skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
For some context: the recent outages caused by the leap second were due to programming languages (most notably Go) not offering APIs to work with time separately from system time.

This link from 2014 is about Erlang's monotonic time function and about when to use the various time functions offered by the Erlang standard library. The title has "Postscript" in it because it was a chapter added to the end of the Learn You Some Erlang book because these additions were so important (as we've all learned recently).
You don't hope. You invest continuously throughout your working life and smooth out some, but not all, of those bumps. More importantly, though, you hope you retire at the right times (large market losses early in retirement are dangerous). But you work around that by building in flexibility into your retirement draw - in a bad year, you cut back and spend a bit less.
It goes both ways. I used to live in Denver, and it was faster for me to ski in Alta (after flying to SLC) than it was for me to drive to I-70 ski resorts on a weekend.
Not to be "that guy", but an article about PostScript would most likely be CamelCase.
But that's an inherently wrong way of looking at it. If you're traveling somewhere in a plane vs on the road, you're way more likely to die. Even if you factor own your own human error (but not others').
Downtown could definitely use more tech-centric companies. Good luck.

Once you have decided, definitely list the exact neighborhood with every job ad. Los Angeles is a big place and most do not want to travel to a far off area.
Adding up the cost of uncontrolled immigration
Has Apple ever prosecuted a violation of this terrible rule of theirs?
Getting free or low cost access to a plain text searchable database is no longer a problem for lawyers. It was 8-10 years ago, but since the entry of Google Scholar (and Casetext, Ravel, and a half dozen or so other providers) getting access to the law is no longer difficult. To echo the original post, the law today is in a place like the "deep, dark, early days of the Web, using search engines like Lycos and Alta Vista". We do need a "Google for the law," but Google isn't good enough to be that. It's a very hard problem to create a good search engine for the law, but legal search engines will eventually get there.
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"Probability of death conditional on an accident" sounds like a statistic designed to fool people who really just care about the probability of death, preying on a cognitive error.
We were comparing the amount of time it takes to write a textbook versus the amount of time it takes to write all the papers the textbook cites (or relies on, I guess). So I don't think "hardness" and the fact that papers also cite other papers really changes this comparison.

I mean, a textbook might take years to write/edit (on and off) But it takes at least a month (on and off) to write/edit a paper.
Blizzards and the Birth of the Modern Mayor
Public safety and public senior executive (non-elected) might be close to that; teachers (and other non-safety civil service) are nowhere close to that; and some elected officials are much, much better.
Good feedback, thx.
But that statistic is pointless because you're so much more unlikely to get into an accident. It's irrelevant that you're more likely to die in a plane crash than a car crash. By that logic, you should never drive more than 5 miles an hour, because with each mile an hour you increase your speed, you're more likely to be in a fatal accident.
Not always.

[1] The US Airline Industry is Highly Profitable https://airinsight.com/2016/08/18/us-airline-industry-highly...

[2] The Most Hated U.S. Airline Is Also the Most Profitable https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-10/spirit-ai...
Air New Zealand does this as well, they also offer Premium Economy and "sky couches" (still in economy but you get a row of three seats that fold flat).

I've heard of someone occasionally getting a good deal but usually you are paying close to full retail for the perks.
Did you see something at that link that contradicted anything at my link? Everyone seems to agree that BCH got DDoSed. Sophos adds a juvenile "hacks're bad, mm-kay?" gloss to it, apparently because all their readers are in elementary school, but that's all they have to offer. They don't mention any reasons why this hack was as bad as any other hack. If one recognizes, as all thinking people do, that some hacks as justified even though some other hacks are not, Sophos has no retort. This is a basic rhetorical failure; Sophos ought to be embarrassed.

One more thing: this was just a DDoS, yet, "The indictment states that BCH had to shut down its access to the internet and email servers to protect patient medical records." Come again? How on earth would a simple DDoS have that effect? Does the DB "fail open"? This is pure bullshit, yet DoJ and Sophos are happy to parrot it, because this is the sort of bullshit that pays their bills. Pathetic.

