skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You are reaffirming my original point that I can not even bring up these points in public.

"There was an extreme amount of empathy for black America leading up to the election in the majority of the cities and America. Black lives matter. I think that's great and Black america absolutely has it's own issues. Not taking away from that.
Where was the movement fighting to enable Rural America to thrive? Which is over 40% of America!!! That's a lot of people!! I care about every single American including rural America."

What part of that supported Trump? What part of that even brought up Trump at all? All I was saying was there was a large public outcry for black people who were treated poorly, which is a serious issue.

Now me bringing up rural America and there problems makes me a racist? I beg you to look into your own views and really ask yourself if what I said was trying to protect people I know in rural America or attack black lives matter. I care so deeply for every American, but that includes rural America.
>but actively hated, discriminated against, and oppressed.

Have you ever spoken to a Republican? For a group that 'actively hates' black people, don't you think its a little strange this man led the RNC [1]?

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Steele
One striking thing reading this thread- There are many people rushing in to explain every feeling you're expressing for rural people is invalid.

It's the very definition of lack of empathy.
> imagine for a second someone telling you that 'you should just move from where you are because where you were born isn't good enough'

Now imagine telling a corporation that 'you must build your factory only in City X' -- why should they? They will build where they find space at good rents and an industrial ecosystem and workers.

What if the factory owner lives in California. So he has to move his life across the country and build in New Hampshire because a rural worker in New Hampshire didn't want to move themselves? How does this make sense?
Ack! Don't think there's any way to edit, either.
If you are not a gamer or don't care about invasive/live widgets, etc. and just want a more simplistic desktop interface then you should consider running Server 2016 as your desktop OS. You can turn off the telemetry.
We wouldn't get anywhere if everyone had to worry about every issue. Do you know about the concept called "clean code"? The idea is that our mental capacity is limited so we should try to reduce the amount of things you need to think about to solve a problem. High level interfaces like JavaScript might mislead people but they are still preferable to forcing everyone to bother with the gritty details of machine instructions.

Similarly when we teach things we start with simple concepts and hide the ugly truths. The simplified versions might be wrong, but they are easier to learn and true enough to be useful. There have been many attempts to stop teaching those half truths and just go to the meaty concepts directly, but all of them have proven to be worse than just teaching half truths first. Thus it seems like people are good at handling being misled and later update their understanding to fit new data.
Warming happened. It didn't happen where it was initially predicted

I'm glad we agree that the prediction was wrong. I guess ignore climate science since it made one bad prediction? (Note that I don't advocate this, but if we hold climate science to the same standard some good econ to, we should.)

"Worst financial crisis" and "most significant economic effect" are not the same thing. The graphs I've cited illustrate events of far larger significance than the financial crisis, namely bringing billions out of poverty. That was due mainly to trade liberalization, as predicted by economics.
Noiseassassin - yup, the later gen ones do as well, but as I understand it, Jawbone is basically dead at this point.
I don't think republicans have the best plan, but they were the only group that truly cared about their issues. Just like black people felt Trump didn't care about their issues. Rural America didn't think democrats cared about them.

PS. I am not a republican. I'm just basing this on what the parties chose to support in their campaigns.
> Is $2k or $3k crazy?

Yes. But that's one thing that does keep rural (or even, in my experience, suburban) people from moving to large cities. They really can't imagine paying so much for rent.

Some in my family can't even imagine renting an apartment. It's a house or nothing. A cheap-ish house in a rural area seems to win out over a better job in a city, more often than not.
I know people in rural America can have limited means. That's my stomping grounds--I lived it.

People can stock away $50/month, $30/month, you name it. Low amounts. It adds up quick. And even then, you can get 4 or 5 people in an area who want to move to the city to go, and go. Or a person can join the military to get out, in most cases.

Maybe because its late at night, but I feel like I'm coming across unsympathetic. I'm not--I know it's hard to leave. It's not as easy as up and leaving one day. What concerns me is the idea of an apparent lack of desire to put into action the wistfulness of wanting to leave by grandparent comment and other comments in this thread. Rural America is caught in a spiral of increasing costs that it can't dig itself out of. Most everyone knows that. Is it kinder to continue giving sustenance living to people wanting to stay or to open the valve for transferring to cities through housing projects?
Not quite as cool as laser beams, but if you have an oscilloscope with an x/y mode: https://www.nycresistor.com/2012/09/03/vector-display/
Particularly if those casks contain HLW stabilised as Synroc[1].

