skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Whenever people say that there's new research that threatens to crumble the foundations of mathematics (like Banach–Tarski) or physics, I try to remind myself that this is mostly just academic. Don't get me wrong, it's important work. But bridges and buildings won't collapse as a consequence of accepting or denying the axiom of choice.
I would worry about the kit aspect of the bikes.

You're lucky to merely have to pay some money for your "power kayak".

In my state, to actively discourage the construction of home built boats, if I want to build a 15 foot sailboat, I need to work with the coast guard and state DMV (spoiler, they don't actually work together, the finger pointing is hilarious) to get a hull number assigned, then fight the DOT to get it titled (boats are titled where I live, and its agonizing although it only costs $5) and its quite a fight involving official inspection because most "homemade" boats are people trying to register are Crestliners with the serial numbers filed off, then I can fight the DNR to register myself obtaining a DNR customer number, and then fight the DNR to register the boat, essentially linking my CG hull ID number to my DNR customer ID number for a mere $17/yr, ironically the total cost of all of this for the first year would only be roughly $30 but it takes like 100+ hours of phone calling and meeting people and filling out forms. I pay $35 for a quart of good topside marine paint so the point is not the expense but the bureaucracy agony. All that for basically an inland lake dingy with a sail on it.
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I think you're missing the point of the concept. Nothing changes for the police.
Often times, they are indeed victims themselves. When they've been wrung completely dry of literally hundreds of thousands of dollars and they are in such a deep hole they can't see a way out, the scammer will then ask them to assist in forwarding money. They are patsies, pure and simple.

Other times people will just be recruited for a work-from-home job as a "remailer", which again involves acting as a proxy for payments, cheques or physical goods and shipping them off to the scammer.

I can assure you of one thing. He didn't impress any scammers with his intelligence, the opposite in fact. They (the actual scammers) need people who do what they are told without questioning it too much.

The real scammers don't get arrested. Usually.
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The most useful paper I read this year was Tidy Data (Wickham) http://vita.had.co.nz/papers/tidy-data.html
Someone I know was diagnosed with both as well. You might be on to something there.
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yep, and we have football disorder, coding disorder, watching television disorder, 40 hours a week job disorder, dying in poverty disorder, bla bla bla.
Techmeme summary: Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: Ripple surged 50%+ on Friday and is now valued at ~$85B, surpassing Ethereum's market cap and becoming the second-most valuable cryptocurrency
There is no viable feedback loop at this time. The FBI will get involved if there is a consent decree. This provides oversight, but that requires a Justice department that will investigate police departments. You see this happen after a litany of civil rights violations. But Sessions and Trump have made it clear that that won't happen. Maybe Congress will get involved after the midterms if things change or if there are mass protests. However, since police departments are local you might be able to put pressure on city councils and the mayor / maybe governor to make some progress.

But there should be better training but that will probably only happen if juries start to decide that "being fearful for your life" is not a sufficient defense.
Unfortunately, in the US it is not: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/its-still-illega...
Obviously, because the vast majority of people are gear heads who own and race exotic cars.
Most UK police do not carry guns, yet those police forces still have firearms officers, and in a case like this where they would be responding to a suspected armed murderer and hostage taker, you can bet that firearms officers would be involved. Those police forces have substantial armories, they just don't issue a firearm to the majority of cops. Comparing UK firearms officers to US cops, I would contend that armed officers in the UK are less likely to kill because of the cultural and structural unacceptance of such killings in their country.
I don't know about others here, the scam emails I get (and I get several per week) always claim to be from Burkina Faso, _never_ Nigeria. And it's been like that for years. In fact, despite being pretty good at geography, I can't recall what the capital of Nigeria is, but I can rattle off the capital of Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) with ease, and even spell it correctly, just from seeing it in all these emails.
Agreed. Adding type annotations is already a huge refactor in itself though and pretty risky with PHP. Once you have that done life will be much easier.
Sure, I know, but the parent poster complained about how Steam was a terrible thing about the HD version. I wanted to know if it creates practical problems if you want to mess with a game that has Steam integration.

Probably that was too far off topic by me.
If you’re trying to be a new alternative to Big Social, you should aim to be better or at the very least more interesting than the competition. There’s no way your network can be THE network for all people but you’ve gotta get them in the door. Good design goes a long way, the bare minimum is MEH.
seL4: Formal Verification of an OS Kernel (from 2009).

https://www.sigops.org/sosp/sosp09/papers/klein-sosp09.pdf

seL4 is about 9000 LOC. So this gives a good indication of what formal verification (Isabelle/HOL) is currently capable of. seL4 is also quite fast as a result of removing unnecessary checks.

https://sel4.systems/

seL4 is smaller than L4Ka::Pistachio and it's also capability based which L4 isn't. They could have called it L5 or seL5.
Also: use “from __future__ import print_function” to start experimenting with that in older 2.x code. I have found the “bytearray” type (available in both 2.x and 3.x) can be a good way to write mostly the same code for both versions that can start to transition to raw bytes where needed.
I remember an interview with a Vietnam veteran who said the most traumatic part for him was growing up with The Lone Ranger, where the good guys wouldn't do the things he was being told to do as a soldier.

