skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
And, according to that data, twice that of single dads, which seems like a more apt comparison.
There are two sides in every war, and in the war on poverty, those fighting to create and preserve poverty currently hold most of the cards.

Harken back to 2000 and let us read the business press...I will pick one article by example ( http://money.cnn.com/2000/05/05/economy/employ )...what does the article say?

"Joblessness at 30-year low...The U.S. unemployment rate tumbled to a 30-year low of 3.9 percent in April, the government reported Friday, as worker-starved companies raised wages and went on a hiring spree that created 340,000 new jobs. But the good news for workers on Main Street sparked fears on Wall Street"

What? Workers looking for a job being more easily able to get a job is something that sparks fear on Wall Street ?

"Still, the markets took the data in stride...The markets harbor no doubts of the Fed's concerns over labor market tightness."

Both "the markets" and "the Fed" are concerned that so many people are employed?

Basically this CNNfn article is saying, correctly, that Americans wanting a job being able to get a job is something that is feared by Wall Street, "markets", The Fed etc., not something that is desired.

As that is the way the system is set up, and this is not the only business press article or pronouncement of that time saying this, one has to be skeptical of the desire for a "war on poverty". Because as it says, Wall Street, "the markets", The Fed and most of the powers that be are deathly afraid of that happening. They are in the business of preserving poverty, and creating it when necessary.

Of course, this article was written by a corporation owned by people who feel this way. So this is about as blunt an explanation as you're going to get from them, or the mass media, which is completely owned and controlled by them. For a clearer explanation of all of this from a source independent of that, you might try consulting a source such as this - https://monthlyreview.org/2008/12/01/financial-implosion-and...
previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16041795 (101 comments)
As a counterpoint, here's an (IMO) more sober take on the supposed affluence of the bushmen:

http://quillette.com/2017/12/16/romanticizing-hunter-gathere...
Oh yes, not allowing others to go back and edit tickets is a huge one for us.
Thats totally absurd; are they going to fine you for driving too, because cars are often used for robbery getaways? How about a fine for ftp? You can torrent over browsers too, so a fine for that? A fine for booting up a computer that might torrent illegally?
Everyone in the industry is well aware of ICD-10 and we've been using it extensively for years. It's only one small piece of the puzzle and not nearly sufficient on its own. Just within the terminology / ontology space most clinical systems will have to support a wide range of others that are mostly orthogonal to ICD-10 such as CPT, RxNorm, LOINC, SNOMED-CT, etc. And that's not even getting into issues with message and document formats.
Yeah, that is the problem with relying on Coinbase. You have essentially no recourse when they freeze your assets, which happens a _lot_ more often than the banking system, with its consumer protections and actual regulations.
This is a sensationalist piece based on a really tiny amount of anecdotal evidence. I'm not upvoting it.
This could be fixed by being more expansive/creative with choice of glyphs, so that two intersecting lines get represented by a glyph that uniquely corresponds to the 2 glyphs that overlap at that position (possibly also encoding z-depth stack in the glyph choice)
Rich men vastly outnumbered by 20 something women? The men are finally in positions of power and the women think that being in the ‘inner circle’ might open doors for them?

In might be consensual in the sense that everyone said yes, but there’s a known balance of power. Sounds like coercion and naivety.
As far as anyone can tell, the data from the breach hasn't been used yet. When that happens, it'll probably be the largest identify theft fraud ever, and if it's traced to Equifax, we may see an "adjustment".

I'm still betting (small) on that happening.
I wonder whether it would carry an increased risk of disease transmission. Could a factory worker with influenza infect "human meat" and transmit it to consumers in a way that wouldn't be possible with non-human animal tissue? This is probably a big part of the reason we have such a strong gut aversion to cannibalism.
I assume it's tied to some kind of pension (which is tied to the former employer), so the premium would be ongoing and taken out of the pension payout.

Otherwise, I'd imagine yes permanently insuring someone would be extraordinarily expensive.
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> So, anything that uses a JIT, such as the LLVM JIT, is not "native"?

Correct.

> Are programs written in C# not native, even on Windows?

No they are not, because .Net uses an intermediate representation, being Windows and Microsoft confers no magic "native"-ness.

> Are programs in Java for Android not native, even though it is the language much of the OS is written in and what the standard UI toolkit is built for?

Programs in Java for Android are not native.

