skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One claims to be undefined. One claims to use typed things to produce other typed things. I could see them doing similar or dissimilar things. Undefined vs specific types just seemed opposite to me.
This is super useful for freelancers and people working with wordpress themes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_booby
Is this suppose to be /s? Because Wikileakes does not have 100% reliability and has proven to be biased.
I don't know what it's like in the bay area, but in NYC, everyone is an enemy to cyclists. Granted, it's not all our fault. We have our fair share of wannabe lance armstrongs. But most of us are just trying to get to/from work in a healthy way. People who drive hate us, and people who walk hate us too.

It's a shitty situation here.
comment from someone that works in maps.
Ask HN: Extensions to help manage/enhance Hacker News (ex. tagging users)
I've recently started to tackle my Hacker News upvoted backlog and I'm curious if anyone has a system to manage their read posts/notes and also more importantly the users here as well. Right now I'm using a combination of pinboard/evernote but I really don't feel its that great...

I've also ran into some really interesting posts by certain users that I would love to tag much like RES for reddit. Right now HN doesn't seem to have a way to tag users?
Yes, none of the leaked docs on Wikileaks have been repudiated to my knowledge.

Their press releases and Twitter posts do not have the same track record; you can see refutation of Wikileaks Tweets in their replies.
The problem with that order is that where often depends on what has been selected. If you select max(a) as ma, you should know that before you try to compare it to something.
Was it a secret, (anytime recently), that the cia funded the muhajadeen's fight against the soniet invasion? What's the connection between the muhajadeen and isis? This leak is lame.
Between you and ori_b, it sounds like proponents of undefined behavior optimization should distinguish between better optimization that's correct and possibly incorrect. I don't care how much faster it will go if it breaks my program or corrupts my data in subtle ways. However, if I didn't care for specific computations, then it would be good to know there were such optimizations available.
>Completely unrelated, what's the going salary for an intermediate programmer/analyst in one of those really flat US states full of cornfields?

Just based on my job hunting over the past three months - ~55k usd
So, at this point what does it take? Before you fly, do you need to go to a federal court and get an order to be allowed to board and take your flight, and bring a couple US Marshals to the gate with you for enforcement? Would air crew still insist that they possess an absolute authority taking precedence over it? Could the pilot be arrested and dragged off for contempt?

When people defend airline crew making up policies on the spur of the moment with "well, you have to comply, nothing bad happens until you don't comply", do they think about the extremes they're going to push people to sooner or later? Or does this kind of stuff just not enter their minds?
Can you elaborate? What is humanity's idea of happiness, and who/what are we potentially enforcing it on?
They are completely separate. And you point is what?

Apple would likely do cars the way they do phones. So one of the barriers they will crack is Chinese-made cars being sold in the USA. And as a result, I expect that Apple's margins on cars will be triple those of North American manufacturers.
Ask HN: What do you like to cook?
Programmers (anecdotally) seem to enjoy cooking more than the general population. So I'm wondering, what does HN like to cook?
The EU had two different pending antitrust sanctions for Google, one around shopping ads and one around Android. Then nothing more about it since about mid 2016. Are those still pending?
"There is more happiness and pleasure (and whatever else makes life worth living) in a single bird than there is in the whole known universe outside of Earth."

That's a really beautiful sentiment. Lifelessness doesn't have happiness!
Please link to WikiLeaks articles or releases that were untrue.
If you agree that "things untouched by man" are "bad" and "things remade in the image and whim of man" are "good," then yeah, absolutely! If we can just keep a galactic perspective and get past these few little global catastrophes that afflict precisely all the planets inhabited by homo sapiens (I'm sure it's just a coincidence...) then we could build a real cool civilization you guys c'mon!
Right, but when you say "it doesn't meet their own rules", we're talking about breach of contract, not whether they have legal standing to eject someone in the context of common carrier.

If we're in agreement that United can break their contract (of course with civil liability), then the question is whether or not common carrier rules prohibit that an extra-contract ejection. And even if they do, what's the legal remedy if they try (and succeed) to do it? I mean, the bottom line is that they can of course physically do it.
Absolutely but your friend may have exposed a pretty dangerous bug in the software of that self driving vehicle.
Just like how big coal was able to prevent all EPA regulations, and big tobacco is still allowed to advertise to children and on billboards, right?
I feel like I just fell for click bait.
Cool! What kind of MUD, if you don't me asking?
I was seriously confused why my Primer on Bezier Curves got hit for 500 visits in the course of an hour when it usually chugs along at a comfy 200~300 a day depending on which weekday it is... After finally going "fine, let's see if it's somewhere hidden in comments, let's hit up hn.algolia.com" turns out you're to blame... So thank you =)

I find that for a lot of Maths, having both a static textbook for "doing the rote exercises" and in paraller an interactive ebook or website is key for doing the thing you need to do to learn it, seeing the thing to feel it, and then ultimately step three being doing it yourself and seeing it work in order to understand it.

