skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I've been on (legally, with a prescription) Modafinil (4 straight days of nausea), Armodafinil (made me really sleepy), Dextroamphetamine (3 times including right now), Adderall (constantly felt sick), Adderall XR (even worse than Adderall), Ritalin SR (about the same as Adderall), Bupropion twice (Wellbutrin, no noticeable effect). Pretty much everything other than Dextroamphetamine either made me feel sick or strangely for Nuvigil made me sleepy. All of them, except Wellbutrin, Provigil (which I didn't take long enough to notice it's primary effect) and Nuvigil could keep me awake. At least at first.

The first few times you take it or you go up a dose it feels pretty amazing. For some reason I want to say it feels like your head is full of light, but don't even know what that's supposed to mean. There's some extra energy and a little more motivation, but if you're looking for a pill that will turn you into a super-productive maniac look elsewhere. It mostly just keeps you awake and what little extra motivation you gain will be offset in part or in full by being more more easily distracted. I've never noticed any sort of increase in cognitive function. What I have noticed is that I get exhausted from physical effort very quickly.

When I take it long enough I start to pick off all of my facial hair (there was maybe a year where I never shaved, but had no facial hair), and lose a lot a weight quickly. Recently I dropped around 40 pounds in a few months.
> Trying to improve on nature is the foundation of science.

This is an interesting statement. I would say, trying to improve on nature is one particular notion that was instrumental in the history of science. Specifically, we can trace this back to alchemical beliefs in the notion of perfecting the human soul/body/etc. via aqua regia and so on, which were about achieving an "art" which would exceed the limits of what we are given by Nature.

Much of what is "science", however, does not come from this school of thought. The quiet life of a naturalist, delighting in the observation of an ant colony or the nesting habits of a bird species, seems to have little to do with trying to improve on nature and is much more of a piece with simply enjoying being close to it.
Not to start a math war, but why is set theory okay but category theory bullshit?

While they're both useful, I think category theory encompasses a bit more than set theory and it's only a little more abstract. I also like the more functional approach that a lot of category theory requires you to take; if you're used to imperative programming it's a pretty different and useful way to think about things and it's great for adding to your critical thinking/general problem solving skills.
If you are over 30 you might be too old to get a job in the valley.
It's in the top 5 for large cities, depending on how you define that (ie: is STL included?). It's not in the top 20 for cities period. I don't know if it shoots back up to the top for metro statistical areas (the Chicago MSA captures a lot of populous, virtually-no-crime suburbs, and then 4-5 of the worst places in the country, like Gary).
Chat apps are like to-do apps. They’re easy to make (albeit hard to make well) and you rarely have a strong reason to choose one over another, so you’ll probably stick with whatever you (and your friends) are already using.

Besides, if I take up Allo and fall in love with it, I’ll be sad when it disappears after Google stops supporting it in a few years. These features should be integrated into Hangouts, else they’re dividing their own market. Though, ironically, if everyone with this sentiment went against their gut reaction and adopted Allo anyway, then Google would be forced to support it, as they do Gmail.
Autopilots in planes can take you across the world. The car analogy would be only having to pull into and out of your driveway. And while they don't use it so frequently, aren't most of the planes most people fly in (big commercial aviation) certified to autoland themselves? The connotation of autopilot is absolutely that it can fly itself. Same with tesla's autopilot.
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"Limitless" is a fun movie to watch for anyone interested in this subject.
Reading gwern for hours is mind numbingly amazing in and of itself.

Bonus points to anyone who knows his real name, fan club located in #gwern on freenode especially after the darknet markets research.

Is this an alternate reality where HN is actually Slashdot circa 2008, I can't tell right now.
Hangouts almost nailed it, to be honest. For the people that I know who have both Hangouts and Whatsapp, we prefer Hangouts consistently - even for just text. The problem is that Google realised the importance of IM far too late and Whatsapp is now entrenched. Google is throwing solutions at the wall to see which sticks.

It honestly doesn't seem like a bad attempt. Totally would have preferred it in Hangouts, though, I'll probably drop Google IM altogether if Hangouts/XMPP C2S is not supported.
Homepage:

> We are ready for you hitting the big time. We make sure your stories keep being told, even if they're on the frontpage of The New York Times.

