skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I guess it comes down to why are you doing the research in the first place. Is it for your own curiosity and self-fulfillment or is it for "people to take you seriously"? I'll admit your point about resources is completely fair and oftentimes you need the prestige to obtain the necessary resources. However there is plenty or research that can be done without insane amounts of resources (<15k). As someone who does research professionally in an area that requires minimal resources (a start up cost of 10k and reoccurring costs that are much less). I do about as little as I can get away with in terms of disseminating my work. I do the work for my own personal motivations and am not concerned about being taken seriously.

There are actually some benefits to this approach in that I don't have to work on "safe projects" that are deemed "serious research" by the community. It is actually quite liberating to work on things that others might scoff at and call you a "quack" or "wack job". And even if I am a "quack" I can honestly tell you that I am happy and feel fulfilled. Just my two cents. Life is too short to worry about everyone else.
Don't be fooled by the October 2017 date of this article. There should be a 2014 in the title, since this appears to be a re-print of a prior study:

http://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~filkov/papers/lang_github.pdf
But, in my case, isn't this the wrong use of DeviceCheck-ing? Why is it not allowed by Uber's policies that a user get a new phone number and make a new Uber account?

How is that fraudulent? I tried explaining the same to the Uber support, but they aren't ready to listen and keep replying with the same canned messages.
We also hear about every major Tesla accident. In a way it feels safer this way. If single instances (from a large group of users) are newsworthy, it can't be bad compared to average rate.
Really useful context, thanks!
Not just the same list of authors; the article and this PDF have nearly the same verbatim wording.
I am finding it hard to believe that Clojure can beat Haskell/Scala in code size by a huge margin.
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This reminded me of the podcast Conversations with People Who Hate Me: http://www.dylanmarron.com/podcast/
Incredibly thorough, are there any plans to implement this into a text editor?
Could probably do with some code splitting.
> is it your opinion that unilateral secession of any region, under any circumstances is democratic by definition? I find that very strange. I don't agree.

Definitely not, not under any circumstance. But if backed by a big (60%?) part of the population, then yes. Referendum are dangerous beasts, but not allowing popular opinion to be heard once in a while is even worse.

So, as happens with democracy, which is "the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time", a referendum is the worst option, except for all the rest.
FD = Fixation disparity (whatever that is...)
Hypothetically speaking, what's keeping this from being instigated by any three letter agency under the guise of Russian influence?
It's not up to you to decide if a big corporation buys another big corporation.

It's also unlikely that a noticeable amount of customers will care, as people generally don't shop groceries based on which corporation owns what.
The February 14 spike is particularly interesting as it’s an example of people _choosing_ a ‘positive’ date, vs just avoiding negative dates (holidays, 9/11, 13ths).
OP Here: So, is there any solution how can I start using the Uber app again?

Uber support doesn't seem to care what the issue is and keeps telling that they can't do anything about it.

I don't have any other Uber apps installed on my phone, can get a new phone number to signup.
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If the takeaway is that companies should seek out more older candidates to hire, then your comment reinforces that takeaway.

The point is that software development companies are
missing an important element of diversity when they fail to hire older workers. Suret the younger ones can learn new tricks, but who is there to teach them?

Lots of the knowledge that older workers have is not taught in books or university programs. Knowing what not to do, what to do first, how to properly prioritize the work, and where to find bugs and eliminate them. This is stuff that you only learn from exp;erience unless you have an older guide to light the way.
I'd expect a slump in October-December amongst older generations that went away for people born after air conditioning became prevalent.
i wonder what navigation system North Korea is using/planning to use for its ballistic missiles. Commercial GPS signal with fallback on good old star-based plus inertial?
Hey, is there a reason that you use both Resilio and Syncthing, instead of just the one?
I'm really confused.

Sperical wraparound can be viewed as a disk with it's perimeter identified to a point.

Maybe I'm just missing something obvious in the discussion here? Also, how is Teichmüller Theory relevant? Is there some deep insight I'm just missing?
this is it, we reached peak strawman
The 2/29 average is on the years upon which the day occurs. It really should be divided by 4 (and make it the most rare birthday)
I presume they will be working with some officials to put these in to some key infrastructure, not handing them out to people who literally have nothing. So who gets them first and is there a key quantity needed to restore power to some sector of society?

I think the trick is for people in areas hit by climate change to put these things in before rather than after the catastrophe, hopefully Peurto Rico can be better prepared for the next one. Powerwalls might become a key part of disaster recovery, if not the most important part.
This means that road priorities changed, e.g. you may no longer have the right of way at a particular intersection. It's a sign you can safely ignore when not driving there daily, since the upcoming signage is accurate anyway. It's a warning to those that have made a habit out of that route.
Belongs on #InternetOfShit.

