skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Here’s Neil Patel doing for a different vertical [1]. That article and the commenters from there can take you a long way. FWIW, don’t jump on to these things without following the links and spending a month or more researching. Writing is hard. And you have to produce around 4-10 pieces of audience intended content every month.

When we started, we didn’t care about the traffic. We did it because we loved it.

Content updating happens every year or during vacations when we get bored or when we learn a new technique. For example, when we learned that good photographs increase the CTR by 10x, my wife started learning photography. When we learned that Pinterest optimized vertical images get 5x+ CTR [2], we implemented that a year back. There are many Facebook groups for these discussions.

[1] https://www.quicksprout.com/2015/05/11/how-im-going-to-achie...
[2] https://in.pinterest.com/pin/527554543833038696/
re: Jython.. it's just missing too much to be useful. Porting code to it is often a non-trivial exercise. multiprocessing is still missing which it turns out a number of libraries actually rely on to various degrees. http://bugs.jython.org/issue2287

I want to like it & use it, after all JRuby is an excellent example of what can be done. It's just every time I've tried, I've just found myself deep in the guts of various libraries trying to make it work.
The problem here is that when a reporter accidentally gave him more credit than was warranted and subsequently retracted that statement, he seems to have gone on a crusade to reobtain that credit. Rather like a certain unnamed political figure, he seems to be obsessed with seeking vindication, even when the facts do not match up with his story.

The basic fact is this: RFC 821 and 822 are the current email infrastructure (the most fundamental changes to the infrastructure are MIME and DNS routing, neither of which his system I suspect had any equivalent to). If I were to write you an email, my client would box it up in an RFC 822 formatted message and send it over a protocol described in RFC 821 to make sure that you receive it. Any definition of email that precludes this system is therefore fundamentally dishonest.

The second major issue is that Ayyaduri's invention has had no demonstrable influence on the development of email. This makes it hard to stomach the fine parsing of definitions. By contrast, for example, I consider the B&O railroad to be the first railroad in the US, a claim which does require a bit of contorting (it's the first one that opened for business on a common carrier principle). However, the B&O railroad undoubtedly had a major impact on US railroading history, even if you want to define the Mohawk & Hudson or the Granite Railway or somebody else as the first railroad.

Rather than merely be content to be known as a precocious inventor of an email program, he's trying his damnedest try to be known of the inventor of email in general even when the facts don't really support such a claim.
It looks like you are trying to suggest that she may have had reasons to wish him ill

No, that is not what I am suggesting.

and got her to believe that strengthening his will to die is all she can do for him.

This is in line with what I am saying. It is common for men to insist some woman is somehow responsible for his (emotional) welfare because he is romantically interested in her. All of society tends to reinforce this idea. It can be incredibly hard for a woman to find a way to effectively tell a man "This it not my problem to solve. You need to handle it. It is your life." Even if she has that kind of clarity, everyone around her may act like, no, his welfare and emotional state is your responsibility.

She may have been in a no win situation. If she had told him "Get lost. I can't deal with this." and he committed suicide and left some suicide note blaming her for failing to love him, maybe she wouldn't be literally facing jail time, but many people would still hold her morally responsible for a thing she may have had no real control over.

These type situations can be incredibly hard to sort out and courts have a long history of, for example, giving men who finally beat their abused wife to death less jail time than abused wives who kill their husband in self defense. And I think we, as a society, aren't going to come up with good answers without acknowledging these larger patterns and how they place an undue psychological burden on young women.
Close the libraries down, same as public baths. I don't want my taxes being wasted on those people.
Pretty low tech, but I use a notebook with a pen.
All you have to do is ignore all current safety and road-worthiness regulations, eliminate even the most basic of comforts like A/C and heat, and fill the vehicle with batteries of questionable safety and quality. When you’re finished you have a 2 seater with a longer range than a 5/7 seater that didn’t skimp on anything.

