skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Not weighing in on the broader issue here or, necessarily, why the author included that bit (see what I'm doing?) but pedantically qualifying one's position and every single clause to the point of absurdity is a style people learn when writing for online audiences, because something about reading text online makes people even worse readers than they ordinarily are, which is saying something, while also making them feel like well-informed experts on every conceivable topic who definitely need to comment on the thing they just read and (generously) half-understood, while also for some reason assuming the writer is some kind of actual fairy tale monster until proven otherwise.

Above sweeping statements intentionally left without pedantic qualification because it accurately expresses my thoughts on the matter as written. Deal with it, Internet.
Yonatan Zunger says this:

> nearly every statement about gender in that entire document is actively incorrect,¹ and flies directly in the face of all research done in the field for decades, they should go for it. But I am neither a biologist, a psychologist, nor a sociologist, so I’ll leave that to someone else.

Except it turned out James Damore of the DM has a Masters in Biological Systems from Harvard. And is experienced engineer working in Search (he disputed the author's chops there too).
Well actually he never did, and that's the problem. If he had, we'd at least know his plan. But all he did was taking a gamble that went on and on for months dragging the economy to the bottom in the meantime. There was no planning for exiting the Euro, nothing at all. Just random thoughts here and there and a lot of bs talk. For example, the committee that was exploring the consequences of leaving the Euro and how the state would react to that was less than five guys that he brought. There was a lot of amateurism going on and eventually we paid the price for all that.

And by the way, those obligations you speak about were not created by corrupted governments. They were created for sustaining an unviable model that gives pensions to people at their mid fifties and maintains a soviet-era type of economy where the state controls pretty much everything.
That the U.S is the only one who donates meaningfully to it and it is basically a slush fund for corruption outside of U.S political control. Why can't the U.S just give grants on a case by case basis to other countries? That money is going to just get squandered and feed corruption if it goes to a U.N body and it won't help the environment. We do get to buy indulgences from the U.N for our overconsumption sins so at least we'll feel better while the climate outcome is the same!

Ideally I'd like to see some foreign aid given out to fund solar energy and wind projects in developing countries with maybe a joint partnership with a U.S operator getting to run the thing so it contributes to our economic development as well. This would actually be a pretty good plan. We could even do it as a loan paid back over a very long period of time by the electricity fees generated so it would generate a positive trade balance over time. Maybe we could build hyperloops and such in developing countries first where there is a drastically lower cost of construction in a joint venture before trying to build them here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itAOGRiYRLI
> it needs to be pointed out that this type of journalism is absolutely not neutral

And actually is a lazy way to even hoodwink people. The correct way is to show a bias and then use the proverbial 'to be sure' statements but bury those later on where they are less likely to be noticed.
But California is not one of those states. See http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection...
So you're referring to the Cantillon(sp?) effect? Just asking for clarification.
"Available evidence" : that's because we still don't know how to look for it, or what to look for, and the reasons for that are complexity and time.
How many general secretaries of the Soviet Union fed their opponents to dogs or blew them up with missiles? Short of somebody poisoning Kim Jong-un while he sleeps, I don't see a conflict free regime change or collapse.
I agree 100%
Nobody's stopping you. GLHF.
For those who are unfamiliar with coursera or interested in just the videos (and NO certificate) you can enroll in "AUDIT" mode:

AUDIT MODE: http://image.ibb.co/iwm0xF/ng.png

The deep-learning course consist of 5 subcourses:

https://www.coursera.org/learn/neural-networks-deep-learning

https://www.coursera.org/learn/deep-neural-network

https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning-projects

https://www.coursera.org/learn/convolutional-neural-networks

https://www.coursera.org/learn/nlp-sequence-models

The deep-learning course is a different course than the prerequisite machine-learning course:

https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning
Thanks for finding the quote. Regardless, the author says that the politicization is alienating conservatives, not the program itself. If Google allowed for an open discussion about its diversity program, the author would not have this criticism.
NOx emissions from a diesel engine are from atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen, not from the fuel. I welcome further clarifications, but my understanding is that this engine will not produce NOx like a standard diesel because the fuel/air mix will be tightly controlled like in a gasoline engine, and temperature and pressure will be significantly less than a standard diesel. Additionally, it seems the timing of the fuel injection will be much earlier than a diesel, resulting in more complete air/fuel mixture; this is possible because gasoline has a higher ignition temperature, so fuel can be injected early and ignition won't happen until the compression stroke; diesel fuel would ignite during injection regardless of where in the cycle.
I'm not sure why anybody thinks his "intention" or "motivation" are important. Can somebody who thinks that say more?
None of the stuff you mentioned invalidates any of the mechanisms I described, although regulations may decrease their effectiveness (as with any other price-discovery mechanism) by introducing friction or breaking efficient instruments.
and wouldn't a regime collapse mean looser controls on who has access to said nuclear weapons, and where they end up? like the Soviet Union.
I didn't make an argument at all. I actually somewhat support the guy who got fired (only in that I don't think he should have been fired). All I want to know is how organizations can include people with views that other members of the organization find to be abhorrent.

