skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> how can it be legal to have different amounts for father/mothers? Are there no laws on discrimination based on sex in the US?

Well, the law does recognize that the person who just delivered a baby went through a lot harder time than the one who simply contributed the other half of the genetic material 9 months before.

After my wife gave birth, she breastfed every 3 hours (typical for a newborn) so that means very little sleep. Recovery from having pushed another human being through the birth canal (or from having the abdomen cut wide open) is not trivial.

Then there's the baby's bonding, which is primarily with the mom in the first few months.

Paternity leave is a great thing; as a dad I got to support my wife in child with all the household stuff. And there is not replacement for witnessing the first few months of one's child's life. That goes by so fast.

But as a dad, I recognize that the largest burden was born by my wife. Many trivialize the effort women go through but I think they are the unsung heros of humanity.
Employees are supposed to receive a salary in exchange for their work. The decision on how to distribute profits is, theoretically, made by shareholders. Maybe they decided to give some to employees in order to improve morale or something. If so, that's OK. If somehow the shareholders were left out of this decision, via some authoritative action from the executives or something, it's wrong.
We've been getting much better price/performance with Ubiquiti.

For small installations, their EdgeMax / EdgeRouters are great and faster than Cisco.

It think many of Cisco's products are becoming more generic, and there's more competition.
I spend twice as much money on Linux laptops so I don't support Apple, Microsoft, or much of the commercial software industry. I'm sure my counterpart in the automobile market is out there somewhere.
I spend a portion of each project swapping out parts of the tech stack for better options. Fortunately, I work in a short-project part of the industry so I can do so 3-4x a year.

On the current project I'm on (since May), the codebase was moved from TypeScript to C++14, serialization from MsgPack to Cap'n Proto, messaging from WebSockets to Aeron, and we're also using a more sophisticated encryption approach (but still based on NaCl).
That's a good starting point, thank you!
Easier might not be the right word. 'tools that allow them to be lazier' might be more accurate. Gluing together pieces somebody else wrote and trying to get them all to work with as little effort as possible and are surprised when it doesn't work well.

> devs spend too much time reinventing the wheel

I'd argue the opposite. They spend too much time not reinventing the wheel. They strap factory made bicycle wheels onto a car and are surprised when the wheels break. They could benefit from spending more time trying to make a better wheel.
The Internet's Safe Harbor Just Got a Little Less Safe
One of the manufacturers in the article, Duravit, is mentioned as using this approach to indicate where the "sweet spot" is for aiming to reduce splash.
I have one remaining Windows 7 license that I would like to set up on a new machine. Is there no way to keep it untainted forever by Windows 10?
No one says exactly what they gather so your claim is baseless.
Even better than certbot supporting it would be if lighttpd supported ACME natively. You might file a feature request with lighttpd requesting native ACME/LE support.
It's good PR because it's the right thing to do. I certainly hope it's a trend. It's fairly well-established that humans make babies and need time off work to properly care for them.
I've never found a place in my area (Connecticut) that provides food at all (besides snacks, and even then).
Well, if you are fine with the minimum feature set then start with that. Then use the @supports for the enhanced version to make things nicer for everything other than IE. Just don't check for browsers not supporting @support.

To be fair, I haven't used it on a production site so far.
> So what?

My 4Gb per month download limit doesn't like secret 10Gb downloads, that's what
> Good taste is just a form of 3rd order laziness.

Great line! Saved in my quotes file.
Bitcoin Market Explosion in Japan
If you piss into a sufficiently large jug, there's no splashback. Cleaning aside, can't we make such a urinal?
12 weeks is 3 months :)

I believe FB is 16 weeks?
They didn't address the horrible troughs at old sports stadiums?

BTW, I don't know if those still exist. I think Louis CK had a bit about his boy being traumatized by these on his TV show. I recall urinating at "the trough" at a local ball game as a kid (70s or 80s, not 100% sure). It wasn't a pleasant experience.
Let's break the toilet taboo already. I'm tired of every public restroom I go to being pull to open. Sometimes even the stalls are pull to open (which is hard to do in such a tight space).

