skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I recognize that 'You won't have a 30-hour employee on a 40-hour team'... my point is that, unless they segregate them in another building, probably another company, the pilot teams will interact with the non-pilot teams... and, at some point in the hierarchy, will be managed by 40-hour people.

As jaded as I sound, I do think there's a place for workplace flexibility. What would really tell me the executives are committed to it: Calculate their actual FTE's - average work week hours divided by 40 - and make sure there are at least that many physical FTE's.
> USCIS can't really go interview lots of people for each decision to decide who's "good".

If you charge $100 an interview, you can interview as many people as you want. It would be a better job program than the TSA.
It's basically just a listserv. The quality and content of the posts depends mostly on which of your neighbors happen to have joined.
In the article under discussion, yes.
Hepatitis delta is a satellite virus, of which there are many. The virus described in this article doesn't seem to be considered a satellite virus because, presumably because no part of it is replication-competent. It's a single virus that has its genome segments packaged separately.
It gets a lot more complicated for "Family" and "Business" accounts.

Previously, it was possible to mix users with different plans in the same family or business, so heavy users would get the $40 plan while light users would get the $10 plan. Now it seems that everyone in the family or business needs to have the same plan (usually the $50 plan because of the custom domain requirement). This can increase the cost by up to 400% for some users.

Individual users aren't affected much, especially since they will continue to be billed at the previous price until and unless they decide to change plans.
Some of these rules are oddly contradictory.

> 4.2. Do not use unofficial Firefox plugins.

Ok, fine.

> 4.13. Install an ad blocker if available. Firefox does not have an ad-blocker built in. Most people use Ad Block Plus, which is a Firefox extension.

Instructions unclear.

EDIT: This one made me laugh:

> 3.4. Turn off your home Wifi router at night and when you are not at home. At night, or whenever you are not at home, there is no need for your router to be powered up. Having it on means that someone can theoretically hack into the router itself from anywhere on the planet.

Leaving it on while I'm home and awake will keep me safe though.
Are there any Consumer NAS using FreeNAS?
Wooooow.

It's always funny/concerning when people who make money by taking advantage of others by leveraging their lack of education then start acting as though fixes to that imbalance are afronts to their earned/deserved position.

Although, when any industry changes, those that stand to lose always put up a fight. Everyone thinks everything they have is deserved or owed to them.
It can be quieter, you don't have to deal with office distractions, and if you are an introvert it can be less draining.
For me it's mostly about all the contextual information VS shows. I've been away from C++ for some time and now again working with VS2015 and was impressed how intuitive the presentation of contextual information was, especially when running/debugging the program. For example, pointing the cursor at a complex container type object with smart pointers etc. resolves everything nicely with that (+) popup menu. Tried the same thing with XCode and had to click through thousands of smart pointers etc.

Also tried to set up vim to have all the features that I typically use in VS... took me days and, lot of headache and then forgot about that again.
They are piloting it on internal HR software which I think says a lot.

To me this seems like a purely PR driven move after the lambasting their culture has taken lately.
>They wandered virtual worlds.

That's fairly insightful right there. I'm juust old enough that my childhood contained some of the last years of "the woods" and juust young enough that when I started WOW, I recognized the feeling. Logging on in those early days had the same essential flavor as grabbing the bike and heading out.
Sounds like the infosec idiots at my company. Only thing missing is the advice to make sure that the infrared data transfer port is disabled.

Some sap has to file an exception to that requirement annually.
That's pretty good but if it were me I'd pry the ICs out of the motherboard and microwave them every month as well. /s

Some of this is crazy advice unless you're DPR or trying to help some oppressed people somewhere. That said, I end up reinstalling every month or so naturally because I like to alpha-test. :P
The article basically states that Uber's cavalier attitude towards the law was the wrong approach to use in Japan, because the Japanese public does not respect this attitude, and that they should have worked it out with regulators before they started operations.

I guess the broader lesson implied is that you need to put in the effort to understand the local culture, and adapt your strategies accordingly, before you try to enter a new country.
I really don't understand what you mean by this.
I think this is the pragmatic approach vs an ideological approach. What would the cost be if the peace were not agreed upon? More kidnappings, more drugs, more innocent deaths, etc. Or you could try and continue the stalemate for another 30 years and vindicate justice.

At some point you have to cut your losses and consider sunken costs. It's not easy. Lots of people will be displeased, but in the end it might be the best outcome for their society.
I think you meant http://feinternational.com right?
There's a lot of compelling theories in the book, 1491 [0] about how forests were modified in ways in which I elude to, and how the population of the Americas was much, much higher than just 50 million, and how the were civilization much earlier than what we had first thought.

