skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Their is some evidence this simply does not work as well. MOOC's demonstrate you can perhaps get ~80% of the benefit of an introductory lecture online, but they don't carry as well into more interactive styles.

Really face time with a professor is not directly the huge cost you might think. Class participation and helping students during office hours don't scale very well. On top of that it's much simpler to cheat in an online only environment.

Honestly, I think High school is probably a better place for this kind of automation. Setting up a rotation where you have say both a small and double sized classroom seems very possible.
Curated list of quantum ML algorithms, study materials, libraries and software
I'm not sure the Ivy schools "lead" in price gouging. They've always been very expensive. I wonder what a comparison of tuition from 20 years ago would look like, compared to a typical public university? The tuition at public universities I know of has gone from something an in-state kid could probably manange by "working his way through school" to something you better hope your parents have been saving for since you were born. And during the same time there's been an explosion of administrative staff, new buildings, extravagant landscaping and green space, brick sidewalks, etc.
They would get much more value out of their team if they took the time to help them to be proper software developers. Companies these days do not focus nearly enough on mentorship and continuing education. Instead they hire a team, treat them like code monkeys, then pay big bucks to expensive contractors to do big upgrades and rewrites.
Not GP, but one is a breaking change from customer expectations and the other is WAI
This only makes sense if you are planning on using that money in the near term (< 5 years from now).

Like you say, timing the market is a bad idea, and that is what you are doing if you try to move to "safer" assets when you "think" the market will go bad.

If you keep your assets in riskier stocks (which have higher long-term returns) for more than a decade, you may take a huge hit during a recession, but you'll come out the other end way ahead than if you try to time the market.
It has nothing to do with any particular model of learning, let alone of intelligence in general. From the point of view that you have expressed here, it would seem a little surprising that "specialized at being human" includes things like calculus and topology. How do you include these things in a definition of the "being human" speciality that does not turn it into a vacuous category that says the specialization is everything that humans have shown themselves to be capable of, nothing more and nothing less?

If it were valid, one could take the argument in your last paragraph to draw a line at any point in the evolution of intelligence and say "this is as good as it gets."
> As for the WSL I stopped using it. This is an honey trap to let people use Windows as their primary OS by just giving them the developer goodies they like. I may consider it again if you can use it to develop a full-fledged Windows application that can access the windowing system and can be redistributed.

A honey pot? I don't think that means what you think it means. If you are interested in developing full-fledged Windows applications, why in the world would you want to use WSL? You are not the kind of developer that WSL is designed for.
Net Neutrality Complaints to FCC Not Submitting
Is anyone else having difficulty submitting complaints to the FCC with 503s being returned?

URL: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108))
https://web.archive.org/web/19961229070003/http://walmart.co...

This is what Walmart.com looked like in 96.
Firms team up on hybrid electric plane technology
Are you saying those choices are influenced?
Is that a bounce house in the article photo? WTF? Now we know where the tuition goes. How about graduating debt free by:

1) Going to an affordable school.
2) Slinging packages at FedEx, or some other job that will contribute towards educational expense.
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1883/

And yes, I do hate working with timezones - and so does everyone else I guess, Outlook still fails to correctly send appointment invites across timezones when DST is involved.
Well, you said it yourself. "WndProc".
These abbreviations is something you will see frequently and you will have to spend time memorizing them.

Better identifiers are possible.

e.g: https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_CreateWindow . CreateWindow, not "WndProc" or some ambiguous abbreviation. If you want to turn your job into playing hangman all day and guess what the hell the actual abbreviated words are, use the Windows API.
> In Kotlin, every module contains either common code or platform-specific code. I'm not sure why you consider the module-level distinction to be less clean than being able to mix common and platform-specific code randomly within a single file.

Module-level distinctions are per-target. It doesn't get any more clean and clear than that, does it? The trade off is that it's a bit limiting. Conditional compilation is where you can start to pick and choose targets/features and handle more sophisticated cases.

> And your example shows that there is no way to verify that each module provides a consistent API.

This is easy to do by providing a common interface definition and a simple build class that targets each language you're interested in. It's a good idea in a formal testing suite for a complex library.

I only do that in a handful of projects though, most of the time cross-target code is just a few special exceptions. In that case, you'd call out the special case, and then use the #else directive for the rest:

#if java
public inline function print(s : String) java.lang.System.out.println(v);
#else
public inline function print(s : String) Sys.println(s); // most of the time basic ops are covered by std lib.
#end

FWIW I've "inlined" things here with the keyword. This lets you alias cross-platform methods like this without extra function call overhead.
Let's say you get brought on, and it's clear that you aren't a fit in the first two weeks. They still have the rolodex of other candidates they picked -- they could easily extend an offer to #2.

