skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Manhattan contained 854,000 housing units in 2014 [1] and 1.6 million residents between 2010 [2] and 2013 [3]. The average Manhattan unit has 1.2 to 1.3 bedrooms [4]. (For Core Manhattan, that average falls to 1.0 to 1.2.) So 1 to 1.1 million bedrooms.

If you mandated one bedroom per person you'd have to expel 31 to 38% of the population or increase the number of bedrooms by 45 to 60%.

Manhattan's 33.6 square miles [5] are populated with 70,826 people per square mile. If we go the culling-people route, that drops to 44,000 to 49,000 people per square mile. That's the population density of West New York, in New Jersey [6]. Manhattan and West New York are radically different places.

If we go the building-units route, consider that Manhattan gained 13,189 units between 2011 and 2014, i.e. 4,400 a year [1; Table 2]. To build the 500,000 to 600,000 bedrooms we need you'd need to make 415,000 to 500,000 units, i.e. a century of construction. (If you built only three bedrooms, you'd cut that time down to 167,000 to 200,000 units, i.e. a mere 38 to 45 years.) To build them in 20 years, you'd need to increase construction by 4.7 to 5.7x (90% to 2.3x if only 3BR), and that's ignoring any additional infrastructure that new population may need as well as population growth.

Cities are a product of density. If you try to make a city with suburban-sized personal spaces, you end up with neither city nor suburbia. Building up is better than sideways, always, but we shouldn't delude ourselves regarding realistic sets of trade-offs.

[1] https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdf/2014-HVS-initi... Page 1

[2] http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/n... Table 1

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Manhattan

[4] http://furmancenter.org/files/FurmanCenter_FactBrief_RentSta... Table F

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_New_York,_New_Jersey
I notice that certain sections of the site are "closed" and designed for clever searchers. Unfortunately the site's integrity is somewhat poor since 2 of the 3 mirrors are down, and the site's internal search function is broken. Sad. Is there zipped archive of the site anywhere?
> The United States went to war in Afghanistan in 2003 under false pretenses.

I hardly call 2,000 dead Americans, and an attack on American soil "false pretenses".

If you want to claim that it was misguided to perform a full scale invasion vs. targeted special ops missions, that is a more interesting argument.

Now, the war in Iraq on the other hand, that was false pretenses...
I think it is not about SV, but about CTO level positions..
That's exactly the point I was making in the first place - that it is now not possible to criticise Russia without the Democrats being mentioned. There's clearly a real, valid conversation to be had about Russian intelligence efforts against the US (as there is about Chinese efforts, and anyone else) but that conversation is repeatedly shut down with "yeah but Democrats". It doesn't contribute anything and
makes it sound like Democrats are the only ones complaining about it, which isn't remotely true.
Even if you don't emit the input you can run commands on the server. You can open up a reverse shell or deduce data from timing based side-channels. IMHO working with raw user data is bad; it should be sanitized/canonicalized before doing anything.
"Does that imply the housing prices will grow even more in 2017?"

It depends on Fed rates.

If rates start to crawl up, you could see some crazy devaluations in housing.

Rates are historically low - so low there's a lot of leverage in homes.

A 1 point change at the low end has much more difference than a 1 point change at the high end.

Slightly higher rates + a couple of nice IPO's would be good for everyone.

Not too high though :) or else VC's will have less money for startups :)
> some of Podesta's emails were fucking weird

I don't think that necessarily qualifies as newsworthy. A "real journalist" would have read those e-mails, found them to be pretty weird, then did an investigation to determine if anything of merit could be uncovered before printing a story. If there were any journalists involved, the pizzagate story would have been a perfect example of "irresponsible journalism", i.e. projecting unfounded claims based on rabid speculation and "gut instincts", yet being unable to prove anything definitively.
Because schooling and public transit and such will just happen automagically?
Spies travel under the guise of diplomats.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DC10fyQgNqo
More desirable areas means more areas for developers to build housing. Cities cannot do more with a citizenry that is unable to keep the local economy and government institutions afloat. These cities are in a horrendous feedback loop that is seeing their economies and tax bases decimated. It all begins and ends with income inequality.
Obama has had Americans assassinated without trial.

