skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Related: There's a Unity3D video on Bezier splines/curves [0] - it's far more noob than this article, and very good at explaining b-splines from the basics up. It certainly doesn't have the depth of this article (neither the maths nor more advanced spline stuff), but some of it is 'practical' (if you have Unity) and it might make a good primer for those getting started on the subject.

The actual Bezier stuff starts 15-16 mins in.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9RK6O2kOKo
Follow-up question based on your question:

Medical Devices ALSO need approval from the FDA.

Why is the Epi-Pen body not approved separately from the Drug, allowing the body to be sold without epinephrine and to be filled with whatever, including generic epinephrine from a vial?
This took me a while to get. But at least I'm not apparently a completely hopeless case...
I think the idea is that you get recycled a couple of times into a new platoon, until you fail enough times that they cut their losses.

But being stuck in BCT for endless cycle after cycle seems like a special kind of hell.
Not that i believe brexit will happen, but if it does, i'd guess those pages can be relisted.
>> blade disposal

>> bleeding edge
except... it's not a real set of people. It's a broad and imaginary set of 'all those that haven't read Taleb's favourite books and know as much maths as him'. Come on, that's not actually a set of real people, but some ridiculous straw men. He lampoons perfectly ordinary behaviour of a certain type, where there are people who just as uncritically hold other contingent social beliefs. And note that his opponents are all 'he'. These people are not the same as those whom he lambasts in all the other ways in the rest of the piece.

He never defines what not being an idiot is. Basically it's anyone that King Taleb doesn't like and looks down upon as intellectually inferior. Probably because some like that snub him for his general asinine rhetoric and arrogance in other areas he doesn't actually understand, highly smart though he is. Loose and lazy this is.

The piece really is rather a rant. I am now looking for what I found useful in it... Ah, ok, sothe problems of statistical and methodological illiteracy in policymaking and politics, and sometimes in academia. Definitely worth it. But he really isn't helping his case with such irrelevant and obviously subjective ad-homines! 'Skin in the game'? What game? And does Taleb have such skin?

Scientism v Science. OK, interesting. But he doesn't define his terms at all. I wish he did, because I'm sure he's spotted interesting things. But now, he doesn't condescend to make a full argument.

A really fast and observant mind, wasted in ego, I fear.
OK, but my point is that it's also a concept in most game engines.
> That doesn't even address the hard part.

Fair enough. I did write a book on the other parts, though.
https://www.amazon.com/Working-Effectively-Legacy-Michael-Fe...
I've made no dismissal, just a comment. The interplay between religions and culture is that the religions don't come from gods, but they are formed in the cultures within which they emerge. They are not a collection of some madman's dreams and aphorisms, but a fruit of their communities, they are doctrinizations of the customs and beliefs that form their culture. Christianity and islam are the only examples of truly international and intercultural religions, up until christianity every people had their religion. But even then, christianity and islam are not monolithic things, every culture they touched formed their own subreligions. The islam of an aegean anatolian is different from the islam of a yemenite arab, the christianity of an armenian is dissimilar to that of an irlandese. Culture forms religion, and if albanians weren't already inclined to be welcoming and guest-loving, their religion (i.e. their version of islam) would reflect that. We look at islam and christianity as if they were big monolithic things, but every people live them their way.
We're drifting a bit, but perhaps our differences are due to the definition of a developing country.

Another commenter mentioned countries where a significant portion of its citizens don't have basic sanitary conditions, and that's what I'm picture. And in the case of Turkey, I wouldn't call it a developing country using this definition.

> I'd still wager at least ⅕ the world's population falls into the "can't afford AI cars individually, but would benefit from gov't subsidization of such"

Agreed.
Your best shot may be finding the way to use your knowledge in a field you are really passionate about. In fact, it seems to me you are just hanging yourself at some sort of cerebral tree while cutting passion out. That way, you will always work harder than your peers and get less and less satisfaction. Use software engineering as a tool to achieve applied goals.
mutual funds can be either index or actively-managed. Vanguard offers many mutual funds, many of which are index funds.
Well, I guess that settles it, then! There's no way their job is broader in scope than what they publicly say. I'm convinced.
It appears to have been fixed, so hurray!
Yes, I was pleased to see his work on HN.

When I was in high school, he invited us over to talk about technology and to show us some of his works in progress. My tiny experience with 6809 assembly...

Not only an accomplished engineer, but a great educator and
kind person.
This is certainly a nice surprise. I took my first CS course from Dr. Covington. I remember on the first day of class he went through the roll of 70+ students telling almost everyone the linguistic origin and meanings of their names.