Then I remember seeing 24 and thinking the entertainment industry wouldn't make that mistake again.
They claim they can actually build things that compute np-complete problems in polynomial time for real.

"We show an experimental demonstration of an actual memcomputing architecture that solves the NP-complete version of the subset sum problem in only one step and is composed of a number of memprocessors that scales linearly with the size of the problem. We have fabricated this architecture using standard microelectronic technology so that it can be easily realized in any laboratory setting"

This is traditionally what people look to quantum computing to solve, but that seems much farther off in practice that the technology described here, at least, as described.

TL;DR Memcomputing has been shown to have the same power as non-deterministic turing machines. They claim to have made some real ones with promising results. It looks like it's getting commercialized over at http://memcpu.com/.

I'm just summarizing the papers/data, not commenting on it for real, it could all just be snake oil
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Most of Europe never had the crime and murder rates of NYC during the same timeframe. 70s and 80s in Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, etc very different than in NYC.
The point of a to-do list (or reminder in Google Calendar) is that it's constantly staring at you until you actually complete it. It sounds like you're using one-off calendar entries.

I'm not suggesting that "try not having ADD", just suggesting you use mechanisms to remind you to do stuff that are persistent and thus work.
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I am optimistic about human in the middle. I imagine a large grid of small thumbnails and the Google Captcha style "Choose the pictures that are not gruesome" (i.e. differentiating between violence, a video game, and a red scarf). Many reports could be resolved quickly this way. I would be interested in a more proactive solution that is well documented publicly so that we can apply the tech to blogs/news.
> But if you are cycling to work every day and deal with strong wind, elevation differences, maintaining 20-25 km/h is going to be tough.

That is true when you're riding uphill and/or into a headwind, but that should also be made up by the fact that the headwind/ascent becomes a tailwind/descent when you ride in the other direction.

The speeds I attain on my conventional bike range from 25 to 30 km/h on flat ground, 10 to 15 km/h going up 5% grades, but between 30 to 40 km/h going down the same grades. Headwinds on flat ground reduce my speed to 20 to 25 km/h (15 to 20 km/h if it's strong), but with a tailwind, I can maintain 30 to 35 km/h (or even up to 40 km/h if it's strong) on flat ground.

The only thing I don't like when riding are side wind gusts, but I suspect that a motor wouldn't make much of a difference in that case :)
I’d say there’s a bit of this “finders feeling” when hunting for limited release electronics/sneakers on launch day (if they’re for you and not to $flip). Not quite so much anymore with all of the pre-order options available these days.
I've read a lot of your posts on this thread and appreciate your perspective. I agree with a lot of it. Honest question for you though: isn't it a bit weird to label something as a disorder if 5-10% of the population has it? Isn't it just a fairly standard human existence then? I think that's where a lot of the discomfort comes from.
Sure, but let’s not pretend the last millennium didn’t happen or shape the present in critical ways.
A man isn't disordered simply for wanting the same things an ordinary woman would want.
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Mechanical disc brakes certainly do not work nearly as well as hydraulic disc brakes in high-power-output electric bike applications. What they "worked" on is manual bikes, but even for manual bikes, hydraulic brakes are superior; it's just that a manual bike isn't pushing the limitations of what mechanical brakes can do as often.
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The biggest attraction it me would be, not getting all sweaty. But at the same time, wouldn't it be better for me if I trained my body until I didn't get all sweaty on a regular bike?
That was a good read, thanks for sharing this.
With such a small front wheel and your feet on the front wheel, how do you climb a curb? That just looks like designed for a OTB. That funny one foot down maneuver kickbike-riders do to jump might work but doesn't look easy.
My bike is around 50 lbs. I weight about 150 lbs. I often carry a bag about 20 lbs. So all in, it's about 200 lbs or ~90KG. I think my battery pack can go about 50 miles per charge, but I never went that far on a single charge. I usually charge after 30 miles to ease strain on battery, but that should still be plenty for you to get to work and back.
I believe your narrative; is there anything good published about that?
I think a more fair view of the term social media should be as a marketing term? When these tech giants were growing they needed a name to refer to them as a whole, but that name reflected what they wanted those services to be viewed as, not the effects they came to have. We see this everywhere in how labelling of things appeal to some of our inner desires -- in this case the need of social interactions -- and not necessarily accurately describing their effects.

