skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The Bolt may work in terms of range and charging but it remains impractical for most of the general public.

A Bolt costs roughly $32K (depending on incentives, maybe more). A Toyota Camry Hybrid starts at $26,790. And, I know what you're going to say, "electricity is free!" That's just untrue. Recharging electric cars is far from free.

The Bolt costs roughly $10 to recharge its 238 mile battery. A Camry Hybrid can drive approx 680 miles on a full tank and costs $37 to completely refill. So you're saving about $8 per every 680 miles you drive.

So the breakeven for the cost difference of the two vehicles (@$5,210) is 442,850 miles. Neither car is going to make it to 400K miles, so therefore you won't make your money back from a Bolt.

PS - Yes, my post uses tons of assumptions: Incentives for the Bolt, cost of electricity, cost of gas, average miles figures, and so on. You cannot make a post about this topic without doing so. Feel free to pick particular figures/assumptions apart, but pointing out "this is all based on estimates!" isn't very constructive within itself.
If you are not subject to the draft then those that are should not be subjected to your vote.
To go with Lemmy "Regrets are always late and usually pointless" and to go with Frank "... I have a few, but then again too few to mention", except 1. not marrying her.
Hibernate core – all about source, design patterns, dependencies
His justification, bizarrely, is that as a hardcore libertarian he is exactly the sort of person who should start a massive surveillance business because other people respect individual rights much less than he does. If the business is going to exist anyway (because of market demand) then having it chaired by a libertarian is the best case scenario.
That's probably true! But the "he" in my sentence refers to Scott Adams, not Trump. Scott thinks of himself as a brilliant persuader, a theory that is ill-supported by the evidence.
Reading his "about" section was enough for me to close his page. I can't take serious anything said by someone like him.
SCIENCE: THE END OF THE FRONTIER?
Most thoughtful people I follow pick against Trump and more or less believe he is a threat to the Republic.

Thiel clearly also believes this, but he's also quite pro-threat-to-the-Republic.
I've compared a load of new laptops on my spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nnmI9pN9rBMBJHE1gqYA...

Compares CPU Passmark score, GPU Flops, Display gamut Rec 2020.

Might be of interest.

Hackintosh laptops though are hit and miss. I'm not sure if Apple even have kexts for modern Nvidia GPUs?

EDIT: There are no Macs packing Nvidia 10xx GPUs. So yes, there might be a problem.
Unfortunately, the National Press Club is now merely a venue. It can be booked for events like any hotel or conference center. Though the club itself still has its own programming, part of the value for an outside party is that it can borrow on the cachet of the name.
He said earlier that people are tried of being lied to by politicians. Meanwhile, only 30% of statements DJT makes are in any way true: http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/
I use Twitter a lot too, and I don't reflexively hate every change they make either. I like it a lot as a social network. But one anecdote...

> It's almost as if the devs don't use Twitter...

They probably use it -- but possibly they don't participate in it, as a social network, very much.

I follow and RT a lot of funny shit, and occasionally ironic/subtweet stuff. One time, I remember a Twitter dev -- after the debacle about testing extending the character limit to 10k characters, among other things -- tweeted, posting about how "We aren't idiots, and we aren't going to ruin twitter, get a grip." That tweet he posted quickly gathered over +2,000 RTs. Most of them being ironic, highlighting massively bad decisions Twitter made in the past to the detriment of its users (such as killing almost all 3rd party clients) -- or simply boggled by the fact they can't understand "a 10k character limit fundamentally destroys what twitter is" (this one is pretty obvious TBH, although I do admit I don't know if they ever even tested the 10k limit thing). I'm pretty sure I RT'd it, myself, just for shits and giggles.

The same individual then later tweeted in the day "Wow, I've never had anything blow up like my last retweet, with the irony and subtweeting. I've never had my tweets even leave my own follower circle." The guy had ~900 followers, and, well, was a Twitter developer (for reference: I'm a nobody and have almost ~1,300).

