skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's good for me for measuring frequency and impulse responses :)

For audio: I wouldn't listen to it in any cases, it's not a natural thing and has too much energy in the higher frequencies. At a higher amplitude it would even kill lots of speakers, since they are designed for output power in low frequencies, not high ones. If you want to listen to noise (for whatever reasons) then maybe pink or brown noise is preferable.
Money doesn't make you happy, but at least allows you to be unhappy in comfort
Not sure about reasonably priced UAVs, but the AscTec Hummingbird is high on the state of the art ranking:

http://www.asctec.de/en/uav-uas-drones-rpas-roav/asctec-humm...
Context: Linux user since 1994, also uses Windows often, software developer (anything from low-level embedded to Clojure and ClojureScript).

It's all about Mac OS. It lets me get things done without dealing with silly things.

Let's quickly list what I sorely miss when switching to my Linux machine:

* Multiple monitor support: connect any number of monitors, any time, and have them Just Work. HiDPI or not, doesn't matter. The OS even remembers which of your windows where placed on which monitor at which size, and will do its best to move them when you connect a monitor. No other OS even comes close.

* Consistent keybindings (Emacs-style) in all windows and dialogs. Control-a always gets me to the beginning of the line, whether in a text editor or in a file-open dialog box.

* Reasonably consistent keybindings in apps. Can expect Cmd-q to quit every app.

* Flawlessly working suspend/resume on laptops.

* Full-screen any app and it works fine.

* Apps like LaunchBar (I think quicksilver used to be a free alternative).

* Spotlight, which finds everything.

* Ability to remap any key to whatever I want and have it work everywhere.

* Drag & drop everywhere. And if you laugh at this, consider that this is coming from a command-line guy with 25 years experience with computers. The way Mac does drag & drop is faster and more convenient than fiddling with command line. For example, did you know you can drop a file or a directory from anywhere into any file/open dialog box?

* Apps like Simplenote, Bear, Ulysses: excellent tools for specific purposes.

* TextExpander.

* Predictable ubuquitous working clipboard.

For me, switching over to my Ubuntu machine is an exercise in frustration. I can't redefine my keys, there is nothing like TextExpander, multiple monitors just don't work unless stars align just right and you have all the monitors in just the right order at boot time and you better not mix hidpi with normal. Drag and drop is nonexisting. Copy/paste is a free-for-all where each app does things differently and you have multiple clipboards (Ctrl-V vs middle mouse click).

Basically, in order to get things done, I'd much rather work on a Mac.

A side note: to really understand why the Mac is so good, you have to work on it for a while, with someone showing you things (like dragging files into file/open dialogs). People seem to think this is about superficial things like aesthetics, or Adobe software. It's not.
> Jarlstrom was informed that he wasn't entitled to hold himself out as an engineer and agreed not to do so. The reasons not to do that are valid, for the simple reason that it pretends to a level of expertise he does not have, when trying to influence how public infrastructure is run.

Actually, from the documents provided, he initially made the claim that he held an engineering degree in electronics, which is hardly holding himself out as a registered engineer in the state of Oregon. In a later email he commented to the board that he was an excellent engineer, which may in fact be the case given that he held a degree in engineering. Again, there is no attempt to misrepresent himself as licensed in Oregon.

The first incident is a huge stretch to say he was attempting to mislead the public that he was a registered professional engineer. In fact, if he was a Swedish engineer, regardless of whether they regulate the industry or not, it is a factual statement to say he is a Swedish engineer and is not an attempt to make false claims of his credentials. The are arguing that he cannot speak of his occupation in another country and perform engineering calculations in the state of Oregon. That is clearly a violation of his free speech.

The second statement that he was an excellent engineer is a little more vague, but it is also a factual statement that he is an engineer. He does not ever claim to be a registered professional engineer in the state of Oregon and it is a valid argument that they cannot prevent him from stating his background in engineering.

If he was a doctor in Sweden, it would be perfectly if he still called himself a doctor in Oregon without implying that he was licensed to practice medicine. He would in fact be, after all, a doctor. Essentially what they are doing is equating the performing of engineering calculations (to back up his theory and present to actual engineers) with the practice of medicine. They are attempting to bolster that with two weak (but possibly valid) claims that he was representing himself as a registered professional engineer in Oregon in the process.

The fact is that the laws in this case are vague enough that they could be used to keep someone quiet for whatever reason--perhaps they didn't like the media making them look bad. Ultimately, that would be up to a judge to decide if they are in fact infringing on his first amendment rights.

