skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Just saw this.

As my late dad and other old timers said a few years ago, the price of land is tied to the price of corn. Land values (both purchase and cash rent) have fallen the past year or two from their high, slowly but steadily. From a pure numbers standpoint, land prices are still high relative to corn prices, I'd say about 2x as high as some historical years at this corn price (plus historical inflation). I'd like to see it down around $5K/acre in my area.

But there are other factors in the cost too, and that is how much people are willing to pay for land. And guys are still willing to pay for it at this level, although not as many as before. There's still profitability, if you play your cards right. But that's a whole other analysis.
In order to justify the current valuation of bitcoin, there needs to be some (at least one, but preferably more) future use case that's extremely useful to masses and would have a very large market cap because of it's large scale usefulness.

The author mentions a bunch of candidate use-cases that might perhaps somehow justify it (including ICOs), but finds them all insufficient. If it's not competitive to replace a large portion of world wide consumer payments, then the author doesn't see any other use case (other than pure speculation i.e. holding BTC with expectation that they'll appreciate) that's sufficiently huge for the valuation/market cap BTC is currently trying to fill.
Maybe they risk being labeled a money transmitter?
The controller part is a Custom Resource Definition. It can run on any cloud.

However, to benefit from GPUs you need to configure the controller correctly. Default configuration are there for GCP and Azure, but you would need to do that manually for other cloud (not that it is very hard)
.. which initially lasts days to a few weeks but the length can be shortened by fasting or supplementing with MCT oil or beta hydroxy buterate
Type 2 diabetes like MANY other diseases are entirely reversible. It is sad that people are not being told this. Keto certainly is one way to achieve these results, with the preferred way being a 10 to 40-day water fast (no you will not die. In fact you will in many cases be extending your lifespan by several years).

"But show me the clinical study"

Yeah yeah, keep on saying that folks. You must realize universities and pharma companies have very little incentive to put this to the test, because the LAST thing they want is to admit water fast cures diseases they tell you will need to be medically treated for the rest of your life.

"Modern science" when it comes to diseases such as T2D, Crohn's, IBS, arthritis, and many others is the biggest con in modern history.
This New Blockchain Project Gives Homeless New Yorkers a Digital Identity
Why a blockchain, you ask?

> The app includes a digital wallet that can hold both dollars and a cryptocurrency created for the project called Change Coin. When users sign up for Fummi (currently only on Android) they get 30 Change Coins free of charge. They can get more coins as they buy services through the platform, meet financial goals, refer friends, or take part in peer-to-peer lending programs. The coins can be redeemed for more talk-time and data on the phone.

Oh, to make a buck off the homeless, got it.
There are often privileges and perks associated with being a patron of a certain creator. These perks aren't pro-rated, thus subscribing late in the month for a day or two might be a viable way to cheat this system. Personally, I don't think this is a huge deal, and, if this is their reasoning, it's a mistake.
FWIW, it doesn't bother me. Perhaps phrasing amped-up headlines as questions would forestall at least the more moderate wing of the clickbait squad?
I get your point. I was in the same boat. But whenever you try Firefox next you're going to be pleasantly surprised. The version 57 update has transformed it into something completely new. The frame drops during normal browsing and scrolling are completely gone. That used to be my number one complaint too. Firefox made my $2500 ultrabook feel like a fucking Chromebook.
By the way, slightly off-topic but I found an interesting thread that might get you some answers about the state of the art on automatic proof of floating point operations (our last conversation on the subject) : http://lists.forge.open-do.org/pipermail/spark2014-discuss/2...

Lots of links to recent stuff, you should look it all... If you have the time :-D.
Good thing I have zero interest in functional programming and other cyclical fads. I just concern myself with keeping my code understandable, maintainable (with the help of my teams) and tested.
That's only true if the information technology is leading up to AGI, and not say, augmenting human intelligence instead. One could argue that the intelligence explosion has been happening for centuries, but it's human intelligence not machine, that is being amplified.
"but I kinda feel like, I dunno, maybe I should have had, like, some email in my inbox about this?"