Now I don't mean to rag on the dude endlessly -- Twitter as a social thing can be fickle and not everybody is super popular or whatever. It certainly has a "way of working", depending on what sphere you find yourself in. But the fact that a product developer seemed to be caught offguard at ironic RTs of his statement, and that they've never even had their tweets leave their circle and seen the results... It just indicates a massive gap between what the developers see, and what users actually do with the platform.

It's like, no wonder they don't (apparently) understand concepts like people harassing or spamming. Most of the developers probably don't even have big enough circles to see it, let alone understand how it, or Twitter users, tend to operate at "scale" (larger number of followers, or simply very frequent use of Twitter despite follower count). You can't understand it by looking at analytics data -- you have to participate in order to understand how people interact. I think Twitter developers probably use the product, maybe even a lot -- but likely don't participate in the ways many of us do.
It's taken me a long time to get to this point - but I regret going into this industry (I'm an SRE/backend engineer person).

I've found other passions on my journey so far, and I wish I could pursue them full-time. I'm trying. But frankly, it's hard to give up the money if I want to live in a big city and be able to adopt kids and be able to retire comfortably and not freak out when I inevitably have large medical expenses.

It's somewhat depressing.
Why attack here? You pretty much proved people on the left side do attack him. Did he ever say the people attacking him are paid by Clinton.
Yes especially since the new macbook pro is 250g lighter but you have to carry 250g in adapters...

I have a macbook for portability but for the macbook pro, I don't need it to be light or thinner, I need it to be powerful.
I would be interested to read more about the history of this idea and how it compares to existing input methods.
The article contradicts that:

For $750, Bolt buyers can opt for direct-current fast-charging capability via a Combined Charging System (CCS) port. As of September 1, 2016, there were 1061 CCS fast-charging connectors in the United States, versus 2010 Tesla Supercharger hookups. Most CCS stations charge at 50 kilowatts, and Chevrolet claims they can be expected to add 90 miles of range in 30 minutes of charging. Not bad, but that’s roughly half the rate of Tesla’s 120-kW Superchargers, and access to CCS chargers definitely isn’t included in the price of the Bolt.
> the Clinton Foundation personally bankrolls an army of trolls to harass him on Twitter.

Have you ever heard of "Correct The Record"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brock#Correct_the_Record
It would seem to me that relying on confirmation bias means he's not much of a persuader at all.
I don't know about the most efficient. Looking at the first result of a gasoline powered generator at Home Depot -- the DEWALT 7,000-Watt Gasoline Powered Electric Start Portable Generator -- the description states, "The 7.5 Gal. steel fuel tank provides 11 hours of runtime at 50% load."

That's 11 hours at 3500W for 7.5gal == 5.1 kWh/gal.

1.8 gallons in that generator gives about 9.2 kWh. Or, 11.7 gallons to get 60 kWh.

Some other quick searching says gasoline has 33.4 kWH/gal and that typical gasoline engines in cars are around 25% and the best peak at maybe 35%, giving between 8.4 kWh/gal and 11.7 kWh/gal. Which is between 5 to 7 gallons for 60 kWh.
The navigation assistance in my car is significantly better than the one Google Maps offers. For one thing it doesn't lose its mind every time I go under an overpass. For another, the UI is vastly superior: it shows me the distance to the next waypoint prominently in the center of the display, between the speedometer and the tachometer. When approaching a turn, the same area of the display is used to show the configuration of the intersection, even complicated ones like double forks or t- or y- shaped intersections, or even acute turnbacks. My car never barks orders like Google Maps does. If it needs to say something, it is awfully polite, saying things such as "If possible, make a legal U-turn." And finally my car's navigation responds to a voice command to stop navigating, which Google Maps doesn't seem to know.

In my experience the only thing Google Maps navigation has going for it is superior data. I really wish I could have my car's UI with Google's data.
>but they offer no real productivity gains in the long run.

