skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> We need to find ways to 'grow' our economy without increasing consumption. For example, measure growth by how people are becoming more educated.

That isn't the same as growing the economy. Changing the definition of a word doesn't not change the reality of the thing it refers to. In this case, economic stagnation due to lack of growth.
one of the wildest first read throughs you will ever experience

especially if you come from an us educational upbringing where songs about oceans being blue(o) are historical place holders stead primary sources

the elucidation is immediate.. zinn's first paragraph has an excerpt from christopher columbus' log:

They ... brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they
exchanged for the glass beads and hawks' bells. They willingly traded everything they
owned... . They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features.... They do not bear
arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut
themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane... . They
would make fine servants.... With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do
whatever we want.

fuck you chris

if you like zinn check out angela davis, her ability as a historian to find substantial sources is incredible

(o) http://www.teachingheart.net/columbus.htm
> 81 percent of the United States population is in an income bracket with flat or declining income over the last decade. That number was 97 percent in Italy, 70 percent in Britain, and 63 percent in France.

Ok so growth slowed in the West, but weren't a lot of people brought into the middle class in the East?

> It argued that the internet would not have the same transformative impact on how much economic output would emerge from an hour of human labor as 20th-century innovations like electricity, air transport and indoor plumbing did.

There's lots of back office automation going on in the Fortune 500 that is eliminating white collar labor. I seriously doubt these statements about productivity. If its productivity per capita they want then just wait until self driving trucks wipe out millions of jobs.

Am I missing something here? Isn't this basically what happens when labor (the jobs I mean) moves somewhere else and automation eats away at whatever is left?
Sorry to be that guy, but could you elaborate further?
Rewriting the Playbook
setState is a public API, usually triggered in response to a user event like a click or an input change event.

State in React is local to a component, but it can be passed down to a component's children in the form of props.

Centralized state can be achieved using a library like Redux, where an individual component subscribes to an external data store's changes. Redux abstracts the details away, but under the hood it's still just setState.
In this specific case, yes. But this is a specific, fun, "try out a server" thing.

In "real life" you can setup SSH to fall back to other methods. See the howtos for setting up 2-Factor Auth[1] for example.

[1] https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-...
The Mojave: A journey into America's invention badlands
BigTec signed by Morpheus for EMEA push
Your timeframe is way too short. You are cherry picking.
You should try one of the new 4K monitors that support USB-C. Having a 27" 'retina' display w/power by only plugging in one cable is quite nice. The monitor also provides enough USB3 ports that I haven't felt any lack of connectivity when at my desk.
eh, the final pieces are kind of all being worked on

multiprocessing to stop freezing issues and increase response speed

a permissioned API for extensions, easier and saner full themes system (faster/easier development time for updates, and a wider range of extensions/themes as a result)

and switching critical components to a safer language)

which imo are more important for users than doing something an existing firefox fork does (like, if there was demand for firefox with seamless tor, then they would get the firefox with seamless tor today, because it already exists)
With Strunk & White I think you should ignore their advice which is often confused or nonsensical and just imitate their prose which is delightful. This review explains it better than I could: http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/2549...
Professor Zwolinksy of the University of Sand Diego had a good paper on it a few years ago. Covers the history and differing ideas and their drawbacks.

Neat to think about, but would take a miracle for most people to take seriously.

http://www.cato-unbound.org/2014/08/04/matt-zwolinski/pragma...
This article doesn't really say anything: it's just a list of books with links to Amazon.
I've got a Dell E1505 I bought refurbished in 2016 that runs Windows 10. It's been dropped a couple of times from the door of an old Ford Econoline van with door pockets that, as it turned out, weren't in great shape.

In 2010, I received a brand new Mac Mini. We had at that point been using the Dell laptop to run Hulu and Netflix, and I decided to swap in the Mac Mini. Turns out the Mac Mini couldn't run 1080p without chugging a little bit, but the laptop from four years earlier had no problem keeping up.

