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Anything and everything, seriously! How easy is it to model in APL, how much did you enjoy coming up with array oriented solutions not possible in standard algol based languages? What type of field did you work in and did others in your group or company know APL? How easy was it to share/read code from/ collaborate with others? What were the pain-points? Do you now use something else that although less terse, you feel is better? If so, why? What were the coolest projects you worked on and do you think APL has a future?
And best of all, that "leak" was made by a former pissed of employee, and our people who fall for Clibait headlines without evem reading the news have proved we are idiots in large numbers with smartphones. Snapchat CEO can file for a defamation suit on all FB pages spreading false info and can win it hands down.
>they're even the same website on desktop

This isn't entirely correct - there is messenger.com if you want to use messenger without the distraction of your news feed.
Don't let me totally discourage you! Far from it, just be sure to have realistic expectations.

I absolutely loved my PhD work and I'm happy I did it. But I'm also happy I was careful to consider how this degree might help my employment down the line. Which it did. I've got an absolutely amazing research position that is well supported in the research arm of a BigCo now. I wouldn't expect that the pay is optimal versus other paths, but I'm well compensated, the work is stimulating and I'm highly autonomous.

And as you implied, to is absolutely possible to come back to Academia after spending time in industry.
this is pretty dang funny
As others have said, it'll become an expectation, however, I'll add:

- I expect that I should never get bad enough service that a driver deserves to be paid less. If something really bad happens, I expect Lyft to refund me entirely. As such, I want Lyft to be factoring a reasonable wage into the fare price.

- A car ride isn't really a service, it's a commodity. I'm paying for someone to pick me up, drive along a predetermined route (whatever Google Maps/Apple Maps/Waze says) and drop me off. This isn't like a restaurant where the server can get your order wrong, ignore you the whole night or forget to top up your drinks, this is more like a supermarket where you're going through a checkout. Items go in, items go out. Passengers go in, passengers go out. A better comparison actually is a flight or bus. You don't tip your flight attendants or bus drivers.

- I don't want to think about how to compensate my driver. I'm not an employer, I have no idea how much this person's time is worth, I don't know how much of a tip is "good" and how much is an insult. I want Lyft to factor all that into my fare price so I don't have to think about it.
Instagrams keeps getting new (and weirdly cutesy) new features like stickers and stuff
...as best I can tell, you have still swapped them? It sounds like you're still talking about P(null hypothesis|evidence), whereas p-values are about P(evidence|null hypothesis). (Well, not quite the latter but something like it.)
Sweet, so what should we build to change this?

A lot more passive solar architecture and pedestrian-friendly spaces.
Much of the outrage originated on Twitter with influential accounts like this one[1] commandeering their followers to follow their nationalistic call to action. Many messages on Twitter and Whatsapp came with detailed instructions[2] on exactly what was to be done: 1) Install Snapchat 2) Leave a review on the app store 3) Uninstall

These messages reached audiences that had never heard about Snapchat, and in some cases, had never reviewed apps before.

This was a case of "manufactured outrage" by social influencers and the media, and I think it showcases mob-like tendencies when it comes to subjects like national pride. Many memes appeared cheering India's billionaires claiming they'd buy out Snapchat. In normal circumstances, the billionaire class in India is routinely accused of stashing money in Swiss bank accs.

What a glorious mess.

[1] https://twitter.com/SirJadeja/status/853314615018758145

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT7rBxEa0LU
Just because it's funny - direclty from Vector NTI's FAQ on their webpage, today, in April 2017:

1. When is Vector NTI Advance™ 11.5 available?
Version 11.5 was launched on October 15, 2010.

2. Is Vector NTI Advance® 11.5 compatible with Microsoft® Windows 7?
Yes. Version 11.5 is compatible with Windows 7 on 32-Bit Systems - 64-Bit compatibility is currently in development.

3. Is Vector NTI Advance® 11.5 compatible with Mac OS?
Yes, this requires Mac OS® X running Windows® under Parallels Desktop® 5 or Boot Camp.

https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/cloning...
i've spent a CONSIDERABLE amount of time looking into this lately for a few projects. at this point, id definitely recommend wordpress + oneclick install on digital ocean for a company site. its so fast and easy, its really hassle free. which is the single most important thing when launching. time is already in short supply, so you want to (have to) invest it wisely. is a better "about us" page going to give you more return then product refinement or sales? absolutely not.

this is one of the few times that the right thing is also the easy thing.
It's weird, right? After a little research I would lean towards the latter, because it seems like dropping names without having something to really back it up is what's happening. The oldest post I could find is from January, and the corporation (which does exist) was only incorporated in March. While I don't doubt the veracity of the testimonials, it is a little strange to see such a sparse website, without even an about page, and a testimonial stating something like "in under six months...".

