skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There are a few points you covered in your comment but the housing meltdown wasn't the result of purely a few large consolidated players. It was the fact that the debt should never have been issued in the first.

A person making $40k/yr is given a mortgage for $400k - that's upside down economics.

So loose debt created a lot of buyers, which then pushed prices up, with little regulation and oversight this created a large push in the housing prices to increase and the cycle lasted about as long as it took for the first massive wave of defaults.

That would have been just a normal reset, the problem was then how much debt everyone was carrying and that all of it was leveraged with not enough collateral to back it up.

If it was purely 1:1 debt to housing, instead of being wrapped up in CDOs that then had additional leverage placed on them several times over with various instruments we wouldn't have ended up in such horrid shape.

Now that's not to say there isn't risk with Opendoor, there is and everyone including the founder acknowledges that risk, but comparing Opendoor to the housing crash is a bit far fetched.

As long as they stay away from leveraged debt and they model things well they can stay a float in a down turn especially since as an organization it looks like they are trying to run a very lean ship by automating as much as possible.

Then when you consider the average transaction price as well as their cut, they don't have to move millions of homes in a calendar year to make serious revenue which means the real question is how long can they carry that debt and how is it serviced in the case of a downturn.

A lot of that also has to do with the markets chosen.

That would be my question. Sure the average buying/price selling price kind of dictates certain markets are out like prime-NYC and SF and secondary markets are in, but it seems that those bear the brunt of the downturn a bit more sharply than NYC.

NYC felt it at the high end, that's properties that were $5MM+, more like $10MM+, but in the low end there wasn't much of a dip. More like a bit of stall in housing price growth, and that was more related to the tightening of mortgages rather than the actual price dropping drastically because NYC still has very high demand. Especially in properties that are well below $1MM.

So there is something to be said about repeating this model in similar markets, but I think moving into a market that is dissimilar, while it won't be scalable, I think can provide some protection in a downturn.
You could use a pair of airfiber stations to get over 1 Gbit/sec. But they are not cheap. You'd probably be better off finding a way to run fiber (or even cat5) to get 10 gigabit.
TBH my theory is that Google gave surplus inventory to their employees with previous holiday gifts (and my understanding is that different countries got different holiday gifts).

The Pixel phone supply chain is really tight considering you can't even get a 128GB phone right now.

Google Homes seemed to have sold quite well this holiday season as well so the prospect of conjuring 68000 Google Homes and dispersing them across the world to the 100+ offices at Google was probably a bit logistically taxing.
> I don't think "conservative" is the correct word in this case.

I meant in the "I don't want things to change" way, not inthe abortion/guns/small state (US) political meaning of the word.
Great short-term solution, bad long-term solution.
Lever (YC S12) is a modern Talent Acquisition Suite, and we hear from our customers that writing rejection emails is really difficult, especially when you want to leave a good impression. Here are some tips we wrote up: https://www.lever.co/blog/how-to-write-human-rejection-lette...
Why? If someone tries a charge it'll get rejected since the name and expiration date won't match (unless you get crazy [un]lucky).

Just change it to that and never use it.
Why do so many "critical" stories about Apple products come across like ads for Apple stuff? Even this piece starts with a run down of features even though it's not relevant to the main point being made.
We lived in hotels for 6 weeks a couple years ago doing a cross country trip. My experience is the difference between a $25/night motel and a $90/night hotel isn't (much) the accommodations but rather the class of your neighbors for the night. Screaming fights / loud parties / yelling down the hall at 3 am occurred on the low end, not the high.
that is condercet right? then you are asking people to do pairwise voting... which again breaks down in places with 10 candidates.
Good work

I see you host some broadcast segments (e.g. "jingles"). Do you have the rights to broadcast them, regarding copyright rules?