Synroc, unlike glass wasteforms, consists of mineral phases, the bulk composition is carefully chosen such that the mineral assemblage provides each nuclide with an energetically favorable crystallographic site.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synroc
When telling someone something is wrong, you should provide links so they can actually learn something. Otherwise it's not actually going to change anyone's view.
There's a reason Wikipedia has banned this site as a source, and that's because their articles make The Onion look accurate and fact-checked.
I'm not saying you supported Trump, I'm saying people who do even if they do it for whatever reason promotes that viewpoint which is the EXACT opposite of empathy for Black People. For all this empathy they have for some odd reason a ton of times they seem to vote for policies that hurt the people they empathize with. And Actions>>>words.
What part of this has to do with the problem I brought up? Rural white America which is a large portion of America has a lack of opportunities.

I'm not talking health care. And I 100% know that it is not reasonable to bring those schools to rural America. But where is the dialog around helping them? At least a conversation around fixing the heroin problem and finding them jobs. If you have that conversation that was brought up during the election in big debates during the election, please link it.

there are countless examples of Trump at least putting together a plan, even if its stupid, to help them.
We ban accounts that comment like this. Please post civilly and substantively, or not at all.
Thank you! The Twitter version in the OP is useless on a mobile device.
It can be, quite effectively. Nuclear waste is more or less a solved issue from a technical standpoint, with the caveat that there are a lot of gotchas but the general concept is well understood and several other countries do it to some degree. With regard to the USA, we don't do it for two reasons.

First is political, which that the recycling process is highly susceptible to weapons proliferation. While that's not a problem in the US per se (since we're a treaty nuclear weapons state), there was a ban put on reprocessing in the US because we didn't want it to become widespread due to the proliferation risk. Remember that pretty much all policy regarding nuclear energy was totally subservient to policy regarding nuclear weapons up until like the 1990's.

Second is economic. Uranium is cheap as chips and it'd require a big investment to move to reprocessing. We will probably do it some day though, the general sentiment in the nuclear community is that reprocessing is a much better route than ultra long-term geological repositories.
A number of your political comments have been crossing into incivility. Please don't do that, regardless of how wrong other commenters may be.
I did that recently on a laptop. It involved finding some relatively-obscure drivers from the actual hardware manufacturers and inserting them into my Windows 7 install media (NVME and USB, I think).

It took me a few hours of research (having never had to add drivers to get a machine to boot into a Windows installer before). I imagine that a lot of other people wouldn't have had any idea where to start.

And even after getting everything working smoothly, the touchscreen doesn't work (no drivers available, and the hardware isn't detected at all; good riddance), and there are some bits of power-management hardware that still show up as question-marks in the device manager.

New hardware will be increasingly difficult to run a reasonable Windows OS on. At least in my case, there were drivers for everything that matters to me.
and the movement to help rural communities is literally in every politicians platform from subsidies and increased funding ( in no small part due to the EC). BLM had to work their ass off just to get on the Dem Platform.
> Incidentally, people in cities try to push around rural folks all the time - forcing them to bake gay wedding pizzas, taking away their guns, etc.

I think those are First and Second amendment violations, so I'm not going to defend either thing.

> And in fact rural America isn't banning trannies in the ladies room in NYC either - recall that all Trump did was say this wasn't a federal issue. Rural America didn't start your culture war.

LGBT rights aren't part of a "culture war." They're 14th amendment equal protection issues. States are entitled to vote to create whatever kinds of societies they want (and I agree we often don't respect that enough), but what they cannot do is start making laws that single out certain kinds of people for special treatment. We're a federal republic, but that's one of the things you don't get to do while flying the American flag. And it's something that a big chunk of Americans won't tolerate happening in a place that's flying the American flag.
From your tone, I would guess you feel offended that other people are richer than you so you're looking for ways to find faults with them to convince yourself that it's actually you who's superior.

Perhaps you should compare who is doing the most good to other people. To me, that's a more important quality than the nebulous ones you identified - "authenticity" and "self-reflection". You can always find some arbitrary trait that makes somebody you don't like look bad. Try "diligence", "humility", "intelligence", "motivation", "non-violence", "work ethic", "laziness" and see how your wealthy family members stack up then.
Just like the people who support planned parenthood trying to protect themselves, rural america voted for a person who had their interests in mind even if there were consequences. They were looking out for themselves because people in the cities certainly weren't.
Rydite – A Free College Carpooling App
Whats up guys!

My name is Masoud Ardestani and I am the co-founder of Rydite.