The service does seem like it could be useful, but it may be trying to make itself seem bigger than it actually is.
What's your field? In most hard science fields it's impossible to get a professorship if you take a break from academia. (Unless you were somewhere like Microsoft Research / IBM Research, which are basically parts of academia.)
My dad's one of them. He retired a few years ago. The way he puts it, electrical engineering research isn't what it used to be, because all of the "big" discoveries in that field have been made. So aside from a fraction of the researchers it's largely a technician's job.

At the same time, he says that if he had applied to the same school he studied at and worked at for all of his life, there's no way he'd beat the competition these days.

And that's before factoring in the cost of college now. No wonder.
Physicists create fluid with 'negative mass'
Same here. 20+ years professional experience with a bunch of different companies, industries, languages, and locales. TODO/FIXME are the only ones I'd consider universal, and I have literally never seen anyone use XXX. I don't doubt that people use it or even that it's common, I'm just confused as to how I could've missed it. Maybe it's not as common as everyone here thinks? Or maybe it's common in corners of the industry that I haven't spent much time in (like web development). No idea.
There is an inclination to get offended at the slight hint but I don't think this incident is a good example of that. Unintentionally or otherwise, the media packaged the news to create maximum outrage, even though, the actual facts might have been thin—a fired employee claiming that CEO said so. Few start a campaign to boycott an app and everyone else joins in. How is it any different from #boycottuber campaign after they removed surge pricing during driver strike?

We have natural expectation that people would stop to learn the facts and make a smart choice but that's not how it works. Social media triggers a strong impulsive response and people react by doing whatever they've been asked.

I do agree that what aggravates this is irrational feeling of nationalism and defending country's pride among our folks.
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Wow, strange that I use FB every day and have never head of that.
Exercise isn't 'fire and forget' - you're supposed to do it all your life. Nothing wrong with a bit of research ahead of time here.
Yes for some use cases. On my keyboard setup it is significantly faster to type four common characters than to think about and type two ^ between substitutions.

^ substitution is more precise and I think it is an under appreciated tool, but I don't think that negates the usefulness of thefuck.
Or maybe a number ever closer to the Office Space number. I think I recall the main character saying that once all of the distractions, needless interactions with other employees, and 'spacing out' (I took that as low quality sleep with eyes open) were removed only about an hour of actual, real, work was being done.

Particularly for what are really creative arts, a more relaxed day and better quality of life /outside/ of work are probably important positively correlated factors in performance.
We're built www.takeshape.io for this exact use case. Quick way to get your static site up and running with a CMS backend. If you're interested I can put you into the beta program.
I actually wrote about No Starch's ordeal as well :) https://www.inc.com/sonya-mann/amazon-counterfeits-no-starch...

FBA commingling is a whole ball of wax on its own.
You directly contradict your sibling post, which claims coming back is nearly impossible. Do you have many examples of people who have done this?
I'd be interested in reading about this as well. I've been keeping an eye on Buffer for a while now because I'm fascinated by their culture and business philosophy, and I've been watching the development of B Corps to see if eventually they'll prove viable. However idealistic, OP's headline caught my attention for the same reasons. I think the bottom line (P&L) is important, but I also feel that current corporate structures can elevate its importance to an unhealthy degree, leading to negative externalities and short-term-ism. If and when I start a company, I'd like to follow a holistic approach to value creation that takes these things into account, but there is precious little out there about how to do it successfully. It'd be great to have more info out there about these approaches!
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Please, check your service contract before running for a month at capacity. A call from your ISP may be preferable over a bill from a tiered residential plan.
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What exactly is disgusting about communism?

Assuming it is fair to say communism killed 100 million people, just for reference, how many people has capitalism kill?
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It looks like this will result in a big loss to United, but this is an unusual case. Many people have been involuntarily bumped before. They lose out, but the airline wins. It's basically a form of theft. The purpose of regulation wouldn't be to force the airlines to make more money (since, as you point out, they'll try to do this on their own), but to protect their customers in a situation with a huge imbalance of power.
I think it's a great example of the market working. These people are willing to change their behavior and put their proverbial and literal money where their mouth is.