It shouldn't need an Internet connection. Adds a point of failure. It might have one, but it shouldn't need it.

Tesla is sending some of their battery units to Puerto Rico. Will they work with the network down?

Tesla FAQ: "Powerwall needs internet (wired Ethernet or your home Wi-Fi) or cellular service to communicate with the Tesla mobile app and receive software updates. A reliable connection is required to provide new product features over time. Powerwall can function if the connection is temporarily lost but should not be installed in a location without internet or cellular service."
Sweden has had more than 7% wind for a few years now, so we can safely say it's higher than 7%.

There's actually a single giant windfarm due for completion in 2020 that on its own will provide more than 8%.

There are some reasons to think solar and wind have physical limits and can't provide 100% on their own (or even together) economically just as nuclear on its own doesn't really make economic sense, but there's a long history of groups predicting false limits based on strange assumptions.
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If that car would race againist him every race - yes.
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> And suddenly those who respect the Rule of Law are the bad guys.

So what is the legal path to independence? You can claim it's illegal all you want, but unless there is a legal avenue to pursue then legality is irrelevant.
There is part of it that is indeed opinion and "feeling". The cultural part, the "hecho diferencial", whatever you want to call it. But there's also the part where Montilla's government called inaceptable and "a grave offense" a completely reasonable and correct ruling of the Spanish Constitutional Court on the Catalan estatut. Thousands of people marched in Barcelona that day against Spain when in fact that ruling was fair and equitable and didn't touch much, just clarified economic assimetries are not cool, etc.

The first part, the feelings, I can't share but I can respect. I don't think it makes for a significant part of Catalonia though, maybe 20-30%? The second part, the in-solidarity, I can't have simpathy for and I think Spain is right in staying put. And if that's the part that is really moving so many people to independence (and it seems that way), then I don't think this is so much a matter of opinion as it is of not knowing or not respecting the facts.
I also got in twice through the Hackathon. You have to end at the top 10 to get free tickets to the event.
The guy in the original article was having a Power Wall installed. This poster had solar panels installed. The processes won't be the same.
Sounds like the issue is stemming from the PowerWall (Tesla) side of things more than the panel (SolarCity) side. Not surprising, since Tesla has been more product & marketing focused and likely has some growing pains for something as involved as a home installation.

It feels like this could still be in the window of two large-ish business units coming together and working out the kinks (~9 months post acquisition), so it will be interesting to see if more of these stories of clearly botched service emerge or if OP is just unlucky on timing.
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Tbh I upvote these comments all the time because it's interesting to follow the previous threads. The only differentlce with this comment and others is that they said "duplicate of:" instead of "previous discussion:".

I understand the subtle difference between the two deliveries, but I wouldn't be so dismissive.
The original problem, though, is about computing distance, not about comparing distances. Comparing distances is just used as an intermediate step in the initial method given.
What shows are you looking for? At the moment we have only full-word search. So like "Westworl" will result in 0 shows. You have to search for 'Westworld'. We'll change it in the future, when we have enough shows in our database
Newt Ginrich has for years said it should be the people of PR who have the referendum and decide. While he was Speaker, he pushed a bill that allowed a referendum to be called for.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/mitt-romney-new...
If Guo's breaking law, then let him be sued, and actually he's doing these things to try to get sued. Guo is backed up with a legal team, and is hoping to expose more in court.

It's disappointing to see FB taking side with the most powerful government (ironically, which is already blocking its service) during this historical event.
The miracle will be society not being run by vested interests who maintain dirty expensive energy sources for their own narrow benefit.

Personally, I've found Gates's public pronouncements unhelpful as they've promoted this idea that the current tech is of no use when simple things like replacing coal with natural gas can have large impacts.
Doesn't match my experience. I have been seeing a flood of anti BJP posts on social media and nobody's getting banned. It's like the opposition is just waking up to the social media outreach reality :P (a welcome change perhaps).
> I presume they will be working with some officials to put these in to some key infrastructure, not handing them out to people who literally have nothing

You don't need to presume, it's stated in the article:

