skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The thing all women do that you don't know about (2015)
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I'd really need more information about what Rick was building to make up my mind on this one. Based on what I could google about the author, he has always worked for a large research university IT department.

In this light, I've seen these back-room clerical apps, that need everyone's special requirements included, turn into boondogles of team bloat and mis-communication. If Rick thought he could ship it himself, and had a track record to make the estimate, I can't begrudge mgmt for hoping he could do it, even betting on him. As others have noted, it took a full team a year with scaled back feature set. A losing bet, that could have been played safer for sure, but maybe only wrong in project hind-sight.

From Rick's perspective, I'd speculate he was somewhat motivated by a threat of impending irrelevance, and somewhat justified in estimating the true penalty in his productivity from collaboration. Again, from snooping on the author, I think there was some Oracle, lots of Microsoft in tech stack. Knowing this type of 10x guy, his implementation style is usually somewhat deprecated from a decade of head down productivity. Also, one of the biggest problems outside "real tech stacks" is the lack of collaboration workflows and conventions. So it may indeed have been true that tripling man hours on the project could have resulted in negative productivity given the project's code base 6 months in. I still think Rick earned the right to gamble, fail, and go down with his ship. It was foolish because he would have likely only grown in esteem and compensation with some artful delegation. And doubly foolish, if his stack skills weren't highly marketable; limited upside with huge downside for him. But I find it commendable nonetheless he chose to Build when "Lead" would have been more rewarding; and ultimately if he makes the deadline, no crisis ever comes to head.

Finally, the "Rest of the Team" did what I think was the tough but right decision to move forward. No way can you "reset" the project while sustaining weekly second-guessing coming from an obsessive, knowledgeable, ego-bruised, senior team member. Ultimately, even self proclaimed logical dev's are irrational actors and as susceptible to group dynamics as anyone. We're all limited people: mgmt can't predict the future, proven-shippers sometimes come up short. I don't know if we need to read this as a call to blame.
http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ implements this approach, FWIW.
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That seems to imply causation. I am skeptical.

Don't get me wrong, I smoke a lot of pot. I don't do so for health reasons. I just like smoking pot.

The default position I hold is skepticism. There have been some less than truthful claims of efficacy and curative properties.

I'm very much pro legalization. The medicinal benefits have no bearing on this opinion.
Key reinstallation attacks breaking WPA2 by forcing nonce reuse
The tokyo system seems to be a fairly efficient mix of public and private metros and train lines.
Gyros aren't the axiom, they're a theorem---the axioms are Newton's laws of motion.
Yes, exactly. To prove a correlation, in my opinion, one would need....

1. More smoothed/averaged dataset (centered rolling average ~4 months?)
2. Explain the other extreme dips in this graph (2005, 2007, 2011)
3. Plot similar data from other states (with and without legal marijuana)
4. Investigate other causes (see sparrish's comment)
An alternate explanation is that medieval Europe split into multiple small conflicting areas of influence, each of which was trading economic, military and religious influence against the others.

In this explanation, the Church was merely one player, and it wasn't the religious nature in itself which led to the lack of progress. Instead, it was the inward-looking nature of all of Western Europe which meant all players were more interested in gaining influence within that closed sphere rather than growth (Perhaps the reign of Charlemagne is an exception here).

There are numerous examples of this kind of behavior: the sack of Constantinople by the Crusaders in 1204 is probably outside the period of time usually classed as the "dark ages" but is still a good example of this behavior.
It's faster and more pleasant to write working code than to write prose descriptions of hypothetical code.

Documents are cheaper to create and easier to change than bridges. Code is just another kind of document.

I've a sneaking suspicion that bridge building would look more like software if we could drive over AutoCAD models. (Or that software would look more like bridge building if we were still compiling by hand).

EDIT: I should add that I certainly do write and communicate documents about "what business problem does this even solve" and "what does it do" and "what are the major components and what are they responsible for" and "did you consider X alternative design" but planning down to the level of function signatures has usually turned out to be a waste of time.
Oh I'll be the last person in the world to defend PATH or NJ Transit. Or the turnpike for that matter.

But hey, they're something at least, and if you're gonna base 50,000 people in the Northeast, where else would you go? NJ has the talent, proximity to major transportation hubs and NYC, and it's willing to make major incentives happen. Not a bad choice, if you ask me.
Why read it multiple times? Just close your eyes
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Yup. I still have both motherboards, the "broken" RAM and the good RAM actually.

