skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It is reassuring to know that the Romans were as bloodthirsty as ourselves as far as their fellow men and 'beasts' are concerned. They were 'good Germans' too.

Not so recently normalised behaviour was to watch the Iraq war whilst having one's teevee dinner, although televised, there was fresh killings every evening in your living room, without the inconvenience of mess or smell! TV ratings were good!!!

I also believe it is a bit rich to criticise how the Romans treated 'beasts'. Unless you are vegetarian or vegan. We are the true masters of imprisoning and torturing animals efficiently. Plus we don't have existential threats from 'beasts', in Roman times some type of bear could eat you alive on your trip back from the pub.
Tim...I have a lot of sharp words for you now, probably because members of my family have spent many years inside the food industry.

1) I do not doubt the veracity of these claims
2) They are substantiated. It's clearly your research that is not.

People die because of this kind of ignorance. If you want me to elaborate, I've got the grizzly details. I wish I didn't.
> in an era when nobody uses desktops anymore.

Lots of people use desktops. And this is more than a desktop PC, the "studio" functionality makes that clear.

And last-gen/overpriced current hardware is what Apple has been doing for a long time, yet it's
easy to see by their success that it's not pure specs but rather the actual experience that matters.
> Twitter puts no intermediary between speaker and listener.

Actually, Twitter puts ads, filters, and clever curation algorithms between the speaker and listener.

Now an IRC channel ... that puts no intermediary between speaker and listener.
Interesting research that addresses some weaker points: https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/05/15/diving-deeper-into-caus...
Look I get it, but there are citations.
https://www.reddit.com/r/soylent/comments/3orq9s/is_diarrhea...
At that effort level I was hoping you're working on curing a disease or at least something more important than the cloud. :-/
Planck said "Science advances one funeral at a time", and he was in that exact field...
All due respect to someone who has created a tool that does genuinely save me some work when deploying, but I can't internalise calling flyway a "migration" tool when failed deltas require such catastrophic manual cleanup. One typo or semantic error in a file and I get a corrupted stack that requires me to edit not only the file but the metadata table. I have started double-testing deployments to mitigate the awfulness, but are there any plans to ever make failed changes more graceful?
We are also having issues resolving some .io domains from AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2)
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"Then again, with Chrome taking up >4GB of RAM, they probably could have gotten half that performance just by closing their browser or using Safari." This is so true. I've recently stopped using Chrome and switched to Safari. Now my 5-year old MacBook Pro runs like butter.
Apple makes people learn the ergonomic C-[ instead of using Esc, which is so last year. All hail Cook!
USB-C/Thunderbolt hubs should start around $120.

It doesn't need to be a 5K 27" display to provide power over USB-C.
HTC Vive introduces world's first pay-per-VR service for hotels
There's no escaping the Apple walled garden!
Honestly, why is that a problem? What open-source benefits are you taking advantage of?
You sound like me 25 years ago. I assume you are still young (20-30?) but I would urge you to take a look at your lifestyle and habits now, with a view to changing it to incorporate more of your hiking and camping and social interactions that you mention.

I once felt that living like you currently are was sustainable and that I would be impervious to the long term effects, but now that I have hit the half century mark, I am finding I suffer from all sorts of back and shoulder pain from sitting for extended programming sessions lasting days. I also have rapidly degrading eyesight, and high risk of glaucoma from staring at screens all day every day, and I have other health and digestive issues from not eating regular healthy meals, or drinking enough water back in the day.

It is highly likely that the lifestyle you are accustomed to will turn around and bite you one day. Make changes now so that you don't end up the same as this old programmer. :)
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Well, I can understand how from your perspective it makes sense for you to want to live forever, but from an evolutionary perspective your species is more successful if you die after a while.

If if immortality didn't have negative consequences as severe as stunting an entire species, we'd probably see more species that were capable of immortal individuals. Such species do exist, but not in the Mammal kingdom as far as I'm aware.

But I also think it sets a good guideline. Death improves a species, because it leaves room for more children + more generations (for a given set of resources), which means more opportunity for improvements to evolutionary fitness.

edit: another commenter pointed out something I think is fairly profound. When a group of cells in your body decides to pursue immortality, it's usually cancer. And if you don't address it, it kills you, and them too. Science theoretically has a way to grant our individual cells immortality without causing cancer, but it'd have to be orchestrated carefully.
Right click and open link in private/incognito window.
Somehow this seems like an American thing or maybe people in other places make less of a spectacle of it?

Always having too little time, always working and being proud to plan every minute of every day (recently Marissa Mayer and Bill Gates and someone else from the US said in interviews they have every minute of every day planned; sounds like pure hell but he) seems very American. This Soylent thing fits in there.

Why would someone want to work that much unless you want to become a billionaire which, again, seems a drive in media coming from the US?

