skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
For an alternative view, here's a talk by Folmer Kelly. In the talk he discusses the idea that mobile games either sink without trace or are huge efforts that makes millions. He says there is a 'quiet middle' and that it is possible to quietly make a living from games without aiming to be a superstar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rrWp-BxcNs
I think it is the father who sacrificed: Out of a family of four, he is the one that chose to stay behind so that the other three (mother and two children) can get to US.

Interesting fact is that we do not hear much at all about the mother.
It may have little direct application to writing code but abstract algebra will definitely make you a better person... And like so many other things, it helps you indirectly to tackle problems in different ways and see them in a new light. Just being the most efficient coder possible is a pretty sad goal.

PS I agree about Mac Lane, he's great
Have you ever considered mining cryptocurrencies?
SpaceX nails a hard landing in their second successful reuse of Falcon 9
Agreed, it's quite believable that the threshold of capital required to develop a given improvement is increasing. That's one reason that individual entrepreneurs are likely making fewer impacts on starting of new companies. Well that and there is a double whammy of labor being paid less of a margin of productivity so individuals and even small businesses are more squeezed of their own capital accumulation. In other words, the Wright brothers today would have a hard time not only because it's harder to develop a competitive aircraft, but because their bicycle business isn't going to yield a sufficient margin to even invest in the development in wind tunnels, motors, etc that they did originally. The thing is, it's individuals that would make the 'crazy' investment without a cut-and-dry ROI, without a calculable guaranteed result - and I think we suffer from their absence in terms of end growth overall.

But I also somewhat discount that the rising difficulty level is really why more breakthroughs aren't happening, if that were the case one would see larger and larger accumulations of ventures committing capital and failing (or at least operating). I think the real reason is that not enough capital even tries to attack these problems because they're longer term and difficult to quantify the return. The irony is that I suspect that we get a smaller overall growth by routing capital to mostly knowable investment returns over a larger proportion going to "crazy" non-calculable investments. So, we end up waiting for the die-rolls to match up people like Elon Musk with sufficient fortunes for truly big advancements, and an economic system that mucks around with financial engineering instead of relentlessly and systematically advancing a wide range of real-world applied engineering on big problems.
I think this is a good question to ask. But it might be better put as just "how far have applications of AI really gone".

That said, self-operating vacuum cleaners, lawn-mowers and cars would be obvious answers. Automating X is a fairly easy thing for people to understand. Whether that's where the important applications of AI are going to come from is a different question.

Just as much, do things like walking robots require deep learning or do better with deep learning rather than just regular engineering is a further question. A claim I read here is that Boston Dynamics, of Big Dog fame, was sold by Google because weren't able to convert their walking robots to working primarily via neural networks and I don't know whether a Rhoomba uses "serious" ML or not - they have been around for a while.
If the sea change we observe as a result of these allegations is VC's and tech executives being scrupulously professional in their interactions with female founders and employees, to prevent even a whiff of impropriety, I think we'd all be better off.

If this guy could say "I was never even alone in the same conference room with any of these women, let alone at a bar where any impropriety is a matter of their word against mine" I think this story wouldn't have run.

Seriously guys, when you're at work, just fucking work and all this bullshit magically goes away. No dating, no uncomfortable discussions of race or politics or sex, just do your job and go home. Talk about tabs versus spaces if you need to spice up a Friday afternoon lull.
Flip side saying "don't make money" is the reverse. Even just "very, very, very rarely" would be a big difference.
I love Polymer too, but if you are like me the parts you like most about Polymer are the beautiful widgets and the ability to create new widgets. Flutter provides that for mobile apps. As someone else said, Polymer itself is just a web implementation of user-defined HTML elements and makes no sense for mobile apps.

As for not wanting to learn Dart, if you are currently developing mobile apps for one platform (say Android) and you want to port your apps to the other platform (say iOS) then unless you already know the languages and libraries used by that other platform (say Swift or Objective-C) then you already have to learn a new language. Wouldn't it be better to learn something like Dart that compiles natively on both platforms? Then you can just write one program. In particular, maintenance is much easier.

(disclaimer, I like Flutter so much I just joined the Flutter team)
Right, but you only mentioned half of the story. Eventually, the foundation is something you simply have to have for all wanted things above it. The way worse is a potential part of the process, not the final outcome. So it seems we all agree on what is the foundation that can not be ignored here;)
> We're adults, and should be able to recognize that this isn't a fairy tale where you see someone and fall in love at first sight and need to risk it all to make it work.

> This is a business relationship. If you're looking for love, look somewhere else.

This analysis, while capable of broadly preventing harm, seems to overlook some reasonable situations.

