skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
How We Beta Test at LaunchDarkly
I just hope they make the area dense in population, and design it for the pedestrian and not the car.
What are the main papers from DM on this ?
Are you referring to "CONTINUOUS CONTROL WITH DRL" ?!
Or, maybe I've spent more time working on this than you have, and rather than covering a secret agenda that you've somehow managed to suss out in a subthread of less than 100 words of my comments, you've instead jumped to a conclusion that you can't possibly back with evidence.
The software library is located here: http://edwardlib.org/ . Notably, Edward is layered on TensorFlow.

Regarding the significance of the authors, David Blei first described latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA), an important algorithm for generative topic modeling, in ~2003. Interestingly, the last I checked, LDA couldn't be done in Edward (yet).
No asset valuation bubble driven by years of cheap money and privately held closed books, folks! This time it's different...

If you've lived in the area or industry more than 10 years, you know how this story ends, especially regionally where real estate commercial and otherwise is in a cojoined overvaluation.

EDIT: next in my browse list, today...

https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/18/blue-apron-is-laying-off-6...

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/10/stock...

etc...

When tech crashes, the soft recovery is going to a lot uglier to a lot more people...
LPs are much more sophisticated than you give them credit for. LPs are not stupid and know how VC works. They woul easily recognize the tricks you are proposing, which is why it's not actually how the industry operates.
Also take a hard look at what happened to cities in the aftermath of corporate dependency. The midwest is littered with cities and towns that were left polluted and bankrupt after their corporate sponsor moved on.
According to you. Does it seem natural that private organizations should be responsive to your conclusions?
I saw the film on one of those tiny in-flight screens (maybe 9 inches diagonal?) and even there it was painfully obvious.
Alphabet invests $1B in Lyft
> but there are businesses that depend on Facebook stores without physical address and use Facebook to target users and connect with customers

My original comment still stands though. FB's timeline changes might damage those business that rely solely on FB, sure. That's to be expected if you're built around someone else's platform that you have zero control over. It still doesn't mean the "death of small businesses."
You seem to believe that it is a moral obligation of anyone with an audience/platform to provide that platform to anyone that wants to use it...? Specifically, you described “depriving (someone of an) audience” as the immoral act.

Just to recontextualize that: if I have a blog, am I immoral for not allowing comments? Am I immoral for not allowing guest bloggers? Do I have a moral obligation to allow advertisement?

This is odd. A moral obligation to use one’s private resources to provide an audience to all comers isn’t free speech; it’s not even a free marketplace of ideas. It’s appropriating someone else’s communications infrastructure.
Oh, hackernews
I'm guilty of this. Hopefully, the experience will teach me a few things. Like how some actors have to get their bad acting years out of their system to move to the next level.
Not if you regularly have clients come around for meetings or colleagues for a chat. WeWork provides a good enough atmosphere to work and socialise with work related people (it's not just the desk you're paying for).
agreed. I use the cheap machines I mentioned as a cheap light-weight development machine. I required probably at least 6GB of RAM for the machine to run smoothly, which is still pretty low for a dev machine.
I can almost hear the future excuses: "we love bikes and walkability just like everyone else, but we have N billion invested in car services, our shareholders will sue us to hell and back if we don't take every single not unquestionably illegal measure to keep cycling and walking from spreading"
It's helpful, but I still had to guess whether those are tiles as in tiled rendering or tiles as in a tiled window manager.

I think you have to know that Wayland uses the word "compositor" in a slightly odd way to get the right guess first.
It is if you care where you die.
The point is not that it will change over time - it was that in this setting with this information different methods can give you different answers, but that may not actually matter. If you're HIV+ in this country right now, you want HAART, whether I did some fancy marginal structural modeling or not.

> To deal with both these issues you are going to need deeper understanding than "good idea vs bad idea" or "is crisis vs not crisis".

This is not, actually, how the response to Ebola worked. It was very much "crisis vs. not crisis". And a huge amount of clinical decision making is "good idea vs. bad idea".

The suggestion was not that you're not able to quantify your understanding. The suggestion was there are errors that are possible to make that, while changing your effect estimate, do not change whether or not you do a thing.

To return to the HAART example, imagine you're an HIV+ patient and I've told you that a major study failed to control for time-varying confounding, and that upon re-analysis, instead of doubling your 5 year survival, it only increases it by 87%.

Or, for a form of "is this repeatable?" that I particularly despise, that it still doubles your chances of survival, but the p-value has gone from 0.047 to 0.062.

Do you want to stop taking the drug?
Prepare to be even more shocked. Here is a 'sample' of the EDR report you can request from The Work Number containing all the information that they have on you and may or may not be giving out (or selling to the highest bidder):

https://www.theworknumber.com/samples/The-Work-Number-Employ...

