skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The incompleteness theorem does not only apply to mathematical systems. It applies to all formal systems in the realm of logic. If we assume that all of reality can be reduced to a formal logical system then the incompleteness theorems apply. Thus even non-axiomatic concepts may be unexplainable.

However, you bring up a good point. Explanations rely on evidence and evidence must be observed. Additionally, the tools which we employ to observe evidence are imperfect. What does this mean?

It means in the world of logic only some things can't be proven, but in the world of science (aka reality as we know it): Nothing can be proven. Nothing can be fully explained because additional evidence can always be observed in a later point in time that disproves an explanation. As Einstein once said:

"The scientific theorist is not to be envied. For Nature, or more precisely experiment, is an inexorable and not very friendly judge of his work. It never says "Yes" to a theory. In the most favorable cases it says "Maybe," and in the great majority of cases simply "No." If an experiment agrees with a theory it means for the latter "Maybe," and if it does not agree it means "No." Probably every theory will someday experience its "No"—most theories, soon after conception."

or Karl Popper who put the concept simply:

"...no matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not explain the conclusion that all swans are white."

In short, no amount of evidence or explanation can justify any statement.

Interestingly though, it takes only one observed black swan to disprove a statement. Hence the role of falsifiability in the scientific method.
i’m with you. No serious alpinists do much of anything on everest these days, and it’s hard to do a rational cost/benefit for the fees of well-heeled tourists versus the rights of the sherpas and the state of the mountain.
> Of course, one could argue that govt shouldn't have any power over what an individual can do

If I were in charge (I never will be), my first inclination would be to not restrict high risk climbing. But then I wouldn't be able to shake the feeling that a hands off approach would be that simple. I'd want to understand the drawbacks of people dying on the mountain. I'd be concerned with being responsible for rescue costs, being vilified for not making rescue attempts, the cost of medical treatments, the lives lost in attempting to make rescues, any correlations between deaths & the number of climbing attempts made (is it scaring people away, attracting even more, etc.), how the press coverage affects Nepal's public image, and so on. In the end, banning high risk climbing might simply be a good & conservative decision.
I don't mean to be rude, but did you not understand what I wrote above?

>the momentum conservation means that the 5 pound of steel would be moving with the speed of 18m/s after full momentum transfer from the 45g bullet hitting it at 900m/s. 5lb at 18m/s - is like somebody would hit you with a frying pan.

The change in momentum over time is what matters, not the momentum itself. As I said above, think of a car. The momentum change on your body from going from 0 to 100 mph is a slight push on your chest....if you spread that momentum change over 60 seconds of steady acceleration. The exact same momentum change, if done over a few milliseconds from say smashing into a brick wall, is probably going to kill you.

I mean this isn't rocket science, it's literally high school physics.

>please enlighten us and correct my calculations above.

I...did the math already? Did you not read it? The momentum change over the distance of 2 inches produces a force of about 360,000 Newton - a 6000 kg elephant just standing on you would produce "only" 60,000 newtons. He needs to be actively trying to stomp your daylights in to get the kind of forces we're talking about.

50 cal is the kind of round that you hit someone in the torso and their arms fly off. It was built to kill vehicles and planes, for people it is absurd overkill.
Instead of the Converse shoes, which have a somewhat rigid rubber bottom outsole, consider buying some plain canvas-bottomed shoes. You will wear through all of the layers of canvas within a few months, but if you get them from China (e.g. on Taobao) they only cost like $5–$10 per pair.

Alternately, thin leather moccasins can also often be pretty cheap (or can be made yourself).

If you want something a bit more durable, I find that most styles of Vibram’s finger shoes last a fair while, but plenty of people seem to dislike their appearance.
A recent trip to Hong Kong really highlighted San Francisco's inability to handle a rising population density.

As of mid-2014, HK's population was 7.24 million across the Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories [1]. The main Island alone has a population density of 16,390/km^2 with an area of 78.59 km^2 [2]. The city is covered in high rises and there is still a drastic housing crisis [6]. However, public transportation was readily available, on-time, affordable, and clean. I was able to travel across the region, to/from Macau, and to/from Shenzhen using only these services. At no point did I need to call a Lyft/Uber/Didi/taxi.

Looking at the 9-county portion of the Bay Area, we have a population density of 425.7/km^2 over 18,040 km^2 [3][4]. I realize it's more difficult to support a larger region with accessible public transit, so let's focus on the 7x7 in the city: 7,170/km^2 over 121.46 km^2 [5][7]. Over 40+ km^2 with under half of the population and we can barely keep MUNI/BART running, residents can't afford rent increases, and employees are commuting hours to reach the city [8]. How is the city so far behind HK with a 2016 GDP $470.5 billion (compared to HK's 2016 GDP of $319.7 billion) [9][10]?

