skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
In the third world, quite a lot of people don’t have a bank account, or at least not a conventional one as we would understand them. A common alternative is M-Pesa, which is phone based, and I don’t mean smartphone: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Pesa
Think of the most weird fever dream you've had and that is probably similar.

I think one of the stranger fever dream I've had was sometime in college when I was learning about complex numbers, the red standby LED on the TV in my room seemed to be a portal into the complex plane one feverish night.

Having also tried a number psychedelics, fever dreams do have quite a different quality to them.
Nor are heart rate monitors an accurate or reliable predictor of emotion
I study testing of the sort he focuses on, and is at the core of a system he points out is more similar across Chinese and Western societies than people think.

What I've come to realize is that everything he wrestles with in the essay is not hidden away, it's right there within the testing system. It's studied empirically, the markets are there, it's all in plain view. It doesn't require any special wisdom or insight and anyone trying to simplify things either way are wrong.

These tests that are scrutinized bear only a modest relationship with what they are trying to measure, and what they are trying to measure is only weakly related to what people want to know. That is, the best estimates suggest that they're only correlated about .30 or .40 with actual ability or understanding in any deeper sense at most. And this is over the entire range of ability, meaning that it includes comparisons between people who score in the 2nd percentile and those who score in the 98th percentile -- a huge portion of that correlation is surely due to gross comparisons of that sort.

What's sobering to me is that we know this. We know these tests are not only imperfect, but severely so. And yet we fetishize it. The money being put into the testing field is astounding.

The reason of course, is because, while these tests are poor measures, they're the better than nothing. And we know that they tell us something about people, on average, across many people.

I'm not sure why we overrely on these things, why these discussions are often framed in extremes, where either a test is the criterion for success, or react to it with claims that the tests are completely invalid.
> Sure... and it's also so advanced that even double-blind researchers can't reproduce it.

I have no idea who and how performed studies, so it is not impossible to imagine if you don't really understand the process you can't use the tools properly and results will be questionable. I did research the topic probably ten or more years before I dared to write an app. At least 60% of the success is depending on how you phrase the message, so if it is not respecting mechanic you can flash messages all day long with no results. There is also _a lot_ depending on how you present the message -- if you are curious you can download app trial and check settings. Don't use the app, just see what options are there.

> I'm sorry that asking for rigorous science sounds like being righteous to you.

Righteous as in "church claims earth is flat, this guy disagrees, let's burn him". It is perfectly fine if you expect official dogma to tell you if something produces results -- please wait for that then.

Out of curiosity, you _are_ aware that all major players use subliminal messages in their commercials? Or not? If you know about that, why would they use them that way if there is no effect? If you don't know about that why we discuss the topic then?

> I am not taking anybody's hard earned money with empty promises. You are.

You really have no idea if they are empty, right?
Well, for, starters, Glitch is free for unlimited usage :)

Glitch is geared towards people collaboratively working on Node apps (it doesn't support anything else, unlike the other options).

However, it's much easier to get started, with an in-browser code editor, console, and starter projects.

I've been using Glitch to play around with ideas mostly and then I will build locally and deploy to something like Heroku. One other downside of Glitch is that source code is viewable by anyone, which means you probably don't want to launch a side project there.

Note: don't work for Glitch, Heroku, or anyone else mentioned
Fixing the MacBook Pro
Experience: I am a kayaktivist
> Wins

Neutrinos aren't massless

Confirmed higgs

> Problems

Hierarchy problem

Fine tuning

Why is the cosmological constant so "wrong compared to theory"

No evidence for supersymmetry yet at 10^-17cm via LHC

No evidence for WIMPs

How do we combine QM + GR?

Do black holes destroy information? How to solve the BH firewall problem?

> Speculation

Is there supersymmetry at higher energies than the LHC can probe?

Is spacetime doomed? I.e. is space-time a hologram on the boundary or some other emergent phenomenon

Is there a multiverse?

Is decoherence a solution, or does the wave function "collapse", or simply many-worlds?

Is perturbation theory sensible or is there a deeper more elegant way to calculate scattering?

Is time emergent or fundamental?
I wish I could upvote you twice. For some reason many people who have never farmed have this romantic vision of it. In reality farming is extremely hard work and requires a wide range of skills and knowledge to be successful.

If you're good at it you can make decent money but someone who's only worked desk jobs is not going to be good, at least not for a while.
> Cells’ uniqueness is explained by epigenetic.

No, I think cell differentiation is a completely different topic -- gene expression/inhibition and cell specialization has nothing to do with random errors to DNA, as far as I understand. So the problem is not actually solved at all. Especially since we are not usually trying to clone babies, whose stem cells would have incurred less damage.
responding now might be inappropriate but for the record: one of the main premises of my response is that public ostracization is used as a form of punishment. ( I stated if in one of the previous comments).

historical data support my claim as wikipedia points:
"Public humiliation is the dishonoring showcase of a person, usually an offender or a prisoner, especially in a public place. It was regularly used as a form of punishment in former times, and is still practiced by different means in the modern era."
I've got a 1kW bike too, I can short two pins on the controller to bring it down to 250W but it is absolutely useless on uneven terrain or slight inclines.