I'm pretty sure things like code completion, interactive debugging, and static analysis have increased my productivity by an order of magnitude. Sure, I could spend days and weeks memorizing every Vim command and obscure UNIX program to handle these things, but why?
I can't imagine that happening. They'd piss off all the customers that bought lightning accessories, lose control over the connector, and get what in return?
The problem is the potential collapse of some civilizations. I have seen some serious predictions that the Middle East and North Africa in particular are vulnerable to potentially becoming uninhabitable in say 100 years due to too much extreme heat (https://www.mpg.de/10481936/climate-change-middle-east-north...).

Civilization overall will grind on regardless, but you've got to admit that just the Syria refugees alone threw a massive kink in European politics. A lot of the countries that are predicted to suffer the most from climate change already are fairly poor. So the question is how much could climate change contribute to political unrest?

I agree that it does no good to talk about climate change in very strongly apocalyptic terms. That's part of the issue in the US -- the largely politicized hype tends to frame this issue in almost quasi religious terms. Either you believe in an Impending Apocalyptic Doom That Will Kill Us All, or you believe in A Vast Global Conspiracy Scam Designed To Enrich Crooked Elitist Climate Scientists. While I think there's plenty of evidence for concern, I do think the evidence points more towards a slow creeping collection of issues more than any sort of mass apocalypse.

For instance, the state where I live (Florida) is fairly vulnerable to sea level rises. What this means is that any infrastructure with a 50 to 100 year horizon has to now account for the potential that sea level could be much higher in the future if you want to really be safe (see http://www.southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org/wp-content/upl...). I don't expect Florida to be wiped out by climate change related sea rise but consider how much of Florida civilization is by the sea, I certainly expect some pain points. For poorer countries with much less resources, the pain points might be a lot harsher.
Living in an apartment with no chargers is a serious limitation, while gas is available everywhere (for hybrid).
Yes @gus_mussa, I am talking about the same. I appreciate your response. Would love to know why it's not a good "Show HN"? Thanks
There are many reasons, besides lower cost, why people buy particular cars. Also, are you sure you aren't being confusing with how you're using "impractical"?
It would have to be a hardware manufacturer choosing a Linux distribution. They would have to expect more sales than the cost of development. Contrast that with market share and growth of the Linux desktop. It's historically not been worth it to them.
I'm getting a Dell XPS 13 9350 and will replace the wifi card with a DW1560.
The guide that explains the details about installing macOS on this machine is at https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-dell-xps-13-9350-si...
They really ought to be asking some tougher questions. At the end of the day, Trump is a man whose platform consists of removing the rights of large cross sections of the American public (Mexican-Americans, Muslims, women, etc.).

Supporting someone like that makes you a supporter of state sanctioned violence against those people and I think every institution -- the media, law enforcement, universities, businesses, etc. -- have a responsibility to denounce this in the strongest possible terms.

This is not simply a disagreement on tax policy, it's about the fundamental human rights of millions of Americans. To see a supporter of this sort of hate receiving softball media treatment or condoned by respected organizations such as YCombinator is disgusting.
Guess what, I switched, only I bought a 6s instead of a 7. It's not like you could pretend the 6s is a useless slab overnight.
"Your link kind of reminded me of this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL0rbxB9Lqg"

That video had me so anxious my palms got sweaty. I don't even get way when I watch skateboard videos (I skate) but I think it's just that video had so many perspectives that showed the height and I don't find that comfortable already.
Physics 303: "pipes are not lossless! Friction and viscous interactions between the entering air and the tube wall will slow down that "shock front" to a highway speed wind in only a couple km." (quote from schiffern post). You may want to look at derivatives of Bernoulli's equation, like Darcy–Weisbach equation.

Plus there is a planned emergency repressurization of the whole tube that would eliminate even that medium speed shock front. Plus a small 10cm diameter bullet hole would imply in less than 1% of the flow of a completely broken tube (a much harder feat to do), per laws of conservation of energy and matter.

As pods travel with 4km or so of separation, at most one pod will be affected. That is much less people than a derailed train.
I'm not convinced that constant, continuous innovation is really necessary all the time. I mean, we're talking about an industry where the two most popular code editors still used today were written in 1976. Does every new Macbook need to be a "revolution" in design?

