skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One thing I don't like about SOA is that an error does not have a full stack trace. I know Zipkin exists but it's nowhere close to what we had in a monolithic app where you could just put a breakpoint and trace back to where exactly an error is thrown.

If we can find a way of running a giant monolithic app in development and production environment without vertically scaling our machines, I would rather have that.

Every bug I'm working on is like a mystery that I have to hop to many services to find what's going.

I also think HTTP is the worst protocol for apps to talk to each other.
It's backreference free. Backtracking to process it is just bad design.

Here's a state machine that recognizes /^.*\s+$/:

1: initial state (non-matching)

2: matching state

all states transition to 2 on \s, and to 1 on \S. Done.

Taking this a little further, we can observe that since the transition table is identical for every state, there's no real need to have states at all -- you get the same effect by just checking the last character.
It only takes two shows that run on different networks. Running popular shows in conflicting time slots was a common strategy to retain viewer share, especially before the VCR was widespread.
Birkenstock quits Amazon in US after counterfeit surge
> We expect that worldwide regulatory approval will require something on the order of 6 billion miles (10 billion km). Current fleet learning is happening at just over 3 million miles (5 million km) per day.

This seems very significant for Tesla vs competitors. Yes Google has a strong technology lead today, but how long will that last when Tesla is collecting more miles of data every day than Google has collected in 5 years? (Sincere question) Not to mention Apple and existing car vendors, who each have 0 million miles of experience.

Tesla should reach 6 billion miles very quickly once the model 3 is out.
Natural counter to the people who worship at the feet of their god king musk.
I was hoping that the title would be a pun on the phrase "Stick a fork in her, she's done." I was a bit disappointed given such a prime opportunity for a pun.
He has to say "something"
It's almost as if he's delivered on everything he promised while running the two most difficult companies in America simultaneously!

"We'll never have reusable rockets, what a joke..."
Thanks for searching this. On the first link I only found one US citizen though.
> What do you think "you" are exactly?

A durable process, running on a human brain, that refers to itself in the first person singular and has a nasty habit of assuming it's the whole point of the exercise. (And which does something like checkpointing so that, when it crashes and comes back up, it can restore some state and pretend it's the same
process as it was at last checkpoint.)

This process can be impaired or disabled entirely, whether permanently by brain lesions or temporarily by transcranial magnetic stimulation. "I" can be made to believe it is dead, or to cease functioning entirely. Curiously, this does not result in the state commonly described as "unconsciousness" - itself a telling choice of name. Humans in this state remain aware of their environments and exhibit executive and cognitive function. While cognition is often somewhat deranged and maintenance of the body lacking, the possibility is quite real that humans can, and perhaps do, function perfectly well without any self-awareness whatsoever.

I find this idea disquieting, but then of course I would, because it suggests "I" am far from the irreducible essence "I" like to imagine "myself" to be, and indeed this body might function more to both its own benefit and that of society if "I" did not exist at all.

The instinct toward self-preservation appears to inhere in consciousness as well as in the organism entire, so of course it makes sense that consciousnesses should fancy the idea of preserving their existence, even as copies with no ongoing continuity of identity past the point of duplication, at a frankly astonishing resource investment with its concomitant opportunity cost. Nonexistence is after all the ultimate terror for something whose most fundamental verity is the basically egotistical axiom that it exists. But the very fact that this idea of self-preservation at ruinous cost seems other than prima facie absurd to consciousness is in itself perhaps evidence that consciousness is maladaptive.
I'm excited, skeptical, and interested all at once.

When the hackers leave, who's going to end up doing maintenance on these projects? It's not unusual for a gov't developer to work on a project just long enough to be productive, only to have them leave for greener pastures (often a promotion or relocation). In this case, most will want to stop suffering at lower salary and go back to SV. So it seems like it's going to be USDS holding the bag; unless there's a solid plan to transition the workload back to the VA (either organic or contractor), then USDS will have to maintain every project they start (forever).

