skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I would still hate it. When it comes to UX I care a lot about the little stuff, and with all web-wrapper apps I've ever used it's death by a thousand cuts. Lots of little things that work in native apps don't work in Electron apps.

Let's take Slack as an example. All the keyboard shortcuts use weird modifier keys like option instead of command, and I can't discover any of them by looking through the menu bar like I can in a native app.

Or for another example, the Services feature of macOS doesn't work correctly with Electron apps. In any native app I can select some text and then trigger a Service on that text (for example, I've defined a service to be able to select a bug id and hit a keyboard shortcut to view that bug in our bug tracker). No such luck in Slack.
At the same time, without those requirements, only the most profitable (read: rich) neighborhoods would be cherry picked, leaving the rest of us without service. That would make the digital divide even bigger, widening the gap between rich and poor.
A developer accidentally locks $300M worth of Ether wallets
as usual when talking about exploding rocket engines, go read Ignition! if you haven't already: https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pd...
I think the relationship isn't linear. Too much equality and there is no reason to go above and beyond, to innovate or to take risks. To much inequality, and we find the same result. Enough inequality to reward those who do more (with some understanding that there is elements of luck), but not so much inequality that people have to be lucky to succeed, if it is possible at all.
What are the technical reasons that mean bitcoin has such a long time between blocks? Other large chains (Ethereum, Litecoin) have significantly lower confirmation times.
> I left neovim for vim, though, because of the known system clipboard pasting issue.

What clipboard issue is that? I couldn't find it online, and don't currently use neovim.
Roads are dirt-cheap (pardon the pun) compared to rail: first off, a road requires an order of magnitude lower precision, can scale significantly steeper grades, and allows for curves and stopping distances that on rail would be considered insufficient. Next, operating it is a dark art in itself - scheduling, communication, safety, etc.; a highway through nowhere just needs asphalt and it just lays there, a railway needs active elements. And to top it off, there's maintenance: a 2-inch bump in a road is normal, in a railway it's a major defect. Worse, rerouting around a closed section is not a simple matter of setting up traffic cones.

All of that is expensive - like the difference between 80% and 99.9% reliability.
You can do that, and it sounds like a good idea as a backstop for subjective evaluations, but if this metric becomes important to the process, then people fight over estimates and game the bug tracker.
It's possible to create one that fewer people will complain is sexist, and for which there will be less justification for such complaints.

One where no one ever will complain? No, but so what?
US is worde. We send physical assassins and covert military operations.
All of your points are valid, but let me counter argue.

Be careful — government is usually not a great runner of a customer-service focused business.

Maybe, maybe not, but we know Comcast and TWC aren't a great runner of customer-service focused business.

Further, do you really want government (municipal) or otherwise being your ISP? Having access to all of your traffic lines?

No, but I'm assuming they already have access without a warrant now.
> More informed purchases because people buy stuff online where it's easier to compare reviews.

And then get shipped a knock-off product that doesn't do what the customer needs.

Or spending hours sorting through endlessly scrolling pages of choices, taking hours longer than just walking down store aisle.

Online shopping has some benefits, and also some serious drawbacks.
It's not clear to me if archiving a repository excludes it from code search - specifically search within organization.

I'd like to be able to hide some of our legacy repositories from code search, because when I search across all of the code that belongs to my organization I don't want to see code from repositories that are no longer maintained. I frequently use code search across organization to see if e.g. a specific library is being used, and archived repositories are not relevant to that use-case at all.

My ideal solution would be the ability to default-to-not-including-archived-repos, but with an option for "run this search against archived repos as well".
I respect your opinion, but I'd like to explain why I disagree. First of all, I think you'll agree that something is worth whatever someone else will pay you for it. So, if we're in a bubble then that means in the future, someone will not be willing to pay $7000 for one bitcoin.

But, with bitcoin's limited supply and increasing demand, and it's purchasing not being limited by credit availability (like housing, cars, etc) then chances are good it's demand will continue to increase and therefore its value will continue to increase.

If that doesn't happen then that means bitcoin's design is flawed -- it was literally designed to go up in value over time because it was invented out of frustration with fiat currency that nearly always goes down in value over time (inflation). The blockchain isn't the only brilliant thing about bitcoin.
State-enforced law to prevent city fiber builds was exchanged for city-led coop. Said state-enforced law bought and paid for by Comcast, deceptive ad campaign bought and paid for by Comcast, and the city still won.

