skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Because people's daily cycles are tied to the orbit of the sun. It's nice to have a measurement of that. With our current system, noon is the middle of the day. So 12 feels like a nice time to schedule lunch. And 6 feels like a nice time to have dinner. And if you say something is happening at 10, I know it will be dark.

If you say you were up at 3 am, I know that was very late, no matter where on the Earth you are referring to. I don't need to adjust my sense of time whenever I change timezones. 12 is always roughly the middle of the day no matter where you are.

I don't want to like DST because it seems so inelegant. But it does give people an extra hour of sunlight. And I think that is a very desirable thing. There are a lot of mental health benefits associated with outdoor activities and exposure to sunlight. I have personally noticed my mood is very affected by the weather and whether I'm in sunlight.
Somewhat related, but isn't saying "we live in a simulation" just another way to say "there is a god"?
The war on drugs only reduces the labor pool by what... 2% max? The premium capital makes on labor is often 100% or more. The lost labor is worth it to them for the chilling effects.

Regarding conspiracies.... There's no conspiracy. Like I said, I think most business owners realize they are making money off their employees. They just don't benefit from paying people a fair wage because they don't have the infrastructure to capture the additional value created by a growing human being.

It makes sense when you think about it: The reason they are a capitalist and not labor is that they don't want to have to do repetitive work, or sometimes don't want to work at all. As your employees develop new skills and abilities, it takes work to restructure the business around them. It's repetitive. "Oh, another one of my tech support people wants to train to do product design. Great." Most capitalists find it easier to just structure the company to support one kind of labor and then try to prevent employees from growing out of it.

Due to information technology, we're getting close to being able to scalably restructure organizations around a group of people with continuously progressing skills, but it's a hard problem. Only a handful of companies (with great management) are able to do it by hand today.

So for now, labor is stuck in a low energy state, even though there is a stronger equilibrium at a higher, "fair" pay. Individual companies don't benefit from going against the norm, so there's a chicken and egg situation, which creates an opening for the afformebtioned disruptive technology.
Decide whether you want to start a consulting firm or work on a product. Then do that. Don't start a consulting firm with the idea that you will work on products in your "spare" time.

If you want to work on product ideas, you are much better doing that while you still have a day job, rather than trying to do it while you are also worrying about where your next contract is going to come from.
This was a really wonderful thing to read. I think it's extremely important for people to get this perspective, with its experience grounded in the realities of the work and the complexities of just being a human person.
>Claim: With this setup, I can’t login easily with my LastPass, 1Password, etc browser extension.
>Rebuttal: This is a legitimate claim but it’s equally plausible to use an email integrated browser extension.

You could do that, but since this isn't a very common login scheme, these might not exist/be popular yet. Also, some of us use password managers that aren't browser integrated, and that further reduces the chance of me having a decent workflow for logging in to the site.
The most important thing every manager should list as their number one
Amazing. Sadly I work 7 days a week and have no time for fun stuff like this.
Gasoline mostly contains carbon, the oxygen in carbon dioxide comes from the air, adding to the final mass of carbon dioxide.
Interesting. I used to use VoiceOver when doing platelet apheresis (lying down in a bed for an hour and a half) and I found that a lot of stuff I wanted to do other than play/pause needed two hands to perform reliably, like making the rotor gestures. I'm having trouble imagining what's easier and safer to do with VoiceOver while driving compared to glancing at the phone for a tenth of a second and then positioning your finger later based on what's on the screen.
Went to Best Buy to purchase a laptop for my Mom. Geek Squad had installed the "free anti-virus" that came with the laptop. They opened a brand new factory sealed laptop. I noped right out the door.
Carbon atoms from the gasoline each combine with two oxygen atoms from the air to produce a carbon dioxide molecule, meaning the bulk of the mass of the resulting co2 actually comes from the atmosphere.
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create table twitter(tweet varchar(? ... that's it, I give up, time to become an Uber driver
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There are situation it makes sense. Mostly around needing a specific feature by a certain date. Maybe for a particular sale, or maybe to lure a certain investor in. Either way, if your team is saturated already, and the new feature is something they aren't fond of building (eg: something heavy on frontend when your team is mostly backend), then a contractor or consultant is often the only way to have it built on time.

Finding the right employee can take time, and hiring the wrong person can destroy a team's productivity. Better to pay a premium than to get burned.
There are still two problems with putting it this way: name-calling and a logic error. We can edit out the name-calling as follows:

it's misleading to portray offenders as victims of prison, when their own victims don't get to choose or buy better treatment

Now the statement is probably fine to post to HN in the sense that it meets the basic standard for civility and substantiveness.

