skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The problem with electric SUVs is that if you’re in the back country for days or weeks at a time, the ability to carry extra fuel or have the reliability required is a major selling point. When you’re up in the mountains or in very rural areas, the last thing you need is to wonder where a charging station might be. Additionally, in emergency situations when power might be down, you can’t easily charge a vehicle from a generator, but you can easily (and quickly) fill up from storage tanks. I also wonder about a model X’s ability to cross high water or remain capable in harsh conditions. For example, what’s the Model X performance in Alaska or Yukon style subarctic conditions? I would be not particularly good.

However, the vast majority of SUV users are essentially commuter vehicles so electric might be a suitable replacement. Most people don’t use SUVs for their intended purpose, but more as a stylish minivan – an area an X would seem to excel. It’s essentially a rich soccer mom car.

$100k for a Tesla X is a bit ridiculous. I could buy a nicely equipped Land Rover for that and not have to worry where the closest supercharger might be. I also can be confident of cold and harsh condition performance.

Obviously this will change as tech improves, but for the near term, an electric SUV isn’t a serious car, but a show-off toy, albeit a very expensive and nice one.
Following your suggestion, I would add that people should read "How to win friends & influence people" by Dale Carnegie.

The bottom line of the book is that people that want to get along fine with others should be wary of the other people's emotions. For instance, of the the first "principles" in the book is to not criticise, condemn or complain people openly, because people get defensive (an emotional reactional) when you do that, and you can't get nothing out of them. The rest of the chapters are also related with other people's emotions.

As for "genuinely cares", the book also talks about it in some chapters. What I could get out of it so far is that someone who listens with attention is mostly grasped as someone who genuinely cares about other people..

All in all, the bottom line of the book is all about "managing" the other people's emotional reactions..
Not really a good news for entrepreneurs whoa re just starting their career.
I suspect it's a cultural thing. Japanese people are totally okay with group bathing while to Americans bathing is a more private matter. Leaving aside public baths for a moment, Japanese people often bathe together as a family -- something you rarely see here.
Why I don't choose Delphi : No Garbage Collection
Excuse me? Flossing is critical for gum health.
Well driving while drank is pre-crime too.
Just curious, if Russia has no vat for that service, Dmitry is based in Russia and the sole purpose of the foundation is to support him, why was the foundation set up in the Netherlands and not in russia?
Bitcoin – Calm or Chaos as Bitcoin Cash Hits the Bitcoin World
Thanks, I'll look into it. The headless browser underneath is not as tolerant of errors in the target site as a real browser.
She's as evil as she is hideous.
U.S. Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two Reactors Are Abandoned
Yes?

You have to declare this. You don't physically pay of course, it's just taken into account for the VAT balance.
Simplified from react's prop-types, just only 100 lines
DFS+Fanduel+MLB+Picks+8/1/17:+Top+3+Stacks+MLB+DraftKings+Lineup
It gives any and all colors that are found on the site, with some related info if you click on the color. What type of breakdown do you think would be useful?
True, but it is worse than that. If you call the tax office and ask them direct questions about doing business abroad then even they still give you an answer with a disclaimer that it might not be correct.
This is extremely cool and would definitely move the web forward. I would definitely use that for internal projects where compatibility requirements are not challenging and a proper ui kit is an overkill.
I think the main difference is that there is a chain of people who profit from selling to their 'downlines', not when a product is sold to an actual customer.

The analogy to apple is poor. Apple sell a product that the majority of people like and they are actively trying to sell directly to the customer. They use networks as it is their only option in many markets and once a phone is sold to the network it is then sold to the customer, there isn't a series of transactions with each level profiting of the previous level.
Linux console tool to evaluate round trip latency within a TCP/UDP session?
For the life of me, I saw a tool in the last few weeks somewhere and I forgot to bookmark it. This isn't a ping or traceroute or iperf tool.

Wireshark might do this, but I am pretty sure I saw a black and white console example where the tool evaluated the sub-second timings between when a packet leaves and it's response comes back. Probably by setting a series of filters for interesting traffic.