> Besides, if you quit a huge company like Google because one of your colleagues holds an opinion, then how are you so different from a white who wouldn't go to school anymore after the first black joined?

This is an oversimplification of what I said and also doesn't make sense even on it's own. A black person's mere presence at a school does not negatively affect the other students at the school. A person more senior than me who holds the belief that for some made up biological reason I am less capable than someone else can actually negatively affect my career.
What brand would you recommend?
So if we were to have a rational debate, what points did he have, and points did his opponents have?
> Those "few occasions" would presumably be accidents without the intervention of the safety driver.

I'm not sure that's a safe presumption. The car could have done the right thing but not been confident enough in the planned course of action. Still not great, but not a presumed accident either.
I'm reminded of Clay Shirky's talk/essay (wish I could find a link, but it doesn't seem to be on his website any more) about the tremendous consumption of gin (and other drugs) during the Industrial Revolution as a way to deal with the changing world and cognitive surplus of extra time. My hope is that we're in a transitional period when it comes to the internet; we'll become more and more aware of how to use the internet responsibly and regulate ourselves individually or communally to use it for its greatest benefit. But we're in the midst of the Great Binge right now, playing with technologies that have massive psychological effects without considering their long term impacts, giving people what they want in the short term while really reshaping culture, society, and what it means to be a person in the long term.

In my more pessimistic/imaginative moments, I feel like after the coming apocalypse the internet will be banned, Butlerian Jihad-style; long-range communication technologies only for the elite in strictly regulated contexts, because too much access for the individual causes addiction and madness. To be clear, I don't think this is a good outcome (as with the Industrial Revolution, technology has huge long-term benefits if the terrible costs can be overcome) but I think there needs to be a really serious change in how we think about communication technology, and part of that means acknowledging its harms.
2 Things About That Google Memo…
North Korea is erratic but I don't think it is erratic enough to be willing to turned into glass when it could otherwise keep doing its thing. The regime is not suicidal ( I think...)
Amazon certainly accepts payments that way.
And many other online retailers offer GiroPay, which I think is a payment method based on SEPA Credit Transfer. I don't know about the cost structure of that one.
Notpick: It's not the author, but the English translator.
It is strongly in N. Korea's interest to develop nuclear weapons. NK is acting highly rationally in every respect.

I simply can't handle the statements from US officials accusing Kim Jong-un of being "insane" or "irrational". That sort of nonsense is an indication that there is a propaganda story being told.

The real question is why the US keeps blustering about N. Korea and why US hawks keep fanning the flames.

US sanctions have helped NK become an insular place where reality is distorted and basic famine prevents much dissent from occurring.

There is absolutely zero reason to have any trust/faith in US leaders who are calling for the same hawkish nonsense that they did about Iraq, Lybia, Syria, etc. It simply doesn't work and it costs the US tremendous amounts of money to effectively genocide those populations with "pre-emptive strikes".

Like playground bullies, US politicians need small countries to push around to make themselves feel powerful. Sadly the real message that is being sent is that if you want the US to back off nukes are an absolute necessity.

We in the US need to realize that when we allow our leaders to do wars, sanctions, and bombing campaigns we are complicit in the massive amount of suffering those policies cause.

We should be truly confident that such policies are sensible and not get caught up in the simplistic narratives they offer us. Just say no!
> I also wonder if the maintainability of these engines will be the same as with diesel

They also include traditional spark plugs and the engine automatically switches between modes. So, I fear that maintenance wise, it may be the worst of both worlds -- but with less wear and tear on the spark side, perhaps it will be better.
The ancient advice to new forums of "Lurk more" applies.
Original memo:
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-I...

Might be worth actually reading it before arguing over whether this kind of material should be censored and its author shunned.
Completely agree that the reporting on this memo would have benefited greatly by more careful reporting by the journalism community.

While that may be the case, however, it isn't like the uproar and misinterpretation couldn't have been predicted. Whatever the academic merit of the memo author's claims, the memo was thrown into a social context that was clearly primed for snap judgement.

