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He's still an executive in tech. When I read news about Brave the controversy over Eich's Proposition 8 support doesn't dominate comments sections the way it did in 2014. That controversy seems to have had limited impact on Eich or Brave in later years. I would have liked to look at the later impact on someone in tech lower-level than Eich who faced the outrage machine, but his was the only name I could remember.

After some more searching, I remembered the blowup over a "big dongles" joke at PyCon in 2013. I found the name of one of the men involved. I don't want to name him here, but it looks like he's still gainfully employed in tech, using Python.

I agree that social media outrage can be overblown and vicious. I don't want to minimize that. But it fades[1]. "Crucified for life" seems inaccurate.

[1] Even justified outrage fades; did #kony2012 even trend through the end of 2012? But the viciousness while every angry person knows your name can be astonishing. That's why I use a nym here and on Ars Technica that has no direct links to my professional or IRL identities, and why I usually skip commenting or reading about the outrage du jour. I must be feeling lucky today to write even this much.
>However, if you check the ratio of people even moderately high on the Asperger’s scale among programmers, it is much higher than other more social profession but still a small portion overall. That difference doesn’t come close to explaining the gender gap.

That's why I included the part about the programming work environment generally being unpleasant and demanding. I didn't make the connection explicit, but "high paying job that sucks" is a preferential attractor for male workers. 90% of workplace deaths are men, men tend to do more things like "work on dangerous and dirty oil rigs", men tend to work more hours than women, and women tend to accumulate in more personally rewarding jobs such as teaching or social work. The end result is a gross earnings gap that basically disappears when you control for these sorts of choices.

So to be explicit: becoming a programmer is a choice that pays well, but is difficult work, requires a large time commitment to study, and is not intuitively gratifying. On that basis alone I'd expect outsized male participation.

>I’m not familiar with the gender distribution of introversion

In terms of big-5 personality traits, the gendered differences are that women tend to score higher on Agreeableness and Neuroticism. I don't think it's particularly relevant to this whole discussion, though.
Why? That's easy - credit cards (at least in America) come with a lot of benefits and consumer protections.
I’m going to guess that the “privately backed” qualifier either disqualifies them because they’re now public, or because they reached the $1B valuation before they took VC money.

Similar story with most other AU companies that have reached that level, local IPO early or reach the valuation without institutional money. The latter also meaning valuation is pure external speculation.
This works fine https://www.toro.com/en/homeowner/snow-blowers/power-shovel-...
I feel this response is confusing right with might. Just because some group has the political might to make laws that benefit them does not make those laws right, does it?
Title is incorrect and sensational. Sources say the satellite may have failed or may have issues but it's all classified, and we do not know whether the problem (if any) was in the launcher or the satellite itself.

It's also not impossible that the USG wants certain parties to think the satellite failed.
Makes sense to me. Apparently GitHub doesn't agree, because they don't still support HTTPS for custom domains.
It was awfully cold in Florida for the week or so before launch...rockets don't seem to like cold.

This has got to be really tough for SpaceX, especially given how accustomed the become to being as open and forthright with their past failures. Such openness seems to be key in how such a young rocketry company managed to secure so much business (well, that and cost and success rate). I suppose this is just the risk you take when accepting to launch secretive missions...

...still sucks, though.
To me it looks like a good choice for someone who hasn't bought a VR headset yet. But if you already own one you probably wouldn't upgrade?
Especially if it is the valsalva this is the problem. Large loads of snow means bigger effort, means you are more likely to valsalva.
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Thanks for the info!

So Google essentially paid $200k to get their TLD evaluated, but how come did the evaluators think it was OK to admit TLDs that are essentially an advertisement for the company?

And, if that was allowed in the rules (I guess somewhere in the 300+ page Applicant Guidebook), why didn't most companies apply for one? It's not that much money for a big corp, after all
Start with basic yoga and find the stuff that needs work!
Glad to see HTC continuing development even in hard times, I think they really got the tracking system right.

I owned a first generation Vive and I think the resolution and wireless (not included with Pro but official solution coming) would be massive steps forward to make it what I would consider 'usable' for the average person and ready for adoption outside of niche games. Still a tremendous cost for all the hardware and a PC that can push 90+ fps to it though.
Yeah. You need the iPhone. It's primarily used to configure the watch, I also suspect that the iPhone proxies some of the requests to the phone, though I'm not sure.

I just leave mine plugged in at home.
Minus Xanga, I made heaps of terrible UI decisions on those platforms. Good times =)
Thanks for the feedback. Glad you found an orientation which works. I'll definitely look at ways like you mentioned to help people get into that position first time round.
All of my cards were contactless in 2015, I'd been doing contactless payments for 5+ years (in the few places it was possible). But then the greedy, inept, and cheap American card issuers ripped out RFID in favor of only contact EMV chip, instead of going with dual chipped cards like pretty much the rest of Europe.