On the other hand, I bet there are more than a couple good developers within the VA that would love to take over the projects, if only there were a permanent position they could do it from. Why can't Ash Carter set up more permanent positions?

Worst case scenario, a new President comes in and sunsets USDS, requiring VA to maintain the workload. VA balks, they hand it to Deloitte/BAH/etc, and we're back to square one.

Best case scenario, USDS build quality solutions that last decades and can become the next legacy system that VA builds on. And maybe USDS (if it's still around) can re-revamp the system, etc etc.

Also, I really don't understand the lobbyist's angle on open source: isn't all code written by a federal employee already in the public domain? (with obvious exceptions re: security etc)
A) if you and your contact knows that a channel is compromised, you'll be able to adapt if needed. But if one thinks it is safe, the other don't care about its safeness and it happens to be a compromised channel, the first guy might be in trouble. (B) If the default option was something architecturally safer (like encrypted decentralized mail), they would be able to trust it without need to fully trust the other parts envolved (contact and service).
One of the authors here- let me know if you have any questions about the book (or TensorFlow in general)!
All methods are not as good as having a soft king size quilt like: http://www.crazysales.com.au/king-size-quilts/ that keeps your warm and snug.
Yeah this is so awesome. SWEET!
I hear about bus drivers and truck drivers getting into accidents due to drowsiness enough that it's a constant worry whenever I'm on the highway next to one. I wonder if I'd feel safer if i saw a Tesla Semi knowing that were wasn't a human behind the wheel.

Should autonomous vehicles be identified as such (special lights or label) so that real humans can know not to be erratic around it?
Where do you think you are, right now?
I didn't understand what enables them to get rid of aisles inside buses? People still need to reach their seats right?
one day later, Looks like all the naysayers were wrong.

only one block remained on the old fork.

I'm glad I bought in when I did, during all this FUD. I'll be making a killing now.
Not necessarily. It might merely reflect a too-narrow definition of broadcast baked into current assumptions. Right now SETI is looking for its lost keys near a street lamp, because "that is where the light is". Not to fault that approach, but I would not make any larger inferences about their lack of success.
The point I'm making is that the cuteness is not determined by their desire to kill, it's their appearance and style that makes them cute.

If being a predator was a deciding factor in making them cute, then other predators would automatically be cute too. Perhaps you think all animals are cute, but I don't think of sharks, snakes, crocodiles, etc... as cute.

In other words, IMO it's not what they do that makes an animal cute, it's the way that they do it (and/or their appearance).
Pushing and pulling goals
> it makes it harder for the average consumer to pirate.

How diehard do you have to be to type "Best torrent sites" into google?
> "When used correctly, [partially autonomous driving] is already significantly safer than a person driving by themselves"

If you're an American, you're twice as likely to die with a steering wheel in your hands as you are to die at the hands of a murderer. Human-driven vehicle deaths cause grave second-order suffering for families and friends - and hurt the economy.

A shift to technologies safer than human-driven cars would dramatically reduce human suffering and should be welcomed.

I do wonder, though, how this would reshape our cities - if we're not careful. Besides direct costs for the car, fuel, and maintenance, the main disincentive to driving is how damn boring it is. What happens when we turn fully-autonomous vehicles into luxury entertainment centers? I suspect that, if we're not smart about this shift, we could see wild sprawl on a scale that would dwarf the mid-20th century sprawl we saw in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

On the whole, though, it's a beautiful thing.
Tesla's other advantage is a global fleet that is actively logging millions of real-world miles a day. I don't think that can be understated at this stage.
I hope I will live to use that bus, which won't be handled by driver, who thinks that he is god in the bus and can do whatever he wants while he has steering wheel in his hands. i hope, this will bring few things which will improve my commute:

- on time performance (I'm yet to leave bus stop in the morning on-time after about 10 years -- bus is always late);
- less traffic in the bus terminal, where drives always make wrong assumption and create traffic where it could have been avoided;
- safer commute (not that it isn't safe enough now, but there are drivers who prefer driving way too fast).