This is a project lead by several universities, maybe these audio segments are part of a public dataset?
> these types of courses and projects (non-CRUD, more challenging) will help set you apart from the waves upon waves of Rails/Angular bootcamp grads

yes, but the question is more like whether this particular course/nanodegree, which is priced like >4x as much as other courses in the fields, is really worth it?

I mean, they did kind of a poor job explaining its contents and why it's better than maybe getting a similar thing by combining much cheaper or free resources from them and their "competitor" MOOC platforms... even the backers, IBM + Amazon Alexa + Didi... are not exactly the most transparent and "leading" entities in their field, it's not like they have a "backed by Google/Facebook" that would inspires 10x more trust.

I will definitely continue learning more and trying to get a career in this field... but my question is about this particular learning resource: do you think it would be really worth the price?
Big fan of Clairefontaine although lately I've been using these Muji notebooks: https://www.amazon.com/MUJI-Double-Notebook-48sheets-1504015...
It's not exactly the same but has similarities - news. Things gets particularly interesting with AI writing content. All the blurring of lines etc. This seems to be limited to things like stock market news and earnings reports at this time, though someone may correct me on this.

www.google.co.nz/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/03/artificla-intelligence-robot-reporter-pulitzer-prize?client=safari
Beyond that, Apple's holiday return policy says:

"Holiday Return Policy

Items purchased at the Apple Online Store that are received between November 10, 2016 and December 25, 2016, may be returned through January 8, 2017. Please note that all other terms and conditions provided in the Apple Online Store Sales and Refunds Policy are still applicable with respect to such items purchased. All purchases made after December 25, 2016 are subject to the Standard Return Policy."

Note that it says received, not ordered. The vast majority of 2016 MacBook Pros were received after November 10th (they started shipping around November 13th IIRC), which means that they can still be returned up until January 8th next year.
Are you seriously suggesting that a senior person wouldn't use the words "inexperienced kids" to describe inexperienced kids? Or are you just trying to make a low-brow insult look intellectual?

Come on. Being "senior" doesn't mean that you start blowing smoke to please random strangers.
HPE storage crash killed ATO online services
There are tools to refresh those certs automatically.

But you could check out AWS Route53 -- I think they provide free certs (non-wildcard).
Ask HN: Recommended reads for an electronics beginner?
I've seen the influx of small single board computers (e.g. Raspberry Pi, Vocore, Orange Pi) and have a bunch of ideas for projects for these that I'd like to try. But the majority require some modifications to the board.

For example, I'd want to add a second ethernet port to the Vocore2, but I know it's not as simple as soldering an ethernet port to the appropriate pins on the SOC (e.g. some magnetics are required). Ultimately I'd like to be able to design my own board.

I've got a strong CS, Linux, networking background, and understand the basics of electronics, but don't know where to begin when it comes to electrical engineering.

Any book/tutorial recommendations or advice gratefully received!
I absolutely agree. I backed Pebble the first and second time they were on Kickstarter but passed on round three because my Pebble Time Steel was still going strong and all the new features seemed to be focused on the fitness aspects to the point the "one more thing" reveal turned out to be a small headless device that is only really useful to runners.

Pebble was everything I wanted from a smartwatch:

* a water-resistant Android-compatible wrist-mounted bluetooth watch

* that shows me real-time notifications from my smartphone (but lets me filter notifications to kill the noise)

* that allows me to pause/resume smartphone audio

* that has an always-on display I can read in broad daylight

* and that can go a number of days without charging

Now that Pebble is gone, I'm regretting not having bought the Pebble 2 because I'm worried there's nothing I can replace my Pebble Time Steel with when the time comes.

I don't need nor want a fitness tracker -- I'm only interested in sleep tracking and I prefer charging my watch while I sleep. A heartrate monitor would be fun but just a gimmick.