A couple of examples come to mind:

1) evaluating dns queries: when people complain their 'internet is down', it isn't because they are disconnected, it can be due to dns queries timing out. Or being slow. And in some diagnostic scenarios, it is interesting to see what queries are slow and what queries are fast, and what the difference is.

2) Web browsing: what are the timings of the setup of the three way tcp handshake? This gets a relative idea of latency to the server. Then what is the timing of requesting an http header and it's response... which provides an idea of latency further up the stack.

Then I suppose, an open question, what do people use to measure these sorts of things?
It depends. Goods from inside the EU: you'll pay VAT (and recover it). Goods outside EU: you pay import duty (which might include VAT - but you don't actually pay that VAT as a company, because it's VAT)

If this wouldn't apply to services, it would give non-EU suppliers an unfair advantage.
Where is this from, and why should I trust it?
The only profitable ecommerce company to IPO apart from Amazon and EBay.
It's a lot like the Boost libraries are for C++. They are curated, and easily composable by design. I don't see the big leap here, but you are right, it is a very good way of working.

On the other hand, this is the Nth time that somebody implemented a HTTP library on some platform. It seems that something can be improved still, software-engineering wise.
The solution for officers not wearing/messing around with their cams is simple: require full-on bodycams, and if there is even the slightest allegation of police misconduct - either the officer has his bodycam enabled, or guilt is automatically assumed.
Just to add to your point:

Mozilla is set up that way because they got in trouble with the IRS, and had a tax debt for - if memory serves me well - some years after setting up the corporation.

Taxes and accounting is not easy.
From the article it sounds the Foundation is run by other (Dutch) people working on Krita who may or may not be paid from it as well.
> Always good to keep in mind that this plastic will be consumed by bacteria. Sunlight and wave motion break apart the plastic into smaller and smaller pieces until bacteria completely consumes it.

That's all just speculation. Recent discoveries suggest some bacteria may be able to (http://www.iflscience.com/environment/bacteria-evolving-eat-...), but there hasn't been any demonstrated at-scale digestion of plastic by them.
Starting the Avalanche – Netflix TechBlog
You'd better have concrete direction from the independent moral authority (i.e. God) if you're going to push your values on other people, because otherwise it's just intolerant.

There's a universal declaration of human rights. It's a pretty decent attempt at a starting point for non-divine moral authority.
Hey, kudos on great product! You really should create donation page for new features once a year or something like that, because Krita has value.

Also, ignore critique, most of them never dealt with bureaucracy in EU and native countries. Such a mess.
Show HN: Haskell-like Enum in Scala
You realise that Switzerland isn't in the EU...right?
Thieves Take Neil Armstrong's Solid Gold Lunar Module Replica
Good point. Styling h1-h6 is good alongside the typography look and feel, but styling <table> without a class is misguided.
So it doesn't work like this?

A: Hey B, how do we have to set up our company/foundation so this doesn't blog up and we have to pay non-sensical taxes only because of the way we are set up?

B: Do it this way: ...

(later)

Z: A, you have to pay taxes because your setup is strange and makes no sense to our rules.

B: Damn, we're liable for the bad advice we gave...

(honest question)
Could you post a link, please? Searching for those terms leads to a '96 book and some different blog posts, but I am not sure if the ones you are referring to. Thanks!
Virtual Reality – An interview with Jaron Lanier (1989, pdf)
How Opium Shaped 19th Century Boston
For many human movements, the relation between intensity and injury is a u-curve with high risk at extremely low intensity (atrophy) and extremely high intensity (overuse/repetitive strain), and low risk at moderate intensity.
Absolutely. I did GUI programming with Delphi in high school, then haven't touched it till now, and I am somewhat shocked how the ability to create desktop (or web) GUIs today seems to lag so much behind how I remember Delphi.

Might be nostalgia speaking, but even if it doesn't lag behind, I'm pretty sure it hasn't gotten better. I guess QT Creator actually comes close.