If more people were willing to do this, "vote with your dollars" would transform from an ideal that might work in theory to a vehicle of effectual influence on the market.
Thanks, this looks great.
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Young Adult Fiction.
Interesting that the official response from Snapchat never denies the quote.
Because execution is often the difference between success and failure. There was a social network before Facebook. Actually there were several. MySpace comes to mind as the biggest. Even without Facebook, MySpace was on the way out. The difference? Execution.

I could give the same movie script to 10 different directors and fund the production of 10 different movies and I guarantee you that at least a few of those movies you won't even know if they used the same script. People interpret the same information differently and have different visions based on that information. One might make it a RomCom. Another might decide it's an action movie.

And if one of them makes one that people overwhelmingly prefer and it makes a billion dollars, would you suggest that they give the money back because there should only be so much success afforded to a single person when 10 different people all had the same script?

You seem to imply that there would obviously be an operating system without Gates so why should he become rich? Well, there were several different operating systems, some might even argue superior operating systems, but they failed as businesses.

Coming up with a new or revolutionary idea is hard. What's equally difficult is turning that into a successful business. Microsoft could have easily been a total flop had it hired the wrong people or made the wrong decisions. Google could have ended up as neat little experiment that never quite got off the ground had they not brought in the right people.

But that's not just tech, that's not just business, that's life.
That's a nice touch hosting it on ipfs.
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I type pythong all the time, too.
That must be why this cooperative reserves the right to hire others to do their work and making a profit on that, and requires a year of 'apprenticeship' after which the current cooperative members will decide your fate. After all, some workers are more equal than others.

Or did you in your haste to put in a veiled insult skip that bit of TFA?
I reverse engineered a motherboard
Please don't pile more fuel on an already well-beaten, general ideological flamewar. The comment you're replying to is already flagged dead, a clear indication that this isn't a thread of conversation worth pursuing on HN.
It is amazing what mob mentality can do on the web these days. Regardless of the authenticity of the news, I saw the number of reviews for Snapchat on the iOS store go from around 4000 to ~60K! That to me is terrifying.

A faceless mob can ruin your business if one "social influencer" chooses to.
I do the same with XXX. There is no sense of urgency but still acts as a placeholder that stands out. I use it to record a thought:

// XXX: There must be a cleaner way to implement this

or call on someone (most likely myself) to replace with a NOTE clarifying why an out of place snippet of code is needed or verify it came be removed completely

// XXX: Is this check still relevant?
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> "poor countries like Spain" was the funniest thing I'd heard all week.

I take it you aren't familiar with the term PIGS[1]. "Poor countries like Spain" is a common sentiment in Europe.

> PIGS or PIIGS or PIIGGS is an acronym used in economics and finance. The PIGS acronym originally refers, often derogatorily, to the economies of the Southern European countries of Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain.[1][2][3][4][5] During the European debt crisis, the term was also increasingly used to refer to the economies of Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain, four EU member states that were unable to refinance their government debt or to bail out over-indebted banks on their own during the crisis

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIGS_(economics)
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Two days to understand the ESSENCE?? I understand that there are a lot of details, and those can take a lot of time to master, but the essence should be really quick. To wit:

1. Merge sort. Given two sorted sequences, they can be merged in linear time. Given an algorithm that does so, we can sort a list in O(n log n) time, as follows: split the list into two equal halves, merge sort each half, and then merge the result. (The base case is that sorting lists of length 1 is really easy.)

2. Insertion sort. Let's say you want to sort in increasing order. To make things concrete, let's say your given list is

[3, 1, 4, -1, 5, 9, 2, 6, -5, -3]

You start by walking through the list: 3, 1, ... WAIT. That's not right, 1 should come before 3. Let's drag it to the front of the list where it belongs. We now have:

[1, 3, 4, -1, 5, 9, 2, 6, -5, -3]

Now we again walk through the list: 1, 3, 4, -1 ... WAIT. What's -1 doing here, let's drag it to the front of the line:

[-1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 2, 6, -5, -3]

Again: -1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 2, ... WAIT. What's 2 doing here, we need to drag it forward, but not all the way to the front:

[-1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 6, -5, -3]

And so on. Is this what you meant by essence?
Electrical engineering. It happens, especially if you worked in R&D and continued to publish over the years. One of the professors currently teaching me spent 5 years at a startup and came back to his alma mater as an assistant professor. He's an expert on botnets and quite active, so that might be an exception haha!
25+ employees and growing, solid revenues, solid year-on-year growth. If they manage to keep this going another 2 to 3 years at the present rate I'd see that as total validation of the concept. On a longer time-scale you still have all the other corporate pitfalls but that's business as usual.