I think this is what happens when you are a product not a customer...
I use your app (thank you!). Did you consider setting up your own redirect URL for SEO/be more resilient to 3rd party changes like this?

That seems like a permanent fix in case you decided to change platforms as well.
Does anyone know of a reliable vim keybinding extension (a la Vimperator) for Quantum? I have tried VimVixen and QuantumVim with little success.
Unless you're in Cyprus[0].

[0]: https://www.rt.com/business/cyprus-crisis-bailout-deposit-63...
Both. The hardware virtualization related settings are configured out side of OCI spec but the runtime accept OCI spec and plays with it accordingly. As for image format, Kata runs unchanged docker images.
Its very close to how we think about ML internally, but not what we use. Your best bet to read that is look at the TFX paper[1] which describes our internal thoughts in great detail. (Though Kubeflow is not designed to be an externalization of TFX, we're very much working in collaboration with that team)

[1] http://www.kdd.org/kdd2017/papers/view/tfx-a-tensorflow-base...

Disclosure: I work at Google on Kubeflow
then why cellphones are not treated same way? SMS/calls should be analyzed and then people should be banned from network if something is “wrong”. And by “wrong” I’m not talking about organising a crime such as terrorist attack or something.
Your nightmare is already here :)

https://authentic8.blog/new-one-tab-browser-unibrowser-aims-...
What I could suggest is to look at more liberal or techy centers first and do the appropriate research. Places like Austin, Nashville, Raleigh (near the research triangle), and there's probably at least one in every state, are all very comfortable for those who live in California (with their own quirks all over the place).

It's such a personal decision its hard to say there's just one.
For instance if bulgogi and ramen are important, Raleigh actually has a very large Asian population (or at least it did the last time I researched it thinking it might be a nice place to live).

But like the suburbs of southern California, even the flyover states have an embarrassment of riches whether it's food, culture, or whatever. Some may have stricter blue laws or laws on cannabis, some may have better infrastructure or social programs, and some may have better internet and tech infrastructure.

It all comes down to your own deeply held values and desires, but I do think there's something for everyone in this crazy country we're blessed to live in :)
You are absolutely right. We have build machines to augment human capabilities for thousands of years.
I don't see an optimized chess engine on the same level of innovation as a racing tire. A great engineering feat and accomplishment, but not entirely groundbreaking.
This is a little scary. I'm in the middle of doing this exact same thing. Not sure if it's compatible or if I'll have to do the same thing.
It might have not been very popular, but plenty of people are aware of it to this day (which is what the article says anyway ).

I personally think it was brilliant, but I have a knack for absurdities.

More info (in Russian): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD...

A less formal article: http://lurkmore.to/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD_%E2%80%94_...!
Coming from a statistics background, this kind of work is totally unfamiliar and very fascinating. This kind of high dimensional, complex data seems like it would admit some very interesting machine learning. And I wonder if the techniques described here could be adapted outside of cryptography for inference or other data processing applications.
So the real question is about plausibility, not possibility?

It's possible that predatory aliens will show up on our doorstep sometime in the next few decades. But it's not very likely, and not something we need to prepare for.
>Maybe the internet really is over

The internet didn't open borders or create the happy place of free expression we were promised. It was consolidated by a few big companies who control it all. We're at the end game now. It's mostly a place of siloing, monitoring, censorship, and conditioning.

DRM. Licensing. The W3C caved. FF ceded control to the bad guys. I'm sorry Dave, I can't allow you to watch that video on this device.

Yeah, the internet is over. The original vision is long gone. FF is one of them too now.
On the subject of Phd, does anyone else think the system we have right now of BA in 3-4 yrs, masters 2 yrs, phd 3-7 yrs, is a little suboptimal for people who want to just do research, and even for those who would rather teach?

