skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm ambivalent about notes vs priced rounds for founders. I agree that they create nasty surprises at conversion time.

But notes/SAFEs are great for the earliest employees since we can grant them real shares instead of options. Plus, we can do it at par value.

Shares granted before a priced round are typically identical to the shares a founder has, with all the same tax advantages.

Doing priced rounds early means having to worry about a 409a early, and probably giving employees worse quality equity (or creating income tax problems for them).
Interestingly, this summary completely overlooks the actual point of the article, which is the author's difficult and emotional coming-to-terms with an unknown illness, engagement with medical uncertainty, and attempts to maintain a sense of self.

I guess this is because smmry uses entropy-based methods of summarization where personal pronouns and mental states are relatively probable / low information content? In any case, it's a good read for developing empathy—chances are you have a friend going through this stuff.
I'm not seeing what is confusing about dilution, or how that is exacerbated by multiple note rounds. Can anybody give an example along with the correct and incorrect interpretations of terms investors are prone to?
There are certain things that can truly fuck you in the US though. For one thing, it is really easy to "disappear" in a country like, say, India: to move to a different city/state, start over with a clean past. You can be a brand new person and nobody would care...so e.g. if you're some kind of convicted felon, you could (for good or for worse) start over while it is much harder/impossible to do so in the US. I say this not to encourage felony (lol) but I do know some financial/computer crimes are regarded as felonies and can truly fuck you up forever in the US.
I love it. And I will religiously see through the entire course. Thanks JetBrains guys
Who on earth are you arguing with? The article doesn't say you should care or that the banks should be bailed out. In fact, it's a neutral analysis of the status quo with a positive slant towards a green solution.
I guess I'm a seasoned JS developer.

If I needed compile time type checks for a snippet of code, I would use a language with compile time type checking that compiles to JavaScript.

If I needed compile time type checks for many snippets of code, I would take a few days off and rethink my architecture. Ask myself why my call sites are so brittle or confusing that I am making frequent type errors.
Simple Windows js/css minifying script
That is kind of a contrived scenario. For starters, what is the motivation for these Muslims to migrate to America or western Europe if their goal is to create an Islamic state? They already have a much larger majority in the nations where the currently live, migrating to the united states would only dilute their influence. If your argument is that they want access to our economic prosperity, the act of converting our government would destroy the very system that created it. If your argument is that they are dicks that only care about creating a tyranny of the majority to "punish" others, I would argue that is only true of a small pathological subset of humans, and that subset would be insufficient to influence a nation. Such a subset might be able to create an Islamic town, but why shouldn't that town be able to live according to its religion? If such dickishness was a widespread attribute we wouldn't have societies at all.

My experience with immigrants is that they generally want to be able to maintain some semblance of their culture in their new homes, but they generally aren't interested in foisting that culture on others.
Atoms are an abstraction, just like the higher level abstractions you mention. They happen to be a very good/stable abstraction over the time/energy scales relevant to day-to-day life, but they too are made of pieces that can disintegrate, recombine, etc.

It's a mistake to assume that anything that can be analyzed in terms of smaller pieces is less real than the pieces. Neither is real, or both are.
This is a good example of how hard summarising a long-form article is. I give this attempt a C-
I think, rather i hope, you forgot the /s tag.

I find it interesting that many purportedly non-americans seem to think that Westboro Baptist Church has widespread support, gays and undesirables are hunted down if they stray from the Safe Zone, and children recite the pledge every ten minutes while we burn a book written by a jew.

Good to hear that Germany is finally considering legalizing gay marriage, BTW.
> How does that help? Letting in a small percentage of the population while the rest still lives in terrible conditions isn't much of a solution.

One word; remittances. They already make up far more money than foreign aid, and the best part is that it's far harder for corrupt governments to get their hands on it. Don't underestimate the passion those few people who enter the country has for their families back home.
We are stretching the (possibly false) analogy that Sam is an individual and that Marvin is also an individual. In reality, US Sam is an evolving (or revolving) representative electorate of a lands citizens, and 'Sam' controls the town, land, infrastructure and laws which support the marketplace, including the land, towns infrastructure and laws of the buyers. Sam doesn't need to be an associate, as he owns and operates the ecosystem that makes the market exist, except for the vendors and their tents.
Definitely remember those discussions. Enter the rise of the manager class!
It is a highly philosophical question. Therefore, the answer to it will always depend on, well, one's philosophy.

For example, if you see your country as your home, then ask yourself: is there a right to immigrate into your home?