As you can see its much more than 'just' your salary. It includes (amongst other things):

Union Affiliation;
Salary breakdown (Base, OT, Commission, Bonus);
Dates of pay increases;
Medical Insurance (coverage, Policy #, Provider name, Annual cost);
Any Workers Comp claims;
Breakdown of your paycheck (401k contribution, taxes payed, garnishments, etc)

Just imagine the national outrage if some employer was shown to be directly selling this information to someone about their own employees. Yet a third party is doing just that and many companies are complicit. It is absolutely outrageous!

'hmmm maybe I don't want to hire Joe Shmo, after all he did join a union in the past. He might try to unionize our plant'

'looks like Joe also has some garnishments, doesn't sound like someone we want on our team. Probably has a troubled past.'

'well looks like Joe made 70k last year, but a lot of that was from working OT. I think we can get away with offering him 60k and promising him a lot of OT "opportunities"'
> and they can increase prices at a faster rate than a traditional landlord who has a longer lease term.

They can also lose clients much quicker than a landlord that has longer lease terms.

The only thing realistically driving WeWork's valuation (outside of the "SV pixie dust") is the potential for WeWork to sell direct or become a marketplace for ancillary services (e.g. business software, legal services, etc).
I don't understand why everyone is so happy when IPOs go up and make it sound like a good event.

I see it as the founders needlessly missing out on 30% of money (in this case), which ends up going in the pockets of the Wall Street middle men that get first access to the stock offering.
I believe this is a result of wayland. The window manager now includes what you think of as compositing in the world of X11. The compositor just also happens to do the window placement. I think. I do not yet understand wayland, so if someone knows more I'd love if they shared.

edit: that was sort of correct. More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(display_server_protoc...
I think it's entirely valid for me to present my case and submit it for the consideration of the community and the moderators. I don't understand what you're getting at here, you're not making a very compelling argument for anything in particular.
http://www.cetusnews.com/business/WeWork--A-%2420-Billion-St...
Yes, they are. Apple got caught, many others don't and wont.
Access Mars in VR
Bridged networking not working in Virtualbox 5.2 - Windows 10 x64 Host with Windows x64 Guest at least. I had to go back to 5.1.30.
Nitpick, but why

m = new Math() s = m.sin(x)

would be "the OOP way" instead of

x.sin

?

Besides this nitpick, i concur with Veen. The post seems to be about exercises/challenges, not FP best practices.
Maybe! But I have no evidence for that conclusion, either. In fact, I have more evidence for the former conclusion just from reading how you act in this thread!
This is awesome - thanks for sharing your work!
I've been going through the process of learning Spanish for the past year or two (with various levels of dedication) and I have also thought about starting yet another language learning app. I used RosettaStone and DuoLingo for a while and they both provided a lot of value, but for sure the greatest benefit came from doing 1 on 1 lessons with native speakers. Lots of progress then.

One thing I've noticed with all the language learning apps though is that they are generalized methodologies that are then applied to lots of languages. IE, duolingo in French and Spanish and German are basically the same track, just in different langauges. Same with Rosetta Stone (even more consistent there).

That seems to really be leaving a lot on the table. Every language has its quirks and most importantly every language has a few shortcuts you can learn to really give yourself a ton of utility with little work. But because the software is built to be generalized you get the lowest common denominator instead of the fastest possible path to fluency and speaking.

Not sure which approach chatterbug is taking, but at first blush and by the way they talk about it I'm guessing it is yet another generalized approach, but I suppose we'll see.
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The idea that a publisher would threaten a major profit center (because doing something like this is a good way to kill a journal) over one paper that mostly just says what form the consumer wants to engage with their content in is absurd.

Hell, odds are they didn't even know about it until it went to print. If then. In Education alone T&F publishes 250+ journals. I almost guarantee you they have well less than one staff member per journal. The metrics they care about are "Are you publishing enough papers?", "Are you making money?" and "Are your publishing metrics going up?"

"Does a submitted paper suggest that our digital strategy might be less important than traditional print, and I want you to jeopardize the reputation of your journal for it" is fairly far-fetched, especially with no evidence besides "Publication was published by a publisher."
If you read through the Snowden leaks you'll see just how normal the CSE is. If you're a reasonably good hacker think how you'd do it. They probably do it kinda like that.
Well the first step is to design some architectures for large systems. Poof, you're an architect.
Fiber-Optic Intrusion Detection Systems (FOIDS) are often used in physical fenceline security [0], with permanent installations using hardened conduit or impromptu setups of kevlar-jacketed fiber, zip-ties and concertina wire. It's only natural that longer runs of fiber can be used for similar vibration measurements.

[0] Examples at https://fibersensys.com/product/fd322 and http://senstar.com/products/fiber-optic/
The most important sentence of the article, which appears at the end:

"Although 11 new papers have recently been published that do not show the downstream effects of power posing on behaviors, Cuddy is still fighting for power posing."