It mostly sat in a drawer, as I needed something faster for video and audio work. Over the years I'd try out Windows upgrades as they came through. Another fun point - It came with Windows XP. When the Win 7 beta came out, I installed that just to see - it ran surprisingly well. Back in the drawer it went until Windows 8's preview came out - that also installed without any issue, and ran surprisingly well. When Windows 10 rolled around, it actually upgraded from the Windows 8 beta to a full-fledged installation of Windows 10. Never ended up paying for an upgrade to the operating system!

The internal wifi did burn out at some point, and I'm sure the screen was dimmer than when I'd first gotten it, but other than that? You could browse the internet and run some basic apps.

We finally donated it a couple of months ago. I can't argue about the resell value of Dell laptops, but that E1505 had build quality in spades, and better longevity than the equivalent Mac. Can you even put the latest OS X on a Macbook from a decade ago?
The algorithm that executes the medical residency match
I see two important parts to this dialog now: 1) machine support for sifting through mountains of data, and 2) the increasing jeopardy of large corporations controlling data. For part 1, the dialog confirms what some of us already know: "Watson" is a branding exercise, and there is no overall coherent plan for strategic AI. But general open source components for literature-based discovery are being built. Part 2 is scarier, and as noted by two speakers from NSF last Friday (Peter Arzberger, Chaitan Baru), "data IS infrastructure," and so the increasing difficulty for public data sources to compete with Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Baidu, etc. is perhaps the more serious challenge for AI support of humans in the future. University research faculty can't tackle problems that require the de novo or nearly de novo creation of such data infrastructure, so we await public policy of funding agencies to clarify the construction and access to such. (Americans in this forum please note that you need to stop writing and thinking as if there is no other part of the planet ... I would be most grateful if Google brokered access to only American data ;-)
How Google Analytics ruined marketing
Not if the word is "Verstorbenen", right? The extra -en makes it plural.
This is the 'Good Enough' inflection point, much the same as with PCs (minus the gaming and virtualisation crowds).
I don't buy it either, sounds like something banks made up.

Some people just like material possessions and are attracted to others who can give them more stuff.

A lot of guys have this simplistic, masojanistic view of women, that is, women are attracted to men with money because they're better mates (can provide for offspring); However, I know men who date independent women so they can surf all day.

You know what? Female partners want to mate with them just the same, even though they don't posses "power".
>The article cites $40k average pay per driver. That's fast-food wages

Not really. That's basically $20/hour full-time.
Thank you for reading them.

However, you can't dispute that there is still plenty of affordable housing in the country if your income isn't tied to a location.

No, I can dispute that. The general expectation is that young people should rent a multi bedroom place and get a roommate because we simply do not build housing appropriate for a young person who desires to live alone. Historically, we had more SROs and boarding houses. We do not have housing that serves our current demographic.

We have also seen a rise in trailers, which I see as slum housing, not minimum decent housing. In theory, I could move to a place like Alabama and rent a trailer currently. In practice, that would be disastrous for me because of how negatively it would impact my health. Slum housing does not fix problems. It worsens them.

I believe UBI would basically be a welfare program and would cause a great many problems. But building sufficient amounts of decent, affordable housing appropriate to the needs of singles and childless couples would go a long way towards solving a lot of problems that have been deepening in the US for decades.

With appropriate housing, a minimum wage job at a grocery store should support you decently so you aren't living in dire poverty and do not feel trapped.
Can you not use external optical drive?
Dtrace Conf 2016 Event Videos
Nope, just an unfortunate name collision. We've been using binary ninja as the name of the tool for many years now, but it was a private tool that nobody knew we had it for the first few years for CTFs (this is the python version we open sourced before we started rewriting it) so they just happened to start using a similar team name some time after that.