So they wouldn't have send the DMCA to NYT?
Without a valid macOS/iOS device key, it's not possible. The key allows your device to publish iMessage signing keys to the Apple directory service that recipient devices use to decrypt your iMessages. Without a device key, your device won't be able to do this.
Snapchat is headquartered in LA. Microsoft, Oracle, Netflix, and Symantec also have large offices. Riot, Activision, SpaceX, Dollar Shave Club, EA, Hulu, True car, Buzzfeed, Telesign, Spokeo, Tinder, eHarmony, and MAXCDN are the major tech companies in LA that I can think of off the top of my head
As long as decoding is fast enough, it can be worthwhile :)
I don't get the idea of a formal method. You're attempting to prevent bugs in code by writing code that describes the final product. In any reasonably complex system the descriptions will be large, complex, and bug prone. How is a "formal method" any better then one of the following:

- Unit testing: Provide every test case possible
- Pure Functions: Use small methods that cannot error and always return sane values
- Fuzzing Testing: To find if the implementation is actually correct or if it is correct by chance

What is the benefit of a formal method? It's just inconceivable for me to see "Hacker-Proof code" and not laugh at whoever wrote this.
Coding for Performance
An autopilot in a Cessna can most definitely not take you around the world. Also, autopilots even in a commercial jet keep the plane steady along a route, they don't deal with collisions at all...you could call it "lane keeping" if you want to sue the airline industry for misleading us over a term they created.

Autolanding is not autopilot. In fact, autolanding is not even certified if multiple autopilots are not available to provide redundancy.
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I would like a tiny number or symbol next to my username that displays the existence of unread replies to my comments in threads.
Well, remember it requires prescription only medication.
but assistant is supposed to be reading all the messages in the conversation, in order to provide relevant replies.

why not just use one of the many other apps that does provide end-to-end encryption, if it's something you want? Some feature sets are simply not compatible. If people keep insisting on end-to-end, google will implement it and then scan all your replies on either end and send them to their servers after the end instead of intercepting them, so they can tick off the E2E box. It's better for everybody's privacy to simply accept that some apps aren't private than trying to shoehorn privacy into apps that are antithetical to it.
If you know someone who has better data, I'm sure everyone would like to read it.

You have to at least be impressed with the level of rigor he did manage for a person working alone to test hundreds of chemicals.
My ideal would be that it can easily be turned into a single piece for portability - even if these pieces ultimately separated, like with a mouse/keyboard. I used to own an iMac (~2011) and loved that it just had one coord, although porting it around was awkward (I once took it on a flight!!).

I now use a single 4k TV in place of my former 4-monitor setup, so I wonder if the mutli-monitor trend is on the way out? Having discreet desktop spaces is a must though, and most OSes don't handle this well on a single monitor.

Anyhow, I agree with pretty much everything you say :)
90% of the time I use IPv6. where I just have a global IP on every device. Identifies me directly (until I grab a new ipv6 address)
Rather than thinking just of how math ideas are used in CS, we should think of the relation as a two-way street: computing can help us better understand math too. Here is a short tutorial on basic math for programmers: https://minireference.com/static/tutorials/sympy_tutorial.pd...

It serves to review basic high school math, calculus, and even a bit of linear algebra. SymPy is very powerful stuff...
You offered yourself as the example. You don't have a lot of room for complaint when people look at the example you provided.

If it helps you unbunch your undies on this topic, consider that "great" in the original meaning was something like "world class". There's no shame in not being one of the top people in the world.
Melatonin in the us is weakly regulated so its hard to know hoe much, if any, you're getting.
I don't see why you couldn't eat healthy, exercise, and take melatonin (for example). He brought up an excellent point in his essay about melatonin that although being purely "natural" may be beneficial, we don't live in a natural world. We expose ourselves to blueish light far more than our ancestors.. so why wouldn't it make sense to counteract that artificial influence with something like melatonin? There's nothing to indicate it isn't safe, and it seems to have a measurable impact. I would feel crazy dismissing it purely because it's not "natural".
Worth pointing out:
https://rogeralsing.com/2008/12/07/genetic-programming-evolu...
And also a JavaScript version:
http://alteredqualia.com/visualization/evolve/
The end user will stay longer on Google and Facebook. That's what they want.

Anyway, it feels pretty broken on iOS.

Would be great if Adblockers would mangle the Google search results to replace the AMP links with proper links to the full website of e.g. WashingtonPost.
Where's the write up?

Many people, including myself, find exercise to be mind numbingly boring, and intellectually insulting. (Pick up a weight and put it down? That is quantitatively zero work, buddy. No thanks.) Never underestimate the motivation to find a quick fix.
Data Scientists Automated and Unemployed by 2025?
Sure seems like it.
Examples of reward and punishment super response tendency
People on both sides of this would probably say that about each other. (And on both sides of many other issues I might add.)
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This sucks.

I tried a lot of different combos of medications and was lucky to have a doctor that let me very clearly experiment with what worked.

My dose: Adderall XR 30mg + Adderal 10mg (around 2pm)

I tried Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin and Concerta (long acting Ritalin)

Ritalin had the best cognitive effects but the worst side effects. I slept, but I didn't really sleep. Over time, I developed terrible atrophy as well as a deep sense of apathy.