Maybe it is just the media I read though, but here there is no vibe like that and when I meet (very successful/rich) entrepreneurs in Asia/Aus/EU they seem to be always eating elaborately so they do not give of that vibe either. Again the press distorts but posts here on HN and a thing like Soylent support that press.
I tried this off and on for over a year - huge supporter of the idea to have a basic "fallback" healthy meal option better than the kind of crap we might eat when we're low on ingredients.

But I had to stop. No matter what kind of soylent I had, even the liquid, I'd just get horrible indigestion from it - heartburn, even acid reflux. I read all the theories about "oh, you're just not used to the fiber" but I eat plenty of beans and psyllium husk and that's not it. Thought it was the oat protein, but the liquid uses more soy protein instead - no change. And no other foods seem to trigger that consistently for me. I stopped drinking it and the problem went away.
> Your reply to his comment is pointless.

No, you missed the point. I'm criticizing his "Advertising is something that has existed for at least 100 plus years." and therefor "is here to stay" logical fallacy.

No, your definition is so broad as to be meaningless.

What do I proposed? For example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10398290. But more importantly go back to my "On our failure to focus on finding alternate solutions" link above. This website and the culture it worships touts its creative and problem solving ability. So it is not just a moral failure but also one of imagination.

"The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks."

– Jeff Hammerbacher, fmr. Manager of Facebook Data Team, founder of Cloudera

And honestly, I believe you are so armored against my ideas, that you haven't given them (my comments here and my links) a truly honest, reflective read. You keep challenging me but you haven't answered all of my points or challenges.
jrcii's comment's being down-voted to oblivion represents how upset people here get about anything that challenges their golden goose.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

– Upton Sinclair
"Why don't people understand? It's so simple: Soylent is for meals you don't care about but need. It's not a) the ONLY food you can eat or b) supposed to replace all meals."

Problem already solved, MRE [0] and discussed [1].

[0] Example here is a Patrol Ration One Man (PR1M) used in the ADF ~ https://flickr.com/photos/bootload/4549780731/in/set-7215762...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1665563
So, to summarise your point of view:

Vim has contextual physical button remapping, and it's a positive thing.

Apple adds a hardware + software feature to provide a context-sensitive multi-touch region allowing for multiple types of physical input & visual feedback in any application, and it's a gimmick?

Gotcha.
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For a course Real time systems, i need to make a mini application project using c or java. For example like showing simulation of solar system. Any ideas would be appreciated.
I tried the powder when backpacking like you described when I went on a camping trip last year. The problem is that you need to rinse the Nalgene bottle thoroughly after consuming the Soylent (which means you have to carry excess water, or find a water source relatively quickly). Otherwise it stinks like hell.

I found Soylent 2.0 and Coffiest work a lot better, since their bottles are disposable. Just put it in your trash bag and you're good.
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OK, next thing there's 9000 job titles. Where's a win in this?
If it just salary levels, then why bother with titles? Call it just "salary level N+1" and that's it.
My theory: micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-gray-zone.html
and let's leave her sex life out of this.
> reddit/hackernews are a simplification of that idea brewed down to just upvote/downvote/flag.

HN has the unique advantage that it's a niche board. This means that the userbase is small, which makes moderation infinitely easier, because the pool of potential trolls just is extremely small.

Reddit has solved this problem by shifting the moderation load to volunteers for each subreddit. Of course, that can go south too (as witnessed with /r/fatpeoplehate, /r/thefappening, ...) but most of the time Reddit seems to be OK.

4chan just lets everything stay except childporn, because it doesn't have to take care of a public image (everyone knows 4chan is the vilest place on the net, except for the CP sites in the .onion tor net).

Twitter has probably more users than HN, Reddit and 4chan combined and has to rely mostly on automation for anti-spam (which rarely works, because there's a LOT of legit bots) and user reports, which, like FB, don't work at all or lead to brigading, mass-reports etc.
> Do you not cook every meal because you don't have the time, or because it's simply easier...?

Aren't those two sides of the same coin? Yes, I really don't cook every meal because it's easier and because I don't have the time. Unless I do a lot of planning and shopping in advance and change my habits and take lunch to work with me every day. I can't cook at work, and I'm not working from home.

The answer truly is that I do not have the time to cook a reduction for every meal.

> Anyway, you don't have to cook to eat a nutritious meal that you make yourself

Totally agreed. Do it all the time. Not sure what made you think I'm saying otherwise.

> You probably do laundry at some point [...] the time argument is very improbably. Proof: you have time to comment on HN.

That's wildly flimsy "proof", but you already know that, right? I'm a walking counter-example that cooking meals takes longer than commenting on HN, I happen to know from experience, because I do both.