> I am a bit depressed to see how easily people are taken in, and abandon reason in favor of their emotional reaction to a piece of obscure public policy

I don't see how, all the documents are right there in the article. And seriously, I have read well over thirty condescending comments from you in this thread with your fake intellectualism and it is a bit much. But hey, why don't you refer me to an essay or something.
Is there any (non anecdotal) evidence for your bold theory?
While I agree that growth can happen trough struggle (which does not equate suffering!), I have a very hard time believing that most living things are actively looking for suffering or pain.

What living things do you know that go actively out of their way to experience pain and suffering? Such a behavior would be highly disadvantageous to any species and would run counter to the most basic instincts of all things living. We have pain receptors for a reason, that reason ain't that we just gotta learn to "enjoy the pain". As such I would argue that all living things live their lives on a rather hedonistic basis.

Equally, it could be argued that if "having a calling" makes you "suffer less", because you've found a purpose for your life while a lack of purpose can lead to suffering, then having a calling might just as well be considered a hedonistic lifestyle choice.

The notion that pain and suffering are something that needs to happen to "pull trough" is trough and trough a human invention among the same lines as proper "working virtues".
Your analysis is fine but there are plenty of cases when Pedestrians should not be factored and still the speed limit is too low. We are talking about one way highway traffic where no pedestrian can enter (or at least should not enter), where opposing traffic risk is Zero (one way), visibility very good etc. there are plenty of examples like this one where you really have to try hard to stay in the speed limit. and cases like this just make it hard to respect the speed limits even when they should be respected because they teaching us that the speed limits are arbitrary and we human beings do not like arbitrary things.
> Italy is a complete clusterfuck.

Yes, but only until you understand the trick: do NOT expect perfect adherence to driving code from others. That's it!

For example, when approaching an intersection where you have right of way, expect someone to try and pass anyway: it basically means slowing a bit down and paying attention on the incoming roads. Applying this grain of salt would prevent a good part of the car crashes I see on youtube (namely "driving in Russia", but not only).

And, by the way, expecting bad behaviour from others is not a justification for when I'll be the other.
VueJS – Two way data binding and state management with Vuex and strict mode
Why not just put speed limiters in cars? I feel like this is a technological problem that could be solved with enough effort. Install a GPS in every car that speed limits based on road. Require GPS updates at the yearly MOT/smog check.
> The world’s ten largest urban economic regions hold only 6.5% of the world’s population, but account for 57% of patented innovations, 53% of the most cited scientists and 43% of economic output. That means the people in these regions are about eight times more productive than the average person.

Wow, they probably have no idea where their bananas come from. More productive than the average person if you look at scientific output only, but science is what improves our lives in the long run. The rest of the population does the work that needs doing to stay alive.
...because it's an impenetrable tangle of GUIDs, deep hierarchies, and keys left behind by apps long uninstalled.
I didn't see your earlier reply. I was traveling across the continent with intermittent network access.
They don't, but they still offer better speed and security than non prepared statement.

And having to dynamically change a table name is uncommon.
I know this isn't quite the kind of answer you're looking for, but for those who are willing to put even more work in, $150 should be able to get you reasonably far with hobbiest electronics and a 3D printer (that price is obviously not including the cost of purchasing a printer).

Take for example, this open source chassis [1] that is based on the DJI Mavic (retail $1,000). Plenty of fun for those with the time and desire to take this even further.

[1] http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2004357
I haven't tried installing it in Debian, I only have it installed as a GUI-less server, but in theory it should be fine.

The reason I mention Ubuntu is that the community is just much larger than that of Debian and there is more of a chance of someone already having solved any issues you may run into.
If you think you have something front page worthy feel free to post it. Maybe it will be upvoted and push those things you don't like out.
Can you give a good resource that's not wrong? I'm really curious.
The OP referred to a "Monotone Priority Queue" which seems to be something different: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotone_priority_queue.
Saturated fat does not clog the arteries
Debian is ideologically opposed to things like closed source drivers that ubuntu makes easy. Not that there's anything wrong with that, it just makes it not a good choice for casual users and especially gamers.
It thickens more. Supposedly Larry Page talked to Levandowski before he left Google:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/uber-wa...
He said he was going to buy the 8-core Mac Pro. What's wrong about that?
Have you looked at the spec? If you do, then you'll understand.

Imagine a file transfer protocol that defines the command to list files in a folder, but does not specify the format of the response other that it should be human-readable.

https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc959.txt LIST and NLST commands for example. No way to get a standard list of files with sizes and modification dates. yay!

Oh, and the data connection that is made from the server to the client. That works wonders with firewalls of today.

