skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Haskell is an incredibly simple language with only a few core constructions.

The number of constructs has absolutely nothing to do with what people mean by "simplicity of language", although language designers are often confused about this point because they obviously care about the number of constructs. For example, a Turing machine, or even some cellular automata like the game of life, are also extraordinarily simple (much more than Haskell), and yet no one would think to call programming in them simple, and the programming patterns that would emerge if we were forced to, while no doubt very clever, would likely very much deserve the term "over engineered". What matters, then, is not how a language is built, but what programming patterns emerge over time in programs that are written in that language.
If the FBI couldn't compel Apple to make a slightly modified version of iOS, the NSA certainly couldn't compel Intel to design and implement the ME.

Nor could they likely pay them enough to make it worth the trouble if there wasn't a market for the ME - Intel is $170 billion company, with a $12 billion R&D budget last year alone [0].

[0]https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/mannerisms/markets/i...
> That is just over the top garbage.

Yeah, the whole article is a complete waste of a click. The fact that the author tried to pass off e-gold as anything other than a money transfer service, while ignoring that their whole purpose was to facilitate money laundering and tax evasion, is just ming boggling.
I'm not sure your comment comes off in the way you think it does. While the parent didn't do much research you have to understand that if bitcoin is going to become bigger you're going to get an overwhelming amount of people using it without understanding it at all (in fact it's probably at about that level now; anecdotally I don't know a single person who both owns bitcoin and understands why / how it works and what's up with the transaction fee).

Instead of coming off as condescending with a simple beratement of their first impression of using a cryptocurrency, why not try to use this as a teaching moment and say "hey, that sucks and I know it's confusing. The mining fee is actually because of X but we're working to make that not necessary / lower through Y".

If those of us in the tech industry want bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to grow and prosper we can't just tell people they're dumb and to submit PRs if they don't like anything. This only reinforces their poor first impression and lacks empathy.
The iPhone X Is the Beginning of the End for Phones
My point is that both of these problems, who gets to occupy a spot of land, who gets to exploit an intellectual creation, are solved through the abstraction of laws.

Arguments that the concept of intellectual property serves no purpose are refuted by the increasing role it plays I our economy.
Interesting. Can you link something that more explicitly explains this view? I've long been skeptical of the virtue of Capitalism so I'm open to exploring the other end of that spectrum.
Thing is, if not me, then someone else. At least I am aware of the issues and can try to limit them as much as possible. I'm still bound to my salary, but at least I have ethics. The next one they get might not.
Not too long ago many people in the US would have claimed that White Culture died the day the Irish, Italians or Polish started to be considered 'white'
I'd like to see something done in that area. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how politically feasible login.gov is. No, I know it exists and is technically possible - but we have people, a lot of them, who are very much against government tracking. We have people who think the census should be illegal and will claim it is a conspiracy when you point out it is an enumerated responsibility listed in the constitution.

We have religious people who will claim it is the foretold sign of the beast and forbid use by their congregation.

So, as you say, it is going to need some marketing. Those same people will often give their information to Facebook, by the way. Once it's from the government, I bet there is blowback. When it was announced, even comments on HN and Slashdot were immediately against the idea.

But, yeah, you're right. It's going to need government involvement, I'm just not sure that is a realistic hope. I also don't have a better solution.
Why does a law require a lack of consent? Consent makes it enforceable, if you don't consent than you shouldn't be in a situation where the law can be broken.
Wow, beautiful nature.
Well, it does depend on the army, I admit. And "immoral" was probably not a good term. More like "an order that seems to violate policy". But following illicit orders can also get you in trouble.
It feels like there are two different moving parts here. First, should YC open up to a new class of investors? That's just a business decision for YC: either it suits their plans or it doesn't.

The second question is how they open up their business to new investors. It's a little tricky to raise money from retail investors, so I wonder whether this talk of an ICO is designed to skirt regulation. I know I sound very un-hip when I say this, but that regulation is there for a reason. The vast majority of investors don't have the background or knowledge to assess the risk of alternative investments.

It's not impossible for YC to market to retail investors, just more difficult. They should either raise money in the conventional way or not at all.
A Real Life Babel Fish for Translating Conversations Happened
Any other brand on the face of the planet:

Poor decision, potential security hazard, drains battery life, contrary to user freedom, sneaky, you name it.

Apple:

Contrived justification of how this is genius on Apple's part and actually the behavior you wanted without even realizing it.
OPPORTY BOUNTY CAMPAIGN [HUGE PAYOUTS]
I can see why startups raising money benefit from an increase in the numberof potential investors and capital. But apart from this, is there a good reason to want to "democratize access to investing,” and open the field to non-accredited investors?

I share the instinctive response to a rule where "only rich people can X" but (1) Are startups such a great investment that unaccredited shlubs are substantially disadvantaged by excluion? (2) Do they have enough (risk tolerant) money to make a difference? (3) Will companies financed these ways be better in some way.