Also, how about those self cleaning toilets Japan has? And paper seat pads that actually fit the seat they are intended for. Maybe put some elastic band in the paper to hold the paper on the seat.
At fully loaded engineer costs, if someone takes more than an hour or two to investigate, its already more expensive than a wildcard cert.
Or, you know, code an aws lambda to call our service and get your data, process it, then post it back. :)
Apologies, for spamming this thread, thought of this after the edit window expired.
We are Microsoft. We are here to learn. How can we help you build mobile apps?
Mine haven't done the update, although they have done the download
Let me be clear to you.

If you do not want to put in the "investment and effort to run just so that I can control my computer" required to actually do the job of administering your PC correctly, but still want all the safety features built into consumer Windows turned off for your benefit anyway, STAY OFF THE SAME INTERENET AS ME. You're the electronic equivelent of someone who refuses to vaccinate their kids but still wants them to go to public schools with my kid. You're going to get us all killed. I hope the ideological purity that comes from letting five different branches of the Russian mob have your telemetry data instead of Microsoft is worth it.
Letsencrypt is really a fantastic project. I can (sorta) understand why people might squeal about 90 day cert lifetimes, but just wanted to put it out there that I think that LE makes the internet a better place. @jaas adding to this thread and providing context on the decisions they made is really is just the icing on the cake :)
Every time you see an article on HN's front page debasing Bitcoin or Ethereum, it's a good time to invest. The last two times (Bitcoins first "Crash", and Ethereum's DAO hand-wringing) I made a considerable profit by doing so.
Most office and public restrooms (for men) have a ratio of 2:1 or 3:2, urinals to stalls, from my estimation. Sitting down isn't an option when there's a line.
Hey folks - slightly different piece today - trying to get away from investor/fundraising posts as of late. Would love your thoughts/comments/questions. I'll check in a couple times over the course of the day.
The Lambda method seems like a more complex and unreasonable way to solve the problem. It's like using a hammer to tie your shoes.

This can literally run from his laptop whenever it's online. You don't need a fully fledged server to do this.
I am not saying that they deserve a pass but if the practice is objectionable then why is everyone only complaining about MS? I don't here anyone saying it's time to address this industry problem, it's just "MS is evil, quick switch to Apple/Linux".
"The decision on how to distribute profits is, theoretically, made by shareholders"

I disagree strongly. When shareholders purchase their shares, the rights they get with it are clear. Very, very commonly, they do not include the right to set renumeration. Not theoretically. Not practically. Not at all. Non-voting stock very deliberately gives shareholders no power.

"If somehow the shareholders were left out of this decision, via some authoritative action from the executives or something, it's wrong."

I disagree very strongly. It is the job of the executives to make these decisions. Their first duty is not to shareholders, despite the pernicious myth that there's some kind of legal obligation to do the best for shareholders. Shareholders do not need to be consulted.
I don't think you get the point here. You are not getting married to that car. You are only going to use it for a few minutes.

Having to pay 2.3x just for a few minutes for zero additional utility derived isn't something most people do, Unless in a extreme emergency. Even those who are tall would agree.
Weeeellllll, 2 days is still better than what a lot of folks in the US get. Which is to say, they don't even qualify for 12 weeks unpaid leave from FMLA as their employer is not big enough or they have not worked enough hours for their employer (part time and scheduling shenanigans), so they get no time off - not even unpaid - and no job security to speak of.

There's a pitiful 3-4 states (including California) that offer partial paid leave. That's it. CA's is only ~50% taxable income for six weeks and no job protection if you are not covered by CFRA/FMLA. If you're a mother recovering from a C-section or if you're taking care of a seriously ill spouse, good luck!
So why aren't we complaining about this industry practice? It's purely focused on MS.
A simple cron job doesn't require managing uptime. It just needs to run frequently enough and then upload the generated HTML to github. I'm sure he uses his laptop at least once a day. This is crazy!!!
Except my work relies on Autodesk which has Windows and Office as a dependency.

