skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The security aspect of this application is what turned me off. I'd love to use Ship, but being greeted with this[0] OAuth confirmation when logging in really turned me off. I was expecting something that reads the API and alerts of new issues, but the sheer number of highlights of the word 'Admin' made me shudder. If they provided a convincing argument as to why they needed as much access as they do, before I began to log in, maybe I would have been a bit more trusting.

[0] - http://cloud.selectivebyt.es/0I1t0N20372v

edit: I took that screenshot on the 28th of May, and it appears that Ship now does explain a little better why it requests the access it does.
I understood the OP as saying they couldn't figure out what "mb" meant because the author didn't define it in the text. I noted that there was another path to figuring out what it meant, by changing the live-editable code and seeing what it does.
Because often a software application is many things, with alot of features and power.

The people who design and build it understand the entire picture and can see the value (hopefully).

It can be very hard from the position of totally understanding a system, to put yourself in the shoes of someone encountering it for the first time, and it can be hard to see what they see when they first use it, and it can be hard to empathise with their journey through learning the software application that you have built.

This is an incredibly valuable article because it helps people who have built systems to put themselves in the shoes of their users - that is not an intuitive skill.
Slightly remodelled, as in slightly remodelled the entire controls and drivetrain and engine.

That's what the typical Bay Area programmer thinks of as a "trivial" change.
Wait. Who are you?!

I'm not saying that what you're saying isn't on-point, but are you someone that know's Altman or McClure?

You're writing on Medium--which I suspect has thousands of authors, and you're saying that McClure "must" read your letter to him? Isn't that kind of arrogant to assume that your voice--especially during this time of SV VC harassment exposure--will rise above those of others?
> Even Tesla's first car, the Tesla Roadster, is a slightly remodelled Lotus Elise.

From the outside, yes, you are correct.

But under the hood...you couldn't possibly be more wrong. It is definitely more than just "body styling and incremental change".
I have to stick up a bit for the community as a whole. There have been at least three relatively (emphasis on relatively—in absolute terms still pretty bad) substantive discussions of sexual harassment on HN recently. This one is certainly much worse, but the trend can't be monotonic; the community is far too large and divided for that. If we judge by all the data points, the trend seems positive. But it's slow.
Isn't that stock manipulation?
How long will it take them to catch up with Tesla (while Tesla is simultaneously advancing their own battery tech)? And even if they can hit that milestone, they'd presumably have some amount of profit margin built into the prices. So to actually compete with Tesla on battery price (and why would they even want to) they'd need to advance beyond Tesla in terms of manufacturing efficiency and/or volume. I don't know of any company poised to fill this gap in the foreseeable future.
My 101st English post
Yes, I test in VoiceOver and Talkback (although for websites, not apps to be fair). But I dispute the assertion that it takes weeks. It takes a small amount of time per feature to test, and certainly no more than testing on multiple versions of the OS or multiple screen sizes.

If on the other hand you’re throwing untested features over the wall to a QA team, then yes, it’ll be inefficient. That’s the nature of the beast.
The day after a holiday celebrating independence from another nation is a hilarious one on which to be defending a trumped-up loyalty oath.
> With a stock, you can be right, and it doesn't matter. Stock is only worth what somebody will pay for it

I don't see it that way. To me, a stock is worth the 'fundamental value', i.e. the future divided payments discounted by an appropriate interest rate. If no-one is willing to buy my shares I'm still happy because I get the future dividends.
Or use a bike and pick up stuff on the way home from work.
It still seems wrong to do it that way. Plus, the TLS-SNI-01 challenge is just such a clean way of handling it, no need to have a special path handling or anything. Server up and running? Then my cert is being renewed, assuming LE isn't broken at least...
Bootstrapping Embedded Development in Rust
I use the amazon app to price match at another retailer.

The last scan or search always is somewhere in a recommendation (& one of my game apps)
They guy did say in general. In general, most people aren't SV working for a tech company.
Gigafactory is a proper noun referring to the specific battery factory built by Tesla; I just didn't bother to capitalize it
Sure. I just think that 'lock him up' is not the solution to non-violent crime. The US has higher incarceration rates than any other developed country. It's expensive and wasteful of labour.
Alternatively, communicate securely on your terms using any email address:

https://github.com/andreas-gone-wild/snackis
This Scientist Is Studying How ADHD Can Help Entrepreneurs Succeed
Word games. "Best people" can mean the best team.