Rydite is a free college carpooling app designed to connect the student body to travel together. Whether that's to music festivals, school, sporting events, home, spring break etc. Students are able to post a drive or ride request and get connected with other students within their radius. Students are able to form group chats with passengers, have the power to accept/deny students, negotiate compensation, favorite cities and get notified when students post, apply filters and much more.

We did a soft launch Apr of 2016 and gained a lot of feedback from students to perfect our hard launch in Aug 2016. We are well over 2000+ active users right now and partnered up with two schools so far and in talks with a hand full of others. It's currently launched only for the UCs, CSUs, and Privates in California on the Appstore. appstore.com/rydite

Now, the reason why I am even posting here is because I would love to get your guys feedback on this. From overall design, features, what you guys would like to see and so on. (Don't worry I have been speaking with our actual users about these things lol). But I heard great things from this community and the feedback they give and would love to here your guys thoughts are on this.

Thanks :)
You've found one lone minority amongst the GOP. For every minority you find, you'll find 100 of these GOP types like
Representative King, a prominent Iowa Republican
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/steve-king-babies...
A more open format? You mean ODF? A niche format that literally only cough free software enthusiasts cough care about?

You know what happens when you give someone .ODF in the real world? "Hey, (I can't open this|This looks completely broken), can you resend as doc/docx please?"

As for reading documents, who cares if it renders differently?

People in enterprise, which accounts for most usage of Office.
Well, on this specific issue, I think part of the problem is the messaging. The trans-equality movement is rife with mountains ill-conceived, pop-philosophy, psycho-babble b.s. on the nature of gender and sex, that is often almost perfectly tuned to antagonize the people who need to be won over the most.

My hunch is that many would be more receptive if the messaging was more educational about the hardships trans people experienced (and that led them and their doctors to believe an incredibly invasive, expensive, and irreversible surgery was their best chance at happiness). Could be wrong.

(That and there just isn't a need for bathroom legislation going either direction - total waste of time - neither side ought be making a big deal about that sort of ineffectual legislation which is nothing but pandering one way or the other)
Reacting to Poppy
Now that's a good idea. Are there still stockpiles of leaded glass?
What's your point? The two aren't mutually exclusive. Sex trafficking victims are a particular subset of prostitutes.
The kind of border security that Trump is harping on won't stop the heroin epidemic. The cartels have already started shifting to things like drones for pickups and dropoffs [1], or to do more smuggling over the ocean [2]. However, Trump's plan is to slash funding for the Coast Guard, which will just shift the smugglers to using that route more [3]. It may temporarily decrease supply in New Hampshire, but only temporarily, until the supply chains adjust to compensate.

[1] http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-drone-drugs-20...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine

[3] http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/16/us-coast-guard...
Probably best to keep an unsullied image of him. Top comment right now touches on this in a much less inflammatory way. Basically he filmed himself urinating on, amongst other things, probably underage prostitutes in his restaurant.
I respect the honesty here. Basically we are moving towards cities and we need to move faster. Maybe that is the answer and we start a migration plan? Not sure.

But I'd at least like to see some people in the cities say 'we honestly don't care about rural people and they need to adapt'. That would sit better with me.
Every minute I spend "resolving minor issues" is a minute I have to repeat if I ever reinstall, a minute where I could be getting work done but am instead dinking with the tools rather than using them, a minute where I am not using my computer for the thing I want to be using my computer for.

Manual screwing around in .conf files, having to care about what GPU is in use and fussing around with configurators before using certain ports, features dropping out between driver upgrades.. and all this just from your link on one model of one computer that supposedly "supports Linux".

Look, I'm sorry, this is 2017, not 1997. This is not even a sorta okay standard of usability anymore. Not for home, not for enterprise, nor should it be accepted or defended as such.
There are some basics, like thinking about your goal, thinking about your opponent's goal. A newish player will start realizing that they can advance their goal and foil their opponent's goal. A few shades beyond simply missing basic moves, and actively exploiting pins, forks, and skewers. That level, competent but far from elite, i think generalizes reasonably well.

I think you're at a much more specialized level. You need to see many moves ahead, and predict your opponent effectively. That won't generalize so well, because it's purely focused on the rules of chess.
Oh I see, then forget the first reply. :)

My take would be no, it's definitely not ideological in that case. On a macro scale war comes to mind. In WWII would you agree countries had a lot of pragmatic motivations unrelated to Nazi ideology?

Individually what about something as simple as being a vegetarian? Motivation could be ideological like religion or choosing not to harm animals, but some just see it as a healthy life style.
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13903447 and marked it off-topic.
> There might be a "value" in it but why shouldn't they pay for it?

