skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think one thing this article hits on may be spot-on - at least in my recent experience - they mention this study:

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614524581

When I enrolled into the Udacity Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree, I made the conscious decision to try taking "dead tree" notes.

Before, when I had done other machine learning MOOCs, I had taken notes using other methods, but I found that I didn't retain as much of the information after the courses were completed. So this time, having read that paper in the past, I decided to try longhand note taking instead.

So far, I have found it wonderful - for the most part. Sometimes it is tedious. Overall, it has worked out well for me.

For my notes, I use 100 sheet single-subject grid notebooks with micro-perf tear-out sheets. I use pencil for my notes, and when needed, fine-tipped sharpie pens in four colors (red, green, blue, black) for when I need the contrast (useful for graphs or emphasis). I write on one side of each page only.

When I complete the course, I intend to write up an index, and move the notebooks into three-ring binders. I might even scan the pages and turn them into PDFs or something.

I have also found that a form of the Cornell method of note-taking has been very useful as well; although it isn't as conducive to some uses - but I've made it work well enough.

Are there downsides? Yes. The main downside, from the standpoint of a MOOC, is the amount of time it takes to take the notes. This makes each "lesson" in the course take much longer to complete due to the transcription of the notes (I am not quite fast enough, or have the skill, to transcribe from video as I watch it - I'm still trying to figure out a solution to that - because trying to condense the information about machine learning as it is talked about and such isn't an easy task, even with the ability to pause).

A secondary downside (though maybe one that is my issue partly) is when I have written my note titles with one particular title (and more importantly, the lesson number), and then the MOOC admins (or whomever) decide to add a new lesson "in the middle" or alter things to re-number the lessons slightly. Now, your notes don't match up to the syllabus and courses, which can be a real pain to review things. So far, in my current course, this has happened twice. Ugh.

But as far as retention of the material? I think this time around I have much better retention and understanding than I gained from my previous ventures in the same space. For that, it's been worth the issues I have experienced.
In the past 4 years, there have been 7 updates to the iOS Google Voice app. As a long-time user (since the Grand Central acquisition), this is very encouraging news.
One good example is that as far as we can tell multi-cellular life only evolved on Earth once. And while life started up on Earth pretty quickly it took about 600 million years for that life to become multicelluar. It's possible that we'll someday discover life is relatively common but never meet anything but amoebas.
Yup. It takes a while to see the abstract pattern underlying their behaviour. Once you see it, its very clear. But for a long time you're distracted by the details of day-to-day events and you think they're just another co-worker with some annoying habits.

I'm confused why so many commenters are quick to shout "B.S" on this article (are they BSers in hiding?) but maybe he is oversimplifying too much. True S-W types are pretty rare and are probably evidence of some extreme psychological disorder. (E.g., malignant narcissism or sociopathy. Robert Hare is a researcher in criminal psychology and wrote a book on such people: https://www.amazon.com/Snakes-Suits-When-Psychopaths-Work/dp...).
You could use a tool like easypki that allow you to manage a testing CA, whose root cert you can import into your browser. Maybe use a different browser profile so a compromise of the CA keys would not allow anyone to compromise your banking sessions, too.

https://github.com/google/easypki

But sure, if you're using Let's Encyrpt in production, this won't approximate your production setup in testing.
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Hey, I'am looking for inspiration for an app i'm developing. I was wondering if somebody knows of a book with the evolution of UIs. Being web apps, desktop, mobile, etc.
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"If you really believe Tillerson has absolved all of his holdings and won't benefit, I have a hotel on Columbus Circle to sell you."

Tillerson has also made a deal whereby he can't work Oil and Gas for the next 10 years.

The deal is with the State Department - are you saying the State Department is lying?

There is also specific Congressional oversight for Tillerson (which does not apply to Trump, by the way).

So enough conspiracy theories - either put up some evidence of your claim that somehow Tillerson will not sell his shares - or don't make the comment.

"Is it really "bloat" if it's giving people livelihoods and jobs?"

Wow ... Yes! The very fact that you'd leave aside government workers actual ability to be productive, and just assume that 'giving people money' is somehow a 'good thing' for governance, makes me question the premise of your rebuttal.

""School choice" is just the rhetorical term"

Except it's not. When people can take their government vouchers to the schools of their choice, this is 'choice'. Not 'defunding public schools'. You're the one making the rhetorical leap here.