You seem to be in favor of Soylent, your argument is the same as theirs, it's quick and healthy to spend 5 minutes making a shake. You don't seem to be advocating well cooked meals like reductions with wine. I replied to someone talking about cooking a reduction and having wine as the alternative to Soylent, that is the context in which you're replying.
If you can't develop with 16gigs something else is wrong.
I don't think it's quite as generic as you portray. Rome was truly in a class of its own. Brutal violence characterized most ancient societies, and wars were winner-take-all affairs. Yet Rome had a top-to-bottom, win-at-any-cost militarization of society that set it apart from all but a few states like Macedon and Sparta. Romans who surrendered rather than dying in battle were often ostracized, as happened after Cannae. Roman armies were also capable of genocidal cruelty towards enemies, as demonstrated in the conquest of Gaul. The city won dominion of the Mediterranean through brutally efficient armies as well as a willingness to shrug off terrible losses. It's not surprising to see the same attitudes permeating civilian life.

The closest European parallel seems to be Prussia, especially from the time of Frederic the Great onwards. It is the most complete example of the nation in arms I can think of. Yet even they lacked the casual brutality of the Romans.
But can they charge a lot more if you don't consent?
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I used to do that as well when I was younger. Obviously not with Soylent, that wasn't around then. It works well for menial programming tasks where time is the limiting factor. Incidently, those are the problems where you can for the most part jump out and right back in without too much overhead. But when facing a hard problem, getting up and away from the computer, and cooking a meal always mean I'll solve the problem faster and better. Simply because I let the problem alone for a while. I even use non tech coworkers for sparing, explaning the problem, and answering their questions means I'll have to think about the problem in a significantly different way - often revealing insight in the process. YMMW
Maybe one day they will fix that in the womb before the baby is born, haha! Or there can be some kind of gene therapy that can fix it/subdue it.
When you look at the venue you see how much they appreciate MacBook brand.
Or more nebulously, CNN and Bloomsberg is a vehicle for presenting a view of the economy so as to directly influence the awareness of other, lesser informed, market participants.
It's surprising that they've done this, given the Immovable Ladder's example of just how difficult it is to alter anything in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immovable_Ladder
Ok fair enough. After the 2 weeks of hell I never felt sick or anything.

Throughout my entire life I always would get get some form of indigestion pretty regularly. It had gotten to the point where I just accepted it as what it is to be human. Nausea was by far the most common and happened all the time. Once over that two week hump though, everything went away. It was awesome. Now I still get some indigestion since I eat more much regular food now, but I eat a healthier diet so it's not so bad.
This pretty much seems reasonable. Housing demand should probably depend mostly on the amount of wealth (maybe this should be income?) in the area. It seems possible that wealth in the valley is growing at 20%.
Hi HN, this is Jakub, Founder of Estimote (YC S13).

We have just enabled in our SDK simple key:value storage for 1Mb built-in memory in our Location Beacon.

Your simple beacon apps don't need to store data in the cloud anymore; for some application you can keep content/sensor data/analytics directly in the nearby beacons.

Happy to answer any questions here : )
On the other hand, people wouldn't be complaining so much if it weren't Apple -- Apple is the company they associate with "change for change's sake", which isn't entirely deserved as a reputation.

But at any rate, yes, I would be telling people this if it weren't Apple, and had some fun with it:

https://twitter.com/ubernostrum/status/791720257505243136
You could also take pride in cleaning and maintaining your tools. It's rather fast if you don't burn your food and if you use proper cleaning agents like "Barkeepers Friend" when soap isn't appropriate.
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Thanks for the link -- I remember spending a good 10-15 minutes before giving up on the DIY suggestions. There were a few recipes that piqued my interest, but most seemed like a chemical sludge. And since I don't live off soylent, I figured it was too much effort to invest the time/energy in a drink that I consume maybe once a week.
You need automated deployments. The deployer of choice should have all the private accounts, passwords etc and only a few people should have access. The build/deployment process should be able to put those keys in the right configs.

For the database, have an annonymization process the clears any sensitive data, annonymizes names, etc. and have developers work off of that (I really like having real world data to work with).

Give them access to logs or regularly copy them to somewhere they can access them.