Much of the kernel (Linux) is written in C. According to "Francesco Iovine, AndroidStudio lover" over at Quora[0] the UI toolkit is written in Java and the virtual machines (Dalvik and Art) are written in C++.

> Is Emacs not native?

Emacs is a strange and evil beast whose name we shall not invoke. No, but seriously – I imagine Emacs is a hybrid native / Emacs lisp program. Many programs with embedded scripting languages are hybrid beasts but they ought to be thought of as native apps if they are compiled for a certain bare metal hardware platform. I presume the core of Emacs is C. Ergo, native.

> Does it really matter if the runtime (which is machine code) was made by the compiler developer or by the application developer in some cases?

Yes, I believe it does matter.

> I feel like there's an arbitrary line, and it's not entirely useful distinction to make.

No, I don't believe it's arbitrary.

> A native app can be big and slow and ugly and fail to follow the OS UI guideliness. An app with a runtime can be small(ish) and fast and beautiful and strictly adhere to the UI guidelines for the OS in question. I want the small, fast, beautiful, app with standard UI behavior, no matter whether it's delivered with a runtime embedded or built from C/C++ (and a few others) and without a JIT.

True. But that is neither here nor there, that's a whole other issue.

> I mean, we're just arguing semantics here, which is kinda silly.

No, we are not. A native app is one which is either hand-crafted assembly for a specific hardware platform or compiled ahead of time targeting a specific platform. Native code is non-portable, the source code might be portable, but generally is not unless care is taken. Assembly code is never portable. Non-native (whether by VM: Java, C#, … or interpreted: Ruby, Python, …) tends to be more portable.

[0] https://www.quora.com/What-programming-language(s)-is-Androi...
> In more developed countries that would be illegal. You are guaranteed to be able to return to the same position and pay.

Even if you quit entirely, beyond straightforward maternity/paternity leave? I don't think I'd be in favor of that type of regulation. In my opinion, if you make the decision to quit (for whatever reason), you can come back to get whatever job your skills let you get. I also think "developed" isn't the adjective you're looking for, maybe "tightly-regulated".
Yep, I'd fire the CTO.
The logic still applies.

1. Start with platform you're most comfortable with.
2. Iterate on product until you have a winning formula
3. Replicate on 2nd platform to double revenues

Building is a lot easier than identifying what to build, better to speedily experiment on one platform.
LastPass users: note that "lastpass-cli" [0], a utility for managing your LastPass database entries from a terminal, exists and is (for me, at least) very handy when doing anything outside of a web browser.

Create a few aliases in your shell and you have a very convenient, easy-to-use (for the HN crowd, anyways) tool.

[0]: https://github.com/lastpass/lastpass-cli
as with all such very early stage press releases: i'll believe it in 15 years; god speed.

I am not actually pooh-poohing the work, but it's way too early to get excited.
The Alteryx leak[0,1] also didn't cause action to be taken. GAAP rules ought to be modified to treat data like a raw material - like a pile of stainless steel or lumber - which must be guarded and maintained, lest the asset depreciate into a liability.

[0]https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/12/19/120m-...

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15965060
Nevercode (formerly GreenhouseCI) does iOS and Android.

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Consider that most of Google's political positions lean liberal, in subsidizing government services by raising taxes. For this same company to be participating in a scheme designed to deprive the government tax revenue, while advocating raising everyone's taxes to pay for things...

Suffice to say, this is not a company "doing the right thing", as their code of conduct suggests they should.

And bear in mind, this is not a loophole in our tax code, it is a loophole in international tax handling between multiple countries, and the primary result of this is that all of those billions get stashed in Bermuda instead of coming back to the US where it can enrich society.
Because it won't pop up right away. It will show up when that line of credit taken out in your name goes into collections 90 days from opening.

You should read up on the havoc that is caused with stolen identity. I'm not talking stolen credit cards, more like unknown judgements taken out against you and wage (in extreme cases, wage garnishments).
We need to just start growing and harvesting bugs for basic protein. These lab meats do not contain all of the same nutrients and to repeat another commenter, what measures must be taken to extract everything that's in meat to begin with?
The pieces don't quite fit together here - Harry Fox handles a LOT of licensing (they're one of the places you can get mechanical licenses for cover songs via self-service) and I'd assume that a big contract for an organization the size of Spotify would include at least some indemnification for any legal issues.

