skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm sure the tech is really neat, but after the last CloudFlare debacle, piping all your HTTP requests through a for profit company just seems like it's ripe for abuse.

This is not meant to slander Fly, and I'm sure the devs have all the best intentions in the world, but the internet will only become more brittle the more services like this or CloudFlare become the arbiters of vast swaths of TCP packets.
Not me! Doesn't ring a bell.
Let's expand that further.

I would like to do a custom search of the content of sites that I have visited.

Oftentimes, I'll remember I read something in the past few days, then it's a mad scramble to open various links to try to figure out if it's the right one.
> Unfortunately thereafter, the RSU pyramid makes it really hard to leave Google, since you'd be giving up a virtual fortune, shimmering off in the distance like a mirage...

Never understood that argument, how is it different from your base salary, isn't it a similar mirage? Per year you get XX USD in RSUs vesting, you don't have to consider granted RSUs as being "yours".
> Can you? Look, the crux of mental illness is that the organ you use to understand the world and comprehend situations and consequences is broken. If I'm mentally ill, you can't convince me that I'm wrong or that I'm ill anymore than someone with liver disease can process alcohol. That organ doesn't do the job correctly anymore. Logic doesn't apply anymore.

There are many different mental illnesses and certainly not every one of them in every situation makes your brain unable to do its job anymore. Also, many theories around mental illnesses are actually very vague (e.g. for depression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism) or the problem that it is very hard to get a conclusive diagnosis which mental illness someone actually has. It happens time and time again that different experts will diagnose different mental illnesses for the same person, because there's no simple test which you can administer, so it is mostly subjective and experience based. Not a good base for "hey, let's decide what's best for these people, because they clearly cannot do it for themselves."
Given that it's illegal for corporations to donate to candidates, I find your reference rather suspect.
I think you almost played this right, with one caveat. You should have taken the flight to the west coast and done the interview, with minimal (hour or two) to no prep at all.

Why? First, you never know. Maybe they legitimately want your skillset - why fake up some crap you hate for a job you don't need? Second, you'll get practice taking interviews in a very low pressure situation. Worst-case they laugh at you and you fly home. Best-case you get an unexpected job offer you can evaluate. Either way you got some practice and "game time" with the process so if you're ever in a more high pressure situation (e.g. you really need the job) it's a lot easier.

Plus, smart people meeting other smart people is never a bad thing.
Those are the kind of answers "glib" questions tend to get in response.
In CA if someone is an immediate harm to themselves they can still be involuntarily held. Not sure the exact standard that must be met but Wikipedia says they must be "a danger to themselves, a danger to others, and/or gravely disabled." (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5150_(involuntary_psychiatri...

The problem is preventing people from getting into that situation in the first place, usually because they are not adequately treating their condition with medications. Better long term care and follow up would help a lot with that.
Ok.. but this is an article about manufacturing. So which manufacturing town in the US is a hot market?

They don't call it the rust belt for nothing.

Edit: Average home price in Detroit: $38k
Really? You can't believe people in a technical community, in 2017, are worried about security? That's actually hard for you to believe? That people who talk about VPNs and data breaches and Edward Snowden and Aaron Swartz, you can't believe that people here are concerned about security?

Yeah, really beggars belief, doesn't it.
There is a great statistic called the encephalization quotient that is simply log brain mass divided by log body mass. There is a fairly strong correlation (https://universe-review.ca/I10-83-brainmass.jpg), but you find that species which deviate from the best fit line (biggest residuals) tend to be the species we associate as intelligent or not intelligent. Humans have the largest magnitude residual.
Check out the documentary "Forks Over Knives" for great information about the health benefits of a vegan (whole food plant based) diet. The title makes reference to how much better it is to prevent (and even treat) many chronic health conditions with the fork rather than the surgeons knife.
Much of the work of the EU is done by the European Commission, which consists of one senior appointee from each member state. On one hand this is clearly not particularly democratic, but on the other hand it gives the member governments an avenue to make policy that doesn't go via their population, which is why none of the member governments wants to change it.
No salvaging, what I wrote above is already in my initial argument. I'm just clarifying it further in case somebody got confused.

I wrote: "you can make your own laws and not wait for some committee of 20+ countries and some Brussels bureaucrats to decide their "one size fits all solution".

This means that (with the exit) the British people can make their own laws and don't have to wait for EU bureaucrats to make (one size fits all) laws for them.