I wish my controller wasn't braindead, I'd gladly accept the 25kmh speed limit if it could actually ramp itself up to 1Kw while below that speed.

On my way home in the dark, I barely have the throttle engaged and its more than fast enough for my liking.
I can buy an entire 125cc scooter for under $1,000 and it'll last a decade. (I do not live in the U.S.)
While it's good to be skeptical, in this case it's the USGS[1] who have made the attribution, albeit a bit late after years of insistence by others.

[1]https://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/induced/
Our goals with the project is to present visually the most efficient paths for learning any topic on Earth.

The focus is on progressive learning. That is if a person wants to learn React.js. The effective path to learning it would be to learn Javascript first as it is a Javascript library. Or in case of learning machine learning, one should ideally have knowledge of statistics and linear algebra.

And another big focus is exploration. That is why we suggest new users randomly a topic one can possibly learn. He/she then can press on to go learn the topic and explore other topics related to it similar to exploring the wiki.

As for the data source, the website will very soon be fully open to the public, thus anyone can contribute to adding resources to any of the topics and community can then decide which resources they find most effective.
This is also common for outlet stores.
A very intelligent write up with one small, possibly fatal flaw.

When you are comparing one thing to another and writing up your pearls of wisdom for the masses you need to control every variable (within reason).

I can't see a LAN based test acting as a baseline.
What?

// example for unmarshalling an http request to JSON

contents, err := ioutil.Readall(req.Body)

if err != nil {
return err
}

req.Body.Close()

user := new(User)

if err := json.Unmarshal(contents, user); err != nil {
return nil
}

// do whatever you want with 'user'
You can skip sshuttle's magic and do exactly the same thing manually with "ssh -D" + "iptables -j REDIRECT" + redsocks, but that's a lot moving parts.
A quarter pound of meat is typical for a sandwich shop because if you're going to a sandwich shop for a sandwich, then you're ordering a meal. If you're only making part of a meal out of it or just a snack, feel free to use small squares for bread and only a couple of slices of deli meat and complement the sandwich with a soup.

Source: actually worked in a sandwich shop on the deli slicer where we prepacked the meat for sandwiches. Most employees at other sandwich shops I talked to used basically the same amount of meat with only one typically using a fifth of a pound and another typically using half a pound.
Unless you're a founder you shouldn't be working more than your employer pays you for, eg 40 hours.
How do you redirect DNS over SSH though?
First Republican lawmaker to publicly oppose the FCC’s net neutrality repeal
"People wind up where they are largely through circumstance, not intention. "

There may be a lot of randomness on the way to becoming, or almost becoming a doctor, but you don't get to be a doctor by randomness.

See what I mean?

You get to be a doctor only with quite a very long term intent and perseverance, by stacking the odds, and rolling the dice a lot.

Though I get what you are saying - I also don't think that most people as of yet realize how much actual control they have over themselves and their lives, and they can possibly make it better. That's still a huge hurdle for a lot of people.

I suppose those that have jumped that hurdle could often learn a little empathy for those with bad dice :)
Night trains in Europe
Just think: Someone with 1M bitcoin (which is conceivable if they got in early enough, hello Satoshi!) could overtake Bezos with just one more of those 20x increase in the price of bitcoin.
Finland baker launches bread made from crushed crickets
"post-hoc Just World fallacy wrapped up in those same statements of faith"

Not really.

We have built a progressively more just world - and it gets a little bit more just and civilized every generation that goes by.

It's only possible when most people have some kind of faith, however crude, as the grind away at it. It does not happen by accident - over the long haul, it requires a Will.
Would love to see a C++ implementation of this of this code, whether it's a test project or an example already available in open source.

This would also be a cool thing to give an example of across programming languages. Sort of like how https://github.com/drujensen/fib does it.
Out of curiosity -- what's your SSH tunneling rate in the same setup?
iirc man ssh has some info on ssh virtual private network
Happy 30th Birthday Excel 2.0
I am surprised that there are more jobs in Windows and .NET at your place. Java platform is more popular than .NET, and your knowledge of JVM is very valuable. I think you are much better off trying for Java/Scala/Clojure jobs.
Imagine being told “We have calculated that this accident will subtract 9 months of life from everyone in this house, which according to our guidelines is worth $300,000. Here’s your check, enjoy your cancer.”
Surprises me that a 2015 MBP is still passable for him cpu-wise.