Flight + hotel should not be a deal breaker for a well-funded business or one with access to a lot of capital. If you're bootstrapping, it could be an issue, but I don't think those startups tend to hire people out of town.
The passage you cited (eg. W3C's motivation) is what I'm having trouble understanding. Why does the Web have to be everything to everybody? If "content providers" want apps and DRM, so be it IMHO; let them build up a content network and buy in from users. Why does the Web need to compete here? Why lend credibility and accessibility to closed-world networks? Why not let the Web be the place for text content and information it was designed for, rather than foobar web standards?
> But what if most people just used buy and hold?

I'm having trouble imagining that. Every time someone buys, some one else is selling, after all.
I would _mostly_ agree, but gold is actually a bad example as it has quite a bit on intrinsic value due to it's interesting metallurgical and electrical properties.
As an OSX user, I’m jealous. I’m using Station right now, but this looks like a nice way to group apps/browser tabs together into different functional areas (work project 1, 2, home project 1, side project 1, 2) with different Sets.
It doesn't matter how much your money will be worth in 6 months' time if you need to eat. If it's the only money you have, you must spend it, or go hungry. It's the same reason people buy computers even though computers get cheaper over time. If you need a computer now, it's no good waiting, even if you know you'll get more for your money later.

And in fact it is much easier to send bitcoin to a homeless person than it is to send them a bank transfer, as it is extremely difficult for a person without an address to even get a bank account.
Yes, for investing, keep extra cash on hand for when the stock markets plummet. Then you can scoop up ETFs etc. for hugely discounted price.

The economy will recover, and you'll have bought a lot of value for a good discount.
I recall the days of dial-up & DSL internet, where I had multiple national ISPs to choose from, as well as several local ISPs... all of which operated over phone lines... which meant they were covered by Title II.

This notion that everything was unregulated until two years ago is counterfactual.
Sure it does. During a recession, people will lose their jobs, the value of their assets will go down, etc. Do you think they won't cash out any of their BTC in order to cover expenses?
Setting the log level has effects, but only on an internal wrapper package that neatly zips up the nitty gritty of setting up the logger.
I mean, there is going to be an adult on the bus. There is no way they're going to put a bunch of schoolchildren on there unsupervised.
> getting a good affordable/free space to run the events.

OH MY GOD, YES.

Hounding people for sponsorships is almost a full time job. It is extremely hard to do this while travelling. In fact, most of the Meetups I've been to, and some that I've hosted, took place at WeWork offices!
Everything you wanted to know about machine learning but didn't know whom to ask
This is tremendous and probably what all robots that interact with humans will look like in the next 50-100. Affordable flexible membranes able to grasp and grapple with our real world, and also gentle enough (when programmed correctly) to not harm humans and other beings, this is the future right here. Very exciting. Focus on the information and less on the headline, guys.
As a former lisper, I was secretly hoping that everyone would tell me that LFE is a fantastic and totally viable language.
The Rideshare Driver Who Chased Love Across the Ocean
If you have 50% equity in your house, you'll get a HELOC. It's just an easy way to access equity without selling your house. Of course if you have close to no equity this won't work.
Except that at least two of these resulted in Comcast and then Verizon suing and getting to continue doing each of them because the courts said they couldn't regulate against those practices unless they became Common Carriers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Communications_Inc._v....
I think Apple opts you into the choice. You can easily reset your iphone settings and go see what is checked by default under location services/system services. Why do you think its "completely wrong"?
HP is abundant in the world of cheap enterprise laptops for employees. I would never buy one, but I don't care much about what the business I work for wants to buy its newcomers.

After about a year, I made it clear to my boss that I was much more valuable to the company running in a Linux system. They 'found' some extra budget and made it happen, and I'm very pleased with that, but I don't disagree with their first decision to just get a simple HP.
Pretty sure he means section number 8, dealing with long and unpredictable hours.

Did you read the article?
There's no collateral on a student loan.
Thanks for the reply sir. I have one more question. I was very excited to use quantum, so ended up using developer edition. I am using it on my macOS High Sierra.

The battery usage and Energy impact that I observed from Activity Monitor application in macOS was very surprising.

Both parameters were quite high and the battery was draining very quickly. I don't have the screenshot. I tried searching for a solution like tinkering the about:config fields etc. but couldn't find any.
> only if walmart and ISPs are a monopoly, which by very technical legal arguments, they're not.

And if the regulatory climate of the US was to enforce this sort of regs, which it isn't.
In most cases that's all those apps are.

At least in the case of things like "Google Sheets" and "Google Docs" the preinstalled apps are only like 1kb, and are basically just placeholders telling google to go to the play store and download the current version of the app once the phone is started (unless you disable and uninstall updates, at which point it's back to the 1kb placeholder)
I can't help but keep wondering if "life originated on Earth" might not be the last geocentrism.

