skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Probably not. Franchising authority extends only to television. Municipalities aren't permitted (under federal law) to leverage their authority over the television side to regulate the broadband side.

I suspect the best thing municipalities can do is to make it easy to build competing systems. Take the list of concessions that Google Fiber cities made in return for getting service and commit to doing that for any potential entrant. Adopt one-touch make ready rules, maintain city-owned ducts in good shape and make it easy to get permits. Lay dark fiber every time the city digs things up to put in sewers or roads. Even a little bit of competition can have significant effects. E.g. in the D.C. metro area Comcast has no data caps because it's in competition with Verizon, RCN, and Cox. At the state level, municipal networks can provide a backstop for places (e.g. rural Maryland) that can't support sufficient private competition.
Sounds good. I was an early Etsy seller, as a glass artist and bead vendor, As well as a developer who worked with them as closely as I could for a few years.

They have always seemed a bit disconnected from their customers. The first regime, Rob Kalin, Haim and Revolving Dork, had an age and culture disconnect from most of their customers. The next group, headed by Chad Dickerson and Allspaw, seemed like they wanted to focus on technology for technology’s sake, more than what Etsy was actually doing with that as a company. They even made some statements to the effect of how they wanted Etsy to be known as a technology company, like Facebook, and be a platform, like Amazon.

All fine and good, but so far, what all of the leaders of Etsy have had in common is that they don’t really understand what it’s like to be a micro business person selling handmade art online. If I was an investor, I wouldn’t want to be paying for a bunch of guys to experiment with Mongo DB search engines and shards. As long as they’re still not understanding their core business, it’s a distraction.

Etsy should be focused on one thing: connecting buyers and sellers of handmade art with each other.
Yes, it's a bubble but we've never had one where the whole world can be, and is, involved. This can go on for years before it falls. The key , for it to continue, is to make it VERY EASY for people to buy and sell. Once that's in place who knows when it will stop. All the naysayers can't see that.
Good point that the tooling would've been awesome. However, I don't think .net would have spawned the rich ecosystem of Python pkgs that we enjoy today. And /that/ is a huge part of the whole Python value prop. From astronomy to finance to bioinformatics to ML & everything in between, there's a pkg for that. We even did sponsored a port of numpy+scipy to .Net (via Anaconda). At the end of the day, there were just too many corner cases & too many pkgs to port for it to make sense.
Wait that "Quartz" monstrosity is still around?
I’ve seen no proof of Russian meddling that had any provable effect on the election. Only theoretical.

Second do you have ANY idea how many elections the US has “meddled” in? Let alone how many leaders we have literally overthrown?? Get some perspective. If you don’t like other nations pissing in our oatmeal I seriously suggest we stop pissing, shitting, and vomiting in theirs. Golden rule and all. Let the booing begin.
With respect, you don't know who my local government representative is or how effectively I can persuade him.

The question I asked was what policies, not how to persuade politicians to pass them.
You appear to be overlooking that the ISP's customers already pay the ISP for bandwidth.

I pay Comcast for 1 TB/month. Why should Comcast be allowed to say that I cannot use some of my 1 TB/month on Netflix and Google unless Netflix and Google (who are NOT customers of Comcast) pay Comcast?
whatsapp, messenger, and sms/imessage are kind of a different ballgame, though, as there's no algorithm dictating what you see and when
Or at least a compiler to catch foot shooting (I used to agree 100% but elixir sort of changed my mind)
Among other things, the rules claim that DNS is an integral part of the service ISPs provide. The rules also claim that using a third party server requires unusual configuration on the part of consumers. That is false: an ISP could choose not to provide any DNS service and configure their customers' equipment to use a third party server.

(Amazingly enough, DNS is one of the central points in the FCC's argument that ISPs provide an information service.)
Yes, obviously true in terms of finite time in the day. I think the total time is actually increasing (although up to a finite point) but the main point is that it's more of a transition from linear/cable/sat/ads to VOD/OTT/mobile as the primarily factor that the large companies have to manage, rather than heaving losses in time spent on complex (high budget professional content) vs non-complex (user generated).

To imagine an extreme end of the spectrum as a thought experiment, I can't imagine that 5 years from now I'll be watching 1 minute viral videos all evening instead of professionally produced long form content. Candy is great but I still haven't replaced a (complex) full meal dinner with a pile of candies.

Even for video content on Facebook, I'd assume as that takes up more of the finite time it will trend towards increasing volumes of professionally produced content.

There's a lot of interesting low budget user generated content but that won't change the fact that a lot of value created by professional, extremely talented writers, producers, cinematographers, editors, special effects graphics creators, etc..
Short answer yes.

Slightly longer answer, space technology is really far behind. Look into the RD-180 and RD-170. You might be surprised that a lot of newer engine designs are only slight modifications of these. The 180 and 170 were also used for a long time. Engine design is a very costly process.

