skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'd be more ok with it being paired with exception filtering (or what Netscape called conditional catch clauses), ie.

} catch (e if e instanceof CriticalError) {
// handle critical
} catch (e if e instanceof TypeError) {
// handle type mismatch
} catch () {

}

so you could at least handle critical and other errors before blindly silencing - but for some reason exception filtering/conditional catch hasn't come up in ECMA
This is the opposite of everything I’ve ever read about transportation capacity.

Trains have exceptional capacity. You can make them longer, you can increase frequency. Cars routinely max out capacity in roadways where equivalent area train systems would have vastly more capacity without breaking a sweat.

Last-mile is better for cars, though.
People had social lives before Facebook. (source: I'm old enough to remember.)
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SQLite is one of those awesome things that's the exact opposite of magic. It's beautiful, jaw dropping, engineering that exercises so many technical muscles.

The number of oddball, often critical, places where I've found SQLite being used would defy belief. As far as I can tell, the "expected" place for SQLite to work seems to be almost anything that's not your normal dB driving some web-based CRUD app...all kinds of embedded systems, easy to manipulate in-memory scratch pads for bioinformatics, lots of data analysis tools in mobile communications.

It's so good, and so obvious, that I think sometimes it makes other tools that might be simpler fits for many use-cases less likely to be used, like leveldb.
Every time I see something about sqlite, I become sad. It reminds me of the failure of the w3 standards comittee to accept it as web standard. They rejected sqlite because no competing implementation existed. Furthermore, "public domain" license of the software was also a hurdle, iirc.
I am very close to the 110 Austin/198 SF profile.

I'll take putting ~15% of my unadjusted SF income away in savings over the same rate for the (downward) adjustment I'd get in Austin.

Not to mention all the extra opportunities and wider variety of projects to work on and the cultural variety.

If I were living in Austin, reading this article would make me think, "If SF Companies can pay $134,000 why am I selling myself short for $110,000."
You're mistaken. This converts the markdown HTML and sends an HTML e-mail. There wouldn't be much point if the receiver required a plugin they're unlikely to have. http://markdown-here.com/features.html
The Hail development board is $60 and the imix will be $100. This seems somewhat expensive compared to other options. Any idea why it's more?
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this isn't a code error -- it's a logic error. No amount of "safeness" in the language will save you from telling the language, without breaking the rules, from doing something that is "wrong".

For instance:

sudo rm -rf /

Every part of that is completely sound and correct. There are no buffer overflows, emory corruption, or anything. You wrote a completely correct command to do something (probably) really wrong.
D is an initial but Dr. D. Richard Hipp has a PhD from Duke - graduated in 1992 (his thesis can be found here - its worth a read: http://bit.ly/2ygiDWx ) hence the Dr.
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My cousins like to play and watch League, but I never did. That said, we did an impromptu road trip to LA awhile back to watch some professional games live. As someone who never played and only watched a handful of games, it was really a ton of fun and not that difficult to follow. Though they're far from perfect, the announcers do a pretty good job of explaining the action. From a layperson point of view, I really only needed to know whatever the super attacks were for the characters and could figure that out pretty quickly with the help of the announcers.

Really, I think what helps League over StarCraft is that it's pretty clear who's winning and who's losing since there's a relatively easy to follow flow across the map. When one team loses their towers, which are clearly denoted, they're probably behind. Further, gold and experience also give a pretty good indication of who's winning and losing. With StarCraft, which I've also never played, but have watched a handful of games, I find it difficult to follow on a macro scale. Certainly, it's easy to see when one battle is won or lost, but then suddenly one player will concede and I'm left wondering why. I think that rapid nature of forfeiting and loss of the game hurts its spectator appeal.
Nobody in Austin is thinking that. Living in Austin, I wouldn't even consider SF for $134,000.
Less exhausting than reading each of those 20+ emails separately. For any conversation of substance, you need the relevant context before you can understand the reply.

If context isn't required, then don't include it. Inline replies act as a forcing function, directing people to reply to the substance of what was said. That necessarily includes eliding irrelevant bits, which is often the most helpful aspect. Neither top posting nor bottom posting help emphasize substance.

In high quality forums inline posting is extremely useful for both reader and author. For the Outlook and Twitter set, it's a pointless debate.
But obviously this is one variable that can be highly fudged. They can provide apartments at 1/3 the normal cost, but claim to be charging you rent. Or, if you want to go further, have those rooms "available" for guest faculty and you're just holding the key.

Or, well, this is how it's done in some places in Europe, where benefits "in kind" are "taxed". Except they're not taxed. You can't make that happen.
>>Take away our ability to import talent and there goes the last leg of American dominance in technology.