Sounds like a classic underdog win to me.
>We should strive to do the right thing in the moment

That's both a circular statement, and an ambiguous one. Both sides were doing the right thing at the moment.

The only party that was clearly in the wrong were the people who were renting out the space. The reason this whole thread exists is that there is not a consensus on what the "right" behavior should have been. Pretending there was one right way to go is adding to the disconnect and gap between the two parties.
Your linked argument is poorly formed. It's true that any system which periodically emits value will cause people to work towards achieving that value. However, it's not true that the work in question will necessarily be wasted in an arms race.

Specifically, a (well constructed) Proof of Stake system will cause people to work to get a piece of the value by having them purchase the coin used for staking. This will cause the value of the coin on the open market to rise, which will increase the equilibrium market cap of the coin in relation to the world.

Because "money is a veil" [1], this won't create or destroy any actual goods or services. It will just transfer value from some persons to other persons. Therefore, Proof of Stake is more efficient than Proof of Work, because it moves cryptocurrency from negative-sum (electricity wasted) to something that's approximately zero-sum.

Another way of saying this is that you can't PRODUCE value by creating any currency with zero intrinsic value. However, you can WASTE value in this activity, and Bitcoin, as currently constructed (along with all possible Proof of Work systems) is wasteful. Proof of Stake wastes less value than Proof of Work.

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_of_money
Few want to compete against such an entity as Comcast. Hell, most of the other large ISPs don't want to.
Sure there is competition for the municipal bus system - taxis and ride share services. It's almost the perfect metaphor. For those who want faster service they look for options that offer these things at a reasonable price, and for those who don't care about fast speeds or cannot otherwise afford or justify the cost use the lowest common denominator, which is the public provided system. However, with internet service, there is no fallback.
Cryptojacking found on 2496 online stores
too bad the dashboard is slow as molasses
Why would they do all that work for free?
For context, those numbers came from 2014. http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-inequality-2014-1

I can't find any more recent study specific to the Gini coefficient, however these[1] charts show an improvement over this snapshot[2] from May 2015.

[1]: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses....
[2]: https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/1-bitcoin-community-controls...
It's a tourist trap mall that looks like a downtown complete with a fair bit of mixed use residential+retail+commercial dense-ish developments.

The point that people overlook there is that the aesthetics—indoor mall vs outdoor pedestrian-friendly throughway through a central part of a town—don't actually matter nearly as much as thought, since if you went at 10AM on a Thursday you'd think it was just a nice little downtown with a surprisingly high amount of retail in a small town next to LA.

And there are definitely good cafes, parks, and a library, yet all you're seeing here is still just a lot of people complaining about it. So maybe those aren't the critical components the OP seems to think they are.

There's no reason you couldn't turn the space and structure of a stereotypical 80s mall into a different sort of organizing space, without a whole "we need traditional looking downtowns" push.
Or when someone on TV (I'm looking at you, https://twitch.tv/CohhCarnage) asks Alexa to play a song by Mudvayne as a gag.
I wonder if this has anything to do with snap's real estate.
US doesnt manufacture cigs and pharms. Companies do that. Those companies are subject to the law of the conutries they sell their products too.

If the French want to allow 16yr olds to drink whiskey. So be it. (not sure if thats the law, but the French like their livations)

You make a long list and each point is intellectual dishonest. Do a little research. You are on HN not facebook. We have standards of intelligence here. I dont think this list meets those standards.
your feelings appear to be right, there was even a discussion about that here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15600878
If bitcoin's power usage is like a massive drain in the middle of the ocean sucking down millions of gallons of water per second, your comment is like complaining about the drip on your kitchen faucet.
> Why won't you complain about monitor pixels

or the Sun, what a waste of energy that is
The problem is that coin incentivizes* the use of electricity, which is a dumb thing to incentivize. Sure, we can incentivize the use of electricity, but we can also decide to incentivize something else.

A system like bitcoin but that only uses (all of) the CPU 10% of the time incentivizes a lot of cheap compute power for projects that need it. As an example. Algorithms that have similar loads to conventional software encourages more powerful general purpose computers instead of more powerful custom bitcoin ASICS.

There are much better things to incentivize.
Didn't have a problem believing she was an engineer at all to be honest - she is asian.
They've helped ruin the neighborhood. Took over so many beach properties, cafes, restaurants etc
There are totally private competitors to the private bus system, and there is private health insurance in places like the UK with social healthcare. I understand your point but I can't think of a single industry that doesn't have a natural monopoly where there wouldn't be room for two competitors based on differentiating solely on price
I would guess that even in northern Europe there has probably been a substantial reduction of kids’ roaming distance and time spent unsupervised compared to 2 or 3 generations ago. This seems to be a worldwide trend (if not to the same extent in every place).

