skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
When my mother was a little girl, she traveled with her grandmother across the country, probably 1958 or so. They stopped at a gas station. My mother went in the "wrong" bathroom. It created an awkward situation.

The post ww2 boom had some wonderful effects. There were, and still are some ugly aspects to that time that are easy to gloss over. IIRC, it wasn't legally possible to rape a spouse. The Cuyahoga River was so polluted it would catch on fire, the largest in 1952.

There were some very ugly parts to that time. if you weren't a white man with a good job, i think it was pretty rough. The nostalgic view tends to wash away those ugly parts.

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This is probably a harsher reply than was warrented by your question, but... it's easy to be misty eyed about that time. I wasn't around, but i think it sucked for a lot of people.
As a stats guy, that's actually been a thing that stops me participating in many of these comps.

The leader board for many of the tasks actually end up being either statistically the same (which means where you finish in the top N will have a significant random factor assuming you actually know what you're doing ink the first place).

The second is that it's also common for the top places to game the structure of the data or overfit to the particular data or training set.

Good for competition :)

But bad data science :(
So UAE is “not a ‘bad’ place” for people whose definition of “fun” does not include premarital sex, alcohol consumption, kissing in public, adultery, blasphemy, homosexual sex, criticizing rulers … may I ask, what do they do then?
Seems like the plastic wrap they do at intl airports is a much more effective measure than tsa locks.
Definitely, but according to one of the linked articles, the goal of the project was to demonstrate why key escrow is broken in general, not just these locks:

http://livestream.com/internetsociety/hopeconf/videos/130717...
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Ah thanks; Cargo always passes the flag for each, I guess it's just being extra-explicit.

(And that doesn't change the main point, which is that you could still be explicit about what deps you're including)
I lived by the DMZ for a couple of years in the mid-90s, and being an outdoorsy type, I did some hiking in the hills around Soyo-San, Inchon, and other spots. It's amazing how much the war changed the landscape, even decades later. At the time you couldn't find a single tree more than five or six inches wide, and all of the hills are crisscrosses with old trenches, etc. Inside the DMZ is supposedly a little bit more wild, and there are supposed to be some actual old-growth trees on the north side, but I doubt any westerner could get there to see them. If the North Korean government ever folds, it's right near the top of my bucket list to go take a look, though.
You going to base an entire argument on one example?
Some drop shippers also do repackaging, which is probably the keyword you're after.
> SysOps folks keep the site up, but once you start hitting >99% reliability, throwing more money at sysops isn't going to increase revenue.

Which is why SRE evolved from ad driven sites like google -- all uptime is worth money.
And notably, C++11 actually moves in this direction, standardizing things like smart pointers [0][1]. It's a very smart move for Rust. Core or near-core library wars in the early days of adoption of a language leads to duplication of effort, and for those invested in seeing Rust gain a set of libraries to rival other languages, this is a great thing.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B11#C.2B.2B_standard_lib...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_pointer#unique_ptr
This is a good point. So I looked up some Twitter financials.

In 2015 they posted a Net Income of -$521.03M and EBITDA of -$137.21M.

I don't exactly understand how those two numbers can differ so much, but either way they're pretttty bad.
Russia is no more of a "corrupt shitty regime" than your own. So maybe, just maybe, you should focus on constructive criticism of your own country instead of offending others, hmmm? After more than 60 years of anti-Russian propaganda I am not quite surprised that most Americans take every opportunity to jab at or feel somehow morally or otherwise superior to Russia and Russians, yet you would be surprised just how opposite and rather humane most Russians think of Americans and the States... and not because of some God given right of American righteousness and superiority, or some Russian inferiority complex.