That launch cost is going to be the majority of the mission cost. I'm not familiar with Ispace's lander and vehicle, but you can build those for fairly cheap, in comparison. Since it looks like they are going for an X-Prize, I expect that they don't plan to stay there long. This means that they can get away with only slightly rad hardening devices. Sure, if there's a solar event, they are toast, but in their time window, that's just bad luck.

Somewhat related, EEVBlog has a few videos [1][2][3][4] on the Google Lunar X-Prize where he talks to a guy from Audi's team. He mentions there that they do not use space grade electronics. This is actually fairly common for nano sats (like Planet Labs). GEO is where you REALLY need things to last a long time and satellite prices skyrocket.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7NoK2fiUD4

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJwChUtdDQ

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJLOZDPTp3I

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JwNmdV2QPs
Your claim is incredibly easy to verify: are there restaurants in New York and Paris?

Apparently so.

There are too many people to maintain our suburban character, sure.
Fair enough. Although the jury is still out about it's value in the 90s too :p
> How am I supposed to work with someone who thinks a huge part of my life is immoral?

Isn't that a restriction you are putting on yourself? As I see it, it is your requirement that someone has to share your point of view, and to get it to be so has to be your cost, not theirs.

Everyone things something someone else is doing or thinking is immoral all the time. It even has the composition problem: I think its immoral to sabotage people because you think its immoral! Thus who is the immoral!

> It's not that you can't have these opinions or voice them -- but it's also not the case that the people who are most affected by those opinions are going to feel OK about it.

I agree. There is a price you pay when you have a contrarian view point. You must. However today that is not vocal disagreement, its firing people and exile. Some twitter mob victims have become unemployable. Thats not reasonable to me.
Verizon has openly said they would discriminate by traffic type.

> In response to Judge Laurence Silberman’s line of questioning about whether Verizon should be able to block any website or service that doesn’t pay the company’s proposed tolls, Walker said: “I think we should be able to; in the world I'm positing, you would be able to.”

https://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2013/09/18/verizons-pla...
I predict the first package is going to be a gamer package. Image a low latency / high bandwidth connection tuned for gaming. Lots of people would pay $10 or $15 per month for that if it would give them an advantage in gaming.
What does it matter? Pacta sunt servanda...?
No real prescription needed?

Looks like I just found my new contacts provider.
So many apologists appearing out of nowhere. It's almost like a paid campaign.
That's one thing I don't understand. The argument I hear against static typing is that it's too much work to write all this type metadata. But if you have to make up the lack of compiler checks with lots of tests for things that wouldn't require tests in a static language, we are not saving any work.
CIA: Potential implications of trends in world population and climate (1974) [pdf]
I've had them kick-back two or three times that a prescription was required and they couldn't reach my eye doctor (from 2001). I generally just re-submit it the next day and it goes through.
> but I believe strong, static typing is an essential feature for large scale projects

Python is strongly typed and has an available static typechecker, so, even if this is true, it doesn't rule out Python for this use case.
This would be great but it's a bit surprising given the move to add support for R in SQL server, Power BI, etc...
My identity as real person is somewhat assured via Keybase.IO.... https://keybase.io/equalunique
I mean, getting contacts/glasses without a prescription isn't going to do you much good. It's a little odd that it's mandatory, but I can't imagine any reason you'd want to do otherwise.
Uber's in SF. :P
Then he's wrong about that too. There are plenty of heterodox ideas that would get you ostracized socially as well as imprisoned in Beijing, they just aren't the ideas that are heterodox in SF and vica versa, so he's ignoring them. Also, the blurry line between state and society in China means that social heterodoxy is a challenge to authority. He's missing the point.

Furthermore, what is he really ostracized from? He never makes that clear. His anecdote about " radical life extension" relies on literally the worst version of criticism of life extension, the kind you would get from the angriest and least informed type of person. It's a bad argument.

Furthermore his argument about Newton undermines itself. Newton hid his work on alchemy and it was uncovered after his death, because he'd have literally been imprisoned for it. That wouldn't happen if Musk tried to turn lead into gold today.

Again, the mention if Elon Musk is ridiculous, because plenty of people ridiculed SpaceX when he started it, but he push on anyway.

Sure, occasionally good ideas get shouted down throughout history by small minded reactionaries, especially slightly transgressive ones, but that's just the hurdle you have to cross to execute on brilliant ideas sometimes. This whole thing seemed extremely thin skinned and petulant to me, and I definitely have diminished respect for Sam after reading it.

And, if indeed he is correct and SF has entered a phase of reactionary response to new ideas, then that change hasn't happened in a vacuum.
Your comment does not demonstrate an accurate recollection of history nor the stances of the candidates.

Clinton would not have repealed Net Neutrality. Keeping Net Neutrality was one of the Democratic platform planks. So right there, we know that this action would not have happened.