And, naturally, the damage amount is wildly unrelated to actual revenues - not quite the "one download on Napster == $250k" levels seen in copyright litigation against consumers, but still almost half of Spotify's likely revenue for 2017...
What's a better word to describe working on a startup, from start to finish, than journey?
I use a similar tactic for professional networking at tech meet ups: I always offer to help clean up afterwards. Every single time it has resulted in me being on a first name basis with the group organizer (who is usually pretty well integrated into the tech community).
This doesn't shock me at all. I recall a while back reading how Spotify allegedly started their service with downloads from The Pirate Bay: https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files...
fun fact: the ad was brought to us by "Dianomi" which is the Greek word for "distribution".
Added another source to assist discussion for more context: "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/spotify-hit-16-bil...

And Quote :

"The Settlement Agreement is procedurally and substantively unfair to Settlement Class Members because it prevents meaningful participation by rights holders and offers them an unfair dollar amount in light of Spotify’s ongoing, willful copyright infringement of their works," ...

"In reaction, Spotify has been questioning whether Wixen has really been authorized by its clients (including Andrew Bird, Kenny Rogers, and Jim Morrison's heirs) to take its aggressive actions. Songwriters have administrative agreements with Wixen allowing the publisher to negotiate licensing deals, but Spotify has pointed out these agreements are silent about litigation."
Out of curiosity, why did you scope to urban neighborhoods? Either the finding holds true for urban, suburban, and rural poor neighborhoods or child-rearing responsibilities is probably not the cause (instead, it would probably be something that correlates with population density). What am I missing?

EDIT: I can't reply ("I'm posting too fast"), but I'm genuinely asking for clarity--not making a point or impugning anyone's character.
Really missed an opportunity for the "considered harmful" trope.
Mods, please add "(2008)" to the title.
MDs are as valuable in the North America are they are in Europe, they go to similar training, and enrollment numbers kept arbitrarily low. Yet they are paid a lot more in the US and Canada that they are in the UK or France. And we all know that cost of MD has minimal bearing on total the cost of healthcare, which in itself has minimal bearing on the relative healthcare efficiency.

I am ambivalent about the relative wealth. I think it is fair and helps, up to a certain level, but globally, money attracts money, which means that certain people, with certain background and certain jobs would be deemed worth leaving in California. And this relative wealth-based system is already in place (e.g. designers in Cuppertino, IT in N. Dakota, assembler in Shenzhen).
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Laws are interpreted by the courts.

Congress might write a law with some expectations.

A well paid accountant and lawyer team might interpret the law differently.

The company employing the team is trying to obey the law, so this isn't illegal tax evasion. But it is tax avoidance, and the use of loopholes may be found to be illegal by the courts, or the law might change to make it illegal.

"Loophole" is just short hand for "unexpected use of law that hasn't been tested by the courts".
Not prevalent, but some things are more likely to happen when there's money floating around. A lot of it. Not at a party, but a VC, for example, told me nonchalantly that I could easily take home a woman from the place we were at, assuming I was willing to spend about $3K. This was in the presence of his wife. I hadn't solicited any of this "wisdom", of course.

A friend of mine in tech has been invited to "edgy parties" on two continents and she never went, having heard what they entailed. She had already dealt with plain harassment at work and didn't want to end up in even messier situations outside. There were a couple of famous names that scared her, based on their reputation in her circles.

I'm not sure if this is correlated more to the tech industry, Bay Area customs or a combination. Another friend, who's not in tech, years ago went to what her new boyfriend described as an edgy party, but turned out to be an orgy. One of the women she saw there ended up, by chance, as her fitness instructor years later.

Last but not least, do not assume that people can't be entirely different outside of work. Perhaps because of their intense daytime jobs, some might resort to "activities" as a way to handle stress levels. That said, I can think of at least one person in tech fired for having sex in the workplace.
I'm wondering, is the American health care bad for (upper) middle-class too? let say you have a good job in a big corporation, do you have to worry about healthcare? can you go to a decent hospital for any problem you may have and get appropriate care without spending any dime?
> But disabling JS because it can be used for intrusive ads is a lot like taking the wheels off your car...

You should try it sometime. Selectively enabling JS will be annoying at first, but as long as you save your preferences, the web will soon become a much less terrible place, and you'll rarely have to tweak your config. This approach won't work for non-techies, of course, but it's not much of a hardship for someone vaguely familiar with how the web works. Amazon, for example, works fine with a bit of JS not including amazon-adsystem.com.
Location, location, location.