If, on the other hand, you see the planet we live on as something that people have a natural right to roam at will, then the borders between countries would seem illegitimate, and one should be free to settle in any country, given the means, ability to provide for themselves, and the will to abide by the local laws and customs.
Surely not. It would be easy to spot.
I think there's a sentiment that OO means deep type hierarchies and using inheritance a lot. Instead of an alternative, per se, people prefer to keep type hierarchies shallow and preferring composition to inheritance to prevent overspecification of types and retain flexibility in the architecture.

In this sense, I think there's a distinction between textbook OO and cultural OO. One is a benign tool in a toolbox that you can reach for and the other is <strawman>when people reject merge requests because 'it looks like type A 'is-a' type B. So make it inherit </strawman>'.
And it you're adding the music after the speech is recorded, you can use look-ahead so the music can fade out gently before each piece of speech instead of having to abruptly cut off to avoid obscuring it.
Those good people would hopefully want people to hold MIT to a standard when it comes to things like admissions, community involvement, support of students and researchers etc. rather than formal prizes. But maybe (hopefully) this is important for internal politics at MIT and not the best they can do.
Resist the Internet
Don't forget that California is just on loan from Mexico. ;)
What would be the economic repercussions if these ships were immediately shut down?
We need to know too. Just to make sure you're safe around children. Of course you have nothing to hide, so this shouldn't be a big deal.
Wondering how old you are.

Javascript has only been "a thing" in front-end development for about 10 years. Before that, it was sort of a joke.

IE used to (maybe still does?) support VBscript. It could support other languages also via ActiveX. I remember articles about how to use Python in the browser.

Javascript will fade from the web scene, just as Perl has, when a new generation comes along who will once again reinvent everything with new languages.
When considering household incomes, its more useful to consider both actual income and government provided benefits as well. Like a sibling pointed out, universal healthcare is just one of the perks offered by most developed countries.
A little unusual, this post. I don't remember seeing podcasts posted to HN. In any case, it's a good episode, which includes the original it updates. Highly recommended.
Could you please explain? It's always very clear in Python what `self` refers to. Self is always an instance of the parent object of a method. Some classes can also have static class methods that can be called from the class itself instead of one of it's instances. Maybe that is where your confusion is arising?
IIRC this is not the first time this kind of bad behaviour has been reported about Paypal. I suppose you were aware of that. Did you consider Paypal's reputation when you chose to do business with them? Were there alternatives that you considered at the time and if so, why did you stick with Paypal?
The original title is "Green finance for dirty ships", and the article uses the phrase "oxides of nitrogen and sulphur", rather than just "oxides".

If anyone still doesn't know that CO2 is the biggest total contributor to global warming in recent times, I wouldn't put the blame squarely on this article.
>My account has been on review a few different times because of volume spikes (around the holiday season, I do ecommerce)

What type of products do you sell? That also affects the triggers for reviews and freezes.

>but still disputes were coming in at around 2%

2% is really high. A lot of non-Paypal CC payment processors will flag your account when chargebacks exceed 1%.
>That poll only surveyed areas where at least a fifth of the population was Muslim.

At the time, yes. But if TFA author's idea ("boundless immigration for everybody") was allowed, that could very well include all areas of UK, no?

>that poll isn't an accurate reflection Of British Muslim views or any of the British Muslims I work with.

Perhaps because as an white programmer (I suppose, not sure about the former, but being on HN puts you statistically closer to the latter, and to higher incomes in any case) you tend to only work with progressively minded muslim people, from more affluent backgrounds? Which would be an even less representative sample than the one in the poll?

>Immigrants tend to adopt the mainstream culture over time

Only when there's assimilation, and when their numbers are small. E.g. in the US, any particular immigrant group was still a relevant minority compared to the rest (though even today WASP ideas and power are prevalent in US culture).

If the mainstream culture is not what it used to be (UK is no longer an empire of any sort, and it's not even "Swinging London" anymore), and the numbers of immigration population and the ease of communication with their originating country/culture, the internet, global TV programming etc make it much easier to stick to their original culture. Younger generation that look to upward mobility tend to adopt mainstream culture more easily, but that's not something many people, even from the "native" population, realistically aspire to anymore.

>A gay child Of Muslim parents is better off in the UK than Pakistan even if his parents are going to continue to be homophobic. I'm not a fan OF NIMBYism.

Only if the number of homophobic immigrants are not greater than the number of gay immigrants. Which, depending on the country of origin, might be a hard thing...
Methane is worse.
>> artificial market policies dictating the generation of power

> AEMO requested extra energy but the private companies did not fullfil the request as it was not cost effective.

I think that is a pretty good example of non-artificial market policies.
> Summary generated by smmry

Please don't post these here. HN comments are for conversation between people.
When I was a lot younger than I am now, I was rushed to a hospital ~1000KM away from where I live, with liver-function-markers shooting through the roof.

