skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Also from the memo:

> However, portions of the memo violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace. Our job is to build great products for users that make a difference in their lives. To suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK. It is contrary to our basic values and our Code of Conduct, which expects “each Googler to do their utmost to create a workplace culture that is free of harassment, intimidation, bias and unlawful discrimination.

He made his continued employment both a social and legal liability. This is a fireable offense even if he was "right".

Also consider this. As part of Google's mandatory diversity training, one is presented with Google's internal research claiming that unconscious bias is real and measurable, and that diversity hiring yields both better individual and group performance. In short, Google feels these programs are scientifically valid. The author claims they aren't, but casually dismisses Google's position without really addressing it. Instead we get an evo-psych Chewbacca defense, phrased in a way that's sure to offend a large number of people. Even if he did that in good faith, it's a colossal mistake at best.
This is pretty inspiring. It seems everyone is too frightened by such a small but very vocal minority who put feelings ahead of logic.
Ownership is participation. Imagine if a similar proportion of owners of shares of publicly traded companies henceforth refused to sell their shares under any circumstances for several decades. That would have a significant effect on stock prices, no?
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I would assume that the question was posed in the subject's native tongue. I would further assume that different languages impose different meanings on the word or phrase used for "your country".

For instance, in US English, there is a clear distinction between "country", "nation", "state", and "government", and those words have slightly different meanings to different people.

Thus, the question--with the same wording--could be interpreted by one as "Would you take up arms to defend the people in your neighborhood from military attack?" and by another as "Would you murder strangers for the benefit of rich oligarchs that never actually put themselves at risk of harm?"

I imagine if you asked those two different questions explicitly to the same person, you would see a large gap in responses.

As such, without more specific information on how the survey was conducted, I'd be cautious about comparing results across language groups and cultures. I imagine the answers are heavily influenced by the sense "Would you re-fight your country's previous wars?"
>Even silly little things that only cost a couple of £.

I use a credit card to pay for a $1.25 coffee. I never have cash, partly because I forget to take some out.
This is especially true with generic versions drugs like Adderall xr (and SSRI's), is that the potency can be up to 20% less than the brand name.
Thanks, I did read this (and thought that it should have been put much earlier in the article and expanded on). But what was left a little unclear to me is whether the deductible calculation was based on the list price. I guess it is, but that does seem pretty dubious. I guess one of the advantages of a single-payer system is that it is a single-price system; I wonder if we don't have the political will for a single-payer system if there is any chance we could at least get a single-price system (or, failing that, at least a system where people who have insurance don't pay more for stuff out of their deductibles than their insurers will pay after they exhaust their deductibles).
Contrary to the rest of the comments here, I enjoyed the gifs.
That's great, but I believe it will not work with Google Docs files, right?
There are other reasons as well not mentioned in the article but perhaps more troublesome. Occupational licensing for those who have not retired may mean picking and moving to another locale would incur costs of obtaining new licensing to practice their trade. This can differ even on a county by county basis.

The other is government aid, think Medicaid an similar. This can vary by state and even at the city level benefits can change so the risk could be a lower standard of living even after being flush with funds from a good sale.

So young people are not only up against regressive regulation preventing some from moving but the abuse of land-use regulation which blocks more people from coming in.
Why are people living in their homes a 'problem'?
Awesome! Thanks!

Any chance you want to do one on compression of a integer time series? How about variable length integers? Such an article would be very appreciated in IoT circles since data (timed voltage values) transfer and storage can get quite expensive for dollars and latency.

Cheers!
I have a hard time believing that banks are "exempt from paying municipal property taxes" as a blanket rule. Surely, that would depend on a given locality's laws. Further, it seems that, in general, banks are liable for annual property taxes on REOs post foreclosure [1].

[1] https://www.quora.com/Does-the-bank-pay-annual-property-taxe...
I was not disputing the effect you brought up - only questioning its relevance.

The study I linked is one that seems more relevant to the topic at hand - certainly more relevant to the point I was trying to make originally.

About your edit: there is no need to try to make me feel better. Assuming you understand what makes me tick well enough to be able to do so is a common mistake (not with me specifically, but in general) that leads to the kind of cross-talk we're seeing here.
Similarly in Australia, the merchant usually pays the fee (although Australian stores now have the right to charge the fee if they wish. In practice, a handful of stores impose a partial surcharge only on AmEx & Diners cards).

I try to use cards when I can because I earn Frequent Flyer points, something I wouldn't get using cash. I've already used those points once to fund a Round The World trip (strangely enough, including a trip to Germany).
"Always carry enough cash to get home" - my dad.