It was an ok spec when it was invented, but today it's very painful to operate.
> The power supply is WAY too oversized resulting in bad efficiency and thus a bigger power consumption

...but who gives a f? It's a desktop, no battery to drain. And of all the appliances in your home, the computers surely don't mean that much as a percentage of power usage. Yeah, other things are probably wrong too, but I think you picked the wrong detail to care about here :) Better to have a bigger power supply and be sure it'll handle whatever you might add to the machine in the future than to care about replacing it. And from my (and everyone else I talked to) experience, inefficient (power-wise) electronics tend to last way longer than efficient ones, so I prefer them (since my time wasted finding a replacement or a repair shop is worth more than the price of the extra power), even when it comes to fridges and washing machines.

(Commenting mostly because all this insane obsession with energy efficiency is getting on my nerves.)
In the UK, where roads are rarely designed for the speed limits posted, it doesn't stop anyone from driving dangerously fast. So I don't really buy this argument. Cars simply handle and drive too well these days for the road to be an impediment. Especially in the UK where most cars have summer tyres, unlike the all-weather tyres common in the US. If anything, it encourages the wannabe-racers to drive fast for a challenge.
>He also states he needs no special kexts. Well.. that's because you are using Clover!

All Hackintoshes require the FakeSMC kext (to bypass DSMOS), that's it. Some systems require more kexts, for example, to have networking, etc.

Clover doesn't patch or install kexts, but it patches the ACPI tables (especially DSDT). Maybe that's what you mean?
I'm really just curious what everyone's using for any given situation.

I don't move much around myself, but I anticipate that changing and it's nice to have a broader picture of what's out there.
anyway your speedometer always show more than it's real speed, so maybe real reason is to follow speed from speedometer since 23mph means roughly 25mph displayed on speedometer instead of doing opposite, setting speed limit 25 but people trying to match it with speedometer displaying 27
0.2% desktop users agree. Continue live in your strange bubble, just stop mentioning linux to normal folk.
This is the worst part of the internet. Amateurs and 2nd year college students dismissing months/years of hard work by actual professionals​. They take all this work and "hand wave" it away in less time than it takes to make coffee.

The internet is full of amateurs and they are very very confident about their abilities.
Ask HN: What's the best drone for carrying a payload?
I would like to experiment with drones and delivering payload. What's the best off the self drone or mod under 1500$ to accomplish this ?
i think that's the point, so you pay close attention to speed limits instead of overlooking them if they are everywhere same, of course you can drive at common lowest denominator and don't be distracted
For some values of scratch, anyway. If you show me a complete design for a system, allow me to play around with prototypes for a year and peruse the documentation, forcing me to delete all the files afterwards will not take away all the things I've learned.
I'm not an expert but I have quite a bit of experience in the RC world.

I haven't seen anything that fits those requirements in that price range.

Just getting a PixHawk flight controller so you can program the drone would cost that much. Same for a good radio transmitter to actually fly the drone.

I think DIY is out of the question at that price point.
Great response. Did you manage to post any/all of this to the feedback-request thread by the guy from Ubuntu about 3 weeks ago? If not, I think you should. I might even do so on your behalf as I've definitely felt some of these pain-points myself.
Could be useful in a dashboard with constantly changing data? I will definitely check it out
I noticed that story about flying cars has been posted like 20 times. Maybe the PR from firm is trying to get this story buried in the noise
Don't use metaphor, because they're broken.

In your metaphor "doctor" is a protected term in many jurisdictions, so merely claiming to be a medical doctor is a crime. And practising medicine without a licence is similarly illegal, even if you make it clear that you're not a doctor.
I'm looking to build something like that. Did you use a specific guide/golden build?
agreed, i like Singaporean model where​ cars older than maybe 10 years are not allowed on the roads, of course even cars allowed on roads should be regularly checked for functionality of brakes, steering, lights, etc.
This is exactly where I'm stuck right now.

Using a hackintosh for mapping/vj'ing as the off the shelf hardware isn't at all practical and I want to keep using OSX only software.

Honestly it's a nightmare.

I want as many video outputs as possible, enough power to run multiple layers of video, be running game engines at the same time, transcode a video in a pinch and more.

Switching to windows is probably the only option going forward.
Wow, this is interesting history!
I don't know about Silicon Valley, but I've had such a provision in one previous employment contract because the position was high enough up that I'd be legally liable.

The clause was added by my lawyer because he said it was standard practice to have it if you're the officer of a company or in a position where to possibility of liability exists. I would expect anyone signing a non-standard run-of-the-mill at-will employment contract would have their own lawyer and that any good lawyer would ask for such a provision.
Too much indirection.

You get big files filled with variables, loaded from other big files also full of variables. It's hard to know what you are setting after a while or where it comes from.

After a while playing with configuration systems, I'm starting to think that configuration should just be hardcoded once and for all.
Some schools are not just indifferent to teaching debugging, they are actively hostile to it, arguing that teaching debugging interferes with the "proper" approach of programming through correctness proofs.