Ironically I never had any use for wrist watches before I bought my first Pebble and now I feel naked without it. But I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars for something I really just want to tell me the time and buzz and show me notifications without having to pull my smartphone out.
I have Eero but not 100% happy with it. For some reason it sometimes drops the connection to my Macbook Pro. Disconnecting and reconnecting wifi bring the connection back up. I've been thinking of making the switch to Ubiquiti and think that is probably the way I should have gone in the first place.
I haven't taken a look at the spec, but assuming what's noted in that issue comment is indeed the case, then I find it surprising that something as obvious as this would not be fixed/raised during the RFC and review of the spec itself.
i wish it were a prosecution for real crimes, yet so far reading it it looks like a typical way prescription drugs are pushed in the US, and the prosecution here may be just a scapegoating of those typical pharma-pushers just because of all the high attention the fentanyl abuse got recently, and thus government has to show action and Ortiz jumped at the chance to look good.
Yes, typically within 30 days
Ubiquiti is nice. But, it is not a consumer brand, most consumer dont need all the options and setup. Its consumer version AmpliFi, doesn't rhyme with me.

Hence why i am very sad when I heard the rumors of Airport Extreme being shoved. Most consumer Router as of today, still requires a reset from time to time. Please name me one which doesn't, Linksys, Belkin, Buffalo, Netgear, Dlink, ASUS. Some of these brand may have some router that doesn't require reset, but it is likely 90% of their Range do.

And if you think the top end router may be better, think again, sometimes it may overheat just because it was trying to push the top speed, or too new with buggy firmware.

Router should only be a one time setup cost. Most Enterprise Router brand, Ubnt, Ruckus ( God they are good ), Aruba are all good.

And Apple is the only one i can recommend in a consumer brand, and you only get 2 models to choose from ( Excluding Time Machine ). Cant go wrong, and it is using NetBSD being a bonus.
China's futuristic train that floats above traffic now lies deserted
I can't even count the number of times I was told I was wrong when I stated that a car without a steering wheel or pedals wasn't a realistic way to develop a product.
What if I apply to Opendoor, the #1 company I'd like to build software for, but Opendoor turns me down for not being interested, so I end up going with my second or third choice instead?
Check out Lever (YC S12) if you want a tool to help with more of this: https://www.lever.co/hire

I'm one of our founders and CTO, and we individually contact every applicant to our jobs. Lever has the ability to respond via a general email address for your company or your own email, so you can choose the appropriate level of personalization per email template.
Can you provide a reference to how eero is violating the GPL? A quick search did not reveal anything, and they have a page on their website that suggests they meet their obligations under it.
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When you lose your credit card and you call your credit card company and them them that you lost it, they issue you a new card with new numbers; this way anybody that had the information on the card would not be able to make further transactions. I would consider the card lost when a company would not delete the credit card information on my request to delete the information.
I've had very similar experience with Angular 1.x where a lot of problems can be avoided by having a sensible styleguide/standard across the entire team. I've since moved to using React and couldn't be happier :)
This AI-as-a-competition is somewhat troubling to me (Kaggle, that hedge fund yesterday, now Darpa). You are building value for someone without knowing the true value for someone else. The free market aspect is great. Many competitors from poorer countries, thus really inclusive. Often the organizers get great value from competitions.

But heck, building the AI that will lay waste to your stockmarket or country at a algorithmical whim. Hmm, perhaps ethically better to let defense projects fail on their own via failed incentives than crowdsource them into something 'great'.
> It's installing a better quality OS on the device.

That might be the case for my car or TV too - but I just don't want to. I think it's fair to say that when I buy an appliance, if I have to worry about what software it runs (upgrade it, replace it, manage it...) it has failed me. I really don't care if it has a CPU and runs linux, it's a box that should give me wireless internet for a few years and then I replace it because there is a newer standard. If it needed updates along the way it better update itself.

That said - if I can improve it by hacking it somehow, that's fine - but it should of course work as advertised without that.
People really love using discord and a lot of games/platforms implement voip very very poorly. Have you tried using steam voip?
Did not know this, thanks.
This is generically true of all docker containers that need to persist storage. The docker hub page is pretty explicit about which volumes are exposed and therefore probably contain persistent data.