He's bombed and destabilized other countries (Libya)

He's funded and armed terrorists fighting in civilian areas of Syria.

See how easy that is? One thing I've learned is just how many shades of gray exist in the real world, and as such I refuse to accept the narrative that Putin is a literal cartoon villain.
Yes, it will, just use named placeholders: "%(some)s" % {'some': 'helllo'}
I was indeed comparing a senior developer salary in SV with an equivalent position in a country like The Netherlands or Sweden. The bottom side of the bracket is more difficult to quantify in my view, and there are other aspects involved such as minimum salary etc.
WashPost now has Editors Note acknowledging its key claim was false (source: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/815291333942411264 )
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We kept thinking: why can't SF be more like BCN?

Because you'd have to demolish acres and acres of 100+ year-old architecture (generally considered to be among the planet's most distinctive) to make it that way.

And even if we did -- it wouldn't look anything like Barcelona (and its fabulously integrated 100 year-old architecture and street grid), either. Most likely, I betcha, it would end up looking like a pepped up, West Coast version of this place:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_Park_City

Which I'm sure would suit many of the "Who cares about historic architecture, as long as I can get a shot at a $2400 studio!" advocates here just fine.
Obama deserves criticism for those actions!
"The number of new rich people created by IPOs is a minority of the aggregate demand for housing. "

1) A lot of new employees who make 1-2 millions (maybe not rich, but 'some money') means more demand on housing prices.

2) It does not take a lot to keep the bubble going. Less than 2% of the buyers, if they are 'price inelastic' (i.e. they'll pay whatever the asking price is) is enough to keep a bubble going. This happened in Vancouver - as soon as foreign buyers paused due to new taxes, prices fluxed quickly. They don't represent a large chunk of the buyers.
And, then, when they have power at the state level, they invariably do shit like this:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/20...

Forcing their will and the will of their lobbyists on those below them. Conservatives' professed interest in smaller more, individualized and localized solutions is a shell game.
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Hi Ewan,

I definitely understand your concerns. Here's some answers:

I'm doing this. My name is Colin McDonnell, my email is colinmcd94@gmail.com. I'm not a scammer.

The service definitely defies some expectations, since its entire goal is to induce a given behavior through (mostly) negative reinforcement. Clearly I (that is, "The Jerk") benefits if people drop the habit. That's part of the incentive. It's why the service is personified as a Jerk...you're not supposed to like him and you certainly don't want him to have your money.

Also remember, there's a positive reinforcement too, in the form of the end-of-year book. And $29 is a GREAT price for a custom hardbound book with shipping. Here's a comparable service that charges $79: https://www.storyworth.com/holidays. We expect to make the vast majority of profit from the cheat day markup.
Every headline I see from the Washington Post is framed dramatically in the favor of left wing opinions. They obviously only hire/print journalists that will drink the kool-aid spewed from the powers that be (Jeff Bezos??). If you don't see that, I challenge you to expand your mind by putting yourself in the shoes of someone who may see things differently or who comes from a different background.

My questions at this point in regards to WaPo are: Do their journalists actually have their heads so far up their asses that they believe their opinions are unquestionably correct? Or is the for-profit newspaper pushing this crap out as part of a hidden agenda that happens to benefit from left wingers being in power? OR are they just fear mongering and stirring the pot just to keep the sheeple distracted from something bigger???
I am biased (born here) but I'd recommend Ireland. Zero language barrier, very little cultural difference (all people seem to talk about these days are HBO and Netflix shows and the US election).

There is huge demand for developers here at the moment. You're guaranteed a job in Dublin, but rent can be a mini nightmare there. It starts at around 800 euro for single room bedsits, you could pay 1200-1500 per month for a house in the suburbs with an hour commute. You may find work in other parts of the country but most companies are in or around the capital.