So cut it with the anti-Russian nonsense.
Do you realize that a big part of Twitter, for a lot of people, is making connections with different groups? I've made multiple friends on Twitter, people I now know and talk to through other channels (as well as Twitter). Even aside from those friends, I have had many conversations with people I don't follow and who don't follow me about issues--interesting ones that, in your weird little world, simply wouldn't happen because instead of fixing the problem of superannuated juveniles who have nothing better to do than blow up your phone with guro and death threats, you offer complete non-solutions to begin with.

But, then. "Crybullies." Res ipsa loquitur.
Pre-industrialisation I fear you would have not had the leisure time to read Epicurean, and even if you had, you would not have been able to afford the book and frankly even if you got a copy no-one would have bothered to teach you to read.

The vast wealth generated by harnessing steam, oil and electricity has meant universal education is possible - I doubt that 95% of HN or Silicon Valley would be literate without it.

I just cannot see your argument as anything but a retread of "only those with money, think money is not important"
Given the quality of today's wireless audio devices, and the slowdown in Moore's law, I don't see any replacement for the venerable headphone jack. Like TCP, it's a solved problem.
BINGO.
tl;dr sprayed pasteurized milk into a high pressure vessel with an oscillating, sub-pasteurization temperature, for a fraction of a second. Kills most bacteria, preserves taste. Milk lasts for 5 weeks, unopened.
zwetan is talking about the hosts for the compiler, i.e. the things that run tsc.js
Yah—Chief Compliance Officer.
I'm in the same boat, rented for my first year back in the bay after living in Seattle for a number of years and my landlord wouldn't let me sign another year long lease(meaning, I'm going to get booted sometime sooner). I just bought a home in Pleasanton and I'll be taking a shuttle to my office(everything in the south bay seems to have them). And, if I change jobs I can make it into SF on bart.
As I mentioned in a sibling comment, a big part of Twitter for me is meeting new people. Not only have I had good, thought-provoking conversations on Twitter (for all the 140-characters jokes I don't find it that difficult) but I've made friends who are now RL, in-person, at-the-bar-on-Fridays friends there. That doesn't happen when you're blocking external folks in that way, and that's a bad tradeoff to make just because "well, those people are dicks, we can't control them, emojishrug!".
Definitely stay away from the comments on any article specifically about ads/ad blocking/content site monetisation haha. This guy isn't alone.
7.5x on average for acquizition. I found an article by TC that answered my question: https://techcrunch.com/2013/12/14/crunchbase-reveals-the-ave...
Says the person using a throwaway account. So brave. May as well consider you an alt-coward, since you'll insinuate connection with the alt-right. Tit for tat, buddy.
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that was a bad choice of words from my end. Sorry.

By "have fun", I meant - go around, visit places, hang out with friends, shop etc.
While I am personally not aware of premarital sex, alcohol consumption is fine (as long as you have a licence, and do it indoors)

kissing in public, adultery, blasphemy, homosexual sex, criticizing rulers - yep, all these are big no-nos.
It was memorable. I'm not sure it taught me how to interview better, but it have me a first-hand glimpse of elements I will integrate into my company/team the first chance I get to run one.

In spite of its flaws (which company doesn't have flaws?), Bridgewater is an exceptional company.
Colored zip ties are even better because the TSA won't have those at hand even if they bother. Or use tamper evident stickers to fasten the "tail" of the zip tie to the suitcase (search eBay for numbered, hologram tamper evident seals). This doesn't interfere with TSA but makes any intrusion painfully evident. And the trick where they use a ball pen to open the zippers, if the counterpiece is fastened to the suitcase, it's harder / impossible to close it back.
One of the common mantras I've heard among Rust core devs is "std is where code goes to die". Where do you feel the line should be drawn between standard lib and external libraries?
A billion devices with heavy lock-in, reduced feature sets, and no alternative for OS updates sounds pretty darn anti-consumer. Even in this thread, commenters are having to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find uses for their old iPhones.
When I'm reading to learn, I take notes - and if I get through a chapter or two without taking any notes I will probably abandon the book.
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Rust is the language itself. The platform in this context is the standard libraries you use for things like string manipulation, network connections, etc.
I just can't tell anymore. Everything I read is so bizarre that I'm convinced it's just people messing with us. I'm probably being too charitable.
That trick does not work with paired zippers that are also locked in parallel with the luggage handle.

http://thewirecutter5.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/upl...

https://www.amazon.com/Travel-Accessories-Lockdown-Triple-Se...
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That's a funny example you give. It started falling apart when you said:
"...He really is a serial killer! So your initial, "uninformed" vote was correct, and moreover correct for the right reasons..."

