a lab, are active in very small amounts (at the microgram level.)

As a result, if a batch of heroin isn't fully mixed, you end up with "hot spots" in some doses, where the fentanyl content is high enough to kill you.

This is how one of the first young women I met at university died. We grew apart, and one day she stopped responding to my text messages. A few days later I found out via Facebook.
Not at all. UBI is a cynical attempt to push people into even more if casual gig jobs that are en vogue right now.

UBI lets you subsist so that you're free to drop off my groceries for beer money.

All of the other unicorn bullshit (automation will free us from want, etc) is the 2016 equivalent of the 1956 flying car or magical gourmet microwave dinner.
The problem is that it also is in conflict with many anti-price gouging laws on the books. But we're talking about Uber, so who really cares about laws.
I have not read the entire thing, but skimming I found references to math and an "amazing system", so, are you Stephen Wolfram?
Only if you think businesses that rely on extremely low wages in order to be profitable deserve to exist.

Frankly if the only way you can make widgets is to pay your widget-makers just enough so that they don't die, or perhaps less, then in my opinion society should reconsider how valuable it considers widgets to be, or at least whether someone else can make widgets more efficiently.
Is anyone really surprised? There's almost no political support for a universal basic income in the United States. Hopefully that will change someday, but it's not happening any time soon.
lol? sure pal
More importantly politicians rely on being able to selectively dole out support and money and a UBI would take away that ability and thereby a lot of the direct influence over segments of society.

If anything I am quite sure businesses would be more than happy with UBI because they would not get people who HAD TO TAKE THAT JOB and instead people who took it because they wanted it. A UBI would never be high enough to allow you to skip work unless it also provide absolute basic housing too and food.
It would vary by locality. I'm guessing the figure should be such that you could afford rent (1 bedroom, worst part of town) and food off it.
Given the FBI's interest in Tor, pretty obvious Tor users are targets.
Maybe. I think they should stop calling it a bootcamp and simply refer to it as a technical degree in software. People might take it more seriously.
Seems like a nice piece of progress (if we can keep it continuing, instead of letting it die off again) that the idea is getting this much play in public to start with, compared to two years ago.

Don't be too upset that people aren't sold right now, just keep pushing the conversation forward.
It's pretty annoying when the discussion here revolves around the title of the article, and then the admins go and change the title on HN.

Stop doing that.
The problem with that logic is that nobody knows the speed with which cancer multiplies.

Even if you got checks down to three months (which no insurance would cover), it would still be like finding a fetus growing inside your colon but too bad it already pierced into other organs because there is no room for fetuses to grow there

The fetus analogy practical because many women don't figure out that are pregnant in the first trimester.
The only way you get the money is by sending war and shuttering the military police industrial complex. You don't need new taxes what does it cost to run thousands of bases and run multiple wars at the same time for over a decade. There's plenty of money for UBI if we reorganize society away from violence.