"Yea they are so bent out of shape that a thin-skinned narcissist rapist wants to basically loot the country with his cronies"

Take this kind of stuff to Huffpost, you'll find like minded people there.

I don't really like Trump, but the list is not remotely unreasonable.
What about services like Sellfy that let you add a button to your site's pages, that loads a shopping iframe? Will it change the indicator when the iframe appears after a user clicks the Buy button?
Why would you post something thats not even done? React-native was built to be a better alternative to Cordova, it's not like you wrote it.
Or internet access. It seems like you could commit fraud by traveling to regions without a means to communicate with one-another online and selling them BTCs that were already spent on another network.

I bet two people pull that off before those communities ban BTC.
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I'm not making any kind of argument for proof of this idea, just stating that the idea of creationism on Earth doesn't reduce the probability of evolution to 0. Some religions even make the claim that God is an alien.
The lens the author is looking through is missing the other side of the coin.

Communication:

Regardless of how smart you are, if you can't communicate it to others, then then value of your intelligence is limited to an individual role.
People who can't/won't communicate make terrible managers. The people above them have no idea what's going on in their team. Poor coordination with other teams creates issues outside of their team.
Their own team members will fail to understand what role they are playing in a larger effort. The non-communicating manger will know (because he's in the meetings), but will fail to pass that information to their team. As you move up the chain of command, communication becomes more important than what you as an individual can produce.

Confidence:

Your car breaks down. It's critical you have it working tomorrow. Two mechanics show up.

- The first mechanic says: "This is really tricky. I don't know if we can get this fixed tomorrow. It may take a week. I'm not sure"

- The second mechanic says: "This is no problem. I'll have it fixed by tomorrow".

Which one are you going to hire?

Perception:

The hardest pill to swallow is that upper management is very aware of what's going on in a team, especially when the manager is a problem.

- upper management has usually seen it all before. So any behavioral issues are easily spotted.
- Team members complain to people on other teams, and word gets around.
- Team members will request re-assignement or discuss quitting.

There are a lot of ways to handle a bad manager, some good, many bad. The more professional you are, the easier they are to handle (i.e. be honest, don't participate in rumors, don't complain about others, own your responsibilities, be transparent, and communicate with facts)

Performance over Perception:

Performance is always more important than perception. The issue is a lot of employees don't understand what the priorities are for their organization.

The priority is almost always. How efficiently and predictably does the job get done. Efficiency also includes how much hand holding someone higher up has to do.
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I thought Paper referred to the Facebook app that shut down a couple years back
>The biggest disappointment with my e-reader is that reading PDFs is awful on that ridiculous display.

Ereaders suck for PDFs. To some extent, that's because the PDF format sucks. PDF forces a number of words per line, lines per page, etc. Essentially, PDFs force a certain page size on you. If you compare with physical books, that's not the case. When Stephen King writes a novel, it can be printed as a small paperback or a large print book.

Epubs is the way to go with ereaders.

As for the size of ereaders, it's a tradeoff. 6 inches has its shortcomings (frequent page turns), but they have their pluses (very easy to carry).

Sony used to make 9" readers, and I occasionally find used ones for very cheap at Goodwill (under $10).

The Kobo Auro One is almost 8" (about $250).

But yeah, if you want to read PDFs, ebook readers are not the way to go. Use a tablet instead (with all its screen fatigue, etc).
It's absurd that consumers are left guessing which of Google's services are around for the long-haul and which are doomed.

There was a time when success was the default outcome for a new Google product/service. Now it's the opposite, and the crazy thing is that Google did it to themselves.
Thanks for posting that. I interviewed Arthur C. Clarke at his house (see joke above), so it was cool to see it again.
Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM, and nobody ever got fired for talking bad about advertising on the internet.
It isn't obvious that communication by such "probes" would take place on a medium that we can currently sense. Which may be what you meant?
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Honestly, I'm glad.

I signed up for Voice to use Voice. Not to use Hangouts.
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> self-replicating interstellar probes

DNA
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And then doctor will say: it's normal, don't worry, just shift your working hours to match your cycle. ;-)
Typical programmer is introvert phlegmatic or melancholic.

Quote:

Respecting the Daily Cycle

The daily circadian cycle is divided into four six hour periods, with each one having a different nature and temperament. The temperaments of these different periods need to be respected.

The six hour period surrounding noon is the period of maximum light, heat and activity; its temperament is Choleric. Accordingly, one should remain active at midday, from 9 AM to 3 PM, and not sleep or nap during this period.