I mean like honestly, if you don't care _in principle_ about the quality of your staff, how are you deciding who to hire?
If I "control 50%+" of the hash power of the network can't I write my own transaction history from a given point for the world to gobble?
If that is so, can't I simply transfer all the coins to my account, and go to some exchange and get $$ for my $COINs?
You can roll back the history if you want, but as long as I controlled the network long enough to get $$ out of my ill gotten $COINs, it seems like I've been able to rob the network of it's market cap.
And if you roll back history, isn't the exchange (that gave me $$ for my $COINs) going to be extremely upset to have neither the coins nor the $$?
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Why MailChimp Doesn’t Let New Hires Work for Their First Week on the Job
Except, they didn't fumble on anything...GM released the Bolt several months ago

With an already outdated charging system! In terms of styling and execution, I'd accept a position that GM is more competent than Tesla -- especially for the conventional vehicle-as-appliance crowd. But in terms of knowing where to go in the future, I think GM has a considerable disadvantage.
my personal ultimate example of this was I bought a lawnmower. and then for two months, all of my amazon advertisements, the ones following me around the web, were for lawn mowers.

even a vacuum I could see some weird "yes, maybe I could buy one as a gift." but a lawnmower? no.
I fail to see that you have had this discussion in good faith. I believe you are holding her to a higher standard than you would have someone else.

She said EXACTLY what to change. She was not rude about it. To try and nitpick that away leads me to believe you have an agenda to push.
+1. Parent comment's argument is not great because, among other things, the exact same argument could be made right back at them.

Amongst almost everybody I know, "meritocracy" still means it's dictionary definition. If the definition is contested, I don't understand why other peoples' definitions of it take priority over the official one
Hi, I'm in the U.K. I work as an economist and am really interested in programming (reasonable component of my job, have made a couple of cool side projects and completed some online courses and programming challenges). Is it possible for me to use a Computer Science masters to find a full time programming/analytics job in the US, and if so what do I need to do to get in to the best program possible, given ba was in economics?
Intel Core i9-7900X review: The fastest chip in the world
That's a horrible story. I'm sorry that happened to you.
Thank in advance! How easy is it for a French Citizen holding a DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine - 5 year degree) to secure a H1B? Are there any other work visa classes they would qualify for?
> ask any MBA how to value tech companies, she'll say "discounted cash flow, just like any other company"

No she won't. Discounted-cash flow methods have been around since the 1500s [1]. We've had the time to figure out it's good for predictable cash flows and bad for everything else.

I used to be tolerant of (non-financial) Silicon Valley's anti-intellectualism towards economics and finance. Sort of like the Graham-Dodd speculator-investor line [2], I thought it was a handy, if comically-simple, rhetorical device. I've become more suspicious. It seems like an easy way to deter reasoned economic discussion.

For growing companies without earnings, you work out from production capacity (for existing markets) or down from the expected customer base (for new markets). Nobody finds this appalling. Few venture investors use spreadsheets to make decisions, though many use checklists or spreadsheets to idiot test valuations, i.e. understand what assumptions must pan out for their thesis to hold.

[1] https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=5371001000070250...

[2] https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2013/02/27/what-is-t...
I like GTK, but it's place is in gnome (which I also like) and no where else, on any other system it looks horrible and out of place, particularly when it comes to things like the file dialog.

Also the devs no longer consider it a cross platform library, everyone using it as one is stuck on GTK2.
tldr; with enough random keystrokes you'll get something resembling "tldr; With enough rocks thrown around, you'll get a few that look crafted."
The real challenge here is to understand the brain, and consciousness, without putting it in computer terminology.

https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-informati...
This is a good point, and one I didn't consider.

But

> I'm not saying that it's necessarily the case here, but the behaviour of "well let's just fire this one person, no matter who was in the wrong" is only good from a "anything for the company's bottomline" perspective.

Regardless of one's opinions on ethics, this is the attitude your employer _will_ take and it will _never_ change unless they are forced to do so. Tech companies are the shepherds of billions of dollars worth of assets, and they are going to protect those assets over you, when push comes to shove. Consequently, it is important to always keep this in mind, to expect it, and to proceed accordingly. Ignoring this doesn't make it untrue
Singapore Air has quality meals IMHO.
Show HN: Hacker News clone written in Clojure(Script)
All begins with this comment https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28557981/
The Bolt costs $37,500 and according to rumor GM is losing $8-9000 per car for that. So let's say that the real cost of manufacture is $46,000.

The Model 3 is a comparable car starting at $35,000 but is planned to sell at an average of $45,000 with an independently estimated profit percentage of around 25%. That means that the cost of production is somewhere around $34,000.

If costs continue looking like that, as both companies scale electric car production up, which manufacturer would you prefer to be?