Oh well, this is only dreams.
I also think that Tesla will have an easier time acquiring top talent in both the autonomy software and manufacturing. Uber/Google have to partner with Old Guard automotive companies.
Microsoft shoots across the bow of Patio11 with booking and reminder service
Your example takes this form:

<someone> couldn't <X> even if <Y>.

That structure only works when Y makes doing X easier. But you've filled in something that makes it harder. You're so caught up in insulting people that you seem to have forgotten how.
how many miles of data has googled accumulated is a unanswered question. Also does that mean 6B miles combining all autonomous vehicle manufacturers?
> Traffic congestion would improve due to increased passenger areal density by eliminating the center aisle and putting seats where there are currently entryways

I don't see how automation reduces the need to get on the bus.
Where has he mentioned semis or buses? I thought I had been paying close attention.
But with Tesla's open policies, such as open sourcing all their patents, maybe they will happily supply Uber with all the self driving cars Uber might want, plus the API's to remotely control them?
Master Plan, Part Trois:

Solar-powered, autonomous spacecraft.
I love how, 15 hours later, you were proven to be so very wrong, and even the bitcoin people are now taking Ethereum's lead.

Yes, it's epicaricacy. Yes, it's warranted.
A lot of the kickstarter books I get end up being printed in China.
There are ways to "launder" the payments. Could use JoinMarket to tumble the funds to a decent extent.

Could also send the BTC to shapeshift.io and convert it to Monero and then convert it back to Bitcoin at xmr.to.

I am really shocked they had an advertiser pay to a bank account, especially one in the owners name. It's a huge OpSec mistake.
Isn't that what bitcoin tumblers are for?
Forgive me if this is a silly question but when he talks about "beautiful solar-roof-with-battery", is he talking about car roofs or roofs of buildings?

An electric car with a solar roof that charges all day would be pretty cool.
Exactly. That's why in Denver you see lots of old houses getting purchased only for their land, torn down, and then a new $800k house in their place.
I'm sorry, I've read/watched every interview or press release or tweet he's given in the past 5 years. I couldn't tell you exactly where individual bits came from.
It's that the motorcycle is much heavier. You need to countersteer first to get the wheels out from under the center of mass of the motorcycle, in order to initiate the lean in the opposite direction. A bicycle is much lighter so you muscle it around more solely by moving your body, which significantly outmasses the bike.
I know it's from big, scary government, but why would they ask a few yes/no questions without requiring any sort of detail? A high school newspaper could do a better investigation.

Dear Congresspeople Pallone, DeGette, and Schakowsky,

Thank you for reaching out to us. I hope this response reaches you before the August 9, 2016, deadline.

1. Yes
2. No
3. No
4. No

Kind regards,
Niantic.
Knockout always gets forgotten :(

I've found it to be very performant on mobile, provided you avoid a few gotchas.
Are there any more details on the factory factory? I didn't understand that part.
> Should autonomous vehicles be identified as such (special lights or label) so that real humans can know not to be erratic around it?

Great idea. Would do wonders for marketing the capabilities too.
MLB is welcome to give up their antitrust exemption if they want Congress not to meddle.
Yes, they did. An inherent tradeoff between mids and bass has to be made to prevent the needle skipping, too. A great example is if you go listen to roots or dub reggae, like Barrington Levy - mids are sucked in to accommodate the huge bass, and the treble is pushed up to compensate for the resultant lack of clarity/character.

