skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It depends on your definition of "worth learning". People are replying, rattling off laundry lists of technologies that are "taking off" and "getting traction" but that doesn't necessarily mean they are worth learning.

To me, learning is a time / long-term-benefit trade-off. You're giving up your precious and valuable time now to get something that you believe will pay off in the long term. I'd love to learn everything under the sun but I only have time to learn a few things. So, I will spend the time where I think the biggest payoff is. A bucket of 30 slightly-related but "hot this month" technologies is a lot of cost for unknown benefit.

If you asked this question 20 years ago, there was a similarly-sized laundry list of hot technologies one could have learned, but I'd argue only a few really would have resulted in lasting long-term benefit. C++ was probably one of them. Linux was probably one of them. HTML probably. WebTV? Probably not.
What are some examples of core technologies?
Sure... they should just use their (clearnet) government email addresses, secured with mandatory 2FA. If those get hacked it would be potentially embarrassing, but it would be less likely if they all had reasonable security measures.

For any classified material officials can use their SIPRNET/JWICS emails, for which suspicious access is much more closely monitored, of course.
Better as President it seems.
"Obama is not in power and hasn't".

Hasn't is not correct. The Obama Administration was notoriously terrible towards the press. The below from an article published today:
https://news.grabien.com/story-why-it-will-be-hard-trump-sur...

Obama Admin on Fox News:
“We’re going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent,” said Anita Dunn, the White House communications director, in a telephone interview on Sunday. “As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/business/media/12fox.html

The [Obama] administration sought to deny Fox News' participation in executive branch news-making events -- which only failed after other networks admirably refused to participate if Fox News were excluded.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/white-houses-fox-ne...

James Rosen, reported accurate information about North Korea leaked by a member of the Obama State Department, Eric Holder ordered his movements to be tracked, his phone records seized, and went "judge shopping" until he found one willing to grant such a warrant without telling Rosen himself. Holder even told Google to not notify Rosen that the government was monitoring his email.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-rare-peek-into-a-just...

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-prosecutors-foug...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-in-ap-r...

The New York Times's James Risen was targeted for almost the entirety of Obama's two terms. His crime? Reporting accurate information the Obama Administration didn't want reported. "Along the way, we found out that the government had spied on virtually every aspect of James Risen’s digital life from phone calls, to emails, to credit card statements, bank records and more,"
https://freedom.press/news-advocacy/the-james-risen-case-and...

The Associated Press experienced similar surveillance. For two months, the Department of Justice tracked 20 AP reporters' calls, ostensibly over their reporting into a Libyan terrorist's failed plot. Why was reporting on a failed plot so threatening? The AP said it was because the administration wanted to announce the news itself.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/some-question-whethe...

Just pointing out that 'Hasn't' is not correct. Carry on...
It is slightly more than adversity, as anyone can lose someone important or their job, suffer from brain trauma, etc. Upward mobility implies understanding and navigating through different sets of social rules and this can be extremely stressful and implies what sociologists call anomie.

The sociological explanation of this phenomenon is almost a hundred years old. You can read it here: Merton, Robert K. (October 1938). "Social Structure and Anomie". American Sociological Review. 3 (5): 672–682.

Sorry for the paywall, but you "hackers" know how to circumvent it, right?
Yes, but a number of difficulties remain:

1) there's little way of figureing out who is actually contacting you.

2) If you file the number with the FCC you don't get a response.

3) it's not always obvious there's a commercial entity on the other side. I've gotten a number of calls that appear to try and keep me on the line while preventing from Turing test esque conversation from taking place.

4) some of the spam is legal--technically they aren't for profit, but they serve as a funnel for commercial services. These have been the most persistent with me.
if you're looking at commit messages to figure out a piece of code, you're probably having a very bad day
I've already spoken to 5+ people in the industry using my contacts and have already changed my idea once. I've shifted from an UI first approach to focusing more on the API.

I've also gotten feedback on data formatting and I have some ideas there on how to deal with it.

I'm still not there yet because my change in tack means that I need to speak to a slightly different set of people. So I'm getting out there and doing the research.

One of main concerns I guess is that if I stay in my job I will never get anything done or if I do it will be at a much slower pace...then the idea will fade and die...