This pernicious attitude, at least in my alma mater, could be traced back to E.W. Dijkstra, e.g.

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD02xx/EW...
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD03xx/EW...

And he may not have been entirely wrong; it's not uncommon to see people spend insufficient time on reasoning about the correctness of their code from first principle, and jump directly into testing/debugging.

On the other hand, using correctness proofs as the sole and sufficient means of writing code is just not a workable approach for most non-trivial problems.
I seemed to recall of some accounts of yellow traffic lights times kept deliberately short in order to catch drivers passing during red lights and fine them, and a quick search confirmed this.
https://www.motorists.org/blog/6-cities-that-were-caught-sho...
Probably not related with this case, but anyway...
Tesla warned that driver still should be alert, they implemented warning so driver would keep hands on the wheel etc. NHTSA reported that driver had 7 seconds to react on the truck. In a spin situation because of some bug autopilot would create the problematic situation itself, even if driver will be paying attention to the road.
Scala, Java, Rust, Javascript, Typescript, Bash. Not an expert in either of them and no matter how much I work with Scala and Rust to some extent I always find something new and usually annoying, but that's the nature of the profession. Pushing your Sisyphus rock uphill and all that.
Design obsessions with an error message
this is already taken care of, in EU within few years so roads must have toll gate system monitoring passing cars with unit built in car, so you can easily measure average speed, though it's not perfect solution if there is longer distance between gates
Do you truly think a nuclear physicist with five patents on his name and a thousand citations is N times more productive than the farmer that provides this physicist with food?

I too am someone who does work that helps us improve in the long run, I don't put the literal bread on anyone's table. (I hope that saying translates from Dutch.) So I don't identify as someone doing the hard work while scientists do "the important work", but I do think everyone's work is important. In terms of wages, I have trouble with the idea of farmers that earn less than me while working more hours and taking more risks in terms of job security and physical safety, but there's little I can do at the moment.

To make sure you get what I'm referring to, this is what I'm talking about:

> The world’s ten largest urban economic regions hold only 6.5% of the world’s population, but account for 57% of patented innovations, 53% of the most cited scientists and 43% of economic output. That means the people in these regions are about eight times more productive than the average person.

More productive on some narrow measure. What a snobby statement.
If you want the latest and greatest of everything, you could use Arch Linux.

Git today in many ways could be seen as fundamental component of many tools. Many packaging and build tools use it to fetch data. (like homebrew, plugin systems for many text editors etc.)

Also, the git version of your distribution IS relevant because other packages depend on it. For example, on my Ubuntu system the git package is a dependency of over 170 other packages. If you could install a newer version, a lot of these other packages might break.

The recommended way of installing git on macOS is via Apples git variant by installing Xcode which also requires root privileges btw.
Because extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, not extraordinary credentials.

I'm sure even NASA has there fair share of cranks.
Tried it once. Didn't work for me.
Visualization of NBA games from raw SportVU data logs
> Really? You believe JIT will be on-par with a profile assisted, bruteforcing compiler, which can spend a week optimizing a single function?

I was in game development looong ago (C++ / assembler, lots of 3D software rendering). What kind of compiler is that ? Could you give some pointers ?
Python's certainly a more standard language for doing scripty things with than Apache Groovy is.
But does it have swear words??
I looked through the comments, but I don't think many commentators here are actually saying "I am 100% sure this is wrong". I am mostly hearing "there are a lot of reasons to remain skeptical". NASA certainly is an authority and I don't think most people here dispute their bona fides, but keep in mind the working models a working quantum vacuum thrust engine would disprove have even greater providence.
I didn't realise normal folk came to HN, but your advice is noted.
I have quit my full-time remote job and has just taken an in-office job that pays the same AND requires a move. You could say that for me (at least at this point) working in office is a perk.
Kryptonite – the end of id_rsa
Suppose I am driving down a street. The sign says the limit is 60kmph. However the condition of the road is good. It's well maintained, it's nice and wide. I can clearly go faster. Say 70kmph. Most people realise this so they go faster too. Say between 65-70kmph.

But the sign clearly said 60. Further more, you know you can get ticketed. Even if the limit is artificially low and the police are doing it for revenue raising reasons, why not just slow down regardless of the conditions?

It seems irrational to me that you would go faster on a street where they enforce the limit just because the conditions are good. Why even bother risking the ticket and losing points on your license.

I drive in Sydney. There are signs well in advance of red light cameras and speed cameras. And people still speed through them. There are certain roads where I see the camera go off quite regularly. Hell, a couple of times I've seen signs, slowed to match the limit and people behind me will change lanes and speed to over take me, triggering the cameras. Sometimes I am already over the limit, and the person behind me will decide I am not over enough, change lanes and speed to overtake.
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