skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's the ridiculous thing about American voting. They don't pick the one they like the most, they do what your first paragraph said and pick the one they dislike the least out of the two major parties. The result is the same two parties doing the same things year after year, swapping places about every 8 years and making the whole exercise of voting pointless except to maintain that stable state.

So many people on HN seem to support strong climate change action, dislike drone strikes, and want massive immigration reform. But hardly anyone voted for the Green party.
Can you show the chart before 1980?
A couple of years back my son developed an eye infection that didn't respond to the antibiotic drops our GP prescribed. I took him back a couple of days later and we were referred first to a private ophthalmologist (who we didn't have to pay for) and then to the specialist eye department of the local hospital that same day (associated with the medical school of a world top 20 university) where he was regularly seen twice a week until the condition cleared up.

I know the NHS isn't perfect, and I don't really care whether it is #1 or #10 in some ranking. But what I do know that over the last 20+ years of having a family with multiple serious accidents (rugby, climbing etc.), childbirths etc. they've provided excellent and timely care.

Did I have to wait three weeks to get an MRI scan for a sinus infection that was recurring? Yes I did. Did I care if it was being used for properly ill people in the meantime? No I didn't.

It's not perfect, put it is pretty bloody good.
There could be reasons... one thing you might not have experienced is not having explicit management, and not even knowing who you /should/ inform. That happens from time to time.

This is possibly indicated by "bosses". Not having explicit line management sucks.
Yes, the academic world is a racket.

To be honest you don't need to be rubber stamped by academia to do research. Companies should have started to realise that.

People should aim for STEM degrees, but there's no need to burn years on a PhD.
Actually, to port a device all you need is some Linux knowledge. Check out the guide:
https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/wiki/Porting-to-...
Luckily the battery drivers are all included in the Android kernels so far (which we use right now). Besides that, it will work like with Linux on your Laptop - carefully craft energy efficient programs together and you will get a nice battery lifetime :)
How does it compare to weblas (GPU Powered BLAS for Browsers, https://github.com/waylonflinn/weblas)?

I had in mind matrix operations for neural networks, as in https://github.com/transcranial/keras-js.
Has the author never used car sharing?
...isnt managing and helping out your employees like half your job?
In its current state, this project does not target end users, but fellow developers who find this interesting and want to join in. So if you count these blog posts as releases, it follows the release early, release often principle to get interested developers to know the project and accelerate with joined forces.
That line was pure poetry.
The new Vision framework in iOS11
I was just wondering is anyone making use of the new Vision framework in iOS11. If yes then what are you using it for?
http://www.appcoda.com/vision-framework-introduction/
> Or you could use Mail Designer Pro to share your promo codes, e.g. to send a nice promo code email to a journalist. It adds a bit of magic to the experience if your email is scannable

Yeah, sounds very convenient... How exactly would that work?
If you have some time to spare, the best way to get there is through contributions, we all do this in our free time after all. With some decent Linux knowledge and help from the community, you should be able to get a port done in most cases, check out the porting guide in the wiki: https://postmarketos.org/wiki
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I think part of the problem in the US is the general attitude towards sex. It's some sort of monstrous bastard child born from Puritanism and Feminism. The moral panic around 'sexual harrasment' is a good example. The completely disproportionate reaction accusations with ANY kind of sexual content get (compare: rapists and murderers) makes then a powerful weapon, or at least makes it rational to fear them as much as people seem to.
Entering Liberland: Our Unlikely Success Story
Perfect! Drebrez already made decent progress with the HTC desire: https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/wiki/HTC-Bravo-%...
Make sure to talk to him in the IRC/matrix channel, so you can join the efforts :)
Many "social reflexes" behaviours are innate. Try raising a cat to have the same social behaviours as a dog.
Compare to http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Tata+Consultancy+Services+L...
What an interestingly bizarre article.

What we're all missing is how these things were presented - were the managers being unreasonable dicks in the way they talked about

"Mismatched expectations" about availability aside, what does the author expect when they're supposedly letting their team down?

I've had a number of conversations with managers were they've told me I'm letting them down and I'm always incredibly grateful for them. Sure, they're sometimes hard to hear, but I would much rather to receive feedback early so I can act on it and be better at what I do.

