skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
But weren't they locking those users because their algorithm thought it saw malware? It's not like Google said "You're writing a story about bombs or some other inappropriate subject so we're locking you out".

This sounds like one of those "damned if you do, damned if you don't" no-win solutions for Google. Users (and Google) don't want Google to allow people to use Google Docs to distribute malware and harvest passwords, they don't want someone at Google to look at their documents to see if they are "safe"
(which Google couldn't realistically do even if they wanted to), so then people got upset when the automated software Google uses to look for these problems did a bad job for some people.

While it'd be nice if every system and process worked well 100% of the time and had no bugs, that's just not a realistic expectation.
https://archive.fo/FbiB8
You could try Polya’s How to Solve It, and follow up with Schoenfeld’s Mathematical Problem Solving (which cites a lot of other material). These are rather focused on problem solving per se, and don’t really discuss larger-scale strategies for research or learning. You can try just diving into child development and education literature. Not sure what out there really tries to be comprehensive in summarizing the best techniques for teaching and learning arbitrary meta-skills.
Here is a list of things you can give up on
We keep getting less and less extraordinary the more we look. Whereas at the time of Asimov's or Sagan's writings (a few decades ago, the first exoplanet being detected in 1988) we didn't know of a single planet orbiting another sun, nowadays telescopes such as Kepler have pushed the estimate of the number of planets _just_ in the goldilocks zone to several billion inside the milky way. One in five sun-like stars may contain a planet capable of holding water:

http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-earth-like-planets-201...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_potentially_habitable_...

https://www.universetoday.com/49605/how-common-are-solar-sys...
You are not wrong. There are lots of people who feel and act like you, and when they get together on the same team they can be very productive.

I feel that a lot of places have a culture of agreeability. They are focused on fixing disagreement rather than fixing the underlying problem. A truth-telling person isn't suited to those environments.

I also feel that a "no brilliant jerks" policy is an anti-neuro-diversity policy. It weeds out high-functioning autistic and psychopathic people. I think any homogenous environment created from such a policy would be a dangerous thing.
Dominance, care and social touch
It's not a real monopoly, but it acts like one. They obviously aren't the only gaming company out there, but they own the rights to several beloved franchises. Like, as I mentioned, Star Wars. Also most popular sports.
Definitions of "plainly" vary wildly from person to person.
They are a decent ancillary source. The EU has a fixed multi year budget, fines are one way they use to supplement it.
Yeah, seems to have been fixed in 10.0 and I was running several versions behind. (For whatever reason iOS didn't list it as an available update.) I reinstalled Firefox and now it works.
It is. So sorry about that. It was written as part of a "celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week" thing by Stripe and it was suggested that such a title would have more inspirational value. That's no excuse for that title and I apologize.
>but HotSpot seems so dramatically far ahead and the distance is increasing.

Benchmarkgame scores reached basically parity between java and C# once .net core 2.0 dropped

.NET selling points:

* you can do some SIMD explicitly, more is coming

* you have control over when things are stack allocated or not. structs, stackalloc, slices

* you have unsigned ints
Smell is coming to VR
Youre a legend
Very interesting that drummers/trumpeters are so well paid, 20pence/day vs archers who only get paid 3pence/day! I guess that performing in the middle of a battle wasn't a top career pick for musicians.
I agree. Could the basic income payout be at least tied to:

* build your own sustainable house to code in a non-hyper inflated coastal city and keep it maintained/painted according to the local home owner's association CC&R's

* grow your own food sustainably at the local CSA

* don't get into trouble

* (optionally for additional income) teach others how to do the above
Because Rust knows about lifetimes and C++ doesn't.

What C++ needs is a way to specialize types so that they automatically know if they need heap or stack storage without the programmer having to be explicit.
You've asked what is the benefit of using apples over oranges. The two things are unrelated.

When you use Roslyn you still need either a JIT or an interpreter to execute the output of Roslyn. You can't ask what is the benefit of using the interpreter over using Roslyn as you cannot do that. They don't fit into the same place in the system. They don't do the same job. They aren't alternatives.