How is it correct for the right reasons? If I were to follow this "logic", then what you're saying is I should go with my first instinct, which has been molded and influenced by my own life experiences and by the people/community that I've interacted with.

What if that person was a radical xenophobe? will he be correct for the right reasons?
Unfortunately this result has little meaning since we still do not have a strong understanding of how brains work.
Having witnessed the growth of countless engineers, including myself, it comes down a personality trait as far as I can tell. Some people make their code and their products a huge component of their identity and it becomes very difficult for them to separate from it and maintain a health work-life balance. Inevitably leads to burn-out, ill tempers, delusions, and/or depression. I call it the Curse of Passion.

If a project is the majority of your identity, then it's hard to just "scale back" when you know their are issues that "nobody else would fix right" or "will make me look bad because it's my ultimate responsibility." Of course, the right thing to do is step away, recover, reflect, and come back, but it's easier said than done for some.
Perhaps there is information to which we are not privy. Wait, there's always information to which we, humans, are not privy.
Pedantically, the standard library (strings, basic networking, containers/collections, etc.) is already well defined and quite small. The Rust Platform idea seems more aimed at providing access to curated, stabilized versions of community-developed librares for common higher-level tasks (async I/O, serialization/deserialization, etc.).

Personally, I think that letting users (especially beginners) opt in to a larger set of starting libraries could be very beneficial for adoption.
ah derp. Proper units.

Too much time in the states with silly freedom units.
251K geolocated PokemonGo tweets detailing the phenomena from the beginning
What? The exploit works on the zipping teeth itself, not the moving thing that zips them together.
Please dont post affiliate/tracker links here. Its bad practice. Here is a non cookied Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/Travel-Accessories-Lockdown-Triple-Se...
Maybe a change in attitude? Stability can be a good thing. Go's standard library doesn't change that much, and that's a strength.

How about: "std is where code goes when it's done".

As is, really done. The API's won't need changing.
To make this more concrete, you're suggesting something like

[dependencies]
hyper = { metapackage = { rust-platform = "2.7" } }

I like the general theme of having the platform be just a set of known-compatible versions, but on the other hand this feels like it loses out on many of the ease-of-use advantages of just specifying a platform version and knowing that you have all the crates inside of it.
>Tesla also started from zero.

Yes they did, 15 years ago. Even with their deep pockets, Apple has a long way to go from zero to production.
That gets it opened, but not closed again; for that you need the slider to be free and not locked down to a fixed point.
But you can't zip the bag back up after tampering with it.
11, 21 and 103 respectively, according to this (table in the middle).
Yes because the Android manufacturers commitment to support and updates to their phones are so much better....
No this is a security exploit for one hypervisor. Qubes would still protect you for the most common exploits from your web browser or database . No security system is 100%
I try to stay away from the US after the story of John Kristoffer Larsgard. Due process, my ass.
I do the same. I've been using Password Safe for a long time and will continue to do so, big fan of it!
Some of us are actually quite aware of what's going on in Russia. It's true that the US is also very corrupt, and its populace is easily led into believing it has enemies everywhere, but there are qualitative differences, here are a few:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Magnitsky

http://imrussia.org/en/analysis/nation/2224-a-new-emigration...