Adderall has been my rock. Straight Adderall is "bad" for me – the side effects are very strong. Any nervous tick I have is amplified very intensely. I play with my hair, I fidget, I bite my lips etc...

Adderall XR is very stable, but not very strong. So I take it, and sometimes I supplement with direct Adderall.

The most functional combo I ever had was accidental, it was Concerta + Adderall (not XR) but my doctor said it was bad/questionable to mix the two kinds of stimulant (ritalin/adderall) so I abandoned it.

It really is about finding the sweet spot between cognitive benefits and side effects. I still have some side effects, but my invariant is sleep. If a medication fucks with my sleep, I don't take it. Adderall, if anything, helps me sleep better, so it works quite well for me.

A solution to picking off facial hair, if that's really the problem, is to shave it all off. Same with hair on your head. If then, you are doing great, then problem solved.

Also, it doesn't hurt to get a barrage of tests done, maybe you have more stuff going on than just ADHD, and other medications may have a more significant effect on your wellbeing.
Plus they're chewable. Probably the most convenient though a tad expensive.
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On a related note, QNX was open source for a while, before it was bought by Blackberry. Do you know if anyone managed to snag a copy of it?
It's a bit strange that nobody mentioned Boolean algebra:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_algebra
The best nootropic is getting a good nights sleep.

It takes effort! Preparing for bed early and disciplining yourself to put the light out is not easy. Not nearly as easy as popping a pill. But it's so much more effective than any drug listed here.

And for a safe and provable quick cognitive boost, take some caffeine, preferable green tea with theanine.
Do you have a source for the first assertion? I can't find any studies on google.

I'm skeptical because people so often attribute many of the negative effects of other chemicals in tobacco to nicotine with no evidence (a point the OP hammers home at https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine). Even the FDA seems comfortable with this conflation, as evidenced by their disposition toward e-cigs.
What you quoted for swapping dollars for bolivars doesn't make any sense, especially the back and forth to game the standard and black market rate.

This is the reality, when foreign government's peg their currency. It's usually when they are doing bad. So say you live in such a country and want to buy a good from the US or another country because you want to resell or do manufacturing. You need dollars. But all you have is your local currency in this case the bolivar. There is such a short supply of the dollar, because most of it is going out due to imports and less is coming in (little exports). You go to the govt to get some and most likely will be told there's none.

There usually is none too! the govt is spending all their little dollar buying more things they need and paying debt. At the end of the day, they have none, they find themselves in the negative. So trying to sell your bolivar for the USD? Good luck.

Desperate to keep your business afloat, you go to the black market, and you are willing to pay a lot for dollar. There is more demand for dollar than supply, so the dollar climbs and that's why people are willing to buy a dollar for their 1010 bolivar. Why would anyone do that? If you need to buy raw materials to produce, or maybe you need medicine. Since your country is in the shitters, no one wants your currency but dollars, euros, etc. The only way to survive is buy dollar,euro, pounds.

The reality is that to play that arbitrage between the dollar and bolivar is difficult. The politicians/govt/bankers are very corrupt and hoard all the cash that is suppose to be sold in the market. That 1:10 peg is if you are selling dollar for bolivar. If you are buying dollar, they will never sell it to you at 10, they will sell it for much higher or never. So who in the world will sell their dollar for 10 bolivar? Tourists. Not even foreign businesses.

If you are a foreign entity, you bring in $1, get 10 Bolivar, you do some sort of business, turn it into 100 bolivar. very nice, time to get out, you exchange it for USD. you get 10cents before cost of business and taxes. At this point, most foreign companies have closed up shop and are long gone.
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Erg... English is most annoy. I'm pretty sure OP meant "drive" as in motivation, not the car type :)

But yeah, your point it still kind of valid.

Point being, if you are motivated to work then you inevitably get more. If you simply rely on UBI then you get enough for cheap rent and cheap food.

Pretty sure a UBI doesn't allow for a new xbox games and a carton of cigarettes every week.
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Well, NOW I'll use it
From the perspective of web developers, this is a bad decision as it encourages the direct use of non-standard features and thus leaves even more space for compatibility issues. Here is why:

If firefox doesn't support -webkit prefix, the developers are forced to consider the compatibility issues and use something like "autoprefixer" to help. All of the experimental features will work as well as they could on different browsers (IE, Chrome, Firefox...)

But if firefox support -webkit prefix and the developers buy it, they will write something like '-webkit-feature' directly and assume it will work on the major browsers. The problem is, major browsers only includes webkit based browsers, what about IE ?

If a developer uses a non-standard feature directly, forcing he/she to consider the potential problems is better than leaving him/her a fragile solution.
The new clustered instance doesn't autocreate the system tables. It used to do this in 1.x, but no longer does.