And as merchants had to pay their own way to comply with the new chip requirements, they too mostly went the cheap route, which was to buy POS systems that support chip, not chip and RFID.

The reason we have contact only cards, is issuers. The reason we have chip and sign, is issuers. They want the American consumer to have as many cards as possible, and different PINs for each card discourages having a wallet of 10 cards.
The key is to be sincere. A fake apology would be a terrible idea.
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I think that statement is getting less true every year.

Increasingly, for instance, we seem to only hire people who would be tenurable today. So people are thinking they need to have a number of papers, etc., before they get a PhD.

It is an accelleration and a person wonders if it doesn't result in people churning out stuff because it it publishable, rather than because it is worthwhile. And when you reward that, that's what you get.
Previous discussion (2 days ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16083337
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Also, from webster's:

"av·er·age\ˈa-v(ə-)rij\
noun

: a number that is calculated by adding quantities together and then dividing the total by the number of quantities

: a level that is typical of a group, class, or series : a middle point between extremes

Full Definition

1 a : a single value (as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values
b : mean 1b
2 a : an estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic mean
(...)"

It's common to see arithmetic mean and average to be treated as synonyms - but the mean is really just a type of average.
If that were true then wouldn't James Damore have recanted or apologized at some point, once he realized it was offense? This isn't making an off-color remark in passing.
> Before you downvote/call me a Nazi, I'm a mixed race woman in tech.

Why would it matter that you are "a mixed race woman in tech"? Your comment should be judged only by its content, not by its author's race or gender, right?
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I agree with your comment.

I am interested in your world view. How did you come about to being an "authoritarian hawk," and what are the tenets of that viewpoint?
Great, now there's a legislative breakdown on the week that that the murder law had to be re-passed, and it's legal until Congress resumes...
Not a libertarian nor a bitcoin fan, but I have to disagree with OP.
First, he postulates a gedankenexperiment where bitcoin replaces the dollar, but since it tends to appreciate in value, no one actually spends their money, so the economy halts. This train of though obviously neglects the fact that, if it actually replaced the dollar, people would _need_ to use and spend their bitcoins, so its price action would be very different to what we have seen.

Then he goes and mocks the idea of having a trustless currency system but IMO he misunderstands the idea. If you use the currency for exchange you still have to trust other people, for instance if I use bitcoin on Amazon, I'd still need to trust Amazon and possibly some other merchant. The part of trust you are taking away is not between people, but towards the ability of the State to issue money and regulate its value. But then libertarians may come up with some other ways to achieve this that do not involve cryptocurrencies. Furthermore, you don't need to be a libertarian to agree on that principle. One example of this is Chilean Central Bank, which -unlike the FED and by the Chilean constitution- cannot buy the government's debt, so the government can't just keep printing money for political reasons, like many countries in the region have been doing for decades.

So whatever lesson he is trying to teach seems a bit farfetched. Bitcoin may die and not mean a single thing for libertarianism, because IMO it's success depends on technical implementation, not ideological barriers.
"Matt Mayberry, who works at a California startup called Dopamine Labs, says it's common knowledge in the industry that Instagram exploits this craving by strategically withholding "likes" from certain users. If the photo-sharing app decides you need to use the service more often, it'll show only a fraction of the likes you've received on a given post at first, hoping you'll be disappointed with your haul and check back again in a minute or two."

If that's true, that's pretty genius and downright scary!
Tancitaro produce a lot of high quality avocados. Cartels force people into paying some money or "tax" (it depends on how wealthy the person/company is) in exchange of "protection". They can punish / kill / kidnap people when they choose not to pay [1]. The problem is not only located at that town, other areas are affected and working in the same way.
The federal government do nothing to solve any of the issues, instead they pay large quantity of money for positive news [2], you don't see this kind of news on the TV. It's sad.

Source:
[1]My father is from the Tancitaro town area.
[2]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/world/americas/mexico-pre...
HTC Unveils New Higher-Resolution Vive Pro VR Headset, Wireless Adapter
Imo, Vive can't compare to Oculus because the Touch controllers are just that good. The ergonomics are just too perfect.
Hmm, if the parents were paying tuition, rent and other expenses, how could they have possibly qualified for food stamps as dependents?
I'm not surprised. Hell, even if tuition fees are free, college is still really expensive. The poverty line for a single person in the US is about $1k a month, for a 3y bachelor and 2y Master's program, without (average inevitable) delays, you're spending $50-60k just to live an ordinary life like you would've if you hadn't gone to school, only your ability to work is severely diminished.

