skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Ask HN: Feedback on this idea
Im trying to crate a side project for supplemental income. I'm also trying to enter a crowded market place. I'm happy if I can scale my business to a few monthly clients. I've narrowed down to three ideas. I'd like some feedback from the online community

1. Property Management for the Homeowner Investor - Considering the tight competition in the management tools market, We can provide the solution directly to the homeowner himself. Eliminating the middleman can be lucrative for owners with small portfolios. They could easily save 10% of the rental income that would otherwise go into the hands of property managers. To mitigate the risks from tenant issues and save time, we provide automation wherever possible. (Eg : Automatically dispatch contractors for maintenance requests etc).

2. A Contract Marketplace - After some initial google searches, it seems to be unclear as to how management companies expand their portfolios. Search results suggest traditional methods such as approaching HOAs, Websites, Online SEO etc. We may be able to connect the new homeowner to a property manager by means of an online database of properties that require management. Populating this database could prove to be challenging.

3. Yet another property management tool - While this is the least favourable project, a crowded marketplace seems to suggest that there is plenty of business to go around. The selling proposition could be a price point that is highly competitive and a non bloated product.
That would be reasonable, I interpreted his comment as every update (every 9ish months)
I'd love to learn more excel tricks. Any resource you'd recommend?
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FTP 1971, RFC 114

TCP & IP, 1974, A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication, https://web.archive.org/web/20160304150203/http://ece.ut.ac....
Listen to them. As a consultant this is the key, understand the customer first to provide them unique, tailed answers.
> I'm not claiming that there is software for that. But if it becomes annoying enough I think there will be software written to filter it. Even if it needs to make use of deep learning or some other more advanced mechanism just to detect.

No, that won't be possible. You can't make a bot that discerns between "good" content like the Wirecutter and a site that's exactly the same, except with top 10s that are paid for.

> This is short-term thinking. The people who block ads will not be making purchasing decisions based on ads they don't want to see. So by showing ads to them all you are doing is devaluing advertisements and driving down the cost of advertising placement in the long term.

That's not how advertising works and the concept that freeloaders who block ads would somehow be more immune to advertising that people who don't is laughable.

> The only way around this is to make people enjoy ads. This is possible, but it requires work to integrate them with the content and you need the content creators actually making the ads, and they need to enjoy doing it.

Let's make content tailored around advertising, that's quite the way to make the web a useless place where there's no place for content that can't be used to sell something.
They have shifted over the past years, from small-business, fair/relatively-free market stance towards elitism/globalism.

My subscription is up in January, and -for the first time in 25 years- will NOT be renewed.
I would never be going through the hell of getting a pH.d without the end goal being to find "work". I'd still be interested in the same stuff, but never would have had the motivation to drive down to this level of detail on my own.
Is there more data that I'm not seeing? I just see high & low. This information is available on literally every travel guide.

Also, "Bangkok Thailand" asks me to pick a town/city.

What is the question the user actually wants to know? Should I pack a raincoat? Should I pack a dress coat for nights? Do I need an umbrella, or just a coat with a hood, etc...
My thoughts exactly.

I'd speculate that they're saying that all bacteria had some resistance to start with, rather than the various types of bacteria all having mutated to have this characteristic. The implication being that if a large number of bacteria were already immune then evolution favouring this immunity requires a lower rate of evolution to if that characteristic was a recent mutation which then immediately became favoured and spread; as each mutation having any success would be less likely, and therefore implying that this is such a significantly beneficial mutation (given human use of antibiotics) that evolution has favoured this attribute far more than otherwise would have been required.
Our local market is 2,000 restaurants, vs 200,000 or so in the US. It's a great market to learn and improve, but we want a place with a larger customer base. We aren't abandoning our local market, far from it, but want to be in a place with space for us to grow.
We're validating the product and trying to see if people are interested or not before we launch.
But can you mention what you didn't like?
Whatever you measure, when people know it, will affect how people act. People will try to move the needle in the direction they see profitable, even unconsciously.
I have a different theory: For many IT applications you can tell users to conform to the system's needs or take a hike. With healthcare (and some other government type services) you don't get that option.

If I'm Amazon and you don't have a computer? Sorry, come back when you do. No e-mail address? Sorry, come back when you have one. No credit/debit card? Sorry, come back when you have one. Don't know your postal address? Sorry, come back when you know it. No phone that can get SMSes? Sorry, come back when you've got one. Don't speak any of the languages we use? Sorry, come back when you do. Unable to pass a captcha? Sorry, come back when you can. Bad at reading and can't navigate our site? Sorry, come back when you can. Blind and your screen reader doesn't work with our site? Sorry, come back when you have a different one. Child that doesn't know their own name? Sorry, come back with a grown-up. No address because you're homeless? Sorry, come back when you've got an address.