He has many interests and seems to be an expert in nearly all of them. I consider him to be the smartest person I've ever met. Thanks for posting this.
maybe you'll do better, maybe you'll do worse. the prevailing theory is that the expected value is the same (minus the fees). adding up years of fees, and suddenly you're short a nontrivial amount of money
An arbitrary existing code base? Perhaps not. The portions I've been working on for any length of time? They will. They'll have unit tests, too.

Some kind of guaranteed initial state? Yeah, my tests will set that up every time they run, just like they'll set up everything else they need.

Now, if I'm working on Oracle-specific code, say, and I don't have an Oracle license for my desktop, I'm unable to do what I have so bravely stated that I will do. Also, if I'm thrown into a mess with no time to do anything but panic fixes, I don't have time. But never in my career has that been the case for long (maybe I'm fortunate...)
That sounds like a good idea until you try to implement it and discover all the problems: http://archive.is/eHvKF HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10854570
The "rational" argument is being made by the DEA to continue the war because it allows their continued existence. It is "rational" for them to pursue the most stringent laws possible to justify their budget and size.

It's also rational for politicians to not push for removing federal drug scheduling because the "just say no" side has been a bigger part of the vote than the legalization side. It's making it's way towards being a top voting issue but hasn't quite been there yet. However, when California legalizes and as more states likely shall, the pressure on Congress to act will become immense.
Politics is not driven by rational arguments, but rather self-serving ones.

The tipping point will come when enfranchised political classes are devastated by the drug war. We've already seen it happen with heroin - we've pivoted from incarceration to compassion and treatment (At least, in the public psyche...) After opioid abuse hit white neighbourhoods.

Given the social disaster unfolding in the Appalachians, we may be getting closer to meaningful drug reform.
Yeah, this is exactly my first impression (I've never really looked into any past version of React Router either).

Why is routing being declared in components in the first place? It seems counterintuitive. There are obvious downsides - so what are the upsides? The README gives no clues.
The Spanish and the Greeks tend to get a lot of 'lazy' flak in Europe. The origin of this has to do with the climate.

Many countries view hard workers working through the daylight and having evenings / night to themselves. However in the hotter nations the middle of the day and afternoon is often taken off, and work restarts later going into the evening/night. Thus it often appears like these countries only work half days.

The truth is now common knowledge around Europe however the traditional image of a Spaniard asleep in the middle of the day persists alongside the camp French snob and the Tea Toting and Tutting Brit.

As I see it the joke is no more racist than joking that the US brings kilotons of freedom to the world or that Canadians are sorry.
Turing Machines and Lambda Calculus are equivalent in power, but opposite in style, ways of formally describing computing. Imperative programming came from one and functional programming from the other. One of simplest... conceptually and in implementation... versions of Lambda Calculus is LISP. I'm guessing you already know what it can do. In Turing/Imperative Land, I suggested Forth comes closest to being simplest of very powerful languages.

There's probably implementations of all of these in all the others out there. I'm just saying Forth is a Turing-style language with LISP-like simplicity and benefits.
Tux Paint

There is a configuration tool for parents/teachers, or you can just edit the config file. The right mouse button can be mapped to the left, or to an animation that explains left/right buttons. You can make Tux Paint full-screen. You can disable the normal way to exit, leaving only a non-obvious key sequence. Tux Paint uses a fixed-location save directory, so there is no way to browse around and mess with the OS.
It's this one: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html! It should be required reading for everyone I think.
Libreboot Leaves GNU Claiming Gender Identity Discrimination by FSF
Show HN: “Leave the Light On” Written in Swift 3.0 and SpriteKit
What does "moving spending from the future to the present" actually mean in Uber's case?

For many kinds of spending, the future and the present aren't in competition. Keeping cars and people idle today won't result in more cars and labor available tomorrow.

If Uber weren't around, maybe the people writing software and driving cars could be doing something more useful. But that's competition between two different investments in the present, not between the future and the present.

If anything, low interest rates encourage people to speculate on bets that might pay off later rather than on surer bets that will pay off sooner. So that's the (possibly mythical) future competing with the (actual) present.
Have to admit it's the first time I see headphones that make you look like you inserted tampons in your ears.
When I choose index funds I aim for ≤0.4%
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The question is where to get that reliable rate of return.

As I've thought about my investments, I've also struggled with the notion that I'm very heavily in non-dividend paying equities. While my growth has been great, I'm not really deriving any passive investment income to offset my living expenses (presumably for the opportunity for a higher rate of growth).