Needle skipping is also the original reason for mid/side (or in old terms, lateral/vertical) style processing - in a stereo record groove, anything mono is equal on both sides, hence in the 'mid(dle)' of the mix. Anything panned is more prominent on one side than another. Compressing the mid and side differently allows you to maximise the stereo-ness of the record without as much effect on the overall mix, and without throwing the needle off to the side. When multi-channel recordings first came out, they originally mixed different instruments to different channels instead of trying to create a cohesive single image. It was basically between headphones and the quest for loudness that engineers found that you can get 'more' out of the record with a (now-traditional) centre-focused mix.
We should always be thoughtful and critical of ideas regardless from whom they are coming, but autonomously landed first stage rocket boosters returning from orbit is a _big_ fucking deal. There may be some blind worship, but we are not talking about a charlatan here.
I don't think they should be identified. Look how drivers treat learners of they're marked - the marking are supposed to indicate 'this driver is inexperienced, be patient and expect them to do the wrong thing' but people treat it as 'please tailgate and honk until they stop out of fear'
I feel like there must have been a few pages left off the beginning and this whole post was a summary of an article that doesn't exist. I guess that's just Elon Musk's train of thought.
This comment reminds me of the various (likely apocryphal) laws when cars were still new and shared the road with cars.

Cars we considered the new weird thing that needed to take special steps to not spook horses or their riders/drivers.

Now, of course, the situation is reversed and horses often are required to have special visibility gear to be seen more clearly by cars.

So, perhaps in the future there will be some sort of indicator light that turns on when the idiot driver turns on manual driving mode so you (edit, or your car!) can give them a wide berth.
A distributed blockchain sounds right. Now imagine that "mining" for this blockhchain is serving torrents, and you have to spend currency to download. The currency can be sold for monetary currency (e.g. dollars or bitcoin), so leechers could pay seeders.
> It's almost as if he's delivered on everything he promised

hasn't Tesla repeatedly missed price points and delivery dates.

Or are those not promises.

I actually think most of what he is talking about is pretty doable. The ones I'm skeptical of are his talk about the massive factory improvements (in a few years too?) and the magic buses with no aisles or entrances.

By what measure are Tesla and SpaceX the "two most difficult companies in America"
less than 13 hours later, your viewpoint was proven correct.

The rule of HN and cryptocurrencies seems to be, look what the majority is saying, then do the exact opposite.
Maybe that would be a good thing? Without need for parking, commercial districts could get denser and denser, and people could have nice large homes far away for cheaper than ever. If the cars aren't causing pollution or gridlock, what's so bad about living in the suburbs?
The buses could have falcon wing doors, just like the Model X: http://i.imgur.com/40o2Uvd.jpg
Actually aircraft could be a very real possibility of you read up on his ideas.
Parking becomes mostly obsolete, freeing up huge amounts of central city areas.
Many horrible things have been done by democratically-elected governments. In my own country, slavery was actively promoted while we were still one of the world's few "democracies". And as we've seen in more modern times in Iraq and the Balkans, democracy and war-torn ethnically-divided territories do not always work well together.

When I was younger, I thought of democracy as the end-all and be-all of political philosophies, since that the progressive march toward of the perfection of democracy is what was emphasized in school. As an adult, I've come to believe that a nation's true value is in to the extent it promotes the liberty and welfare of all its inhabitants, including minorities.

By this metric, my country, the United States, often viewed as one of the world's "great democracies", is doing relatively poorly.
Buildings. A car roof isn't enough area and isn't pointed in the right direction.
Fractal – High quality crowdsourced search e.g. on Fund Raising
Examples would make this a lot more interesting. Don't just say "you can query for events with email foo@bar.com", show me the operators!
Where are there colons in Unix, other than as separators in /etc/passwd, PATH, termcap entries and such?

Berners-Lee may have gotten http: from volume naming in the classic MacOS or Amiga, or other systems.

In Unix, devices were always actual bindings in the filesystem space.
It's interesting that they portray self-driving capabilities as something that can be turned on or off, unlike Google's where it's just always on.