If we just take east coast of Maryland, where the author grew up, the first explorers talk about villages that interconnected across the coastline, Chestnut and walnut trees everywhere, and established hunting grounds. Burning was an immensely useful tool to do this. Everyone had a fire starter.

Later on, early settlers saw something drastically different - a dying off population from diseases brought by Europeans that they had no defense towards. And that is why our estimates on the population of the Americas, and the level of which they modified the land could be really off.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Colu...
Yeah, the author seems to confuse "security" and "privacy". They are not always interchangeable. Certainly not in the case of email - "private" email services are almost always far easier to crack into than gmail.

Author also seems to think reinstalling the OS somehow makes you less vulnerable. And that compiling source code magically makes the resulting binary safer.

And just a giant LOL at the suggestion to upload files to virustotal at the end of that wall of paranoia-driven privacy tips. Contrast, man.
Awesome way to put things into perspective. Nothing is "lost"... it is only changing. Everything will change. Embrace fate, control what you can control, and live.

I did things my kids will not do, as it is simply not possible to take a train from Nogales to Puerto Vallarta anymore, for example. They will do things that are not possible for their kids to do... and so on. Don't harken back to days gone by as if they (kids) are somehow going to be deficient due to these perceived losses. They are not.
> Why is this better? You're not reading the code just like you're not reversing the binary. Waste of time.

This may be a weird way of saying: get your application from the most trusted source. For example for a long time sourceforge was trusted as an opensource distribution platform. Now they're injecting malware into popular installers. The source/binaries signed with gpg is what I would trust over unsigned binaries from the authors site. The third party download sites which cannot be verified (signature/checksum) are just potential malware.

I'm not saying that "compile everything" is realistic or a good idea, but "make sure your sources are trusted" needs much more explanation and qualifiers.

Otherwise agree with all comments.
Yes, it seems like this move is to help combat the perception that Amazon employees are routinely burned out.
No, that's a non sequitur. An aircraft that doesn't produce lift requires less energy input, but that's not because lift requires energy -- it's because when there is no lift, the aircraft is gaining kinetic energy by losing potential energy.

If lift requires energy, then where would that energy go?
In fact, delay is often in the interest of one or the other party.
While I agree that Chrom(e|ium) sandboxing and the backing of Google's security teams make it a security leader, I'm torn between Chrome/Chromium and Firefox because of privacy considerations. For example, privacytools.io recommends Firefox for reasons such as its tweak-ability, and because WebRTC can be disabled so that when using a VPN, the originating IP isn't leaked. Other tweaks include the ability to disable both the disclosure of battery status and clipboard events.

I'd love to get your opinion on the trade-offs between the current un-sandboxed version of Firefox, and Chrome/Chromium.

Edit: Also, thegrugq[0] recommends against using Safari, but makes no mention of Firefox. While Safari is not atop my list of privacy or security focussed browsers, I'm somewhat surprised to see if specifically mentioned as one to be avoided. If you agree with him, why is that? In my view, it's not terrible because it doesn't support WebRTC, a user can disable plugins, and because WebGL can also be disabled. While it can't run HTTPS everywhere nor a random user agent spoofer, JSB5 seems pretty good for a javascript blocker and uBlock (while no longer under development) still works rather well.

[0] https://gist.github.com/grugq/353b6fc9b094d5700c70
Nintendo has an antiquated grasp of business though and will go under even sooner if they continue with this type of behaviour. They are currently fueled on goodwill and nostalgia value. A complete outlier in that aspect.
Yeah, the cold, distant stars. Super!

Seriously, can we get over the idea that life in space is going to be better? The stars are too distant to visit. Elon Musk doesn't have the nous to fix our political problems, just to competently execute engineering tasks.

If freedom and self-determination are the goals, it's surely best to conserve the liberties and territories that already exist or have only recently been lost. Keep the space travel agenda to mining asteroids.
I've been told by people that work for Amazon that they can barely keep their teams properly staffed and working over is just a common occurrence, I doubt a 30-hr work week is viable for a company that is more or less (now) a logistics company. Doing so would require higher headcounts, losing money, or both. Not a viable solution, even with the automation push Amazon has.

The only type of companies I could see getting away with this would be pure software companies or agencies. Otherwise, I can't see it fitting many models or personal finances.
The changelog on a lot of popular apps on the Play Store has just become a place to promote stuff, not show off whats new.
The ALU is arguably one of the most simplest parts of a usable CPU.

The more nuanced stuff is memory management (caches, etc), IO, branch prediction, and pipelining.
Relevant article on a game developer that did not approve of streaming their game:
http://www.thatdragoncancer.com/thatdragoncancer/2016/3/24/o...
Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Multiple arguments could be added if you want that. I personally do not need it as I search the cmdline patterns I need without using spaces. I use dots instead. Quick and dirty.