As a reader, though, I'd go further. I would read the meat of the claim this way: "it's misleading to portray offenders as victims, when they victimized others". This is a logic error because the categories are not mutually exclusive. It's possible for victimizers to also be victims, typically by somebody else. Indeed, that dynamic is so common that a cliché ("the cycle of violence") exists to name it.

But we don't have to agree on that bit to have a thoughtful conversation about it. If you'd posted the rewritten statement ("it's misleading...") and someone replied like I did here ("the categories..."), the thread would be fine.
A Turing-machine based simulated reality certainly would have been incomprehensible, but pre-20th century philosophers have thought about the idea of the world not being "real" in some sense. I would even conjecture that the universal experience of dreaming, and the fact that we often can't tell when we're dreaming, would have probably inspired this line of thought going back possibly even pre-homo sapiens.

Of course, Plato's cave is the most famous writing about the idea of a "simulated" reality from antiquity, in the sense that it discusses the idea that prisoners who spent their entire lives in a cave would assume that the cave they see is the only reality.
This is why other states allow non-competes. First, don't take documents, prototypes etc. That will always get you in trouble. Second, anything publicly known is fair game. Third, follow nda's strictly.

But California does have trade secrets that only exist in your mind. If you leave a company and immediately start a direct competitor you'll always be vulnerable to a trade secret allegation. You just have to judge whether they'll actually come after you.

I'd recommend documenting your development practices to show you are doing your own work. But for a small company, just getting sued is going to cost half a million in legal fees.

If you are an employee at a competitor, in would never write or say anything about how your old company did it. If you know how to do it well, that's arguably just a skill you have.

There is no clear answer.
Psychiatry does have some validity, but clinically and scientifically it's a disaster, basically just stamp collecting and black box experiments. If psychiatry took its own project truly seriously then it would merge with neurology but frankly I think most psychiatrists find neurology too intimidating and son't want to give up their existing social benefits so it's not happening.
Do you mind me asking what age you are?

>last December I became a morning person using early morning light and exercise //

Where do you live that gets light on December mornings?
>Nobody's lying to you. But nobody's going to tell you every time they are harassed. If you know more than five women, one of them has been sexually assaulted, and if you know 10, at least one of them has has had to deal with inappropriate comments or unfair treatment at work. These are of course statistical generalizations but they usually hold true - in the USA, at least, I haven't studied other countries' figures.

No they wouldn't, but I would expect it to mentioned at least once? The 1 in 5 are probably not evenly distributed between each company - there's likely hotspots. From what I can tell, it doesn't hold true for the UK, at least the jobs I've been in.

>It's easy to come up with examples of why this whole story might not be representative of a trend, but there is a trend of these stories, which gives them more credence when they are backed by the real names of people and their allies who corroborate them.

Not necessarily, it stinks of jumping on the "bandwagon" because of their density in recent times. I don't understand why women would only just now be deciding that it's time to speak up. It could also be they now feel able to - but I couldn't imagine the women I know being anything other than vocal about mis-representation in the work place.

>And whether a certain type of customer or company or employee/employer mix makes this happen more often or not is not important. It shouldn't happen in any situation, to anyone, and in order to reduce these instances, we have to continue to say that until people change their behavior. This is how social norms are adjusted - not by ignoring or working around a social problem, but by specifically speaking out against it publicly, time and again.

I'm not saying it's right, it's just an offering as to why the results may be biased. That said, if somebody is doing something bad, expect to be treated badly. Respect is earned, not freely given. If I'm doing a bad job, I expect the consequences of that to follow. Not every place can be a safe space - sometimes some grit and honesty is needed to keep things moving.
100 IQ is a defined norm. It's a calibration.

Obesity is a statistical trend in America. 2/3rds of Americans are "overweight" or "obese"[0] according to widely used metrics.

[0] - https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statisti...
I was thinking maybe the poorer cognition actually helps relieve the depression. Because a lot of depressives overthink (some past event, etc).
There is Talkback on Android, which sometimes gets a source release with a long delay at https://github.com/google/talkback
It, and Android accessibility in general, is still far behind Apple. Unfortunately Linux desktop accessibility is also far less usable than Windows and MacOS. There is however an excelent open source screen reader for Windows called NVDA. I am using it right now. http://nvda-project.org/
It takes about 15 seconds for the clock to cycle. Only three of these seconds are spent actually showing the time. So if I want to know the time I need to sit and wait typically about 10 seconds before I'll know what time it is.
It's cool, but it's upside down. It needs to be a clock first, then cool.
No, but hopefully soon-ish.
> BTW, is it offensive to use the word Jew? If so, how should I have called them?