I didn't believe it at first, but just being able to move the mouse around and play audio over USB and not having it lag was enough proof.
It would be cool to look at Linux vs the BSDs on this.
BSDs (dragonfly and openbsd) do feel like they react faster to keyboard input, but I've always wondered whether it's actually faster or just imagined.
ISTR they may have started w librsync but even years ago, their (modified, actively developed) lib bore little resemblance to the canonical librsync.
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It's not just JIT. Quoting from https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ section 2.5.2:

Apps should be self-contained in their bundles, and may
not read or write data outside the designated container
area, nor may they download, install, or execute code,
including other apps.

So your can't ship a JS interpreter either, even without a JIT.

And section 2.5.6:

Apps that browse the web must use the appropriate WebKit
framework and WebKit Javascript.

So you just can't have a web browser not using the built-in WebKit, period.

As far as I can tell, you can install a web rendering engine that is not the built-in WebKit, as long as you only use it for HTML/JS that come with your app. At that point the JIT caveat applies.
Please explain:
1) what you mean
2) how you derived that I am not aware of feedback loops.
I believe you can use a polynomial curve fitter for this sort of "regression" [0]. There are other, much better, curve fitting algorithms out there than in NumPy. Some implementations can also guess how many terms there are and iteratively optimize making it very similar to a linear regression.

A good first order (that is much more commonly used) is to just, as you have already pointed out, use centered averages spanning N days of data.

edit: I'd also like to note that I'm neither pro nor anti legalization. I am definitely against false reporting, knee jerking, and lying to the public with statistics.

[0] - https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-1.13.0/reference/generated/...
>You're implicitly claiming that crows have second order desires (what you "want to want", as opposed to first order desires, "what you want").

I would think it's prudent to assume so unless incontrovertible evidence disproves this notion as opposed to assuming they dont until evidence presents itself.
I read your post, and while the nuance is a bit different, it's not that misleading relative to your understanding of it. And they cite the Warburg effect plenty. I think showing that it is causative instead of correlative is in effect showing how sugar exacerbates cancer.
I am aware of another project called "rdiff-backup", also at nongnu.org:

rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that target directory, so you can still recover files lost some time ago. The idea is to combine the best features of a mirror and an incremental backup. rdiff-backup also preserves subdirectories, hard links, dev files, permissions, uid/gid ownership (if it is running as root), and modification times. Finally, rdiff-backup can operate in a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a hard drive up to a remote location, and only the differences will be transmitted.
In favor of Ansible, I'd argue that extending it is trivial.

I tend to write simple Jinja2 filters when I need something done quickly that's not included, and it's as simple as making a specifically named directory (filter_plugins) and a python class (FilterModule). You can write your own modules pretty simply as well but there's a bit more boilerplate.
Yes. There is a disadvantage, that when your app already exposes metrics, you will have to tell prometheus' service discovery that you want to scrape two ports.
It seems to me that agile approaches are a response to the phenomena of the spec often being wrong. If the spec is wrong and going to need substantial revision, iteration is better than planning.

If the spec is not wrong, careful planning is probably better than high velocity iteration.

I think cryptography is a good example of this--would you develop a cryptographic API on which people's lives might depend iteratively through a release early and fail often method? I hope not.
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Asking friends, yelp, try them out. If the coach is bad then I just never see them again.
I wish it was easy for citizens to get a hold of data like this. So much good that could be done with clean access to key data sources. Will we ever see the day where this sort of information is put in the hands of people who want to make a positive difference.
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You can chart outcomes instead of trying to score inventions.

See for example: http://lukemuehlhauser.com/wp-content/uploads/all-curves-wit...

I'd caution that these graphs are completely useless for talking about a technological singularity though, and - even worse - they make it seem like "something must happen" because that line is so obviously "almost vertical". This simply isn't the case, and - importantly - is almost the opposite to the argument for a singularity.
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French pro freerider was asked to get work visa to attend Redbull Rampage (USA)
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Meh, I say stuff against the grain all the time. It is how you say it, defend it, and listen to replies.

Stick around, you'll figure it out. Loads of smart people here. I often get voted down and then someone comes along and reads it. Votes don't much matter, so long as you try to follow the written rules.

If you do make a claim, be ready to defend it with civility. Like all forums, some are more receptive than others. Here? I notice a higher percentage of reasonable and smart people. Keep am open mind, you can learn a lot here.

HN is a great educational resource. That's how I typically see it. Sometimes, I get to share what I know but I usually just learn and click links. I lurked for like a year and a half before I posted.

Seriously, stick it out. Civility goes a long ways here. It's sometimes amusing to see the crowd deal with uncivil responses.

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This is super real. I don't want added abstractions of value if they're not necessary.