The incentives are screwed up, so few papers and studies are actually carried out in other labs, the rampant publish or die mentality that breeds mediocrity. I don't know maybe its just me, but I wish the system was a lot more open to alternative pathways which employers and govt were willing to explore.

I often have the feeling we are doing a lot of resource misallocation and deoptimization, but this is a topic I haven't looked at any data on. Has anyone?
Yikes. The worst I got was being sent to collections for a teeth whitening product that was designed to bill regardless of trial cancellation. I learned a ton about negotiating with customer service departments during this time too.
> As long as the supply of greater fools never runs out, won't there be people around who buy into every dip and keep the price going higher?

Yeah, people thought the same during the tulip mania (something every Dutch kid gets taught at history class in high school [1]), dotcom bubble, MLM & ponzi schemes. "It can't possibly burst, the amount of fools who buy them are infinite." Of course it isn't infinite, and people are learning about Tether.

Plus, don't forget Bitcoin basically became illegal in China.

> I'm still not sure if that guy is lucky or screwed with his Bitcoin investment, but he seems confident it will work out.

As long as he can spend his Bitcoins, and as long as he does before it bursts, he's OK. Simple fact: if he spends it all now, he spend it with huge profit. I mean, if he can resell the products he buys with Bitcoin at a 10%-20% loss (which is very fair for a new product with receipt/warranty) he's still in on a net ~45-55% profit. Problem is the high transaction costs means people keep sit on their networth.

At some point though the exit strategy is destroyed when companies stop accepting Bitcoin as payment method. You can't exactly fortune tell when but when this happens en masse that's when the momentum of Bitcoin is RIP. Steam recently did, officially because as they put its "volatile" and because the transaction costs are too high (several tens of EUR/USD per transaction). Them saying its "volatile" is a way of expressing disagreement with the coin increasing in worth without being needlessly offensive. At the same time, they don't burn their bridge with Bitcoin altogether. My take is they'll restart with Bitcoin once the bubble bursted and stabilized.

And the reason it will burst is Tether. I'll patiently wait. I'm mid 30s. I got a whole life ahead. Recently bought a hardware wallet. Am I sad I didn't start with Bitcoins earlier? Sure, first of all because I like the concept in combination with a hardware wallet, and there was very little competition and virtually no drama about it (before Mt Gox). Second, I wish I did when it was 200 USD. And I even considered to start with BTC back then. I easily had a few thousand EUR to speculate with. The current stuff though, is irrational, and has the signs of bursting bubble all over it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
I don't mind the votes, but just to be clear, this isn't snark. My understanding of this paper is that it's an appeal to other linear algebra educators, not a conceptual introduction.
I say we crowd fund it and turn it into the feel good reality TV (internet?) hit of the year
Children with Diagnosed Developmental Disabilities in USA, 2014–2016
Hi! It was actually designed from the start to be an extension of GitHub.com/tensor flow/k8s and then it took on larger goals = Making an entire ML stack (of any ML framework) easy to use, portable and composable on k8s.

Disclosure: I work at Google on Kubeflow
Ok, but I still feel good calling it BYU so I'm gonna leave that.
Thank you for feedback! Indeed we didn’t include Pease, and we will look to add that shortly.

Re AMT, When I read the bill my interpretation was that the new levels were the correct numbers for 2018 and increase from there. I’m certainly not a lawyer and relied on other ‘widely reported’ interpretations. Given how many reported things turned out to be at least moderately innacureatr when we did fact check them, it would not surprise me if you are right.

I really like your site and the graphs. The fixed property tax deduction seems like a limitation (I personally pay close to 2x your NY rate and have some friends who pay more) but it certainly does some things that we don’t, Pease included. Had I found your site a week ago we likely would have had to build our own!

We made our code available on GitHub so by all means feel free to contribute and improve it if you like!
Yep, anywhere k8s runs! (Or that's the idea anyway). If it doesn't, please file a bug!

