skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I can't believe how naive people are sounding regarding Google on this thread. Almost like you guys were living under a rock for the last decade.

Many have tried to fight Google based on the (incorrect) idea that having "a better search engine" will win. I guess this is why people still keep building these things.

You can't win Google by "building a better search engine". Many smart people before you have tried and didn't succeed, and it wasn't because they were not smart enough, or because the product was inferior. It's because search engine has become a stable category, just like you eat the same cereal every morning.

People won't suddenly ditch all cereals from general meals just because some newcomer cereal company makes a "better cereal". You have to build something completely different, or at least position it that way so people perceive it as a different category.

While all these people were "trying to beat google", it was actually Facebook that came close to "beating" google at its own game. Don't just build a better something. Build something different.
Under investment?

I'm not sure it was a bug, it sounds like it was a design decision. Maybe not in GOOD one, but I doubt it was a true bug.
I personally feel that there is more than enough material out there to give people a very solid basis for thinking that Trump is a poor leader, unless they have one or more ideological goals that in pure strategic terms would be unlikely to be implemented without his assistance.

The problem is that you can pen as many articles or make as many humorous comparisons as you want, it still does not change the fact that he is the current President and is seemingly immune to anything in his path. I don't think the articles help people take action either, although this is pure speculation on my part.
True. But its not just the Bay Area. My wife uses LastPass and 2FA and tells others about it at work and she's a mental health counselor, not a software engineer. I guess my influence did have some influence. My parents are also on 2FA. We're in the Atlanta, Georgia, area, not the Bay Area ;-p
Apparently, Journalists do act like 4-year-olds.
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> Big city barbecue places are also a bigger time investment for patrons. Potential customers will need some freedom to take long lunch hours or maybe even take the whole morning off.

That's the #1 reason that I've never eaten at Franklin BBQ in downtown Austin. I can't afford to take an entire morning off to stand in line (and risk their running out of food before I can order).

But if I'm in the Lockhart area, I can stop in at Blacks and get some brisket and sausage in only a few minutes.
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No, that's a long way from Fundy. 10+ meter swell is common on both exposed coasts in the open ocean. Fundy is not exposed that way but has had high tides due to narrowing.
This is a great PR piece.

Most Detroit Startups are actually just subsidiaries of Dan Gilbert's Quicken Loans. I've interviewed at least 2 of these startups where the compensation conversation ends up turning into. "Oh there is no CAP table. No shares to vest. We're wholly owned by Quicken Loans."

You are literally just being give an open office, Free coffee, stupid tight deadlines, and next to no budget. To shove a product out the door. You still have a series B, C etc. (kind of). It's you meeting determined deadlines and metrics determined by Quicken Loans to keep the startup afloat.

This isn't founders joining an incubator. This is Quicken Loans spinning off a shell company and 2-3 managers leaving Quicken to hire 6-7 fresh faced college kids with 3-5million in runway to do a project.

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Not to say there aren't real startups in Detroit. There are. Just _most_ listed in this in the OP are literally Dan Gilbert's pet projects.
> this site isn't intended to be a contest/perf-comparison

It's comparing load time, not performance.
This article is such filler material. The quality of life in metro Detroit is horrible compared to the Bay Area, SLC, or Denver/Boulder.

Sure the type of work singularly may attract some people from out of state. What else does it Detroit have going for it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataflow

> Data-flow hardware (see Dataflow architecture) is an alternative to the classic Von Neumann architecture. The most obvious example of data-flow programming is the subset known as reactive programming with spreadsheets. As a user enters new values, they are instantly transmitted to the next logical "actor" or formula for calculation.

Nobody (yet) has been able to get dataflow languages fast enough to beat conventional ones.
How does that affect the OP's comment that I was replying to?

> Childcare is a benefit to all the parents of the child - in most cases, only one of which is an Apple employee.
When is “guys” gender neutral? I did a survey
It's interesting to read this. I wonder if you would change your mind if $5,000 would make or break your business. The odds of that happening are small, but still possible.

These odds of needing a full spec'd machine are also small but still possible.

Either way I guess I'm saying that an opportunity cost of ~$5,000 is significant.
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If you're super cheap, you can buy just the ROMs on the Google Play store https://www.amigaforever.com/android/
You could try backing up your claim that nobody cared in 2010. You didn't say anything about "immigrant marches" in your original post. Protest and petition change forms over time. The burden of proof does not.

P.S. Thanks for reminding me why I stopped commenting on HN, saves me a bunch of time.
I'm not saying you're wrong. But I literally tried a new breakfast cereal this morning. And it was crap :-)
Not password rotation per se, but i do have a tiered set of passwords, and every now and then change up the most secure password to something new and demote the rest.
> - Purely functional programming - Impure function calls in pure functions are detected and raise errors at runtime.