For example, in Europe I'm expected to get 60 study credits a year at 28 hours invested per credit. Given the academic year is about 42 weeks or so here, I'm looking at a 42 hour workweek. I either study less than the system we all made up tells me I'm supposed to study and get a job, or get a job regardless and burn out, fail classes, get delayed and exacerbate my predicament, or I don't work much and borrow a big portion of that $50-60k. And this is in a situation where tuition fees are free.

Sometimes we forget that studying can be (and is at least supposed to be on paper) a full-time job equivalent in time invested, for year's on end, without remuneration but instead, costs. Some of us need a food pantry even if tuition fees were 'negative' $5k a year.

What we find is that some students spend much of their college time working, taking easy courses just to get the paper while spending their time earning money to stay afloat. And that just makes the whole 'certification inflation' problem even worse.
I do think the Fire Tablets have this feature.
This is patched in the firmware released in November.
> Europe has its holy cows as well. Try publicly questioning the Syrian refugee program or come up with scientific evidence that nationals coming from war conflict zones have a higher chance of becoming criminals - you'll get crucified the same way.

Boy, and don't even begin to mention that refugee programmes in Europe are probably the least effective way to evacuate people from a warzone (and that the majority of people coming in are likely not in fact refugees).
Omega-3 fats are known to control hunger. That is probably where the claim that a high fat diet like keto can regulate appetite.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/296534-omega-3-as-an-appe...
It can be done at a reasonable pace. If you try to distance throw large amounts of wet, heavy snow, you're going to have a bad time. If you make good use of appropriate shovels, minimize wasted effort, and take your time, it's really not that bad.
Dems haven't had a filibuster-proof majority in decades, and spent all their capital during the obama years on healthcare reform. Legal weed wasn't happening back then.

If Clinton was president, they would have most likely kept the Obama-era policy rather than reverse it after multiple states voted for legalization
I’ve never actually talked about this online before, but now I’m going to. I used to weigh over 560lbs, and I’ve lost 190 of that, with more going every week. I spent a lot of time on this, tried a lot of diets, tried medication, and ultimately considered surgery. In the end a ferocious commitment to eating less, eating better, and moving around more was what worked, and continues to work.

Years ago I went to a medically supervised weight loss program, twice, and met a loooot of people of all ages, all with serious weight problems. A few found success with surgery, and maybe half of those kept it off. Of the half that did, they knew going in that they were ready for the hard work, but they were so big they needed a boost to get moving.

The people who used drugs never kept it off. The the people who thought the magic was in some special way of eating never kept it off. The people who committed to lifelong lifestyle change kept it off, and it didn’t seem to matter if it was Keto, Atkins, Paleo, or any permutation of potentially healthy lifestyles. The active ingredient is not the plan, it is the desire to commit to the plan with all of your being... for years, forever.

For me at least, it was also a matter of growing the fuck up, really taking responsibility for my negative patterns of thought and behavior, and relentlessly working on them in a positive way. It’s hard, but I went from barely being able to walk, to jogging up stairs.

Everyone is a bit different, everyone has different issues with food and exercise, and everyone probably has to use a slightly different approach. Still, some constants for me were the need to ditch fast food completely, and soda is now a very rare treat. More than that however, I had to slowly alter my mental habits about food, and really pay attention to how I felt, especially after an unhealthy meal. I basically tried to form new habits to take the place of old destructive habits.

Anyway, enough babble from me, I just wanted to add my own perspective as someone doing the work to live, and live well.

Edit: I forgot to mention what actually made me post this in the first place, that I found intermittent fasting genuinely helpful. In particular I tend not to have cravings until after I’ve had my first real meal, so I just start a bit later, and have a defined cut-off. I have something with plenty of fiber in the morning, and then just lay off until lunch. More protein with each meal, less sugar, and plenty of fiber, and normal portions.
We can't make people drink alcohol in moderation either ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I guess I am not a numbers guy, but in six months 68k suffer heart attacks and 60k in the other six months so its snow, for what 8k extra?

yeah it can be hard work and some people just keep going regardless of when their body says stop. still I bet a lot of it is purely genetic, thresholds are higher for some in the same health than others. regardless, just some activity per day is good
That's exactly what I want. FYI
Per the comments on the article (User Anubhav K):

This is real, or at least it was until November last year. Western Digital released a firmware update fixing all exploits and vulnerabilities.