Particularly regarding social issues, how we write is just as important as what we write. An effective argument connects and convinces, anticipating possible reactions and (mis-)interpretations of the reader.

The irony is that the memo is missing the necessary empathy and social awareness for the audience, qualities that the author attributes to women.
It's also weird to assume that it'll "drag the "legitimate" crypto currencies down". It's much more likely that the legit ones will be a "safety" asset and only gain in credibility with large investors.
> This comment makes perfect sense if load is a smooth function. But it is not. It tends to be a step function.

I think that depends on the sampling frequency, doesn't it? (given a modern OS with lots and lots of threads and processes)
This is also a good point.
> before the stork came and the rotary had to leave

One of my friends had an rx-8, the backseats were useless for adults, but glorious for car seats.
Thank you. I realize no that it's easy to think that I believe the made up scenario I presented is the same as what happened at Google. That wasn't my intention. My point was to answer the question (that pretty much no one has even attempted to answer) of how do you include people in an organization who hold views that are so counter to what many others in the organization believe. And not just different views but views that are thought to lead to real world negative consequences.
I totally agree, and alluded to that in my comment. I just felt like perhaps the comment I replied to was implying that industry bares the cost.

Whether we figure out a less carbon intensive way or just consume less, I think we can agree the benefits are the same.

I have a pet theory that we've reached a kind of "Peak Comfort". While commerce and industry yearns for more revenue, I hope that at some point the average consumer will start to say "Hey, this is probably enough comfort for me, I should focus on other things in my life." Whether that manifests in using less electricity, buying fewer fancy technology bits or sticking with their current car a few more years. Perhaps that is a naive hope, I am not sure.
Is this still the case since Target sold their pharmacy operations to CVS? I've been curious how much of the "Target charm" remained after that transition.
I think so? I don't know the law, but I do know if I'm turning left and someone else is turning left in the other lane - in sf, I need to make sure the cars behind them aren't going around them in the same lane.
What's irrational is blindly assuming performance and interests must be equal across the sexes, in defiance of all evidence or reason. Every factor we're able to objectively measure - height, weight, life expectancy, test scores - shows significant differences (in terms of distribution and averages) between men and women. It's absurd to assume that somehow we're magically equally suitable (again, on a large, statistical scale) for all jobs.
This hasn't been discussed on HN before. [0] If you have any more recent updates on this topic we'd love to see them.

[0] https://hn.algolia.com/?query=tapetail&prefix=false&sort=byP...
> The Electron accompanied by Angular framework is a very solid foundation for desktop application development in most of use cases.

It really isn’t.

> By the way lot of well known applications are based on electron: VS Code, Slack, WhatsApp…

Way to prove the point by mentioning some of the worst “apps” out there. They forgot the GitHub “desktop” “app”.
Did you read it in Chinese? Maybe something got lost in translation...?
So to summarize your points, if Bitcoin, or what crypto-currency comes to dominate, becomes a serious global currency to rival that of the dollar, if it's horded and not used to transact or invest in the economy, which is a danger due to its deflationary nature, then that will have dire consequences. But so long as its used as a currency and not primarily as a value store, then it's not a problem. Which is concerning. What concerns me about bitcoin currently is that it's not used a currency, AFAICT most people use it as an investment vehicle. It is worth pointing out that not all crypto-currencies are deflationary. Ethereum for instance, has no limit on the number of tokens.
Why would the exchange run into problems in such a case? Some are certainly more reputable than others, but for the most part there's no reason to worry there.
Ask HN: Blogging?
I am looking for some serious way to make money. I have seen lots of people are producing videos posting online, blogging and writing stuff about anything. Can blogging make serious money? How should I start to earn living online?
> I feel like there is a big difference between the scenario at hand and systematic persecution of certain groups of people.

What's the difference? Persecution is persecution.

> You seem to assign a huge value to keeping a job.

It's one of the most important aspects of people's lives. One way of oppressing people is through their employment. What better way is there to intimidate and silence people other than attacking their employment?

> From my point of view, that employee actually tried to advance a very hostile political agenda with what he wrote

Care to point out where the hostility is? The guy was participating in a google led private forum. Nothing he wrote can be objectively and honestly construed as hostile.

> where you need to fight with people over whether you are even biologically capable of doing your job.

Pointing out biological differences is science. Saying that perhaps there are biological advantages that kenyans enjoy in long distance running

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/04/wh...

or that tibetans/himalayans are better adapted to high altitude environments

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/07/tibetans-inherited-hi...

isn't hostile.