My page actually started that way - I wanted to understand Bezier curves because I was doing OpenType Font work from the ground up, and didn't know enough about Beziers, so I grabbed me some internet, learnt me some Bezier maths, and then in order to get the feeling and understanding working, I programmed the visuals so I could see what they did and in the process understand exactly why they did that.

Having pages like the Primer available is invaluable, but I'd posit that unless you also extend yourself to reading the "dry bits" and try to make it work yourself, it's really more eye candy than educational material. Nothing wrong with eye candy of course, and maybe it'll spark some recreational maths, but if you're serious about learning a subject, hit up all the resources and then try to teach it, even if just to yourself =)
The author makes the (perfectly plausible) assumption that there's no other life out there. Imposing our "idea of happiness" (or whatever other measure you want to use) on the lifeless universe would certainly not be unethical.
I find Chromecast to be pretty much the perfect model for displaying content on TVs. Put the intelligence in the device, not the TV.

I wish that more tablet and phone apps supported it. But then I always have the browser fallback when they don't.

Apple TV is OK and I have one. But I prefer to display stuff the way I'm already accustomed to doing so and then cast it to my TV when I want to.
The ending of Space Balls seems particularly apt here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD516OENN7s
I don't think you understood my point, Dan. You're not engaged in de-escalation, but in validating whoever goes low first by picking on the person who points out their behavior.

It's essentially the same as putting the blame for a schoolyard fight on the person who threw the last punch rather than the one who initiated the conflict. It creates an incentive for people to talk negatively knowing that the consequences of any conflict are more likely to fall upon those who challenge the negative behavior.

You're a good moderator but I've seen you do this many times (>10) and I'd like you to think about that.
Automated trains
www.andypalan.com uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is only valid for the following names: .github.com, github.com, .github.io, github.io
I thought the predominant stereotype was Hot Pockets.
For things like Netflix or HBO, I just cast from the iPhone app.
In my post-election funk last fall I was researching places to get the hell out to, and discovered Uruguay, as a very attractive possibility for a decent place to live -- provided one had good Spanish. But you say wages are low? How much of a tech industry is there?
Link to untrue leaks please. They're not 70% accurate, not 89% accurate, not 99.999% accurate - they're 100% accurate. Without this they are nothing.
Were there any document dumps shown to be inauthentic?

I don't think it's in dispute that Wikileaks is biased; it has an overt anti-American military/foreign policy stature. This is informed from Assange's experiences and upbringing. Assange shouldn't be expected to release documents that contradict his narrative. We don't get mad at RT.com for failing to expose Russian corruption or Voice of America for failing to report on U.S. bombings of noncombatants.

I agree WL's press releases and Tweets are inaccurate and opportunistic.
Looking at the arseholes who run the world I would not wish them upon the rest of the universe.

This article is nonsense, a rock is a rock and is in perfect balance with the rest if the universe within its space time, and needs no interference by egotistical selfish humans
"Pharma Company Wins $1M in legal fees from Patent Troll & Stanford University"

How about that? 78 characters long (within the 80char HN title limit).
I was literally JUST thinking about doing this today! Although I was thinking I would only do the actual core (connection handling, database, etc) in Go, and do much of the actual game programming in Lua so that players could extend the game.
Agreed, also why would it need oil changes since it would most likely be electric? Scheduled maintenance is a very occasional thing in electric vehicles.
This isn't a WikiLeaks release, though. They're just quoting an article and making up a connection. You should treat WikiLeaks as a source of information, same as any other, and shouldn't trust unsupported claims they make.
Thank you for the explanation. This was the last possible hole I could think of, and it's nice to see it closed.
> you wont be looking out of your home or office window at them unless you can drop a million dollars on a house.

You can in parts of Christchurch. The southern alps are visible from the university where I work (though they are a fair way off). House-wise, you're probably looking at at least NZ$500k for that view from within Christchurch, which does kind of suck.
Eccl 1-9 "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
Amex has two great perks that justifies the cost for me:

- Excellent travel insurance

- 15-20% discount on car rentals with Hertz and Avis, priority service including complimentary upgrades, and no extra fees for super cover

Additionally their fraud detection and customer service is great. If my card is stolen or there are unauthorized transactions, they'll sort it out immediately and get Anne's card in your hands within the day. As a European who travels a lot in Europe and across the Atlantic, there's no other card that offers the same.

Then there's all the rest, VIP access, airport lounges, concierge service etc. Those are nice extras.