It's only speculation at this point but it's one I've harbored for many years. Part of this is because of how common we've found organic materials to be in the universe, and part of it comes from how poorly other geocentric ideas have fared.
IOTA Data Marketplace
I'm blown away by your README!
Running MacOS on virtualbox on top of Windows works ok. There are a lots of tutorials on the web that shows you how to do that. It does violate Apple's SW license.

It is very fun to play with a full screen MacOS on a touch screen enable Laptop.
On the other hand, the largest Linux distro by an order of magnitude (Android) is:

1. Locked down (so that you frequently can't even update to a newer release).
2. Has telemetry.
3. Has security bugs.
Could yes, if they had a good network and weren't fired after the probationary period being paid $400-650/mth (avg salary in Ukraine is $200/mth) in order to be replaced by cheap incoming graduate students. Senior software dev at EPAM in Lviv makes $10kUAH/mth to start which is ~$375USD. This is why outfits like Toptal have so many Ukraine/Polish/Russian developers since the lowest wage on Toptal is still at least 2x what they would make domestically.
I find it alarming, and somewhat ironic, this article was removed from HN temporarily for it being repeatedly flagged. I don't fully agree with the article, but using a mechanism to prevent abuse to hide an opinion that you disagree with is akin to the forms of censorship net neutrality is meant to prevent.
For the same reason most regulations are made: to increase the government's power while pretending to protect you, but in fact increasing your dependence of said government.
> I've found that local bars/restaurants/coffee shops are usually quite happy to host events during off-times

In bigger cities, bars will usually only host you if you can provide them with a revenue stream afterwards. This works for social events, such as speed-dating or social Meetups (I've run both types), but not so well for technical meetups UNLESS they get sufficiently large.

Also, companies are usually willing to host Meetups because it's free and easy recruiting that's nearly guaranteed to bring out top talent. This is usually why recruiting agencies are almost always totally willing to give up space for events and sponsor for food and/or drinks; it saves them a ton of time that's usually lost to prospecting.
By Japanese index, I assume you mean the Nikkei 225. And don't you mean 1989 crash's low? The 21k levels have now become the new highs.

Calling a low is almost as impossible as calling a high. Though there are methodologies like Graham's which provide decent net-nets to invest in. A study on the Graham stocks since 1990:
http://www.netnethunter.com/benjamin-graham-is-this-where-mo...

So, it really depends on the methods used to find the bargain which matters.
With my Passat I can tell it’s locked because the mirrors fold in (and u fortunately they’re kinda loud when it happens). Supposedly it auto locks when you walk away but I have yet to see that happen.
Some parts have unit tests. In addition, the "stresser" component, runs a resolve on the top million domain names, and we run this on every push on our development fork. This provides a real workout. We certainly need to produce a library of example wire data and expected responses. This would be a great contribution that we'd love to incorporate.
There are countless 3rd party mobile apps for Reddit. Very odd that you don't mention them at all.
Keep a long term view (10+ years or more) and not a short term view (< 5 years). That's what most of this advice boils down to.

Almost all bad decisions result from not taking a long enough perspective.

The recession will end at some point, so how can you use the recession to improve your situation?
I recall that L3 was shaking down netflix in that that time period. This is what I was able to find quickly...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/netflix-agrees-to-pay-comcast-t...

Sorry for the paywall. there are many sites that refer to the episode, but they may not all be qualified as journalism.
I'm sending Pai a postcard. He doesn't control the USPS.
We've never had ceaseless steady state growth as per the grandparent's question before either :-)
Arrested by the German police: https://thehackernews.com/2013/12/alleged-skynet-botnet-crea...
Yep. My wife would like to be stay-at-home-mom, but she works so we can save $2k/month for two kids college expenses, currently in elementary school. Goal is to have $160k over next 10 years. So by saving, I'm screwing myself. It's equivalent to another mortgage.
Shouldn't their investments already been moved to Bonds/Money markets? At 85, if you have to worry about stock market, you are doing it wrong.
> Bitcoin is useless, you can't do anything with it

HN used to have tremendous creative energy, with new ideas every day on how to disrupt entire dinosaur industries.

We are the ones with the unique combination of ideas, skills and judgment to make it happen.

I don't give a shit about the price of Bitcoin, but it's clear that cryptocurrencies and distributed ledgers are world-changing inventions.

Wouldn't it be great to talk about how to change the world with these technologies rather than dump on those too short-sighted to see past the current exchange rate?
Appleseed 1.8.0-beta
Same here, the title is just a little misleading.
What the US Tax Bill Would Look Like for 25,000 Middle-Class Families
"the wealthy person's investments will crash in line with the market. There won't be a financial cushion, at least not a significant one."

...

"This is clearly false - wealthy people don't keep mountains of cash lying around as they would miss out on the growth in bull markets, and as a result their wealth would decrease relative to their peers."