It's a nonsense question.
Actually there are alternatives, qwant[1] is one example, framabee is another[2]

[1]: https://www.qwant.com/
[2]: https://framabee.org/
So hold on, this is literally working with the Tolkien Estate? Is the Estate licensing further works? I assumed before now that the articles referencing the "Tolkien Estate" mostly didn't know what they were talking about, and that the deal was being worked out with the usual suspects (i.e. Saul Zaentz Company) with the Estate keeping up their same position. This makes it more interesting, I guess.
Well the HTML source has a class of chartjs-hidden-iframe. So I would assume it is http://www.chartjs.org/.
Whiteboard interviews are not for hyper specialized roles. They're for companies who get hundreds of applicants every week. Right tool for the job.

In this instance if I were John I probably wouldn't want to work for the company anyways because they clearly have no idea how to hire.
I misspoke in using the term exercise value. However (and you’re a lawyer so I’m going to believe you here) everything I’ve read or can make sense of says it is the value at time of grant that the cap applies to, not some fluctuating fair market value at time of vest. Is that correct?
Their value is that they make the client comfortable with estimates that are explicitly fuzzy BS, which is vital since there's no way it makes sense for the client to pay for the time it'd take to give them a non-fuzzy, non-BS estimate. It also deflects them from attempting to get non-fuzzy, non-BS estimates out of you in a fraction of the time it'd otherwise take—the reputation and authority of the Agile brand is what gets them to do this, not any actual utility it has.

That agile estimation is fuzzy BS is a certainty. But it's a nice comforting blanket to help clients accept "we're just gonna start working on this, if you decide you don't want us to work on it anymore tell us to stop," which is important because that's the most cost-effective way for the client to spend their money, in many cases.

It's nowhere near as accurate as anything resembling an actual engineering estimation process, but ain't no-one got the time/money for that. It's probably a little better than the seat-of-pants "just give me a ballpark right now (but I'm totally gonna hold you to it, gee isn't it weird how we're always fighting fires and in crunch mode?)" that it's replacing as far as accuracy, but more importantly it makes that crap not happen (assuming it's functioning correctly).
Spring desperately needed some remote interfaces to the engine to let external debuggers attach & tell you what was what. It keeps track of all this data, & you can find out what's in the various object containers if you ask really nicely with a lot of code. If this had a GUI, I think it would be an enormously sophisticated & elegant way of dealing with systems. Alas now it's a fright.
I've been going through this course: https://www.commonlounge.com/community/9dcdd386cc28446695305...

It's a bit more cursory and mostly just a collection of articles/papers, but it has the benefit of not being paced like a university course.
.NET Core is the gateway to Azure, I doubt we would see it on anything other than platforms developers might use.
We now share a lot of code between the runtimes, it is an effort that we have taken seriously to improve compatibility, and capabilities.

Today, when you checkout the Mono source code, it brings CoreRT and CoreFX.

From a user perpective, we have worked to make a universal API surface that goes everywhere Mono, .NET or Xamarin go, it is called the .NET Standard, and last month we released a major upgrade to .NET standard that grew the API surface across the board.

As for the runtimes, they have different pros/cons so they currently can not be unified into a single one, so we need to maintain different ones, but we are working to make the tooling work better across the board.
New technologies such as metallic hydrogen are on the horizon.

Based on a bit of shine in DA experiment? I really doubt it.
Would love to have more details/information on this project, or possibly help. *Just a SIP/Asterisk enthusiast, not an actual SIP dev.
To me, the most interesting part about those biofilms are why they're so wrinkly: Those folds form channels and Bacillus moves water and nutrients through them (http://www.pnas.org/content/110/3/848/F1.expansion.html).

After binge watching Stranger Things 2, that seems a little bit more like science fiction.
See npmcharts for real usage data: https://npmcharts.com/compare/react,angular,@angular/core,em...
You're cynically describing being right as wrong.