I'm trapped
Betteridge's Law applies here: no.

Or rather, tech tools in isolation won't unfuck this terrible brokerage situation in NYC. Tech tools in combination with structural economic changes, on the other hand, might actually do the trick.

The startup in the article (Joinery) doesn't sound like they're doing that at all. In fact it sounds a lot like they're inserting themselves as yet another middleman in a market with already too many layers of expensive middlemen.

Better tech and better data stands a chance of getting rid of rampant scam/bait and switch listings, but ultimately the 15% broker fee exists for economic and structural reasons, not technological ones.
I like the sentiment of the article, not just with CSS, but also with imperative code: use really light weight frameworks like Spock or Sinatra and build in just what you need.

That said, I have been using Bootstrap, which is heavy weight, but I like how my mobile web sites also look nice on the desktop and on tablets.
Ask HN: What tech companies based (or present) in Toronto offer tours/visits?
Currently visiting Toronto for a few days and would love to visit some tech companies!
As someone that is on the hunt for a new job, these articles about the market share war between American and Chinese companies puts me in a (kind of) ignorant position because I don't know where to focus my searches. I don't know if looking for a job in a Chinese company (being a foreigner) is better or worse than looking for a job in an American or even European company.
You've got a typo on the front page:

"Our powerful search capanilities will allow you to find the 3d models that are most relevant to you."

s/capanilities/capabilities/

I'm not very involved with the 3d model space, so I have little else to add about your startup. Good luck though!
In Japan a large proportion of men also sit at home (based on a recent survey) for the very same splashback complaints from their wives.
This article also doesn't touch on the simple technical pains of having to work across the Great Firewall and the effects of it their ability to do business outside of China. Even when you have an excellent partner in China (or vice-versa), so much of the back and forth ends up coming down to issues going across the firewall. Your collaboration tools don't work, so you're split across Slack and WeChat. Github is a disaster in China, and of course, the Googs isn't something you can require anyone in China use. Usual day-to-day stuff is neither simple nor reliable when you have to cross that firewall.

And too boot, it's amazing that Chinese companies are still doing a really poor job of figuring out how to connect well to the outside world. They'll turn to you asking why your API/whatever isn't working for their developers, and then expect that you have some miracle solution to get rid of the 200-400ms of latency (each way!) across the firewall, as well as a cure for the hours of it just dropping all traffic. Perhaps the Party has scared them enough they're not willing to chance employees doing illegal things on the company's connection...

The firewall is a fickle, cantankerous beast that, to me, is really at heart of this matter. Because they want throats to choke for every packet on Chinese soil, they've created this huge barrier that touches everything you might want to do in China or with a Chinese company.
California ‘BitLicense’ Dropped for Now
IANAL, but it looks like when you agree to the Microsoft TOS you waive your right to bring a Class Action suit against Microsoft

>Class action lawsuits, class-wide arbitrations, private attorney-general actions, and any other proceeding where someone acts in a representative capacity aren’t allowed. Nor is combining individual proceedings without the consent of all parties.

I believe that's why companies are taking MS to small claims for $10,000 despite losing way more than that in downtime.

[0]https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement/
A lot of men don't like to admit to sitting down to piss but as you age your hydraulic pressure seems to decrease and you wake more during the night to piss. Sitting down while half asleep prevents a mess and empties your bladder more thoroughly.
Ecosia is the search engine that plants trees with its ad revenue
There will be surface rust on anything that sits for more than a couple of days (non-automotive example: railroad tracks). But that gets scrubbed off the first time the pads hit discs. The Leaf pads will hit discs at least once on every trip, coming up to a stoplight if nothing else. In your case, if the caliper is stuck and pads never hit disc, I could see that being a problem.