(Plus: Compile times were never ever an issue...)
Fortunately we have a tool to help on both fronts: metegenomic sequencing. It's only just starting to be used in clinical settings in a non-retrospective way, but many groups are interested in how the gut microbiome (or changes of) can impact the etiology of GI disease. Several pharma startups are looking at therapies for GI disease that rely on changing the gut microbiome, either directly via introduction of new flora (fecal transplant or introduction of tailored microbial cocktails), or via small molecules that can shape the taxonomic distribution. Microbial cultures introduced to the GI tract tend to either die off entirely, or become dominant. It's a bit of an unsolved puzzle why the trend isn't toward plurality. The microbial therapies for C. diff. are one example.

Beyond GI disease there's also indication that the gut microbiome has psychological impact, and metabolic impact. There's a lot we don't know.

Metagenomic sequencing can disentangle the various organisms present in a sample and report all of the taxa present, but the results are only as good/complete as the database used, and unknowns can be a significant slice of the pie.

When our group does deep-enough sequencing and de novo viral genome assembly, we often have enough contigs beyond our organism of interest to assemble genomes for other viruses, and sometimes they are novel. Yes, there are more infectious diseases out there.

A Chinese team exploring the viruses of invertebrates found nearly 1,500 new viruses [1]. That one study expanded the list of known viruses by a significant number, we're talking double-digit percentage change. Many more viruses will be found, and some of them will be pathogenic.

In the (hopefully) near future it will be reasonable (if not yet cost effective) to use tools like high-throughput sequencing to look at everything in a sample, rather than ordering specific assays for individual pathogens. It's a long road until sequencing will be part of the standard of care, but we're in a golden age of biomedical exploration, enabled by sequencing and new molecular methods.

1. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v540/n7634/full/nature2...
They thought that about dark matter.
It could be. Some hiring teams at the place I work use these kinds of silly interviews, but they have a number of "older" people on the team. Some of my teammates use these questions for their interviews, and they haven't indicated any preference for younger developers (e.g. to save on wages).

I think ageism might play a role, but I think a bigger factor is that this industry is just filled with people who have an academic degree and desperately want to think of themselves as engaged in sophisticated math-y work even when what most do most of the time is closer to being a glorified handy man. This includes myself, of course, and I work on a data science team.

The industry is just too enamored with itself.
Banks May Need $50B New Capital After Brexit
Well, if you check out tx `26c5ca404cc37abf77fc722a11f56b34a481f7879b1c11fe68fcdcdf2a15626f`[1] it contains the following hex data in the OP_RETURN:

40616d696e67696c616e69203c332040697a7a617368616869642023536179497457697468426974636f696e2023466c6f6f64546865426c6f636b636861696e

Which when converted to a string says:

@amingilani <3 @izzashahid #SayItWithBitcoin #FloodTheBlockchain

Clearly I love my wife (fiance actually but give it few months)

[1]: https://blockchain.info/tx/26c5ca404cc37abf77fc722a11f56b34a...
> Which city

Many times I've seen "public" ID checks in Amsterdam (especially those in subways) targeting just non-white people.

> Excuse for apprehension: I declinded to show my ID for no reason at all

Yep it becomes more and more a "comply or your guilty" culture. Not going well IMO.

If it's sometimes bad for white people, I only try to imagine how horrible it must be for people who are discriminated against (by public authorities) on a daily basis.
That's exactly what I'm saying. They have busted them cold so they're going to be more careful about their fraud in the future by splitting the company in half.
Link to the Dutch Tax Authority:

- [1] Reverse-charging VAT (English)

- [2] Calculating VAT for services to and from non-EU-countries (Dutch)

[1] https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/...

[2] https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/...
Maybe you should read the original article first. Just saying. They spent months, got a lawyer involved, and got the fine reduced, a bit.
You need to pay VAT on imported goods into the EU.

In Germany it is called "Einfuhrumsatzsteuer".
I'd go beyond that even. The US loves pageantry and celebrating freedom. But what event could be more appropriate for a celebration of freedom than voting day itself?