If the people you are referring to are indeed believers in Judaism, I can't see why you can't use the word "Jew".
I remember reading that they choose locations because their names aren't trademark-able. So if you try calling your product SuperCPU, then a competitor rushes to trademark the same name, they could force you to rename it, thus tactically interfere with your marketing plan. But if you call it "Chicago" they can't trademark it because its a place.
It's definitely a super-dangerous sport, but I know a few guys who have been doing this for a long, long time and understand the risks and keep their egos in check. They have a plan and they have outs. When done right, you are diving hard at the terrain to stay attached to the line, so if anything goes wrong you relax and separate. Some of these people have kids. None of them are morons :)
Jettison looks like a nice app.
You really shouldn't be talking about this publically.
But think of the chaos if every person and business had to implement their own alternative to DST. Every business would change it's hours on a different date, and many wouldn't change their hours at all. Everyone would have to completely change their routines ad hocly. It's nice to have a single standard, and only have to change the clock.

If it helps, don't think of clock as a measure of the sun. Think of it as a measure of humanity's daily cycle. 12:00 is the middle of most people's day. Even if that isn't necessarily when the sun is highest in the sky. It's nice to have everyone's cycle regulated to a single standard.
Some Maharashtrian (e.g. Kolhapuri cuisine) and Punjabi (can't think of any right now) dishes are plenty spicy. Heard the same about a few Rajasthani dishes too. (I've had plenty of the first two types, not had the third yet.)

This is probably true of some other Indian states as well, maybe including the North-East ones (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, etc.).

(Edit: Add Goa to the above list of states with spicy food - some Goan dishes are hugely spicy :)

After all, that "heat" may be helpful in cold weather as well, to stimulate the body, to clear the sinuses and so on. And the northern Indian states are colder than the South.

And speaking of cold weather, any of you who are in such an area and don't mind spicy stuff, check out lasun chutney (garli chutney). Easy to make at home, hot and tasty stuff (use small amounts with your food), and will add some zing to many meals. A Maharastrian item. The two main ingredients are red chilli powder and garlic (a few other spices may be added by some people). Ground and roasted (maybe) and then fried into a thick paste.
LSD is not an automatic cure for depression, and definitely not a permanent one. That said it's had by far the best impact on mine.
They're working on it. http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/11880/build-a-wo...
> Setup the business processes and make the workflow stable and profitable.

This should be the top priority. You personally don't want to be tied up to any client/project. You could help developers as time permits. But your priority should be about getting projects, hiring, managing cashflow keeping it profitable. Not very "engineer-ish". If you are a hardcore developer - you will (almost) hate doing this.
Assuming you can get high value projects - executing those projects while keeping the customer and the team happy - is a perpetual challenge.

> Should I prioritize our online sales channels over local ones?

Local ones are always better and surprisingly easier compared to online sales that are highly competitive. The only discomfort is to actually move out of your office and meet people in person. The exception is if local ones are financially infeasible. You should also do online sales - And people (top 5-10%) do earn money from online projects too, so do not let myths discourage you from going online.

> Should I hire a salesperson to look for projects?

After some time - Yes. You should be the first sales person for your firm. Later you will be able to define sales-team profile that you need

> Should we have mentors/coaches?

I believe the answer is Yes in longer term. And by this time you would have been already successful but the growth might feel stagnant (or just boring).

> Switch from contract work to our products gradually.

A product guy is usually always good at consulting - but moving from consulting to products is pretty difficult. And it's definitely not because of the lack of execution capability.

If your goal is to do products - do just that and don't get into consulting. And it is easier to start validating, building product as an employee - compared to owning a consulting firm.
The U.S. doesn't have an immigration problem. It has a political problem where a faction of nativist nationalists has seized political power.
I'm much better at making puns while sleep deprived.
There is no way to prevent specific updates from installing without using 3rd party tools.
You're right, but I disagree with your argument that: "the 'laws of logic' are universal axioms that would not change." Axioms are not universal and have been modified or discarded throughout the progression of mathematics [0],[1],[2]. I suppose one could argue that their definition wouldn't change and whether or not one chooses to accept an axiom or not is left to the individual, though.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(mathematics)

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Euclidean_geometry

[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom_of_choice
iOS may be popular but it also seems very much tied to onsite work. Whenever I do remote-specific job searches there's 100x more remote opportunities for web devs.
Logic is just reasoning based on rules of validity. So while you're comments are true to a degree, they're also not entirely accurate as it would depend on context; ie on what you're applying the "laws of logic" to.