I briefly replaced my 2014 MBP with a 2017 iMac, citing the 16GB ram ceiling as my primary issue. I ordered the iMac from Apple with 8GB of ram and ordered an additional 16GB from OWC b/c it was way cheaper.

The iMac arrived over two weeks before the OWC ram arrived, so I had 2 weeks using the 8GB iMac in it's ram-starved state. In short: I never once noticed the new iMac with just 8GB to be memory-starved. Never.

I don't really know what this is owing to — I assume Kaby Lake has a lot to do with it. I feel like if they could just update the 2015 MBP to the new chips, we'd be all set again for many years. That's my wish anyway.

For clarity: I returned the iMac after the 15 day trial period b/c I still use a laptop a lot of the time and didn't want to be managing two computers. I think I could have used this iMac with just 8GB of ram indefinitely. It was literally a non-issue for two full weeks of normal, daily working use.
I'm with you. My family in Japan is living extremely countryside. Most of the immediate friends are farmers for generations. So we get access to fresh eggs, strawberries, blueberries, onions, and milk on a quality level that is off the charts. Their products never end up in supermarkets. Still they exist. Is it a lifestyle choice? It yes, it is not an active one.
> extremely confusing

And some other hyperbole. Reality check: just about no one uses the function keys, normal users can’t be bothered to remember what they do.

Which is why Apple prints the functions they want to promote on them so these at least get some use.
The most odd thing for me was the bit about how he didn't understand how 'long-term greedy' would not inspire most people.

Also - we should consider that the kinds of kids who grow up super talented, go to Goldman and top Schools etc. are probably not very representative of the Chinese population.
But does the website itself where the ads are shown need to get consent?

How about this, what if I own a.com and embed an image from b.com (a completely different organization from me). And then b.com tracks the users' IP addresses, urls, referers, etc. Do I need to get permission for that? I'm not the one doing the tracking. Does b.com need to get permission for that? There's no opportunity for b.com go get permission, the user never is on a website controlled by them, there is never an opportunity to click an accept button for b.com . The user likely has never heard of b.com .
Azure has been something I've considered for this exact purpose. The PaaS and ARM Templates abstract away IaaS and provides both configuration and secret management.

It should be possible for someone to deploy a Mastodon or Matrix instance via Azure PaaS with no IaaS management necessary. With Kudu's Git triggers, automatic updates might even be possible!

It's no small feat though. It also would require a great deal of ARM JSON which is painful at times.
Got a 2015 Macbook Pro. As of today, the E, R, and T keys have all stopped working. Apple wants $500 for a logic board replacement.

It was fine when it was just the R key. Sort of. I set up bash scripts to copy-paste "r" to my clipboard, and just pressed command-V instead of "r". But then the T key went out.

The other day, I was using my MacBook with an external keyboard sitting on top, and then the whole thing shut off. The keyboard had been pressing the power button.

Also ran across someone with a similar story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15701331 MBP rendered unusable by faulty X key. Apple wanted $400, he paid, then the G key went out. They wanted another $400.
Right on, was using hide the title bar[0] add-on which gives you a script to install, and then it runs the script on window creation, but need the keymap since it comes back after every window resize. Just need to edit the extension to run on resize really, if possible.

0: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hide-the-titl...
Wouldn't perfumes be much more juicy targets for counterfeiters? Or do the perfume companies actually try to protect their brands?

Shampoos are probably $10 a bottle while peefumes are at least 5 times that.

(Also you can buy Alberto brand shampoos for $1 at a dollar store. Hopefuly nobody counterfeits $1 shampoos!)
* A choice of Apple ARM CPU(s) or Intel

* Ditch the keyboard and expand the Touch Bar to become a touchpad: an entire customizable keyboard / input pad
This is typical bcash spindoctoring.

It's not due to Bitcoin fees. It's due to BitPay's ridiculous fee mechanics.

Bitcoin works perfectly well when the mempool isn't being logjammed by 1-satoshi transaction spammers, in a misguided attempt to make bcash overtake Bitcoin.

Sometimes, the obvious solution isn't the right one.

Bigger blocks means more bandwidth is needed for blocks found by miners, which are transmitted across the whole network.

Our infrastructure isn't growing as fast as Bitcoin is.

Ergo, on-chain scaling doesn't work. Scaling can only realistically be done off-chain.

When in doubt, consult our boy Andreas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AecPrwqjbGw

There is no block size big enough that it will prevent transaction spammers from logjamming the mempool.

Big blocks are not in any way, shape or form a solution to any problem.

Sorry, bcash supporters...

Big blocks don't scale.

Full stop.
I gave you the reason why I am calling it meaningless. What part did you not understand.

> Do I need to do a blind test to confirm that?

Why not, go ahead, you might be surprised with the result.
Yes, but if the consent checkbox is nestled among a lot of other useful checkboxes, the user will likely accept it because they won't notice that it's different at all.