Honestly, this is no different than the guys that stuff V8s into Miatas on the cheap and get performance rivaling 100k sports card. We’ve been doing this with cars for a century now, why would anyone expect electrics to be different?
I seem to be conditioned towards mild skepticism because I saw that ITAP logo dropped in conveniently in a few places.
"Whites" are loyalists. In Slavic languages "white" stands for "pristine, unsullied" and in the context of a revolutionary civil war refers to the side, which remained loyal to the government being overthrown.
I tried doing it as a 30 day challenge. Those were by far my most productive days -- probably because taking a couple of minutes to figure out what was the most important to do that day meant I knew what to focus on.
>Of course. The larger point is that it's nigh impossible to identify propaganda until the regime or at least public perception changes. Propaganda is only easy to identify in retrospect.

I think it's the opposite, at least for the old soviet regimes -- and I've read several accounts that match that. People didn't believe what the party said, and knew perfectly well what was going on, they just pretended to agree (for obvious reasons). They also made jokes (very popular ones) that clearly show a good understanding of the politics and propaganda mechanisms.

Propaganda of that kind only worked at the early years (when it wasn't pure propaganda, but people also legitimately thought, some of the leadership included) that things are going forward in the right direction.

So, when we ask "how could they be so dumb?" the answer is simple: they weren't.
Maybe if McDonald's didn't exist, there would be a more competitive franchise market and those small businesses would have made even more money.

I'll never be able to find the original reference, but apparently, chain stores can have a "market making" effect that mitigates the harm they do to consumer choice at the local level.

Starbucks used to take a lot of criticism for displacing indy coffeeshops, for example. Then, someone pointed out that a huge proportion of indy coffeeshops never existed in the first place until Starbucks normalized the idea of selling coffee and related beverages at extremely large markups.

So arguably McDonalds has opened the way for other burger restaurants and chains to enter the market, rather than blocking it.
From a Refugee to a Valedictorian |Aspiring Human-Rights Lawyer – Class of 2017
It's by definition not a lie if he believes it to be true.
I felt like I had won something when he got so sick of me telling the truth on Twitter that he blocked me.

He did not invent email as we know it today. He copywrited a term that described something people had already been doing for many years. That is not invention.
Ask HN: Is 'Handy.com for offices' a viable business idea?
I'm thinking of launching a 'Handy.com for offices' product in London. Is this a viable idea? The only reason I'm asking is because it seems Handy.com and others have not even bothered trying to crack this market.

Am I missing something? Is the market really small, is that why Handy.com and others haven't bothered with it? What is it?

As someone who's run small offices (50 ppl) in London, I've personally found it quite hard to keep up with all the things that needed to be done. Cleaning esp is a pain. In the past I've used cleaning services recommended by the building, but its hit or miss really.

I've always wished there was something like an Uber for office services, just press a button and have someone show up to fix or clean up, so that's what I'm building, but just keen to know why it seems no one else has done it before. It just seems like not having to worry about dealing with issues in the office would tremendously boost my and the office managers productivity, hence keen to try this.
Now you can annoy curl users by putting null byte in the beginning of the document.
Yes, I was apart of the Java bootcamp at Grand Circus. I am also concerned that the market will become over-saturated, but they seem to be varying the programs enough and actually growing enough of a reputation that they seem to be getting more business.
From a Refugee to a Class-President |President Trump's Travel Ban| Class of 2017
Rise of the sex robots
> TFA can distort your opinions

What does "TFA" stand for here?
Just curious, why didn't you stick with it?
That's a great story. Thanks for sharing.

I think it's common on sites like HN for us to see your original post and think "he uploads videos and gets how much?" But it's the backstory that's interesting. What events led you to have this unique opportunity that you are now capitalizing on.
Fuzzing tmux's terminal would probably lead to some interesting bugs.
This is getting off topic, but Popehat calls this the "Nazi Exception"[0]

> Yes, rights are important, and we must offer them generously. But surely we can agree that Nazis don't have rights?