PS on buying a house, it would be a small $150k house with the mortgage, tax and insurance coming to $1k pcm which I'm comfortable with especially since we'd have some savings.
Would you recommend having the procedure? What was your Haller index/severity?
PETSCII was a thing throughout the 8-bit Commodore line of products. It was based on the 1963 standard, but added various drawing primitives. I spent a lot of time drawing things with PETSCII for the BBS I ran from my bedroom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PETSCII
> support even IE10 with nothing protecting you

At work we still support IE8 for some clients. VanillaJS? No thanks. I'll take even jQuery 1.X (2.x drops IE8 support) over vanilla.
+ All your apps look the same

- Half of your apps are no longer supported

I think mostly everyone who uses their computer to make their living (ie the prime audience of MS) does not consider this a good trade-off
Wait - you mean if I start a private hospital, funded privately, owned privately, I might not be able to buy (whatever medical doo-dads I want) for that hospital ?
One thing I can think of is getting support from the "social media" arm of companies; if they believe you're an "influencer", you're likely to get white glove treatment (and may otherwise be ignored).
From their FAQ[1]:

Q: Can Peer5 ever harm user experience?

A: No. Peer5 can never deteriorate user experience.

Q: How does Peer5 impact a user's upstream bandwidth?

A: Peer5 works with whatever bandwidth is free for upstream use and will not impact other applications that require uploads at the same time as Peer5. Changes to upstream bandwidth are unnoticeable to the end user.

---

The concept is great, but until every consumer internet service comes with unmetered bandwidth, this kind of peer-to-peer CDN must be treated as what it is: a dark pattern from content providers who are looking to save their own bottom line while directly harming their customers in the process.

For every $1 a content provider saves by using this service, their users who happen to not have unmetered bandwidth will collectively pay dozens or hundreds of times that cost in overage fees to their ISPs. The fact that any business would use this technology and shrug their users' suffering off as an externality is disgusting to me.

[1] https://www.peer5.com/faq
This is a certainty. Based on the damage cocaine causes, had Trump been a long-term user of cocaine, he'd have likely died 10 or 20 years ago. I say long-term, because based on his status in the late 1970s and 1980s, it would be far more likely that were he a user, he'd have started back then and continued to use. Very unlikely he would still be walking around and performing as well as he is at 70.
What article did you read? Singularity? They have been using Deep Brain Stimulation for years now. This study sheds some light on DBS but we still basically have no idea why it works. Anecdotally my father has DBS and he was able to get off this terrible medicine Ropinirole (pseudo dopamine) that has a side effect of causing people to gamble excessively as well as, hypersexuality, punding, and in my father's case compulsive fishing.

The radiolab excerpt is here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Scy35jm5Hw
I guess what I'm really asking (given the original subject of the post being declining Mac sales) is who is going to buy it? You can buy a Chromebook with a 13" IPS touchscreen that looks better than the Air for $250. The air is a decent machine for doing dev work, but compared to what its competitors it is a complete rip-off. Its only selling point is running OS X.
This is not black and white. Code comments have their place of course. For example, in sic. situations where one really needs to explain _why_ a certain approach was taken. But usually the why explanation is not needed.

Also, code doesn't have to tell you _everything_. It doesn't have to tell you "what is not there".

Maybe we can both learn here if you elaborated what you think code cannot tell, yet it should?
It's a good quote, but I feel it reflects a time when I didn't also need to run a stack of Redis, RabbitMQ, Postgres and webserver apps on my development box.
Apple joins group devoted to keeping AI nice
Both yourself and Eridrus made similar points and I replied to his post below
Bacteria in the Cervix May Be Key to Understanding Premature Birth
This is only partially true. A large issue is that most of the software that runs on top of their products is also locked down. So when people have business critical software that's no longer supported by the original developer there's no way to fix it if the operating system gutted support for something they depend on.
Obama issued executive orders after asking and arguably begging Congress to act. It's not like he came into office and started kicking over the metaphorical furniture. When we're talking about the quality of the policy he attempted to promulgate, rehashing partisan mischaracterizations about his style of governance is unhelpful.
I have a lot of trouble parsing the name (though I always do when it's ___is___.___). I've seen it as:

- Whois Hiring (like the whois service)
- Who I Shiring (too much LOTR)
- Whorish Hiring (I'm pretty sure that one's just a Freudian whip)
This is an odd one for me, 90% of the time I wind up subconsciously ignoring comments that exist in code. It's almost as if I can't see them on the screen. I've been in at least one argument with a coworker where I realized I was ignoring the existence of the comment he was referencing a line above the code we were looking at. On the other side of that, I'm usually adding comments about what's going on all over the place. At least partly to codify what the heck I'm thinking at the time I'm writing it.

To distill that down, document a lot but don't rely on comments you find to be correct.
If your comments just say what the code does, they're redundant and unnecessary. Good comments explain things the code can't, like why you chose a particular algo, or why some piece of code needs to exist. Most code when written well requires no comments. Comments like yours, that repeat what the code does, I simply delete.
Not the OP, but I previously worked for a company that did this. We had tens of thousands of fake accounts on both Twitter and Facebook and had a script that would have them all (or specific sets) follow the same account at random points over the course of a few days (to avoid giving the client a few thousand followers instantly, which might draw attention). I can't remember full details since I wasn't involved, but I think we were charging $10 per 1,000 followers per network.