These articles that complain about skyscrapers changing the skyline or ruining the historic feel of the city drive me nuts. How else will the city be able to keep up with the growing housing demand? We're on a peninsula - we have a fixed area in which we can build. The construction of SF tower has brought 60-ish floors of new employee space into the city without providing an equivalent number of apartments (yes, there are condos but those are certainly not housing all new employees). As these office high rises are constructed, we need to be pumping investments into public transit (a new 60 floors worth of employees will now be commuting within the city) and high rise apartments. They don't need to be luxury apartments (ie. Jasper) but affordable options that can house more than the standard 3 story house in Pacific Heights.

[1] https://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/populati...
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20090824065021/http://www.statis...
[3] https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2016/demo/popest/counties...
[4] https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2016/demo/popest/total-me...
[5] https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/20...
[6] http://www.businessinsider.com/hong-kong-coffin-homes-housin...
[7] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/06075,0667...
[8] I'm getting tired of finding citations, but there have been numerous articles re:housing/transit/commute posted to hacker news these past few months
[9] https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2017/pdf...
[10] https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/02/weodata/weo...
This article misses the point. Someone needs to call out, by name, the lawyer, laywers, law firm, or law firms who hoodwinked Joyce's estate into doing this.

some author's grandson isn't going to have such notions. I have a very strong prior (99%?) that this is just some lawyer(s) milking a famous writer's estate. Of course it's easy for them to trick the grandchildren - who don't have any legal training. This is wrong and should be called out specifically. (obviously be prepared for a fraudulent defamation lawsuit by the same, if you do it under your own name - hell, there's a chance those bad, corrupt, lawyers would follow me into this Hacker News thread, a chance I weighed before posting and found acceptable as I have no relation to the case or the estate and did not even take the time to find them by name. But I am fairly certain that if I did the research, I would find what I surmise in this
comment. Really, nobody does this.)
The phone is best way to get a hold of someone. Other than that, linkedin is more formal, but more easily searchable. Facebook is composed of spam, resposted memes from 4chan, and a ton of inactive accounts, IMHO.
> What crime are they charging him with?

Second degree murder seems appropriate
Sure, but I expect the NYT to use native Eng speakers who understand that "its" does not work that way. It's just sloppy of them.
Just don't buy anything that isn't explicitly sold by Amazon.com. Or a few trusted others like AnkerDirect
Anyone have a text mode summary?
> I wasn't talking about moderation on HN at all. I was talking about moderation on Facebook.

So was I. But you're talking about the people here.

I don't see why you think it matters where scam blocking happens. So far in these comments you seem to be saying that scamming needs to be defended as a practice. That's a hugely psychopathic position, so I hope the interpretation is wrong. But when you use the phrase "freedom of speech" against moderation of fake news, which are scams perpetrated on the vulnerable public, not a synonym for "news you don't want to hear", it becomes hard to interpret otherwise. I think that most people here would probably say that Facebook isn't a place where social responsibility should vanish, and part of responsibility, part of having a conscience, is protecting people, both individually and collectively, from scammers. Because Facebook is not a copper wire. Facebook is an interconnected network of its participant members, just like HN.
Microservices in Java? Never
True. That's why I said US might be exceptional here. The chances of a person drawing a gun are large compared to other nations. Which means as an officer you have more reason to quick draw and as a convict/victim you have more reason to behave/be unlucky.

I have no doubt the police is trained. I have no doubt they did not draw because they wanted to have a party. They most likely thought they were in serious danger.

Let's do the Devils advocate. You are the cop standing there. You are almost certain he will pull a gun on you or your colleague. What would you do?

I don't think it will be solved by having an actor join their class. It's statistics and interpretation of it mostly.
Well, some do, but what they expect and what they actually have a right to, are different things.
Vivo Barefoot make an insulated hiking boot that I wear in the snow and my feet stay toasty!

I have 7 pairs + sandals from them for various occasions. I have no affiliation, I just really like their shoes.
Nepal has more basic things to worry about. Sorry. Some rich dude hanging at the edge of some cliff should be problem number 58299 in their or my list.

This is gone crazy. At least have a written note that forbids anyone from saving their life if it comes to it. They put their own life and the rescuers' lives at risk.

Everytime someone proudly says 'i climbed the Everest ' oh cool, I immediately think, who is the sherpa? They get my praise. Not some rich, over priveleged dude who thinks the rest of the world has to bend to their will for whatever sordid privileged game they are interested in playing.
Would you feel your masters would’ve had more value from another institution? Curious because I’m looking to get an MBA (my employer will cover the cost).
I'm neither an architect nor a designer, but my gut reaction is that you can only get so creative at 1,070′. Without any evidence to back this up, I'm going to say that physics will force most skyscraper designs to converge.
Toward the end he suggests NetBSD "dropped the ball" by not issuing patches and reports.