Conversely, the opposing six hour period surrounding midnight, from 9 PM to 3 AM, is Phlegmatic, being the coldest, darkest and most passive/quiet period of the day. Accordingly, one should be either sleeping or winding down the day's activities to a close during this period. For the sake of one's health, one should start winding down at 9 PM and try to get to bed by 10 PM or not long thereafter. Going to bed later than this aggravates nervous tension and fatigue.

The other two six hour periods between these two polarities are transitional periods, and surround sunrise and sunset, which are the transitions between daytime and nighttime. The Sanguine period, surrounding sunrise, is the period of awakening. The Melancholic period, surrounding sunset, is a period of a gradual tapering off of the day's activities and the shift to a more quiet, contemplative evening mode.

http://www.greekmedicine.net/hygiene/Sleep_and_Wakefulness.h...
I kind of agree with you for people who already have verifiable experience that sideprojects are not important. For people without anything on their CV however I think it can be a good idea.

I have been on both sides as well, many times and to be honest, if someone was a graduate and they didn't have some kind of side project, we just scrapped them.
How does Scuba differ from Presto which is also developed by Facebook? It seems that it stores data in-memory and have data expiration feature but also has many common features such as SQL and distributed processing.
> If you just mean that it's impractical to build the electrical grid out to a remote mining site

Yes, that was the general issue. We do a lot of mining in remote sites that don't have hydro power or any realistic way to get it there. You could use biofuels, but it's hard to imagine bootstrapping a technical society to the point that that becomes feasible without prior use of fossil fuels.
"Why should my tax dollars get to fund religious schools?"

Why should religious people have to pay for your kid's secularist education, which may include elements that are totally inconsistent with their moral worldview?

Public schools are important, but so is choice.

Vouchers are a reasonable idea, and they just might be one of the key ways to help developing communities improve - as many of the best schools in hard-up areas are 'Charter Schools' which could use the funding and students to do a lot of good.
Agreed. As usual, the article tries to overgeneralize. Reality is so much more complicated that blog entries or memes.
Maybe they can redirect all this wonderful behavioral science to train the politicians to actually care about ordinary lower-income citizens so they can fix the fucking pipes instead of placing the responsibility on tax-payers by teaching them songs and dances about when to change their filters or devising clever tricks on how their can regain their "trust".
> dipole antenna

Erm, looks like a monopole antenna to me. The rest of your post looks correct otherwise.
Weasel words that I'm almost positive are mostly secondary employment (i.e. a coffeeshop opens by the plant because of the workers there, etc).

These kinds of numbers are also hugely inflated and based on the most optimistic metrics.

source: worked in pr
I guess I can unlink from hangouts and go back to Google Voice? I've basically stopped using my Google Voice number(but keep it around because people still had that number) because the future seemed so uncertain.
It does but ime it breaks (or did) on the various ATI/binary combinations and isn't open source.

I've had zero issues with gtk-redshift across multiple machines/configs with 1 to 4 screens :).
How much driving around would you do when shopping for a mortgage? How many lenders would you actively talk to?

If we estimate the purchase price of a home to be roughly 10 times higher than a car - and following your logic - is sounds like you would be willing to spend 10-20 days driving around shopping for mortgages and would talk to 20-30 different lenders at minimum.

Is that a fair assumption?
Sometimes face ti face can be good, but I often prefer email, for the reason that everything gets documented.

A previous line manager of mine would never document anything, and his standard response was "I thought we talked about that". Sure we did, but you changed your mind then changed it again, then again after that. I can't remember what the final outcome was.
I would say their shows are good but definitely not touching HBO. They haven't made anything quite like Sopranos or Westworld (to name but two) yet.
Hi, Mike here from GitLab. Sorry for the pain! I assume the issue you are referring to is this one?
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/27049

This should be fixed very shortly. Thanks for taking the time to point it out and help others with your blog post.
When I have looked for jobs in the past, I will sometimes apply for positions like this even if I don't have all the requisite skills if the job looks particularly interesting otherwise. I have found that these kinds of postings typically come from a communication error between the technical manager and HR. If you can get past HR and to the manager they are typically much more realistic, and are totally fine if you don't know technology x, y, or z as long as they feel comfortable that you can learn it, and you are strong in at least one or two of the other areas.
It doesn't seem sensationalized to me. Saying that you'd almost have to be irrational to doubt something seems as close as a scientist can get to confirming that thing.
I used to use my Google Voice number as my primary contact number, but when development of the product seemingly died for three years without addressing outstanding issues with group MMS or picture messages, I migrated back to my regular cell number. I've already told all my friends to forget my Google Voice number. I've changed my preferences in every service I use to contact my regular cell number.