Also not to mention how incredibly valuable I find regular peer-review cycles (last 2 companies I've been to do these every 6 months). They've always found it super helpful to be told what I should continue doing well and what I need to improve on. Does everyone want to be the best at what they do?
If this were a problem, then his or her manager should have said something the very first time it happened. Waiting for it to happen multiple times and being on the verge of firing someone before telling the employee they didn't like it is wildly incompetent.
'Discounted goods are bad for me, as a consumer, because they nudge me into buying things I don’t need just to be frugal and collect the massive "saving" inherent in the discount'

This is so back to front I don't know where to start! Is he really saying 'Amazon, please don't put things on sale because I am so utterly lacking in self-control I cannot help myself when you do'?

'Insofar as possible, I think we should pay full price for the things we want.'

What the hell is 'full price'?! Companies generally price in order to maximise profits, and this can be via a simple or complex strategy, and the profit extracted can change over time. As if most companies are looking to simply add a fair percentage on top of cost and are done with it. This is capitalism, companies exist primarily to generate profit, and their relationship to customers isn't necessarily benevolent.

'Over the past decade, I’ve witnessed most of my nearby independent bookshops closing up, replaced either by estate agents, pizza chains, or the Waterstones book retailer that has none of the old charm but at least some of Amazon’s scale.'

To me this is an argument for inefficiency. We could say, horses and carts were so much more charming than cars (but don't mention the horseshit in the streets). Personally I don't mourn the high prices and poor choice of many smaller retailers. Also, I recall shopping or rather wanting to shop in the 80s and 90s in the UK - prices were high in high street retailers for things like clothes, electronics, music - the kind of things you want as a kid - the term rip-off Britain wasn't coined for nothing! Amazon/internet shopping has I think helped smash the cosy conspiracy of high prices. I don't miss them.

'But for each of those back and forth trips, there’s a truck, a boat, a plane out there, pushing stuff around the world for the sake of our sheer indulgence and indecision.'

If you stop buying as much, people on the other side of the world get poorer. The delivery driver loses his job. Additionally, how the hell does he think the goods get to physical shops?! And how much needless ferrying of goods to these shops takes place when there are several competing shops in the same area? Arguably internet shopping reduces the total number of freight miles.

'but having a monopolistic retailer of everything is a bad dependency to develop'

this is why we have competition authorities. If it happens, we deal with it.

'Amazon’s employment practices are shit'

No one is forcing anyone to work for Amazon. In an economy rich enough to have such a massive internet shopping bonanza as to cause the supposed problems listed in the piece there is surely enough money swilling around to generate myriad opportunities. There are thousands of unfilled jobs in the UK that are not with Amazon.
If it works on Linux, why not? Everyone is encouraged to work on what they like best, and we will together, as a community, pick sane defaults from the best components we have. See also: https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/wiki/Milestones
>A bullet killing a person is the 'law of physics'. It doesn't mean it can't be outlawed.

Illegal or not, it actually still happens, this is a fact that can not be argued. Pretending that making it illegal automatically stops all bad things from happening is also bad.

All that said, I'm pretty glad that hurling bullets is not legal because shooting someone is rarely ever good (argue self-defence, etc) but the whole privacy debate is a different monster.
Isn't this also what OpenWRT/ddWRT have accomplished? I wouldn't be surprised at all if there was a huge amount of synergy between those groups and pmOS since there has been so much work done on wifi and core machine management for the various router hardware that's around.
> Anyway, the problem seems pretty trivial to solve: have a button so riders can report disgusting cars, send the bill to the previous occupant.

The workaround seems to be: do whatever you want to make the cab disgusting, then press the button. (If the button has to be pressed at the beginning of the ride, then press it at the beginning, then do what you want.)
We just have to mercilessly FOI his private communications via encrypted channels, which he used to reclaim party leadership.
a number of folks have put forward that private encrypted apps would be subject to FOI.

This means he can't have it both ways
I bet we'll see more women get into IT and software engineering once the industry becomes more diverse. 90% H1-Bs, most from truly misogynistic countries has more impact on the lack of women in IT than some bros.
I believe it was Andy Grove who suggest no more than 6-8 direct reports for this reason.
What jumped out was the mere mention of the draft (wwii). I even looked it up.

The narrative my wwii relatives give is everyone enlisted. If you didnt there was shame that required an explanation
If you can't have a weekly one to one with all your direct reports, the solution is fewer direct reports.
The author has a very bizarre pessimistic view of humanity. I imagine the overwhelming majority of people would utilize a service just to get from point A to point B. I would also note that given the technology, self-driving vehicles will be a very controlled environment where users will be fined or banned for foul play. Also, the greater utilization of the car will have them depreciate much more quickly, which would mean that the cars would tend to be newer and designed for heavy use, much like bikes on cities bike share programs.
Isn't that more like "the firm you work for charges" rather than "get paid"?
This idea - that democracy and freedom of thought/speech are Western values - is incredibly dangerous and needs to die.

