skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This reminds me of what is probably a similar concept, the idea that "successful" people don't have todo lists, they schedule time in their day to solve problems.

A todo list could be seen as a set of "goals", whereas a time slot could be seen as a system, which has no "success" criteria, just a period of time where effort is exerted on a problem.

I am constantly trying and failing at this. I dunno what it is, but the little demon in my brain loves to see a schedule, miss it intentionally, and then go, "see? nothing bad happened!"

Pomodoro helps a bit, but it feels arbitrary, and often I forget that I'm supposed to stop at 25 minutes (which I guess is good), so I'll be like 2 hours in on a project before realizing I was supposed to take a series of 5 minute breaks. The problem with this is it ruins the credibility of Pomodoro for me, so next time I'm finding it hard to start a thing, I don't think of Pomodoro.

I ramble about all of this because I want to highlight how real and permeating this is, as a problem, and I doubt I'm alone in this.
Social problems, IMO. Physics career track is designed to produce this outcome. Peter Woit (OP) wrote a decent book on the subject.
Why can't I play the tour levels without network?! It makes no sense, and seriously undermines the value of the app as something to do on the train.
> All (100%) of them were found to have been "working" from home

Were there other employees who were abusing the system? What was the consequence of this abuse? Missed tickets? Pagers unattended? Meetings missed? How large was your organization? Is seven a small or a huge number relative to the number of employees in your org?

> To that degree, the statement, "If you don't trust your employees to work remotely you shouldn't have hired them" can perhaps come across as a bit racist.

Explain. In a statement that says nothing about race, just an employee-employer relationship, how would you perceive that as racist?
I'm 100% onboard with the paper paradigm for my project-related note-taking, but I've moved over to using GoodNotes with my iPad and Pencil[1] over actual paper and graphite. It's basically as good as the real thing, but you also get a pristine PDF version of your notebook once you're done with your doodling. No doubt that there's a charm to leafing through a pile of your ragged, dog-eared Moleskines as an occasional nostalgia trip, but I've found myself returning to my old notebooks far more often now that they're sitting in a folder on my Dropbox.

In searching for an app like this, one of my main requirements was that the app produce standard data as output, so that if it shut down or the company went out of business all my journals would still be safe. Fortunately, the PDFs GoodNotes spits out are basically pristine copies of its internal data model: vector graphics, multiple layers (including one for the paper texture), and even hidden OCR text.

[1]: http://beta-blog.archagon.net/2016/08/30/on-the-wonders-of-d...
Some of those habits your listed are hard to get going. How do you find something you love doing which is valuable in the market? Do you pay for coding camp classes or code every day? How will you ensure that you have the fortitude to do that every day?

If you know nobody in a new city, how will you go out to surround yourself with amazing people? Maybe go out to one social event a week, or always do social stuff at work: these are the methods to achieving that state.

Those things you listed are habits that presumably you can maintain, but the more interesting thing is how to create and change habits. That's the essence of self improvement.
Am very confused. Only after reading the comments I've realised that you can link Google Voice to Hangouts and answer calls there. Till now I had no idea how to answer calls on iOS as the Google Voice iOS app is of no use. I wish there was a clear strategy and use case for each messaging app available from Google.
And that's why I think it's a very bad news article: there is no news here. Also: that sensationalistic title.
> “If I had a billion dollars, I wouldn’t buy a bunker,” Elli Kaplan, the C.E.O. of the digital health startup Neurotrack, told me. “I would reinvest in civil society and civil innovation. My view is you figure out even smarter ways to make sure that something terrible doesn’t happen.”

At least there's one reasonable person in this circus.

Also: https://youtu.be/XanyPq5BcoA?t=52m18s
the last time i had to implement a datastructure was in class. on the job i use the standard library. i hope you do the same.
What proportion of planting is for paper, I'd expect wood used in construction to be a greater demand?
Ah thanks, that's hilarious!
3 and 4 are the productivity equivalent of the two rules of dating: 1. Be attractive, 2. Don't be unattractive.
I think in organizations you have people who craft their messages to different degrees. I imagine almost all of our manager's have said "Oh we can't say that in that meeting" or "how do we put a better spin on that". And I totally believe people who do this more, and better tend to rise to the top.

Competence as perceived by your boss and boss's boss are driven by your results and perception management. And this problem gets worse because they higher you go the less control you have over your actual results. i.e. A developer has a lot more control in delivering a solid piece of performant maintainable code than a V.P. does in delivering revenue growth. And eventually you end up with CEOs who sit around and play roulette while explaining to the board how the losses were unavoidable, and the wins solely driven by his leadership.
No, Yagis have a single driven element like a dipole, and you have longer elements behind the driven element (reflectors), and shorter elements in front (directors I think?).
Totally agree. It's great for fellow engineers to poke around on to make sure you aren't an idiot or aren't copying/pasting projects from the web, but you're right.. for the most part, no one cares about side projects when it comes to trying to snag a new job.
It almost sounds like this is something that should have been dealt with as soon as he won the nomination instead of waiting until after the election.
So compared to the actual storm, how much damage did looting do, and how many people were murdered?

