skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'll throw in my anecdotes. Used to be a sysadmin at a "Rather shiny" east coast university.

Mixed bag. Some IT worked extremely hard, carried whole group, others did almost nothing. I have stories about coworkers that make WoW look positively productive as a workplace activity.

Same went for admin staff. A few of them clearly did 90% of the work, whereas a few did almost nothing. (and this was widely accepted and known)
Ask HN: What are the most impressive offices you have ever been to/worked from?
> none of whom were successful lawyers

I think your main point is likely right, but your supporting examples are not. Wikipedia (at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#Early_career_a...) says:

Lincoln became an able and successful lawyer with a reputation as a formidable adversary during cross-examinations and closing arguments

Likewise, we have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton#Later_Arkansas...

She was twice named by The National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America: in 1988 and in 1991.[123] When Bill Clinton thought about not running again for governor in 1990, Hillary Clinton considered running, but private polls were unfavorable and, in the end, he ran and was re-elected for the final time.[124]
Hmm, interesting. What's up with the terminal here? The shell is doing something to the text.

$ python2.7 -c "print(int(u'۲۶۷۹'))"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '\xdb\xb2\xdb\xb6\xdb\xb7\xdb\xb9'

$ python2.7
Python 2.7.13 (default, Jan 03 2017, 17:41:54) [GCC] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print(int(u'۲۶۷۹'))
2679

Looking at what the string is:

$ python2.7 -c "print(list(u'۲۶۷۹'))"
[u'\xdb', u'\xb2', u'\xdb', u'\xb6', u'\xdb', u'\xb7', u'\xdb', u'\xb9']

$ python2.7
Python 2.7.13 (default, Jan 03 2017, 17:41:54) [GCC] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print(list(u'۲۶۷۹'))
[u'\u06f2', u'\u06f6', u'\u06f7', u'\u06f9']
Game and movie trailers are ads. People not only don't mind them, they seek them out and share them.

(There do seem to be too many movie trailers these days before the movie starts, but I think we'd miss them if they were gone entirely.)
Yeah, I simply ingested words in French from a few online ballet dictionaries into a JSON object, and used a recursive context-free grammar to generate (generally) grammatically correct sentences. The result was a mixture of English and French because the dancer (Sarah Hay) requested that I add a few words of her choice in English as well.

Here's some information about context-free grammars:
http://www.decontextualize.com/teaching/rwet/recursion-and-c...
Pretty much, but it has some warts (the matrix library is notably bad imo).

How easy the task is depends on the nature of your game. If your players have a red outline and that's the only red in the scene, no big deal.
why is 35-44 years group least likely to use adblockers? looks odd to me compared to older groups

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/1*o6B3OtXfG9pqwRDru...
A marketer's guide to A/B testing
your existing car now becomes your luggage that gets transported with you on your trip to be used at your destination.
I have both British and Polish debit and credit cards, Visa and Mastercard(Visa Classic credit cards), I've used them in Spain, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain and Portugal, and literally never had to sign for them, be it in shops or restaurants.

I'm not saying there aren't cards that need signing,but I've literally never seen any.
>United violated their own contract with the passenger. The passenger was attempting to escalate it within United themselves when they were violently assaulted at United's request.

Sorry, but that's hyperbole. I'm fairly confident the interaction didn't go down as: "Hello, we have an uncompliant passenger refusing to leave the aircraft at gate XYZ. Please come down and beat the shit out of him for us, thanks!"

>Law enforcement got involved in a civil dispute between a customer and company and then battered that customer on behalf of that company.

Ignoring the continued hyperbole, the dispute became more than a civil dispute once he refused flight crew instructions to leave the aircraft.

>There was no safety or security justification for law enforcement to be involved at all.

There was once a passenger demonstrated they're not willing to comply with the flight crew. Contrary to popular belief, commercial aircraft are not glorified busses.

>The flight was delayed due to United's actions (kicking passengers off to board crew, after the flight had already been seated).

Yes, but his actions then delayed the flight much more than it otherwise would have been. A minor delay due to crew positioning is a small price to pay if it means not having to cancel an entire flight of passengers down line.

>The passenger was asserting their contractual and legal rights, ...

Then argue that to your heart's content after deplaning. The aircraft you're being told to leave isn't the proper forum for legal and contractual disputes.
I don't understand how that theory would make women less varied.

Successfully carrying, birthing, and raising the next generation depends almost entirely on the mother.
I'm married to an attorney. I like to think she's generally honest. She has put together some form contracts for software businesses I've been in, and they have the nice attribute that everybody says "this is a fair deal" and signs them.

I can say that the legal code of ethics has some bright lines in it.

If a client gives you funds to hold for some reason, and you put them into your own account, and you get caught doing that, you get disbarred : you lose the right to call yourself a lawyer and/or appear in court for your clients.