I write 100's of these small scripts for my own use only so I have my own style, peculiar as it may be. I never need indentation because I always keep scripts short; I only use it occasionally and randomly.

I do not use -e with sed, unless I'm using branches or loops.

The execs seem superfluous but actually make a difference, at least on the UNIX I use. Try it with and without and see if you notice.

All my scripts are portable to Bash, but they're also portable to the most basic of Bourne-compatible shells too. I do not use Bash.
In this context, "programmer" and "engineer" are probably meant to be synonymous.
While this is terrible, it can be easily explained at least. If your IDE doesn't own the build process, you have no idea which defines are valid and what's linked to what. You could monitor the build process to get that info out, but that means you need one full build before your autocompletion starts working.
The first couples of chapters looks like a nice resource to introduce the fundamentals of spreadsheets.
How on earth did this tinfoil garbage make it to the HN homepage? He might as well say don't use computers. You'll spend more time reinstalling everything than actually using the systems.
Seconded. A very insightful comment. Your comment rings true as well. I spent quite a bit of time in "the woods" as a boy but also plenty of time in front of computer screens. You're right - the feeling is the same whether it's outdoors, a virtual world, or even the inner world of my thoughts when I would read a book with a fully realized world.
> Those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity will NOT go to jail

I dislike the injustice, but I've come around to the view that agreements like this are often consequentially appealing. If the end to a conflict leads to one's imprisonment or execution, the incentive might be to keep fighting even with unfavorable odds. I don't know the particulars of this case, but it's possible that a peace agreement could only be reached if it includes this provision, and so it might be worth it.
Better title would be "How Uber's Failure in Japan Can Help Multinational Corporate Expansions Everywhere". It's a bit of a stretch to still call Uber a startup, and even if you grant that, these lessons are not for startups.

I happen to have co-founded a multi-national startup. The best advice I have for going multi-national as a startup is don't.
The old put beet root on the cheese burger approach.
This all started when the right wing murdered Gaitán in 1948. Then the US began coming into Colombia heavily into the 1980s.

The left wanted to end the violence so founded UP in the 1980s and ceased violence. The landowners, AUC, CIA etc. murdered candidates, shot campaign workers, made it impossible to win electorally. They forced FARC back to the gun, they didn't want the left in elections.

For a long time FARC had nothing to do with cocaine, so who was sending it to the US in the 1970s? The AUC and right wing. Once the US began pouring billions into Colombia, the FARC could no longer prevent campesinos from growing coca in its areas.

It's funny too, as the US produces the deadly tobacco drug and distributes it to Colombians, but that is not a "drug" because the US doesn't want it to be. Yet Colombian campesinos who grew coca for centuries send coca to the US - then that is a drug and they are drug dealers. The AUC and Uribe and his father send coca north but the US government gives them a free pass.
Honestly, neither do I. I just felt an inclination to post that.
I see that as a good thing. If you're going to experiment on your employees and try to change your workplace culture, low-profile projects that--while important--often aren't 100% mission critical are a good place to do so.

A major problem in HR or payroll software or something similar might cause some massive headaches for your employees, but it won't be as noticeable outside the company as a major outage or problem affecting customer data.
I've had several and they've all been great learning experiences. I started by customizing some php-mysql form generator and selling databases to small businesses. Next I learned ASP.NET and wrote web services to collect water treatment data remotely. After that, the biggest and most successful side project I did was Cupcake Wrapper Creator. I rewrote it once. Then I started a SaaS project in Django, but never finished.

Recently I gave up on a AVR emulator I was writing (in C, to learn C at the same time). The core controller structure and instructions were fun, but when it came time to implement the IO, I realized I just wasn't that interested. Plus I have older kids now who realize when I'm neglecting them, a bigger house to maintain and a more demanding job.

Now I just do a few algorithm exercises in Juypter or crypto challenges in Go each week. I'm still learning and I get a sense of accomplishment without the nagging unfinished project aftertaste.
An alarming number of scientific papers contain Excel errors
This is a pretty mystifying set of complaints. When the South lost the US civil war, how much of the senate did they get? How much territory was ceded to them?
Many of the people coming in front of courts have a lengthy criminal history. What it says to me is that our criminal justice system is failing at one of its primary missions: rehabilitation. We have turned prisons into for-profit centers with no incentive towards rehabilitation. Pair that with the US public's interest in punishment to the exclusion of rehabilitation, you end up with frequent flyers.
Not that I'm defending these recommendations, but browser plug-ins and browser extensions are not the same thing, at least in the Mozilla context. Flash and Java are plug-ins, NoScript and AdBlock are extensions.
It's not an all or nothing situation, far from it.