The most substantive critics of Putin tend to reside in Russia, and they tend to have the most decisive evidence of corruption, while Americans' negative perceptions of Russia do tend to be based in ignorance. So that point is true, but saying that A is mistaken about why B is bad does not mean that B is actually great, nor does it follow that if A is bad, B isn't.
You are the one who said America is safe for all law-abiding citizens. One example invalidates your claim handily.
Security on bare metal OS is a hard problem.

Square or cube that to get an idea of security in virtualization.
Would be interesting as even natural borders are very different. I remeber South Africa (very straight coastline) vs Ireland (very fractal coastline) being used as an example for complexity in nature.
I also bought a house around 2004 with $0 down and actually received a $5000 check when I closed!
Perhaps you misunderstood me. I agree that meat in general, and beef in particular, is input intensive. What I'm saying is: so are fruits and leafy green vegetables.

Someone up above was saying that meat should be avoided because producing it is hard on the environment. What I'm saying is that targeting meat is targeting the wrong attribute. People should be targeting cost per calorie.

If you replace a meat-only diet with a fruit-only diet, it's more or less just as bad for the environment. Since meat and fruit cost about the same per calorie, they have about the same impact on the environment per calorie consumed, since the cost of food is a good proxy for the cost of the inputs to that food. (Yeah, I know cows emit a lot of methane; I'm aiming for a rule of thumb here.)
Rustup being the mechanism to install the Rust Platform does not mean that installing the Rust Platform is required to use Rustup. Rustup is an existing tool that installs Rust for you, and it's highly likely that you'll be able to use it in the future to install just Rust or to install the whole Rust Platform at your discretion.

> Is there a monetization scheme behind this? Does someone aspire to be the Canonical of the Rust ecosystem?

This seems like a complete non-sequitur. I have no idea what you're trying to suggest here.
> These consumer products are ‘peace of mind’ devices, not part of TSA’s aviation security regime. --TSA

In my opinion, the TSA itself is nothing more than a "peace of mind" device.
Even though I also try to stay away from the US, attitudes like these are in a different league: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bV710c1dgpU
One could argue that a properly implemented method of voting that involves computers in some capacity would decrease the chance of fraud, and allow voters to verify that their vote was counted. It could also allow more votes to be counted because it could immediately tell them their vote was invalid (how many hanging chads in Florida 2000?).

The problem is that we have companies like Diebold make this stuff. Companies that want to make a buck and cover their asses rather than make something secure and good for the people.
I would buy one if avaliable through Microsoft's online store as a crapware free signature edition.
Some security works by defeating access.

Some by evidencing it.

Seals and zipties help evidence access, though not perfectly as the many references to ballpoint defeats of zippers on this article show.
I remain skeptical. Tax records show the Ice Bucket Challenge was extremely profitable to organizers of the non-profit, so there is significant incentive to keep the PR machine going.
Part of the advantage for me is that dwm is written in C and pretty much it comes with no dependencies
In the Ruby world, very few people use the standard library because it's got so many flaws, and they can't be fixed. So you end up with Nokogiri rather than REXML, all the various HTTP libs rather than net/*, etc. So it just ends up being bytes sent over the wire, wasting disk and bandwidth...
well, http://www.zdnet.com/article/former-pentagon-analyst-china-h...
It serves the purpose of notifying you that TSA went through your luggage, as eridius pointed out.
I'm not concerned about Node on Chakra necessarily -- its developers are probably smart enough to avoid this issue; I'm concerned about applications running on Node on Chakra. Unless you avoid using __any__ non-standard behavior, Microsoft owns you.

Using Chakra is risky. There is a very real possibility that Microsoft will make developers regret trusting them. The only possible payoff is that maybe you need one less app instance. Maybe.

It's foolish to put you, your codebase, and your organization at risk for this.
So do you really think AOSP/CyanogenMod support on some phones is a better user experience than OTA updates by the actual OS provider? Every iPhone introduce since 2011 is still supported with OS updates.
That's orthogonal to what I said, which is that freedom of speech can be easily permitted if speech doesn't really have any consequences, e.g. if there aren't actually any popular movements that speech could stir up.