The domain name time stamps should show that if it matters, though I don't think it really does.
I'm sorry for assuming your interpretation was intentional.
Yes, I had updated it to reflect the dates, but must have made a mistake in submission. I could rectify that in short order.

*edit: silly me, looks like I can't edit it. Perhaps someone with more karma/mod privileges could help out.
They've only had 120 years...
"Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers", by Jan Gullberg.
Here [1] is the conference wrap up by Bryan Cantrill.

[1] https://www.joyent.com/blog/dtrace-conf-16-wrap-up
This exactly. Even his non surrealist books are haunting and oppressive. Wonderful fiction.
Google's Project Ara founder creates a smart lamp to teach you better habits
> a pretty dull view on [sic] humanity

Matter can't travel faster than c. Thermodynamics is a bitch.

These theories are as intractable as they are annoying. They are not proven beyond doubt. But before launching a venture in contradiction to them, evidence must be mounted. "It feels right" isn't a scientific basis for policy.
Whenever that new tech excites you, just remember that behind the scenes, everything is that same "old" tech you've always been using, and that your could do "the next big thing". Nothing is really "new" in programming. Most of it is C and C++ behind the scenes. Those fancy new languages? - Some of them take just as long (if not more so) to create the same software you're already making with the "old" stuff (despite the repeated boasting of a puny hello-world), and they have their own new set of pitfalls. If it makes you feel any better, find a fancy icon and stick it in your project folder. Once you do, congrats, you're now more geeky-hip. I mean the action of programming, between you and the computer, not the industry, duh.
Agreed.

Kotlin is an excellent example of such a language, and I'd highly encourage anyone, especially devs with a strong Java background, to try it out.
Thanks for the detailed comment.

I think you're going for something much more complicated than what I had in mind. My idea is simply to have two modes other than accum buffer -> 8 bit alpha mask. One would be accum buffer + constant RGBA color -> update RGBA buffer. (By update I mean read an RGBA pixel, do the compositing, and write the composited pixel in place). The other would be accum buffer + source RGBA buffer -> update RGBA buffer. Of course, it's possible to imagine interleaving even more operations in the generation of the source RGBA buffer, but at some point the register pressure overcomes the r/w bandwidth.

Prefix-sum is not a particularly fast SIMD operation, due to the horizontal data dependency. I chose it for font-rs because I don't know of any faster ones that can get the job done. For just computing gradients, it's almost certainly going to be faster to compute it directly (it's simple multiply-add in the case of linear gradients) than to try to strength reduce. The same is no doubt true for SVG radial (cone) gradients.

When the gradient doesn't have any sharp creases or singularities, a very reasonable strategy is to compute it in lower resolution and then up-res, say 2x or 4x to keep the math super-simple. When it does have creases, it might make sense to decompose into regions and use different approaches in different regions.

In any case, it sounds like you may be re-inventing Cairo or Skia here. Might make sense to take a closer look at what they do and whether there's truly any low-hanging fruit left. I know that Skia has a bunch of SIMD optimizations already.

But this is fun stuff to think about and experiment with. I certainly don't want to discourage you.
A few jobs I feel pretty safe will still be here in 50 years. They include robot repair, nurses, and computer programmer. Maybe not in 100 years but I won't care then.
Truck on demand: Instantly connect to a local Dude with a truck
> Great, but you've gained nothing. This computation might still diverge. All you've done is kicked the can a foot to the left.

A foot closer to where the error occurred.
Real median wages haven't increased for about four decades.

Real energy prices have been high since the existence of OPEC with only some relief very recently.

This isn't cherrypicking. That's half a lifetime.
Exploitation of the public's fear, promises to make the country great again, rejection by their own party once they figured out that they might come to power. Those spring to mind as examples.
I thought I recognised the name... turns out Cliff is the guy from the Numberphile videos who loves klein bottles. He is such an enjoyment to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3mVnRlQLU
Counterpoint: http://retractionwatch.com/

(Edit: now -- this, from the very bottom of the article, is disturbing:

"If you don't understand why science has a valid claim to objective knowledge, and why undermining the belief in objective reality is dangerous not just to science but to society at large, don't disturb those of us who do.")
1984 and Animal Farm aren't important for their historical allegories but their statements about the nature of society, and are just as poignant when applied to today's society as they were about the Soviet Union.