Platforms like Twitch definitely help to hype new games and make good free advertising. Most companies should leverage this. For someone who works in the video game industry, I do see the value in that.

On the other hand, it can be harmful for certain types of games (linear/story driven, like pointed out).

Not only that, but I think the way the revenues from those streams are shared is very unfair.

Think about it; this market is growing and the pie is getting bigger. Yet, right now the money is split only between the platform service and the streamer, either by advertising or donations, but without anything to the IP owner.

Movie and music organisations like MPAA and RIAA have taken very agressive stance against digital copyright infringement since the millenium.

Video game industry has been more forgivable so far, but doesn't mean it won't take a stand eventually.
I have quite a few friends who work at Amazon and what I hear from them is that the quality of your experience is completely dependent on team you're on.

There are teams where all horror stories you hear are common occurrences(although less so in recent years) and others where it's an absolute pleasure.
Funny enough, index funds outperform hedge funds, etc, however you can outperform the indices by buying stock at 3:00-3:30pm and selling at 4:00pm every day, because that's when many funds vest, and when most of the daily volume occurs. It's a horrible irony. The "3:30 Ramp" is so well known that there's a Twitter parody account followed by huge swaths of "Finance Twitter."
Who still uses 3v3 on these kinds of chips? Even cheap ass FPGAs use 1v8.
While all previous evidence goes towards pointing this to be another way for AMZN to squeeze more out of their employees, I think we could give them the benefit of doubt. I think they may have seen a segment of talented developers saying I don't want to be in this ratrace. I'd rather work 30hrs/week and make $100K to maintain work-life balance. 6hrs/week or 4 days/week. I wish more companies were open to this. It would reduce internal competition. Some of the 60 hr/week employees are gunning for promotions and probably don't care about work life balance. Why should everyone have to compete with that?
Intel toyed around with fully integrated inductors even in production but I think they kicked them off chip for thermal reasons.
How many tech companies do you know where the current and former employees have come together to create websites like this? https://sites.google.com/site/thefaceofamazon/home
Actually, a lot of research shows that our actions influence our thoughts. If you smile more, you'll be happier. If you are paid to recite a statement, you are more likely to believe it. Similarly, it is plausible that if you post less racist comments, you'll probably over time become less racist.
For webrtc there's always https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/webrtc-network-lim...
I agree it's absolutely the smart way to go about testing this out. I only doubt that there's a real motive to change.
Doozy admits the truth you won't see in the US corporate media. The Colombian bourgeoisie does not want peace. It's why they murdered Gaitán. It's why when the left unilaterally put down the gun in the mid 1980s and ran for office, they had right wing death squads, the AUC etc. kill off the candidates, campaign workers etc.

They want to run things with the army, with the US army and billions coming in from Plan Colombia etc. They don't want to let people vote or campaign, they'd prefer the FARC control a few departments in the south and they rule by force in the rest of the country.

Thanks for making things clear. You don't see this kind of clarity in the US, where liberals say FARC wants violence and other nonsense.
This doesn't surprise me in the least. I'm not trying to get into a debate around who's job is harder, but I think a good product manager is worth more than a good dev in most situations.

Most devs are not changing the world with their code, and often times they are simply implementing rather mundane requirements for rather mundane products.

A good PM defines product strategy. They have to know both sides of the business and their decisions can make or break a product.
I've used FogCreek's Kiln and honestly, their code review is amazing. No other product comes close to it. No context switch and to the point.

My current org don't use it and I really miss it.

http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/features/code-reviews
A few times we got "work from home" day when teams moved from one building to another. You would expect more emails that day than usual as you could not just talk in person. Well, both number of email and commits went down significantly which tells me that people mostly "worked" from home that day.
I find it easier to maintain one while you make the changes, thus I would see the issue being referred to.
Agreed, we really need time off after a project ships or major milestones. Usually after a long sprint on a project to ship you just have to start another one and are less effective immediately. Output would be the same or better with breaks after ebbs and flow of pressure shipments and into design/new projects.
Reading the description seems to imply the author is confusing plugins and addons. Either way you're still installing executable code written by people using those evil pseudonyms.
I'm curious; what are you working on exactly? I have worked on some rather large code bases in C++ and C# and have never seen VS eat that much memory.
Man, that guy has some war stories—and an incredible memory.
I like choices. I don't mind choosing where I will work. I don't think this is a bad thing.
A common convention we showcase in the Keep a Changelog changelog itself (https://github.com/olivierlacan/keep-a-changelog/blob/604e38...) is to have an [Unreleased] section at the top of the changelog. It rarely conflicts with other branches of a project because it only becomes a version prior to or after a merge into the main branch (trunk/master/etc.).

I'd agree this is an area we need to clarify for version 0.4.0 and forward.