Also I called them comparable, but they really aren't. After looking at safety in accidents, the driving assist and so on, my family doesn't consider them equivalent. We put a deposit on a Model 3 which we hope to buy next year. Traditional manufacturers are well behind Tesla on key amenities like that.
You could also invest in the Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) fund, which is an ETF of 365 tech stocks.
Having a live-editable example is certainly nice, but you shouldn't have to fiddle around with a parameter to see what it does. It should be clearly documented so that you know what to expect and what the intention is. Otherwise, the behavior that you observe could be a bug for all you know.
For purposes of neutrality, she shouldn't mention the gender or race of the reviewers. In many places that I have worked, I do not even know the ethnicity of my coworkers. As an aside, I am not white and honestly believe there is more to ethnicity than skin color.
<tinfoil>

Don't you think that GS could be artificially ensuring the stock drops so they can buy it lower??

I've never seen a GS dealing I didnt think shady shit was going on...

They farked FB, they farked greece, and the rest of the woorld in 2008-09, etc...

GS are not known for giving a shit about the financial well-being of anything other than their own...

</tinfoil>
Perhaps I misunderstand the history, but how is an Ottoman tradition relevant to the Byzantines?
Oh, sure, totally. But they aren't as bad as the PRC.
They make them--besides the Golf, there are pure electric versions of the Ford Focus, Audi A3, Kia Soul, BMW 3-series, Fiat 500, and Smart, and some of those have been around for years. People seem to prefer electrics (and hybrids for that matter) that are unique--or maybe, dedicated electric platforms make for better electric cars than do ICE cars with a drivetrain swap.
For many startups, it's just like the line from the Silicon Valley show - "the product is the stock"
heh -- I remember that tweet. I remember thinking 'darn -- I'm only at 50%! I think that's enough though..'
It's fine to have company wide coding standards. You don't need to call them "Best Practices", "Our practices" is enough. You can iterate and find out which of these are OK through experience and feedback. Some of the rules here are very specific and just wont work well in the general case (e.g. directory organization, which should probably be decided at a lower level than a company wide policy). Others are too vague to be usefully actionable (security stuff). Having developers instead of legal read Licenses and decide which projects are OK to include in your source seems dangerous.
Why? It's just a thread & good discussion.

It also relates to the primary motivations & stratagems (particularly the subscription model) of the industry. It's all related...
>They revolted

Hardly[0]. Don't believe the hype. The GOP won using gerrymandering, voter-suppression tactics and clever electoral positioning. Its tools: Voter ID laws and propaganda that deactivated potential voters.

0. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-electi...
Because that's what the title of the article said. (approximately). Anyway, I would have made the same point. Also, delivery numbers kind of disappointing. Also, oil price collapse. Also, the market has been sniping some of the top speculatives lately. etc. I think we rather consistently underestimate the complexity of the market.
Most analyst's are little more than marketers.

Nobody gives good analysis for free.
But why single out a given group? Why not offer everyone an "intern buddy"? Also, why change from opt-in to opt-out?
That's a confusing reaction to what I said and what I'm arguing against.

Edit: For the record, I'm a bisexual Mexican woman. Of course there are times when I perceive people as holding my hand too much and I know it can feel condescending. When I reflect on it, though, no, it's not the same brand of condescension that made my middle school teacher tell me I had no future in math. There's something strange about victimizing yourself out of fear that people are victimizing you.

An internship program for women at Microsoft isn't a ghetto; it can only come from a place of extreme privilege and ignorance to believe so.
I don't think it's coincidental that Korean is rarely the cheapest ticket. And they have the worst frequent flyer rewards program.[1] They were one of the latest to have a co-branded credit card, I think. In other words, they focus on a consistent, quality product, without trying to hide the ball.

I think they've begun adding more frequent-flyer frills, which I expect to be detrimental to overall quality. I don't doubt it'll boost revenue. They have a long way to fall and hopefully they'll stop short of mimicking the typical industry model.

[1] They're part of SkyMiles but given their point valuations I never found it worthwhile to upgrade. It's been a few years since I cared to check, though.
People are buying Tesla stock based on the idea of what the company can become, not what it is right now.

Judging Tesla based on current numbers is simply being short-sighted. They have yet to produce a mass-manufactured car, sure, but unless you've been living in a cave, you know that the release of the Model 3, a car with over 400,000 reservations, is coming soon, and that's going to create somewhere between $13-17 billion in revenue as people pony up the money for the car.
My understanding is that all their development has been outsourced/offshore, which is frankly extremely disappointing.

We have had numerous problems

- crazy login processes involving receiving OTPs via post after 5 days

- waiting 2 weeks to receive cards

- slow and unhelpful support responses

- failure to follow up with responses to issues after promising to do so

- poorly built non-platform-specific app - not sure how they made it

- still no multi-user support

- even a case where our balance didn’t match the sum of our transactions, the issue was acknowledged, and now - after 6 months - STILL has not been resolved

At present, there is no remotely decent option for UK business banking. It’s a shame.
They could have simply put a text box instead of giving any options. Then the report can display a histogram of the results.
Having used Django and that project (Horizon) extensively, I think that Horizon is not a pain to work on as a result of Django, it was just badly written.
A new breed of scientist, with brains of silicon
The scenarios you described sound like straight from "The Innovators Dilemma". Except the companies thinking this way were disrupted out of business.
Under the Hood of Luminar's Long-Reach Lidar
Chicago Public Schools Will Require Job or College Acceptance to Graduate
Yes, canvasblocker blocks one kind of fingerprinting. Combined with ublock (or privacybadger) + self destructing cookies and maybe decentraleyes, and a vpn, you are almost there...
Great example of why the peer review system is broke.