The customers were generally people trying to get their small business out there or some local thinking it could make them into an internet celebrity (I work in/around Scottsdale, AZ and there are a lot of people here that think like that).

We had a separate script that would check to make sure each account was still active once a day and if accounts were removed, they would be replenished automatically, although once a client lost a follower, it was gone and a new one didn't replace it for them.

It was all kinda shady and it was one of the numerous reasons I left that web agency (which went bankrupt a year later and is no more), but it apparently produced decent results since search ranking increased both on Twitter/Facebook and on Google. I'm unsure if it is still as effective, though; this was almost 4 years ago that I left.

Only time I've seen it first hand since was with a client trying to get famous. They made some YouTube videos and bought tens of thousands of YouTube subscribers from somewhere (we don't offer that at my current agency)
Make this a bookmark:

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If you're looking for models and assets to get started with, the Unity Asset Store really helps. Many of them are free and the ones that aren't are reasonably priced.
Yes, I just found out yesterday that setting your referrer to facebook.com/l.php allows you to reliably bypass the paywall.

E.g. http://facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.wsj.com/articles/poli...
The way I understand it, wealth is a part of the protestant work ethic.

God blesses the chosen with wealth, therefore you work hard to have wealth (because you want to be a chosen one).

Max Weber, right?
Anecdote: Most of my non-technical friends are happy to use iPhones and purchase Macs that they can afford (the lowest price point, as bad as the specs are) because to them it's all the same. "It's an iPhone. / It's a Mac."

They don't care what the exact specs are as long as they can use their browser, word processing, watch netflix, and do minor photo editing. They don't know what IPS or TN are, and don't seem to care.

Hell I have a 15" mbp all spec'ed out and most of what I do is browser, terminal, netflix.
"The MTC previously struck an exclusive agreement with Motivate and Ford ... Disruptors who just enter the market without city approval would potentially violate that agreement."

How could 'Disruptors' violate an agreement to which they're not a party?
No, the reader must not need to read the function to understand how it works.

The idea would be that the function names are so good that one does not need to read the function contents, right?

But some things are complicated and may not be expressible with the function name alone.

That's why people write comments. To help readers understand the code.

Let's say I am implementing some algorithm. I may mention the performance characteristics in the comment. Or I may let the readers dig into the code to find out what they are. Seriously, please don't follow "no comments" rule dogmatically.
Tried web link, incognito mode, user agent spoofer, and my Android phone, none of them work. Thanks for trying, but I gotta flag this article. I don't support paywalled content being on HN.
In my company, the business folks have no idea what the code looks like or whether or not there are comments.

All they care about is that the code works, and that features can be delivered on time.

That second part "delivered on time" includes maintaining the comments along with the code since it makes the code more readable, and eases future changes. If Management doesn't give you time to write maintainable code (which includes keeping comments in sync with the code), then you may as well start looking for a new job because the technical debt is going to pile up and it's going to get harder and harder to meet deadlines.
> A: Peer5 works with whatever bandwidth is free for upstream use and will not impact other applications that require uploads at the same time as Peer5.

That would also require WebRTC traffic to be properly tagged as low-priority and general consumer gear being any good at QoS, neither of which is the case. Of course parallel uploads can and will have a negative effect.
Just approach the providers - they have nothing to hide, they are not involved in any illegal activity, and they'll be very happy to have their name dropped in NYT.

"Buy social media followers" is a straightforward business.
The enterprise market has repeatedly chosen locked-down-and-supported over free-but-you're-on-your-own.

This will probably never change.
The point is whoever gets appointed as commissioner is usually two degrees removed from an election. Nobody makes a determination which party to vote for by the commissioner that party will appoint, it is not part of the political discourse during elections either. This is deliberate, as is framing their job as something technical and boring.
What inference should I draw from the comparison to Apple docs? Also aren't you comparing a blog post to docs? (Apples and Oranges)
Have you looked at Elixir syntax? Elixir is functionally the exact same as erlang, but with a more ruby-like syntax.
I am not convinced.

they are using a person's ability to get a cold (by having it basically sprayed in their face) as their operational definition of health.

to me this is extremely flawed. not only does past exposure play a huge role, so does DNA, let alone other behavioral habits that may separate the groups beyond just 'the system is against them'.

i dont know anything about who was selected in the Pittsburgh study, but being from that area I know there is huge opportunity for ethnic selection bias even within the 'white' group.
Protip: I moved my legacy phone number (the number you get for customer service calls, that I hand out publicly, etc) over to google voice years ago. It follows me from phone to phone as I move carriers, everybody can reach me, and their "Press one to connect to the phone" feature throws off robodialers very effectively.