If you give another lawyer money to induce him to tell his client to sue your client so you both get fees, you get hauled up before the bar overseers on charges.

If you talk about your clients' business without their permission, you get hauled up on charges.

To say "lawyers are unethical" is to fall prey to the availability heuristic. We all know about scumbag pols who happen to be lawyers.

I think gregwtmnto has a point. If we software people had something like Professional Engineer (PE) registration (civil engineers have that), it would help. Companies gathering sensitive information could ask for a PE to sign off on the security measures. That would serve them as a defense should somebody sue them for damages after a leak.

The same is true for bridge designers. PEs sign off on the designs, after making sure the bolts are strong enough and the pilings are deep enough and all that stuff.

This cyber security subject is near to me; my present (small) company finished our PCI (payment card industry) audit yesterday. We've worked hard to avoid the stupid webdev tricks in Troy's article, and even some not-so-stupid vulnerabilities. These stupid tricks erode confidence in all of us.

Hold my beer. Watch this!
Any attempt to harm the UK economically will, inevitably, also harm the EU as a consequence. The UK has a massive trade deficit with the EU due to its love of BMWs, prosecco, etc. etc. Who is going to pick up the slack for this lost trade? The reality of the consequences of disrupting this trade does seem to be starting to dawn on other key figures i.e. the EU trade commissioner.

And if we are going to talk denial, I think you could also reasonably argue that Brussels and northern EU members have demonstrated a considerable degree of denial or worse, open contempt about the plight of the southern EU members due to the imbalances brought about by the Euro. You might also say their refusal to countenance the possibility that the UK could vote to leave the EU was verging on denial. And finally regarding Merkel's comments, perhaps worth remembering how well it ended for Germany last time they threatened Britain..
I think I understand what you are saying.

I did not consider the overhead of the browser parsing the CSS file and then figuring out which rules are applied where and depending on what rules are being applied, figuring out what else needs to be downloaded, etc.

But is that overhead really that significant? Or will the responsive images approach merely shave off a few % off the page load time?
But how much of that G > 1 energy has ever been harvested? I get the impression that very little is being done in regards to extracting energy from a sustained fusion reaction. We can't put solar panels in there, nor can I see how one would extract heat given the cooling needs of the magnets. Is there some sort of medium that we can use to pipe heat energy out of this plasma without destroying it?
The problem is that software engineers have a lot of "power" and not a lot of "management that goes to bat for them".

I had this issue at a previous job, someone above me wanted access to some info they didn't need for their job and I ended up sending an email saying "As the Jr Developer, I have the authority to tell you to go through HR and prove your business need for this". The problem is that developers are put under IT and that's not exactly perfect.
Agreed, if PCM [0] is assembly, Csound certainly could be C.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-code_modulation
Similarly, reference librarians receive reference interview training to get a better idea of what information patrons are seeking. There were several MDs in my LIS cohort who remarked on the similarity between reference interviewing and medical interviewing.

Contrast this with tech, where users are treated like idiots and the first question asked in a tech support interaction is the cliched "have you turned it off and on again" joke. Maybe we need to approach this more like the doctors and librarians do.
Also, is there a similar tool to migrate from MSN/Yahoo to Gmail?
So what is your suggestion here?
The US is more and more reminding me of the old soviet line: "we pretend to work and they pretend to pay us". In this case, the NSA says things that everyone knows is not true, and the mainstream media prints it with complete seriousness, while I can't imagine they believe it is true.

It's pretty scary what the future holds for us if you stop and think.
It's neat how that link lets you run Python interactively in the browser, with https://repl.it/site/languages/python3 . Normally that is just a JavaScript thing.
During my undergrad I took a course "Ethical and Legal dimensions of Engineering". At that time I thought it was boring, but now I realizes how important such a course can be. A lot has changed over the past decade. Engineers have much more influence over the society than it used to be. There is definitely a need to develop a global code of conduct that does not change across geographic boundaries. All engineers should be taught that.
>My nightmare scenario, as mentioned by another commenter, is of being present in the house when the burglar comes.

Really? My nightmare scenario is for these things to have network connections (oh wait) and to work in concert for surveillance purposes.

I'm perpetually amazed at the wolves people invite into their homes. I'm looking at you, Alexa.

It's bad enough owning a cell phone...
What you're talking about doesn't sound very absolute to me then, but relative.
The Times really did a crap job of explaining that.

The headline is so unequivocal but a close reading of the article implies the opposite is true.
People have been predicting the collapse of Google for years. Someday they'll be right and it will be looked upon as great foresight. Is this that time? Who knows. Really could replace Google with "x" and still be correct.
But the UK can't have the cake and eat it.