You could have small festivals at every voting booth to encourage people to come out to vote, and you could even move the ballot boxes as part of a big parade so there's absolutely no doubt in the process.
Thanks, will try.
I don't know if you're being deliberately obtuse, but I'll humour you:

> It sounds like she wants targeted spying to be cheaper, and restricted by the judicial system.

The cheaper that spying is, the more spying gets done - this has been repeatedly shown in many countries, even supposedly free ones, so lets not pretend this will result in the government saving a few bucks on security. It will result in (continued) data collection on a massive scale, the kind that is increasingly being hampered by encryption. Does 'Snowden' ring a bell?

> ..wasn't pointing out the harms of pervasive spying.. ..she should expose her metadata..

While I agree that the argument "if she thinks it's okay she should let folks spy on her" is weak (it's always possible to find someone crazy/sold-out enough to do whatever is being pushed), that's not actually the argument, except in the most literal reading.

The argument is twofold. First, pointing out that there are harms and she's aware of them, despite not addressing them, because she refuses to disclose her communications. Second, that the spying will be used asymmetrically - you, dear citizen, will have all your communications recorded, stored indefinitely, and subject to discovery when some prosecutor or large corporation decides to do away with you. But try and find out which corporations are sponsoring which politicians, who owns them, and what kind of deals those politicians are making in your name, and you'll meet a stone wall of silence - just like in the TTIP negotiations.

But the OP put it more concisely and humorously.

> There are stronger arguments, such as asserting our right to privacy

I don't think this is a stronger argument. In fact, I don't think this is an argument at all. First of all, it's circular - the law shouldn't strip us of our right to privacy, because the law gives us the right to privacy. Second, it won't convince anyone, it's just pointing out the status quo - sure we have a right to privacy, but so what? What harm will come of losing it?
There's a remark in one of the books that the Ixians were completely unaware that their planet was named that because it was the ninth out from the Sun.
I want to send mails from embedded devices, similar to e.g. an ESP8266, with intermittent connectivity and a semi-stable power source. An HTTP API seems simpler for me to interface with than SMTP.
They say the money made by the developer is only due because of iffy status of the Foundation, and now the income is tax free. So it seems that the taxes due were because of the accountant advice on the structure of the Foundation - unless the sales started later, or the laws changed in between.
Avoid Exception for Dup on Integer – BigBinary Blog
Pre-industrial skeletal remains are often seen with more teeth than we might expect.

Here are the ways you lose a tooth:
1. Trauma, like a hit to the face, that knocks a tooth out.
2. Abrasion on the biting surfaces that wears teeth down to a stub over a lifetime.
3. An infectious disease that destroys the teeth (cavities).
4. An infectious disease that destroys the supporting bone around the teeth (periodontal disease).

What we are doing wrong:
1. Not wearing mouthguards to play sports/drive cars (think about hockey players who are missing teeth).
2. Living longer means more wear (also the position of the teeth changed in a softer, post-industrial diet).
3. Fermentable carbohydrates are eaten more frequently throughout the day. Bacteria that cause cavities, like streptococcus mutans, ferment carbohydrates into lactic acid, dissolve the underlying surface of the tooth, and invade deeper into the tooth.
4. Periodontal disease typically starts to take its toll in the third decade of life. We live longer than our ancestors.
Surely there's a better article on this topic. The opening paragraph starts out with two huge misses.

It quotes a price for "photovoltaic tiles" which is surely a price for a mix of photovoltaic and regular tiles. A mix that will vary in ratio depending on the house and location.

Then says "That’s nearly 20 percent cheaper than a normal roof — even without factoring in the energy savings." ... which is complete nonsense. They are obviously much more expensive than any non solar roof if you consider just the purchase price. Consumer Reports even concluded they were more expensive than a normal roof plus traditional solar panels, which seems expected as it's a nicer solution.
Patlu and His Ideas – Compilation Part 4
It's all good now! Rust has been stable with backwards-compatibility guarantees since 1.0 was released two years ago.
MAPS.ME announces worlds easiest to use local advertising system
Fake Online REST API for Testing and Prototyping
It's not an attempt to deceive. It's an attempt to navigate a complex tax system. I personally have no problem with any company avoiding tax where they can. I do have a problem with governments opening up huge tax loop holes for companies to use. Of course companies will do all they can to avoid tax. It's up to governments to build fair and robust tax frameworks.