This is known almost forever now. Even the hard core immigrant hating racists know that their social security checks are coming in because of some one generated more than proportionate share of economic value, and by that definition taxes. And that someone is mostly likely a non-white immigrant.

They just don't like to be reminded of this fact everyday that their bread comes from the very source they hate.
Are you speculating or have you seen this clearly? Personally, any way you frame it, it comes down to a lack of focus; failing to act before the lens of public opinion shifted.

speculating

frame

focus

lens

Did I miss any?
What's the other sort of wrong?
"if a technology like Dopamine can actually encourage retention on apps aimed at self-improvement, that’s an inarguably good thing."

No, it absolutely is not. Some of most horrifying abuses in the history of the human race have occurred under the guise of "improving" other people for their own good.
That isn't what I meant. I wouldn't consider SF for $134k, either. But someone getting $110k in Austin should be wondering why they aren't getting $134k in Austin instead. They're basically leaving $2k a month on the table because of some absurd adherence to regional pay scales.
You missed the point entirely. Nicely done.
They probably just multiplied cost of living straight up. Of course it doesn't work like that. If you live 20% below your "maximum means" then you can sock away a lot more money in the higher cost markets.
Also, certain expenses, like cars, 401ks, and student loan payments are fixed cost and thus their relative percentage grows in cheaper/lower salary areas.

So, anyone saying "adjusted for cost of living" needs to also cough up methodology details, or the comparison is impossible.
Hey I have a family and you better not even try taking away my avo toast buddy!
At least that way if the plane crashes you can just restart it.
I'm a bit surprised that Soatto's and Tishby's papers aren't on the reading list (https://stats385.github.io/readings). I think they have some of the most interesting theories, at the moment, about why Deep Learning works.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.01350

https://openreview.net/pdf?id=ry_WPG-A-
>Outlook is awful.

Yes. And any system that wants to REMOVE the incumbent, has to replace it with superior features.

I mean, what are you actually trying to argue for here? You literally just used Markdown to add emphasis to your post.

Are you going to use a less expressive communication format for your important business e-mails... when you clearly use Markdown for internet comments with complete strangers?

I know HN is full of startups but I can't be the only person who actually interacts with clients on a daily basis.
Google and VW partner on quantum computing to improve electric car batteries
The Office ribbon was/is far superior to the original, flat UI for novice and intermediate users. By flat, I don't mean aesthetics but rather the layout. Every menu option and button had the same visual importance of every other button/option which makes it difficult for novice and intermediate users to find the right one. It was fine for power users because they will put in the effort to learn the interface no matter how crappy it actually is. And power users usually get upset when the interface changes because they now have to relearn it. But that doesn't mean it was a bad change in absolute terms, it is a lot better for non-power users which are the vast majority of users.
This contrasts with other research—

"Does it Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area?":

https://triplebyte.com/blog/does-it-make-sense-for-programme...
speculating, frame, focus, lens
You know what, as an H1B receiver, I am fine with more scrutiny towards H1B. Over the past few years, I have seen competent international coworkers not able to get H1B visa because:

1. it's a lottery system, regardless of background and academic accomplishment.

2. it's been abused by outsourcing companies. Practices such as multiple-filing for one person are so shady that it baffles me how loose the inspection towards H1B application is.

I totally agree that American citizens should be prioritized when it comes to hiring and my country would do the same for its citizens. I also know that immigration service is a booming business for many American law firms and they have their own agenda to go against any further regulations towards H1B. However, in a long run, if done properly, a more merit-based/restricted H1B visa could actually be beneficial to outstanding individuals who follow the rules.

As someone that love American culture but also have pride in his academic/career accomplishment, I stay in the US because I like this place, not that I have to, and I am more than happy to go back to my homeland or somewhere welcoming if I am not welcomed here anymore. H1B has never been the last straw of my life and it's true for many folks I know. I am all for making H1B more accessible for accomplished individuals and more restrictive towards those who cheat the game, but do it properly so that America doesn't give an image of Xenophobia to the world.
I didn't downvote, but I don't think it's too much to ask for commenters to read the linked web site carefully before they jump in with a comment. The answer is literally in the link.
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Have you never loaded everything you own in a car and moved before? It does not take a week. And driving 300 miles takes 6 hours in an RV, not 7 days. Within a 300 mile radius of SV is everything from LA to Reno to Eureka.
Quadroma technology
What the Hell Is a Quantum Computer and How Excited Should I Be?
I don't know about that. Imagine for a minute that every car on the road right now were self-driving. How far away do you suppose the nearest pickup truck is from you right now?