This is an astonishing number of replications to be published on one topic in psychology. 2-3x the next highest number I heave heard of.

The placement of that sentence, plus the flattering photos, leads me to suspect a publicist was able to place a thumb on the scale.
Enhance Email and Web Security – Binding Operational Directive 18-01
What? That link doesn't have any proof that "the Dash author has engaged in unethical practices". Neither any other link I could find about the whole controversy. Actually, everyone seems to be saying things are complicated, what seemed to be true actually wasn't, it's hard to take sides, etc:

https://daringfireball.net/2016/10/apple_dash_controversy
Well, SnapChat is six years old and Slack is four years old. And SnapChat has only been losing steam lately, as I can tell.

So give it another two years before making a judgement.
Eavesdropping on geeks: 'Star Trek: Discovery' vs. 'The Orville'
Show HN: Google Sheets add-in for cryptocurrency investors and miners
Well, the founders’ shares are usually locked up for months after the IPO, right? More like the VC investors and company missed out on some of their money (which is less than 30% for a 30% rise)
I think a blog is a different enough medium that it renders the comparison meaningless. Hacker News is a website that posts user submissions. I wouldn't make this argument about your blog, but I might make it about Medium.
" x.sin "

Good point. I guess in C++ numbers aren't objects so you can't do this.

I hope they understand that this is just an exercise. I have seen too often these things being elevated into a religion.
Half my business comes from other companies in the wework network. I also regularly contract out work to people in the network.
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It does work on Windows, but it's a pretty unpleasant process, particularly if that's your only reason for installing Ruby (i.e. you aren't doing any actual Ruby development and just want to run the site generator).

I was collaborating with a bunch of people on a website designed to use Jekyll and I got really tired of talking Windows users through the point of installing the whole Ruby environment just so they could generate content. It's a huge hurdle to have to get non-developer users over.
No, I'm asking why it's more innovative than Windows Live Messenger.

This debasement of the concept of innovation is exactly what I'm railing against.

I think Whatsapp is a good app, and their business is obviously successful. I just don't see the innovations. And I think it's important to preserve the word for those who merit it, even if they don't have the interest or skill to build a successful business.
Yep - hell, most businesses sell on emotion - it's a much more secure attachment than ration, and even when it comes to b2b, more often than not the decision comes down to who they like more/who gives a better vibe. That said when things go south, they really go south, as an emotional buy allows for betrayal and an emotional fall-out.

Which is why I think wework is grossly overvalued and likely to follow a parabolic trajectory.
How about the Northeast? NYC and Boston seem fine.

It's not really an issue of company, but industry. Cities that are single-industry are fragile.
As I understand it they also had a stronger focus on usability for first-time Internet users in many countries. For example, porting the app to many devices (not just smart phones) and using phone numbers as user identifiers instead of usernames.

I don't know if you call that tactics or strategy, but it made a difference for user growth. Users don't care who invented it, they care if they can get it to work easily.
Well, the only issue with this is that you're assuming that your voting rights will actually deliver results. From what I see in the American political system - you'd be lucky to get 5% of what you wanted.
Geez, people get touchy about their tools. I wasn't attacking PHP. I pointing out in passing that some folks feel that way.

But no, I'm not going to look at new 'n improved PHP, because I don't care about it and life's too short. I only ever used it in a past life when doing contract work fixing other people's messes.
Reminds me of a Karl Schroeder novel (Permanence) in which characters encounter an alien race (or the remains of an extinct one?) which evolved to have intelligence but not consciousness. Or are we turning ourselves into philosophical zombies?
Are their growth rates comparable?
Why would you unlearn though? Eventually the AI will do all of the above as well. Maybe eventually programming will be like blacksmithing or weaving is today...
Yes but I was responding to the assertion that "The federal reserve is keeping the federal funds rate low ...", when that hasn't been the policy for almost a year now.

So the current Fed policy is not in fact indirectly subsidizing ride sharing.
Is this just a pond or do they have an actual moat around the building?
I had a phone screen with a company just a couple of months ago that ran on MongoDB and they were committed to it.
Why would that be shocking? That seems like the obvious result to expect.
You could give blkreplay a go next time you decide on which disks to buy.
I find the additional effort is worth it, but ymmw.
Use one of the shipped loads for a quick test, but you really want to run blktrace against your current setup and feed that data to blkreplay.
Subscription? Dash is not subscription based.
Aren't VCs always looking for higher return rate in their portfolios ? Thus, whatever the Fed funds rate is, the return is insignificant for a VC fund and they will always seek riskier investment. May be what's happening is that there is more capital for VCs to raise, since investing in moderate risky assets is not that attractive. And thus more money is funneled to riskier funds in search of a return.
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Microsoft launches online version of Visio
The article is focused on robotic automation of menial tasks, primarily in industrial settings (factories, warehouses), not automation of judgements which could be subject to bias...