If we assume the bigger fraud-ish problems get solved, what is the big upside?

I can vaguely see an argument for something between kickstarter/patreon & NASDAQ enabling new kinds of things, but is there really something here. To put it more generally, why should people other than Sam Altman agree with him?
> "baseline score of 4400 (which is the score of an Intel Core i7-6600U"

https://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/907711853530300416

It rips my current computer apart, which is perfectly decent:

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/compare/4107961?baselin...
Texas vs White established unilateral secession is unconstitutional. Other states would have to support California's wish to leave the Union.

Having said that, the US is a beast very different from Spain, affording its states far more autonomy than the norm.
But what if I want to be prepared in case aliens invade the earth?
> * Payment to someone who currently possesses power -- not a public contribution to a political candidate seeking a new office of power.

The difference is negligible if you consider it a hedge on that person getting into office, upon which time you get rewarded through appointment. A theme that has become a pattern.
Considering this, remember to push AMD to allow the disabling the PSP (their version of ME) or share the source of it. Recently they said that they won't do it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14803373.
Compsci degrees aren't returning on investment for coders
Sure, you can do whatever you want. That doesn't change the fact that people will consider u a prick and a coward if you ignore calls for weeks on end without any explanation.
Whatever the correct unification theory is, I hope it leads to the ability to manipulate gravity, in this case being able to dampen or intensify these 'flashes' would be a neat trick.
Lots of devices don't support force touch, for example all iPads, and iPhone 5s, 6 and 6plus.
TripAdvisor supports booking on hotels and they show all of the comments. Plus, there are much more ratings and comments than anywhere else.
Historically, this has only happened once on iOS, as far as I know. It'd be great if you were right.
> AirBnB is fun to try but I wouldn't rely on someones apartment for my vacation.

Especially when the host might just cancel at the last minute. In that case, all the customer gets is a refund on the accommodation, but not on the full trip which might be ruined.
Kayak, Expedia, booking directly with a hotel...
I travel regularly and Booking.com is my place to go for hotel reservations. It had to "learn" how to use Booking.com in a comfortable way.

For example, I learned to ignore the continuous push for urgency, I sort hotels based on user rating instead of Bookings choice, and I check TripAdvisor for reviews instead of Booking.com itself.

So why would I even use Booking.com? Apart from it having one of the largest offerings, it just love that the whole process of booking, paying, and checking in is so simple and consistent, no matter where in the world I book a hotel or for what purpose (business or leisure). That is what makes me come back to Booking.com, and that's what I wish Booking.com would spend most of their time on.
I like this, even though the UI is shit as it lies to me.

The important fact is, if you really want to disable WIFI or Bluetooth, you can still do so from the settings (not control center). This is mentioned at the bottom of the article.
Yes, "immoral" was a bad way to put it. There are typically rules about questioning orders. They're redefinable too, of course. But much of it links to the Geneva Conventions, which are quite stable.
> The UK is plowing ahead with a hard brexit with a 52% majority on a 72% turnout (38% of the electorate explicitly said they wanted to leave)

I hate this argument because you would just not count if brexit had been rejected as you wish it had been. You would just say "sigh it's normal, i'm happy people are not that stupid" and you wouldn't bother arguing with "stupid people".

Even if i wanted to argue on that level, you can say there was
- 38% who explicitly said they wanted to leave
- 37% who explicitly said they wanted to stay
- 25% who had no opinion / didn't care

so it make absolute sense to leave in that case.

EDIT: To be clear i'm not pro-brexit, i just think "echo chamber blah blah biaised opinions" like this one are the reason people "can't understand" election such as brexit and trump and question the legitimacy...
It will be using faster payments[1] which allows up to £250,000 to be moved between UK accounts without any fees. For how long it takes I'm used to seeing "within 2 hours" claimed but in practice it's instantaneous.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster_Payments_Service
It has gotten to the point where an American anarchist writing that they want to travel to Yemen to fight imperialism is considered a terrorist and censored, but a white supremacist person saying we should "shoot all those monkeys in St. Lewis" is considered sacred free speech.
Kantega – The Mysterious Life of Developers
> Ambitions, yes, but this is a company that has never once met its shipment target