Companies that can decline service for such people can make many simplifying, cost-saving assumptions in their IT systems.

If you can't decline service (Hospital, voting etc) you need to deal with such corner cases - and combinations of several. I can understand how getting that right would raise costs substantially.
"...the best investment I ever made was our company's ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)."

This is certainly not true for all companies. I lost over $100K due to our Employee Stock being driven into the ground over the course of a decade by a CEO and board who had loose ethics and no business running a company.

My advice is, before investing in you're ESPP (or Employee Stock Ownership Plan - ESOP), even if you're surrounded by exceptional talent, take a close look at your corporate leadership before purchasing. If they seem sleezy and disingenuous, they probably are and it may be 10 years before you realize you've been totally screwed.
It's GREAT to see vimwiki at the top of Hacker News.

I've been using this for years, and keep all my notes in a wiki[0], written in GitHub flavour mark down, with syntax highlighting etc. in the editor. I guess it's not orgmode (which sounds amazing), but it seems really really good to me.

I created the vimwiki_markdown[1] gem which allows you to convert GH style markdown to HTML using the wiki. Now I might just call out to pandoc, but I didn't know about it at the time, and my gem works fine*

I love that you can have project specific wikis etc. It's just so great. I'll also link to the relevant section in my .vimrc[2] if you are going to go down the markdown route.

[0] http://wiki.psdavey.com

[1] https://github.com/patrickdavey/vimwiki_markdown

[2] https://github.com/patrickdavey/dotfiles/blob/682e72e4b7a70e...
This is generally the way to win contracts, grants and impress people. Going over their requirements carefully, whether written or verbal, and gearing your proposal directly to what they say always impresses. That's why changing project managers at the beginning of or before a contract starts is a big problem.
What's interesting is that most of the population of this planet does not even realize that glucose is not the only source of energy and that we can be powered entirely by beta-hydroxybutyrate (which comes from fats); our carbohydrate requirement is zero because our body can synthesize all the glucose it needs.

Here is a pretty good and scientific talk about what is happening (warning > 1 hour long): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

Edit: just noticed this y/t has already been cited in another comment - evermore reason to pay attention to it :)
Is our frustration with repetition justified?
I had Thinkpads until 2011. For hardware repairs I couldn't do myself there was an authorized dealer not far from work who would order the replacement parts (e.g., motherboard) and I'd bring it in for quick repair.

With Apple for a major repair, I dropped it off at my nearby Apple Store on a Monday and had it mid-day on Wednesday.
Both of those devices are just the victims of Asus cutting corners with cheap flash and Tegra 3's not so great memory bandwidth.
Terror Scanning Database for Social Media Raises More Questions Than Answers
There are a few USB C magsafe chargers on the market, they work with non-Apple hardware as well.

Not that I disagree with your larger point.
Creating links: when your cursor is over a word, hit enter. To follow, hit enter. To go back, hit backspace.

Todo Lists: Hitting C-Space marks the item as done or not done. It also creates a progress indicator on parent TODO items.

- [.] Do something
- [X] Something 1
- [ ] Something 2
- [ ] Something 3

Diary - Hit leader-w leader-w, you automatically get a new page created with today's date to write in. leader-w i will get you to a diary index page. leader-w leader-i will auto-populate that index page.

Tables are auto-formatted to match the text you put into them.

All of this is entirely possible with plain text files, vimwiki just makes it easier to do. It's even compatible with markdown formatted files.
What is your definition of wrong? Is it crazy tin foil hat shit that could cause potential civil unrest or other problems? Then yes it's wrong. Is it violating the rules of law or the rules of Google? No.

The thing that's really disturbing is that rather than combat this problem on a level playing field, people are proposing changing the rules because they can't be bothered to play the game the way the rules are setup.

Once we have a system in place where we can shut down any disagreeable idea, who decides when and how to use it?
> Requests for advice and assistance are not good indicators of intellectual weakness - the expert marshalling of additional resources in resolving an issue is a good thing when utilized appropriately. An example would be an engineer toiling in silence through a difficult problem on their own even though the organization has a competent expert that can expedite the process.

Intellectual strength isn't the same as senior developer. There might be correlation but it's probably not super strong. I agree that someone not asking for help is definitely junior. But I might also argue that someone who does need to ask for help probably isn't as senior as you seem to think they are.
The Effects of Computers on Children’s Social Development
A new tech upstart wants 'feedback'. Um, maybe it actually does
Of course. That's what people do when they retire, they don't "do" nothing, but they don't "work" either.