Thriftwy raises an interesting point, speculatively, but there's little bias to be found in supply logistics or assembly of parts.

Marginally touched upon in the article was the displacement of lower-class workers. Is expansion of automation going to lead humanity toward dispossession of low-income workers, or will universal welfare become the result of outmoded jobs?

I don't think Asimov's "Aurorans,"--elite-yet-few humans supported by legions of robotic servants--is possible, but it's a thing.
Sure there's a reason. It imposes a burden on anybody offering communications infrastructure online.
This comment should definitely be flagged. But it probably won't because it's tptacek, operating with an enormous level of privilege
>The government is also not operated on a for-profit basis incentivizing doing the bare minimum level of security to shield yourself from liability.

No instead they hire contractors for that purpose.
No, it's the "I feel special" you're paying for.

Meetings, you can go to the client, you can rent a meeting space by the hour. Hell, I've made a multi million pound deal in a train station waiting room.

Colleagues, one can communicate without meatspace.

Socialising - that's not work. That's for the pub.
> There are no paid submissions to HN

I don't mean to derail your point (because it's valid) but I don't believe this statement is true. YC companies can pay[0] to get recruitment posts on the frontpage of HN.

[0]Note - I'm almost certain YC companies pay for this in some form (wether by cash or some other form) and would be happy for a YC company to confirm/deny.
They're doing fine https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2016-2017_Fundraising_R.... Fundraising by donations is a numbers game. It can be annoying, but a lot of people do give.
I was hoping there would already be a term for it, but I think reflection time works quite well when you think of it as the amount of time it takes to see changes reflected.

But reflection time on it's own sounds like a cringey post-stint review.
Right, but that's not an innovation.
It is much harder to ask an algorithm about it's reasoning than a person's.

"Joe, why did you fire Carla?"

"She was late to work every other day and spent all day on her phone"

"HR-bot 5000, why did you fire Carla?"

"Weights indices 59738, 837, and 28836 added to over 0.67, yielding a score of only .85, which is below the firing threshold"

Certainly you could look at the input data and try to convince a jury that her performance wasn't acceptable but you can't prove that is why the AI fired her.
It already is.

For instance, let's say you pull up to a red light and the intesection is empty. No cars, no pedestrians.

Common sense tells you to just run the light, there is no reason not to.

But it's illegal for a human to use their own judgement to do this, and the instructions of the red light have to be followed regardless.
This is interesting. And about a 4 years back Google Ventures https://www.gv.com had invested in Uber

Ref : https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/22/google-ventures-puts-258m-...
It’s hard to “move fast and break things” in government because in modern city development, neighbourhood consultation is the basis of how decisions are made, and for good reason.

Neighbourhood consultation is a reaction to past urban planning regrets and failures, where heavy handed government “urban renewal” initiatives razed entire neighbourhoods, most often marginalized and ethnic minority ones.

In the worst case community consultation can be distorted into blind NIMBYism that serves only to slow down all development, but nonetheless we know that from our previous mistakes that consultation is required.

I would count myself among those a bit concerned about Silicon Valley being so eager to “fix” problems with cities. Will Sidewalk Labs employ and listen to urban planning experts that have studied cities for their entire careers or is Toronto going to be a sandbox for clueless software engineers' pet theories?

Will Google be so eager to test out self driving cars that they’ll discount and ignore decades of knowledge about how cars impact neighbourhoods?
Wikimedia Foundation has tons of money, most of which is spent on salaries/administrative overhead, raising more money, processing donations, and "awards".

It's not a scam, but it's a bloated tick on the ass of what could be hosted and run for under $10mil instead of having over $91mil in the kitty, spending $11 million on grants and awards, and almost three times as much processing donations as hosting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2...

Previous discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14287235
From conversations I've had with YC founders, I do not believe this is the case.
I don't think there's any reason to use this for Rust, honestly. You'll want to unify your dependencies using `cargo doc` and then just browse std documentation on https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ (and other stuff on docs.rs)
We're releasing sway 0.15 based on wlc. It will be the final wlc-based release, and the final 0.x release. The subsequent release, 1.0, will be based on wlroots, which is nearing completion now. https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots
Completely obscure?
From my link below, the regulations would bring internet ads into line with the rules for TV and radio.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/18/facebook-ad-disclos...
Title: McCain signs on to Democrats' Facebook ad disclosure bill
Techmeme summary: Ashley Gold / Politico: Senators Warner and Klobuchar to introduce bill, cosponsored by McCain, to increase online political ad transparency, bring rules to parity with TV and radio
So yes, big companies shaping cities is bad.
That's by design ;) try using better operating systems!
What happened with this HDD-based solution?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10037-hard-drive-wobb...
Depends on how the number of shares offered and the dilution was calculated.