Bloomberg says Tesla's results are on track with their shipment target.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-02/tesla-del...
Opioids on the Job Are Overwhelming American Employers
This critical, I knew several people who went to community college, planning to transfer to four year schools who were totally screwed when none of their credits transferred. They had to retake all those classes. It's a shame the system allows this.
Trends of Casual fashion kids clothing for Banquet occasions
Tops and leggings are popular baby girls clothing. Have these smart party wear tops for girls to dress them up in a trendy way. These long sleeve baby tops and tees go well with leggings, especially in the winter season.They are more aware of trending styles than we were because of our increasingly connected world.This is an important part of your dressing and you must make no compromise on it. Remember, you have to walk miles and for that you need comfortable shoes. Take a look at our online store for some of the most awesome kids clothing curated from around the world to make them look the part as they step out in glorious kids fashion perfect for any shot.
Best choice to follow Fall trends for fashion precious kids clothing and little Girls dresses free shipping on Jollyhers now:
Welcome to Shop fashionable childrens clothes at Jollyhers now:New Arrivals Autumn latest Little Girl Dresses/Coats and cool boys sets/jackets is online,high-quality materials,reasonable price,and free shipping as we promised.
While,You could enjoy our back to school 10% sale this month,using 10% coupon code HAPPYFB to buy any precious kids clothing here.
Just visit you first and best Kids clothing shop on http://www.jollyhers.com/ now!
One problem is that these accusations tend to come from sectors which are far more "evil" (e.g. the media, academia), and whichever cure they have in mind is likely to make things worse.
I'm not surprised that they use all manner of "hey! buy this now!" tactics, like many other travel and shopping sites.

I am surprised that people use a single website to choose where they're going to stay. I never book an unknown hotel without checking reviews on a few different sites (usually TripAdvisor, yay pics, and if in the US then Yelp, yay complainers). And I always check prices at least on the hotel's own site so I know what a discount is and what's not.

For me the likes of Booking, Hotels, and Kayak are for map-search and the actual purchase experience. And for the latter I'm pretty happy with Booking, I use them often.

If the message here is that the travel business gets sleazier the higher you climb up the aggregation pyramid, then yes, true, and I can't remember it ever not being thus.
If you read the book, he directly explains that what's ideal for a company isn't necessarily what's ideal for society. For a company's founders or investors, it's pretty much always good to become a monopoly and that's completely legal, too. The anti-trust problems happen after a company already is a monopoly. The US government seems to have essentially ignored anti-trust issues during the Bush/Obama era, but enforcement used to be common.

During the MS anti-trust case in the 90s, it was common to hear things like "becoming a monopoly should be the goal of any business but once they succeed they can't use that monopoly to compete unfairly for another." It was lauded that the created the DOS/Windows monopoly, but it was illegal to force suppliers to bundle MS Word, IE or Media Player with each system and it was illegal to prevent them from pre-installing Word Perfect, Netscape or Real Player.

I don't think MS would have survived so unscathed if Gore had won, but it's impossible to know for sure. The political administration has a huge effect on how much these things are pursued, and it would be a huge deal if the Trump administration were to pursue anti-trust cases as aggressively as the Clinton administration did.
iPhones have a setting named "Wifi Assist" where the phone automatically uses the cellular modem when the internet over Wifi doesn't work.

You should be able to connect to "broken" Wifi networks because you might actually want to access devices on the wifi network. For example, I want to be able to print things (my printer is on my home network) even if the cable modem is down. So my phone should just use cellular modem for internet, but still connect to the "broken" wifi.
Our android team built new version of our app with kotlin with no issues and greater dev satisfaction.
Yeah, questions were pretty much same you found on the internet. About the tech stack, they do let us know a little but mostly it depends on the team you land on.
Very old news, but I'm somewhat envious of people who are just learning about this now.

It's such a perfect mix of horrifying and hilarious.
Coverage at the time, and since, in the apple-centric web focused on how Google tried to compete in hardware with Apple and failed and how they "lost" billions on the deal.

So that may be where this confusion arises.
I tried on several domain names (that I had not, to my knowledge, recently visited), and they were all around the 25ms mark.

I'm not saying that this is the case universally, but for many the typical lookup time will be very fast.
Which is exactly why as of last month bought my first iPhone. The pro privacy stance that Apple is taking is wonderful to see. No idea if anyone pushing this at Apple will ever read this but you have a customer for life if you continue to do so and will champion your products to their entire sphere of influence.
DIY?
Found this:
https://github.com/carrotIndustries/pluto

But they've made different design decision:

Q: Why is there no accelerometer?
A: Accelerometers are the most useful when they're permanently active for applications like sleep trackers, pedometers or features like "shake to do something". Unfortunately, even accelerometers marketed as "ultralow power" draw approx 30 µA when running, draining the CR2016 coin cell in less than half a year. So we decided to dedicate the available space to a digital compass.
I completely agree. I plan my full trip with TripAdvisor. I only had minor problems. Also, those restaurants and hotels do care about their reputation so you get a better service
Where did you get the idea of no regulations? Only a few people want a world without laws, I'd submit that those people aren't very bright.

Additionally, I'm not sure how you would read my posts and think I was in favor of no regulations? Libertarian != anarchist. Maybe you missed the part about protecting the commons? Maybe you missed my comments explaining what libertarian means? I dunno...