I've seen first hand how the peer review system works in the United States. Foreign Postdocs studying in the United States are desperate for a Green Card. They peer review as many papers as they can as quickly as they can to prove something or other for the purposes of a securing a Green Card. Some of these foreign postdocs do a good job, many do not. Also, overworked professors don't always take the time to carefully read a paper and don't care. The result is that a lot papers make it through peer review that shouldn't.

I'd rather have my paper peer reviewed live on the internet by allowing people to comment on it beneath a PDF link than to suffer through another drawn out peer review process. People who care have a text-box where they say what they want, and if no one cares then it indicates I need to do research on something else!
The decision to fork can be taken alone, but the decision to stay with one fork or the other is made by the individuals who participate in the network.
requirements, simple design, coding, code review, pre-commit testing (automated), post-commit testing (automated), functional/integration testing (manual), systems testing (somewhat automated), performance testing (mostly manual).
I design embedded products for industry and usually prototype with Arduino and Pi-alikes before designing the final board.

A custom board assembly is much cheaper to manufacture. For instance, for a recent design, the only chip used off a full Arduino board was the microcontroller itself (and then in a different, smaller package).

Physical and electrical constraints are often significant. And that's before getting into all the issues involved with firmware and IP.

I love the idea of open-source (hardware and software) consumer appliances, but everything is stacked against it. Primarily economies of scale.
You say that as if they would be punished for that. And its not like they do this all the time...
Definitely! They should be using Apriori or some other association rule learning algorithm for this.

They already use these techniques to suggest things before you make the purchase, but it would be great to extend it over a long period of time, like you said. A few months later they suggest carpet cleaner or bags for your vacuum.
Obviously not all new accounts are dead-by-default, because we can see comments from new users. So either you triggered some obscure-by-design antispam measure, designed to be intentionally hard to reverse engineer, or a moderator manually banned the user.
Kickstarter’s a go for launch – Creating Freewrite, Part 5
I first encountered this with tachyons. It takes some getting used to, but it winds up feeling alright once you do. Maybe that’s just for folks who like fewer keystrokes, though. Admittedly, it’s not the easiest thing to approach cold.
Physically Unclonable Functions: Using the Rowhammer Effect for Security [pdf]
Hard to believe, isn't it? You can see why the field was furious.
But the computer you're using is already a few billion transistors running at a few billion ticks per second. Just because the behavior is super complex doesn't mean we can't understand what gives rise to the complexity at some useful level of abstraction.
I wonder if the downturn in customer focus is correlated to the end of ESOP, or whether it's irrelevant.

It seems as if at least some of the employees just don't excercise common sense in sensitive situations.
Looks like you might be using EBITDA wrong up there ('operating profit'). just fyi. This approach is essential but most casual investors seem to overlook it. I find it also useful to contemplate worst case and best case scenarios and orthogonal scenarios and kind of work it all together in the intuition blender. For instance, by the time your 2020 rolls around I think it will be 100% obvious that ICEs are the walking dead (who is gonna buy a new one hoping to sell it ever when 5 years down the road there's far fewer buyers?), and that autonomous ride sharing is gonna become huge, and that Tesla may not produce a lot of profit in manufacture but in software\revenue sharing, and that they may never hit high manufacture numbers at all (or may literally detach that part).
I wonder if somebody could translate from accounting-speak. What is EBITDA? Where does this PE multiple come from?
This is one side of a certain perspective.

From _my_ personal perspective githubs "inclusivity" has caused me to run a personal gitlab server.

I don't write code to get harassed about my use of master/slave vs primary/replica. I just write code.

I wrote a very poorly edited piece on why I thought this way: https://blog.dijit.sh/moving-away-from-github

I freely admit that this is not a popular opinion on hackernews. But as a very disadvantaged and underprivileged person I am rather uninspired by the equality of outcome movements that are wofting over silicone valley, and I highly doubt that the actions described in TFA are accurate.
> For new & rapidly growing tech companies, up to 100% of value is in terminal value 10+ years out, so DCF framework collapses

No, it doesn't collapse.

Mr Andressen seems to be defining Discounted Cash Flow very narrowly - as the the kind of spreadsheet an MBA creates where cash flow from each year is relatively predicatable.

His approach of simply making an educated guess about market size and team talent is still essentially DCF analysis.