In the US one of the big problems is a culture of legal liability for every possible thing, and a general culture of fearfulness, excuse-making, and ass-covering instead of allowing moderate informed risks and dealing responsibly with the consequences. If you have too steep a slide, some kid is going to fall off and the parents will sue and bankrupt your town. If you let kids ride the bus by themselves, 1 kid in a million is going to get kidnapped and the parents will sue. Etc.

But there are surely other contributing factors: more families with 2 working parents (and more single parents) and in general less adults “hanging out” with an eye on their neighborhoods, a general degradation of community relationships and civic institutions, smaller family sizes (it’s much easier to chaperone 1 kid than 6), more middle-class angst about maximizing children’s future earning potential, more media attention on rare tragedies, communication improvements leading to less spontaneous social gatherings and more virtual socialization, increasing reliance on car transport and inaccessibility of unsupervised play spaces (especially undeveloped land), etc.
> The problem is you can't rate employees by objective metrics (like, line of code count) without them getting gamed, unless you can tie them directly to company success.

Why would you ever want to evaluate employees by any metric not directly tied to their contribution to company success?
Hired.com. Love the fact that employers are applying to you. Love the fact that they're mostly open about their compensation from the get go. And the extra $2K bonus from Hired doesn't hurt either.
Peter Wuille provides one answer to this in the first link I shared:

> SPV nodes (such as some mobile clients, and Multibit) place a blind trust in the majority of miners, without checking validity of the blockchain they produce. It still requires a majority of miners to mislead an SPV node, but they can make it believe anything (including "You received 10000000 BTC!"). The reason why this does not happen is because full nodes would not accept such blocks, and assuming a large portion of the ecosystem does rely on full nodes, miners who do this would not see their blocks accepted by the larger economy, resulting in them wasting money.

Further, on this page, you can read about security considerations between light clients and full nodes: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Thin_Client_Security

Basically, a network comprised of only SPV nodes and miners places the SPV nodes at the mercy of the miners. Because of how centralized and state-controlled mining is (see Russia and China), this would be a very easy way for states to attack bitcoin.
That could quickly change once people get fully accustomed to in-flight wireless: browse the web for a shortlist on the first leg, feign interest at the stopover shop, price-compare and commit on the connecting flight.

The logical consequence would be manufacturer stalls replacing shops in the waiting areas (like a permanent trade fair) and Amazon adding pick-up warehouses to the exits.
Forgive me, but it seems that you're taking a common argument (X policy that works in Scandinavia won't work in the US because the US isn't homogeneous) and extending it to some sort of xenophobic dog-whistle (i.e. kids in the US can't roam because the US isn't homogeneous). Is there a more charitable way to interpret your comment?
Acros Seucrity is doing great work with 0patch
So you just don't go outside when it snows? Snow does not stop me from running errands to any other regular store that has an outdoor entrance. I don't understand how this is an argument.
The guys at Acros Security need more exposure to their 0patch software. It's really ahead of its time in my opinion and they are doing great work with 0patch. They deserve some recognition.
Eritrea has an expat tax as well. FATCA and CBT are a poison to overseas Americans.
big if true
http://www.ajc.com/news/ray-lewis-atlanta-legacy-not-storied...
Good idea! I'll take some today and add them to the github repo. Maybe that will be helpful. :)
“... to reflect our brand and our design principles”

Out of interest - What does IBM’s brand mean to you? (Serious question)

By that, I think I mean - what does IBM make you think of and what emotions does it instil in you when considering the company and brand?
Will need a lot more space for the cars, which may be fine in the US where there is lots of space, but tricky elsewhere.
Yeah, we gotta get on that dyson {sphere,swarm,etc} thing.
I became aware of this as a story when the link I originally posted happened; I haven't been involved in the maker community since something like 2010. I am vaguely aware of what some people think about Make etc, feeling that it's similar to what O'Reilly did with open source more generally previously. It's both loved and hated.

I became aware of this specific situation because I started seeing tweets about it; basically this article contains most of my understanding of the situation, as well as some stuff that I didn't know, like "Guanxi Bias."