The only downside is that google voice smells like the kind of service that google doesn't regard as a needle mover and it's probably a question of when it gets axed, not if.
From the "Alphonsus Maria de Ligorio, Theologia Moralis":

"Question 4. Is it permissible to give a mother in extreme illness medicine to expel a fetus? Reply. Firstly, it is certain that it is not permissible for a mother outside of danger of death to take medicine for expelling even an inanimate fetus, since directly impeding the life of a human being is a grave sin, and a still graver one if the fetus is animate. It is certain, secondly, that it is not permissible for a mother even in danger of death to take medicine for expelling an ensouled fetus directly, since this would be procuring the child's death directly."

This quote of de Ligorio is on the Wikipedia page I've already posted here, in my first answer to which you replied. It still supports what Vatican wrote and I cited: "the various opinions on the infusion of the spiritual soul did not introduce any doubt about the illicitness of abortion."
How does the use of this technology fit in with the FOIA, etc?
I think this is pretty neat and love all things whiteboard but the one annoyance is that I now need to carry around a whiteboard marker and eraser (if you don't want crap all over your fingers from erasing). Note: I don't think you can solve that problem.

And now I probably am carrying a backpack which makes paper + pen better. I think the #1 benefit of a whiteboard is the size. I can draw huge diagrams and everyone in the room can see and not have to huddle around a piece of paper.

I still think it is interesting....
Upvoted because I think you are very correct.

I would expand this to include machine learning in general, with a healthy dose on deep learning architectures.

Specific tools/tech:

* Python and C++

* TensorFlow (and TensorBoard for vis)

* Keras (soon to be part of TensorFlow)

* Theano (not as popular as the previous two, but look into it)

* CUDA/CUDNN

Per the last one - if you're going to be playing in this sandbox, get used to using NVidia's tech; AMD for some reason isn't there yet - though they do have some stuff. Maybe it's a lack of marketing or something.

If you want to get your toes wet a bit - check out:

http://playground.tensorflow.org/

Finally - there's been recent research on using deep learning to create and enhance deep learning networks - so for all I know, in the future a developer role in deep learning may not even resemble an actual software development gig...
Well what do most people (not just devs) like about macbooks? I would say build quality, "it just works" (macOS), and status as an apple product. The entry level macbook air still has those things. As for the chromebook comparison, macbooks have always been more expensive than its competitors at the same spec level, so this is nothing new.

I feel like saying it isn't a viable machine because of old specs isn't necessarily true since people will still buy it.
I don't see the value in comparing Netflix's original content against the exceptionally larger collection of syndicated content which mostly consists of whatever they can get their hands on regardless of quality. It only makes sense that in averaging those two groups the OC one would rate higher.
In this case, get a lawyer and don't answer any questions without them. Also, if you do leak a hard copy, print it at a public place and use a B&W printer. Color printers are relatively easily traced.
what was the result? did it work out?
This sounds like a very post hoc, anglo-centric way of interpreting humor in an evolutionary light.

I seem to remember that there are many cultures where humor does not rely as much on an unexpected punchline, but rather on a repeated, expected structure (i.e. catchphrases).
"In China, kiosk-free bikeshare programs have proven almost as problematic as they have popular. Riders have parked bikes in fire lanes..."

I've lived in China (Beijing and Shanghai) for 6+ years, and have never seen a fire lane.

"And in some cases, towering piles of bikes have cause Chinese cities major headache as they’ve blocked pedestrians, created an eyesore and a possible safety hazard. (Imagine a bike falling from a ten-foot high pile, and landing on your head?)"

What are they talking about? Are they suggesting that riders are parking bikes on top of each other? How did the last rider place their bike on the top of a "ten-foot high pile"? I haven't seen anyone tall enough to do that, in China or anywhere else.

This whole paragraph seems totally made up.
they probably want it so it looks good around their quarterly reports.
I just bought a new Macbook, and I can say that it's a great product.

Probably the best on the market.

The problem I had was cost - they are over-priced.

Yes, I've heard the argument that if you want 'x RAM with y CPU' etc it will 'cost just as much' - but this is just no longer true. The Macs with 16G memory are crazy expensive.

My Mac has 200-ish G hard-drive which is f-ing retardedly small. They should all have 1T. But if you want those upgrades you have to pay massively more.

I fundamentally believe the issue is simply price.

If you could get a sub-$2K macbook with 16G RAM, good CPU and lots of disk-space - this conversation would never be had.

I really do think Apple has the best boxes, but they are barely worth it, and just not worth it in many cases.
So you're against, net neutrality? All traffic should be treated equally, no one, or company should be able to have a "free lane" as you're suggesting.

Cool concept, but I agree with the rest of the criticism here.
What Ultrabooks do you think are better bang for the buck?
> how many of those officials using Signal have an Amazon Echo in their homes that's recording all their conversations?

None is the correct answer.