Homage To Catalonia is a wonderful book. I would also highly recommend checking out Down and Out in Paris and London and Burmese Days (two works of fiction loosely based on events from his real life experiences).
Uk taxpayers do not pay a fee to the BBC. Every household that uses equipment to receive live broadcasts much purchase a TV license, but that's quite different.
Do you consoder economies of scale a technology? I ask because it seems to me that economies of scale in manufacturing and agriculture have been a huge driver in producing more with less inputs (especially labor inputs).
We have a negative income tax through EIC. It's too small to matter though.
Jacques Derrida is the Picasso of bullshit artistry.
Forth probably even more, since most things that are statements in other languages can be defined inside Forth, and you can end up easily building mutually incomprehensible DSLs even if they're technically runnable by the same interpreter.
Is there any plan related to an Atari ST/TT/Falcon section on archive.org? I know the Atari is probably considered sort of a "second class citizen" compared to the Amiga, but it had a very important role in the development of modern music software.
This is the sort of thread that hits me right in the wallet.

Here are some books I've given as gifts recently:

* The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm, Lewis Dartnell[1]

* The Black Swan, Nassim Taleb[2]

* Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse[3]

* The Happiness Trap, Russ Harris and Steven Hayes[4]

* Code, Charles Petzold[5]

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Afterm...

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Improbable-Robustness-Frag...

[3] https://www.amazon.com/Siddhartha-Hermann-Hesse/dp/161382378...

[4] https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Trap-Struggling-Start-Livin...

[5] https://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Softw...
Nice. SM is one of my favorite games of all time so hopefully this one will scratch the itch too!
"Google began offering free Wi-Fi at about two dozen train stations in the country earlier this year, and now has 2 million people using the service each month, Pichai said in a recent earnings call. Millions more will gain access as the service expands to 100 locations by the year end. The search provider’s goal is to reach 400 stations."

It's great that Google is doing this, but I don't think offering wifi at 400 train stations counts as "getting India connected to Internet." It's a great convenience, but the vast majority of the time that people spend is at home/work. The amount of time that people spend at train stations is pretty miniscule.

The fact that 2 million people used the service at all, is not surprising. I think a far better metric would be the number of man-hours that the service has been used for.
You're not a DJ without the D
Sure. But you can ship a truckload of boxes across the country. The driver part of the cost is a buck a box? Which is something sure but not a deal breaker.
Also, they were lucky to live past 40.
I've gifted the PostSecret books to several people - it's always well received.
My 2011 Mac Pro (the beastly meta crate model) supports that. I had to upgrade the video card of course (and run power from the extra SATA connector for the secondary CD), but it works great. If you'd like photos and/or instructions, happy to share.
The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Not a long read but classic Dostoevsky. A real gem.
Why not?

People can be independent and still have ideas congruent with a single political party.

You vote. Does that mean that you aren't independent of that political party?

It is no different with groups of people.
"how to cook a wolf" by mfk fisher. Insight into tough times, getting by, and making the most of those times.
I think the real emotive difference is the tongue coming out of the side of the mouth. That's either somebody deep in thought, or wincing aghast at something they have to do.

Tongue out the middle of the mouth is the more playful version, directing the tongue at somebody.
Pasin
Oh My God, Beach Volleyball Is Magnificent
Will you tell me your story? I’d love to know how you came to this point of view.
I guess you have to ask yourself what the point of life is.