But to directly answer your question: looking at the discs through the wheel spokes, they're still nice and shiny so I'm going to assume that it's not a problem. I suppose it's entirely possible that Nissan accounted for this and rejiggered the content of the discs, but I don't know one way or the other.
Hey All, I am a PM at Microsoft and we looking to learn how we can best help mobile app developers make awesome apps faster / better.

Please let me know any questions / thoughts!
Huawei is by no means shut out from the U.S. market.

Mid-tier telecoms (e.g. Cricket Wireless) use Huawei routers, cellular equipment, and intermediary equipment. L3 Communications is suggested to have bought from them as well. [1]

Huawei mobile phones are doing well in the U.S. The Nexus 6P is one example of a popular Huawei product.

Huawei televisions also sell well in the U.S.

[1] http://fortune.com/2011/07/28/what-makes-china-telecom-huawe...
Ask HN: Which companies based (or present) in Toronto offer tours or visits?
Currently in Toronto for a few days and would like to visit some tech companies, which offer tours of visits?
"Women want a way to keep the toilet and bathroom floor free of splashing urine, and so does Mrs. Wiener."

Mrs. Weiner. That got me chuckling like a 12 year-old boy!
You just wait.
As a grateful recipient of 12 weeks of parental leave, I hope this is a sign of a wider competitive benefits escalation. It seems likely that increased benefits will be confined to highly in-demand industries though.
But who knows, maybe American workers outside of tech will one day get a paid vacation!
Yeah, in such cases helping Wine supporting them can move things forward.
"..via cpanel"

Then you need to look at this. CPanel just released their awesome plugin for letsencrypt. No need to do any command line stuff.

https://features.cpanel.net/topic/provide-support-for-lets-e...
You seem very angry about my comment. I'm not sure why. Roughly 14% of NIPS attendees are women and OpenAI seems to be doing worse than that very low threshold for its research staff. If they want the best candidates, they need to work hard to erode systemic biases and patriarchal power structures that turn away good candidates. The longer this goes on, the harder it will be to fix since the senior people in the organization will mostly be early hires and candidates will start to find the problem more and more visible.
Will they? Or will they use to just do more buybacks? I'm not sure I trust any company to refocus after layoffs when they practically just announced a huge temporary gift to shareholders.

http://www.recode.net/2016/2/10/11587764/cisco-soars-on-15-b...
> [Garbage collection] is always the painful part of a CRDT system.

This is not unique to CRDTs: a temporal datastructure will accumulate garbage. Blockchain (e.g. Git); MVCC (e.g. Postgresql).
I too sit at home. I have done it for most of my adult life, basically as soon as I had to start cleaning my own bathroom.
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> But I guess everyone expects MS to support multiple branches of code forever.

No, just until January 2020 ( Win 7 ) and 2023 ( Win 8 ) as per the published lifetime.
These swarm tokens (SWMTKN) are not sent to any external service. The tokens are only sent to an existing swarm manager in your cluster.

Here's how it works:

- When you run `docker swarm init` it initializes the current node as a "manager" which has a datastore of cluster configuration and is responsible for assigning tasks to "worker" nodes (including itself). This init process also generates a cluster CA and two secrets authorizing manager and worker joins. The output of this command will be two tokens which you can use to join new nodes to the cluster as either a "manager" or a "worker". These tokens are structured like this:

SWMTKN-1-<cluster CA hash>-<manager or worker secret>

- When you install Docker on another node, you can join it to your cluster by running `docker swarm join` specifying the token and the address of an existing manager. This new node is able to authenticate to the existing manager by asking for the cluster's CA certificate and hashing it to make sure it matches the value in the token. The TLS connection to the manager is verified by the new node which then makes the join request with the secret which indicates to the existing manager whether this new node is joining as a manager or a worker. These tokens are unique to your cluster and never sent to any external system.

- If the new node is joining as a manager then the cluster configuration is replicated to to the new manager. Docker uses the Raft consensus algorithm to maintain consistency of the configuration data. As long as a majority of your manager nodes are available then the managers will be able to coordinate and issue work to the available workers in the cluster.