[0]: https://www.popehat.com/2017/04/18/the-seductive-appeal-of-t...
By the 1960s and 1970s, the Soviet children's fiction was maybe more recognizable as such. Eduard Uspensky's [1] works are quite widely translated into Finnish (looking at the local library catalog, with remarkable number of reprints in 1990s/2000s).

My view of the Great War of Currents between Edison and Westinghouse [2] has ever since been colored by the version told in the Warranty People. (A story about tiny little engineers, living inside everyday electric appliances, keeping them running and in order until the warranty period is over, after which they leave.)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Uspensky

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents
MiniShift as a Development Environment for Node.js on OpenShift and Kubernetes
Not only Captain America. They had everybody from Horatio Alger to Joseph McCarthy, all the tele-evangelists and their ilk, all their popular movies, books, comics, tv shows etc with overly simplistic morality plays and nationalistic narrative etc. Even the 60s rock n' rollers just added some tamed dissent to an otherwise hook line and sinker adoption of the "american dream", all the way to Rambo, Rocky, Top Gun, and so on.

It's people like HST, Kurt Vonnegut, black musicians and writers, directors like Cassavetes and Kazan and such that embedded a dose of realism to the popular narrative. But anything really mainstream was always 80% sugary propaganda.
I can't find a source, but I can paraphrase a quote I like: "Never quit for a day when all the tests are passing, always leave yourself something obvious to start with the next day"
just bookmarked zty.pe it was great.
This is a subject no-one dare broach without getting labelled 'racist' or a 'white supremacist' etc. People need to be free to pursue science free of political and social ideology.

Are all people equal? No. Should all people be treated equally? Of course. That's the distinction a lot of these people don't make, the article is all 'yap, yap yap' and very light on facts.
It's not ungrammatical. You're just expecting a different usage of the word song, so it looks wrong.

Had it been "Tanzania bans song and dance for two years," you wouldn't have batted an eye.
I use Trello, with Todo, doing, deferred and done columns. If you want to go full scrum, great, but that's too much overhead. Signed wife up as well, so it works for both of us. I also have Alexa in four rooms to push my to do list into Trello via ifttt for those dishwashing moments. IMO, and off topic a bit, Amazon killed their dash button market when they packaged three Dots for $120.
Me too. Best app so far, lol
The Featured Article.
Bullet journal. First thing of the day, sort the work to do
Most Dangerous road travel by Bus
The concept I was missing was that testing two different random variables at the same time (do meat or vegetables affect telomere length in this group) has the same probability of yielding a false positive for one of the variables as testing the same variable twice (does meat affect telomere length in this group, does meat affect telomere length in that group) has of yielding a false positive for one of the tests.
the guys that stuff V8s into Miatas

Thank you for triggering me. I was sort-of shopping for a Datsun 240Z about 10 years ago and my heart broke seeing how many have been butchered into V8 drag monsters.
I think that's kind of the point. Angular was not only the choice just a few years ago, it is still a relatively new technology. It was just as obvious a few years ago as react is today.

And now? Angular is dwindling out.
The only drama was what Assange caused which split up Wikileaks team. Would you rather give money to effective, honest people or drama-loving liars if you had the choice? And could you even rely on accuracy of most leaks from someone who would scheme on his people or mislead sources about their safety for his own gain?

Sourcd integrity is always relevant. It's why spies and journalists are taught to assess that about potential sources. Half-assed integrity gets corroborated extra before trusted. Low integrity often gets ignored unless an organization wants to benefit from it.
I've been sickened by this before eating leftover fried rice from a Chinese restaurant. It was the first time I went there and I really liked the food, but I can't stomach going back. It's also known as "Fried Rice Syndrome".
The article doesn't call Barmalei propaganda, nor does it claim everything Raduga published was propaganda. Although as a case in point, Chukovsky himself ran into some trouble at the time for the inadequate ideological soundness of some of his earlier children's poetry (like Barmalei) and had to publicly renounce it.
If they had used something a bit lighter than a BMW 5 series like a VW Passat or a Golf it would have gone even further.