I'm not a native english speaker but I don't think that makes any difference in this case, as the meaning from the above first comment is quite clear (and can hardly be read in another way).

What exactly do you find difficult to parse, or think that could be read in another way? Care to give us a plausible interpretation of my initial comment that is in a different spirit to my subsequent rephrasing?
I can attest to this. A good dev in India with 10 years exp will cost about 40 lakhs - about $60K. You gotta keep in mind the ridiculous inflation in India and the rest of the developing world. So in like 2 years you could be paying at least 30% more.
I'm not sure if it's what GP was talking about exactly, but there is USER instruction in Dockerfiles that lets you specify user to run as in the final image. Many Dockerfiles 'adduser' and then set USER to the newly created one.
I was a strict vegetarian for 20 years but recently went back to eating meat primarily to increase the diversity of protein in my diet.

If you're planning to go veg, my suggestions would be

1. Go all-in straight away.
2. Stick to it all the time. It's easier on others if they just know that you won't eat meat rather than guessing
3. Prepare a canned answer to the "Why" question. You'll get asked this every time you share a meal.
4. Don't preach it, just do it
5. Don't equate vegetarian/vegan with healthy. Any diet can be healthy or unhealthy.
The cliques are not the fault of the engineers from Big Co - it is the fault of your management who perceives them as "proven" and you as "unproven".

This is a self-perpetuating thing too, when most of the promotions go to people from the "proven" cliques, and those who got promoted, promote more of their "proven" brethren.
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After getting the raw response. It's actually the content of the example.com page sent in GZIP but for some reason the browser is not deflating it
Aside: what's dialog supposed to be for, sounds like it will be great for malware.
Well, that is one way to prevent unwanted pregnancy...
Sounds good - count me in!
Curious to get some perspective from (British) Londoners and how they feel about this. Do they not feel cornered out of the market against the top 1% of global talent heading to London? Particularly in tech with insane recruiting procedures.
I don't think it's fair to blame the voters. If there were influential elections that nobody was voting in, then a few hardcore members of the electorate would see the potential and be all over them.

It seems much more likely that the voters are correctly detecting that the elections are not that important, either because the parliament has insufficient influence on EU policy, or because the candidates have insufficient influence on the parliament's decisions, or because the parties are all as bad as each other.
Hope they do well on kickstarter! Love the idea
We have flex hours. We've toyed with short work weeks but it hasn't taken off (yet).

We do have the typical stocked fridge and beer and foosball. But so does everyone else.

We've actually found that given the choice between a perk and more money, people almost always take the money up to about $100k. After that priorities change.

> How does your company handle IP assignment also for personal projects? If I can work on side projects freely without worrying about legal junk that weighs heavily into a decision.

Our CEO and myself are vigorously debating this one :)
>About 540 men have received it in India, where it continues to prevent pregnancies in their partners 13 years after treatment

Disregarding that, this is such a non-issue that you're being downright silly. Women have IUDs and implants and don't suddenly "forget" they have them.

Ignoring that there's absolutely no reason not to bring this to market because there's a small chance of user error. That's like saying "condoms shouldn't exist because you can run out."
What do you think would have more of an impact on the security of your home: repealing the laws against breaking & entering, or removing the lock from your door?

It's naive to think of oneself as strong enough to self-protecting. I know there's a certain appeal in the lone wolf myth that speaks to the (mostly male) psyche. But never in the history of mankind has it been the winning strategy to be strong and independent.

Since we were apes in trees, our security has relied entirely on a strong net of social bonds. Cooperation is the strongest force multiplier, and no matter how many guns you have, you wouldn't have chance against even against a small group. Laws are nothing but a formal manifestation of group behaviour.

Then, there's the attacker-defender asymmetry: defending yourself means defending yourself 100% of the time. There is no middle-class home in the US that I couldn't get into if I really wanted, nor are there any non-famous people that I couldn't kill with a bit of dedication.

It wouldn't be possible to protect against such threads without the rule of law. And even if it were, it would amount to a giant collective waste of resources. Personally, I also don't want to think of any stranger as a thread, but that's what it would require.
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The better question to ask is: Does Britain have identity as a nation?

Various surveys indicates that a lot of people in the UK - across all the constituents parts - see themselves as more English/Welsh/Scottish/Irish than British. Many don't see themselves as British at all (ironically immigrants who have become citizens are far more likely to see themselves as British first than people born here).