There may indeed be locations where 20+ minutes is a realistic answer, but I suspect those places are more rare than you think.
Yes, I think concentrating efforts on the most profitable segment of your users may be better than diluting the experience for everybody.
Thank you. Always thought it was a weird comprehension error from the slightly unusual character-combo.

The weird error may have been mine.
Do people own cars in San Fran?

You pretty much need to in Austin.
> So why are people so stressed out over Twitter having a higher amount now?

I will have to get myself one of them new, fancy phones that can string together multiple SMSes now, if I want to keep up with the other kids!
And yet "we have a shortage of engineers".
This is my comment. Addressing some of the questions

1. I took a pay cut. I went from 190K+ USD (~250k+ CAD) to 180k CAD (this includes my bonus. My base is lower, say around ~150k CAD). Numbers are fuzzed but close enough to reality.

This is a significant drop, but of course it's still a very good salary for Canada. I'm satisfied with my decision.

2. I'm in Marketing, reasonably senior. Couple levels down from the CMO.

3. Same company. Essentially got transferred with a pay cut. This made it easy for the company as well. It helped that I've been here for a longish time and have built relationships within the company. They were very supportive.
come on , this isn't complicated, don't over think it-- a woman (or man) meets someone and sends a nude; regrets the next morning; fb im the image to themselves and flags it
their partner uploads it, a fb employee sees a nude that matched a hash, the only reason they see it is the hash matched, you're trusting fb not to do anything but hash the image and if your partner alters it maybe the hash doesn't match, but typically the upload is the same and when it's clear it's revenge porn the account is banned-- it'll probably catch a boatload of bags of dicks if people trust fb, but maybe they shouldn't
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AFAIK the rules affects only analog cell phone usage.
Just because Markdown is appropriate here doesn't mean it's appropriate for emails. Comments on internet threads are fundamentally different from emails.

If I wanted to emphasize in email I might use a very small subset of markdown's syntax (i.e. asterisks) but only as a coincidence - you know markdown is based on common plaintext email patterns, right?
Does no one else clear the quoted message entirely before replying? As far as I know every email client/webapp already threads messages. Including the same message multiple times just wastes space.
Quantum tunnelling in water opens the way to improved biosensing
Replied above.
This is plainly an advertorial...There's no way to trust the methods, data or conclusions, no matter how "truthy" it may or may not sound.
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A regional variation isn't absurd. If someone offered me a job in SF, I'd insist on at least 20% more to try and counter the 50% higher cost of living.
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>>Why should those countries be okay with losing their top talent?

They are not. But the people there have no options. In my country(India), despite a level of free market reforms, there is still a huge cancer of socialism at large.

Socialist spending, affirmative action policies and corruption are extremely rampant. Public apathy is at peak. Almost anybody smart enough to make genuine difference has only one life style, where he/she has to earn all life to pay nearly 50% of all earned money in taxes and yet live a third world quality life.

So there is only one option. Just immigrate and save yourself the trouble.

>>How much immigration can a society take before it is unrecognizable to the people that live there.

You might want to take a look at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
The latencies are too high. It’s not an aerial drone.
Yes, this was also a major reason for leaving.
> Maybe they don't care about color and horsepower but they might care about other features

It's instructive to look at the current offering of ride sharing / taxi / hire-for-a-few-days car companies. Uber offers a choice between a standard car, a luxury car and SUV/minivan. Within each category the market doesn't support much differentiation: if I order a luxury car I expect leather seats but don't really care whether I get a BMW, Lexus or Audi.

> I'm still unsure whether net cars will go up or go down, theirs arguments on both sides.

It's possible that the number of car miles travelled will double, the number of vehicles produced will be flat, and the total profit of car manufacturers will halve.
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Sounds like you need a new editor, friend. Can I suggest Sublime Text?
It's weird to see articles like this not even mention the massive sampling bias. Most Seattle devs work for Amazon or Microsoft, whereas SF is a tech hub filled with startups and other low-paying opportunities.
A casino is usually more profitable than a hospital too.

It's probably the central problem of capitalism. Monetary systems draw no distinction between wealth creation and wealth extraction, and the second law of thermodynamics guarantees that the latter will always be much easier. When you design chips, cure diseases, or build rockets you are fighting entropy. When you addict, misinform, and con people entropy is on your side.
In my experience, mostly in the small pre-series-B tech startup scene in SF, very few people who live and work in SF own cars.
You can fudge a bit but not that much. In an audit, it's pretty easy to notice if your company is leasing out employees an apartment for 1/3 of market rate. Few companies are going to risk tax fraud charges for that. It's particularly difficult in the case (as with universities) where you're literally in the business of selling the same product a particular price to other people.
We literally lost several years for web app advancement because of that. Reading the decision making, it seemed like overly-legalistic engineers, but I'm open to conspiracy theories that this decision enhanced mobile app store adoption.
They've been making pretty noticeable moves in broadcasted video. Not sure if the only thing they've talked about is the character limit.
I made a tart comment pointing out what I see as the hypocrisy of the nativist position, and suddenly I'm 'intent on having a civil war'? For people who complain so loudly about political correctness y'all seem pretty damn sensitive to any sort of criticism.