Food here is good, standards of living are high, crime low, services (health etc) competitively good. Irish people like to complain about it here but we have it good
Check this one out as it's actively developed:

http://witheve.com

Most of the visual, programming environments failed. The successful ones still did text for the logic. Scratch, made to teach kids, was a neat hybrid that made text visual in a lego-like way that made connecting pieces easier.
Yes, but it's not obvious how to sanitize input in this case, or that it even needs sanitizing. Formatting a string sounds pretty innocuous.
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I understand your point, but he didn't make that argument.

He's been around long enough to know this issue as well. I think it is fair to infer the risk of legal entanglement did not influence his decision by the fact that he didn't bring it up.

The way I read his blog post, his main point seems to be about behavior that reflects being a part of a scene or culture that embodies certain passion and values.
Someone got their feelings hurt.

Nothing the gp said was incorrect. Land of the Free is a joke because Americans made it a joke.
It's not that hard to understand, actually.
They just ran an article calling Obama's decision to give a farewell address unusual, even though in reality every single president going back to Washington has given a farewell address.
almost comedy.

is it the good AIDs or bad AIDs (Mary Whitehouse experience reference)

It was clearly the good computer virus designed to penetrate state infrastructure. because Glenn Greenwald said so.
PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam running on Firmware 4.05
They don't even answer the question. I guess he suggests that Americans are still explorers and other countries aren't. That's hardly an explanation.
I don't think it's illegal to collude to improve a second tier city's economic prospects. Large tech cos have proven their inclination and ability to cooperate to influence markets before, why not put that collaborative spirit to work for good and profit?
Thanks. Just removed Trello. Not sure why I was putting up with constant notifications while trying to take a crap.
asuth started to work on a web based version that is kind of the descendant of Thunderbird and Gaia's email client: https://github.com/asutherland/glodastrophe
That was Iran, not Russia. But, we threw the first stone.
I was in Tokyo during Fukushima in a recently-built building.

Felt like nothing more than a freight truck passing by.
You said there isn't any real criticism but now say that those points were talked about?

Why the hyperbole earlier?
The most ironic part of the whole "fake news" debacle is that those pushing it are just as guilty.

It's OK though, fear not, because Facebook will tell you what's real and what's not.
Where has this conversation been shut down?
Not worse, just different. Times change. Maybe the lifestyle people expect and idralize isn't sustainable.
how many people you know own a pair of Spectacles?
It's equally unfathomable to me that there are people who take the Russia/DNC story as fact, even when no concrete evidence has been presented. That WaPo tries to throw fuel on the fire with by exaggerating a small morsel of truth (see: "RUSSIA HACKS U.S. POWER GRID") is even more concerning.
Hi fluxsauce,

That is a great point.

As you can see, the site is fully HTTPS secured. The Stripe endpoint is also cryptographically secure.

Naturally the server has to deal with your entries in plaintext form to print the book, but everything is totally automated. No human will every see anything you print.

I use Firebase as a database. The database can't be read from or written to by ANYONE OR ANYTHING but our authenticated servers. (For Firebase users, there is a blanket {.read:false, .write:false} on all locations).

Thanks for voicing your concerns. I'll be sure to include this information somewhere on the site ASAP.
It's publicly available malware code. For all we know, someone at Burlington Electric got it from an online ad. It sounds like you're jumping on the bandwagon of seeing an evil Russian spy around every corner.
Using Loren Feldman as a source. LMFAO.
You'll "love" this [0].

Another top official in the Railways Ministry, Zhang Shuguang, was
also sacked for corruption. Zhang was estimated to have misappropriated
to his personal overseas accounts the equivalent of $2.8 billion.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_China#Corru...
What would you need to see to believe it happened? Be as specific as you can.
Source please

edit: Since you edited your original post - I would want to see the same report that Obama saw, the one that led his administration to go so far as saying Putin was "personally involved" in orchestrating the attack. Redact sensitive info/sources as necessary.