The British identity as a single nation is weak and fractured.

Keep in mind that the modern nation state and national identities are barely two centuries old and was largely an artificial construct to begin with, created as part of the romantic nationalism movement, and it has had various degrees of success in different places. In the UK a lot of that identity got built around and tied up in the Empire, and has fractured and gone into decline with the fall of the British Empire.

On top of that, I'd argue that London in many ways does have a distinct culture from the surrounding area. London - especially the centre - is a Labour stronghold in a sea of conservative areas. It voted far more for Remain than the surrounding area, despite a large proportion of the residents of London being unable to vote (seeing as London has a high proportion of non-citizen residents). It's far more immigration friendly, far more multicultural than the surrounding areas.

After the Brexit there has been proposals - some serious, and some not so much - for an independence movement for London. I know some concrete planning has been done. There was real and seething anger in London over the vote - in many areas it was seen as outright betrayal, and evidence that London does not really fit in with most of England. People joked about building a wall around the M25 (freeway circling London).

Now, there's no way there's any sizeable real support for an independent London, but the Brexit vote did plant a seed. We'll see if it grows - if the terms we leave the EU on are bad, and especially if they hit London hard, it very well might start growing. I genuinely think that while it won't get much support, ther likely will be a registered political party arguing for an independent London within the next decade.
Every founding team wants the _best_ engineers to build their CRUD app.

Maybe top talent is a requirement for some startups, but most won't make it or break because they've got the very best engineers. Or even the next tier down. Or even one tier below.

The vast majority of startups need a few engineers (usually only one) who have been around the block and know what pitfalls to avoid. The bulk of the team should be mid or junior level to do the grunt work.
The Nordic states are about 5M people each, and they routinely top the score cards for general wellbeing. Some people (who?) have suggested that 5M might be an optimal number.
One has to wonder: if there were ever any other intelligent species (that we couldn't breed with) on this planet alongside us, then we probably wiped them out..
For the children might be one way we can get them to support keeping search results private. Imagine some predator who decides to buy the history of certain demographics that will capture those 13 to 17 (and those under 13 who lie). They can then go through the search and look for anything that indicates someone who can easily be preyed upon. Find someone who searches things like how to be beautiful, use the internet history to stalk them on social media, and then use their internet history to form of a connection.

Condense something like this into a 1 minute add, run it as a 'how to' aimed at predators with the intent of striking fear into the hearts of parents who see it, and then end it with a short message on why we should keep internet usage private.
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I could, but it's all very custom work. The world doesn't need my xpath to slice up Stratfor or RubyWeekly emails. These small tools need a bigger toolbox to live in, someone needs to build that toolbox. I could open-source my toolbox, but it's not really anything special either, just a dumb interface to a dumb database, and a dumb API layer on top of it.

If it starts to look like something better than a shop piece, I'll definitely put it out there.
A problem in the US is that the company that wants to sell this is the company that needs to pay for the studies required to make it legal. However because it is so cheap, it's difficult for the company to make a profit. The same thing can be found with many supplements. For example, N-acetylcysteine has shown to be helpful in several forms of addiction and mood disorders, but because it is so cheap, no company will front the money needed to make it a medication. We need to change the system so that the research is paid for by the government somehow, in my opinion.
I think Glimmer/Ember have lost already. React is fast enough for most things and then there is Infernfo and Preact that are faster right now.
If you mean a larger ecosystem as in number of libraries I would guess that the react ecosystem is 10x the size of Embers.
>and that I'd also rather be alive than dead, so others shouldn't suffer that fate just because I had to satisfy my taste buds)

If everyone did this, then raising of animals for food would stop. That wouldn't keep any animals from being killed for food; instead, it would mean those animals never existed in the first place, and never got to have any life at all.

Now, I don't know whether that's better or worse: is it better to have a short, somewhat unhappy life than none at all? This is a question for philosophers. But it's something to think about. But the point is, you're not saving any animals from being murdered by not eating meat.
Ooof, those rates are indeed pretty low. I get why you're doing it, but could having access to more engineers easier maybe help get you to profitability faster? I find interviewing a bunch of good people, making offers and then having them turn down the position because of money to be a big waste of time/money. How many hours/dollars do you spend in that 6 months?

I had students leaving my classes at General Assembly in 2014 start between 50-90k, with a pretty good bell curve between. I think the market has gotten tougher for them since then, but whenever a strong student got an offer for 50k I told them to push for 65k.

