skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Why not just say that unit tests are a management methodology for mixed-skill teams? There's no need to invoke 'bully devs' just because inexperienced or un-conscientious developers exist.
Sure, also because you're going to pay taxes into that ku (city), and they deal with pension and health insurance, even if you're not a foreigner you're going to have to register.

Your residence card gets updated every time you change your address and you do have to go to the ward office for them to update it, but that's hardly "register at the police station".

Edit:

Most if not all the things we have to do, as foreigners, Japanese also have to do it.

The big difference is we're required to have an updated/valid residence card (ID), while Japanese don't need to carry ID.

I'm from Europe, and in my country everyone has an ID and is "required" to have it so I don't actually see the big deal, maybe I'm just uninformed.
To kill net neutrality rules, FCC says broadband isn’t “telecommunications”
Ethereum is fast too, and what it comes down to is the fact that the majority of people who use Bitcoin today are invested in it as an investment and not as a currency. Which means any efforts to fix the problem are met with pitchforks because it could disrupt the market and kill the value of their gold.
You're not the only person I've heard say that they avoid the TPAC route because they want to avoid the USA. But I've heard people complain that as much as they'd prefer to avoid the USA the flight schedules are far more convenient.

Have you tried the ANZ AKL-YVR connecting to ACA YVR-Europe flights? Canada is far happier about transiting passengers than the USA is. (And if you've tried it and didn't like it, I'm curious why.)
I use the http://www.fbpurity.com/ extension to micro-manage what shows up on my newsfeed.

"Junk food" is probably putting it nicely, many skip straight to comparing to one of various illicit drugs.
I suppose if cities copper ever get removed it would be for fiber replacement.
Both very interesting episodes.

Also, I can't recommend the Freakonomics podcast enough.
Given the criteria to double the capital in 3-6 months, you will need to do something very speculative, which at this point in time looks like crypto currencies.
I noticed this too. Anyone want to guess why they are bumping the spread so much? Their price is over 100 USD higher than Kraken's prints tonight...
Yeah i have sometimes pondered why the terminal+mainframe combo never took of like the net did. And in the end i think it comes down to "multiplexing".

Notice how some talk about having 100s of browser tabs open. This may be to one site like wikipedia, or a multitude of sites as they follwed some chain of links down a proverbial rabbit hole in search of something.

Similarly, dialing into an ISP didn't just allowe me to look up what that ISP had stored back during the early days.

I had IRC, NNTP, email, web, and new stuff sprung up almost weekly it seemed.

And for the most part i could have all of that going on a single connection.

The net was not and ends, it was a means to an ends.

This similar to how an OS, desktop or even app is not an ends, but a means to some ends. Some task i want to perform, be it calculate taxes, check news or communicate with friends or family.
Variation Trouble at 10/7nm
I have learned I just don't need to live social life with distant relatives and friends every day. The important things filter to the surface of your life as do the important people. I get more value out of a longer email or a 15 minute phone call than a bunch of shallow interactions on Facebook.

I suspect over time we will learn that Facebook and the like is actually poor at maintaining social relationships in a meaningful way. It seems like it works but I maintain my social network dine without it. And yes I am fine having far fewer, but quality interactions. I don't think I impose any cost on my friends and family. If we can't chat once in a while via voice or video we just aren't that important....
Now we have two (more) major newsoutlets owned by activist owners --WaPo and Time Mag.

Wish there were more independence in the media. Or at least fewer owners who will push agendas. Time will tell.
Not sure I understand. Can you give an example?
The ability to convert insights about the future success of projects into returns has always existed via self-directed brokerage accounts. That’s probably the closest analogy, except that crypto might not (yet) have skyscrapers full of people paid seven figures to know more about it than you.
Facebook Is the Junk Food of Socializing (2015) (nautil.us)
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Promoting GoFundMe campaign
Hey, I was wondering if any of you could help me make my gofundme campaign more visible. I don't wanna be rude and just paste it over here. Christmas is coming and when you'll be with your families I'll be sitting on the floor by myself. It's just sad. If any of you wish to help me you can find my campaign when you search Alone Christmas on that site. Thanks :(
This is not good advice. You can’t predict how much we will drop next time on stocks and how the VIX may be affected.

We are in a long term contracted state of volatility. Professionals who understand how to manage risk may make the trade(s) that you’re suggesting.
On the news: "Techcrunch employees bribe Chinese officials".

That kind of negative PR can destroy companies.
Help me sue these bastards
I do agree that aircraft carriers have stronger claims to being British :)
Anybody have better BTC market feeds? The graphs I am looking at show the market price should have been around $9,600.

https://imgur.com/a/e0Gtt
Charles seems like a nice guy. Curious, what is the political problem with him?

https://youtu.be/Z7Pj2rKdKII

A quote from the video: If you don't learn to do dirty jobs, if you don't learn unpleasant work, by the time you're in your 30s, you never learn to work productively ... you learn from that you don't want to do that the rest of your life, so you had better find some aptitude.