This is really reminding me of how supporters of the Confederacy insist on talking about the 'War of Northern Aggression' despite being the ones that started the conflict. Perhaps you could consider matters from a less absolutist perspective.
So can someone use this to show us where the rifle is on the turtle?
Yes, but if you lose your job for any reason, you have to leave the country in a matter of days (I think you have 30 days, it might be a little more).

So, sell your house, all your belongings, take the kids out of school, move all investments... uproot your whole life in 2 months, maybe 1 month. That's not an easy thing to do, especially with children. It's not fair to my family - the kids would hate moving from the US back to India. Canada is much closer, culturally, and it's easier to adjust.

We decided to move as a family, and planned everything for more than a year.

This is personal, of course. Everyone has to make their own decision.
I want to provide a different view on tax policy here, which is that it is not logical and consistent, nor should it be.

I know the idea it should be is a popular perception among tax lawyers and economists, but our system of government does not put tax lawyers and economists in charge, and that's on purpose.

The reality is that tax policy exists to create specific outcomes in society--either by funding public expenditures, or by creating incentives to shape private expenditures. Politics is how we set and prioritize social outcomes. Tax policy comes out of a political process.

So as you evaluate a change in tax policy, you need to start with what you like and want in society. There's a lot to recommend graduate education, and in particular STEM graduate education (which tends to get the most tuition reimbursement). You don't detect gravity waves, find a vaccine for cervical cancer, or increase solar panel efficiencies without a lot of highly educated people. You don't attract the world's greatest minds without a prestigious, well-funded, and diverse higher education system.

Outcome-oriented thinking helps avoid unnecessary blinders about the scope of the tax system. We don't have to choose between STEM grad students and the EITC. There's a whole huge world of other tax policies out there we can think about.
It is absurd. The value of an engineer's work doesn't magically adjust downward because of the circumstance of his or her location.

Why aren't you insisting on that 20% bump now instead of leaving it on the table and reinforcing the existing inequity?
Actually in WAL mode with `PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL`, it only flushes to disk periodically, not after every transaction.
I don't know the answer, but since the vulnerability is because there is some structure in the chosen primes, you don't need to check all possibilities between 2^1024 and 2^2048. Only a known subset (i.e. a subset which is likely related to the 20,000/38 ratio)
Just lead every review with “in spite of Disney’s well documented animosity toward th la times, we were ultimately permitted to view a pre release version of the film. We have done our best to provide an objective review. We hope that you, dear reader, can also look past Disney ‘s flaws and enjoy the show.”

It’s the most underhand was to be the bigger person.
Either you're part of an active email chain (e.g. happening over a period of a few hours), in which case you have the context. You don't need to read it over and over again, so the best place to put it is below the signature. Top posting wins here.

Or you're catching up on a discussion that happened in the past, reading each email one after the other. Again, the context is secondary, so the best place is to put it below the signature. Again, top posting wins.

For these rare emails where specific answers need to be positioned below some specific context, the writer of the email needs to have the discipline to put it there, and this can be achieved with top posting as well.

Inline quoting has really no good reason to exist in most email chains.
Fuck the mods.
Triplebyte's customers are disproportionately in the Bay and NYC. That doesn't alter facts, of course, but it is worth considering in the presentation (e.g. your link) and discussion of them.
Eye see what you're looking at, their vision has blurred, and putting on blinders or rose-colored glasses won't alter that view.
Fair enough, to each their own. I like the Midwest a lot, don't get me wrong. It's just not the sort of place I'd go if I wanted to employ people.

More the sort of place I'd go if I wanted to run a small workshop for a year or two. Rent is cheap, and in my experience the people are friendlier than around the coasts so you won't go insane if you aren't willing to take on a second job called 'trying and failing to meet people.'

I did get the feeling it was because I was a white guy, in a lot of cities, but...is it wrong to say that at least they were friendly? As opposed to condescending everyone equally? Probably; I don't really feel comfortable with that line of reasoning...or maybe I just am dealing with mild discrimination and it's hard because so far I've basically been pampered through life on that count? It seems more likely that I'm just overly sensitive, but...fuck, the looks I get from people I've never seen before...I don't know, people are so complicated
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How was the view counter made?
It's cool to see it increase in realtime.
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