To me, the brightest possible future of money is generosity combined with raw dimensional analysis, as in people having education about how to count physical resources and a willingness to work together and share in creating more abundant lives for themselves and others.

To the extent that tokens help do that, cool. But if they just become another tax/rent pyramid then to put it frankly, fuck that i don't want it.
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They were the same Church throughout the Dark Ages, until 1054. The treatment a person would get from the Church depended on the politics of the local bishop more than anything else. In general, the "conflict thesis" - that the Church was opposed to science as such- is no longer believed by historians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_thesis#Modern_views
There are few examples of scientists being persecuted, and these few were also involved in politics, which was cutthroat for everyone.
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"hacky" is the right word. This is one of the poorer guides to installing a Raspberry Pi 3 fan.

The cynic in me also finds it slightly amusing that Microsoft complain about the Pi constantly overheating when it works just fine for the vast majority of other users. Heck, even the gaming community (eg RetroPi) often overclock this thing with little more than a heat sink. I think it just goes to show that there is still a lot of work required to get Windows down to the same footprint as Linux.

Still, at least Microsoft are embracing the Raspberry Pi. :)
Interesting note on the site is that these files don't need to be on the original server. Anyone can generate and host them.

> in fact, the .zsync can be generated and offered by a third party, while still leaving most of the download to the original distribution site.
How to control the circuit of the household and similar use?
Yeah, someone pointed this out to me once, and it is an interesting spin on the comparison of software engineering to other types of engineering. More succinctly:

We don't build our "bridges", our compilers/interpreters do.
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The whole laptop, no memory, no network, etc... Just for this.

I'm not sure if they are serious or if they really do so. If they do, that's quite some dedication to security.
Using Istio in production?
Istio has been announced a couple of months ago. I was wondering, is anybody operating it in production ? How happy are you with it ?
I'm curious to see if I, as a local, can identify some weather patterns here that outside meteorologists haven't noticed yet.

If you start a blog or spread sheet or other means to track local slides events, you may be able to develop some data of your own. This could give you an advantage.

IIRC, the best info we have on Krakatoa is from the journal of a woman who was fascinated by the lead up events without realizing what it portended.
What's the lifespan of a poorly cooled Raspberry Pi? How do they hold up long term? Is there any advantage to cooling these things if you're not currently having problems with your setup thermal throttling?
Of course there's possibilities of harm. That's a given in every legal drug out there.

Are there risks with LSD, fuck yeah. Is cannabis completely benign? Fuck no.

The problem that you just don't seem to fully comprehend is that demonizing and criminalizing them are actually in the government's interest far more than your conspiracy theories.

And as far as this rash of celebrating newfound drug freedom, maybe that's because it's been in the shadows so long that people get excited to have it come out into the light?

Take a break from the reefer and get your head on straight.
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Who the hell wants to buy a fax machine?

I don’t care how much you can buy one for, I’d pay a premium to not have to have one or set it up.
Rhythm games allow for anticipation which is not reaction
> Much of this traffic went to Amazon (when Derek lacked a direct affiliate relationship, he sent traffic to a brand’s page on Amazon, with whom he did).

Something is not not right here. Was Derek banned from the Amazon affiliates program? How else does he "lack a direct affiliate relationship" ? I made a viral cat videos site for kicks and was approved by amazon affiliates to link to cat product reviews... so why wouldn't someone like this guy be able to get a direct amazon.com affiliate account?
"We tell you what’s on the inside on the outside."

That's a really nice slogan.
> running a compute-intensive AI model
Jury awards $2M in damages to Bimbo Bakeries in trade secret lawsuit
> What if the mass is distributed in a ring surrounding the gyro at a distance? How would you distinguish between spinning versus mass in that case?

In that case, it wouldn't be drawing you outward no matter where you were located. So, spinning would be "you feel a gravitational force", and a ring of mass would be "you don't feel a gravitational force".
It would be nice if macOS had the same permissions models as iOS, and then some. A permission before apps can access the camera, or access what keys are held down when the app isn't in the foreground - that would block this case.
I think the author meant he lacked a direct affiliate relationship with the mattress websites. So instead of linking to the mattress websites, he linked to Amazon.
What does Windows have to do with it? Their instructions use Raspbian: https://microsoft.github.io/ELL/tutorials/Setting-up-your-Ra...
I was working on an app that used a lot of emojis. And searching for similar design app, tbh came to my attention. It was really similar to what I was doing in term of design using strong colors and a big emoji. But the idea was totally different.