This is a group of passionate people developing a great product and giving it away. I'm not sure any law maker would want to target these guys for tax revenue. I'm not sure the auditors actions represent the spirit of the law.
I once used the OP_RETURN to do the nerd equivalent of carving a heart in a tree.

Tx `26c5ca404cc37abf77fc722a11f56b34a481f7879b1c11fe68fcdcdf2a15626f`[1] it contains the following hex data in the OP_RETURN:

40616d696e67696c616e69203c332040697a7a617368616869642023536179497457697468426974636f696e2023466c6f6f64546865426c6f636b636861696e

Which when converted to a string says:

@amingilani <3 @izzashahid #SayItWithBitcoin #FloodTheBlockchain
I never had a software development job where optimizing memory consumption and handling large scale data (for whatever definition of large was for that particular system) wasn't a necessity. It was also useful to know when these measures were and weren't needed depending on the context in the system.

I do mostly what's called "systems programming" and did embedded previously but also did some work on "normal" software but in all cases it was useful to care memory, data structures and performance at some levels of the system.
Yes... I'm Dutch, so that's where I created the foundation. Originally, we wanted to work through the German KDE e.V., but they couldn't support development work financially.
IIRC the Campaign Zero people were talking about this right at the start. Letting possible perps view the footage to get their story straight is particularly egregious.
The upper cla... I mean Parliament should be exempt, of course.
We wrote a similar service in Erlang [1] which is used for bug reporting of client side software (since most corporate networks block outgoing SMTP).

[1] https://gitHub.com/lindenbaum/http2smtp
Surprising given that Slack's performance is something people regularly complain about
See also: envelopes considered 'a problem' by tyrannical government.
Eating a broom is a German saying: «Eher fress ich einen Besen...!».
Vulnerabilities in Car Washes
I found an interesting article via Newsfusion Cyber Security News - I thought you might like it:
http://go.newsfusion.com/security/item/996832
I've used Firefox for the last 2 years on Android. In that time I've only had a couple of websites not work, probably because the Dev only tested with one browser. I've enjoyed browsing ad free and a couple of other features that Chrome didn't have at the time, like open tabs in the background when I click on links in other apps.

If you're willing to give Firefox another chance, it's a good time to do so. They've put a lot of effort into performance in the last few releases.
Scala 3 will include emuns as a language construct [1], but that will probably not be released before 2019.

[1] http://www.bigdatarepublic.nl/key-takeaways-from-the-scala-d...
And if she's nothing to hide then she's nothing to fear of them being made known, right?
This is the kind of stuff HN abhors... ooops it's not Amazon, it's Krita!

Amazon want to skip taxes with the intent of making more money for themselves.

Krita want to skip taxes with the intent of making free software for strangers.

Seems like there's a moral difference there (as well as, of course, the actual legal difference).
Using Passwordless Authentication to Reduce User Friction
I know about the IRA in general from the news & living in the UK. I hadn't realised splinter groups were still at it.

I don't tend to read the news -- so haven't heard much about Sinn Fein[0] recently, for example. Looking up SF, I've just learned they are left-wing. I'd assumed they were right-wing nationalists.

Guess the answer to how much I know about this subject is, a wee bit.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in
The Paris attacks were coordinated over plain old encrypted SMS. Didn't see that coming.

The Australian PM thinks the laws of mathematics can be bent to those of Australia.

Now this genius.

Fact is, communications are ubiquitous now, and even if every byte was unencrypted, they won't be able to catch every crook.
Or.... it's not surprising at all.
Have you ever heard of "headless browsers" (like [chrome](https://github.com/dhamaniasad/HeadlessBrowsers/issues/37)? What are some defining characteristics of browsers that are absent in scraping clients? If I open a browser window while doing the scraping is that acceptable?
"We use the dev build of React. It makes it easier for us to debug issues our customers might be experiencing. "

Is it that hard to debug the production build?