You'll have to create these tables:

* _global_changes

* _metadata

* _replicator

* _users

It's a bit of a pain!
I've used semantic UI before and I loved it. But I'd never use it for anything else but a desktop use case. Apart from the css size the render time is very, very slow.
No self-experiments but he has posted this https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/537w8h/phys..., a twin study showing decreased body fat and increased grey matter in response to exercise.
Google's bid for the slack/FB message space, which is now (even Apple's pushing) the new apps/bot platform.

Google has no choice. I also don't expect them to fold up shop unless the 'bot market just fizzles.
Sports are the best drugs!
Self-experimentation has a long history in medicine. An interesting book on it is "Who Goes First?"

https://www.amazon.com/Who-Goes-First-Self-Experimentation-M...
Anything is possible with Zombocam :P
I'd say, s/science/engineering/, or even s/science/technology/. A big motivator for the progress we've made as a species is that the natural state of life generally sucks, and we'd like to have it better than it is by default.
He said, he won't want to exchange dollars for bolivars. He is right, what are you going to do with with the bolivar? By the time you get to spend it, it's lost it's value by tons. Unless you are buying land, or paying people and doing business. But even then you run the risk of having your land, business seized. Anyone with dollar will hoard it as much as possible. It's your golden ticket out of the country.
It doesn't have to apply to the majority of employment negotiation scenarios. It just has to apply to enough of a particular class of worker to set the market price.

I would also suggest your understanding of how often exceptions are made is very unlikely to be based on good data. Employers have ways of hiding that they are paying somebody more than their traditional salary structure when they need to make an exception. And a very strong incentive to do that hiding.
This. And use Flux. Blue light after 9PM is the enemy.
Yeah people say that on both sides of evolution, global warming, vaccines and lots of other subjects where one side is factually off their rocker.
That's pretty interesting, though like the other replies, I don't think I would call 30mg (in a single dose) moderate, but that's neither here nor there with your situation.

Like you said, drugs like this affect people differently and it all depends on the neurochemistry of the individual, which to the best of my knowledge they don't (can't?) test for when they prescribe this stuff.

I was taking 30mg / day (15mg twice a day) and was pretty functional, though I think the dose might have been too high. Later on I would drop down to 15mg / day (7.5mg twice / day) and that was the sweet spot.
Idea: Take BTC Donations for Let's Encrypt and Deposit Them Through Paypal
A lot of people in this thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12541383) have been saying that Let's Encrypt should accept BTC donations.

Why not you accept money via Bitpay and deposit the amount to Let's Encrypt (maybe taking a small cut if processing is a lot of hard work?).

The person running it needs to be a trusted personality for obvious reason else this will turn into a scam.

Maybe I am being naive here, but this sounds doable if you are based in US/Countries where Bitpay operates.
> It's bigger and more accurate than most.

Then it isn't ordinary.
> Math is rarely necessary for software development. However, math is one way great engineers distinguish themselves from okay engineers.

I recently realized that math is not necessary for programming... if you want to be stuck doing boring stuff like webdev or CRUD apps.
> I'm surprised Google Duo hasn't become more popular.

The market is incredibly saturated in the chat space. Google keeps creating new things with new names (which they will eventually kill off) and the rest of the market is just completely saturated. WeChat, WhatsApp, Skype, FaceTime, Messenger, SnapChat, HangOuts; and that's the short list. It's getting out of hand.

The chat model is incredibly difficult to monetize too. None that don't have other vertical product lines have shown an ability to properly monetize in a way to turn a profit. Eventually that will matter, but for now money grows on trees in the Valley so no one cares.

I almost feel like the sort of joke that "we can't just keep selling each other insurance" as a criticism of the of banking sector could easily be rewritten with chat apps and the Valley.
30mg in a single dose is fairly high. It's not so bad if you split that into two doses over the course of a day, but still kind of high for the average person.
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Url changed from http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/9/20/12986234/bi..., which points to this.

None of the tech website articles on the story seem to add any info over the corporate press release, so we might as well link to that.

This topic excited a lot of interest earlier today and set off HN's flamewar detector (more like an overheated discussion detector). That was too bad, so we've rolled back the clock on the original post and merged in the comments that were posted to a duplicate thread.
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I really hope these massive systems we're building don't turn out to be our version of the stone gods of the Easter Islanders.
Maybe it was the gutting that Skylake did to optimize profits when selling to Microsoft.

http://www.businessinsider.com/skype-scandal-silver-lake-201...
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Abstract reasoning is necessary for programming. We typically develop those skills doing and applying math, but it is an open question if abstract reasoning is math.

Also, there are many kind of maths, the Europeans even get this right over the Americans by making it plural. Math is necessary is like saying things are necessary...which thing? It really depends on what you are doing, and experience with a known field of math might not be useful for some problems (beyond the abstract reasoning you need to write code at all).
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