Anything less makes it ludicrous to accuse a nuclear superpower of cyber warfare.
The original post I replied to was an attempt to derail the conversation towards arguing about Democrats and ignoring Russia.
do you have a twitter account?
That's exactly right. This wasn't fake news, but rather a poorly researched story. And a correction was published.

With fake news, the story is never retracted or corrected, but continues to be elaborated. Compare this to the "Clinton runs a network of child sexual abuse through a pizzeria in DC."
What's your point here?
The example is not pathalogical. The property that the PEP states is that the expression should not have side effects, which is the case.

Having pathological code in this context only elavates the severity from a pure data leak to partial code execution. Of course partial code execution in an unexpected context often leads to arbitrary code execution.
I agree. I've done the bare minimum math needed for comp sci (1st year calc + basic probability/stats). Barely passed. In preparation for masters in financial engineering next year I've gone back to basics, worked through his calc 1 & 2 (3 todo) videos and I'm amazed at how much I enjoy math now. Thoroughly enjoy how he teaches the content -- the enthusiasm is really infectious.

Does anyone have suggestions on exercise material? I spend some time with Wolfram generated problems every few days and am working through two textbooks, but just wondering what other people find helpful.
Ditto. I take vacations and I shut down after-hours when I don't have deadlines or timezone-dictated calls. But I do glance at my email from time to time in both situations if I have some downtime. And, if I can deal with some time sensitive matter quickly and with a modicum of effort, I honestly don't know why I wouldn't do so.
>Wouldn't this put Germany at the mercy of Russia?

There is another line is spinning up too - through Caspian Sea, Turkey, etc.

>It seems people forgot that Russia is always threatening with cutting the gas supply.

Russia is an opportunistic bully. The key thing to success here is to know whom you can bully around and whom you can't. Germany is of the latter :)
The "Eric Schmidt Position."
I have too many hobbies that take space to live in a place like Barcelona. Where do people work on their hobby car or motorcycle? Where do you do woodworking? Where do you keep your boat or paddle board? Do they have gardens? What about an outdoor kitchen for grilling and smoking? Do their kids have bicycles and scooters and skateboards and baseball gear?
I asked what specific piece of evidence is missing.
Won't those "dangerous" neighborhoods likely gentrify as priced out middle class people move to them?
Takes 5 minutes of skimming campaign sites and the first page of google results, tops, to pick the least-horrible candidate among the (if you're lucky) two viable ones for a given election at the state or national level in the US, assuming you haven't picked up enough by cultural osmosis to make the decision with no further effort.

Local elections are a different matter, but closely following state and national policy and politics is a fairly useless hobby (so it's fine to do so if you enjoy it!) for most people, unless they plan to get much more seriously involved in the process than voting and maybe stuffing envelopes for someone. Or if they have some kind of need for deep knowledge of that stuff for business reasons, I guess, but few have such a need.
The percent change is often a much more informative value than the absolute change. Also, when something decreases by x% it requires more than an x% increase to get back where you started. Political discourse would greatly benefit from these two simple facts.
The Wikileaks-Greenwald-Russia axis stands firm.
It didn't say anything about ignoring Russia. That's something you're attempting to attach to it.
Since it was a limited release, I think a better question is how many people do you know that want/wanted a pair of Spectacles? How many people were willing to pay above retail for a pair?
The problem could be lessened if NIMBY's would stop trying to dictate how property they don't own should be used (that is, we allow construction).

"Howdy, neighbor! I'm gonna build 70'-high sludge containment tower on these vacant lots I just bought next to your property. Got a problem with that?"

Of course you would. Everyone is a NIMBYist, to dome degree or another. It's just a question of degree.
You are absolutely right, that was a particularly unfortunate mix-up. I was thinking about how animosity towards Afghanistan was skillfully employed to justify invading Iraq, and in the process mixed myself up.
You did, after you edited the original post ("There is concrete evidence.")