But it's possible there's a sample bias; people who get rich are the kind of people who can't stop working, even if/when they can. Other people would totally stop working if they got rich but it's hard to prove, because they never do get rich.
hmm thanks for this, i didn't know I needed this till now :)
Being married is not exactly a passive activity :P
Also shatters the popular idea of Carmack as a nerd (he breaks into a high school and steals computers as a youth) an Romero as a bro (he's writing a bunch of games, compression tools and other useful bits and pieces)
What worries me is that even today, there're nut jobs on our side (and I'm sure on the other side also) who believe that a nuclear war is winnable.

During the very brief Russian-Georgian war, some folks under Bush (Bush disagreed with them) actually toyed with the idea of bombing Russia.

And we're still baiting them in Syria.
do you install google ultron as well?
>> How could someone with so many references and claims of research in his books miss such an elementary fact?

Because following that scientific fact would have ruined one of the major plot points of the story? Fiction authors do take some liberties to suit their fictional stories.
> but has no evidence or measurements either, just the author's contention

He both produces some measurements he has made, and cites an academic paper that corroborates. It's not certain proof but it's a long way from 'no evidence'.
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That's more a case of the MacBook Pro being "good enough" and Apple, and PC manufacturers too for that matter, have successfully segmented the market (with things like ports). Even Macworld will tell you these days that "whether you choose a Mac or PC for music production is largely down to the platform you prefer and who you’re collaborating with. There’s little inherent advantage to using Macs, beyond familiarity with the system, and the general robustness of the hardware" [1].

[1] http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/mac-software/best-mac-maki...
In fact, Google has the most expensive set of sensors on any self-driving prototype out there, AFAIK. They spend about $150k per car on sensors. But almost all the technology they've shown is about detecting people, dogs, other obstacles, on a largely unchanging setting.

As of late 2014[0], Google engineers admitted the mapping required for their cars to work wasn't feasible at a nationwide scale, and that if they didn't know to look for say, a stoplight, on their maps, they'd run right through it. (Looking for arbitrary red lights is probably a hard problem too.)

That's two years ago, yes, but they've announced nothing, technologically, in this field in this time (please comment if you have an additional source relating to the mapping of the roadway for a Google car), despite tons of PR about the number of miles they've driven or what cities they were driving in, with the same technology they've already had. Also bear in mind, almost all of Google's senior talent in self-driving cars has left Google X. So if they were having trouble with this problem in 2014, their newer, less experienced people now, probably are having more difficulty in 2016.

[0]http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/10/...
> "If it was the 15in MacBook Pro I could almost imagine that you’d never use it when away from power, and that battery life wasn’t that important. But a 13in laptop is made for portability."

At my university and nearby coffee shops the 15" model (which I own) has in the past year or so become very popular. And it is used portably. That is why I like the newer 15" model which weighs less and has a smaller form-factor. Makes it more portable.
I agree with some of the points in the article. The "news" has become a hydra-headed monster - the media has turned everything into news. And it has also merged news with entertainment.

However, I don't think refraining from the news will solve these issues.

I think you don't need to read the news every day.

I think each person needs to diversify its consumption. IMO you can rely on any single source anymore. I'm not saying you need 100 different sources. But I think you should be actively jumping around to see what other outlets are saying.

Finally, although people should have opinions about a wide range of subjects, I think people need to realize that - a lot of the time - they just shouldn't have an opinion on an issue because they're not qualified to really make an informed one. In sum, opinions are cheap; be more open-minded.
I found this [1] video to be a great watch.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c
There are forums of people that take the viewpoint that the world is a disc and that the media is run by shapeshifting lizards, too. That doesn't mean they deserve to be taken seriously.
This is almost exactly what I have done. I took enough time off to accept the change, lose the working habit, and shed the rest of that identity. I came to find I love working in tech. Sometimes I work long hours when I'm enjoying the problem solving struggle, sometimes I just take off and go racing. To each his own.
I had a response.

After her story?

Beats me...
Loved the focus on retail and cars as future opportunities for software to remake the world.
Exactly. To me a senior consultant should be able to spot the obvious error and then focus on trying to understand what the customer need and move the solution to something that meets the intent.

If it is confidentiality the customer need, provide good solutions to that. But check if confidentiality is really the thing needed. Quite probably, authentication and integrity protection is what is really needed. So AES in CTR mode might not be what the customer should want instead of MD5, but possibly AES-GCM, AES-CMAC or even a Ed25519 signature mechanism using public key.
I understand why there is no ethernet port. But… hdmi does not looks too big to have one on side.