Teens and Kids really love this combination. And the app is simple and fast, It is like play a game. You could imagine kids playing and smiling.
> Whilst elsewhere there are people making millions from reviewing mattresses

True, but from what I read, this guy had SEO experience and ranked #1 for "Casper Mattress Review" for many years. In other words he was clever at marketing his site which was stuffed with affiliate links along with 1 on 1 agreements with some mattress companies.

Most techies who are coming up with "clever technical solutions" either don't validate a need for their offering, or really suck (add me to this list) at marketing their solutions / online businesses.
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It's easier to break things than rebuild them.
Whether filters are actually providing any health benefit or not is apparently a controversial topic

https://theconversation.com/filters-a-cigarette-engineering-...

http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/modern-cigarette-filte...
> most serious BitTorrent users are active on trackers which require a certain seed:leech ratio, thereby metering the user's contribution.

It's funny, but I happened to have a conversation with Bram Cohen about this very topic. He thought seed:leech ratios were a dumb idea, creating an artificial scarcity where none was needed. You can't save bandwidth for later.

And I write this comment from my home Sonic gigabit fiber connection, for which I'm paying exactly the same price as I paid for my ADSL connection. My bandwidth is unmetered. Other home ISPs like Comcast do meter. But is that because they need to? Or just because it's a convenient way to figure out which of their customers are willing to pay more?
Not an absolute point of reference, but an inertial point of reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_frame_of_reference
> It worked

Congratulations!
Ask HN: What are some low level jobs where you can work on side projects?
What are some low level jobs (high school or above) that give you a chance to work on side projects? I have heard that bridge operators and security guards can have long stretches of free time at work with no repercussions for working on other things as long as you get your work done. What are some other examples?
I have a trashcan pro that sits and collects dust (I paid more than $3k for it). Then I needed to upgrade the video card and was left SOL. My Hackintosh Pro is simply my "backup". I don't feel the need to further justify my decision, but I've supported Apple for a very long time. I'm simply one of the many buyers who they've seem to leave behind.
Your criticism is harsh by pointing out a (debatable) point, key travel, using a certain amount of rationale and suddenly concluding ‘every step’ has flaws. Point out those flaws!

Furthermore, the OP is the first one doing real measurements on keyboard latency, so perhaps you should trust the article to hint towards a previous unnoticed problem.

Anyways, your comment is totally missing the point and makes generalizations based on one debatable measurement error.
For the SaaS I co-founder we have automated the following: 1. Social media post scheduling using Social Pilot 2) Most of the blogging process by having a per-defined process with a contract worker 3) Our request quote process using Zapier and Google Forms and Hubspot 4) Most of our proposal process using Zapier, Google Forms, and Proposify 5) Our customer on-boarding process using another contract workers (We used hire-my-mom to find her). A lot of other loose ends too but that is the high level of what we have done.
You shouldn’t be comparing DEMOLISH vs BUILD though. You should be comparing DEMOLISH plus BUILD vs RETROFIT.

It’s sometimes easier and cheaper to demolish and build a new house than remodel the existing one.
I have tried learning C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, Java. I could not grasp much of these language. I found out Python while working on Ubuntu. Learning Python is much easier.
Other languages I find easier are PHP and JavaScript.
There are more content, help available online for these language. Most importantly, I enjoy Python.

Great Resource for start learning Python
Python for Non-Programmers
https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers
Are the private metro and train lines more efficient than the public ones?
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It was the same project. Requirement and expectations management was done better. Communication about current status was done better. The descend to troubles described in original article is not just "too much work". It is bad decision making.

And I stand behind this 100%. Non technical management cant really do the above and where they can, it is only when technical staff feeds them accurate information about difficulty and scope. Someone making up requirements in his head and then coding something much more complicated is not a mark of genius. It is mark of someone who don't listen.
I want a reddit (or hackernews) with this style voting. The longer you've been a member, the more your vote counts.

There would probably be unintended consequences galore but it would interesting to see if it helped preserve culture and avoid the "it was better in the early days" syndrome.
I'm not saying it's the be-all end-all of validation, but I don't see HN in there. As an Android user, it was not on my radar at all. This is the first I've heard. Sux2Bme, sure, but I think I'd have seen it somewhere.
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Anecdotal: Last Instagram update started giving me notifications from Facebook not related to my Ig posts.
I used to work in a library at my college (while in undergrad). I believe there were also some high-school graduate workers employed there too. It was a very easy job that mostly composed of gathering book requests and preparing them for patrons. I say it was a 80% free time and 20% work split. Another good job in my experience was lifeguarding, some cities even pay as high as $11/hr for an entry level position, most of the time it's 50/50 with work and break time or 70/30 work / break time.