But otherwise I'm in the same boat. Amex for everything I can possibly use it for, Visa for places that don't take Amex, Visa debit when I'm under a CC limit.
Agreed. Nobody should be forced to sell their property. You bought it and you can live their your whole life.
You said this, and attributed to me, and posed it to me as a question.

All I'm saying is no body is going to ask for increased diversity in coal mines. This is simple, and not even that hard to understand. Nobody wants to do a job where money/effort-done is very low.
Also very important to point out; this same standardisation is missing on the TLD level.

Both for safeguarding internal use, and making a global TLD reserved on the global DNS zones.
You'll find organisations using in production .local .dev (Taken by Google on 2014-11-20, followed by .app in 2015) *.zone (Taken by a LLC on 2014-01-09 ) as internal domains, with potential conflicts with the Internet's DNS resolution.

More importantly .dev [1] and .zone [2] are now valid TLDs, so watch out people!

[1] https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/dev.html

[2] https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/zone.html
This is only true if the total number of trials and the test outcomes stay the same, which is definitely not the case here.
That's my pet peeve with my current (1st gen) X1 Carbon. I hate having to carry at least 3 dongles with me nearly everywhere. I usually travel with an mDP to VGA, mDP to HDMI, and a USB3 Ethernet adapter. I'd much rather have something like the T460s with two of those built in.
...which has reference #14 has Sen listed as the author of another article (can't find direct link), here's #14 though:
Sen, C. K. & Ghatak, S. miRNA control of tissue repair and regeneration. Am. J. Pathol. 185, 2629–2640 (2015).
Yes, but somehow magically they stopped at Curzon line. I.e. they took back exactly the same lands, that Poles took them 20 years before.

At the dawn of WW2, Poles weren't innocent bystander either. They happily tooks parts of Czechoslovakia.
Thanks for the info... what's a better/the best option?

Also, this is a laptop, so a diff class than server/desktop models - so may not be fair to even compare them ?
Not really. Debit cards are debit cards, not cash. You are comparing CC to DC as far as I can tell, but they are completely different products. There is a huge difference between having currency in your hand or use a medium to access money held by the private organization that can go bankrupt (and this happens much more often than, for example, governments with their currencies).
Android/Apple Pay (using NFC) is even faster from my experience. On top of that, the merchant never gets your CC data, so it's much more secure. It's still not widespread, but I make sure to use it whenever I get the chance.
Any links for this? It's the first time I hear about it.
Ultimately, the fate of businesses is mostly decided by the economical part of "the market". Looking at how the companies live and die, both in tech industry and outside, I don't believe this issue is significant enough to affect a big organization in a meaningful way.

People get easily outraged - which can and does end up with individuals getting hurt - but they also quickly forget and move to next issue. See also the arguments why boycotts generally don't work.
I'm fairly happy with my t540p, even has a socketed CPU for replacement. They're fairly cheap on eBay right now because they just came off lease from some larger companies.
Same here, though I think a lot more recently than a few years ago because of the growing ubiquity of contactless options which are very convenient for those small payments. Is that payment option as common in those countries at this point?
Quick solution: add the element to your adblocker. Most let you quickly select elements on the page.

Make sure to get the actual container (might need to do the image first) so you aren't left with giant gaps.
I haven't thought about him in a long time. I miss him. HN is lessened by his absence.
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I'd argue that Befunge is far simpler. It's yet-another-esoteric-programming-language but the program pointer can move in 4 directions instead of 2. Every instruction is simple stack/heap manipulation or IO. AsciiDots looks a lot more complicated, multiple program pointers which are also the variables in the program with no concept of stack or heap. Not to mention library support, too.
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With all due respect, I am concerned that people are over-sexualizing things, as a form of moral panic. My solution is to dispassionately discuss the problem, so that it can be de-escalated.

Kudos to the mod team for their handling of the larger affair over the past week, it is truly unfortunate what we are all dealing with right now.

(10 minutes later) Ok, I can see that the original comment should have included my follow up point, in order to avoid creating the "tripping hazard" that set the stage for Door's response.
Government regulation is actually the culprit here.

Google is being sued by the Department of Labor for violating a gender discrimination regulation: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/07/google-pa...

Google's response is driven by this lawsuit. They have antitrust regulations on one side, discrimination regulations on the other. Sundar is aware that the government could sue Google out of business.
Exactly. There is quite a bit of clarification needed for someone to fully answer the question and depending on how you define certain terms the responses, I would imagine, would quite different.

"Fight a War" : Front line with arms? Controlling a drone from thousands of miles away? Being a military medic, engineer, or strategist? Propaganda writer?