It's ok to be cynical and defeatist, but those two qualities don't make for useful answers to questions
I was not aware of it - thx for info. A bit strange indeed.

Link for the other if interested: https://www.brave.com/about-ad-replacement/

Edit: from the link content, I understand they actually backtracked from this proposal after a backlash from publishers.
.NET Standard is a standard like JDK version, which can be JDK 8, JDK 9 and so on...
.NET Core is an implementation like OpenJDK, Oracle JDK
If you write something for JDK 8 standard, like using the Java Time API, you expect it to work with either Oracle JDK 9 or OpenJDK 9
In .NET, the standard version, means that up to specific version of .NET Framework or .NET Core or any other implementation like Mono can execute the software. I don't see any real fragmentation here, one is solely for people that are ok with Windows and the other one is meant for people that are not okay with Windows (ofc the .NET Core is meant for more than just this). The same with Java, OracleJDK is meant for people that are ok with Oracle and OpenJDK for people that are not okay with Oracle. What fragmentation? There are but a few implementations and each of them have a clear use cases. It's not like choosing a JavaScript framework or a tool, now that ecosystem is a true fragmentation... And who knows, maybe with some time, the .NET Core will evolve to the point, where it will be the only .NET implementation
There really wasn't a ETC ETH battle. BCH is currently trading about 1/5 of BTC and was briefly #2 in market cap.
their 'deep learning in excel' [0] is a great simplification of the fundamentals.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnoLMkosHuE

[1]: http://www.fast.ai/2016/10/08/teaching-philosophy/
In 4 - 6 weeks I'll be interviewing again. If anyone asks me to implement an algorithm during an interview, I'm going to search for the answer and use it. I don't have time to waste nor do I want to work for a company that wastes time which is money. How can they afford me if they keep wasting it?
Key to Product Management Success: Building Team Morale
Coupled with the fact that most recent grads don't have much wisdom or common sense, relatively less so in the coding sense, and much more so in the everyday business environment sense. As a friend of mine used to have in his email sig; "You have a Ph.D.. Good, don't touch anything."
The Big Black Market for Spare Human Body Parts
"while giving a kickstart to job growth" that's less than supported by evidence right now also at current level of unemployment it doesn't seem like taxes have been the limiting factor.
I don't think it's too late, always room for a better browser, I've swapped to Quantum and I think it's better than chrome, especially as a dev. I swapped to chrome when it came out, and it's been the better browser for a long time, but I think that's changed. I'm certainly recommending it. Even Edge feels better than chrome at the moment.

The other thing I'm trialing is using duckduckgo as a search engine which is quite good, but google is still mostly better, but since you can google from ddg, I'm sticking with it for the moment.
Future of Life Institute Releases Video Demonstrating Threat of Smart Weapons
Firefox containers[1] are new, but you could always do this with Firefox profiles. If you're on Linux or Mac, open a terminal and type:

firefox -ProfileManager -no-remote &

(I alias it to `ff`.)

Create different profiles[2] for each separate browser you need, and then make shortcuts to launch them.[3] Each Firefox profile will work like a completely separate browser.

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

[2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-...

[3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Lin...
crowd boos
Understanding Hinton’s Capsule Networks, Part I: Intuition
> 'propaganda' leaflet has left public LESS well informed, study shows

Two polls at different points in time, without any information about methods and sampling error, gave slightly differing results (23% vs. 21%). This leaflet campaign took place between them. This isn't a very good argument: Weak correlation in noisy data does not mean causation.

(Not saying the government was right to do this this way. But calling the thing misinformation that confused voters based on this comparison of polls is a bit exaggerated.)
Firefox on Android has awful scrolling physics. I will never be able to use it while the scrolling is different to every other app on my phone.
I think most people don't know this, but you need to download the nightly, NOT the regular version of Firefox (56 as of now) to see the speed increase.