Scenario: male VC, female founder. Have interacted numerous times at casual events over the past year or two, with several longer/more meaningful conversations. No business relationship between them, and no deals on the horizon. Some apparent mutual chemistry and interest. The extent of this romantic potential is not fully known yet (obviously).

Is it still wrong to cautiously and respectfully pursue this, at least while both parties appear interested? To me that would feel like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

If it's not obvious, I'm assuming a decent level of maturity and self control here.
That's a gross misrepresentation of the issue here.

The issue is not young people having sex with each other. The issue is powerful people dating people they have significant power over. Business development/marketing/real estate fields generally don't let bosses seduce employees, either.
>mobile apps now that all the ones that matter have already been made //

Reminds me of the people in the late 1800s saying everything that had been discovered in physics had already been discovered.

I suspect you'll find that the supporting suppliers in the gold rush made more than a very large percent of prospectors but that the top prospectors still managed to come out on top?
> most business folks

You have no idea how wrong you are.
You are not hiring musician here. You are hiring programmer who was suddenly forced to come up with hobby and defend his proefficiency of that hobby for mysterious reason. Against person you knows next to nothing about their hobby.

Also, plenty of people are shitty at their pastimes.
Agreed.

I've had to contact support a few times in the last few months for coworkers email issues. We're a very small company paying $5 per month.

To contact:
https://admin.google.com/AdminHome then help button --> Contact support
As I get older, pointlessness seems less like an insult, and more like an accurate reflection of the world. Points can be found, and some times must be made, but the world doesn't need them. Neither does a good story. Looking for one everywhere will cloud your judgement.
Why? It provides a few examples of big data failures such as "Google Flu Trends" to support their hypothesis.
This is an interesting story but as others have commented, one without a clear point. that's not to say that we can't draw something from it. We can. Or at least I can.

Very tangentially I'm reminded of a book called White Teeth (by Zadie Smith) that I found compelling (I was living in England at the time).

Some others have commented that the author feels like things like children are an imposition. Superficially, I see why, but I think that misses the point.

She hints at this in other parts. How she comes across to me is I think what must be typical of many first generation immigrants (those first to be born in the country or who emigrated there in childhood).

You see stories like this where a family comes to the US from Russia where someone who was a doctor now works as a janitor to give his or her children a better life. I think it must be common to get knocked down several rungs on the social ladder when making this kind of move. But it's a sacrifice many parents make for the sake of their children.

Having gone to Princeton and Harvard (as the author and her brother did), they became fairly high achievers, which is to be applauded but is also I think the exception. It must be a huge part of their psyche to remember where you came from, coming to the US with nothing, living as a refugee on virtually nothing and so on.

One affect that has on someone, and I think you have to have experienced poverty to some degree to truly appreciate this, is the inescapable fear that all that you've worked for in life might go away, be taken away. Those who aren't first generation immigrants or came from money I think just don't appreciate this lack of security as it's not something they're typically exposed to or have any experience with.

I'm not even sure the author realizes it even though it's what I took from the piece. Perhaps the book will explore this (the book is mentioned at the bottom). Perhaps it's an editing snafu with the excerpt.
Then, I must be getting something wrong
Thanks. Upon skim, this looks sort of like an app-specific re-hash of "How to lie with statistics" (an excellent book, btw).

Personally, I am more interested in finding some sort of meaningful info on how to make money on games or apps at all. Yes, I know it can be done. I am interested in figuring out how it is done.
I mean, at least in a social (not clinical) setting, i'd say the burden of proof is on society to prove that it doesn't exist.

I understand not wanting to clinically treat it if there isn't much evidence.
A great book along these lines is called "The Halo Effect". More focused on business books than anything, but it's along the same lines.
Thank you for stepping forward!
He started with the passive-aggressive version.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14622737

I'm guessing someone followed up with "I have all the texts."
It has not at all been my experience, at any point in my career, no matter which group of men that I've worked with, that passively observing a man exhibiting or talking about aggressive sexual behavior has been a dealbreaker.

That's not to say harassment and abuse aren't dealbreakers for the men I've worked with; for most of them, it is. But it has to be spelled out for them. A victim has to speak up about it. It has not been my experience that men surveil each other to ensure that their sexual behavior is appropriate or benign.

I had a similar response to the controversy over the Trump Access Hollywood tapes. Jake Tapper was talking to a Trump surrogate who claimed that the tapes were just "locker room talk". Tapper, aghast, said something to the effect of "not in any locker room I've ever been in". My response (to myself, quietly): Jake Tapper, you are full of shit.