Now, if you can get into a remote position, awesome, but I could see living in SV or NYC or similar and feeling middle class pangs at low 6 figures.
> and never targeted "true" frontend space, like routing

that was why it didn't catch on as much as it could have, in my opinion. The thing is, it was SO easy to rig routing together quickly yourself; I ended up doing dom event based routing for a lot of stuff. If you actually took the time to throw a real/reusable hash or pushstate based router on it would be pretty damn good....
As long as I will be allowed to continue buying/raising natural meat, let the LabMeat wars begin!
they did, then they cancelled it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifuge_Accommodations_Modu...
The American medical establishment is the ONLY one I am aware of that should you want a service, you go into the arrangement rarely, if ever, knowing how much you might pay on the other side.

I refuse to p(l)ay. My wife is medical and we have insurance, but I go to the indigent clinic for any infections I may get and buy a $4 prescription. This same experience with a doctor in a nice area would be lots more, even with insurance. Sure, you can tell these bastards you want no tests, etc., but some won't treat you without them, and most are not needed. Think I have strep? That's one test that's cheap. That and flu a/b. Any others are ridiculously pricey.

I spoke to one of the indigent doctors and asked him how he stays in business making $25, $25 there. He says he's not in it for the money. I believe him. He told me that in everyday doctors' offices, the doctors are convinced by the pharmaceutical sales reps to push product. They can win cruises, cars, etc., based on much drugs they push out the door in RX, so the desire to make money trumps being minimalistic in care. Give me only what's needed for the time being. I don't want long-term drugs and refuse to take them. I will only take antibiotics if I need them and only antibiotics. I will never take meds for high blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. Look at the numbers. The threshholds for these numbers have been lowered in the last decade or two to push RXs.

Like I mentioned in another post, the Americans doctors are the Ferengi of medicine. I refuse to pay more than $25 to see the doctor. I've even had stitches for $25. Try getting that price going to a non-indigent clinic. And, the Mexican and Indian doctors at the clinic have been doctors for over 20 years each. I've never been misdiagnosed.

To those who are sick of paying out the nose, look for the cheaper clinics that serve immigrants. They prefer cash, don't need insurance, and actually treat you like a human being.
If Intel weren't under pressure to keep a negative-ring network enabled snoopstack open by an external entity, they would by now definitely have released an update that allowed people to disable the networking aspect of IME.

Major system vendors are now offering to apply bootleg removal situations at the factory on customer request[1]. That request is not free. People are willing to /pay extra/ for no-IME laptops.

Either Intels marketing and public relations department are asleep at the wheel, or they've gone to the top to request a friendly switch to disable this and been told by the legal department that they can't have one.

[1]https://liliputing.com/2017/12/dell-also-sells-laptops-intel...
Some Android games are quietly using your microphone to track your TV habits
> the interfaces are awful

I honestly have no clue how my eye doctor fills their stuff out. It looks like someone discovered Visual Basic's visual design tools, went nuts, then never evaluated whether or not it was a good idea. No alignment on the inputs, they're just placed willy nilly with seemingly no rhyme or reason beyond maaaaybe being contained inside a labeled box. Maybe.

I'm convinced that whoever designed it thought that inputs in the middle of sentences was a super clever idea. Well, "designed."
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It's just a starting point for negotiation. Same way people slip in a store and sue for $1M, even though they end up settling for 50k.
Back in 2010 I considered native to be a fad and that we'd eventually go back to web (just like native desktop apps have gone to web.)

However, 8 years later, things really don't seem to be moving in that direction. Native is always going to be one step ahead in terms of speed and ability.

We would need to see native features start to stall so the web can catch up in ability, and websites need to do a lot of work to catch up in speed.
Thankfully it's also a great example of how to write good markup so the page is perfectly usable and readable with styles turned off.
But I'd much rather live like a North American than a Tuareg (I take you to mean the Berber people called the Tuaregs).

I like my central heat and air conditioning, and Netflix, and Spotify, and my comfortable and spacious car, and my ability to use air transport, and the restaurants that exist to serve me delicious food, etc...

Come now, we're human beings! The world is our domain! We should be working to create more things for more people, not settling for less!