I read with great interest the two volumes that Niall Ferguson wrote of the history of the Rothschild family.[1]

It's a fascinating work that serves well to bridge the gap of European history between Napolean and World War One.

I bring it up here because the Rothschild family did indeed do exactly what the parent comment suggested that "rich people" do. They quietly did their simple banking business year after year, piling up profits and assets that were repeatedly poured into down markets when they viewed that assets had become cheap.

This was not market timing - this was simply patience. The down market always comes and their simple, boring factoring and discounting was always reliable.

[1] _The House of Rothschild_ ("The World Banker")
>Honestly, I don't see how open/free software can fix it. For example google analytics is commonly used through web, source code of the tracker is available as raw text in javascript, and where is the promise of open/free software? Sure one can install tracking blocker (like ghostery), but just because the track itself is open source (most pages source code is accessible as raw text) - tracking hasn't been magically fixed for web, and people still play cat-mouse with track blockers.

A much better example is the new telemetry in OS Chromium, OS .NET core, and OS VSCode.
> prior to the rule change in 2014 did we have such a problem?

Cable ISPs were only moved from Title II (common carriers) to Title I in 2002, and dial-up and DSL in 2005.

And yes there were problems, here's a list of related issues and breaches: https://np.reddit.com/r/KeepOurNetFree/comments/7ej1nd/fcc_u...

Not to mention the move absolutely destroyed DSL competition (as its opponents had predicted) as it ended line-sharing requirements.

Furthermore, the FCC had Net Neutrality rules in place until 2014, when the courts decided it didn't have the power to enforce these under Title I.
Automatic updates aren't always a bad thing. Sometimes they can be very beneficial.

I just finished reading a book [0] about the Conficker worm, which infected people's computers by causing a buffer overflow in an unprotected port.

Windows published the security patch to prevent the buffer overflow as soon as they found it, but they couldn't force users to update. As a result, the Conficker worm continued to spread, despite the company fixing the problem, because people couldn't or wouldn't install the new patch.

While the botnet created by the worm never did anything too malicious, it had the potential to be catastrophic [1]. Experts even talked about it potentially creating enough traffic to shutdown the root servers of the internet.

All that to say, automatic updates aren't always a bad thing. I, too, hate having updates forced down my throat.

Security updates, however, are in a bit of a gray area when it comes to that, IMO.

[0]: Worm: The First Digital World War - Mark Bowden, 2011

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker#End_action
Drone Race: Human versus Artificial Intelligence
In my mind there would be supervision. It might just take the form of cameras and a remote monitoring system like how security guards watch multiple feeds. Then the parents/school admins will be notified of bad behavior for disciplinary reasons. In such a way, kids will learn fast they can’t get away with much.
I have absolutely no idea if the actual phone in question is objectively the best one, but it might be the best one for pc86 - except for the Bixby button, which might be the price they're willing to pay for everything else.
Android is only a "Linux distro" if you deliberately ignore all context in how people use that phrase.
This parallels the healthcare sector, where administrative costs have outpaced the cost of actual care. Both are markets heavily distorted by the federal government.

I worry that there's no solution to these problems that won't displace very many workers. One man's cost is another man's salary.
Right! And the ISPs were subject to NN regulations that the courts deemed unenforceable in 2014. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Communications_Inc._...
US ETFs are no longer diversification. Now that everybody is doing it, when market goes down ETFs will fall from sky as well at same or faster rates. More importantly, most ETFs are tied with one market, one country and one currency. For true diversification, you want to have gold, oil, Chinese, Russian, Asian along with usual American ETFs.
Ask HN: How do you use checklists?
I recently read about how routinely using checklists during complicated activities can have a transformative effect on the quality and efficiency of your work. Think Surgeons, Pilots, Civil Engineers etc.

How do you use checklists in your day to day life? Where have they been most transformative?
Quickly reading over your comment, I thought Lenovo started removing the 3.5mm jack. I got scared for a bit.

Sadly more and more bloatware is included by manufacturers, along with all bloatware that is already in Windows.
> AT&T, SPRINT and VERIZON: From 2011–2013, AT&T, Sprint and Verizon blocked Google Wallet

Just curious why this is a net neutrality issue? Carriers have a say whether or not they can block things on the Google Play app store.

I believe this specific issue was the carrier's controlled the Secure Element in the phone, and wanted to license access to Google. No idea how this is a Net Neutrality issue.
>only if walmart and ISPs are a monopoly

This is false. Under US antitrust law, /monopolistic behavior/ (that is, behavior that tends to create monopolies), e.g. predatory pricing and very large mergers, is what's generally regulated. It's not actually illegal to be a monopoly per se, and you don't have to be a monopoly to fall afoul of antitrust law.
Why couldn't proximity be GPS based instead of signal based? Too battery intensive?

In that case, just make it app-only and have your iOS/Android gps-enabled device(s) be the only keyless entry.