In this instance the author is discussing logical reasoning in relation to our understanding of the laws of physics. If our understanding of the laws of physics is wrong then our logical deductions based on those laws would equally be wrong.
> that is an exceptionally distant and rare likelihood for me

Congratulations on not getting out much? Please remember you're not everybody. For a lot of people, websites being able to ask for a location is a useful feature.

Keyword: ask. They're not just getting it, they're asking. If you don't want to "leave a set of high-time-resolution location tracking datapoints across a slew of data repositories", you can click no, just as I do almost all the time, except when it's useful.

Because it's useful.
I am in the same boat, I have over a decade of experience doing all sort of thing. But I was recently rejected by netflix because I used java 7 instead of java 8 in their coding interview because 'it shows them that I don't keep up with latest tech'.

Full details of the ridiculous charade here https://medium.com/@meowlicious99/my-software-engineer-inter...
I recently bought a Philips HF3520. I've read great things about it but unfortunately I'm too heavy of a sleeper that it doesn't work for me. Give it a shot, it's definitely worth it in the long run if it works for you.
Checksums and redundant data would mostly solve that. Look what we do for deep space transmissions for example, where latency makes it basically one-way. I just feel like there are too many variables still uncontrolled to make it worthwhile.
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While you are certainly less able to overthink in that state, the euphoria is a discrete phenomenon. The euphoria and poorer high-level cognition seem not to be caused by each other (obviously discounting any cyclical feedback effects once they're both in play), but instead caused by the same process.
I'm sure it works great for some people and very poorly for others. I am disappointed by this headline though. While the story is interesting, 'can X CURE depression?!'is basically clickbaity bullshit, and if the NYT is serious about the value of journalism it should abandon clickbaiting as a strategy, for two reasons. One, it's because of shullshit headlines like this that people in general distrust the media in general. Two, people who suffer from depression are really suffering, and exploiting that (and the suffering of their caregivers) for an eye-grabbing headline that's basically bullshit is an unethical exploitation of their medical condition for profit.
Indeed, what I find much more fascinating is that these ideas are not new at all, but each generation frames it in a new technological light.

It's like how the brain used to be an ocean, then it was a windmill, then it was a steam engine, then it was a computer, and now it's a GPU cloud. I wonder what will come first: humans finally understanding what a brain is, or making one.
Have you tried Pinegrow?
One option is wearing blue-blocking sunglasses in the evening. It's cheap, and I know a couple of people who do it and believe it has helped with sleep.
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Security, safety. Also GC is easier to make.

It doesn’t always makes software slower.

Not all software is CPU bound, a lot is IO bound, and .NET framework implements event-based asynchronous I/O since version 1.0.
Sorry it doesn't directly address your questions, but I have one comment based on observations of people who have tried to go from starting a consulting firm to their own products. That observation is, they get so busy running the consulting firm it takes all their time and energy and they never got to making their own products.

Thought to consider - if you really want to make your own products to sell, just jump right to working on that and spend all your energy doing that. Unless you genuinely want to do consulting work, of course.

Consider that starting and running a business is the same amount of work from the paperwork perspective. And a consulting firm just sells services where results are often owned by the client- whereas the product you make for your own company can be owned by you.

That's not to dissuade you at all if it is your dream to take this path. Just food for thought about what your dream really is and how much time/money you have to pursuse it.
That is not correct. As i mentioned earlier, i have no desire to explain how to someone who doesn't already have the requisite knowledge, but Microsoft absolutely provides a first party interface that allows picking and choosing of which updates to install. In fact, all such third party tools are doing is providing a custom interface on top of the interface provided by microsoft.
This seems like a pretty good evaluation[0].

Basically accessibility seems to be a fundamental part of Apple's UI philosophy, while on most other platforms support for it is pretty uneven. I'm sure the TalkBack team work hard at it for example, but at Apple accessibility isn't just the responsibility of one team, every team that works on UI is responsible for accessibility.

[0]http://pauljadam.com/iosvsandroida11y/