I hope this helps you better understand how the cluster is secured.
no we dont. internet points are stupid.
Real-Time DDoS Attack: Answers to Securing Vulnerabilities in Your Networ
I know Scaleway is €2.99. Curious to know who is £2.99?
Why letting goldfish go wild is a bad idea: They become giant pests
Isn't the problem of splashback from urinal solved by this: http://www.stephensons.com/12191-thickbox/p-wave-mango-deodo... ?
Can anyone succinctly explain the benefits of having a market for private health insurance companies, rather than a single provider of health insurance (government, aka "public option")? Can a capitalist case be made for their existence? Does the lack of a large private insurance market in countries with government-provided health insurance cause lots of inefficiencies and waste?
The dependency tracking model is preferred but unfortunately Windows doesn't do this and can just start. Win32 apps are allowed to walk all over everything as if it's theirs and Windows is full of registry and file system hacks to compensate.

It's a shit sandwich.
LOVE this! Thank you for sharing.

I've wondered, is there a way to combine book format searches? Books have Paperback AND Audio CD, for example?
And if the merger isn't blocked, what guarantee does Aetna make that they won't drop out of the exchanges anyway?
It's the price they pay for taking on a mortgage payment that can't be met on a single income.
If all you care about is money, sure.
Good riddance. Heath insurance in the US seems to benefit the insurance companies more than anyone else.
Most of the web was more usable on mobile before mobile sites started pandering to low IQ people who couldn't figure out how to pinch zoom and scroll. Now it's only the largest sites that can afford the developer know-how to make their mobile site actually usable. (And not all of them bother.)

If you are a small operation that still makes your mobile web site usable, then power to you.
Stages of grief for a headphone-jack-free iPhone
It's possible to rent an apartment without paying a broker. It's more work, but it's worth the time.

Paying a broker costs roughly a month of rent, so even if the value of your time is $200/hour, you're coming out ahead by doing the work yourself. I've had luck with both pay-to-play aggregators like http://www.rdny.com, as well as blind Google searching. Friends of mine have also done free aggregators like streetyeasy, and one even just showed up to a building and asked about free listings.

This is useful if you want to rent an apartment, not a specific apartment. Many apartments only go through brokers. I don't think that's a good-enough argument to go with one.
Joy (YC S16) Helps You Manage Your Wedding All in One App
Except it seems to be doing a great anti-competitive job, saving the country from getting completely eaten by western Internet corporations like the rest of the world. It seems they're actually better off thanks to the firewall.
This is not correct. One can import POM's in maven since maven 3.0.x (which is several years old). You are certainly not 'forced' to have build logic in only parent POM's.
Yes. Please.

When you have a startup, there are a thousand potential roadblocks. The one you need to overcome as soon as possible is getting a good advisor to help you with the other 999 roadblocks.

Not everyone is fortunate enough to live in Palo Alto or have direct contacts who can do that for them. Show HN is a great alternative.
No, overwintering losses are at ~24%. The numbers are public; you can just Google them.
They are not supposed to make decisions regarding personal management, but if those decisions consist in throwing money at employees, they may certainly be pissed off.

Shareholders literally own the company. They have influence on everything, at least indirectly. They vote the board of directors, so if they are not happy with the way employees are thrown money at, they will sack the directors and elect a board that will not do the same thing.
At the university that I attended, there used to be sinks in every dorm room. However, the sinks were removed from the men's and co-ed dorms after too many guys were using them as urinals.
Definitely a fan of sitting at home. At work we have these Ekcos (http://ekcos.com/) splash pads in the urinals. They are very effective.
The healthcare system in countries like France, Canada, Germany is much more efficient and provides better healthcare to most of it's citizens than the US healthcare system pre and post obamacare.

https://www.oecd.org/eco/growth/46508904.pdf

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/press-releases/...
Valve: How I Got Here, What It’s Like, and What I’m Doing
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