Have you even looked at the "evidence" out there so far? It's entirely circumstantial evidence put out by third party info sec groups.
> Blatantly false stories (like the one claiming Trump won the popular vote) are easily and quickly debunked.

If only. How long has the claim that Clinton runs a child abuse ring through a Washington DC pizzeria been going on?
The Obama birther controversy?

These things are very difficult to debunk even in the presence of clear contrary information.
"Ingesting raw user input is good if you only use it to interface with other systems that provide a way to separate data from instructions or at least escape strings."
Trump thinks China is already waging a trade war
> do in fact almost always lead to the destruction of the network being attacked.

Only if the network relies on each identity corresponding to a "real" person. Some networks, such as Bitcoin, couldn't care less. Some networks can be DOSed, but not very well, and with simple mitigations, like Bittorent.
Okay, and how would you like the US government to share that information with you?
Founders, tech and charity
As the year ends, I'm giving to my favorite charities.

Many of us in tech, esp. founders, see our work as contributing to the broader good, or working towards future positive impact. I know I feel that way about the company I own, which is just turning 6. (Bootstrapped, 8 FTE! Yay.)

But it's also important to support nonprofits that directly, single-mindedly confront problems that face humanity, now. I'm giving ~10% of my pre-tax income to the these ones; I share them in hopes that others will be inspired to give. I'm also curious about what orgs other HN-ers like.

And happy new year!

FFmpeg Outreachly intern program: ffmpeg.org |
I love FFmpeg. This program (formerly Outreach Program for Women) funded several interns who did good work.

Electronic Frontier Foundation: www.eff.org |
No intro req'd here.

Partners in Health: pih.org |
Perhaps the most effective global health org.

Civil Rights Corps: www.civilrightscorps.org |
Swashbuckling lawyers fight money bail, debtors prisons & police militarization.

Wikimedia Foundation: wikimediafoundation.org |
Also no intro req'd.

The Literacy Lab: theliteracylab.org |
Evidence-based pgm building literacy in low-income kids early, when it has max impact.

Byte Back: byteback.org |
IT training for low-income DC folks. Gets people trained, certified & in good jobs. 70% of students are unemployed when they start; >20% are homeless.

Equal Justice Initiative: eji.org |
Fights death penalty, mass incarceration & more. Also spotlights the history of US racial terror, building a national lynching memorial and memorials at former slave trade sites.

DEEP Center: deepkids.com |
Creative writing classes in Savannah, GA public schools, which otherwise aren’t available.

Internet Archive: archive.org |
Essential.

African Education Program: africaneducationprogram.org |
Laser-focused on youth in Kafue, Zambia w/community center, PC lab & scholarships. Their kids far outperform the norm.
For anyone unfamiliar with Henry George: http://www.henrygeorge.org/pcontents.htm
Consistent is nice. There are place where it is consistent to not use them, though.

And to be clear, I find that just as weird as you probably do. :)
FYI: I live in D.C., my list reflects that.
I see:

> Corrections & Amplifications:

> Departing presidents in recent years have given farewell addresses in the final weeks of their terms.
Can you specifically name the content you would have to see in a given government report that would convince you this event took place?
Can you specifically name the content in a given government report that has convinced you this event took place?
The fuck?

Is this another android/anti-Apple circle jerk?
You first, then I'll go.
The real criticism ended some time ago. No one cares anymore because of the current hysteria.
Yet the media gives him a pass, and makes us believe Putin is the bogeyman...
> terrible public schools

Sooner or later, society will have to realize that white/middle class flight is a direct cause of terrible public schools; and that by reversing the trend these schools will become less terrible.
> this sounds like an attack

>> Nobody is disputing that

>>> Just because they failed doesn't mean it wasn't an attack

Nobody is disputing that. What's being disputed is (a) the target and (b) the attacker.