"country": Sovereign physical boarders? Extends to protecting assets/people overseas? Cyber footprint? The political party in charge? The constitution? The population?

by whom?: Invading foreign force? Internal civil uprising? Military coup? aliens? ;)
I didn't say it was easy. I said it is possible. You save your money carefully well in advance of this opportunity. You might take 2 years to raise 10k. Your extended family and some of your friends are doing the same. When this opportunity comes up they borrow the money to you (while wishing they had seen it first).

Most families do not operate this way: few save that much, and not many have extended family saving that much. Even of those who do, many do not get along with their family well enough to risk borrowing large sums of money.
Can you describe your experience with node, specifically, how it has different from what you experience with Erlang? I feel like that would help me to understand your comment better.
What's the "'ho" referred to? An alias for Scientology/SeaOrg, or a particular individual?
Because there isn't enough real estate for millennials so they stay living with their parents until 35.

I agree with you, there's nothing wrong with people living in houses they purchased decades ago. It's their private property.

So it's a problem for young people. Nothing they can do to change that easily though.
> 1) CC is slow

While the CC may or may not be slow. In the 5+ months I've now been living in Germany, I've noticed that people are very keen to pay with exact change if they can dig it up. This is an even slower process, but also seems to be the norm.
That's fine if they refuse to sell, but as the article points out, there's an enormous demand for homes.

Several of the people mentioned in the article own more than one property and are entirely unwilling to sell.
Also a huge base for democrats are poor minorities (Blacks, Hispanics, etc) who likely can't afford solar panels as easily.
Do you mean that women are treated as less capable so companies put in place lower barriers to entry for them? Assuming I didn't misunderstand your comment, that's not really how it works. Companies have these sorts of diversity initiatives not because they think women are less capable, but because it has been shown that women in tech often experience toxic or otherwise negative conditions in the workplace in relation to their gender. These programs are a way for companies to try to course-correct. I don't always agree with the methods, but I believe the overall initiative is a positive one.

I somewhat agree with the other comment here that "you wouldn't need a diversity program, sensitivity training, or unconscious bias training if you stopped hiring frat boys with no life experience straight out of college." I would just add to that that the issue isn't just the frat boys hired straight out of college, but also some experienced devs who were allowed to simply remain in the frat boy mindset as they aged in the industry.
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Exactly. That was the thrust of James Damore’s argument.
>which he wasn't.

I'm sure you have sources that disprove his sources. How about you post them.
They're group classes, so each participant is paying only a fraction of the $300.
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My understanding is that it was shared on a message board of some kind intended for employees to share and discuss their thoughts. If that isn't true, and he sent this document out to some mailing list or what have you - then I take back what I said and agree with you (though firing seems a tiny bit extreme).

To your second point, the document proposed multiple steps at investigating or remediating the problem, such as the author saw it. Regardless, I hope you would agree that applying the standard of "You cannot discuss a social problem unless you have a solution to it, or else you will be fired" seems suboptimal.
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Interesting. I'm 56 years old and cashed out some tech equities to buy 6 rental properties with low interest rate mortgages.
Right, merchants pay the transaction fees and then in turn charge you, maybe minus a bit for what they save on cash handling. There is no free lunch.
> Aug 8, 2017

> This note was sent to Google employees this evening. -Ed.

I'm reading a note from the future. Incredible!
Thank you for sharing this.

For a while I’ve had a sense that “useful PoW” simply doesn’t make sense, but I was unable to explain why. This article perfectly explains why it doesn’t make sense, albeit using very econ-specific terms. I think it may be possible to explain it in simpler terms, without needing to introduce marginal revenue and cost, but I’m not sure exactly how just yet.
I hadn't seen that Twitter post. Then again, I don't read Twitter. Pretty embarrassing misread of Gödel, though. I don't know why he would say that. It can't be easy being in the spotlight with such intense scrutiny over every word you say.

As for why he should be trusted? He has achieved heroic status for putting his job on the line to stand up against political correctness overreach. He has riveted tons of young men with his demonstration of the archetypal parallels between various pieces of Western mythology, Christianity, mainstream fiction, and psychology.

Sometimes he has me nodding my head, other times I'm shaking it in disbelief. I know very little about Jung or Nietzsche. Sometimes I worry I may be suffering from the Gell-Mann amnesia effect. [0]

[0] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-ge...
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Don’t forget the "Wickedly Prime" snacks. (The popcorns are actually really good)
> as part of Google's mandatory diversity training, you're presented with Google's internal research showing that diversity hiring yields both better individual and group performance

That would be interesting research to review publicly. But it also reframes the picture, changing it from "some groups are discriminated against and therefore we need diversity focus" to "we need to start discriminating in order to increase diversity, because this leads to better-performing teams".
Same here. The limit is 25€, very convenient.
Because it's not politically correct to hate, denigrate, insult, or deride Non-white people.