And how granular do these consents have to be? Would there be a page with 100 consent boxes, with a top box saying "accept all" for people too lazy to sort through all of the boxes?
Any topic on earth.. how ambitious!!

I’m assuming your team is not qualified to review the map for every topic on earth. So, how do you plan on crowd-sourcing the review process? How does it compare with Wikipedia?

If I were a qualified reviewer for a given topic, why would I spend my time reviewing this mind map in comparison to Wikipedia, which would arguably be a better use of my time?
IIRC that suffers from the TCP-through-TCP performance issue?
They have an incentive to give you ads you will click on. If you're not going to click on it, then there's a disincentive to show it to you.
The social security trust fund was spent. The government replaced the funds with an IOU, and treats it as an asset. No company could get away with that.
You’re right to say that “good enough works”, but IMO wrong to use this as a criticism of the parent posts which did a good job of explaining why it’s best practice to avoid RGB in this context of image processing (vs YUV for example, which is incredibly easy to implement in a few dozen lines of code). Context is important, and we are discussing a situation in which RGB is demonstrably insufficient.

Even beyond that though, there is something to be said for seeking to approach perfection. Nobody is requiring or expecting perfection, but when someone offers an easy way to get closer to it, it will rub many the wrong way when someone rebukes the helpful suggestion with the excuse of “good enough is fine, so stop providing helpful product improvement advise!” This is how you achieve mediocrity.
I want to point out that there is a general NDA implied in the use of the site https://www.mturk.com/mturk/conditionsofuse

If a worker/turk is going to break the NDA here then I think it’s fair to assume anyone could (assuming they hire 1000 global contractors for $5/hr). What’s the material difference? Other than here we saw how the sausage is made... (Cause someone tweeted it)

Thoughts?
An immigrant arriving from an external environment directly to those institutions would have significant exposure to those perspectives and not to others. USA is heterogeous and split into very different communities/tribes - while there are many and large communities like you describe, in many communities across the country, the dinner tables and churches aren't really a part of their daily life at all and people don't say "God is control"; and the communities that do don't interact much or deeply with the communities that don't.
Where are you located? What skills and level of commitment can you offer?
I've been working on ebike related device for almost 3 years now, and getting ready to soft launch in March...
Jeff Bezos having $100bn is no more political than me having $20. Where you draw the line is completely arbitrary. Bezos didn't acquire his fortune by stealing from people. He made it by providing goods at a lower cost than his competitors. Which means everyone that helped make Bezos wealthy are wealthier as a result of that interaction.
The best experience for network administration is hands on experience. If this program has old and modern equipment from old school copper hardware to modern fiber ranging from routers, switches, firewalls, and working server equipment take it. As hands on experience trumps everything, especially if you are an ambitious driven individual in an interview. One of the great benefits about the network engineering field is the better you get the more you will be compensated for your skills, talents and abilities, especially the closer you are to a metro area.

Though, I would also recommend at least reading and watching through the certification material for CCNA, CCNP and CCIE Routing & Switching, Security, Collaboration and Datacenter when you have a chance from something like Safaribooksonline or Udemy. The amount of knowledge you learn just by reading through the certification material and applying it is breathtaking.

To enhance your experience, I also recommend picking up a CCNA/CCNP lab kit off of Amazon so you have something cheap at home to put your hands on. If you do not have the money or do not want to have
equipment in house there are online lab options that use real equipment that you can remote into from home. Though with that option you will not get the good hands on experience learning about all the different cable types, how to configure them properly on the routers, and switches and go through the good old troubleshooting process when cables do not work as expected that you will run into on a real network engineering job.

All of the best network engineers I have met have their own network lab setup at home or were lucky and had a test network setup at work to prototype and test things before implementing them in their staging and production environments at work.

Once you have a good grasp of physical networking and the configuration of network hardware you can really start to take advantage of software defined networking to automate all types of network designs and security requirements. This will give you a major advantage over other candidates if the program has varying types of equipment to learn on.
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Seneca the Younger

> You get to be a doctor only with quite a very long term intent and perseverance, by stacking the odds, and rolling the dice a lot.

I like that way of putting it.
One thing I hate about OpenVPN is the ridiculous configuration. I'm a big fan of tinc[0] personally, although you have to use 1.1pre releases to get half decent encryption, it's configuration is wonderful.

[0] https://www.tinc-vpn.org/
I agree with you but HN is better off without these kinds of comments. Better to have people downvote and move on or just leave a short corrective note.
They run taobao, whoch operates primarily in China.
That's a very questionable assertion.
> then please explain how milking a cow is worse than a human woman getting (well, being forced into) a job as a milk producer?

It isn't about the cow, it is about the babies those cows must have to be able to lactate. They are chained up or crated and then killed.
This should be it's own story. Wow, really disappointing. The European GDPR can't come soon enough.