To say stating certain biological conditions exist is hostile is a form of anti-science rhetoric that all peoples on all side should be concerned with.

> And, no, I would not defend Google for firing somebody for, say, being a lesbian. That's a completely different scenario.

You say it is a different scenario but you don't explain why? A muslim company asks their employees to discuss on their private channel on how they could be a better company. A pro-lgbt person says we need more lgbt people in the company. Some muslim employees find it offensive and leaks this out to the media and the muslim media wages a media war against this pro-lgbt person. So they fire this pro-lgbt person. How is it any different?

All you are saying is that you just want your side to be protected. The "others" deserve no protection or empathy. That is very worrying.
Reporting android app crash on your finger tips
Look, I'm not a huge fan of social science or psychology myself, but that's because they have trouble reproducing things. The scientists he cited and who wrote in support of him are social scientists and psychologists. They are discussing reproducible results. Are you saying that no psychological finding, no matter how reproducible, can ever be used if it's related to gender?

If you have hard scientific evidence with scientists willing to go on the record and say, no, in fact, there are no innate differences between the preferences of men and women, it's all just lies and in fact girls love computers when they are children just as much as boys and here's why the other studies are all flawed ... sure. Show them to us.

As it is, you look like someone who is scrabbling around for an excuse to ignore perfectly valid scientific debating by disclaiming entire fields as "pseudo science" and "cherry picked". Please debate properly - make real rebuttals with evidence.
I thought that including disk wait in the load average was a common Unix feature. Sadly I can't go spelunking through the archives right now, but it would be interesting to see what Solaris and BSD do, for comparison with systems a little bit closer to Linux than TENEX :-)
Hmmm... I'm sure FB and all other social media are afraid of being targeted by regulation in case such data becomes so highly predictive and used by rating agencies which can causes actual financial harm to a person (i.e. by increasing their interest rates for a mortgage). I wonder if that's why they have been so aggressive about self-censoring and such.
Pretty normal in Norway as well. Cashier feeds notes into machine, customer drops coins in coin machine. Usually pretty fast if the machine reads the coins/notes immediately.
I was able to actually read the article because of this. Thanks.
Yanis Varoufakis became involved in the Greek Government in 2015... well after Greece's financial problems had set in.
Piketty, Saez, and Zucman think US economy is broken and needs to be more socialist. I think I've read this before.
My theory with Germany specifically is that the Germans I have known have all been extremely protective of their privacy. I'd be interested in seeing stats on social media adoption in Germany, because my hypothesis is that they lag the rest of the world.

If privacy is such a concern (and particularly privacy from one's own government), then the use of cash makes sense. My guess is that this distrust of government did grow from the abuses of domestic surveillance by the Nazi regime and East Germany. I'd be curious to see how this breaks down between the old east/west lines as well.

And I'm sure individuals don't use cash for these reasons; but because the system in Germany functions that way out of historical legacy. As a consumer, it's simply easier to buy things with cash.
So there's no need to evaluate the argument, only to parse for key signals in the rhetoric?

Thanks for saving me time in my future critical reading!
Tolerance is a peace treaty, not a moral precept. It is fair to not tolerate the intolerant.
> I would pay Facebook $2-5/month not to show me advertisements.

I'd expand that beyond ads alone, to have the payment prevent tracking, profiling, "filter bubbling", and sometimes emotional manipulation experiments. [1] But that model won't scale, and it wouldn't offer Facebook growing value over time either.

[1]: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28051930
>Once tre bubble clearly pops then I'd start actively shorting as there will be months of bear market probably after the reversal.

I seriously doubt that logic would work, because it's very possible that by the time you think the bubble clearly "popped", it has already reached the bottom. Not to mention that half the market is planning the same thing.
Beware that:

“The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.” (John Maynard Keynes)

Especially relevant to short selling
Historically that has not been the case, when BTC falls, everything else does as well.
Watch me make a grand jury disappear.
They're both descriptive claims.
CC company charges 2.5% of overhead on all CC-based purchases. Vendor agreement prohibits passing that markup over to customers, so instead the vendor must pass that cost onto everybody. The net effect is that cash payers are subsidizing the credit card companies.

To encourage this arrangement, the CC companies offer a kickback to the people who use the card, like 1% in cash back or "points" or whatever.

This creates a game-theory problem where the customer is encouraged to always pay with their card, because otherwise they're wasting a percent or two.

In countries where vendor agreements prohibiting passing the fee onto consumers is illegal, stores are able to ensure that cash payers are not subsidizing card payers... But consumers may rebel at the extra fee for paying with card and choose to take their business somewhere else altogether.