They want all the benefits Norway or Switzerland have without the duties those countries have
Cost of an implant, at least in the US, is a small part of the total procedure cost (dentist's fees, malpractice insurance, etc.). Total implant price tag (shared between patient and his insurance), might be $5k for a single tooth.

This is prohibitive for many people. I wonder if advances in robotics can be coupled with lower implant costs to provide a significantly lower cost alternative. Robotics can help lower dentist fees (lower skill level) and also limit or eliminate malpractice risks by limiting human's role.

Not everyone would want the robot-driven implant from just out of dental school nurse, but I think it can be a decent option for many patients.
I would question whether pictures or videos really matter. I think it's the memories that are more important (I'm assuming these pictures and videos have sentimental value, and minimal financial value). It's why I really don't take many pictures when I'm on vacation, at family gatherings, etc.
That's still only $5.5k/year though, right?
Musk Teases Tesla Simi
Never tried but...
https://airtable.com
Chili Pepper and Marijuana Calm the Gut
> Price Discrimination increases Producer Surplus (thereby reducing Consumer Surplus).

Price discrimination does not necessarily reduce consumer surplus. In this case in particular, there is a large surplus being created by the fact that planes fly more full, and I don't know any reason to think that consumers don't capture much or most of this .
There is.

https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync
Ethereum Name Service to Relaunch May 4th
And we have no idea if their idiosyncratic definition has changed since then.
You can put an additional $35k in post-tax contributions to your 401k after $18k in pre-tax.
Musk shows off concept of tunneled transporation
It lets you build a single Lane tunnel that still goes fast. It lets cars go over the speed limit. It means no need to ventilate the tunnels since the engines can be off. And finally it won't affect your EVs range.

It's brilliant!
Engineering Enlightenment: Part One
Missiles tend to have molten salt batteries which have an excellent inert life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_battery
> A cold degenerate star could conceivably be used as a giant data storage device, [...] purposes.

The cited link to this [1] is a fascinating email thread/essay which they call "Femtotech". I don't even understand most of the stuff, but it seems we're far, far from it.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20041025030505/http://www.cs.usu...
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Robot Proof Jobs
It is obvious the author doesn't understand advertising. Honestly, skip this one. Here is a list of problems:

* OP is constantly misunderstanding the difference between search, shopping, display, native, and social.

* Unsubstantiated claim that youtube has 'insurmountable' problems

* Display ads having 0.06% is irrelevant - the goal isn't clicks

* Random claim that google lost a major portion of its audience already?

* "Google already missed its chance to pivot" with literally no explanation or justification at all.

* Alexa has clear monetization strategy, but google home doesn't?

This is a clickbait blog pretending to be a hit piece. Come on guy, you can do better than this.
All of my cards have excellent theft protection policies though. If my card gets stolen, I'm not responsible for any damages. That's a great security policy; better than most websites.

They _assume_ card numbers will get stolen all the time and invest in identifying suspicious behavior. And all behavior is 100% auditable all the time. Security isn't just about authentication/authorization. I wish more websites assumed passwords might get phished and thought through how to protect users in that case.

My credit card numbers are one of my pieces of private information I feel _least_ apprehensive about sharing.
not sure about rest of Europe, but when I search for product I go to local price comparison website, which is much more popular than Amazon, since by my experience pretty much everything on Amazon is more expensive than in plenty of local shops, other option would be I guess Aliexpress if it's not rushing and doesn't have to be some specific brand

article seem to be as usual very US-centric, Google is huge in Europe, Amazon not so much. in China Google doesn't exist and Amazon has also only leftovers

can't say I would miss either of them, since pretty much only useful products from Google for me are search (easily replacable) and Photos (not that easy, but there are alternatives)
Not everyone goes to a top school or does competitive programming. The rest of us have to work at it.
Parts two and three:

http://hplusmagazine.com/2012/08/10/engineering-enlightenmen...

http://hplusmagazine.com/2012/08/13/engineering-enlightenmen...
I'm biased but checkout Portworx. It is designed to be that and if you don't think it is, I'd be curious why is missing. https://portworx.com
As sibling already pointed out these stats seems to only tell part of the story. I'd almost say they seem to be deliberately misleading.

Unless there is more details the fact that few burglars were shot probably tells us that most homeowners with guns are peaceful and just use the guns as a deterrent.
Stands in burning building

"Our fire protection systems passed all tests, nothing is wrong."
I got a free dot at re:invent and we use it to check the weather and that's it. I've never ordered anything from it, and I don't see why I would.
Companies don't make decisions. People do.
>When he says this is the worst situation he's ever seen? I take it with a little more weight than I'd take someone else saying it.

I take it as a consultant emphasizing biases that favor his presence.