And the case is - when you are using Apple products you always must have some specific accessories - like adapters (for dvi in retinas, for usb-a for new mbp). Even the iPhone charging port is different - which is interesting as in Europe this should be usb port…

I would like a bit bigger laptop with hdmi and usb-a without need to taking another bag with adapters… (bigger laptop without adapters would take less space than mbp + adapters)
Thanks for the info on Plasmids... I guess that has an impact on evolution where you start having to look at whole bacteria populations rather than just the evolution via individuals or species to the point where the model becomes similar to the evolution of knowledge within a society.
TL;DR "It’s what I know best"

~FIN~

My two cents:

Coming from stuff like Java and PHP I like JavaScript quite much. Async stuff bit of a pain in other languages I used, but JS integrates it nicely within its event loop. With Tasks, Promises and Observables it even seems to get managable. And with the Web and its browsers it seems to be the open platform for applications we have today.

Problems I saw in the past:

Founders using popular languages to get more people from the job marked, but I had the experience, you can use languages to pre-filter applicants. I assume the average JavaScript developer isn't as good as the average C++ or even Haskell developer.

But I'm happy about my switch to JavaScript 5 years ago, much jobs for mee~ :)
Theoretically, there can be an inflection point when society cannot keep up or something. Or it could be a sudden thing when our Next Big Thing was the final piece of the puzzle. I'd say its impossible to predict but I won't dismiss it and I think we should prepare for it.
I made the mistake of watching The Day After a few years ago while not wanting to go to sleep one night. Suffice it to say, I didn't sleep well that night and I am still somewhat traumatized by it. It's my go to reference for life will be like after such an event. There's also been a lot of talk of EMPs lately and I have to imagine that the result would be something similar.
I work with both depending on where I am.

To me a 4k screen is the equivalent of 3 screens. It's either one 4k or three regular screens.

I did try multiple screens (1 4k, 2 regular) but it was way too much. I ended up unplugging everything but the big 4k.
Good questions. ;-)
Some do.
Introduction to MongoDB and Python
That goes along with my thought that sometimes the NRA would rather have a Democrat in office for much the same reasons.
I'm often disappointed in Fantasy/SF settings that completely ignore the most critical question "what the hell do people eat"?. It's one of the most basic functions of life, but because we're blessed to be removed from the frustrating process of avoiding starvation, so many works just ignore the question altogether when discussing a "life is hard" setting.
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I can't speak for all of them, but on the second-most recent episode of The Talk Show Gruber and his guest Joanna Stern agreed that the most popular aftermarket USB-C MagSafe replacement did not cut it. Be careful before you buy one of these.
Self-Driving Kubernetes, Container Linux by CoreOS and Kubernetes 1.5
>an artificially propped up fossil fuel economy.

You underestimate the demand for fossil fuels if you believe the economy is "artificially propped up".
It's difficult to map with a car that is reliant on the map to function. As far as I know, they need a human-driven map car ahead of time on any route their self-driving cars will run on. Tesla could maybe solve this problem just from using their sensors on cars that aren't self-driving, but again, their cars aren't reliant on an authoritative map to begin with.
If you look at maps of the modern internnet, DC has an extremely large collection of international cable terminals. a lot of traffic goes throught it.
Oil fires! Are you kidding?

We actually sent them to fight those oil fires. Who will be fighting nuclear fires when nukes start flying?
A lot of places "cycle" water via the rain cycle and often above-ground reservoirs and rivers, which is potentially a huge problem if that rain and/or those reservoirs or waterways are suddenly affected by radioactive fallout or less dramatic factors, like droughts.

So it's a absolutely a real problem.

Closing that cycle in any way that'd even remotely remove contamination would be a massive amount of work.

But more than that, even though many - certainly not all - sewage treatment plants output water that is clean enough for consumption, the bigger problem is psychological and political. No politician wants to be on the front page for having ok'd pumping "toilet water" into peoples drinking supply.

So you're right, in a way: It's "weird". But at the same time, it's a deeply ingrained disgust that has a rational basis given how many disastrous diseases have historically spread via fecal contamination of drinking water, for example.
ICQ Has Integrated Neural Networks to Process Photos and Videos
The part I found hilarious is that there was one particular quote from the NPR coverage which spread like wildfire on social media - the one about how he tried to write fake news for liberals, but it just didn't catch on. Except that when I went looking for more information, one of the first successes I found reference to - via the Denver Post's article[1] about the FBI agent suicide fake - was "ATLANTA OFFICER KILLS BLACK WOMAN, INJURES CHILD, FOLLOWING BREASTFEEDING ARGUMENT"[2]. The site used was even stuffed full of the kind of conservative-targeted fake news that liberals mock conservatives for believing, and it still worked.

A self-confessed fake news creator made a dubious yet flattering claim about liberals not believing fake news because they were too smart, which fell apart upon a brief check, and liberals everywhere believed it. Brilliant.

[1] http://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/05/there-is-no-such-thing-...

[2] http://www.citypaper.com/blogs/the-news-hole/bcpnews-someone...
Joel Spolsky has a surprisingly entertaining video about excel features: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c
Extended phenotypes?