The company has employees on the ground to install them and is working with local organizations to identify locations.
Well made speed bumps are like that, but it's full of badly made ones (too narrow or too high) that make your car jump and wreck your suspension even when going at half the speed limit.
It would be interesting to have some data like that per country. For example in Japan, I would suspect that the first places are in April and May. The fiscal year beginning on the 2nd of April, couples prefer to be able to put a kid to the daycare in its first year in the 0-year-old class (0歳児) with a kid the maximum older. So if a kid is born on the 2nd of April, he will be able to go to the daycare of 0-year class when he is 11 months and 30 days, while if he is born in March, the kid could just enter the daycare in the 1-year class (1歳児), which is way harder to join because there are less new places in 1-year classes than 0-year classes. Note that the kid can just go to the daycare if older than 6 weeks (I may not recall details correctly here), so it is possible for kids born in February to go to the daycare of 0-year class, but most of his/her classmates would likely be closer to turn 1 once they all join the daycare, which makes for a huge difference at this age.
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This is a bit unfair -- charging / discharging / safety on that scale in a home should be actively monitored and managed, otherwise you end up with real danger a few years down the road.
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"I'm going to think about some AI experiments so that I can model while I model"
So this seems to just be about the Atlantic interview from 2015 that is also currently on HN, probably worth commenting over there instead:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15380948
That's what local alarms are for. Green, yellow, and red lights, and a message display, both on the unit and remotable to the house, should be sufficient. If you want remote maintenance, you go to the unit and push the "remote maintenance" button, and then it phones home, if it can. The service it connects to probably won't last as long as the device. "Cloud" services seem to have a life of about 5 years. Sometimes less.
That's absolute nonsense. I shouldn't need to phone home for my electricity to work, it's functioned just fine for a hundred years without Internet access. If you can't build a self-contained system to handle a home-level amount of electricity, you shouldn't be allowed to participate in the market.
If it's illegal per Spanish constitution, they can't make it binding. That's like I hold a vote in my house that I won't pay taxes anymore. Not paying taxes is illegal, so the vote result is of no legal consequence, but if police would show up and beat me up for having the vote, that would still be a gross violation of my rights. I think Spanish government shot itself in the foot massively here.
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> Still worth a read though, and makes a strong case for functional, statically-typed languages.

The thing is, it really doesn't. There are too many inexplicable results. Typescript does significantly worse than Javascript, for example. There's also no real good explanation why the results for Ruby and Python are diametrically opposite, basically (the languages are more alike than different). And Clojure has the best result of them all.

I suspect that there are simply too many confounding variables that are not accounted for (such as the typical application domains for those languages, average programmer skill, or complexity of the problems being targeted by these projects).
Your browser prefetch probably already did the DNS lookup anyway.
I am really not qualified to give my opinion on fiscal issues - as most people are not. For details on these complex problems we must trust (interested) third parties, so our perceptions are necessarily biased. I do not follow neither Spanish nor Catalan news, so I have no strong opinion about these matters.

But this is not the only issue: the situation in Catalonia is complex, and ultimately should only be decided by Catalan people. One of the most common arguments against the referendum, namely that people are being "brain-washed", assumes three things wrongly:

1) That brainwashing happens only in one sense.

2) That people are easily brainwashed.

3) That brainwashed people have no right to vote.

The Human Right of auto-determination does not only apply to societies we are not directly related to, but specially to the cases where we have an interested stake, since that shows that we are actually committed to those rights, and not using them abstractly to control remote regions by UN proxy.

The general principle applies: "I might not agree with you, but I will always defend your right to voice your opinion"
Rephrasing to make my point clearer: you open a performance bug against, say, a C program more often than against, say, a python program, because performance is more likely to be a requirement of a C program than of a python program.

Similarly, again for performance reason, your average C program will have more concurrency than your average python program, therefore also more bugs.

Another way to put it: you use C when you have a complex problem to solve and python when you have a simple problem to solve (unless you are a masochist or a purist I suppose). So, one reason those languages have more bugs may just be that the programs themselves are more prone to errors (which might only be slightly related to size, if at all)
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Ukrainian Canadian, so western Ukraine, was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Even though several generations grew up here, my family mostly lived in an ethnic enclave, I'm the first who doesn't speak Ukrainian.
Are there theoretical arguments to why random sampling is bad and one should instead use the entire dataset ?
I second this course. It's awesome. The next step from there is probably Coursera's VLSI course, starting with https://www.coursera.org/learn/vlsi-cad-logic. It's all about how real-world VLSI CADs work.
I have a feeling Elon will be reaching out to fix this customer’s issue soon. Hopefully this can help them fix whatever issues they’ve been having.
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I have replied in another thread, but I will repeat it here. Both his wife and grandparents know Chinese, and I would be very surprised if they would not be interested in giving the child a Chinese name. Asking Xi -- a person who is not a great thinker but just a big ass politician whom he just met -- to name it publicly, simply put, you can't kiss more ass than that.
I had always thought that April/May was prime birthday season. So many of my family and friends have birthdays in that time of year. I was very surprised to find that it was not a particularly likely time to have a birthday.