After 2 weeks of checking everything in every way possible, they figured I had auto-immune hepatitis (body attacks my liver). That explained why I had been very tired, doctors said I'd take about 6 months before I could return to school, because I would be too tired and might get ill because my immune system would be weaker as I ate medicine limiting my immune system.

After 2 weeks of staying mostly home, eating immuno-repressant, I was bored as hell, went back to school and was back in full form, and I rarely get a cold or anything.

Never had any symptoms other than yellow eyes when it was worst, and extreme tiredness when it was the worst, apart from that it only shows itself when people actually analyze my blood...

No one really knows what the cause is, but there are many theories.
It's fun to add some mystery to life, there's still a lot to discover ^^
This has been a right of nations since the beginning of recorded history.

This is an interesting claim to make.

For most of recorded history, borders were usually uncontrolled except in time of war/threat, and barriers to migration were at least as likely to be imposed at origin as at destination -- people capable of doing labor were an asset, and if they could get away from their current ruler/owner, another ruler would often be happy to take them. European monarchs, for example, would happily poach each others' dissatisfied subjects and even offer them land and religious toleration.

And in those times, the rights being exercised over movement were rights of rulers, not rights of nations. The idea of a "nation" as a thing capable of having rights didn't really exist until the 17th century, and was nebulous for some time after.
As something of environmental activist. No. These kinds of articles are useful because they highlight areas for campaigning that otherwise can be overlooked.
To be fair though, its not like the tax money is going into the pockets of corrupt politicians (well maybe not all of it). California is the most progressive state and spends that money on its residents via education, healthcare, scientific research etc. I would be willing to pay more taxes if the State made good use of what I pay them.
Depending on where, what and how you're selling, offering PayPal is pretty much mandatory due to customer expectations.
Not false. The EPA quotes that "300x worse" number directly: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases#n...
It is because oil in a barrel contains many different parts. Refining is mostly just distillation. Chemically changing the product is sometimes done but is much more complicated and expensive. With just distillation, one will get everything from butane to kerosene to fuel oil [1]. The light parts (lower boiling point) are generally more valuable, with fuel oil as the gunk left over (also used for asphalt). This is also why "light" crudes are more valuable than "heavy" crudes.

[1] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=6970
I'm pretty sure "real" engineers would be very much in favor of using a cheap resource lavishly, if the tradeoff is worth it. Adding a million dollars to the design cost in order to save $100,000 in resource costs isn't a good idea, and a good engineer will design accordingly.

The difference is that engineers have codified this and call it "safety factor." Your house is built to carry perhaps ten times the load it truly needs to, because it's cheaper to throw in extra materials than it is to build it to hold precisely what it needs. An airplane is built with much thinner margins, because saving materials is far more valuable, and it's well worth the extra time and attention to.
I know it's not an Intel problem but CUDA support from nvidia would also be nice :P
to be fair, he did specify in his comment that they have not been updated but are still a good read, so I don't understand your hostility.
It is interesting to note that the types of engines used in these large ships are among the most efficient:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_specific_fuel_consumptio...

The pollution has more to do with the type of fuel used.
Paypal prides itself on being the safest payment solution online, they have easy integrations with Shopify. I don't breach their terms or perform any fraud so had no reason to suspect I'd be treated like a criminal and given inconsistency and lies by a multi billion dollar corporation I've paid thousands of dollars in fees too!
This [0] WP article says it passed the House Education and the Workforce committee, but the official bill tracking page [1] hasn't been updated yet, and is still being considered by two other committees.

I read the text of HR 1313 [2] and can't actually find the part where it allows penalties described in this article.

The final paragraph seems close, but not quite what is described:

>(c) Rule Of Construction.—Nothing in subsection (a)(1)(A) shall be construed to prevent an employer that is offering a wellness program to an employee from requiring such employee, within 45 days from the date the employee first has an opportunity to earn a reward, to request a reasonable alternative standard (or waiver of the otherwise applicable standard). Nothing in subsection (a)(1)(A) shall be construed to prevent an employer from imposing a reasonable time period, based upon all the facts and circumstances, during which the employee must complete the reasonable alternative standard. Such a reasonable alternative standard (or waiver of the otherwise applicable standard) is provided for in section 2705(j)(3)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 gg–4(j)(3)(D)) (and any regulations promulgated with respect to such section by the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary of the Treasury).

[0]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/0...

[1]https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1313...

[2]https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1313...
>from the most esteemed university in the UK

Isn't usually the most "esteemed" establishments that are closer to the party line?