Second, the idea that no one in the Obama administration wanted to make Net Neutrality permanent is absolutely idiotic. The only way something like that could be made permanent would be through an Act of Congress. And the opposition party controlled Congress, so you're not getting that to happen.

Honestly, given your deliberate misunderstanding of the issues, it's probably best you don't vote. Let the adults make the decisions.
> Besides most static typing systems are ridiculously weak

E.g. Go (and I still love Go, but it's pretty weak...)
Did they take their paywall down just to avoid the irony or is it down for good?
“Until age 7, children believe that birthday parties CAUSE aging.”
stupid question, why not growing trees above cement factories ?
I'd refer you to my response below. If he didn't think it through, then it points to how thin his argument is and how weak his thinking is on this issue.
Robots.txt is more like a "No trucks allowed on street" sign. It allows uses that are typically associated with individuals (viewing a web page, being in a car), while disallowing things that are normally associated with business (web scraping, driving a truck).
I also find him at the very least interesting. The first interview he gave after the announcement that they were going to pursue this was with a relatively small and irreverent podcast that indexes high for libertarians.[1] He's definitely hard to categorize as a stock corporate shill. Supporting point 2, Ben Thompson does a pretty good job of summarizing the case for Pai's views from a more detached position [2][3].

[1] http://reason.com/blog/2017/11/21/ajit-pai-we-are-returning-...

[2] https://stratechery.com/2017/pro-neutrality-anti-title-ii/

[3] https://stratechery.com/2017/light-touch-cable-and-dsl-the-b...
Was in his class at Penn, he gives all this stuff away with no issue. Didnt have to pay anything for course materials and its all open to the public.
All of it is possible, but specific features help in making better software cost less in time and money.

For example, nullability annotations reduce nil pointer exceptions.

Static typing removes the need to make certain typing unit tests, makes refactors easier to do in large code bases, makes it easier for compilers to generate faster code and so on. Think of them as compiler level linters.

Anyway, python has a static gradual typing mechanism. You should try it out :D
That is not what I ask :)
I'm only gathering ideas, from a competent community ; that fits completely in this homework frame. Moreover, I don't ask you to write this lesson for me.
I'm more interested in "if it were for you, what would you like to do ?" What could be a good or efficient or fun way to learn the Blockchain ?
This will be >>> better than using JS as a scripting language in Google Sheets.
LLNL releases 62 newly declassified atmospheric nuclear test videos
Past the edit window, but apparently the RAM is in slots rather than soldered to the motherboard, meaning it can be so if you take the computer apart.

So instead of the hatch on the back you need to have it done at service center (or be very confident in your $5000 Mac disassembly/reassembly skills and not mind voiding the warranty). Not clear if you can supply your own RAM for them to install or if you pay Apple prices on it. ECC RAM isn't cheap either way, but I assume buying it from Apple would be even pricier. Maybe the independent authorized repair centers will take user supplied parts.

https://twitter.com/reneritchie/status/941324098583511040?re...
What does that have to do with it. The history of it doesnt make it less or more immoral.
I just want to correct this now and say the United States of America is a constitutional democratic republic form of government. This distinction matters.
I don't see the problem here (despite that fact I am not happy with companies that want to "disrupt" things by ignoring safety rules). Sounds like they followed the rules (as the article says, you can leave a voice mail and assume all's well if you hear nothing). And indeed the optometrist's association is a racket so no wonder they are squealing.

By the way the "no news is good news" rule isn't that unusual: if you file an IND (request to experiment with a new drug or existing drug in a new way) the FDA has 30 days to tell you "no" or "wait, we need more info" -- no response is considered an OK (though they are free to push the stop button later). Although I have not had that happen (got positive OK from the agency) I have plenty of colleagues who have gone all the way (phase II, NDA even) without ever getting an IND response from the FDA.

Let's save the outrage articles for deserving cases -- it's not like there's a shortage.
Show HN: CUTLASS: Fast Linear Algebra in CUDA C++
Learnings from Using a Reactive Platform – Akka/Squbs
No, though I've tried working with campaign teams before in Chicago. The ruthlessness (and by proxy, the system that enables such ruthlessness) of political candidates and their campaigns is something I'd rather not support.
At the moment, it doesn't. Obviously if successful, probably some sort of ad/sponsor model. But that's a big IF and far into the future. At this point, it just gives away money :)
Note that your CSS example is longer and requires combining two different syntaxes. And for one change, the difference in length and complexity is much more apparent.

> <span style="font-size: 10pt">Blah</span>

vs.

> <font size="2">Blah</font>

Which is easier to remember? Which is more obvious at a glance?
>Can an incorrect prescription can cause permanent eye damage?

There's a few ways you could get eye damage from even a correct prescription. One way is corneal staining (basically scratches on your eye) that becomes a bigger issue with some sorts of contact solution and contacts worn past their expected time.