Bzzz, wrong answer. This is too naive to be workable. It implies you need to drop out of your language in order to _build_ those functional components.
Seems like a bad strategy overall, I mean they should have some shares available for employees. Cisco and other companies have spun out startups so it is not necessarily a bad model.
> They thought it was a bug in iOS and treated it as such

The majority of end users don't know anything about divs and iframes and don't care whose bug it is. So the question remains-- since they clearly know that this bug exists, why would they ship like this?

Every time I land on an AMP page on my iPhone, the scroll gets out of control and all of a sudden I've unintentionally followed a link to some video that starts playing with sound. It's ridiculously annoying.
Why release this information now?
That is correct. I can't image why this kind of article should be on hacker news. Hacker news sinks.
I'm aware of that but it's new – it took a year to add, giving many time to develop a negative association with the icon – and it's still clumsy compared to the standard web experience.

With real web pages, the native sharing UI just works as it does everywhere else.

With AMP, you have to know to tap a different unfamiliar icon and then know that the unstyled URL displayed is actually a link you can interact with. That means that sharing goes from one tap to 2-3 and that's after people learn that Google gives substandard results doing what they're familiar with and so you need to remember to do something else only for pages which you found on Google.
"There’s a hidden diamond in the Midwest that contains an economy larger than California. Chicago to Detroit, down through Cleveland to Pittsburgh, bending through Columbus to Cincinnati, and coming full circle through Indianapolis back to Chicago."

Anybody have any info on this? Seems suspect to me. If you add large metro areas in that area, it looks to be around 25 million people. I'm sure there is a lot of manufacturing but this has to be BS right? I grew up in the middle of that diamond, and now live in the Bay Area, and I just cannot make sense of this.
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I'm almost never on China's side, but in this case... Good riddance.
After 2 attempts it's now my default search "portal". As other said, generic results are low grade. But the bangs and the "control" are worth this loss. I can search really fast on dedicated websites !yt !gi !gmaps !wbm (waybackmachine) and I don't have to worry about what's going on most of the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_Gross_S...

Add up the states he cited...
This has all the makings for a screenplay right up my alley. I have the utmost respect for Clandestine Operatives and the conditions and considerations. It's not playing a game on a board with pieces, these are people's lives.

In 2003, I heard about China organ harvesting in its prisons and wrote a short story about it. 10+ years later, I made it into a screenplay. It's a Morality Play.

https://www.scriptrevolution.com/scripts/infamy

The line "We've lost another one" could almost be the goddamn title of my take on events. Nobody wants to make that call.
Such a solution has existed for at least a decade: ad blocker :)
> While their approach is clever, it is not guaranteed to converge in a fixed number of iterations.

Are you sure about it? I struggle to find a case where the quadtree version of their algorithm would not converge.
You got it. When people ask for proof, I always laugh.. cause they already know it :). And if they don't, it's the easiest thing to prove.

But with humans, I find that reminding them to do the right thing is a constant necessity...
Large parts of those states are not included in the diamond he outlined, but if you add them all up, all 5 states, it's about the same GDP as California.

But, 53.5 Million people vs 39 million in CA.
That only makes AMP worse. Many publishers are already squeezed with dev resources, the last thing they need is yet another standard to support instead of putting that time towards the original HTML that is universally available to all users and devices.
Pedophilia "can" be extremely damaging. Maybe not 100% of the time but it can mess with your psychosexual development (and delay many other parts of your life) in ways that are hard to describe.

That said, it's true that cultural response also costs. Some 2000s movie talked about this, by making too much of a situation, the victim pays a double penalty, and even when the prime suffering goes away, the social stigma and change of lifestyle (relationships) doesn't.
Exactly. There may be a ton of people in that diamond area, but I've lived inside it and Detroit is probably third backup at best for anyone looking for IT work. It's going to be a toxic area for a while.
And, in fact, is the definition of "view", "model" (kinda), and "controller", respectively.
I just had to quit drinking coffee cold turkey due to stomach issues.

I was drinking around 2-6 lattes on any given day for maybe the past 2 years. Never had a problem. About 1 month ago I started having horrible acid reflux and general stomach pains, would wake up vomiting, etc. I went to the ER, discussed my habits, did some scans - and they told me to stop drinking coffee.

First week was hard. Second week I had no cravings and was feeling great. By week 3 (last week) I had lost weight (this was my only dietary change), I was feeling sharper mentally and I was no longer still half-asleep in the morning before that first cup. In short - felt a worlds difference.

I'm not against coffee now, but cutting it out of my life, even if it's temporary, definitely was the right decision for me.

(As for alcohol, I don't drink.)
Companies provide health insurance, which family members can be added onto as dependents.
> Please, somebody, tell me why this is a bad idea.