The regular Firefox is much slower than Chrome still. The nightly is now noticeably faster than Chrome.
Migrating Fedora from BiOS to UEFI
A low altitude automated 70mph 'fast hover ferry' that is as fuel efficient as a car would be pretty revolutionary. A lot of cases for bridges and the traffic choke points they represent would disappear in places like nyc, sf, seattle and others. People who live on islands could have fast and affordable ferry services to the mainland or other nearby islands.

You could also create 'coastline subways' with such tech, but only need to maintain the ferry vehicles themsleves and docks vs road or train track infrastructure.
Check of CommonLib using PVS-Studio
Firefox lost its biggest use case.. The extensions. Besides, the new version is similar to Chrome in memory usage for multiple tabs which is HUGE disappointment.
I agree — as someone with as much of a design background as a programming background, seeing something like Bubble described as "visual programming" feels a bit offensive. Yes, there's a bit of meaningful visual structure sprinkled here and there throughout their environment. But it's nothing like what one would imagine if they were left to freely ideate about some hypothetical, ideal "visual programming" environment.

In a post-Bret Victor world, we know what such an environment might look like.

Stop Drawing Dead Fish: https://vimeo.com/64895205
Drawing Dynamic Visualizations: https://vimeo.com/66085662

As a visually-minded developer constantly hunting for such tools, and even working on some myself (in a small way — nothing that anyone here will ever end up using, surely), I can assure you that there's enough smoke that eventually we'll see something like what we desire catch fire.

If I had to guess, I'd say we'll see it come out of the world of video games, not web applications. So don't fret that Bubble looks like a step in the wrong direction. They're not building tools for visual thinkers, they're building tools for MBAs.
For what is worth Cluster headaches substantially reduced by 10,000 IU of Vitamin D in 80 percent of people

https://www.vitamindwiki.com/Cluster+headaches+substantially...

I got results right away last time I had a cluster. I am crossing my fingers that this is it.
I had my Blizzard/Battle.net account broken into - there was nothing to steal at the moment (I had played some multiplayer something a decade ago with one of the free multiplayer-only installations).

When I wanted to create a Hearthstone account, I found that out. The Blizzard CS reps were pretty decent, and they eventually fixed the issue (I still ended up creating a brand new account with better security since I was paying money this time).
There are elements of truth in this, but it is not the whole story.

While Silverlight did produce the first portable version of .NET and produces a lot of the code that allowed .NET to be portable, this code has been now retrofitted into the main CoreCLR and the VM source code has been upgraded.

What you see in the public CoreCLR is now the state of the art and while I do not know how the exact mechanics work, my understanding is that the CoreCLR and the .NET Desktop VM that ships source codes are very close to each other - modulo branches, deliverables, freeze dates and other loose ends.

On the library front, there has been a lot of rewriting for the sake of portability, cleaning up the code, and making the code more maintainable, and bringing it to the 2017 standards of coding.
Missouri 2017 State Budget: $27 Billion [0]

Google Net Profit Last 4 Qs: $63 Billion

Google can literally fund the state of Missouri indefinately. How does Missouri make this a fair fight?

[0] https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/missouri/articles/20...
Works great for exercise too: "just run for five minutes, then see how you feel", "just do the warm-up sets". Even if you stop, it's better than vegging on the couch.
Care Revolutions Is Hiring a Customer Success Specialist
Healthcare cost represents 17% of US GDP. That’s 3 trillion dollars! A large portion of that is costs associated with medical doctors, nurses and healthcare staff in general. The world of healthcare staffing is dominated by telephones, fax machines, and paper calendars. We’re building a future where the people who work in healthcare are better managed and are empowered to be the healers they want to be.

Care Revolutions is an online marketplace for healthcare staff. Like an "uber for nurses".

More than 150 medical centers in California, Florida (and soon other States) book highly specialized professionals on carerevolutions.com every day.

Care Revolutions is funded by an extraordinary group of investors including Y Combinator partners and alumni. Our team is spread across the country in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami.

We are looking for a Customer Success Specialist to join our team. Your job will be to make our customers successful, help customers use our software to it's fullest extent.