Not quite sure what's special about unifi here.
Your first interpretation was the one I understood.
I would be surprised to learn that method b actually deletes any information from Uber's db.
“Causing the unnecessary use of opioids by current and retired U.S. military service members shows disregard for their health and disrespect for their service to our country,”

Why does any problem affecting veterans become disrespecting their service? Maybe they're just an easy target more likely to get addicted to painkillers than normal people.
It can run C++? Cool. Can you run a web browser instance in it? Then you'd have a web browser, running inside an operating system, running on top of a web browser, running on top of an operating system. Potentially, this operating system is a virtual machine, inside another operating system. But wait! There's more! This operating system is running inside of a browser. It's JavaScript all the way down! That's right we're running inside of a an advanced computer simulation written in JavaScript. Now about that XDS (cross-dimensional scripting) attack..
Just to be clear, Ubiquiti's implementation of Zero Handoff (and all similar solutions) are not 802.11 standard. They are creative hacks that create one big virtual APs out of many APs.
I just have a stream-of-consciousness text file where I type anything that's on my mind, including ideas. Main downside is that I can't scribble on it.
Examining the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
> Currently using Haskell for all new projects.

Would you mind saying where you work?
I am definitely not trolling. I'm stating an defensible opinion that happens to be unpopular here.

Arguing that an open-source project is cloning multiple pre-existing projects doesn't make the software any more innovative.
He was a less than impressive CEO, fired by his own board. Sure he may have connections, but he doesn't come across as the best mediator. I have nothing against the guy, but I personally see little in terms of value add from having him in a fintech start up.
Have I just been lucky that never need to reboot my consumer gear? I run a normal N600 (Wndr3400) netgear thing that has quite heavy load, and it basically only stops during the annual blackout...

I wish I had sketchy consumer gear so I could feel good about upgrading to this prosumer stuff, but that N600 just blankets my 2 storey house with wireless with ease, and never fails it seems :/ First world problems.
I don't question that, to quote yourself "There are diminishing returns to packing more people in". I do question that this, or their organizational structure explain their execution in recent years.
I'm not sure whether the relationship between startup success and public speaking engagements is established. Why do you think the relationship/correlation should be negative?
> Fitness

I don't want or need a fitness tracker. Judging by other comments I'm not the only one.

> Apple Pay

...is not supported in most places where I live, so it's a gimmick at best.

> Siri

Maybe I'm weird but I don't find voice input acceptable in social situations and don't want to rely on speech recognition when it comes to technical terms or mixed language input (I'm not in the US).

For me "a controlled subset of your smartphone's notifications on your wrist" is the killer app. Everything else is a gimmick.
I think you misunderstand the problem we are solving here. We are not trying to solve this because our system can't handle it. We are protecting it from when Firebase decides to slowdown in a way that causes data to backup and OOM the system. Since these are push notifications that have a time bound on usefulness we don't care about dumping to an external persisted queue like RabbitMQ or Kafka (we rather deliver newer notifications faster, than wait for the backed up buffer to flush). Firebase also only allows 1000 concurrent connections per senderId with 100 inflight pushes (that have not received an ack) which means that only 100,000 can be inflight. Ultimately if a remote service is providing backpressure because it is having a struggle no amount of auto scaling on your end is going to help you.

This service buffers potential pushes for all users being messages, that then watches the presence system to determine if they are on their desktop or mobile (this is millions of presence watchers and 10s of millions of buffered messages), and users are constantly clearing these buffers by reading on the clients and finally when a user is offline or goes offline we emit their pushes to them (which is what this article talks about). This service was evolved from our push system from the game we worked on and when it just did pushes only and no other logic it could push at 1m/sec in batches, but its responsibility has changed.