I think the main reason these services exist at all is not to create social mediums but to tap into the flows of human communication for profit. And, since their version of communication is, in the true social aspect, an incredibly crippling one compared to the rich, immersive experience of more old ways of interacting -- no wonder we can be left with a deeply dissatisfying feeling when use social media services.
My first thought was this is cool. Second, I should do this also. Third, hey I can just login to PGE and see this data already, dang it, abort. :) They cannot keep the power on in the slightest wind storm, but at least I know how much power I am not using at that time.
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> Fair, although I would say that many positions and teams even, can be toil free (or nearly so).

Yes, and top performers try to move into those positions.

To be honest, in an engineering focused organization it may be possible that tackling technical debt might be viewed positively. Most of the managers I've worked for have been non-technical who don't fully grasp why they are losing momentum due to technical debt and assume its because of the developer(s) assigned being less skilled.

To be honest, I mostly use HN as a sounding board for my own experiences and to see how common/uncommon they are as well as whether there is something I'm legitimately missing.
I was high school dropout turned Yale PhD. I was prescribed for either Adderall or Ritalin for about 20 years starting in my second year of University.

The two main side effects I had from Adderall were appetite suppression (which has the bonus side effect of intermitent fasting) and hyper focus. With hyper focus I could work like a machine for 14-16 hours, and would have to remind myself to stop and eat, but I couldn’t turn it off. When it came time to socialize I was still chewing away at my work. I was not present. To break myself from the work loop I would usually have to watch TV or go drinking with friends. The problem with the later is that you start to wake up with the dreads quite frequently, increasing your anxiety level. It also tires you out. I rarely (1-2/month) take Adderall now and when I do I take 5mg (down from 3x 20mg what I was originally prescribed for).
Ritalin was a different story. Where Adderall was smooth and almost unnoticeable Ritalin would give you a rush, with effects lasting about four hours. I could take Adderall for my most boating early morning class and sitting in the front row I was excited as seeing a talk by novel prize winners. The problem with Ritalin was the anxiety and crash at the end of the day.

Prescribing stimulants to people with ADHD seems artificial. In most cases the risks are low and unless there’s abuse or the potential for abuse I think people should have the right to decide for themeselves what they want to take and how they want to live.
I would hope that they're equipped with disc brakes at a minimum. Wheel rim brakes on a conventional bicycle will slowly wear down the rim, but even when riding regularly, should last for quite a few years. On an e-bike with the faster speeds and greater braking needs, it may shorten the life of the wheels significantly.
Sorry but you're wrong, adderall is known to make people focus on inane things. This happens with ADD too, but it is more exaggerated and pronounced with adderall.
I have learned that it's good to approach something like this with a level of humility. What looks like a big pile of spaghetti code may actually have a structure, just not one you may like. I often think "How stupid can these people be?" only to learn later that they actually had a reasonable design. It pays to take the time to understand the code.

Otherwise I'd try to refactor the code into testable modules as much as possible. Unfortunately PHP is not on your side when it comes to refactoring. Especially in the older version people used a lot of "tricks" that make refactoring hard.
In addition to Working Effectively with Legacy Code, Re-Engineering Legacy Software[1] is pretty decent. It's really a lot of the same recommendations; put a test harness in place to guard against regressions, then start pulling out things and making them into more sane, SOLID components. For that aspect, you can look at things like the Uncle Bob Clean Code series, or my personal favorite Adaptive Code via C#[2] which despite the title is pretty general and all about writing code with the SOLID principles.

[1] https://www.manning.com/books/re-engineering-legacy-software

[2] http://amzn.to/2CfxK8w
In case someone is wondering (like me): F00F != 2018
Not only it's feasible, it's done. Cf. Gogoro for the most iconic ones (but there are plenty of other brands too).
Please help me give this away
Hello, I am on disability and so not allowed to make an income without it being taxed 100%. I used to be a fitness trainer and made a company to give away a free software i find is super useful.

it is designed as a public service, so it is free. Many thanks

a brief description.

BEYOND SELF is an online web and mobile application, enabling anyone with a smart phone or mobile device that can play apps to access free fitness programs. Designed after working years in a gym, seeing people join, without the funds available to hire a real life personal trainer, and yet also unable to devote the time needed to develop a sensible personal workout plan. Without any guide, people often train inefficiently at best, and often will become discouraged and quit training altogether (forfeiting the hundreds spent on an annual membership after just weeks).

This app allows anyone, from beginner to most advanced, to access free or very low cost training programs. These programs are not exclusive to gym users, there are over 300 workouts and growing, ranging from one isolated muscle to full body packages, from traditional gym to outdoors to at home, from hypertrophy to fat burning to body weight only. Also one can make custom programs.