Obviously none of this is good stuff! It's just important that we try to be more self-aware about it.
liferay.com does it.
Perhaps it is you that are mistaken. In terms of OS research, I'm aware of Singularity and Midori, but these were all flawed projects that were subsequently discontinued.
I used to agree with you. However, I don't anymore. I think they're better if they're understood about what is expected on each side, and negotiation is based off of each exception.

Completely ignoring them and making up things as you go along leads you to have the same issues before that the roles solved.
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Not that invisible after it's been posted to HN :D
I don't necessarily mind acknowledging the apology. What I do mind is what I see as a lot of people going out of their way to give him props for apologizing, and relatively few people actually talking about how heinous his behavior is. Especially after factoring in where these comments are appearing relatively in their respective threads.

In my mind, that creates a signal that men -- and it is mostly men on this site -- care more about the appearance of remorse than the actual victimization of women that this man perpetrated.
If nothing else, it would be interesting to compare code quality of this with leaks of much earlier Windows source files.
>Relevant ad is euphemism for "ad that makes you buy stuff you would happily not own otherwise". Since ads in general work (they make people buy more or different stuff) and you can not objectively evaluate whether you was influenced by ads, it is rational to avoid them.

Umm - you should avoid getting information because it might influence you to buy things ? There's nothing wrong with what you said, in an ideal world ads would be just that - informing the customer about your product - and influencing their decisions with information. The psychological marketing tricks to make a thing more attractive is also a value add.

Problem is it's easy to be misleading, create disinformation and it can be very profitable - that's what leads to shitty borderline fraudulent ads we have.
> more readable
...to you.

It's possible I suck at what I do, but somehow I've enjoyed building, shipping, and maintaining services and applications in dynamic languages.

I used a lot of Clojure, and it was basically smooth sailing, even on teams.

Along the way I used various statically typed languages, such as C# and a tiny bit of SML (to be able to read Okasaki), and enjoyed them too. Just not as much.

Anyway, I can't refute your experience programming, or the way that you feel. With more experience, perhaps some day I will agree with you. But right now, for whatever it's worth, I don't.

Dynamic (functional) languages all the way.
Were they off-topic in Uber's case? I'm not sure how something that took down Travis Kalanick isn't relevant on HN.
Yes, thank you. Reflect. It created considerable interference.
I think this is part of a trend on HN called "defining clickbait down." Clickbait is deliberately withholding information or writing a headline in such a way as to prompt a click to figure out what the article is about. "10 Celebrities You Never Knew Were Gay, #8 Will Surprise You!" And at least one of the celebrities is Ellen DeGeneres. "You Won't Believe What Happens When This Homeless Man Doesn't Have Money For Food!" Someone buys him lunch. That's clickbait. The title to this is just a title. It's not clickbait.
All authorisation requirements are solved easier and better at the db level.
Since you have permissions by columns and row level security, it means you can define permissions down to a cell.

As someone said, people just don't read the manual of their database past page 100 :) and use "root" when connection to the database from their code.

https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/application-users-vs-row-level-...
> Do you know what the Russian defense was? It was the "who would benefit" argument.

> Whatboutism. Thank you.

I am sorry, but this is not a whataboutism (a logical fallacy so widespread that it is treated at length in Wikipedia). It is an illustration of the weakness of the _cui bono_ argument.
Are you saying you think selection happens only at the organism level?

I disagree with that, it happens at every level, from the continental down to the molecular.

Here's a question: are humans individuals, or are we colonies? What about an ant? Is it an organism, or is it an organ? I am not aware of a clear answer to these questions, so I would be excited to hear from you if you know of one.
I was under the impression that the previous discussion got flagged because it was behind a paywall.

Don't despair, I think we do care. :)
I'll say one. I was on a phone call with Jonathan from Binary Capital when they were looking at an investment in a company I am investor in. They were pushing overly onerous terms, and were changing the original terms that had been agreed upon, including requiring the founders to revest 100% of their vested options/equity despite being multiple years into the company building journey.

The company was at a low point and Binary was trying to squeeze them. Now the company is flying, and Binary missed out. The entire experience made me feel compelled to caution to every entrepreneur who has approached me about working with them since, including another who did, and now regrets it for other reasons.
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On a technical newsfeed almost every story is littered with jargon and a ton of them I don't know what an acronym means. Not only is the correct wikipedia article the 1st result, Google actually includes the start of the definition right into the search. Its fine to ask, especially when its a generic acronym but that was not the case. Its a bad habit to get into and I speak from experience, spend a couple minutes on your own and come up with a question that shows you were willing to put in some effort.