What exactly was said was not under dispute by anyone, as far as I can tell; mostly what's under discussion is the charges of Make being mostly a thing for tourists rather than working with local makers, the general blackballing of Naomi from Make events (and if it is 'blackballing' or just generally being overlooked, that kind of thing), the authenticity of the apology, etc.

That's pretty much my understanding at the moment.
I think people are relying too much on legislation to usher in this new utopia of self-driving

There will be no legislation outlawing the use of our current manually operated vehicles. Ever. To think that the whole of government would endorse such idiocy demonstrates how little one knows about bureaucracy.
The end of the cult of the founder
At the time (e.g. 18th century), it was the best proxy for education. In the age of the internet, we have at least the prospect of learning at our own pace regardless of financial means. This requires an interest in knowledge while minimizing biases.
At a large enough scale, you can't avoid all complaints of sexism, because job performance doesn't exist in a controlled-experiment vacuum. To some extent your job performance always depends on how well you can work with colleagues, so if your company culture has sexism problem, there will always be a sexism problem whether or not it's openly discussed.

But absolutely eliminating sexism isn't the bar most people are held to. Most people are held to the bar of taking reasonable steps to mitigate the issue and improve culture.

In the vast majority of cases, you can iterate your way to a fair system with a clear rubric that controls for unconscious biases and establishes a substantial trail of evidence to support each judgement of performance. Actually doing that, especially when giving criticism, tends to be a matter of managerial skill.
If we use the assumption is that the energy is carbon-based and we consider externalities, extravagant may well be the right term.
Why native app developers should take a serious look at Flutter
Smarking (YC W15) Is Hiring Sr.PM/Head of Product in SF
The lighter being China?

https://www.npr.org/2016/12/22/506625913/database-tracks-his...
We in the US didn't a few decades ago, either. Politicians and the media (with different motivations) deliberately creating false impressions of increasing risks mostly did that in.
Income taxes are paid on... income.
Please correct the title, this is not at all what the paperwork entails ... kinda makes it sound like "fake" news.
Yes, I was using the terms carelessly. I'll try to be more mindful :)

But I think the AMT technology is what the parent poster was referring to in their original and subsequent comments.

>That CPU has a network stack, web server, and what seems to be hackable software.

>Nah, the stuff is already there, running, listening, and able to do things.

From what I have read, the AMT portion is required to do all of the above. Its the AMT portion that handles the KVM over IP (VNC), Serial over IP, etc.
The article has been updated. It was a Block 5 engine, and SpaceX will suspend testing of Block 5 engines until the accident investigation is complete.
You can't possibly be comparing SSL with bitcoin mining. SSL provides a service that is immediately valuable to all parties. Bitcoin mining is done by people who want to get rich by not doing anything. The price of bitcoin is EXTREMELY speculative no matter how you look at it. What if Bitcoin were to fail for some reason? All the computation dedicated to mining coins which were never spent would be wasted. Entirely different scenarios here.
The US hasn't become substantially less homogenous in the last few decades, so that's not it.
How do you know your suspicions are warranted? It sounds like you could simply be letting people's outward appearance cloud your estimation of who is genuinely interested in a topic.

This attitude is so weird to me. I play in a local poker group with 80 or so regular members. We get all kinds, both genders, an age range from probably 20 to 80, and a diverse mix of races. The only commonality is we all share an interest in the game. We have veteran players and also see new people show up all the time. When a new player happens to also be, for example, a beautiful woman, nobody is going to care as long as she also knows how to play (even knowing how to play is optional, we'll help you learn). In fact, as a player, if you do assume someone is a phony just because they are good looking, that's a pretty reliable way to lose your money at the table.

The only people unwelcome are assholes and people who intend to cheat. Those folks can get lost. I've never felt "suspicious" of someone who wanted to join and have fun, regardless of their appearance.
> they are disgusted by that for some weird reason

Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat.

He's not the reason, but he perfectly illuminates the reason. The banana-hammock beachwear crosses the line between sexy and sleazy. It's actually worse than just being completely naked--an expression of anti-modesty.

And as America is generally more prudish than anywhere else, other than former parts of the Caliphate, the projection of anti-modesty is offensive to us. It's fine to be good-looking, but not to explicitly call too much attention to it. It would actually be better to "accidentally" show off your six-pack abs and bulging quads than to go around singing Right Said Fred songs in a man-thong.
> But we can agree that it's not the nature of a corporation to pay more taxes than necessary?

Nobody wants them to do that. What motives you to lie for a corporation?