Infanticide? Sure, cool. Homophobia because of religion (not Christianity)? We're fine with that. Honor killings? Its a pass. Killing goyim/kaffirs? We're down with that. Have a weird hangup or otherwise cultural thing that's completely disgusting, abhorrent, and/or unethical? It's obviously cultural, and it's OK!

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Wait, you want to talk about something white people do? We can't allow that! That's against our diversity training.

You're fired.

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It's because multiculturalism isn't about learning other cultures, their languages, their histories. Nope. It's about how evil Western culture is. I've sat in those classes, bemoaning how horrible and evil our ancestors were. And the only way to "win" the grade is to regurgitate what's said.

And in avenues like this, "Winning" is silence, and losing is saying anything against the current groupthink with your real name.
The expectation is more that there should be a functioning residential real estate market. There isn't in many locations due to lack of supply.
>We did not study world maps, because international geography, as a subject, had been phased out of many state curriculums long before.

It's really just a generalized statement based on her personal experience.

Here's some anecdata:

In 11th grade I took a world cultures class that spent a lot of time in Russian and Chinese history as well as a broader overview of various parts of Africa (mostly sub-Saharan, if I recall correctly). This was a couple of years after doing a world cultures class that was a bit broader and shallower, but I do remember it having a pretty extensive introduction to the bigger world religions. We learned the Five Pillars of Islam as well as some of the basic principles of Hinduism and Buddhism.

In elementary school, the gifted kids would put on a thing called "International Day" where they'd each pick a country, write to embassies for info, get into the CIA World Factbook on the World Wide Web, wear clothing from the nation, bring in their food, etc. It was a nice way for kids to try tzatziki sauce, listen to Slovenian-style polka, say hello in Mandarin, or see someone wearing a ghoutra or kaftan.

While this was a good school district, it was nothing remotely resembling an urban or cosmopolitan one. I have to think that plenty of Americans had similar experiences like this.
Mongoose, not to be confused with Mongoose.

https://metacpan.org/pod/Mongoose
Agreed. In the case of the drugs mentioned in the article (ADHD), the generic equivalents of the extended release aren't as good and/or potent as the brand name. This sucks because the generic drugs are so much cheaper, even with insurance.
Distributing the images/posts via bittorrent and the relations between them in the DHT might be the way to go with such a project.

On the other hand, the an uncensorable imageboard would profit from the verifiable timestamping of a blockchain, with just the images distributed via a bittorrent-like mechanism. That also gives you a decent anti-spam mechanism (you can post in exchange for mining blocks, similar to the original idea of hash-cash)
If you drive blindfolded do you know exactly how your car will be dented or precisely where the collision will take place?

Does not knowing these answers make the activity fundamentally safe and concern about blindfolded driving to be alarmist?

It's certainly possible to see something as absurdly dangerous without having crystal ball level predictive accuracy.
I think this romantic view of bohemian travelling is also betraying a certain amount of privilege. It's a lot more comfortable to wander where the world takes you when you know you have money to throw at problems if you really get in trouble.

Not to mention, people who frantically try to optimise their time on holiday do so because it's the only week off they can afford this year, and they don't want it to be wasted.
Also, almost every store accept touch-pay method where you just touch your CC with the terminal and it is payed without entering pin or providing signature.

Only works if the amount is less then 25 EUR but still it is much faster then cash.
I'm not sure how this is even a real problem. Try a different neighborhood. I've never had a problem finding a house to buy and I've never heard anyone say that's an issue.

Everything has a price, I guarantee one of those people would sell, given the right offer.

There are many homes for sale in that area also, just not the less than 200k he wants to pay: https://www.zillow.com/homes/Brewerytown,-Philadelphia_rb/
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But I have the feeling credit cards are getting more mainstream lately.

When I moved to Stuttgart 10 years ago I only could pay with EC card at supermarkets, now I can pay with credit card.

With the RFIDs they even got much faster, I often don't have to enter a PIN or give a signature, just wave my credit card over the terminal and be done with it.

Also I can withdraw money from all ATMs of all banks without any fees.
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I consider what you just said as bigoted. You should apologize and fall on your sword for my feelings.
One recurring theme of US entertainment seems to be 'good people fighting bad people and doing "whatever it takes" to get the job done'.
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There is no scenario where he made it out with his job, SV silences dissent aggressively.