There really should be need need for devs to be accessing prod (or stagin, or UAT, etc) environments regularly.
>>that how it is marketed. My assertion is that the difference is largely marketing

Nope. Here is what the Muscle Milk website says in their FAQ - note the last sentence:

Many people use MUSCLE MILK® Ready to Drink Shakes and Powders as a meal replacement or snack between meals. The ready-to-drink products are especially convenient to use as a meal replacement or snack when you are on-the-go. MUSCLE MILK® Ready to Drink Shakes should always be used in conjunction with whole foods and adequate hydration, and never as a sole source of nutrition.

http://www.musclemilk.com/learn/
That suggests either a very like-minded company (with 25 people very likely, with larger sizes less so) or tremendous amount of peer pressure. After all, if out of 25 people 24 decide to share, and 25th wants to work in this company, they don't really have a choice, do they? That person has to work with all these people after it.
Yep, they already exist for the macbook: http://grff.in/breaksafe

I know because I ordered one a couple hours ago. (... The first of many silly dongles I'm going to need for my new MBP.)
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Well there are two reasons I was surprised they didn't use the 1080, one was that it is surprisingly hard on a GPU to do the sort of lag free drawing/manipulation. When I'm turning a 3D part around in "quality" render mode in TurboCAD and modifying it on the fly it works out the GPU fairly well. Unlike games its pretty much forced to recompute lighting fairly often.

The other was that they have already crossed over the "luxury" threshold from "just another PC" to "special hotness" sort of territory. So unless Nvidia is giving them a smoking deal on "old" GPU's it seems that from a marketing perspective you would want to check off all the boxes. Its reported that it would use less power and generate less heat, and Nvidia says it is 20% faster. That seems like it would be a "no brainer". But I clearly don't know.

That is why it surprised me when I read the high end Studio only had the GTX980 in it.
It sounds even more made-up to me now...
Absolutely not. You can be deficient in some mineral for your entire life, with the only thing to show for it a permanent light rash and an increased chance of colon cancer. E.g over 50% of the population is deficient in magnesium, even following conservative daily suggested intakes.

People report Soylent 'curing' rashes: that's exactly the opposite happening. They were deficient in e.g. zinc until now and finally got enough through Soylent. A good multivitamin would also have solved it.
What article are you reading? If we are reading the same article then look at the charts under the following subheadings:

David Doyle, economist at Macquarie Capital Markets Ltd.

Torsten Slok, chief international economist at Deutsche Bank AG.

Jordan Rochester, foreign-exchange strategist at Nomura.

Barnaby Martin, European credit strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Fielding Chen and Tom Orlik, economists at Bloomberg Intelligence.

...haters are going to hate, I suppose.
I don't see why the owner wouldn't get harassed by the neighbors for being loud, plus trashing the place is one of the common 'party' related complaints.

However, guest reviews cannot be updated, so I can see how learning about problems days later may allow bad guests to dodge the bullet.
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Considering the fact that the Slimfast website has learning resources for cooking regular healthy meals, I would posit that their products aren't designed or intended to replace all meals.

http://www.slim-fast.com/recipes/balanced-meals/#balanced-me...
I've had similar - my 2007 MBP had full DVI. My 2011 MBP has Thunderbolt. My next one will have USB-C.

But what is the alternative you'd prefer? They still ship with that massive DVI connector?

Frankly, one they stopped using an apple-proprietary connector (ADC, which was basically DVI + USB + Power in a single cable, 14 years before USB-C) in 2004, there's not much to complain about.

Since they dropped ADC, they've used combinations of DVI, Mini DisplayPort, HDMI, Thunderbolt1 & 2, USB-C, and now Thunderbolt 3.

Those are all industry standard ports. Some are influenced by Apple, but none are limited to Apple.
I did the same thing. I have a 2015 MBP, and I plan to hold it at least till AppleCare expires and then see how's the landscape is. Having the 2015 model, I don't feel at all left out with this release. I think I have a better laptop that this release. They are still selling it on their website.

But I don't think it will be a just-buy-another-mac type of purchase when I'm out for my next machine.
We've been seeing this for exactly five hours now, all across East Asia.

Edit: Looks like .io is managed in London, and their customer service off hours match the downtime.
You can't miss this one:
https://github.com/airbnb/react-dates

Provided by Airbnb.
I think the way to go is to create a mood board / app style guide / (whatever you like to call it) that shows the design of elements. So you will have the design of buttons (all states), fonts, font sizes margins, and maybe even only one fake page design.

When you present this next to the interaction design customers can understand what is going on and most can imagine what the end product is going to look like.

And imho it's also a managers job to guide the customer away from (for that moment) distracting remarks like 'make the box bluer'.
You can simple fix this by saying something like "Ok, we will note your remark about the color".
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Coffiest actually tastes pretty good. Doesn't have the soy-ish taste and texture of regular Soylent, and if you like coffee then you'll also enjoy the mild coffee flavor in it.
65%-90% of humans are lactose intolerant[0], and lactaid pills aren't always effective.

https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/lactose-intolerance#statis...
>Property is an appreciating asset

Isn't this the cause of the housing bubble? If everyone thinks this? Why wouldn't profits be driven out if everyone thinks like this? Simply curious.
"Of all the pain points humans experience, you'd think death lies pretty high on the list. Why are people fighting this?"

Imagine a cell in your body that thinks this way.

What would you call that cell ?

It starts with a "c" ...