Context matters :)
Ask HN: What is the worst startup in 2016?
Bloomberg's Best Books of 2016
Fiix.io.

https://medium.com/@afarrington/ycombinator-backed-fiix-io-i...
They "controlled for race, gender, age and facial expressions".

I wonder how well they did it though, it seems to may that the non-criminal faces in Fig 10, have a happier expression.
what does the successful tech career that doesn't involve 'devoting your life to your job' look like?

How would is such a person define success for themselves, and how does your prescribed plan achieve that?

In other words, are you prescribing a plan that is beneficial for the company, but bad long-term for the employee, because they didn't grow enough by not 'devoting their life to their job'?
Presenting an Open Source Toolkit for Lightweight Multilingual Entity Linking
There's also an iOS app DogSnap by Columbia University (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dogsnap/id532468586?mt=8)

I haven't tested it on dogs, but it is fun to use on human faces with kids (might be fun at parties, too)
Well known space firm, hiring security folk with some teeth. I look for exploit/pen testing experience either in the digital or physical world, development chops, and passion for the job.
At Lever, we write about what skills we are hiring for in a very different way we call an Impact Description. It outlines the role in terms of our expectations for 1, 3, 6, and 12 months into the job.

Here is the description for our Backend Engineering role, a really cool new role that we're hiring the first of onto our Platform Team to compliment our Full-stack engineering team:
https://jobs.lever.co/lever/7ab138b0-b5c8-425d-93ae-2fc2b051...
I wonder how this can be viable. The closing and transaction fees (agent/title/escrow/closing/excise) make it tough for many home-flippers to overcome and make a profit if no major renovations are done. 2-5% for closing costs on the purchase and sale, as well as agent fees when selling mean they have to gross at least 7-13% on every house just to break even.
That relationship makes so much sense to me in the form Dog - ADHD ~= Cat - Autism. Brilliant!
A 50MB download ( zipped ) for an Terminal App. 64MB for Slack on Windows.

150MB+ when installed, Few hundred MB Ram when running.

And just like Web Browsers, lot of little lock up and Jank.

Seriously I dont mind Apps with Web Technologies, but these problems needs to be taken into account for improvement. Opera, before switching to Chrome / Blink, were an Full Browser, with Email, RSS Reader, all packed under 11MB.
Yeah, this news doesn't even make me mad anymore. Companies have my data, and I assume that bored employees who know matlab and SQL can plot interesting graphs about me.

I'll be damned if Zuck wasn't snooping on students' private conversations when he was 19. Kid like him? He must've been feeling like God. Hell, if I was 19 and could look at M-rated messages between my friends, I probably would've too.

What makes me more mad is the official policy you mention -- not carrying out my account-related requests. I couldn't care less what their employees masturbate to. If I ask for my account to be deleted, I would prefer they carried that out.
Running off the cognative services APIs I guess?

Already well-known, but for anybody who hasn't seen them and is interested in playing with this sort of thing on the cheap, Microsoft have free (rate limited) rest APIs available if you want to have a mooch...

https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/apis
Would you be so kind as to elaborate?
+1, Postico is the Best PostgreSQL Client ever. Only thing that sucks is that its only for Mac.
What kind of stuff do you build where you have 1M QPS?
Because the US has a weird fetishistic thing going with their vets, all that "fighting for our freedom" when you are the biggest richest and most heavily armed country on the planet your freedom (from external threats) was never under doubt.

A lot of it I think is an over reaction to the way returning troops from vietnam where treated.

In either case, strong reverence for the military is one of the criteria for a fascist state.

EDIT: http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm

Since someone called what I said inflammatory I posted where I read the military reverence thing.
This is probably the closest thing: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WffR6HrEqTA&t=40s
I have a legally binding contract with my phone carrier, which is located in my country of residence. The US can do whatever the fuck they want with the data you collect and it's not theirs to have.
Such a shame that Privacy.com app is country locked, I'm from South Africa and would definitely use something like this