Disclosure: I work at Google on Kubeflow
‘Star Trek’: Quentin Tarantino Made Paramount and J.J. Abrams Agree on R-Rating
Correct, anytime you bleed through hardware, it requires some setup, sadly

Disclosure: I work at Google on Kubeflow
The key attraction of Jupyter (from what I can tell) is one which is underappreciated in tech.

It provides an accessible, better workflow for common use cases than what most people were using before.

Sure, there are things out there that do a better job. Or are more powerful. But something which requires highly-custom config & training to be hyper productive on by definition means most people aren't using it that way. Same argument for Python as a popular language.
Absolutely! Redhat are already contributing :)

Disclosure: I work at Google on Kubeflow
Calling out
Totally agree. And it could also show net impact to the deficit/surplus (yeah, right) across the whole population given the gov had all that data. Would be awesome.
I don't think it has anything to do specifically with "American culture". Plenty of American companies have long term planning and commitment.
"Will the use cases be worth 400 billion" is not the better question, it is the whole question. For a potential investor in this moment it doesn't really matter if in the end Bitcoin turns out to have a market cap of 4 billion or 0, in both cases they've lost (almost) all that they invested.

Yes, censorship free money is useful for some people for some purposes - but most people in most purposes won't be willing to pay a single cent extra for this feature; if I'm buying a sandwich for lunch, I'm not going to buy it with censorship free money unless that service is better on its own disregarding the censorship issue, and BTC-as-it-is-now is not better in other aspects nor is it cheaper. While a lot of people might want a few such transactions for some special needs, those transactions are the edge cases that constitute a tiny, tiny fraction of the daily global commerce.
Yeah, have diluted most of it to various alts.
Can't say we have. What would be the benefit?
Petascale Deep Learning on a Single Chip
How? Has C++ eliminated undefined behaviour recently? Yes, you can avoid it but it requires years of experience, a significant cognitive load as you work, linting/testing tools and you have to hope all the libraries you're using plus your team members have the same high standard that you're trying to follow yourself. I used C++ for years and knowing there are other languages out there I have no interest in making life hard for myself.
> Look at the time frame from the point when information could travel no faster than the speed of a good horse

Incorrect example: semaphore relays existed already, but yes transoceanic communications happened very fast indeed.
That's nice.

RDU is a decent airport too. Maybe not all the amenities of some but much easier than CLT or LAX.
France has the same thing, valid for 4 years. http://visa.lafrenchtech.com/
It kinda seems like they need that 35 cents more than the artists https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/patreon
"storm" is a huge exaggeration of course. The joke is fairly strained; they are even laughing in the end of the video. I don't think many people seriously believed it.

BTW, another similarly popular joke is that Putin is a crab.
https://google.com/search?&q=putin+crab

In early 90-ies freedom of speech, I was impressed by a newspaper which was proving that apes evolved from human (and lower animals evolved from apes). Arguments were taken from school biology textbook (gills in human embryos, fossils, etc).
If the AI is smart enough to manipulate the world to the point of killing us off or putting us all into eternal cryostasis, then it should be smart enough to know that's not what we intended.
Thought this was gonna be about sorting. 0/10.
> The most powerful faction in the Democratic Party are center-right neoliberals like the Clintons, the next most powerful are center-left Social Democrats (including what passes in the US, but not really by international standards, for “Democratic Socialists”.)

My gut tells me your assessment is wrong - that the Clintonian Third Wayism you describe is waning - chiefly evidenced by Obama being so much further to the left and comparatively weak/confused on foreign policy as compared with the Clintons. Maybe I place too much weight on the presidency and not enough on Congress. I admit to being largely ignorant about how center-right or left-leaning the congressional Democrat's policy positions actually are.

> it predominantly pursued bourgeois feminism and the similar bourgeois versions of other group-rights movements, rather than any of the Left (for instance, radical, socialist, or Marxist) versions.

That the Democratic Party embraces identity politics was my impression as well. I can see by your explanation how that doesn't require marxist tendencies to work. I still don't agree with dividing people into groups and pitting them against one another, though. But at least I see the differences in motive, so thanks for explaining that.