I pay everything on my Amex. Some smaller shops don't take Amex, but most places I've been seem to accept it. The few times I have to fall back to a Visa or MC I struggle to recall the pin.
I think you're on the money; bland food is not only tolerated but revered, at least in my experience, and I'm not particularly 'foody'. Recently moved here from England via Thailand and Indonesia so take my opinion for what it is worth. Food is better in Wellington than places like Christchurch but still not generally up to scratch. Planning on starting something to fix this after a little contracting but while COL is lower than London, it's probably not up to SF salaries/options packages, so that should be considered. It's also not as cosmopolitan as I'm used to in European cities, although I can't speak for Auckland, as I'm yet to visit (something tells me it will be similar though!). NZ strikes me as very nice for a sight seeing trip but somewhat wanting when it comes to actual residence. Obviously YMMV.
Elements of Programming Interviews until you can do Leetcode mediums with a good success rate. Then grind Leetcode, try to work your way up to hards. Practice EPI problems with a friend on a physical whiteboard throughout. I did this for a month leading up to my interviews and it helped immensely.
FWIW that's about the same as Auckland.
Nintendo sells 2.4M Switch consoles worldwide in first month, above forecast
It's not even a leak, it's just a tweet from WikiLeaks quoting a public article from 2005.
"I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place." -- Winston Churchill 1937

It's an argument that's been around a long time. It's a recipe for remorse.
Given how well United handles anything (or Republic for that matter) soon you will be required to beg for mercy before boarding. Why would anyone in their right mind fly United any more? An airline with no clue about customer service whatsoever, nor for that matter even following their own procedures. If the TSA and your own airline department in charge of such things says its OK you really don't have a leg to stand on when you get sued. Much less the court of public opinion.
Yea, but most of those sensors are needed to get that fossil fuel to burn efficiently, and meet emission mandates.

Electric cars would/could be vastly simpler. Simpler if they don't over engineer the vechicles. The current electric vechicles do nothing for me. I hate vechicles that I can't work on.

My hope is Apple builds a simple, open source, except the assisted driving, vechicle. A vechicle that a weekend mechanic could work on? Something like a 80's Toyota. Just a people mover, that lasts.

My fear is they will build a mac book pro on wheels. I've been told the last thing a buyer cares about is the ability/ease of repair. I just don't get it. I don't like things I can't easily repair.

There will be the day when the good job goes bye bye. Plus, there's a freedom knowing you have a chance at repairing something youself when that warranty goes bye bye?

I would love Apple again if they built a practical electric car. Put a few bells, and whistles in it, but don't it impossible to repair.
I watched the video. It didn't sound sarcastic at all.
In that same article you can see first-sale doctrine gets murky when the distribution is digital. And it pretty much completely falls apart for subscription based services.
That's not true - while not a Christchurch advocate, Sumner offers wonderful views within that price range.
Well seems i got downvoted for asking a simple question. Next time, Keep mum
Cool! I wonder if this means all advertising on the web will have to be superficial, which might not be a great thing.

Maybe eventually we'll feel the same way about ads on the web as we do about ads in film-- a character can't stare into the camera and tell the viewer to go buy a Corona, but if he is asked what he'd like out of the cooler at a barbecue, he can say he wants a Corona.

I personally prefer a middle ground, like when magazines print ads with the text "ADVERTISEMENT" or "SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION"
This user clearly is a troll and has basically no experience with actual service at the Apple Store, which consistently has the highest marks for service among all retail stores.
Yes. What GP is omitting is that Wellington winters are akin to England but with a great deal more wind. In the summer, that commute is likely wonderful, but for four months of the year, it isn't.
Because manufacturing your own car in large quantities is very difficult. Tesla is a good example on how difficult it is to scale up production numbers. And even though the market / products themselves are changing rapidly the required expertise for a mass production of cars remains the same. I think an acquisition would be slightly more realistic. But has Apple ever acquired an entire product line? I don't think that's in their DNA (EDIT: Beats being one notable and recent exception...).
Tesla does not use LIDAR, they use radar.
finding a bug and releasing it, and finding a bug and selling it are hardly equivilent.
What extra control did you get?
to be fair, the apple tv remote is fantastic and it's better than any other remote i have used for the common features. (i do wish it had a tv power button though since it can actuate the volume but i guess they wanted to go with the standard that shuts down the tv when you shut off the apple tv if your tv supports it)
Android + Chromecast integration is really great. You can get automatic playback controls if you're on the same wifi or in near proximity.

Everything I use for media support Chromecast on both iOS and Android (Spotify, Pocket Casts, Netflix, Youtube, etc)
Chrome supports to videos in websites. I'd say most times I go to see if an android app has Chromecast support, it does. I'm not sure how much that's true of iOS apps. I'd guess it's less.

Google home integration is really nice too. I can tell Google home to play something on the Chromecast.