I imagine most people are okay with the idea of "last year's model but thinner/lighter/faster/stronger", up to a point. People hold on to their six year-old Macbook Pros and their 10 year-old Thinkpads because they're reliable. It seems to me that the bigger backlash is against Apple's attempted "innovation" which felt gimmicky and unnecessary.
I'm in the same boat. I have a MBP 2012 (non-retina), and could probably use an upgrade (although I just built a powerful desktop PC). I could deal with the removal of Ethernet, but the fact that I'll have to purchase 3 separate adapters (given I'll leave the fourth port for charging) is ridiculous. On top of that, the price is inexcusable. The lowest-end MacBook Pro costs $1,500 and has a 2.0GHz Dual-Core processor (which my current Mac outperforms), 8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, Intel Iris Graphics 540 (nothing impressive for a "pro" device), and two Thunderbolt 3 ports (only one port is accessible while charging...). Oh, and it doesn't even sport the new "touch bar" gimmick. For an extra $400, you get a faster clock speed (on a dual-core...), slightly faster RAM, and two extra ports. Point being, every model is extremely overpriced.

Now, it's not the best comparison, as desktops and laptops have their own benefits, but if someone was to build a PC with the specs of the cheapest MacBook Pro (excluding peripherals), it would cost significantly less
It's a touch bar model which doesn't ship for 2-3 weeks, but thank you.
Thiel isn't questioning womens' right to vote. The statement is descriptive, not normative.

Consider the statement: "The fact that Louisiana and Alabama have votes in U.S. elections means that policies like DADT and DOMA survived much longer than they otherwise would have."

The most reasonable construction of that statement is not: "People in Louisiana and Alabama shouldn't be allowed to vote."
NVidia has kexts available for Mac that support pretty much all of their modern cards.
Indeed! I don't want it or the Android one.

Even when it comes to Apple, I cannot be assured that it will even work in 4 years much less the 8 or 10 that I usually keep my cars.
I remember when I first used Windows 10 I found that a bunch of things were pinned there by default, one of which was probably a news app that included thumbnails in its icon. It's maybe a tad unfortunate that the parent poster had been confronted with Donald Trump's face in said icon, but it's a weird default to have IMO
"Range anxiety" is a condescending industry term. People are anxious about the range of their EV because the range sucks, not because of some mental barrier.
Provide sources.

Multiple acquittances have been working on custom built Hackintoshes for years without _any_ issues from Apple.
Real-time sentiment monitoring for Clinton and Trump
Nice spreadsheet.
Will you also list the MBPR13 with 16GB RAM (BTO)?
What's the difference between the Dell in row 26 vs row 29? They seem to be the same model (different price). Is the Dell XPS 13 with the i7-7500U already in the list?

The MBPr13 doesn't even have an nVidia or AMD GPU, just the Intel GPU that's part of the CPU.

As a developer I do not care about the color gamut that much, that's more for the designers.
Well, people are still required to operate machines, or assembling and packaging a finished product.

Especially in the beginning of the industrial revolution when there were as many alternatives for automation as today.
Agreed. Started with Eclipse, then Netbeans, now IntelliJ. Cumbersome seems like a good description for Eclipse.

I love the ease with which you can reconfigure the layout from task to task with IntelliJ. "Distraction Free" mode shows that they "get" what bugs many people about IDEs sucking up screen space for very little in some cases.
Here is a more comprehensive list: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs
No kidding eh? The Bolt seems to be relatively comparable to the Sonic in size, which can be had for $16k.

I don't think buyers are going to save 22k in gasoline over the course of the life of the car.
He isn't questioning it. He's reasoning about its effects.