One of your mitigations, though I agree in principle, may not be as strong it appears in practice. When you think of comms on a airship crossing the Atlantic, you shouldn't think of having a reliable Iridium connection, you should think of: You're in a slowly-moving hotel, using their WiFi, with really "indifferent" attendance to its coverage and speed, with no possibility of using 3G or LTE as a backup. I mainly picture the scenario of crossing the sea, but I think this would apply to an airship at cruising altitude as well.

Source: my last vacation was on a cruise ship and I'm glad it was a vacation and not a business trip where I had to be in touch the whole time.
You don't need to use a web-based password manager.

I use the standalone KeePass app across all my devices, and can paste passwords into apps with no browser access required. I believe KeePass is widely regarded by those who know more than me as cryptographically solid. The only pain point is keeping the databases synchronized across all devices, but it's not that difficult.
I'm wondering if it's possible to reproduce org-mode features outside of Emacs at all. I think it relies on the Emacs ecosystem a lot, and that what makes org-mode so great.

I mean, it's very consistent with the editor itself, it's intuitive to pick up and to navigate notes for anyone who's used Emacs before. Would it be comparable in other ecosystems (e.g. in a Web browser)?
UK's first proton beam machine arrives at Newport clinic
Perhaps to give the president pause before he blabbers information that will get some operative killed?
for the most part, outside of the major cities, the rest of the state is not generating much gdp
My wife and I came down from Dallas specifically to go to Franklin on a weekend, and in that context, it was so worth it. I got pretty ornery by the time we were inside and had been in line for about 3 hours. When we finally ate though, I don't want to say I would have done it all over again realistically speaking, but I almost would have.

And yeah Black's is great. Louie Mueller is similar, though they do get a little more hype than Black's, I think.
Sorry, this was more for HN readers benefit. I know he's writing this from a developers perspective.
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Right, like any compromise. You can't be sure it's fixed unless you reinstall from scratch.
It's really annoying trying to copy and paste URLs from Google results. It also seems largely unnecessary, can't they detect clicks using javascript? I have noticed they have started doing this with links sent through Google Hangouts messages as well. I do remember a time when they weren't doing this and it was very refreshing because everyone else was.
Sites opt-in under heavy pressure that they'll lost placement if they don't. Users lose the ability to get the normal site rather than the AMP version when browsing on mobile devices.
> Putting too much content in one place is dangerous for competition.

Only in this weird world of third-party-served-js-ads.

In an ideal world, I wouldn't care about where my content is served from. I just care 1) that many people see it, and if it is commercial 2) that I get money for it. I could just add some ads as inline to my article, served in the same way as my article's illustrations are. Not sure google allows that, though. Wouldn't surprize me if not.
But there are major cities in those states not included in his Diamond. Most notably: Philadelphia, Springfield, Peoria, Lansing, MI, Grand Rapids, Mich, etc
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Well I'm glad you nitpicked what he wrote even though you knew what he meant. I'm sure he appreciates it.

He's cited several older languages, so it's pretty obvious that he's aware of some of the historical happenings related to parallelism.

Edit: he or she, or whatever
Yes. These things are difficult to make blanket rules for because everyone's different. Primitive tribes have their own horrible problems for some individuals too. I suppose our laws protect that minority which the islanders would neglect.
It's a he
I am kind of shocked to see this be the top comment on this story, I remember getting shit on thoroughly everywhere for daring to point out how awful this was back when it first came out, seems like people are FINALLY willing to be a bit more skeptical of Google's actual intentions given their shady and abusive track record.
They both work.
Correction, that is what they have had for 20 years. Steve ignored and refused to push graphics technology and cook is doing the exact same thing. I can't count the years growing up I wanted Apple to have the latest games. This was back in the IIc days. Steve hated games. Apple never took a lead roll here. They never supported game tech. The graphic stack especially. You don't think games when you think Mac. You never have. And games are where graphic technology is pushed the hardest. I don't see this changing with Apple ever. It wasn't even a consideration with Steve and it's not with Tim either. It is what it is. Shrug.
An idea I've been floating for a while is to have two HTML profiles in the future. Call it HTML6 document and HTML6 app.

HTML6 document is a restricted subset, similar to what you suggest. I would still allow complete design flexibility, and I might even allow a subset of JS, but only for presentation purposes. Definitely not turing complete, and no ajax etc.. Probably I wouldn't allow cross-origin resources with credentials. So you could include an image or stylesheet, but the browser would not send along cookies. What I'm aiming for is a replacement for PDF, something you could read on an ebook, etc.. Just a plain document.

On the other hand, I'd have HTML6 app to be able to use the complete web platform.
They're effectively comparing the entire Rust Belt... A nontrivial land mass... 5 whole states to 1.
Do you have the same respect for the 911 hijackers and all the preliminary work they did in America to prepare for it? Spying is preparing to kill.
> This can be relatively easily proven to be impossible in any total language.