I've worked in places with Macs + Apple TVs in conference rooms, and Airplay was definitely more annoying than Chromecasting.
That's funny, most of my food doesn't require cooking (raw leafy vegetables and raw fruits, nuts, candy, fried packaged snacks, breads and spreads)

inb4 "THAT'S NOT HEALTHY" lol you can go have your cooked chicken breast elsewhere
Beautiful? I came here to react to it with awe at the sheer chutzpah it took to make that statement. So the author has determined that the universe is lifeless, and has nowhere in it other than Earth a single spark of consciousness that might experience a pleasant emotion? This is pretty significant news.
Assuming you meant "I'm waiting to see an A:B test that shows compiler optimizations that assume there is no undefined behavior in the program being compiled lead to a binary that runs faster" or something similar: each time somebody adds any kind of optimization to a compiler, they have to first check that the optimization actually leads to a faster binary.

I'm not aware of any good way to request "all optimizations except the ones that rely on undefined behavior," so it would be very difficult to get this kind of test. But it's also true that whenever somebody files a bug against a compiler because the compiler did something unexpected when the programmer triggered undefined behavior (e.g., expected signed integer arithmetic to wrap, dereferenced a null pointer, got aliasing rules wrong, etc.) the compiler team is able to quickly point out the the performance gain from that particular optimization (e.g., "having signed integer overflow undefined means that tight loops run up to 20% faster").
Yeah, good point. I actually started to do that, but on further inspection the library did some other questionable things too - and didn't accomplish the primary purpose very well. The whole thing seemed to be more of a 'check a box so we can say we have an iOS library' than a real attempt at reliable, usable library.
I was thinking of a big hill climb, but obviously the wind would be a big issue too, even in summer.
RI Schools a Proving Ground for Gates, Zuckerberg, Microsoft Vision of Education
Citation please?

Is there any public information that says Uber is losing money on every sale? I'm honestly curious. In my brief searching, I haven't found much. I'd love it if someone would point me to information on Uber's finances/economics that shows their negative gross margin in developed city markets.

My mental model of their finances is heavy fixed costs (~5,000 programmers) and near-zero marginal costs. The only way they are losing money on marginal rides is if they are paying drivers more than the fare. Do they? I honestly don't know.
Please cite how grazing is better for biodiversity than agriculture! Also, hardly any of the meet produced in the US now is grazed. The cows are fed corn in a cage.
This is exactly why (well, just one reason) I'm vegan
Catastrophes are only catastrophes when they happen to conscious beings.

Every days, stars explode and planets are torn to pieces. None of it matters because there's nobody for it to matter to.

Moreover, any catastrophe on the table that humans can forseeably produce is nothing compared to nature. Pop off every nuke we've got in coral reefs, burn every forest into CO2 and dump all our toxic water in pristine rivers - the total effect will be nothing next to a decent-sized supervolcano eruption or asteroid strike. And that's not even getting into stellar events.
Please present one example of a linear algebra text which does contain "bullshit".
well when we find an alternative viewpoint then we can have an honest debate about it but until then whats the point in waiting.

I mean if you just look at all the energy sun is 'wasting' at every moment throughout its 5B yr lifespan wouldnt that be better utilized by creating more life and more branches for evolution? if thats true for one star then imagine what can be achieved throughout the galaxy!
He moved to Silicon Valley, where he lasted three months each at two different jobs. In a way, he felt tricked. When he was growing up in Albuquerque, everyone told him that if he wanted a lucrative and satisfying career, all he had to do was get a technical degree. “Guidance counselors just pound it into us: science, college, science,” he says. But he had a technical degree and could barely afford his rent. His next-door neighbor worked as an auto mechanic, and not only did he make more money than Judge, but he kept flexible hours and seemed to be substantially happier.
> You are generalizing too much which brought this whole discussion in the first place and when I argued about specific details which I wrote in my comments you didn't address them at all, you were fixated on lifetimes whole time ignoring what I was writing.

Because you were derailing the discussion and I was trying to get it back on track. My whole original comment was about lifetimes and GC vs. manual memory management. You were getting sidetracked by details that weren't relevant for that point, which was specifically about GCed languages vs. manual memory management in general and didn't even mention Go [1].

> No, you are wrong. Look at runtime hashmap implementation and generated assembly (go tool objdump binary_name > asm.S) for function that do what I was writing in my comments. You will see that there is a copy.

If this were true, the following program would take >65 GB of memory. In reality, it requires some 110 MB.

package main

import ("strings"; "fmt")

func main() {
m := make(map[int]string)
value := strings.Repeat(".", 65536)
for i := 0; i < 1000000; i++ {
m[i] = value
}
fmt.Println(len(m))
}

Note that even if it were as you said, nothing would prevent Go from changing to an implementation that doesn't copy strings.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14115633