He says that after telling about a time his father made him dig out weeds.
"We're at a critical point right now where distributed systems research has turned up some decent consensus algorithms,"

Not by a long shot. We have proof of work and systems that rely on all parties being known and identifiable, and not much else. Proof of work does not scale and the need to identify all parties requires at least some centralization. Beyond that, we also live in an age where the bulk of Internet traffic is video, and thanks to the decades-long effort of the RIAA and MPAA, most video distribution is centralized, so people demand high throughput; and the widespread use of TCP also requires low latency. Mesh networks are still not up to the task despite all the progress.

You want to support mesh networks? Great! I'm with you, but let's not oversell the state of the art. Mesh networks are still experimental and without some centralized coordination (which is a de facto ISP) the performance and reliability really start to become questionable.
Are there models which factor in an analysis of their past successes/failures and adjust for them?
Mandarin is usually written with Simplified Chinese characters. Cantonese is usually written with Traditional Chinese characters. They're "the same characters", but the simplified ones tend to replace certain shapes with simpler versions.

From friends, one tends to phrase things somewhat differently between the two languages/dialects. A phrase in one of them sometimes sounds awkward when expressed with the most directly equivalent words in the other.

So you've got some pretty good clues about whether the original author of a document was thinking in Mandarin or Cantonese when writing it. And also, it's a Chinese government document in Shanghai: almost certainly simplified Chinese characters representing Mandarin Chinese.
Regardless of the particular issue, the point is that the sovereign state of New Jersey should be allowed to make whatever laws it wants, other than those it explicitly agreed not to by signing the U.S. Constitution.

Self-determination of peoples, and all that...
How Isaac Newton Stole Concept of Gravity from a Hindu Gurukul
If that were true, why does everyone talk about it in fiat currency terms? Why would it matter what price BTC is, if the goal is to just use it? Who cares, then? I don't buy that argument. It seems to be mostly fueled by greed.
The industrialisation of gambling is shocking. I just recent moved from New Zealand, where I thought we had a bit of a problem, but it's a completely different scale here.

It helps that the TAB has a monopoly in sports betting, so there's less incentive for them to advertise, due to a lack of competition. I don't think I've ever seen an ad for the TAB.

Gambling addiction is just as much a real thing as tobacco or alcohol addiction, yet there are limits on the advertising for alcohol, and advertising tobacco is forbidden.
Yes, definitely. I think our current consumerism is unsustainable and will either kill or mostly ruin us and the planet. More unemployed people will either lead to us realising we don't need to constantly be consuming more, or revolution into a more sustainable society. I'd take either over what we have now.
For people to see how this can be positive, some time needs to pass.

Most people are tuned to think in terms of linear growth.
I think cigarettes are a great comparison. I heard it a few years back.

When popular, a huge amount of the population used cigarettes despite growing research showing that it had a slight but consistent harmful effect. A hooked individual is unlikely to stop using even when given this evidence, as the product is addictive and gets stronger with network effects. Younger generations understood the harm better and had to avoid regular temptation to engage.

Comparisons to heroin are overblown. Nobody is losing their identity, money or life due to facebook. It's just a little bad and very addictive.
I am trying to do the same thing with my campaign

just post the link.

like this

https://www.gofundme.com/scott-bernstein-cohen-company
Fyi, there are actually three Kock brothers. They keep a spare on ice in case on of twins needs to go in for servicing.

In all seriousness, this family goes beyond the two of them. (The third brother is real, and he is kept out of the spotlight). The twins are the public face of a much more secretive private empire.
I grew up in a home that subscribed to Time Magazine, and am young to remember how often that brand was touted in advertisements on TV. But it's been a long time since I've associated prestige with that media brand, especially after it was spun off from the actually profitable parts of Time Warner. With the exception of their "Person of the Year" tradition, which draws attention but seems to have as little actual influence as PEOPLE's sexiest man award. Quick, try to name 2 people who are not Trump/Clinton who were on TIME's shortlist last year: http://time.com/4589502/person-of-the-year-2016-shortlist/

Maybe it's a bit of confirmation bias as I don't go out of my way to read Time magazine anymore. But compare their nationally known work to that of Conde Nast, another prestigious brand and also having major revenue problems as a media company. Despite that, The New Yorker doesn't seem to have lessened at all in the rate of influential and newsworthy pieces it produces (Rowan Farrow's expose of Harvey Weinstein being one of the more recent notables [0]).

If the Koch Brothers intend to use it part of their PR wing, they have a lot to do to boost the brand so that people even pay attention.