Edit: Ok, so now I'm doubting. I only see a driver seat in the video but underneath it says it has both a driver and passenger seat.
There's a whole raft of vehicles out there that have had drivetrains and powerplants "upgraded," and AFAIK a lot of them are street legal. I have to think that the PtB quote is riffing on that idea.
Yeah, those are good.

Many cheaper laptops still have replaceable RAM, WiFi, cell modem, SSD, optical drive, battery.

A few models still come with socketed, upgradable CPUs. These days the 14nm desktop CPUs are efficient enough for laptop use.
This always struck me as weird because of how many people I know who cook a giant pot of rice in a rice cooker and just leave it on the counter as they eat the rice over a couple days. Never knew it to cause vomiting.
On a per-day basis, generally only based on my electronic calendars (personal=gcal, work=outlook).

On a week to week or month to month (and longer term) basis, I have rough notes sketched out in a plaintext file.
I use the bullet journal system, which is essentially a way to structuralize a notebook. Instead of removing redundancy, it embraces it.

1. Make yourself a very brief year plan

2. Every month refer to year plan and go into detail as needed for that month.

3. At the beginning of every week, make a plan while referring to the month plan.

4. In the morning give yourself a daily plan or keep notes to help stay on track.

I really like having to go back and forth between time scales, it helps me keep track of what I'm doing and also answers the question I've also had with previous note taking apps: how does what I'm doing today fit into the rest of my life?

Hint: if you're interested in learning about bullet journaling, stay away from Instagram, pintrist, and tumblr - people have a tendency to turn this amazing productivity tool into an art contest, and it only gives the illusion that the barrier to entry is higher than it really is
I use the bullet journal system, which is essentially a way to structuralize a notebook. Instead of removing redundancy, it embraces it.

1. Make yourself a very brief year plan
2. Every month refer to year plan and go into detail as needed for that month.
3. At the beginning of every week, make a plan while referring to the month plan.
4. In the morning give yourself a daily plan or keep notes to help stay on track.

I really like having to go back and forth between time scales, it helps me keep track of what I'm doing and also answers the question I've also had with previous note taking apps: how does what I'm doing today fit into the rest of my life?

Hint: if you're interested in learning about bullet journaling, stay away from Instagram, pintrist, and tumblr - people have a tendency to turn this amazing productivity tool into an art contest, and it only gives the illusion that the barrier to entry is higher than it really is
Assange always loved the spotlight, being in control, money, and so on.

Not in my experience. I had long discussions with him in 2009 and first met him in 1997. I have only seem him share information and resources and he is clearly motivated by genuine concern for the world. He was raised by left wing family on the east coast of Australia. He created an encryption system to resist torture from authoritarian governments. As early as the 1990s he released numerous hacks (strobe, traceroute spoofing, etc.) in good humour. He gave away accounts on his systems for free to others. This was all years before Wikileaks, and required mastering networking and mathematics to world-class levels at the time. These efforts and their shared results show that he has spent his lifetime motivated by factors other than greed and ego.

TLDR; In my view, which is nominally more informed than yours, you are basically re-spouting a baseless or near baseless government sponsored character assassination.

PS. Isn't this perfectly generic slander? Couldn't you mount the same accusation at anyone intelligent as soon as they get an audience?
In San Francisco, every downtown office space I've been in has had cleaning service included in the rent and a building manager who looked after fixing minor issues.
Meh. Do your homework.
That's true but Elon is shipping. Whether it is profitable at scale and with the UAW stirring the pot is the next question.
I'm not sure why you are downvoted. It's not quite fair since you are answering the question. But in all honesty this kind of existence sounds strange to me.