Included free in every package (even the free packages) is a nutrition planning building software tool where anyone can plan or track nutrition behavior. A free sample plant based nutrition plan is included in every package, even the free packages.
Chord: http://nms.lcs.mit.edu/papers/chord.pdf

I think this paper amazing because it solves a complex problem with a simple solution. How do you create a hash function that adjust to the varying number of underlying buckets ? Solution: hash to a circle.
I think the police are smart enough to realize that Police 2.0, whatever you call them, are intended to replace them.
E-bikes are bicycles with electrical assist. Fully motorised bikes are mopeds or, well, motor bikes.
https://youtu.be/94kzwdiKlbI

https://beyondself.mypthub.net/buy-packages
While attacks like that are absolutely a massive and terrible problem, I think that problem is orthogonal to my original question. Those victims are also tallied under general violent crime and murder statistics. When trying to determine whether legal gun ownership is a net positive or negative to society by comparing stats across states, it makes more sense to compare general rates. Presumably gun deaths will be lower in states where it's very hard to legally get access to a gun. But does that matter if far more people are being murdered overall in those states even with mass shootings occurring in gun-friendly places like FL & NV? Chicago sees more people shot and more people murdered each month than any single mass shooting.
> I use my credit card for the fraud protection

This is another one of those US quirks. The only time I had to deal with banking fraud was when my wife's credit card was stolen. CCs are pretty low on the trust scale here in Germany, they mostly exist to simplify transactions with US-oriented companies.
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Checkout bikesdirect. Same price as Walmart, much better quality. I can personally attest to their road and track bikes
> Hmmm, never heard of adding NAC. And do you supplement magnesium too?

> Your talking about things I’ve never heard of before, this does sound advanced. Any other things on your stack?

The original article mentioned how society has determined it is "not okay for people with already-fine concentration to use it to become superhuman".

The way you talk about this, though. Being impressed about someone's "advanced stack" of drugs to maximize their potential. I get the impression you're using it to become superhuman.

I'm not sure if I am the only one with this reaction, but I feel like your attitude is kinda offensive and disgusting. How much money have you made by abusing drugs in our rat race?
Internal gearhubs are drastically more reliable than derailleur gears and require almost no maintenance. They use an epicyclic gear train in a sealed oil bath, so most of the mechanical parts are protected from moisture and foreign objects. The use of a gearhub also facilitates the use of an enclosed chaincase, or a belt or shaft drive.

The Sturmey Archer 3-speed gearhub has existed largely unchanged since 1938 and is faultlessly reliable, even when horribly neglected. As long as they're rebuilt every 10,000 miles or so, they'll last a lifetime. They're the standard gearing option on Dutch utility bikes and were once the most popular of all bicycle gearing systems. The only real downside of the Sturmey Archer gearhub is that it offers a narrower range of ratios than a derailleur system, although it's more than adequate for utility cycling in moderately hilly areas.

Newer gearhubs offer eight, eleven or fourteen ratios, matching the gear range of a mountain bike derailleur system. They're less popular than derailleur gears because of the higher cost and marginally higher weight, but I think that they're a vastly superior choice for utility cycling. One great advantage for casual cyclists is that gearhubs change smoothly and instantly, even under heavy pedal load or at a complete stop. Changing gears on a derailleur system requires a degree of finesse to avoid jerky changes and dropped chains.

Rohloff manufacture the most sophisticated of all gearhubs, which have been successfully used on several round-the-world tours.
It _is_ enforced. Many delivery riders have already had their e-bikes confiscated. And a bigger crackdown is coming up in January: https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2017/12/18/hundreds-of-delivery-...
wow, I've been underselling myself too much.
In the UK they use estimated readings, primarily it seems as a way to borrow a pretty large amount from their customers - they appear to "estimate" at 20% above actual rates. Evil, but pretty clever.
I'm not designing the experience. Nor does telling you what a particular distribution would indicate if assumed, imply that I have assumed the distribution.

Mathematically we would expect height to be distributed in a somewhat gaussian fashion due to the central limit theorem. Therein lies its relevance. However, nobody is 70 feet tall (yet!), so it would be fair to argue that the tails are characterized differently by a gaussian distribution than by the "true" distribution for height (which would probably divert some of that probability mass from the far tails to the near tails).

Still, it is quite misplaced to talk about 50% of the passengers when the discussion is about substantial outliers.

Just giving you some information that will help you use more applicable axia in the future.

Signed,

Johnny Factseed
Perhaps both of you are describing something more like the "bargain effect".
>> Since November

> a few months back

:-)

And as the sibling post mentions, it's a new type of transaction. Regular money transfers have to clear on the next day.
Some advice from someone who has done the same thing multiple times. Find yourself someone who knows the application really well and become their best friend. You'll find some weird things in the codebase and often they'll be able to give you context