Anyway, the point of my comment was not to nitpick your specific situation, which I have no information about and obviously cannot speak about intelligently. Perhaps it is as extreme as you indicate. If so, my only suggestion would be to focus on the difficult problems rather than colorful characterizations of them. In an interview, the employer will know about its own problems, and may imagine your running the interview circuit and saying all the same kinds of things about them.

The goal is that as general advice for what to say when someone asks about technical accomplishments/pride, talking about the nightmarish situation you're coming from is first, trite, and second, a signal that you may not possess the cooperative qualities or the perspective to properly evaluate situations as they arise.
That is literally two years or less away from today. Please look up momentum machines. They're beginning to hire people from the food industry and have stopped hiring people from the tech field vs a couple of years ago. It's getting close.
Many graph algorithms benefit hugely from locality of reference, because graphs have an inherently relevant concept of things being affected by other things they are near. Taking advantage of locality of reference can make a difference of many orders of magnitude in speed, in my experience.

If you're trying to divide up the work by dividing the graph into parts that run on different nodes, where do you cut it? Even finding a good cut is a graph algorithm in itself. And any information that flows across that cut has to be serialized and deserialized, which is relatively quite slow.

Meanwhile, a single-node algorithm is usually hitting results that are in RAM or even in cache.
While I think that the overhead on it's own might not be that much, even little gains of tens of MS can add up to improve the experience.

And something like srcSet will possibly allow the useragent to become "smarter" in the future. Perhaps halving image size when low on battery, or when on a limited mobile plan.

This isn't you choosing which image to serve who as a developer, it's serving up a bunch of options and letting the useragent choose which it knows is best for the user at that time.
Are you not worried that your family member reads hacker news? ;)
based on your description of Manger and team, I assume the Team size is 5 to 6 people at least.

If that company run so inefficiently that it could not identify 90% of work of a 6 people team can be replaced by bunch of programs, so asume that company or the division may be closed by now ( or severely down sized as competitors took their business )

It would be great if you can find out what happened to that team
Can we get an inside contractor to leak proof of such? Because, you know, trust or the lack thereof.
Work computers maybe?
What is the difference between the GitHub version and the paid version on the website?
So everyone is worse off? How is that an improvement?
So they previously were asking you questions, when they failed to deliver your luggage?

"Excuse me sir but we must ask, did you leave this item in the care of any untrustworthy individuals since you last saw it?"

"Yes...your staff."
Metal Plates make MRIs a pain.
Get a full size dog. And an ADT sign outside. I couple these with the means of defending myself and my family (i.e., a bedside gun in a biometric safe and training to use them), but to each their own.
> why is 35-44 years group least likely to use adblockers? looks odd to me compared to older groups

Probably because the older group has progressively greater propensity to have other, younger people setting up their computers.
Very strange....I haven't driven in snow for years, but when I did it was undoubtedly easier to rock a standard car than an automatic, like no comparison whatsoever. I appreciate imagining how it wouldn't be different, but in practice, totally. Hmm.
The HN guidelines ask you not to go on about downvotes. Bilious fantasies about downvoters are definitely precluded.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14216420 and marked it off-topic.
There's no accent in the article that images should be optimized for the target screen dpi. It's wasteful to serve a 2x image for 1x screens and 1x when 2x is already present on the page.

Almost all CDNs/services compress images lightly if at all, offline tools are better at this, e.g. images from the reference page can be ~20% smaller. Ideally, hidpi images should be compressed harder, e.g. lower JPEG quality.
Depends on your value system

It seems odd that an absolute would depend on something subjective, doesn't it?

we would not be able to trust each other.

That sounds like a pretty utilitarian concern to me, rather than a contradiction.
>is not able to ask meaningful questions

Why does this matter?
True, though is the use of synecdoche in this instance make a significant difference?
Shooting in self defense is a last resort. Especially at night. You'll generally be temporarily blind from the flash and an unprotected indoor shot will cause permanent hearing damage. That doesn't even include the trauma of shooting someone. Most people would just be happy if there attacker simply left at the sight of the firearm (and most do).
If, as you suggest, it's much more frequent for a homeowner with a gun to dissuade an intruder without shooting, than it is for the homeowner to shoot the intruder, then it's obviously a much better choice to keep a convincing replica. In that case, you get most of the benefit of a real gun, but there's no chance of your kids injuring/killing someone, or you accidentally injuring/killing a family member, both of which are about as common as shooting an intruder.
Trump signs exec order to expand offshore oil gas drill in Arctic and beyond
If you really want the job, mention that you do community volunteer work and that you want to make sure that other worthy causes aren't affected -- so you want to send the contract to your lawyer, and have it hashed out between lawyers. Then make sure your lawyer really knows what your goals are so that they can get the wording changed.

Specifically, I'd accept wording that included "excludes personal project work done 100% outside of a work context, unless such work is related to a direct work assignment". But a lawyer would have to point out any loopholes in that wording.