Possibly relevant historical example: In 2010, another well-known national magazine, Newsweek, was bought from the Washington Post for $1 by a mostly unknown billionaire [0], Sidney Harman, of Harman Kardon fame. Harman died in 2011, so whatever plans he had for Newsweek for his own purposes went unrealized. It was then sold to IBT Media, a mostly unknown company owned by a somewhat controversial charismatic Christian sect [2]. Was Newsweek used to advance its founders causes? Hard to say, like TIME, I can't remember the last time a Newsweek exclusive had national influence the way the New Yorker regularly does, though some people here may faintly recall their epic fuckup about Bitcoin's founder [3]. And having an independent, private source of wealth hasn't helped Newsweek be any more stable than it was when it got sold for $1 [4].

[0] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/business/media/newsweek-bo...

[1] https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/harvey-weinsteins-a...

[2] http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/03/newsweek-ibt-olivet...

[3] http://www.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/face-behind-bitcoin-24795...

[4] http://www.foliomag.com/newsweek-lays-off-impoco-others-peop...
We live on a radioactive planet and it's not that surprising that life here is adapted to it.
I meant they're living in China and flying to HK / Korea. Every time you get back, you need to go re-register.
Try a different church, Buddhist and Quaker churches are great for left-leaning people.
^ Why was this down-voted? This analysis is correct.

Tesla is on track to burn >$500m/quarter going forward and will once again have to access capital markets in 2018. Junk bond markets have been puking for the past 3 months, so that option probably is getting less likely. That leaves equity dilution. Not good for current shareholders. http://archive.fast-edgar.com//20171103/APA8Q22CZM22D262222M...

A lot of the "Assets" noted on the balance sheet are the reservation costs for all of Tesla and Solar City's promised products. Tesla recently laid off a significant portion of their workforce at the Model 3 factory. Output was much lower than they had guided to for the quarter. It doesn't look like that's going to change soon. If customers start demanding refunds a lot of the assets listed on the balance sheet go away.

The liabilities on the other hand, won't be going anywhere.

People can insist that Tesla is effecting some positive changes in the world, but it seems to me that mostly they have been good at repackaging and reselling the tech of other companies in creative ways.
I listened to this as well. Another interesting thing he mentioned was that you could use calcium as a conductor on the moon. Apparently it is a better conductor than copper and is abundantly available. It doesn’t work on earth because it reacts poorly with the oxygen atmosphere.
Why is ethics suddenly a big topic in Machine Learning?
I see the difference now, thanks for the clarification.
That used to be the case for me, but now a lot of that energy moved to WhatsApp (which is also Facebook, but a different product). It's better in every way -- the communication is private, it's two way so people feel closer, and I don't get overwhelmed by memes and ads.

This probably couldn't have happened without Facebook proper (now my parents are on WhatsApp), but I think mobile chat groups are a much better form-factor for the type of communication you want.
Mandarin is the local rule of law language. All contracts I've ever signed that were dual language say that if any conflicts arise, the Chinese language contract will be the one used to settle the dispute. This is reasonable. You would not have immigration officers in the US telling people to sign documents written in Chinese, would you? For one thing, local officials would be unable to process those papers efficiently. Whether or not lawyers are present who can help ensure due process and explain to the person what's being signed is a completely separate matter from which language should be used.

edit: comments below would cause me to change my thoughts, though I'll leave the above text unedited for history's sake.
Inside India's big data hunt for cures to its ageing-related diseases
PSYOP-as-a-Service
> Those people presumably have some kind of permanent residence. It would be news to me if that required re-registration after each re-entry.

M-visa holders, business visa holders are required to register with each entry, which is surprisingly misaligned with the purpose the visa entails (visiting fairs, business meetings etc).
Except they occured during an active war and achieved a military goal: to prevent a mainland assault which would have killed an order of magnitude more people.
I feel like you didn't answer the main question. What if I recognize the potential value in all of the things you mention, but don't believe in God and don't want to lie to people about it?
That's a complete misreading of Amazon. Their entire competitive advantage is having really cheap capital which enables unbelievable capital investment. First it was in distribution centers (3PL), then servers (AWS), and next likely be parcel delivery (look out FedEx). The e-commerce business is the first and best customer of each of these services, but they're basically a conglomerate of capital intensive low margin infrastructure services.
1. They're young so they go without or buy the cheapest possible one.

2. On their parents' plan

3. Don't make enough and get huge subsidies from the marketplace.

Retirement and lack of any marketable skills is the bigger issue, however.
I think regulation concerning gambling advertising will come in Australia but it will take some time. There are limitations on alcohol advertising - particularly at sporting events, on public transport and at events relating to minors.

Because of this, it is not a stretch for me to imagine that gambling advertising will be restricted in some ways. The fact that mobile games (and mobile and internet advertising) are such a big part of the culture and technology will certainly complicate things.