Improperly fitted contacts can cause irritation and damage. There are many types of contacts suited to different wear patterns. There are also formulations of silicone hydrogels where people are allergic to the wetting agent. A doctor should be able to figure this out and switch you to a different composition if this poses a problem.

Other issues are infection and oxygen starvation. The cornea absorbs oxygen and when you have an old contact in for too long the eye does things like grow veins where they should not be, eventually causing blindness.[1]

Long story short, you should be getting checkups to make sure your eye isn't getting screwed up from contact lens wear, but under the situation of being stuck with old pairs or getting replacements without a script, I'd say the latter is probably safer.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneal_neovascularization
They should never do this because many people spent lots of time learning existing Excel scripting and they won't like it. Fortunately the user feedback will likely be very negative, so will stop this is it's tracks./s

Henry Ford: "If I asked customers what they wanted, they would have said faster horses"

Steve Jobs: "A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them"

Seriously. Just build it and and make it great. When you can show that you can do amazing things with it, release it. The downvoters will also then adopt it, if you made it great.
Coming up next on the History Channel: Preliminary scans indicated 'Oumuamua was just a lump of space rock. But could it be... a derelict alien spaceship?
If the statement is "there are no cigarette smokers", then "there are 50 million" is a reasonable counterpoint.
> Can an incorrect prescription can cause permanent eye damage?

not from a correction power perspective. your brain can accommodate to some degree and you may strain your eye muscles and/or get headaches. but you won't get damage from that. you can get damage if the contacts are not fitted well and get corneal abrasions etc or bacteria buildup if you over-wear.

however, you should still go in to see an eye doctor once in a while. my wife's an optometrist and she has saved several people's lives by finding brain tumors and other serious systemic issues by looking at ocular health.
Well, damn.
Millennials Are Screwed
There are actually relatively few racists in the US (especially in non rural areas), but I have been aware of the rampant European-style racism for awhile due to my mother being a flight attendant, and how she was treated. Sad to hear that we even have apologists for it on Hacker News.
I guess it's only a theory that Cheeto's National Security Advisor Michael Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts.

Really.
Large-scale housing production is prohibited in the Bay Area as a matter of public policy. Reasons include honoring the “rights” of neighbors to be spared from unwanted changes in their neighborhoods, general anti-capitalist beliefs that markets are the wrong way to allocate housing or that private capital is the wrong way to build it, rejection of the idea that supply and demand apply to hosuing, and the simple observation that when new housing is built, it tends to be expensive.
The systems in Copenhagen seem to be fine. I've only used the DriveNow one (BMW i3 cars), but both times the cars were clean. It's not cheap, but cars aren't cheap here either.

They're not intended for use on motorways -- at least, you can only end the rental within the city -- so I haven't tried, but I assume the car is fine. I've seen non-rental BMW i3s on the motorway.
I believe the FTC, the government agency responsible for going after unfair trade practices, already covers the scenarios you're worried about.
Besides the costs, getting all those easements takes a lot of time, and often legal work. This is why crowdsourcing fiber hasn't taken off, it's a nice idea but you'll go through a ton of money on permits and legal filings before you buy a single spool of cable.
iMac Pro: Apple releases its most expensive computer
That's because you're not testing things that wouldn't require tests in a static language.

You're testing things that need testing either way, and incidentally also testing the types.
Well said, to that point we should at least be disincentivizing the combination of content and ISP.
Not for free. You have to think and write types, maybe add some code to cast values between them or implement the same function twice for two different type signatures. Sometimes it still gains time, sometimes it doesn't.

Anyway, I doubt that a VBA replacement would need types. The use case is small scripts.
If you are afraid of hearing opposing opinions, maybe you have weak arguments.
Saying dynamic languages are for novices hints more at you being one than anything else.

Not everyone likes IDEs (Emacs and VIM are still by far superior to many) and not everyone wants to deal with all the extra code and boilerplate and ad-hoc data classes that comes with static typing, to name a few.

Dynamic languages have faster iteration times and from experience that can yield higher quality software. They're easier to fit in the functional paradigm, better to model data transformations, and a bunch of other goodies.

You can't judge something without taking into account the context in which its used. And for scripting something like Excel dynamic is clearly superior.
I use the usual resource hogs like full blown IDEs, multiple electron apps, a million browser windows, server instances, and more; with occasional heavy processing or regular integration tests.

Yes I can offload stuff to the cloud. I just don't want to, just like you're happier with a laptop as opposed to a desktop. I don't want to deal with issues like latency and configuration or more importantly constantly thinking about whether or not I have enough resources to run something locally. There's enough things in my life that I have to budget.
You're very talented. Other than photopea, those are some pretty good libs you have in github. Im starring it now and will check it over weekend (Im into image processing and stuff).