You are claiming that they are clear evidence of how terrible we are, so I think it is fair to ask you to show the work.

Because another aftermath of Katrina is all the help and aid that poured in over the following days, months and years.
I can't wait to try that! The software jobs aren't great where I'd go, but I have enough savings for 3-6 months of studying abroad. It would be a great thing to try in between jobs.
I still use paper to model application modes or write quick snippets of code when I'm stuck on something in particular, like a function. There seems to be some (to me at least) benefit to taking my mind away from the screen and doing the same task on paper that allows me to have some breakthroughs.

I will say however, since I got an iPad Pro, I been using an App called Notebook by Zoho

https://www.zoho.com/notebook/

I have to say, it simulates the paper experience enough with the pencil that I seem to get the same benefit. I really enjoy it and I can still sync my notes across devices and it supports simple text edits checklists inserting photos and links and other cool things. I have to say its pretty darn good and I seem to get the same focus experience using this as I do when I use actual paper.

Maybe its the fact that when you are writing like this its the slowdown effect?
The 5 biggest cloud developments to watch in 2017
Actually, you also have punitive fines - that's why that lady got $2M or so for the coffee burning her at McDonald's.
> Most of it is due to Fundamental Christian beliefs along with extreme right wing political beliefs.

I haven't read the methodology, but supposedly over 40% of Americans believe the rapture is coming by 2050. And the rapture and the apocalypse should be mutually exclusive, in the sense that if you really think Jesus is going to save you then there isn't much reason to be stockpiling cans of spaghettios.
Yep. This was after that, and after the reaction to that.
Interesting, thanks.

Those studies seem to look at readability in isolation, but in my opinion the readability problem emergeces when combined with many other sources of "noise". Snakecase works perfectly fine in less noisy languages like Ruby and Python where there's little clutter in the first place. In a noisier language like Rust, camelcase would have helped give it more visual cohesiveness.

That said, I'd love a programming font that could actually align the underscore with the font baseline. In all of today's fonts, the underscore breaks up the identifier into little pieces. Compare the vertical cohesiveness (not perfect, but closer) of:

an⎽underscore⎽identifier

with:

an_underscore_identifier
That's fair - random person on the internet, I get it. I have common usernames on the various services you know and love, so feel free to dig about.

As for transparency, there is a big push to increase the trust in Google Cloud. We're a big company, and it's hard to get that personal connection to build the trust. I think our blog is trying to get this info out, here is a good recent one: https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/01/how-we-secure-o...

My opinion is that Google is a very honest company. These whitepapers are our attempt to accurately describe what steps we are taking, in good faith, to ensure Google Cloud is the best, and most secure place, to do your computing on.

As a personal anecdote, I once worked for Google (and quit, and came back) about 8 years ago. The difference in how secretive we are is night and day. I can say the word 'borg' in public, and even tell you what it is. And this is accelerating under Cloud, because we know that big enterprises aren't going to use us without a lot of details and assurances.
There are people who have circadian rhythm issues and are able but not willing to pay the price paid in health for adhering to a given sleeping cycle. You say these cannot be responsible adults. That's what appalls me.
I have worked with similar people. It can be fun to take them down, if you're so inclined. It takes patience and discipline but it's oh so satisfying.
3 minutes because you know how.
I wonder if it would make sense in some cities to set-up "internet café" or capsule hotel-like accommodations[1]. Dense urban areas in other countries have these "overflow" spaces which diverged somewhat from their original design have come to serve either laborers, workers from other cities as well as people stranded by train schedules.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_cafe_refugee
Not sure if you misstyped.

I support my folks needing to work remote, or weird hours to handle their stuff, because life doesn't stop between 9-5.

For me to do my job effectively, I want to get to know people as more than just their output. That happens by having lunch as a team, playing foosball, happy hours, going to movies, and so forth.
Just bought the GTD book. That's the planning brain part accomplished, right?

Here's hoping I can actually find the motivation to read it and then apply the lessons!
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If you don't know how to speak Korean, go back to your own country.
> > The thing that bothers me is employees inside these companies can look at your data...

> ... that is very extremely patently false.

> Accessing user data, in any form, is a very fire-able offense, and people have been terminated over it.

what were they terminated for, if it is three-adjective false?
I've found it varies dramatically by crossing point. As an American driving across the border I frequently get lots of questions on either side. Flying it has been full grilling to basically nothing on either side.