It is called an investment. Society invests in an individual education because in the long run that individual is going to be able to contribute more positively to society, returning a greater value than the initial investment. A better educated society takes better decisions, is more creative, adapts faster to change... Why shouldn't countries invest in its own future?

If citizens have to pay for that education maybe they are not going to be able to afford it, or just are not going to do that investment because they lack the education to understand the benefits. The situation becomes a loss for the individuals, but also for the country.

To treat education as an expense is a mistake. That same happens with, for example, infrastructure. If you treat it just as an expense, why do the government build roads? The reality is that a country without infrastructure is as badly prepared as one without educated citizens.
Are you serious? So you will not mind if your phone suddenly starts putting ads on the lock screen? Or your watch?
Recessions on average happen every 8-10 years or so. There was a recession in 91-92, one in 81-82, etc. That part of the business cycle is pretty cyclical.
I recently quit my job at 29, with a little savings which could let me stay afloat for a few months. So far, i haven't thought about taking up another "job".

I do not know the future, but what i was certain is that i didn't want to see myself in the future doing what i was doing "now". So change was inevitable for me.

If you feel, you need a break - you just need a break. Noone, but you can know when the time is right. Instead of wasting your precious time, just go with what you want to do. Take massive determined action. Let go, and find what you want from life.

In your position, you can take this decision easily. Set a timeline and commit to it, else you are bound to move around without any direction. Give yourself 6 months, and do some soul searching. When you set a timeframe, you create a constraint and your mind becomes active to find all means to move you into a position you want to be in.

If you do not have dependents, all the more better. Find real friends, talk to real people ( not online, meet in person ).

Make connections, feel alive, do something you have been dreaming of but put it off, exercise and feel better.

Good luck to you, and let us know how it turns out for you :-)

EDIT : i have done this twice, first was a short break ~ 3 months.
Please don't play the 'astroturfing' card without concrete evidence. An opposing view is not evidence, it just feels like it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13902337.
I think it's like doing any other thing that you shouldn't be doing. Eating this donut will make you fat. Buying that car will increase carbon dioxide emissions. Not helping that random stranger is egoistic.

We make these decisions all the time, every day. I at least try to be honest about what I'm doing. :-)
Machine learning model AUCs depend on test set difficulty
3D Printing with Software Defined Light [video]
Minorities in the cities face major issues and there are large movements aimed specifically at helping with them and to show their empathy. A major one was black lives matter. I think there needs to be more for different races such as Muslim and Latin descents.

But where is the support for a large piece of America. Rural America. It is a LARGE piece of America, even larger than black America. And unfortunately that gap in empathy was filled by Trump, which places us where we are now.

And please don't mix that statement up with me liking Trump. I understand how that could be read that way. I am just thinking about my friends in rural America that are facing very real problems and I care about them.
So where you going from here? It would also be great if you could do a little write up of what you learned!
Clark's First Law:

"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong."
You would be better off labeled a drug addict in the bay area than a Trump supporter. If you work in a tech company in the bay and dare to have any conservative thoughts, you better keep them to yourself or you seriously risk hampering your career due to "culture fit".
I'd be interested in reading that too
If you're given a 10 day supply of opioids, you probably have a much worse problem than someone who is given a 3 day supply of opioids. The 1 in 5 that are still taking opioids a year later probably had a long-term problem that caused significant, chronic pain.

Looking at the study, they didn't adjust for this at all. Also, keep in mind: 1 in 5 are continued on prescriptions, which are given by doctors who assessed the situation and thought it was OK to continue it. It's NOT saying that 20% of people who try opiates for 10 days become hopelessly addicted, which the clickbaity headline implies.
Clean Up Your Acceptance Tests with Mâché
Access to medical care, therapy, especially for the poor have always been a top-3 Democrat platform item. Here is one plan HRC had: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/29/clinton-proposes-plan-to-addr...

w/r/t the Heroin problem, for a generation, Republicans have pushed an agenda of criminalizing drug addiction, labeling it a moral issue and throwing victims into prison. That worked to their agenda when it was a big urban problem affecting swaths of minorities. As a bonus, it also ups private for-profit prison populations, another Republican agenda. Now that it is a rural scourge amongst white Americans, Republicans are having a difficult time reconciling their previous lack of empathy, so they are mostly silent.

I'm a "city-dweller" and while I'm registered Republican I generally vote Democratic. My taxes go up as a 1%-er, but i'm 100% to have my taxes go up to support my fellow Americans.