I am not sure about others but I have never considered what is reported at http://www.netbsd.org/support/security/ as comprehensive.

I like to think the majority of NetBSD users either track -current, compile their own custom kernels or can learn to do as much. The project certainly makes it easy enough.

The flipside of the "many eyes" argument is that the Linux kernel has substantial financial backing and teams of paid developers behind it. NetBSD is relatively small and most contributors are not paid. I think they do an admirable job considering the number of active contributors and maintainers they have. (That is really an understatement but I do not want to appear too biased.) This is not the first time I have seen them immediately fix stuff when it is reported1.

1 http://bulk.fefe.de/scalability/

Unfortunately, even though the presenter mentioned loc several times, he did not try to calculate a bugs:loc ratio.
Having a highly educational "history of BSD UNIX" and a large quantity of source code that allows hobbyists to run old hardware in their tree makes NetBSD not only unique and useful but also an easy target for any contemporary security researcher.

I only wish more would take on the challenge. Because sometimes things get fixed fast when this happens.

But comparing one project that has SVR4 compatibilty code to another project that has no such compat code, is that really an apt comparison? The old code is there for a reason. IMO, it does not imply many users will ever need it, that every user is actively using it, or that any user should have it in their kernel if they do not need it.

It is very easy for NetBSD users to compile kernels without code that will not be used, e.g., compatibility code. Easier than in any other OS I have tried. IMO, by making custom kernels so effortless to create (incl. best cross-compilation experience, IMO), it encourages users to compile smaller kernels without the drivers, compat code and other stuff they do not need.

But the presenter here was focused only on the assumption of a "default" kernel config. Not the potential to create small custom kernels with minimal attack surface.

Also: When the presenter was discussing filesystems, I wondered if he knew about rump. I think NetBSD was the first to have a such an innovative, safe way to mount filesystems using kernel drivers in userspace, without risk of crashing the kernel.
>that "its" does not work that way.

Can you expand on what the mistake is?
Use a court for what? We have a thing called a constitution with free speech rights here. The govt gets nothing by going to court. They get what they want by intimidation, threats and bribes.

When someone in the US govt wants something from Google or Facebook they go to them and remind them about anti-trust law and the FTC and tell them that if they do what they are told they will have people in secret committees telling congressmen and senators that they are vital to national security and to leave them alone.
This would not help. Land in of itself is not that valuable. What has value is what people develop/produce with the land. Or location to those who have developed their land. Property rights are better thought of as extensions of human rights. The reason why you build a factory is because property rights will protect your ability to use and eventually sell the factory. The reason why you plant crops is because property rights protect your exclusive right to harvest them. If someone wants to acquire land it really isn't that difficult or that expensive until you want land that people have invested in or around.
But yes, it's not particularly beautiful or original
Thanks for sharing this! I am pretty sure that I have ADHD but I was never diagnosed, nor did I ever try visiting a doctor for this purpose. As someone with relatively low access to healthcare, I am always concerned about taking any medicines, even if they are supposedly "good". I realized that most of my ADHD symptoms stem from inflammation. If I take away any inputs including dietary(sugar, gluten, dairy, egg, etc.,) and environmental(pollutants, cold, dust, pollen, etc.,), I am as focused as ever. So that's what I focused all my effort on. My focus levels have improved quite a bit but I am still not there yet.
If your symptoms are similar to mine, you might benefit from Spirulina and Turmeric. Both of them help reduce inflammation and provide several health benefits.
OSHA = "Occupational Safety and Health Administration". The article says that OSHA fines are rarely above $20,000. Is that really true?

In the UK, I think the equivalent agency is HSE - Health and Safety Executive. These is the first things I found to demonstrate a possible difference:

"Martin McColl Limited and JMS Retail Concepts Limited have both been sentenced today after two members of the public tripped and fell over construction work outside a convenience store in Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan.
...
Martin McColl Limited of Ashwells Road, Brentwood, Essex pleaded guilty on the first day of a two day trial after initially pleading not guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and have been fined £600,000 and ordered to pay costs of £11,520.

JMS Retail Concepts Limited of Stump Lane, Chorley, Lancashire pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and have been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay costs of £3,038."

http://press.hse.gov.uk/2017/retail-company-and-construction...

Contrast that with this:

"The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Tampa Electric Co. and Gaffin Industrial Services Inc. after five employees were fatally injured, and one other suffered serious burns.
...
Proposed penalties for both companies totaled $160,972."

https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/region4/12282017
In my case, YouTube (related videos, not their recommendations), Wikipedia and search engines. But that's with active search, not passive suggestions.
Tel Aviv is not the capital city of Israel to anyone but to the Arab media.