Better yet, as I see people do around here from time to time, go read a brief synopsis and then post a "For other people who didn't know what BGP was: BGP is ....". I'm not for creating a hostile stuck up community but rewarding pure laziness seems pointless to me.
Had to edit my initial comment.
None because I've been in a music kind of mood lately.
I've found that as I get older, my capacity for doing both consistently is slowly vanishing. Enjoy your youth, but understand also that it's temporary. Pay attention to the signs of burnout and be careful not to push yourself too hard, even if it feels like you have the energy to.

I've found that by pacing myself at my work (it's very easy to go too hard, I work in a customer service oriented field) I can retain the energy to make forward progress on my side projects, so I've achieved a balance. This is not easy to do however, it's definitely a challenge for most indies.
The firm claims he didn't do anything illegal.

He hasn't copped up to the assaults, and since they were not employees, the texts may not necessarily have been illegal.

Not entirely contradictory.
Anyone know about a Canadian service (operated & hosted) like FastMail? OVH has a hosted exchange service, but no 2FA is a deal breaker for me.
I don't think this is correct. Engineers smart enough to work on DOM abstractions are good enough to be able to work on other important things.
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> How can you peek into my head to verify whether that is just a claim or the truth?

That's just the thing. I can't. But I think more Germans would openly express pride in being German if pride in being German weren't associated with goosestepping and gas chambers.

Whatever the case, the only thing I have is the extensional evidence -- their claims. So that's all I'll cop to.
How about Star Wars in traceroute? http://evilrouters.net/2013/02/09/when-ccies-get-bored-star-...
Odd that this is still an issue 20 years after the first time I heard about this.

This reminds me of the story of beartracks, and how it was shut down by the University of Alberta to make everyone register by phone .. and eventually was brought back by the university.

Tried to find a link I had read about the story, but can't seem to find it.
Careful. There aren't a lot of longstanding systemic injustices you can't defend with the argument "at least everyone knew what was expected of them."

Women choosing to function in their "traditional" marital roles isn't inherently unjust, but women being in any way pressured to give up self-actualization (through career, personal freedom, &c) in the service of those "traditional" roles sure is.
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No way that's true. The data is not worth as much as the eyeball on the ad itself.
Or to have a heart attack via algorithm
I'm seriously impressed with how useful Insomnia has become in my workflow. It goes to show how valuable a well designed user experience can be.

It's not the only available API testing tool, but it's by far the most productive tool to use in my opinion.
Cool, I'm dating myself too. We should double-date
How to Lie with Statistics is a classic on this:

https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/03...
By putting the word "post-" in front of something, it makes the author sound smart. That's why they do it.
So we can drain your account sending you texts, how mad is that.
Oh man this comment is perfect. I often get into arguments with my girlfriend because she says I think about money too much and that money isn't everything. That you should focus on living life and having fun.

Money is everything. Without money you can't do any of that living life stuff. But only someone who's experienced not having any can understand that.
> Any ideas for recognizing situations where a bit of skepticism is warranted vs situations like this?

Skepticism is always warranted, this situation was no exception (even though the admission that has since emerged seems to implicitly confirm the reports.)

But skepticism doesn't mean don't form and express a view on the facts based on what information you do have, it means be aware that you don't have the whole picture and refrain from action that is too extreme for the information you have, and remain willing to revise your opinion as more information becomes available.

The last bit takes active effort to counter confirmation bias and the desire to avoid having to admit error.

> I think it's still important in general to reserve judgement and to wait for due process,

Even in government, “due process” isn't a binary thing; what process is due varies based on the action being taken and other elements of context. Even if we extend the concept to include private action, things like posting a comment expressing concern would have much less process due than any substantive government action.

Even a government agent acting in their official capacity doesn't have to wait for a conviction to say that they believe someone is guilty.
While something like this is bound to fail for most music of any complexity (e.g. a singing voice), I've often wondered if this would be highly successful on, say, old solo piano recordings, where the possibilities of the instrument are extremely well-defined and limited.
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Can't you also snapshot state and start with a genesis block that covers all transactions up to that checkpoint?
I'm not advocating for unbridled freedom, that's a paradox. What I said was there needs to be equal care given to supporting disagreement as there is for agreement. Similar to the way we have different political structures for states rights and federal rights in the U.S.
Maybe in your world that works.

Until the FCC develops redevelops any sort of interest in dealing with scammers, my phone is basically useless for most of the world to speak to me.

If you're trying to reach me and are not on my list of approved callers, you can email me, or decide you didn't actually want to talk to me. (No, I don't use FB Messenger or related spyware, either.)

On the other hand, I apparently pay much more attention to email than you - I generally respond within about five minutes, assuming there's some reason.