It dismays me when I see large sporting teams sponsored primarily by a gambling company. Sport is a wonderful active activity for young people in a world increasingly struggling with obesity - and the companies into their heads early worries me.
Compare the current price action to that of November 2013 and try to say 'bubble' with a straight face.

Everyone in hysterics about a bubble is every bit as foolish as those shouting about going to the moon. We've had over a year of steady growth punctuated with regular corrections.

Will there be a bear market at some point? Certainly. But the proof of bubbles is in the popping; major price action down to a tenth of the peak or so. That doesn't just happen because of a bull market, it happens in the wake of a major speculative wave or something that fundamentally compromises value.
Thailand, where the author said he lives, also has a similar "register at local police station" rule. Even when you live full time in Thailand, if you stay overnight somewhere other than your normal residence you are supposed to report it. Or the hotel or homeowner is supposed to report it. Rarely enforced,except when it's time to make a another big show of cracking down on dirty foreigners making trouble in the country.
In additions to the methodology concerns you raised, I have to question the use of a "linear" trend line, particularly when one axis is arbitrary buckets of unequal size.
Admittedly naive analysis here, but it seems like there are two distinct classes of issue you are raising. The first class of issue is plugin module availability, the second is data model/schema/information architecture. I may be wrong, but I’m guessing the flaws you saw in the National broadcaster’s system were more at the schema/information architecture level than the plugin ecosystem level, particularly given their willingness to throw devs at it (a bad schema deeply baked into a system is much harder to patch than a lack of extension modules). Now that we’ve reached an era with at least three CMS backends with heavily battle-tested information architectures (I’m thinking WP, Drupal, and Joomla, and there are probably others) it seems like a venture funded startup like Netlify should be able to propose a viable information architecture (or at least encourage/show customers how to implement one if their system is too flexible to enforce a good IA). Once there’s a good IA in place, my (admittedly naive) assumption is that the library of npm packages becomes the front-end equivalent of the WP store and on the backend you always still have the opportunity to procedurally generate any content or templates you want (potentially using WP or drupal or whatever as your JSON constructor kit). I totally hear your concern that random devs building CMS’s is a bad idea. That said, a well funded competitor going after WP with a “more modern” and “more secure” architecture (and well designed information architecture) doesn’t seem like a dumb idea to me given how much money WP makes and how many objections many people have to its legacy constraints.
I don't avoid the US if I need to go there, after all I lived there for 20 years, half my adult life, it's home as much as NZ (and I'm currently near the end of a NZ->US->HK->CN->HK->CN->HK->NZ trip) - getting in is the problem, the process is as I said elsewhere a bit scary, once you are there it's generally a nice place to be

I haven't tried Vancouver, maybe next time - I do prefer long flights that are overnight so to Europe that means with a daytime (or two) somewhere in the middle
Has WaPo's "activist" owner had any real impact on what they choose to cover?
I wonder why Bill Gates, in contrast to the Koch brothers, stays out of social and political issues. He seems to care deeply and many of his goals, such as advancing health and education, depend on politics much more than on his money.

For example, the Kochs work hard to reframe discussion of government revenue / taxes, regulation, and government overall in order to reduce all of them (whatever you think of their goals, that is the case). If Gates invested politically in his goals, there might be much more government support for health and education, via funding, research, availability to citizens, and policy innovation. Despite Gate's vast wealth, the U.S. government spends orders of magnitude more than him; a million dollars influencing politics could leverage far more resources than a million spent directly on research.

Of course, everyone would be better off if the fate of the U.S. depended on democracy - one person, one vote - and not on the manipulations and influence of three people.
I don't hate him, in fact, I've read a lot about and been impressed with some of his goals, particularly criminal reform [0]. However, I've never been overly political, and I'm currently not in the population most affected by the influence of his campaign spending. Someone who is greatly affected by something like, say, reproductive rights, would probably feel differently about how Charles Koch's money -- whatever its commendable intentions -- helps to elect politicians who aim to rollback reproductive rights.

[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/do-the-...
I use the Shanghai visa-free transit occasionally and after going through the police station registration once, I decided to stay in hotels on my next trips.

The registration process took a long time:

- first I had to wait around an hour in a queue, because out of 5 available policemen only one was registering visitors

- the police officer didn't speak any English, and there were 2 foreigners who didn't speak Chinese in front of me

- even though I had a native Mandarin speaker with me, it took at least 30 minutes to register

- the police officer kept asking me for the number of my visa, and didn't understand that I'm on visa-free transit; in the end I provided number of some stamp that I got in my passport while entering the country

In summary, while it was obvious to me that I have to visit a police station unless staying in a hotel, this process is very troublesome. It definitely wasn't designed for Airbnb-era, it is assumed that if you stay at private place, you have host that will help you with the registration process.