I'll ask the company for permission to write it up.
This readme is unironically excellent. I wish some actual serious projects had "getting started" guides this good.
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Copies on a hard drive are no more permanent than copies on a Betamax tape.

And both are effectively permanent copies, at least until deleted, and as such both are potentially in violation of copyright law in many jurisdictions.

The browser has no idea if the content was intended to be temporary

Then maybe it shouldn't be actively inviting a user to download a permanent copy?

In many -- perhaps most -- jurisdictions, downloading and saving content off the Web will be an infringement of someone's copyright if not explicitly authorised, so the argument that the browser doesn't know the situation is weak.

And the potential for harm is pretty similar.

Do you really not see any potential for harm in inviting someone who agreed to temporary listening or viewing to save a permanent copy, in a way that is both highly visible and potentially confused with a facility provided by the site operator?

The only solution for site operators if that's the approach you want to take is to lock everything down as tight as possible with TPMs, causing extra work and costs for the site operator, potentially increasing security risks for the viewer, and removing any possibility of trust or turning a blind eye to minor cases that might have been useful for the viewer and tolerable for the site operator. As I've asked elsewhere in this discussion, how is any of that helping anyone?
I'm currently 3 months into my year "off". I waited till my lease ended, sold everything I owned besides one large box of things I put in my parent's garage. I quit my job on good terms, they offered to have me work remotely but I refused because I wanted to have an open path. For me, travel was a priority to check off my list before I turned 30 in two years. I always made excuses or life gave me things I could not say no to so it was constantly pushed off.

Moved to Australia, not only because I've always wanted to visit, but also use it as a hub to Asia Pacific. I have one side project I am working on. Also by random came across a cool part time job for a start up in Melbourne. It wasn't part of my plan to be employed but again I have an open plan. The new gig is adding to my professional and personal growth. Also, have plenty of time to live, work on my side project, and also work on my personal goals. I'm not worried about my career. As others have said, if you have the skill set you'll be fine. but your new road may lead you to something better.

If your gut is telling you travel is something you need to do right now, don't have your mind talk you out of it. Do it and if it doesn't work out you can always go back home.
Only anecdotally.

I know that at Texas, in engineering (where I got my PhD) we had many, many professors with previous industry experience. I remembered thinking it was not nearly as terminal a decision as I had expected.
Take a look at BDY Company. They already have electric trucks
>> ...universities are increasingly run by administrators. Faculty have more service requirements and less autonomy than in the past.

I teach one course at a local university. I have near-total academic autonomy but I also have six different bosses, none of which actually teach. A new term just started. I show up at the staff room to learn that I cannot get on the wifi or classroom podiums until I "accept" my latest contract, which has yet to be sent to me. I taught the first class on my laptop wired (hdmi) to the projector and tethered to my phone. Too many people being paid to creating silly rules and pointless systems.

I'm starting a new job in another city next month (government). After explaining to my students that a different prof will cover the last half of the course they couldn't care less about the subject of my lecture. They wanted to hear about how I actually "got a real job". Interview processes and resume writing are more important to them than actual knowledge.
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You really believe that the different between MySpace and Facebook is total lottery? Circumstances? MySpace sucked. It was an idea that was executed very poorly. Letting users turn their profile pages into CPU sucking machines was one of many poor choices made by the company. The reason Facebook succeeded and MySpace failed was because Facebook made different decisions than MySpace did.

This whole concept is like saying, well, one guy decided to do the things he loved, go to baseball games, get drunk with his buddies, and watch copious amounts of TV. But this other guy spent 8 years educating himself and working his butt off accomplishing many things. Let's reward them equally because they both grew up in the same town thus should have equal outcomes.
Cool stuff. I think the UI library story is still pretty raw, but I've done several backend applications in Go, and I'm pretty much in love. It's a very well-engineered language with a strong appreciation for real-world practicalities.
Do you seriously think that anyone on this website doesn't know the term PIGS? Do you think that I wasn't alive four years ago?

And the PIGS weren't the poorest countries in Europe; they were the most over-leveraged. Spain is much better-off than Bulgaria and Romania -- and certainly much better-off than a genuinely poor country.
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Yeah, I don't mind it at all, besided being very far over against the left margin. I think I would find it more jarring if the paragraphs were wider, and then it suddenly shrunk back down just for the code listings.
Worth noting that iOS HFS+ already had some non-standard features [hacks] that Mac did not use like encrypting files with different keys based on the data protection level—that APFS provides—so it makes sense to upgrade iOS first, which can readily leverage such functionality, and it not necessarily a direct result of it being the "vision for the future".