That's so whether those movements are against some right wing regime or some left wing regime (or generally left/right government establishment).

That said, I do believe that socialism is better than liberalism.

At least the former is an actual form of government, with a legacy and original thinkers going back to centuries, and practiced e.g. in Sweden, Denmark, Switcherland, Canada etc. for half a century or so (and with policies adopted all over the world in some form or another).

The latter is just some abstract doctrines based on protestant ideas that time after time lead to bad results (corporatism, every man for himself, broken social contracts, etc.) where it's overly practiced. Even U.S. itself in fact has been much more socialist than liberal for the most part.

Except if you mean "really existing socialism" a la Eastern Bloc, which where mostly post-war "colonies" of USSR.
Did j4kp07 edit his link? There's no affiliate tag in there.
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This is a good point. That some movement is happening is, unambiguously, a good thing. It demonstrates at least some recognition of the situation. Whether it's the right movement, or whether Twitter will consider it to be "enough" and stop, is still an open question.
Facebook always did and still looks super technical to me. It's not as visual as the average website. It has so many different windows/sections on every screen. And the settings portal has like 100 layers.
Yeah, well, I'll actually believe Wikipedia over Gramsci on the question of what Fascism is...
They recently pushed a video to people's timelines highlighting the search feature. I wonder if they made any improvements or if it was a marketing play.
The counterpoint being Python simplejson vs json. Most working Python developers I know try simplejson first (when they are not controlling dependencies in the environment) and fall back to stdlib json because simplejson got much faster as it evolved outside of the standard library[0]. Most who don't know this go the other way[1].

There are a number of counterpoints in Python, in fact, which epitomizes the "standard library is where code goes to die" thing. Adding modules to the standard library in Python is, more often than not, overall a bad thing for the module. Python has not historically been awesome with standard library quality, either; see Java-style logging and unittest (I mean naming, not "Java idiomatic," which I think is fine for both).

This comes down to release cycles for the language, mostly. So I think API stability is a bit of a red herring when discussing Python, at least.

I tend to appreciate languages where I can remove the entire standard library and "start over," like C. (Yes, you can.) This can be good for a number of things: porting, embedding, frameworks, and so on.

[0]: http://artem.krylysov.com/blog/2015/09/29/benchmark-python-j...

[1]: https://github.com/search?q=simplejson+ImportError&type=Code...
> I have a first printing hardcover Cryptonomicon sitting in front of me, that I haven't cracked opened yet.

Cryptonomicon is very easy to start, you meet Alan Turing right in the first pages, and things progress nicely. The book is long, and jumps randomly between several different storylines, so finishing it is another matter. But it is easy to start.

And because it is essentially just a collection of stories, finishing it is not even really important. Just keep on reading as long as you enjoy.
Well, the trick is to actually get it right before standardizing it - much easier said than done. Keeping the standard library small helps with that since the bar is higher.
Because it equates being white with privilege when it's more about socio-economic factors.

A white Eastern European probably faced plenty of disadvantage.

A white farmer in zimbabwe probably faced plenty of disadvantage.

The ancestors of someone of Irish heritage have probably faced plenty of institutional racism but managed to overcome it.
SHA-512 should be much faster than SHA-256 on AVX2-capable processors. Go's implementation is subpar; try OpenSSL instead. On Skylake, SHA-512 is about as fast as MD5 now -- https://bench.cr.yp.to/results-hash.html#amd64-skylake
True, but one way to push them to fix their engine and make it better is for them to feel pressure to not be left behind. People are going to code in the way that makes sense for them, and if one mainstream-enough implementation works way better than another, eventually people are going to stop bothering with it.

Safari has become the new IE in a lot of ways, and larger and larger websites/apps are starting to only target Firefox and Chrome, leaving Apple with the options to either give up or rejoin the mainstream.