That's par for the course of being "esteemed".
Ideas about preserving history of “fixes” to problems you've encountered?
I think ES6 is the worst thing that ever happened to JavaScript because it killed it's best feature: being a small language that runs everywhere.

Now when I want to use a JS library, I have to think: what is this author's philosophy about language extension? Are they going to start using some new feature that some other library I depend on is incompatible with?

You used to be able to run JavaScript anywhere on any device. Think about how powerful that is. We sacrificed that for supposed gains in "ergonomics".

People hate callbacks. People hate "this". But if you ask people who really learned how to use those things, they're not problems at all. They're only problems if you're coming from Ruby.

It's like someone took an Apple and said "this is gross, it's not juicy and tangy like an orange!" And then they soaked it in vinegar and wrapped in orange skins. Now it scores well on orange-ness but is that a virtue?
Not sure where you are drawing your implied conclusion that Snowdon is not engaged in ongoing disobedience, but I would say Snowdon has remained pretty darn engaged with the issues he brought to light. And his disobedience is certainly ongoing, in that he isn't obeying the call from authorities to turn himself in to a system which is virtually guaranteed to deny him fair treatment.
I want to use HN to do a quick informal survey on this topic: please state # of your male friends with similar conditions, # female friends with similar conditions, country or state, and whether you live in an urban vs. rural area (yes I know that this is a crappy methodology and likely a very biased sample)
I have CFS/ME which I manage to about 60% normal. It's not enough and like many I'm doing enough to continue existing but nothing more. My next experiment is Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) which sadly had to be bought illegally over the Internet so it's taking a long time to get. Has anyone here tried this? Did it work?
We quit using paypal 8 years ago for exactly this kind of treatment. Seems it has not changed.
Yes, I noticed my friend using voiceover in situations that would normally warrant silent operation. White cane allows him some slack. Am attempting a universal product. So, a two part workaround:

1) use voiceover when headphones are connected

2) use tapic engine for clues about marked events

This year, pervasive Bluetooth headsets make 1) a lot more viable.

Because sighted users may use headsets a bit less, have also included graphic cues.

"VUI" - first time I've heard of a VUI. Like it.
On iPhones, a link to the last-used app always appears in the top-left corner when you tap on something that switches apps, and I'd say 99% of the time that is all I am looking for. The browser has its own Back button.

When I had an Android phone, the inability to predict what the Back button would do was infuriating. Sometimes it did nothing, sometimes it went back one screen, sometimes it went back ALL screens, sometimes it switched apps. An unpredictable button is worse than useless.
crude oil is $50/bbl it has not been refined yet - the heavy fuel oil that ships use is a relatively undesirable leftover from refining crude into gasoline, diesel, and kerosene. oh, fun fact: you get more than 1bbl of refined products out of 1bbl of crude.
That's great, meanwhile what's an actual solution for today? You've got hilariously corrupt governments and incompetence at every level of society. Stuff doesn't work and people are resigned to it. High performers will do their best to insulate themselves or emigrate.

Just because the US went halfway in meddling before doesn't mean that a proper setup (replacing local government with a governor) would not work. If the goal was to create a decently running society versus extracting resources there should be no problem.

At some point, you gotta admit that hey, these countries are messed up. Whatever the reason, the current situation isn't working. Just like if you stabbed someone and really injured them. The correct response isn't to say "wow I should just stop interfering with you completely" but to realise they're bleeding out and, even if they protest, get them medical care until they're healthy again.

Or, you know, pretend that their independence matters, that every country can just do fine if only they're left alone, and ignore the terrible conditions most of their population lives in.
>If given the opportunity 90% would give up right now.

[citation needed]
Is it a radically better limitation than the one offered to LLPs or LLCs?
Typescript is good, I also like the closure compiler. Both help enormously when a project gets beyond a handful of files.
But there's still an onus on developers to actually structure their code and do some 'engineering'; a ball of string in any language is still a ball of string. Not js's fault.
I dunno, there are still places in the US where you can buy decent land, outside of any city limits, for under $1,000 an acre. And there are absolutely scads of places you can buy NICE parcels (including tree lines, water, etc.) for around $2K / acre or less.

This just doesn't seem too completely unattainable to me. The average able-bodied person, properly motivated and living frugally, should be able to secure a few acres over one or two summers, easily.

... Unless you're talking about true "Swiss Family Robinson" style independence from any and all societal benefit or influence. Because then, yeah, that is pretty much not possible any more. Finding someplace a little out of the way, and "living off the land" in relative peace, however - that remains quite attainable.
How many people will actually die this week because of Daylight Savings Time?