Do many that aim for this tend to focus more on dividend and income-providing investments instead, despite the lower rates of return?
I saw that and smiled. Panicked for a second, since this is old code in a dead framework, but thankfully the framework creators were smarter enough to cover for me. =3
We changed the baity title ("Silicon Valley" is pretty close to universally counting as linkbait in titles now, and the rest was over the edge) to a subtitle that appears to summarize the author's argument.
what makes you think this wouldn't be priced into bond yields? There is trillions of paper in the market, an arbitrage is eaten by the entities who make their living doing it. There is no secret edge.
Some plurality of people making a choice on one day should not override the majority's decision in the future. That's not democracy.
Releasing all drug offenders (both federal and state) would reduce the US prison population 14%: http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/releasing-drug-offenders-...
Canada has less taxation than the US?
Most of the banks have been around for a while, but haven't been this big until very recently.
I got about one paragraph into this article before deciding to exercise my intellectual freedom to not read it.
OK, the part that resonated with me was the ivory-tower intellectual who makes decisions for people he/she doesn't know or understand, and then calls the people stupid when they disagree with the intellectual's ideas. See the resentment in Europe toward Brussels for a real-life example, though there are plenty of others.
I'm seriously claiming that no patient committed to modifying their treatment plan has ever started that process due to a TV commercial and that the societal loss from doctors acquiescing to patient demands for treatment for Restless Leg Syndrome or whatever other made-up disease far outweighs the benefits from airing said commercials.

Any patient engaged enough and knowledgeable enough to participate in improving their care plan is also knowledgeable enough to know that TV commercials for drugs are complete garbage and offer 0 substantive benefit.
Before the Internet, people eventually forgot what mistakes you made in the past. If there were records, not everyone had access to them and they eventually expired.

Don't you see the problem when every mistake you ever made, or even wrongfully made accusations against you, can be found by anyone, indefinitely, by simply entering your name into a search engine?

Let's say there is a nude picture of you on the Internet, or something else that is embarrassing to you. It can be found by anyone by entering your name into Google. You can't do anything about it. It keeps you from getting that job you want, from now till the end of your life. Because of that one mistake you made years ago. How would you like that?

I'm also critical of these laws because they can be abused, but in general, I support the idea that some information should expire from the collective memory eventually.
What service do you use for this? I'm aware of Zopa in the UK.
While I can't speak about investors, I personally know of one highly-respected niche company that seriously favors candidates who have one of the "big 4" on their resume (AmaMagaGooBookSoft or whatever they're calling it these days). Ironically enough, a widely-recognized position at a major tech company unfortunately can be a stepping stone that gets you in the door at a place you actually want to work long-term. People are generally really bad at hiring.

It's kind of funny that a position at one of those companies is now the new mark of prestige instead of a college degree or something. Shows how far the university has fallen.
Beware of the Robot Pharmacist
Gravity's Rainbow is not worth the slog, IMHO, unless you like beautiful plot constructions and vulgar wordplay. As a commentary on literature, as a novel, as a piece of writing, and most of all as a story, Mason & Dixon is (by far) Pynchon's greatest work.

The Crying of Lot 49 is the foil—short, with a meaningless story only good for the experience reading it.
10 times more government as a percentage of GDP compared to a century ago. Wow. We certainly are having a lot of government in our lives and livelihood.
Its sad that Elon does not have confidence on immortality. He is even thing about dying.
I dunno, if a brand new supermarket chain launched, and within a year they became the #2 supermarket chain in worldwide sales, that would actually be very impressive.
The equity seems way off here.
You would be giving up 45k/year and for arguments sake lets say the equity vests in 2 years.

That's 90k for .6% of a company. Which puts the companies valuation around $15,000,000. Seems high for company about to bring on their first technical hire(I'm assuming).

And remember there are several downsides to equity like

- It's highly variable.

- It's a lot easier to screw you out of equity than cash.

- It's a lot less liquid, you might not get any money for years.
Corporations are people, my friend.[1]

Which is to say, they are made up of people. My right to free speech is not diminished by the fact that I choose to work with other people for a common goal.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPQkd_AA6c My second favorite republican quote that was mistakenly maligned by the left. In first place is, of course, Rumsfeld's rumination on the nature of unknown unknowns.
What's New in Zabbix 3.2
Ignoring the guy himself, I think the unique thing about it is why he did it. The motivation to achieve spiritual goals through programming is one that doesn't get tapped a lot despite its potential to bring in contributions. There's definitely software developers making products to serve religious markets. I'm talking more on tapping into that desire to make a difference and do positive things with one's time with extra layer of benefits from religious belief.

The moderators or leaders need above-average talent for such places, though. ;)
There are currently over 2,000 /24 equivalents for sale: https://www.arin.net/resources/transfer_listing/listings.txt
No, we are increasing the annual rate of planetary carbon emissions.

Not only are we not fixing it, we are accelerating in the wrong direct.
But the margin was nearly 2:1 in favour of joining.
I think the 'ravioli code' moniker is really a slight on good code. It just takes some time to become acclimated to the style of having many smaller pieces. That said, over-engineering is real. Unnecessary layering should go away.
1: Don't get hung up on a specific prestigious company. There's more to life then working for a specific company, going to a specific school, driving a specific car, wearing a specific article of clothing, ect. (This also plays into who you date and who your friends are.)