[EDIT:] He writes and he's in prison, so he mostly fits that description; do you have a particular reason to deny that he's concerned about "human rights"?
you you're saying that people prefer to be maimed more and so would choose driving over flying because there's less chance of them being maimed when they fly?

honestly that makes no sense
> A psychologist probes...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science
If ever there were a user group that should have forced pgp adoption, it is lawyers. When I worked at a big law firm, I lobbied for it and ran into a bunch of IT managers who had never heard of anything unless Microsoft sold it to them.
That makes it worse actually - not only are you more likely to die in a car per mile, but you are many more times likely than THAT higher number to get injured.
That would have rubbed me the wrong way too. Good on you for pushing back and winning.
You and the grandparent are dancing around the increased costs. I just checked prices for the last flight I took to Europe, and the difference between economy and first class is (roughly) TEN TIMES. Hey, if $9,000 is to your budget what $900 is to mine, awesome! I've had first class once, for business, and, sure, it was great. I just wish they'd give us another couple of inches of legroom in economy. Just 2 inches! Take out, like 2 or 3 rows, and expand. I'm 6' and 250 lbs, and when someone reclines in front of me, the seat is literally 6 inches from my face! If they'd charge the extra for taking out those rows, the increase to the prices of the rest of the tickets would be minimal. I think they cram us in as tightly as humanly possible (literally) so that they can cajole more people into the first-class cabin and it's attendant price. It's not just awful; it's manipulative!
To be fair, there is a lot of traffic created from this problem--especially in the Financial District in San Francisco. Whereas NYC has those "don't block the box" signs and it seems like their drivers are much more aware of it.
> I'm trying not to be a smart aleck and instead I'm putting the question into terms anyone who's finished high school would understand.

How's it being a smart aleck? A geodesic is a very easy concept to understand. Not only that, but it's ridiculous to dumb down information when the whole point of the conversation was to understand truths. If this question was on history concepts, and you said that Columbus discovered America, it would be a bit ridiculous for you to criticize me on calling you out on it, right? A straight line being the shortest distance between two points is about as true as Columbus discovering America. You have to add on a bunch of qualifiers for either to be remotely true.

> We're not talking general relativity here, we're just talking about plain Euclidean geometry.

See this is the thing, you don't even need to understand general relativity to understand this. Airplane pilots understand this, they fly on great circles because of this concept, which has absolutely nothing to do with general relativity.

> or maybe everyone except you

Or maybe anyone with a math degree, 4 or 5 physics classes, an aerospace degree, airplane pilots, optical engineers. It's really not that esoteric.
It may be what worries people, but that's only because people are irrational. That number is utterly meaningless. If you use that number to decide safety, then stubbing your toe before you go BASE jumping makes it safer!
Librarians to create fake patrons to fight automated book-culling software
I see, thank you! Hopefully I can live in Melbourne sometime.
Love this idea, just signed up for this, but I'm getting a relay error on sending emails to jerk@journaljerk.com or reply@journaljerk.com... So effectively I can't write anything
Incremental Least Squares Surface and Hyper-Volume Fitting
Eh. It's more about using her connections to sell Twitter's services to companies in China than it is about using her connections to make Twitter available to users in China.

Relevant portions:

> Twitter said its strategy in China hasn’t changed and that Ms. Chen’s main job is to sell services like advertising, data analytics and developer platforms to companies in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

> Underlying the messages were concerns that Twitter, which casts itself as a champion of free speech, was motivated to hire Ms. Chen as part of a strategy of compromise aimed at getting Chinese authorities to lift the block.

> A Twitter spokesman said on Tuesday that wasn’t the case and that Ms. Chen had been hired to take advantage of increased interest among Chinese companies in advertising on the platform to reach a global audience. “We have no plans to change anything about our service in order to enter the market,” the spokesman said.

> Twitter has consistently said it won’t compromise its service in order to operate in China. It described former CEO Dick Costolo’s first visit to China in 2014 as the executive’s attempt to learn more about the local culture and technology industry. His successor, Mr. Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter, has emphasized a dedication to the company’s values and mission, including freedom of speech.

This is supported by the Reuter's article which mentions her work on courting "potential Chinese advertisers for the social media platform" and growing "its Greater China advertiser base nearly 400 percent over the past two years."

I'm not sure what 20161112 was talking about.
There's still a huge confusion on what cables are legitimate USB 3 Type C cables, or Thunderbolt or some third option that I forget but bricking devices is a possibility with the current mix of options.
Apart from perhaps printing a boarding pass and (given security) food on very long flights, these all seem OK to me. Not charging for checked baggage is equivalent to taxing those who pack light and subsidizing those who pack heavy (and cost more fuel).
It's very situationally dependent. I don't market myself the same to any two companies, because my value to a company is dependent on the company itself. As a boss early in my career put it, I excel in the role that every company needs but no company hires for. The most successful strategy I've had is the Trojan Horse approach.