If it's just to keep busy, then yeah, we should stop technological advancement.
Sorry, but casein (milk protein) gives me arthritic inflammation. It's already overused throughout processed foods in the form of milk powder or concentrate to add some mouth feel and addictiveness. I can put up with a little bit, but not as a staple. Instead I tend to do best with oats as a base(oatmeal, granola), fruit, some high-protein vegetables(peas are great), occasional meats.

I do fortunately have my niche, but quality food really means a diverse set of options. There isn't a one-size-fits-all method.
Is there a more correct book that is similarly concise and similarly well-written? I would love to read it, if so.

Edit: I found this blog post that lists some alternatives http://thewritingresource.net/2011/09/22/forget-everything-s...

About half of the titles are punny or plays on words, which I'm somewhat suspicious of (even though I like puns). And, all are at least twice the size of Strunk and White. I understand that some subjects are bigger than a ~100 page book can cover, but despite having spent a lot of my life writing (and having published a book), I've never been able to plod through a big grammar book. I can read Elements of Style in an afternoon without feeling like it's a chore. As noted in some of the reviews, if it's wrong it's not worth even that much effort. But, I never thought it was predominantly wrong or predominantly misleading. And, it usually reminds me about one or more of my negative writing habits, and I correct it for a while until I forget again.
> I was never taught about such verbs and am glad to know about them

As I said: Most of the verbs requiring a genitive object are erudite and sometimes sound old-fashioned. The most important ones are

verb + genitive object: bedürfen, erwehren (old-fashioned; you normally rather use "er wehrte sich gegen den Angriff" instead of "er erwehrte sich des Angriffs"), gedenken

verb + genitive object + accusative object: anklagen, beschuldigen, bezichtigen (a little old-fashioned), überführen, verdächtigen, zeihen (old-fashioned)

Pro tip: If you really want to write German texts that are supposed to sound ancient (for example when you write fantasy literature) combine verbs requiring genitive objects with the outdated genitives (mein, dein, sein, ihr) instead of (meiner, deiner, seiner, ihrer) of the personal pronouns (ich, du, er/es, sie (singular and plural)). For example:

"doch bei dem Ringe soll er mein gedenken" (I would translate this very loosely with "if he sees the ring he shall commemorate me")

(from the opera "Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner: http://www.rwagner.net/libretti/lohengrin/e-lohen-a3s3.html)

> the mistaken dative form should be "dem Verstorbenen", not "den Verstorbenen".

sbmassey explained it correctly. If you are really interested:

"der Verstorbenen" (genitive): either (female & singular) or plural

"dem Verstorbenen" (dative): (male & singular)

"den Verstorbenen" (dative)": plural
Prodpad is great. Trello is also flexible enough to be used with many different workflows.
Reasons not to use Apple
Open data should be the rule everywhere. The internet was created to share academic and scientific data.

I dream of a world where, if you make a scientific claim, that you are bound to release the data you used to arrive at the conclusion.
>Well it doesn't simplify development and that's the point, it's not a clean separation of concerns.

On the contrary, it's very clean.

The real separation of concerns is between business logic and view code, and React does that perfectly.

Not between HTML, CSS, DOM etc which are artificial inflated concerns due to how the browser ended up as an ad-hoc application coding platform (from it's "document" viewer beginnings, which is where the "D" in the DOM comes from).

(And of course nothing stops you from using CSS and external styles with React, separating style from behavior).

>This is why Webcomponents are now part of the living standard.

Web components only solve the non-interesting parts of what React does. Namely, isolated components. All the state and management mess for the entire app is still yours to deal with. Even React alone does more, nevermind React+Redux/FLUX etc.

Which is also the reason React caught like wildfire, and nobody much cares for Webcomponents (e.g. not any statistically significant numbers).
>>You both missed the most obvious answer as to why poor people generally have more children; poor people typically have more time on their hands and encounter boredom more frequently

Wow... you basically equated "poor" with "lazy." Nice.

The reality, on the other hand, is that most poor people have to work multiple jobs just to make ends meet, and have a lot less leisure time than rich people do.