Please provide this proof.
The map was confusing. They say the edges of this diamond include Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati, so I imagine they are bundling them into this claim. But in the picture of the diamond they're excluded, making Detroit probably the most interesting city inside it.

Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati all sound better than Detroit. A lot better.
+ reading mode in Safari helps a ton.

But still you are loading ton of unnecessary content. Ad blocking on iOS still sucks (no custom filters).
This is a good starting point, but I think founder-led PR needs to go a bit deeper. You need to connect with reporters, and there are several ways to do that.

* Give before you ask, and give a lot. Start with generosity. That could be information about your sector, introductions they need, or story ideas that have nothing to do with you. Keep giving. Relationships develop over years. One of the things you have to give is honesty. Never lie to a reporter. If you don't want to answer something, just say you can't answer that, but don't lie.

* Speak normal. Try very hard to talk in a language that intelligent outsiders who don't know tech jargon would understand. That will make your quotes shine, and allow the reporter to understand a sector that you're more familiar with than her.

* Get to the point quickly. Reporters are overwhelmed with pitches. Don't be frustrated with they don't respond.

Remember: product development is a long game, and so is PR. At a certain point you have to accept that you're doing both at once. Good press can get you the attention that leads to users and investments, and that gives you a foundation for building a better product.

Amazon has an interesting technique that combines product development and PR. That is to write the press release that will launch the product in such a way that will actually interest someone; that is, in a way that shows the important problem you solve, and for whom.

https://www.quora.com/Amazon-company-What-is-Amazons-approac...

Disclosure: I was a reporter at the NYT. I'm now a start CEO. In the last month, we were quoted in WIRED, CNBC, TNW, CIO, and TechCrunch using these techniques.

https://www.google.com/search?q=news+skymind&rlz=1C5CHFA_enU...
It's the NYT so my initial hunch would be verifying sources in duplicate and/or triplicate depending on the claims. This is international spycraft. Not quite Gary Powers getting shot down over the USSR, but very high stakes nonetheless.
Mono compiles using Reslyn now.
Like Oleg Erovinkin?
One reason I think everyone should go to college is to gain exposure to cultures completely different from theirs and lose their sheltered and ethnocentric mindset. (the best place to start is on the Nacirema [0]) It's no surprise that the most homogenous and least educated populations are more prevalently racist. (I'm not saying the educated elite are above it though and it was often the most educated who thought they knew best with beliefs like eugenics)

One interesting culture [1] we studied in one of my classes practiced ritual cannibalism of their dead. It was highly formalized regarding which relatives eat and had rules for the method of eating. (the meat is cooked so disease isn't much of an issue) After the Brazilian government's FUNAI [2] stopped the practice, one woman described feeling haunted by her deceased kin and not knowing whether their spirit was put to rest. The ritual held huge spiritual significance to the people and provided catharsis after death, yet the government stopped it because it was against their own moral code. This has parallels in how Christian Americans impose their own views on women and others (Manifest Destiny anyone?) who should have autonomy.

Another group we studied was male sex workers in (I think) the Dominican Republic. Western men would go there to receive sex from them. The interesting thing is that the workers did not view themselves as homosexual, despite living in such a macho culture, as long as they were the ones not being penetrated. This is contrary to the Western view where any sexual attraction with men means you are gay, while in reality sexuality isn't so binary and clear-cut.

Lastly we learned about a Bedouin [3] tribe in which speech is highly restrictive, yet women were afforded more free expression through the medium of poetry. Their culture of modesty actually empowered their women and the narrative is in contrast to that of Western nations which view Middle Eastern women as oppressed and in need of rescuing. (the author, Lila Abu-Lughod, actually has another book titled "Do Muslim Women Need Saving?")

The point I'm trying to make with these three groups isn't that their perspectives are the right ones or that we should completely ignore what other groups do in order to let them preserve their culture (many immigrants still believe in beating their children and spouses for example), but rather that we should question our assumptions and preconceived notions and we cannot do that if we stay safely in our own bubbles and hold stubbornly to our believes because "that's the way it always was" or that "it's our heritage".

[0]: http://www.ohio.edu/people/thompsoc/Body.html

[1]: https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/wari/865

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Nacional_do...

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin
> When was this? It's only been open a few months.

Sorry, I wasn't very clear with my pronouns. I was referring to the Walt Disney Hall that I was describing in the paragraph before.

There are no miracles with acoustics. Try all you want with acoustic baffles, you won't be able to get good acoustics and distribution of orchestral parts with seats to the back right of an orchestra. There's nothing wrong with the traditional "bowl" shape of a good concert hall!