> Bourgeois identity politics (and the fairly overt rejection of Left identity politics) is a fairly key part of Clintonian Third Wayism.

I can see that as well, which was my confusion! I wish the Clintons were better people, there's a lot to like about their philosophy in the abstract.
Visual C++ code optimizer improvements in VS2017 versions 15.5 and 15.3
Is a 1 year visa long enough to do anything serious?
I hate working from home. Generally if I have something that needs to get done, I go to my office. No distractions there. I feel down/negative if I try to work at home because I see I’m not achieving.
The problem is that the people most educated to teach about specific subjects at the university are the people who are researching those fields.
Molars aren't dangerous because we cook food. Molars are dangerous because our brains were so useful that they took over the head space that molars were using, and tooth problems were less harmful than bigger brains were helpful
Say Bitcoin is trading at $15K on the bitcoin exchanges, and $14K on the futures exchange.

If someone has funds on both, they can sell on the bitcoin exchange and buy on the futures exchange to make $1K profit without changing their exposure, 'risk free'.

Unlike other kinds of arbitrage, however, because the futures settle in USD value, you'd have to move that USD to the exchange and rebuy to get back into a position to repeat. I think settling in USD will somewhat suppress the effect of futures market short pressure (have to rebuy to sell again, unless on exchange with naked shorts available to users with only USD balances), but only time will tell.
My lawyer can drive himself, but it only works with BMWs.
Since you didn't get the analogy: I don't find it enjoyable to converse with people who are paid to deceive me, especially if I find out about it after the fact. I wouldn't mind it as much if the models were clearly identified as such so that I could either avoid them or engage with them knowing full well what's going on. I am shocked you find this surprising.
Love TST, though I wish it would fellow the light/dark theming preferences.
Where do you live? I suspect it isn’t in the South Pacific.
Please don't post like this here. We're trying for at least a little higher quality than internet-standard.
Well, if it's a one off task, it would probably be more efficient for the non coding human to just do it, rather than realise this is something someone else could automate this one time. Bearing in mind that we don't live in a perfect world and the data would more than likely need a "human touch" in terms of applying intelligent actions to malformed/missing data (even more so if the data isn't in a structured format)

In all reality, it would just be yet another thing that could be automated but it probably isn't financially worth it.
The 'x' human effort in this one time task is probably not worth the '3x' human effort to get someone who can code familiar with the data and then be on hand to answer any non obvious questions.

Course, mileage may vary depending on exact data(size, quality etc)
On a dollar impact basis, there wasn’t much guesswork at all. What there was was a bunch of disparate contradictory sources online so we had to plow through that, given that reading through and internalizing the legislation (both old and new) was quite the bear. A number of folks have already made suggestions on github which is great (and appreciated).

I wish we had documented every hard coded number with a source but we only started doing that at the very end of project when we were reconciling different sources. We plan on documenting everything going forward with a source.
If an AI can turn the world into paperclips, it can certainly understand that we wouldn't want that. Paperclipping everything is a much harder task.
If someone kidnaps Bill Gates, forces them to do whatever for a limited time, and he later gets out alive, he'll still retain the vast majority of his wealth no matter what.

For an ordinary person, investing in real estate is a simple example that meets this test - you can beat me up with a wrench and force me to do stuff, but I'll be able to recover (most of) it afterwards. For the common person, irrevocable transactions bring little benefit but a lot of risk, it's a drawback not a feature.

Yes, that's not resistant against the government - but again, a normal person is a lot more likely to encounter criminals trying to "confiscate" everything they own rather than government doing the same. Sure, there are edge cases (e.g. fraudsters stashing their gains, deadbeat dads refusing to support their kids, etc, etc) but for a normal person worrying about government seizure is much less relevant than, for example, ensuring that you don't lose your BTC in a house fire that burns all your stuff. Would your fire insurance cover that?
That's because he's gonna f--k this up.