In fact this isn’t even a reference to the capital but how the Arab media refers to Israel in order not to recognize it.

I can guarantee to you that the original quote was “Israel or The Israeli government has submitted...”

AJ is just doing their creative editing.

I wonder if they’ll publish the posts again last time it had nothing to do with human rights unless the right to stab people is a human right now.
Rich dudes don’t climb solo. They pay six figures for guided expeditions with all the trimmings.
BART does exactly what it's supposed to: indulge the public's desire to live in single family detached houses while benefitting from an urban economy.

I'm grateful that we decided to do this in a way that has fewer negative externalities, and probably lower total cost to society, than a freeway expansion. Seriously, we're lucky that the intention behind BART gave us anything resembling a train.

If you try to read it as a way to connect urban neighborhoods (like Manhattan's subways), you're going to be disappointed, because it isn't one.

Remember that most city land area is essentially suburban, and that SF/Oakland/SJ are less than a third of the region's population. Transportation that serves the needs and preferences of the regional electorate is vanishingly unlikely to resemble the Manhattan subway system, or make any sense for the tiny minority of us living on urban blocks. It's going to look like BART and Caltrain: infrequent stations in low-rise neighborhoods with big parking lots, infrequent service outside peak commute hours, etc.
People are obsessed with this topic because they are looking for justification to steal from those wealthier than them. Its textbook Marxism.
> It is not necessarily true that making a product better and delaying shipping is long term better for the company.

a perfect game released later may either become a classic that has huge long tail potential. A early-to-market game may produce a short hit/fad that passes.

It's almost random which will happen - as those doing these sorts of judgements prior to actually releasing have their own personal biases which can cloud their judgement one way or another.
> There’s about 47 million blog posts about why meetings suck and I’m not going to pile more onto that heap.

Then proceeds to discuss more ways that meetings suck.
In modern skyscrapers, the exterior walls are no longer load-bearing; rather they add to the weight that must be borne by the core of the building.

The marginal cost of adding ornamented granite and brick on the exterior of a modern skyscraper would be much higher than the cost of adding ornamentation to a building whose structural design already calls for a heavy material for the walls.
Seems like there’s doubts that Kilian submitted at all. Personally, I think he did, but as of now there’s really no proof.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8591724

Edit: Why downvote this? Is there any evidence Kilian submitted beyond his word?
A technique described in this podcast[1] may lock up quite some time with these people.

[1]http://pca.st/yWw5
Sure, there are alternatives. The Cons run about $45 a pair, last about a year, and don't call undue attention to themselves. I find they strike a pretty good balance. Plus, they're Cons :)
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I am with you there.

But rich priveleged people have both the means to do stupid shit and willingly/callously put other people's lives at risk when their stupidity causes an oops moment.
The entire China Basin area exploded in developments in the wake of the ballpark construction (Pacific Bell Park opened April 2000).
Oh come on don't make these idiotic arguments that forget that pretty much all Western European nations that have low levels of income inequality have done so through massive taxation and the creation of public goods and benefits that allow them to support a highly developed society.

Free universities, free healthcare, long paternity leaves, environmental protection and subsidies to underdeveloped areas are all factors that are proven to have helped substantially to reduce inequality and increase social mobility.

I seriously can't stop marveling at how people can defend an increasingly unequal world when there is a shrinking middle class and a more fragile position for the most vulnerable.
If you look at the tallest buildings they all have unique designs.

http://www.hearandplay.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/t...
You have nothing to do about it? How about stop building government sponsored settlements inside of Palestinian territory, Stop blocking the free movement of Palestinians by putting checkpoints outside of every village. Stop treating these human beings as animals where they are not allowed to walk on "Jewish only" paths. Stop demolishing Palestinian homes in what the IDF calls "Collective Punishment".

Those are just some suggestions if you are looking for peace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF30AjvvusI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19jRZ2BIFqc
Modern psychiatry is NOT evidence based.

No scientific evidence is used to choose to include into DSM
If you spend a little time getting used to working with obfuscated apps, they are easy enough. Facebook's app is no different. And ASLR has literally nothing to do with preventing reverse engineering.
Wow, guy is setting up franchises... San Francisco has its own McTech building now.
Did he start on the Nepalese or Chinese side? I haven’t seen this mentioned in any articles about him.
Keybee: a new keyboard layout designed specifically for touchscreen devices
It makes sense to have the poorest not pay taxes when the marginal utility of every dollar they lose to taxes is so high and when the poor and middle class are the engines of consumerism.

A dollar taxes to the top 1% that owns more than 50% of all assets, in contrast, loses far less from taxation.