I wonder if this error is common in other people. And if so, if there are social-network dynamics around birthdays that cause the bias.
Economically, if you deliver value, you deliver value. Does not matter the price, if it's worth doing and generates profit for me.
Errr. Seems infinitely more their style so far to use whatever data the customer has given them to point out why it's entirely the customer's fault that something happened.
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Norway came to be controlled by Denmark then Sweden by the same type of historic accident as the Catalans by Spain. Norway was lucky enough to take the chance at independence 100 years ago. Why should the Catalans not have the same opportunity to control their own future if they do wish?
Traditional stews like boeuf bourguignon or coq au vin actually cook for 3+ hours. So most of the alcohol is gone by then.
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I'll always setup an authenticator app and put SMS just as a backup
I spent three days on emailing and calling Amazon UK, to be able to get into my account.

I have 2 phone numbers registered in the account, and none of them recieved the text messages that had the security code!

Amazon support was funny, it took me sometime to see clearly that they are just sending me different message templates. It was a loop:

1. I sent them an email.
2. They asked me to call.
3. I called and they sent me the security code to my phone, which I still didn't recieve.
4. They asked me to send an email.
5. They replied with: please call us!

I'll always install an authenticator app instead of relying on text messages from now on.
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Why is that hard to believe? Static typing always add some code size, even in languages with inference.

On top of that, the pervasive use of macros in lisp tend to lead to a kind of code-reuse that languages without macros lack.

Not to say that Haskell can't be concise also, just not to the same degree. And I've seen very long lines in Scala that were due to pleasing the compiler's typing.

Elm and Clojurescript offer a good contrast. Elm is written in Haskell and is not too unlike Haskell syntax and general language use. I've written in both Elm and Clojurescript and there is nearly a 2X difference in code size of Elm over Clojurescript for accomplishing similar non-trivial tasks.

Code size isn't everything, but it is important.

If you still find it that hard to believe, just try Clojure for awhile, and I think it will be clear. It's a tradeoff. When you don't have to satisfy a type checker for everything, you do write less code, that's just a matter of fact most of the time.

The question is whether the increased code size of a statically-type language over a lisp makes up for the extra developer resources and potential for bloat-related bugs. But that is of course the core of the typing debate.
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Tech workers also get more expensive with age. That's real motivator.
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That is indeed the core of the problem. Catalans have so far only been offered fake alternatives: "Reform the Constitution", for which they will never have a majority.
It is already in use in a bunch of smaller editors like Vis (iirc)
You could try Paul Newman's pasta sauce. They're not too sweet, and the profits go to charity. (I'm not aware of the full detail, but the company has been around a long time so I give them the benefit of the doubt).
Early releases of Chrony go as far back as 2006 [0] so the original codebase predates Rust, Go, etc.

0: https://git.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony.git/tag/?h=1.20
I'd say because teaching has a higher payoff for the students being taught. They can get jobs immediately after college and contribute...

Research on the other hand, outside of the self-serving aspect - like how many papers one gets published - has hardly any immediate benefits relative to the benefits of teaching... and few long term benefits. It's more of a gamble.
Does anyone have a link to the interactive version, I can't see it anywhere on the page?
The interesting part is that this coexists with "we need many more people in science" narrative which pops up when talking about students choices ffor major.

Nope, we don't nee more people aiming for science, we ain't got jobs for them.
I thought their proprietary Web Server was an Apache for (and maybe still is)?
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Yes, you're correct. I've edited my post now. Thanks for pointing out my error - had a brain fart.
I, for one, appreciate when some link historian goes out of his way to fight online amnesia.
On the other hand, there are fields where the opposite holds. A family member studied Social Sciences, and the non-academia job situation (in journalism, museums, etc.) is pretty much "PhD or bust".
> As for living/sleeping at the office -- it's not a "terrible taboo and social stigma in America". (I'm American). But it's not allowed due to problems with hygiene (no showers in most bathrooms), smell, clutter, disruption at odd hours, etc.. So it's not allowed in any workplace.

And as a Russian, my impression is somewhat similar to the original - in order to avoid all the problems that you mentioned it was made into that "terrible taboo". I mean many (if not pretty much any) taboo had pretty reasonable rationale at the time and place of its creation.