1.5: Interviewing is like dating. At the end of the day, it's all about a mutual compatibility among you and the people you work with.

2: Interviews aren't things you study for. When I interview candidates, I'm trying to figure out if they can learn and if they understand core concepts that come with experience.

I must say this: I can tell when someone studies for my interview. They get all the questions "right," so then I start twisting the questions and the candidate starts acting like "you said this wouldn't be on the test." Those candidates are rejected.

In an interview, I can always take some code on the board, make up a funny situation that you didn't study for, and see how you handle it. If all you do is study interview questions from a book, these questions will tank you.

I've had two situations where a candidate who studied my interview made it past. In one case, the candidate was fired after a few months because he was too focused on goals that weren't our business's goals; and because the quality of his work sucked. In the other case... Well, let's just say that upper management is well aware of the problem.
Since the 2000 peak, the S&P 500 has returned ~3% pa. Throw in the fact that many funds back then were charging some 2% pa, and transaction costs with some in and out, and you can easily have not much more than what you started with (particularly in real terms).
Well, you should have watched it first because your comment isn't relevant.

The talk is about exploiting terrible digital security, not social engineering.
I was thinking that because we talk about EU on an American forum, it'll have to be 551 ml.

Well, never mind, the health nazis will have got us by the time Brexit is clear, and the beer will be non-alcoholic.
I'd rather lose my grip in that direction than in the other
I'd read such an ebook. How to add monitoring infrastructure redundancy, or how not to make it a single point of failure. Any info on state of the art for alerting (https://pushy.me/ or such). And the usual self-hosting via third-party hosting comparison.
I feel like most people are acknowledging the legal perspective in this thread. The comments are using words like "draconian" or "going too far" or "The law is clear: complicity in copyright violation". There's very little doubt that the four top pirates on that site are breaking some kind of law, it's more about how hard they should be punished or if the law is fair as it currently stands.

There's this interplay between the law and ethics as to how much your ethics are shaped by what the law currently says, vs the law being shaped by the communal ethics of people. I think when you reference a detail of the law (say first-sale doctrine) as a black-and-white first principle for your view of ethical IP handling it feels like there's not much room to move the ethical line. If there is some kind of absolute author moral right to first-sale, why even put a time limit on copyright or patents etc?

Personally I feel that people should be able to make a living (and more) from producing creative or useful work. Everyone benefits from that. I think the legal details beyond that including copyright terms, exclusivity, first-sale, reselling used software, importing of trademarked goods, mechanical royalties, license agreements, patent pools. All of that to me is ugly hacks on ugly hacks to try and make a workable system out of it. And I don't care if people throw all of it out so long as they can still come up with a viable way for people to make movies, make video games, make music, make medicine and make useful software applications while still being able to support themselves and their family that doesn't just depend on charity.
Yes, some people cannot afford to save for retirement. As the article mentions, you shouldn't invest money that you can't live with for at least 10 years.

However, the opportunity lost for every year you defer retirement contributions is huge, especially when you factor in the employer match you could be getting.

If you assume a $200 a month contribution at about a 3% rate of return, the difference between 39 and 40 years of contributions is $7,600. Discounting the $2400 in contributions you would have made, that's still $5,200 lost just for waiting a year. And we're not even factoring in an employer match.

Again, agree that for some this may be a tough decision. But generally speaking, if you receive a salary and have the option to participate in a retirement plan, you should do it.
Where have you been the last few years?

I'm usually not this snarky... but seriously... it's fact NSA operates an enormous surveillance infrastructure within the US borders targeting US citizens.

That is not debatable.

What may be debatable by some, is whether or not it's legal/constitutional/moral... but you are not making that point.
Yeah, stealing. I downloaded HackerNews once and no one else could see it until they made a new one. /s

Potentially copyright infringement, YMMV. If you only consumed the articles once then a time-shifting Fair Use or Fair Dealing (or similar) case might be made.
I got the nice surprise of getting an IPv6 block with BT recently, everything works as expected. They are finally rolling it out, it seems.
I think it's hard to give general advice for all EU countries. E.g. in Sweden you'd want to avoid the big old banks and choose a ”niche bank” such as Avanza or Nordnet. Then you’d put your savings into a ”kapitalförsäkring” or ”investeringssparkonto”, which are favorably taxed. However, this option is only available for Swedish citizens. So what’s best for you in terms of fees and taxes will probably depend highly on which specific country you live in.
I think that finding something worth caring about that doesn't prove to be hollow is one of the fundamental problems of modern life, perhaps especially for intellectuals. So those works may be more interesting to people who wrestle with that in their personal lives.
isn't Sheldon working on this topic too?