Now Google is soft re-launching this service after 5 years, and wants me to come back? No way. They squandered more than 5 years of first-mover advantage in the "free SMS" space, and have lost to WhatsApp, Facebook, and Apple Messages.

I'm happy than when I need to send test SMSs on my computer, the web app I use will be slightly better. That's my only use-case for Google Voice anymore.
These look very nice. Cannot wait to see what other designs people come up with.
In more recent versions of GitLab, you can change the project level visibility in a separate drop-down, this will allow visibility to all, but continue to restrict push access.
Trying to remove technology from our lives seems to be a current trend. Don't hate technology just because it's technology. Instead, we should think about what new undesirable behaviors it introduces and how to address those deeper issues. I quite like my phone, but I also value setting it aside as much as possible when in the pleasure of someone's company. I don't recommend we backpedal on important advances in sanitation, sustainable power, etc. just because the transistor counts are getting too high.
As someone who's tried to control a car with PID, there is more to it than that. The angle of the car relative to the lines and the distance from the line need to be taken into account separately, since they each independently contribute to the distance from the lines as you move forward, and the PID controller can't separate them by itself. Think of how hard it is to keep straight in heavy fog when you can only see a few feet in front of the car, and you'll get the idea.

The delay in your steering response (how fast you can measure the error and turn the wheel) is large enough here that if you aren't actively taking the non-linearities of the problem into account you will oscillate off the road. The other way to fix this is to aim for a point far ahead of you such that your steering response time is significantly less than your "following distance", but that results in cutting corners.
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That is a big, big if. Especially considering everything he's proposed is antiquated, disproven economics when it comes to having direct economic benefits for poor communities.
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True, but it's also an incentive. If there were a way to compensate app developers for actual productivity gains then the incentives would be more aligned. This may actually be possible for bigger ticket, B2B apps. Maybe some sort of share-the-risk arrangement tied to a consulting engagement.
From what I remember so far at Airbnb it used to be tough when they were small. I don't know today if they still attract a lot of rock stars. But still, all I had to do was to write up a mini-web app and connect to their API in order to pull out some data, in about 2 hours. Then after this interview they had an onsite with classic CS and culture fit. They were very tough on culture fit and you had to meet with the 3 founders. I don't know today if it's still the case.

At FB and Google it's all about mathematics, advanced CS, etc. So... They're looking for generalists and it's harder to find because in real life you don't really use this stuff anymore.
That means that they endorsed it, but they didn't write it.

In a criminal trial, a judge endorses (and enforces) a jury's verdict, but he doesn't dictate it.
U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the Race to the Top competitive grants on July 24, 2009, as a motivator for education reform. To be eligible, states had to adopt "internationally benchmarked standards and assessments that prepare students for success in college and the work place."[15] Though states could adopt other college- and career-ready standards and still be eligible, they were awarded extra points in their Race to the Top applications if they adopted the Common Core standards by August 2, 2010.

Until the Every Student Succeeds Act was passed in December 2015, the US Department of Education had encouraged states to adopt the Common Core Standards by tying the grant of waivers from the No Child Left Behind Act to adoption of the Standards.
Out of curiosity, why didn't you keep using it, but with Hangouts instead?
>Its also worth mentioning that FTL travel probably isn't in the cards and even if we consider exploratory advanced civilizations, they most likely would not get far by the time they hit their extinction event anyway.

Another possibility is that we've simply explored in the wrong directions.

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> I can do all of these things because I am a responsible adult.

You are saying that if anyone is not willing to do these things, they cannot be responsible adults. How rude and arrogant of you, if you really mean what you say.
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That seems as weird as the other way round. Wouldn't it be the simplest explanation to just say God created life on various planets but didn't tell anyone about each other?
Right. What's happened with the Drake Equation is that the terms related to possibly habitable planets have largely moved to the "almost certainly lots" realm.

But, as you say, with respect to life (or at least complex multi-cellular life), we just don't know. But the Drake Equation encourages thinking like, even it's it's a 1 in a trillion chance effectively zero!, we'd have all these aliens running around. Because 1 in a trillion = 0 is pretty much what we're informed by day-to-day usage and intuition.