Flying into Toronto City airport I frequently just get a nod and hand wave.
Ask HN: What makes good documentation?
I'm about to release my first OSS project in a long while. I've been putting a lot of effort into the docs. Its super important for me that the docs are useful and clear.

In your opinion, what makes good documentation?

What does documentation need to have in order to be useful to you?

This is the documentation I'm looking to improve:

https://yelluw.github.io/Bootparts/documentation

Thanks for your feedback!
The evolution of Netflix is impressive. It became an 'international' company when it opened up the streaming service to Canada in 2010, and now they operate in over 190 countries.
> As far as the paying procedures go, the only thing I needed to check it's the recipients name. I couldn't pay a "John Doe" wire to a "Joseph Doe".

Reminds me of a story my SO told me once. For some reason I can't recall now her company was to get some money via Western Union. She was supposed to pick it up, but the sender refused because she had a polish character ("ł") in her surname and they believed that WU won't be able to handle such transfer. For that reason, the company had to send someone else to pick up the transfer.
wouldn't self-interested infrastructure providers be able to intercept/modify bitcoin traffic for their own gain? BGP hijacking on steroids?
The disconnect here is about the definition of "working". For many managers, that means "attending my meetings" and "easy to ask for status reports" more so than it means "producing good software". The former are what's easier to know in the office versus remote.
Can confirm - it's a great piece of software. Looking forward to see new stuff integrated.
It "matters" but it's not your problem to solve, as a user.
Envision civilizations tombstone: A automated observatory, which searches for green-zone planets and sends short laser-burst-encoded "Here lies"- messages to the probable locations of tomorrow civilizations.

On some far away planet, a circle of far-travelled pulsing light razes with 30 km/s over the clouds, and is interpreted as a answer to the "Where is everybody?" question, missing the grammatically correct point of a decent interstellar conversation. The Question is.. "Where was everybody (when we where around?)"
I second this. If you have a software day job, then you should already be practicing coding every day. I think it's more useful to spend your extra time learning rather than applying. This can be algorithm books, coding courses, interview guides, etc.
I agree and I use a simple to-do list (Wunderlist) to set my goals and track my progress. I try to set short term goals, something between 4 and 8 weeks. As an example, my biggest current goal is to run my first Ragnar race in June.

I use sub to-do's in Wunderlist to break my goals down into manageable chunks. My Ragnar goal, then, is to hit the gym 3 days a week through May. My To-Do list for it looks something like this.

Ragnar, June 2nd

- Gym Week Ending Jan 22

- Gym Week Ending Jan 22

- Gym Week Ending Jan 22

This system works surprisingly well for me.

If I found I enjoy the thing I setup to accomplish I set the goal again. Some of the goals even become habits, at which point I remove them from my list.

I do abandon some goals after a few weeks, if I realize I don't really value the thing I set-out to do, but for others I'm checking off items three times a week and making progress. I tend to accomplish more goals than I abandon.
No reason per se... Among watch fans, those who do like Rolex like it for the history, the assumed quality, the in-house movements. Of course other brands have the same prestige and history, brands like Breitling, Audemars Piguet, Omega, etc... I think these brands are valued over some of the smaller brands because of history and certain recognizable designs (Audemars Royal Oak, Rolex Submariner, Omega Speedmaster, etc...).

This Waldan brand looks interesting, definitely dressy watches, I'm sure they're quality. I'd say go with what you like.
>Some of paper lasted for hundreds of years. How much of information didn't survive during that time period?

But we're just dealing with simple physical facts about paper here. All you need is a safe place to store it. S3 doesn't run without constant and costly maintenance.
For those interested in the some of the underlying philosophy of the Bullet Journal®, check out the TED talk that just went live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym6OYelD5fA
Some people argue there are fundamental limits on what a classical computer can discover about quantum chemical systems, but then others argue that quantum computing will surmount these barriers (and others argue that it won't).

There is nothing a quantum Turing machine can compute that can not be computed by a classical Turing machine. However quantum Turing machines may be able to solve problems faster than classical Turing machines but, as far as I know, it is not known whether this is indeed the case. It is known that the speedup is at most exponential.
Yeah, that was a bit rushed :). I edited my comment, please re-visit it.

(And yeah, it's still an estimate, since no-one except WU has any possibility of knowing the truth. Still, 0.1% seems fraud seems like an awefully low estimate, doesn't it?)
I think the argument for UBI would say that OP is better served not working in that position, because it's not what he wants to do. The employer, would then hire somebody else who actually wanted to do that work (I actually don't mind designing UI sometimes).

Or failing that, would have to raise compensation until they got somebody who agreed to do the work.