Japan, Korea, Taiwan etc aren't Western countries.
> Developers of a famous podcast app have a number of long posts about this subject.

Do you have a link?
And they're not nearly as progressive as they want the world to believe. Germany only recently recognized gay marriage a month ago (and they may not have, had America not paved the way).
>It does take reams of propaganda to deflect on how America doesn't overwhelmingly love their dear leader

Does Chinese propaganda deflect on this? I can only check their English language media, but they don't exactly seem to be trying to keep it a secret:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2017-01/20/content_2801...

>I would claim that someone like Trump shows us just how robust western democracy really is (if we survive him, of course!).

You would claim that because you already believe in democracy in principle. The point is that the current US administration does little to make democracy attractive to people who aren't already in favor of democracy.

Also, the "if we survive him" part clearly contradicts the claim of robustness.
6-8 sounds like too many. Anyways, in addition to probably being unfit for people management, it sounds like it would take away all my coding time.
Not all types, no. I'm currently sitting on a 3-coach (UK) train halfway through its daily diagram and though it's not 100% spotless, it's pretty good. It'll get a light clean in the depot at the end of the day and be back in service first thing tomorrow.
"We" audit a sample of citizens and if any of them had large non-private transactions (for example, buying a house, or investing millions in a hedge fund) we demand they explain where the money came from. If they don't explain it, or explain it came from a transaction which they should have disclosed, we confiscate their property or imprison them.

It's hard to hide everything from the likes of the IRS.
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As someone not from the US - do all lawyers in the US have to pass a bar exam or just those who want to appear in court?

In the UK only specialised court lawyers (barristers and advocates) are called to the bar.
A simple approach would be to use OpenCV and use something like Haar Cascades to detect the number of faces entering (assuming they are always visible). Or try experimenting with convolutional neural networks.
Not just preserve our history, but spread it.

Assuming these neigh-invulnerable wonders can survive the g-forces, we could mass-manufacture containers to store tardigrades and launch them blindly into space with railguns. The containers would be designed so the g-forces of impact would crack them open.

When the very rare occasion happens where a container impacts a planet or moon, the tardigrades would be exposed to the environment. If it could support the basics of life, after a few thousand years, they would be present enough in the environment that any alien life that exists there or might develop there will eventually notice them.

If the tardigrade DNA contains a message from Earth, it might be discovered and decoded.

It could be the best way to ensure that our existence won't be forgotten in the scale of billions of years.
Yeah it's pretty bad, but don't feel alone. Our PM is just as incompetent:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/new...
Maryam Mirzakhani has died at 40
Potentially relevant, since the article draws a comparison between twitter discussions and (what used to be) usenet discussions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

Twitter seems to support less of a netiquette, it's more point-and-shoot. Besides that, it seems intuitive that the 140 chars restriction lends itself less to discussions than proper forums.
The problem with being continuously available is that it leads to "squeakiest wheel" syndrome where the loudest complainers get all the attention. Meanwhile, the quietly productive people quit because their frustrations aren't heard.
Are there any which are known not to?

Why would you assume human populations to follow a pattern distinctly different from all the rest of biology?
You are making a lot of assumptions on what is "professional".

A contract is an agreement. There are companies paying very high salaries to very low - expecting very high commitment to very low - in various combinations.

It's up to the company to clarify expectations.
'New research from Florida State University finds another factor — attractiveness of a romantic partner — can be a driving force behind the desire to diet and seek a slim body'

Wow, pretty strong assertion there, how did they establish causation?

'“The results reveal that having a physically attractive husband may have negative consequences for wives, especially if those wives are not particularly attractive”'

Oh wait a minute, 'may'? Weren't you just saying 'can'?

'“The research suggests there might be social factors playing a role in women’s disordered eating,”'

Hmm, and so now it's 'might'?!

'“One way to help these women is for partners to be very reaffirming, reminding them, ‘You’re beautiful. I love you at any weight or body type,’” Reynolds said.'

What world is she living in? A certain amount of attraction is physical. If someone values the physical aspect of their relationship, they will invest the time and effort required to remain physically attractive for their partner.

'“Or perhaps focusing on the ways they are a good romantic partner outside of attractiveness and emphasizing those strengths: ‘I really value you because you’re a kind, smart and supportive partner.’”'