Job Description:

Outreach: contact existing customers about new features, listen to feedback, help customers use new features
Educate: create informational content including videos, emails and articles about our software
Grow: existing account by increasing internal adoption and cross-selling to other divisions/departments.
Job Qualifications

Communications or Business University Degree
0 to 3 years of sales experience
Strong communication skills, especially over the phone
Ability to build rapport with clients over the phone
Analytical and detail-oriented, loves feedback, learns and iterates.
Optional:

Any health care or medical experience/knowledge a plus
What success looks like:

Conduct 15 scheduled calls with existing customers per week, in addition to unscheduled contacts. Grow usage 10% Month-over-Month.

Compensation:

Competitive salary, commission and equity.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $22,000.00 to $30,000.00 /year
The other side of that is that there are many non-Alzheimer's causes of dementia in elderly patients. If a patient has dementia symptoms (along with a bunch of other problems) it can be really difficult for doctors to diagnose the root cause. For example my grandma's mental capacity was slowly deteriorating and they eventually determined it was because her bone marrow wasn't producing enough red blood cells, thus reducing the oxygen supply to her brain.

There have been attempts to build a wearable hydration sensor but no one has made the technology work reliably yet. It's a big potential market if someone can find a solution.

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/09/bsx-announces-kickstarte...
I have similar experience but I'm not so quick to say I'm back to PHP. "Use the best tool for the job" is the way I think about it.

PHP is great for marketing websites that don't need a lot of javascript.

But Node.js still wins for javascript heavy web apps. This is because you can write a js validator that will run on the client-side and server-side. Sometimes this is called Isomorphic JS (or Universal JS).

For example, this app[0] shows how to render React on the server and the client with shared props.

That being said, my personal website[1] still runs PHP and I'm glad I haven't taken on all the build dependencies of a modern web app just to host a simple blog.

[0]: https://github.com/styfle/react-server-example-tsx

[1]: https://www.ceriously.com/blog/
Agreed. Isn't the general advice to treat the options as worthless and always negotiate for more cash whenever possible? Then, in the rare case they are worth something it's a nice bonus, but not something that should ever be relied upon.
I've fixed the title to be less negative.

Probably, that is even better metaphor: "... Like Lightning?"
Off the top of my head, what I remember mentioned in the slides:

* Elasticache = Managed Redis and Memcache isn't available on GCP. (I really wish it was.)

* S3 = Cloud Storage

* CloudFront = Cloud CDN

* SQS = Cloud PubSub

* Elastic Beanstalk/CodeDeploy — No GCP alternative.

* Lambda = Cloud Functions (Beta)

Nice thing about GCP is that they don't get creative with naming, so it's pretty easy to infer what their services do.
Oops we are agreeing. Threading on the phone is rough. Anyway I updated the post to clarify cap calculations.
Not on macOS with current Safari.
"Technology is easy, people are hard"

this is so true, one of the reasons I chose technology was I thought I can just spend my time in a cube isolated and not have to deal with people, but more and more my job is becoming dealing with people rather than technology!
relatedly, my money is on "terpene" to be a trending food word of 2018.
Agreed - I think this is another myth that has gone mainstream. The biggest issue from my reading is damage to the skin. If you are constantly getting burned you are increasing your risk. If you slowly increase your exposure and avoid burning you get the benefits of sun plus (almost) none of the drawbacks. I say almost b/c you cannot discount genetic predisposition. Also, time of day is critical too - with mid-day being the best time.

I'm not sure if there are studies that take this variable into consideration. The tin foil hatter in me tends to think the results are probably different than the current common belief. BUT we can't have sunscreen sales dropping to zero ;) BTW I'm also weary of the effects of sunscreen itself - does slathering chemicals on your skin to protect against sun contributing to cancer?

Th truth is there is probably a happy medium somewhere between the "sun is evil! It causes cancer!" and "don't worry worshipping the sun is OK". However we tend to knee jerk react in one direction or the other...