Edit: changed horrific to strange. if my wife and I lived by todo lists on Alexa we would never have any fun.
Simply not true. As en extreme example the human body is assembled by bio machinery, how do you disassemble it without breaking it?
Right, the reason it's a scam flag is that there is no reversing or refunding a WU transfer. You have no protections like you do when paying by credit card.
Ill accept and RB swap if the owner doesnt want the factort L engine. But no V8 please
Most people vastly underestimate exactly how much work goes into a startup.
Oh, I see it, sorry for that.
In the UK, when I renewed my driving license online I was offered the option to have them pick up the photo from my passport record, rather than send in a new photo.

Since the passport had been issued about 9 years before, the new driving license contained a picture already 9 years old (and identical to the passport).

Nearly ten years later (nearing expiry), it therefore contains a photo about 19 years old. I like to think I still look like that youthful person, of course.
I really hope people don't start doing this on their own.

Although I'd expect a lot of first responders now have equipment to handle a lithium fire, will the DIY'er in their own garage?

The design of the charging circuit for lithium cells is not as straight forward as NiMH, NiCAD or lead-acid. Load balancing is required. Using a hodgepodge of old cells only makes it more dangerous.

Not at all surprised the demise of the road test was an electrical fault while some cells still had a charge while others were possibly deep-discharged.
Are you sure you can do without that null pointer check? I would have moved it to before the pointer dereference in the initialization of isatty (if you fear or know some compilers won't accept local declarations after statements in functions, split declaration and assignment of isatty, too)
Salmonella and botulism are in part the reasons of why canned food usually come with a layer of Bisphenol A (aka BPA).

Botulism is rather infrequent but 2 ways I can think of getting it: 1) giving honey to infants, 2) eating food from dented cans.
"script" is also a quick and dirty hack. It's a small tool meant to record a shell session, but if you set the output to /dev/null, it is effectively just a pty wrapper. Quicker than writing a shim.
I do have two houses. They are in cheap places and the total mortgage payments are what I make in 3 - 4 days.
For the last 3 years I've been trying to find a way to organize my life.

Before that I was in a rebellious phase, I didn't believe in time management and plans. I thought they caused stress and inefficiency. I thought there was enough time for everything.

However, then I crashed and realized that professionalism and proper planning have their place. But I could not and cannot manage to adopt a system.

I tried org-mode, the to-do list on my phone, some calendar apps. I tried the flash card system from Cal Newport's book Focus. I managed to stick to it for a week, and actually got some work done.

Nowadays I don't plan ahead, if something needs my attention and needs to be done I write down a checklist for the task with minimum self-explanatory items on a piece of paper.

Most things that I perceive as tasks are either not important in the end, or they go away. The ones that remain receive my undivided honest attention and in the meantime I procrastinate.

I don't trust myself, so I don't plan ahead. If I plan, I don't think I'll stick to it. If a task has the potential to haunt me, make me anxious and rob me of my sleep, I try to be cautious with it and get it done ASAP. Other than these types of tasks, I don't force myself to do anything and simply pass the time.

I wish I could be an organized person, procrastinate less, tidy up, live healthier etc. But knowing from experience that it's quite unlikely that I'll do all that, I try to focus on the bare essentials and try to feel less guilt.
>You have a very narrow notion of failure.

I am not sure. You said Hyperloop was one of his failures.

I mean, how can it be a failure, * if he hasn't never attempted to do it * !! ??
Too many people have peed in the pool (2016)
The Tesla Roadster with battery upgrade https://shop.teslamotors.com/products/roadster-3-0-upgrade is rated at 340m. This is probably a fairer comparison.

The DIY car posted here still wins on range, but by 12% versus Roadster instead of 38% versus Model S. It massively wins on price ($13K DYI BMW, not counting labor; versus ~$70K for a used Roadster + battery upgrade), and loses on safety. [The Roadster is not as safe as the Model S and hasn't been crash-tested, but is presumably safer than this thing.]
Looking for a Peano joke here.
That was my first thought as well but to be fair he has plotted a pretty useful data point - several parameters on this beast are hitting the backstops and hence could be considered design constraints.

Personally speaking, I'm firmly in favour of this sort of thing. As well as data, it raises the profile of something that is pretty bloody boring to most people.