That sounds more like a description of a friend than a lover.
Check the rest of the thread. A number of people have indicated that there isn't much doubt about the interpretation of Liu's comments. You aren't contributing anything to the discussion by continuing to ask a question that's already been answered by a number of native Chinese speakers.
Automatically snap a picture of the backseat and have some remote operator decide if it needs to be returned for cleaning. A couple operators and cleaners are a lot cheaper than a fleet of drivers.
Haha, of course a shill for the Chinese government shows up. I'll take my imperfect, loud, rude, dysfunctional American democracy over your Chinese dictatorship any day. At least here, I can speak out against the government, join a protest, or hell, form an opposition party without having to worry that I'll be locked in a 're-education camp'. Go back to the hole you crawled out of.
Charging ££££s for bling-phones wasn't a great idea
Have you seen data.world? "GitHub for data" is basically their entire model.
Tech design choices can have profound social impact.

This is just a personal theory, but I suspect Twitter's choices have done huge damage to Western Civilization, by forcing, as a medium, a very short 'soundbite' structure onto debate. (Even more so than the media which gave us the term 'soundbite' ever did!)

So that sounds like a very overblown assertion, right?

But think about Trump. Twitter is his platform, and arguably he is the sort of President a platform like Twitter most directly enables. He gets direct unchallenged access to a mass medium, a mass medium which makes it particularly hard to counteract false claims or have reasoned debate. For exactly the issues Antirez is raising.

I don't have evidence to support my theory, all I can say is I don't think I want Twitter to succeed.
I thought I'd be able to skim that in 10 seconds but it actually took 30.
Personally, I think that mixing management with programming leads to bad results.
I don't see that as community service. But I did realize it was part of her punishment.
I don't think that qualifies as community service.
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That's not what happened though. Obviously we only see one side of it, but this reads like they suddenly accuse him of being bad, and instead of letting him self-correct, humiliate him by letting juniors micro-manage him. And gang up on him, 2 against one.
Automated and Productive environment
I would love to see that interview! Link? That pretty much solves it and leaves no room for doubt.

> the best explanation I could think of, is that he was young and tried to make an extraordinary statement to express his view. we all did this.

That is a very charitable interpretation. It's a difficult thing to view view someone's contentious statements through a kind lens like that. I don't mean to lay it on thick but in a thread with a lot of hostility I'm thankful for your thoughtful contribution.
If you're the kind of person who's comfortable writing texts of two paragraphs or more, you should completely avoid writing on Twitter, period. This will only lead to frustration and interaction with people who don't value the same level of quality writing as you do.
"production ready" is a state of mind, not project.
Leaving aside the clear miscommunication that led to the "needs improvement" state first, it seems to me the management did just fine after that:

1. They quickly and clearly told the employee of the problem.

2. They proposed a course of action

3. Their proposal worked (at the end they were happy with his work).

It was not pleasant for sure (for both sides, I bet), but would it be worse to say nothing and terminate him for non performance in a couple of extra months. My 2c.
When your body becomes eligible for an upgrade
If a boat veers off course and you don't touch the tiller, you're a bad sailor.

If an employee veers off course and you wait until you're ready to terminate them before you say anything, you're a bad manager.

And it's not always them, it's sometimes you. Have you never thrived under one manager, been reshuffled and then suffered under another?
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I imagine some might be scraping the whole site in case that's an asset worth having.
Maryam Mirzakhani dead: Iranian math genius and first female Fields Medal winner
Time-served Designer, stop chatting s**t and give something back
Ask HN: Got 'shadow downranked' on Hacker News
When commenting on HN, the comments usually sticks at the top postion for around ten minutes in order to get some visibilty. Then, the gravity pulls the post slowly down except it got many upvotes.

Since I posted that Instagram Ads are a joke performnace-wise all my comments afterwards are always and instantly below the first comment without never touching the first position. Always and even if the top comment is from a new account w/o any karma.

Why? Some hidden semi-ban? And if yes why?
If you treat it like proof-of-work system it's rather depending on c): Making sure that search engines can still index your content. Because if that is not a requirement it's actually rather trivial to defeat any ad blocker: pose a computational problem that takes x seconds to compute on average hardware. Show ad while computation is going on. Only serve content once client sends back the answer. Sure, blockers can still block the ad itself, but it will just make the user stare at a blank screen.. or more likely loose him forever ;).
Yeah, I'm in the same boat - I have a redis I use for caching auth tokens and some other values for a small service, and it doesn't take much ram at all. (5-10 MiB)
1:1s are far from a solution.

Many "competitive" companies use this asymmetrical conversations behind closed doors to push employees to overpromise and therefore under-deliver.

It's also very easy to manipulate employees into feeling guilty or develop impostor syndrome.