If you're really curious, there is a pretty good Wikipedia article on the subject. Again, it is a broad spectrum that encompasses quite a lot of variations.
Extraterm – the swiss army chainsaw of terminal emulators
Depends on where you are and your skill set. If you are a good engineer (10+ exp.) in Bangalore/Hyderabad and land in a product dev company, you might be looking at INR 40 lakhs (~60k USD). By any standard this is a lot and can lead a fairly luxurious life. Few of my friends are getting paid this kind of salary.

But even if you have good skill set, but don't want too much pressure and would like a fairly stable at some Indian consulting company, you might only be drawing around 30k USD. But you get to earn if you are sent for an onsite assignment.
Treating a part of your own society like shit is a bit different from society as a whole deciding they want less outsiders.
They contacted me to see if I was interested in interviewing some months ago. I rejected cause I didn't intend to move to Amsterdam, and I asked why they were contacting me as I had no Perl experience at all. He said they have more and more java/python lately.
Switching out motherboards is not a simple ask.

Unless the car was designed from the beginning with the notion that upgrading the motherboard is something they might want to offer in the future.
Because we are humans and some of us won't consent so it must be forced. There are people who feel that rape, murder, and arson are all things they should be allowed to do. They don't consent to the laws. That's why they are in prison. It's a necessary thing, assuming you want a functional society.
> Part of being a grownup is doing whatever the hell you want

No, that's being a child. Being a grown up means not only thinking about yourself
Of all the Lisps I've toyed with (mostly Clojure and Racket) I think I enjoy Racket the most. I wish more languages (I know some already do: Python, Processing, and others) would at least include a minimal text editor that can build and debug code - coded in the same language. Matter of fact, I've wished this were the case for Rust (and maybe D? - I guess there's a minimalist emacs for D but that's not as approachable as say Dr. Racket for newcomers), it would give them a chance to build a bare bones UI stack for Rust that is officially maintained.

On the other hand, my experience with Racket has been fantastic, I have not done too many significant projects, but when I toy around with it, it doesn't get in my way. I just don't have a good project for it as of yet. If I want to do web I'm already accustomed to using other web stacks so I don't see the appeal there, one thing that always surprises me is the GUI stack for Racket though, it just feels straight forward. It feels like we still haven't figured out the whole GUI thing, Electron is so popular because you can get a GUI done fairly quickly since everyone understands the front-end code so well out of the box.

I was also fairly impressed by Clojure. You install the package manager (Lein) and you have all you need to do any Clojure work, iirc it will go as far as installing Clojure for you. The repl approach to GUI design with Clojure was also quite interesting for me. I think Clojure and Kotlin are the only two things about the JVM that impress me these days, but that's just my opinion.
Indeed I do, but also many other unnecessary innovations came out of SV, as well as some interesting Research, which end up used for solving problems which don't exist.
Incredible pictures, and fantastic to see the method documented so well.

I'd read about doing the reverse-lens thing but never seen a setup and couldn't imagine how it'd work.

Also, the description of his post-processing is revealing. Great to see how much work goes into pictures like that.
This is a complete guess ...

Apple "does right by users". That's ok. But I'd wager this is only because that type of positioning is now Apple's chosen market differentiating* strategy. Against Google. Apple seems to want to position itself as the device that guarantees privacy and security. Apple would like to maintain exclusive access to a market segment that values security and privacy above all.

It worked for BlackBerry. Strong and almost cult-like loyalist following mostly guaranteed BB's reach in the executive circles. Even after BB became "Veblen", the device was in high demand. In such a market segment, the price per device doesn't really matter. My view is consistent with the apparent "horror" prices seen for the new iPhone.

If my guess is right, it's a shame about Apple's chosen direction. I love their products.
Glad to hear that! Big difference and I am glad you're not completely US-focused which is unfortunately common. :)
I live in Amsterdam do not work for booking but constantly discuss them in IT circles. Recently I heard of a guy who spend 0.5 year working on the calendar control that you can see on the main page. Every fucking day he tried to adjust the control to optimise the booking rate. That must be very boring job. Another ex-booker, back-end developer told that he has the PTSD after working with their Perl code base - it was a joke of course but I am pretty sure that it contained traces of truth. However, booking offers great benefits - the amazing office in the centre of Amsterdam - there are multiple of them - but I am referring to the one on Rembrandt square - very good salary, especially if you are a high skilled migrant and have 30% rule, subsiudized meals.
You mean by moving somewhere else?

The point of laws in a democracy is that they're (theoretically, without corruption) consented to by a maximum amount of people. If you don't have rulers, then whatever your group of 10 people consent to as an unwritten rule will be broken by me, much to my gain.
Underscores are not legit in host names.
Raptor Jesus will save us...
The JVM on Fire – Using Flame Graphs to Analyse Performance