If you're looking for W2 work and are on the business side, focus on analyst, specialist, or strategist roles at fast growing small- to mid-sized companies. Too large and the duties will be too defined for you to grow; too small (or not growing) and you'll likely be too expensive for the value you provide. Look for job descriptions that are written as fishing expeditions; these are indicative of an environment that's changing too fast to define precise duties. Which is also indicative of them hiring for general aptitude rather than specific experience, and the role will expand to the extent of your abilities. If there's a particular area you want to grow, find a role that could justifiably expand to include that. Focus on the existing pain points during the interview, resolve those when you get hired, then fill your newly available excess time at work by systematically seeking out and resolving other pain points (this is where you'd try to work you way into the area you want to grow, if there's a specific one). As for salary growth; there are quite a few strategies to getting larger than usual annual raises if you execute well, play to the companies political landscape, and articulate your value in the right way during your reviews.

If you're looking for contract/consulting work, it's essentially the same thing. Advertise for and resolve specific pain points you've solved in the past, get recurring business by fishing for additional pain points once you're in the door. You'll organically grow a portfolio of work that'll make it easier to get in the door at new companies, and you'll have a steady stream of recurring business (once you've demonstrated your competence, companies are more willing to take a chance on engagements outside of your prior experience). In fact, most of my contract work has come from previous W2 employers that got really used to the convenience and flexibility of having me around.

My email's in my profile; feel free to contact me if you want to chat more about it. My approach is optimized around me, but if I know more about your situation I can probably give more relevant advice for you.
Yup. A few years back some friends and I went from SF to LA for a conference. We all left home at the same time. The people who drove and the people who flew arrived at the hotel within 15 minutes of one another.

It was a real eye-opener for me.
"Magic (Johnson) made white people feel comfortable. With themselves."

As a child being bullied by black people, seeing Magic Johnson made me believe what my mother taught me, "There is good in all races". Magic proved to me that we could all get along. Some of Kareem's comments in the article I find offensive. However, I forgive you Kareem. I wished you could forgive the white man and see him for what he is ... simply a man.

Any man of any color or race has the potential to do great harm to anyone.
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Last time I flew overseas, there was a 5', petite lady next to me. She put her feet in the safety brochure pocket in the seat in front of her, curled up in her seat, and went to sleep for the duration. As a big guy who can't sleep in public, I was SOOOOO jealous.
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> If an insurance company changed the terms of my payout after collecting years of premiums, they'd have a fun lawsuit to defend.

Unless there was a bankruptcy involved. Which, you know, happens to insurance companies.
Over 30 year timelines? No you don't have to worry about timing the market.
Once they have sold you the ticket though they are free to extort you e.g. on meals. Sure you could BYO for the 14 hr flight but ... yuk!
Is it really that bad? We're scooting around the world are reasonably affordable prices in what is the most statistically safe way to travel. Sure it could be improved but to say it is such a horrible experience...really? Air travel is wonderful and I feel fortunate to have been lucky enough to see many parts of the world. Big picture - it's bloody brilliant!
Russia already found it. Look how Trump is already kissing up to Putin.
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We built a DBMS from scratch!

Ok, it started before I joined, but the data at our startup was all basically in text files, not unlike a csv. There were data coming from different sources and needed to be merged with existing. We also needed to do some arbitrage between data from multiple sources, so we wrote an always on server which will do all this in memory and dump the data to the files periodically. Unfortunately, the server can sometimes crash and data yet to be dumped was lost. So, next there was a checkpointing system, which will help recover data in case there was a crash. Slowly it grew into a full fledged data management behemoth.

To be fair, this episode happened more than a decade back. The whole team were freshers straight out of college :) And that system had one of the most readable code, I have ever seen.

It finally took a very senior tech person to come poking and find the inefficiencies. He convinced us of the goodness of MySQL and the whole workflow was then rebuilt around it.

This exercise made us appreciate all the more what a DBMS does and wouldn't miss it for the world.
Loading data from AWS S3 bucket to Vertica made easy
The ads I've seen in Win 10 (Home): (1) (Don't I want to claim my) Free trial for Office 365? (2) MS Edge is faster/better than my (non-MS) default browser (and don't I want to try Edge?).