I'm a senior engineer at my current startup, live in the Boston area and yea... a 90k salary would have me turning down the position likely, unless you had some really good benefits. I'm trying to think creatively about benefits that would make me consider a 90k salary. If you were able to get some bulk rates (making it cheaper than just paying more $) for employees, and paid for things like: laundry service, some amount of Uber credit per month, parking, crossfit membership, phone plans, tax preparation, auto insurance, etc... that could perhaps entice me. Find the pain points in my life and help me fix them.

Perhaps this is just the state of health insurance, but I've been finding my health insurance getting worse and worse too; and even with a 'decent' PPO, I find myself getting random bills for junk the insurance wouldn't cover. Some type of employer-filled reimbursement/savings plan would help there. I don't think I ever got a medical bill 10 years ago.

The #1 thing that could entice me, over salary, would be some way for my employer to help me secure a decent mortgage and help with the down payment. I'd like to buy around Boston, but 20% down payment on $600k is a kick in the teeth (I'm aware you can do lower, but then there's PMI and such). If an employer helped me secure that, and make part of the down payment... as long as the salary paid my mortgage / student loans / food, then I'd be happy camper for a while and not complain about what the technical income number was.
that looks really good, I am really looking forward to using this

i think radare has scared a lot of re beginners because the UI was not very intuitive, i'd love to see that change
You can definitely do that for Chrome extensions, not sure about Firefox.

https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/override

This would be sufficient to create the type of feature described in the article.

Not sure why you'd want to replace the backend, this could break other extensions. Both WebExtensions and Chrome extensions allow changing/deleting browser history items, which should enable most things extensions would want to do.
I didn't say that we are smarter.

However, a smaller brain might have been better at that time. For example, a bigger brain requires more energy.

On the other hand, death in childbirth was a major hazard for females. Although I think Neanderthals' brain size at childbirth was similar to that of modern-day babies - but later it grew faster.
The poll was legally binding, they had to leave.
Not that politics isn't broken ofc.
EDIT
I was wrong
I find it inconceivable that you'd want to encourage high risk of stds by advocating something that only prevents pregnancy
And how many were hired in the previous December? When it comes to The Guardian, I find that numbers can be very "flexible" when the narrative demands it.
That's an article from almost 2 months ago.
Indeed, until today I had not understood the great attraction to working at a megolith such as google: big money.
I am curious whether any companies are concerned about this for employees who work from home. Can ISPs resell business espionage to the highest bidder? Not all employers are savvy enough to provide and require VPNs.
Speaking of big tech company salaries, here's a very fresh data point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13985376

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Isn't your company enlightened enough to let him work remotely?
This is intended to last until a second injection is administered to reverse it.
Sure, but condoms fail too. There is no reason not to use both.
> none of them offer a compelling enough vision

Bingo! You could get 0.1% equity and low pay to work on yet another food delivery or social photo chat app or you could work at M/G/F/A/A for $200k+RSUs and at least know you have competent co-workers and management.
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> http://sellout.github.io/media/CL-type-hierarchy.png

Indeed.

Take for example base-char, which is a type.

base-char derives (derives? the straight solid black line is not represented in the legend) from character, which is a built-in class (according to legend).

So is character a class too? does base-char encapsulate a character or something like it?

Before anyone comment, please keep in mind that this comment doesn't want to start a flame or be critical in any way.
Would love to see more about the past work projects, especially the bottom right one. Is this research group opening a line of communication with the public? Gitter, slack, a google group?
...even for a team of one developer!

Look, I understand how one might like HTML imports. Once you've gone down the rabbit hole of Web technology, all the fancy experimental features make it look like HTML/CSS are now adequate. They're not. It's a trap.

The real answer is writing Javascript (or something that compiles to Javascript). Always has been, always will be. Don't trust the web consortium to specify things that maybe browser vendors will implement. Do it yourself now, thank yourself later.
None. I find a quiet place for things that require concentration, indeed there are quiet areas for this otherwise private areas exist, work from home, or otherwise enjoy an open-plan office format when collaboration is prioritised.

Pushing for this shouldn't be underrated.
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The same could be said of female contraception, yet I don't see many people complaining about that. Why do you think that is?
Yeah, I could see it going the other way as well.
Easy for 1 or more member states to say "Why should we let you back? You're always asking for other special deal."
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