I think in the long run Google might be building the correct solution for greater number of people.
Well that would be the case if Demographics and birthrates supported that. The Boomers were the largest generation by births Gen X was much smaller and the only reason there are more Millenials than Boomers at the moment is immigration and some of the Boomers have died off. Birthrates at or below replacement level in most of the developed world for the last 40 years are begging to show their consequence, the problems will grow over the next few decades as Demographics take hold. As of this year more people are dying in the EU every year than are born, Japan has been mired in this for years and China will see the problem as well as their working age population is in decline.
Buildings.
Google actually publishes stats on their self-driving cars. They're currently just shy of three million miles in the last seven years, only some of which are from autonomous mode: https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en...
I'm curious to hear about mithril 1 versus infernojs, inferno looks like it benches well but did you guys try it out on a real project? Miithril is interesting because its endorsed by the FSF. React is interesting because it has a huge community now, but it is also concerned with backwards compatibility with older browsers and they seem not so concerned about good mobile performance as the assumption seems to be you should use react native for mobile, however if you're developing for web audio that doesn't help.
bitcoins main market is speculative investment, its a good hedge against inflation
When this year I came back from Dockercon I immediately wanted to write something very similar to what this article describes. I wanted to imagine a world where Containers and Microservices were part of the past already, and so I wrote "DockerCon 2020" [1] and how it will look like.

[1] https://medium.com/@sinzone/dockercon-2020-a513ed04eefb#.rbz...
I've read a fair share of criticisms against Tesla, and many of them are founded on solid points.

However, in the grand scheme of things, this really does seem like I am watching history unfold. I don't know if I've ever truly believed the "grand mission statement" of a company before so much as I do Tesla's. Mostly because, when it has come down to it, Musk has proved that he really means it. Silicon Valley has made the joke a billion times of start-ups saying they're trying "To make the world a better place." The difference with Tesla (and probably also SpaceX) is that if they succeed, it seems they really will make the world a better place. ..and probably cement Musk a pretty good paragraph in the history books, it seems.
Those linux gurus are getting website experience from daily use.

The point was that you could be a linux guru who doesn't get daily use, then you wouldn't have those skills despite being a linux guru.
For the screwed up constitution that Castro established it was perfectly genuine and legal. You have to remember that everything that was done in Nazi Germany was legal.

Being legal or coming from the State is orthogonal (means nothing) to being moral.
I'm not seeing it. That seems like a lot of doors to build.
In what kind of situation would a proof need to be reproduced?
That clicked when he talked about Tesla Semi. A roof installation on the trailer would make sense and might generate a 'useful' amount of power.
Time and resources well spent, glad we have our priorities in order. Maybe Hollywood actually runs the country and not the banks and corporations, ahh, ahh, I mean elected officials of the government.
You are ignoring a few factors. The knowledge on how interpret the results intelligently, the likely feeling of discomfort or danger of viruses, confusion about which torrent client to use, etc..
I was hoping to see another zero to one approach with the master plan where he is taking on some other industry goal. I totally get that part deux is still very, very ambitious and one that no other company can truly realize. But if we're just talking about Musk's master plan, I'm curious why he didn't talk about the synergies with his other company, SpaceX. Tesla and SpaceX both rely on vehicles & transport while SpaceX and Solar City both revolve around innovation in energy/physics. I'm wondering if Tesla's mission/vision will dwarf SolarCity's when solar harvesting in space could be one of many opportunities to partner with SpaceX. /rant
AbstractTeslaIndustry is my personal convention in this case.
Very interesting. It seems he got busted by making the mistake of once-upon-a-time hosting in the US and Canada, thus providing them grounds for persecution.

So reading in that context, they would have been free and clear if it were not for that mistake!
Not if it's a trailer.
> Enable your car to make money for you when you aren't using it

I really like this, but the laws of supply and demand still apply. If you live in a sparsely populated area there's not going to be much for your car to do.

Great for those in urban centres, but then if you lived there why bother owning at all when there will be more cabs to hail?