These seem to recur once after each Windows Update reboot. Anyone know of a way to permanently disable these?
In America (and I may be biased b/c my kids say it all the time) to toot means to blow your car horn...but it also means to fart. If I say "I tooted this morning," most people will assume I farted. You might want to reconsider that one.
Ask HN: When should an open-source library stop supporting legacy browsers?
You can also rephrase the question as:

- Are you assuming full ES5 support when building libraries?

- Are you assuming partial ES6 support when building libraries?

- Are you pushing shim responsibility to the user?

- Are you ignoring browsers that are 1% or lower in market share?

- When should a library stop hand-holding older systems?

What's your opinion? When should a library shed off legacy browser code?

(legacy = IE10 and below, browsers older than the previous version)
I live in NYC but Pittsburgh is my hometown; I have even been preferring a train to go that far these days. I was Diamond on Delta in the past, just gonna miss platinum this year because I flew off-airline enough; I fly a lot, but if a train is feasible I tend to prefer it.
#2 is complete BS (fuel is an inherent part of the cost) but I have no problem with the rest. I especially don't get the outrage over baggage fees. Transporting passenger baggage costs money, both due to handling it, and due to the opportunity cost of cargo they could be carrying instead. "Free" baggage just means that light travelers subsidize people with bags. That's great if you have bags, but not great if you don't, and incentivizes inefficiency.
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Serious question, how did he break 50 bones when he's confined to a wheelchair?
It's useful, but is it absolutely necessary? For example, a lot of people die from cancer while getting drugs from 20 years ago. Why not just let them have experimental drugs if they're going to die anyway?
I don't disagree with you but I don't think deaths per mile is a good way to compare modes of transportation. The car/truck numbers include intra-city miles driven for a start. If you can narrow it down to accidents on interstates I think it'd be better.
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I've not seen such a long flight where meals are paid. Once you reach that timescale, food becomes non-optional. I have had 14 hour flights where the food was so bad that it wasn't even worth getting it for free, so it can still go wrong that way.
This seems like a distinctly American problem - admittedly, it's been a very long time since I've been in the US to see it for myself.

Here in Australia, I check in on the mobile app, arrive at the airport around 40 minutes before my domestic flight, take 1 minute to walk straight to the automated Qantas Bag Drop point (and there's almost never a queue of more than 1 or 2 other travellers), take around 30 seconds to scan my boarding pass or frequent flyer card, put my (complimentary) checked bag with its RFID baggage tag straight on the machine, 30 seconds later I have my baggage receipt.

1 minute later, I'm on my way through security - I have to take my laptop out of my bag and empty metal from my pockets, but I'm not usually taking off my shoes and there's no LAG restrictions on domestic services. No ID checks either (admittedly a possibility of being stopped for 30 seconds for an "explosives residue" test, though). A minute later, I'm on the other side, and I'm already lining up to buy an only slightly overpriced drink from the cafe.

The whole process is quick enough that when you don't have checked luggage, it's absolutely possible to walk in the front of the terminal and see FINAL CALL on the departures screen, and still make it to the gate in time.

The seat dimensions on domestic aircraft aren't great (and I'm 6'4", so believe me, I know) but it's not really that much more uncomfortable than a car, and it's definitely better than being on a bus for 8 hours. The overhead bin space is way less of a problem when you're on a traditional carrier that unlike the American ones still gives you a complimentary checked bag.

And for anyone who suffers from mild motion sickness (like myself), it's way nicer to be in an aircraft and still be able to read a book than to be on the road.

I can definitely live with this.
I came here to recommend CaseText as well. It's a superb resource for law-related research.
Why is that obvious? Take the case of criminal predictions. If you're using convictions as ground truth, then you're just mirroring existing societal biases. For instance, in a society with pervasive racism (like, say 1960s America), the more real-world data you give it, the more your model is likely to converge on racism.

Computers aren't racist but to characterise the article as referring to something like that is to fail to understand it.
Haxe is developed totally in the open.
I guess he didn't break them all at once, just totalling 50 breaks over many years, maybe even the same bone many times.
It's also become substantially cheaper as fuel prices have tanked over the last few years.

Lower fuel costs means budget airlines can compete more aggressively, and major carriers have to lower their own prices to stay competitive. So they have to cut corners other ways to maintain growth.

For me, the upside of much cheaper travel beats these downsides. If you travel light and educate yourself about fees, airline travel really isn't so bad.