It seems that under the UBI system, the labor pool is more efficient. By taking away the basic requirement of needing to work, you introduce a more fair supply-and-demand free-market labor force. Currently this is tipped far in the favor of employers because employees' livelihood is at stake, and this asymmetric power dynamic suppresses wages.
Mark Zuckerberg is waging a legal battle over land owned by Native Hawaiians
the biggest mistake people do is assuming one size fits all. working for home is not for everyone, some people are more productive in a group settings when they other people around are working, and they get more incentive to work harder.

Personally, I prefer giving the choice to allow people to work from home if they are productive; but we need to remember it's not for everyone
I use an app called GoodNotes for the exact same reason[1], except in an even more analog way: no typed text, checklists, or anything else — just writing and sketching. Bonus: pristine PDF notebooks (covers and all) in my Dropbox once I'm done with my work!

[1]: http://beta-blog.archagon.net/2016/08/30/on-the-wonders-of-d...
Have you tried appear.in ?
I agree. I do think though that author does want to feel superior, but has been burned/exploited by a person with those negative traits, and is now frustrated or outraged.

IMO this is similar to the player/cheater categories. There are people who cheat in online games, and ecosystems suffer from it - anti-cheating precautions make games more expensive, and after playing against a cheater, you feel, well, cheated. It can ruin your experience.
I liked Jessica Jones better, but it has the exact same problem. 13 episodes, but only enough material for about 6-7. They both feel extremely padded.

Stranger Things and Wet Hot American Summer were absolutely perfect in that regard.

(As regards Daredevil season 2, it was unfocused, full of ninjas and superfluous side characters. They completely lost the plot.)
"that was not the main reason for eventual failure of ApplePay."

Lol. Apple Pay has been anything but a failure.
This is what I meant by "fundamental limits". I should have clarified that meant a practical computation time.
But the question, to my mind, is whether putting stuff on the cloud is going to be more or less secure than handling it yourself. Depending on what people and resources you have, it may well be more secure.
I think new water pipes would help in Flint.
I might be missing it, but I don't see instructions for installing TensorFlow/Keras on the Raspberry Pi in the Donkey repo or in this blog post (needed to actually run the trained model, it looks like). For TensorFlow, there are pre-built binaries and instructions to build from source here:

https://github.com/samjabrahams/tensorflow-on-raspberry-pi

Note: I am the owner of this repo
Yes! Elasticsearch and associated tools.

Their docs are solid. Packages available for many platforms. The tutorial is straightforward. Kibana is excellent for real-time time series graphing.

(I'm really biased because of the last sentence.)
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I believe that was a settlement or a civil judgement, not a fine.

Also, I'm not sure I'd be arguing legal issues with rayiner...
Wtf is "culture exists"? Like "culture of Indians"? You're digging yourself deeper in a hole. My comment about feathers and dots was ironic to highlight your dog-whistle. India is a country of 1.2 billion people with "many cultures". In any case, tarring people of certain ethnicities or race with "cultures" IS the problem with racism.
What do you mean by AC is provably false in intuitionistic logic? Intuitionistic logic + AC has as models ordinary models of classical logic since intuitionistic logic is a refinement of classical logic.

Do you mean [Diaconescu's theorem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaconescu's_theorem) which shows that AC implies excluded middle?

Maybe you mean there are models of intuitionistic logic where AC (and EM) is false?
I had a manager for a while who would make a point of catching me up on watercooler talk once a week or whenever we met about something else. Somebody quit in a dramatic way a few days ago? New project everyone's talking about that has nothing to do with me? Only took about 3 minutes, but really helped me feel connected, be more aware of the big picture, what else was going on that might indirectly impact my projects. I understood when a team I communicated with might be stressed or distracted. I understood when resources were going to be harder to get. Really good practice.
We've spotted someone who uses an OS with arbitrary path limitations...
Someone remind me again why Google Voice and Google Hangouts co-exist? I'm sure there was an amazing answer that got lost in the margin of my brain, anyone remember?
Dictatorships and Double Standards by Jeane Kirkpatrick
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13452220
It would be a blessing to be free of this addicting sensory-overloading electronic monkey.
I am an S-W, 100%. This article basically describes exactly how I act. I know what I am and I hate it and desperately want to change.

He's absolutely bang on that when a bullshitter hits a performance-based situation they're screwed (I'm an early career academic in exactly this situation, it sucks).

S-Ws who don't want to change may well be criticising the article, but there are hopefully some other self-aware ones too!
In my opinion, the greatest advantage to an automatic is never getting ripped off by a watch repair place again.

With past watches, one little issue that required a visit to a repair shop would inevitably incur the $30 "the battery need replacing" tax. Nevermind that I just had it replaced a few months prior.