I think everyone agrees about those effects, don't they?
From a consumption standpoint I could see that. But from a content creation standpoint HN and Reddit lack the expertise, discretion and attention span to provide in-depth reporting and investigation that is critical to uncovering and discouraging corruption.
http://www.windowscentral.com/new-surface-book-configuration... This is one updated SKU, but by the looks of it you are right. They are using the same CPU.
David Beazley sound-off about Asyncio
It's designed by end users no?
That is encouraging. I think many learn that lesson sooner or later, since the end of pursuing self is always bad. For some, though, it happens so late in life (or never) that recovery is near impossible.
A basic lookup table would be very nice to get started with this input method. I am currently trying to find out how to type "武后".
They seem to have become what Borland should have.
What I don't understand about Macbook Pros (as an owner of one) is that there isn't a model with a "Pro" level graphics card - so an AMD FirePro or Nvindia Quadro. The price bracket they are in has competitor laptops with them, and a lot of "pro" 3d graphics software only officially support them.
Ah! Boa tarde, então ;)

So you were using education-targeted macs, but there were always pro-level computers from Apple ever since the very early days (Lisa, Apple IIGS, Power Mac G3, G4, G5, etc). It's only once they discontinued the cheese grater Power Mac that things started to get pretty bad for users who need expansion and massive power.
Solar lighting company D.light raises $7.5M
How Meetup Ditched Its Boys' Club
So... what are you saying then?
Ask HN: How many devices and machines do you have and how do you use them?
With all the discussion regarding Microsoft and Apples latest updates I've noticed that everyone seems to have different expectations for their devices.

I think it would be interesting to see how many devices (phones, tablets, laptops, desktops etc.) people own and how they use them.

As a developer:

- I have a Oneplus 3 phone which I try to use mostly for messaging, email and music/podcasts.
- I've a 2014 Macbook Air that I use generally around the house for browsing as well as when traveling and going to meetings.
- I've a 2015 Macbook Pro 15" for work which I use with a Dell U2515H as well as a bluetooth keyboard and trackpad.
- A HP Proliant Microserver as a NAS at home.
- No tablets (willing to replace the MBA with one though)
- No desktops (although considering building a home PC)
Hybrids seem likely to have more maintenance costs than pure EVs, but I think it's clear that EVs are still too expensive to be truly cost-efficient. If what you care about is lowest TCO, you can get a car of comparable size to the Bolt for like more than $15k cheaper, and of course you won't make that back up in fuel.

I expect that the Bolt will also have crappy resale value, if, as I think we all expect, EVs continue to get substantially better over the next few years.

The reason to get a Bolt right now is because you are ideologically committed to EVs or because the whole deal of mostly not having to deal with fueling up your car/liking the acceleration profile of an EV/etc., not because it's genuinely the lowest TCO.
Also, the Camry Hybrid is a much larger car. It seats more people, hauls more stuff, and is safer.
I really think it should be the other way around, at least in a computer science program. Start them in an as easy environment as possible where they can spend their time learning programming concepts and computer science rather than fighting archaic tools.

Once they're comfortable with programming and understand the basic concepts, then you can step back and explain exactly how to set up a build environment and write a Makefile and all other workflow steps needed to get something that can actually run.
This isn't terribly useful, but I'll just add that I personally know a number of name-brand academics, investors, and tech people who support him privately.
"thinks.. Clinton Foundation personally bankrolls an army of trolls to harass him on Twitter. In other words, he's delusional"

If you were presented evidence that shows this to be true, would you be opened minded enough to update your beliefs?
Before anyone says otherwise, there are already more CCS quick charge locations than there are Tesla Supercharger locations, before the Bolt has even gone on sale. The number grows every day. There were zero Superchargers when Tesla started selling its cars.

734 Supercharger stations: https://www.tesla.com/supercharger

843 CCS stations: http://www.afdc.energy.gov/locator/stations/widget/results?u...

The article is misleading by counting "hookups" (plugs) instead of locations.
Ask HN: Have you won or lost the startup lottery?
My career as a developer began in the late nineties during the "dot-com boom". In those days, startups went public relatively quickly, and many developers realized huge windfalls from exercising their stock options.

Today, it's different. Startups wait much longer before going public. The tax laws in the US make exercising options on illiquid shares a huge, expensive and risky gamble.

I'd like to hear some firsthand accounts from developers (employees, not founders) who took their chances in today's startup lottery, and where the final outcome has been decided. Did it pay off the way you hoped, or not at all? Or was it something in between?