It was an SMB exploit that enabled unauthorised access to shares.
Too bad if these luminaries indulged in most invigorating optimism without more questioning of their assessment of "human nature on the whole". Not to blame them, at least they had a bright-future-envisionment worked out among themselves to surely help keep adding to the excitement of their efforts --- probably beats aspirations of mansions and pina coladas in terms of output-produced =)
Well, we can't discriminate against people who believe women need to be covered or earth is 6000 years old, so who ever in charge draws the line. The morals change all the time.
Yeah, I haven't bought any headset yet. I'm waiting for the new Valve Knuckles controllers to be released to decide which one I want.
You don't have as much power because your body automatically scales down to prevent you from injuring yourself. In addition, performing an exercise wrong doesn't mean that you automatically get injured, just that your chances of hurting yourself go up. If you're lucky, you're never going to break anything - this also depends on the kind of exercise you're doing and on its intensity.

As for the max-effort thing, the Valsalva maneuver can be performed at different degrees of intensity. It's not like every time you do it you have veins popping in your eyeballs, and I don't expect those untrained men referenced in the article to do it very strongly. It is correlated with the effort you're doing and on how much you're consciously compressing the air.

But yes, longer effort with less snow per shovel would definitely help.
At least with my configuration (because I'm really not sure which parts of this are bank-driven, which are OS-driven, which are app-driven, et cetera - it's a bit of a mess) I get a notification telling me how much I paid and to where, which can be dismissed at some later point.
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Room temp superconductors would be the key for that I think, but yeah, I’m with you on this.
But you forgot Chat!

They've held their Slack competitor announced nearly a year ago in EAP so long you wonder if the damn thing will ever see the light of day...

https://gsuite.google.com/campaigns/index__chateap.html
I'd likely do the same if those were the only things that existed in infinite quantities, but if said fridge also contained equally infinite meats and cheeses I'd be more likely to stick to a diet and reach goals I'd set for myself and just ignore the sweets unless I declared a cheat day.

Then again, I'm also the sort that has a phone in front of me and spends more time on HN, Quora, and in coding/interest-related discord channels than social media or games.
A mom I know collects her kids’ smartphones at 6pm. I know because I once heard them in her bag.

What I heard was incessant buzz which sounded very urgent to me. She said it was Snapchat notifications. The rate was over 20 notifications per minute.

I can’t imagine what it would be like to try and keep up with something like this.
Is that possible?

The good landlords aren't pulling out every technically not illegal trick to make more money because they value things more than just being in the clear legally, but they do value being in the clear legally. The slimy landlords don't care about other effects, as long as they are legally in the clear. If you increase punishment/enforcement of the laws, you will hit both the good and the slimy landlords harder, with the slimy ones still taking a lead because they don't care about factors like a good reputation or having a clean conscious (yes, I'm somewhat stereotyping the good and slimy groups).

That the slimy ones know and practice working around the law may even mean that the good landlords get hit harder from a crackdown. In some way the government can't focus on the slimy landlords because by their very being they avoid government focus more than the good landlords.
It's not by any argument just saying "pay your taxes".

The article outlines an interesting situation specific to bubble valuations like the dot com boom or (possibly) crypto currency in which you can easily end up owing far more in taxes to the IRS than the current worth of your holdings.

That, to me, is worthy of discussion and a front page place on a tech news site.
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Really? Why?

Not being sarcastic: genuinely curious. I hate driving And can’t wait for cars that really can drive themselves (even though my cars were manual mission — go figure). I also want everyone else’s car to drive itself too as that way they can drink and/or use their phones without risking my life.

And owning a big chunk of m talk like that is a waste of money.
HN Thread about it:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16087154
Rocket seems fine, sounds like they decided to burn the payload with stage 2 in case of satellite malfunction instead of leave it in space.
I don't think the impact was great for me, honestly. And that was 15 years ago. The internet is a different place now - maybe not for the better.
except, you know, the mafia doesn't use the money to build bridges and fund social programs.
> The poverty line for a single person in the US is about $1k a month, for a 3y bachelor and 2y Master's program, without (average inevitable) delays, you're spending $50-60k just to live an ordinary life like you would've if you hadn't gone to school, only your ability to work is severely diminished.

That's the poverty lone for a single person household; i.e., living alone and not sharing housing, utility, and other costs. Many people of college age, whether in college or not, do not live that way. (Also, a bachelor's degree is a 4-year baseline.)
HN search is a great one.
All Iran's Mullahs accomplished with this stupid ruling is to make learning English much cooler among the youth because now it's forbidden.
My framing for this: We are the sum total of our thoughts. Letting someone/something else direct them isn't how I wanted to live.

I recently purchased a light phone[1], which has been helpful in disconnecting. I have the option to leave my smartphone at home and I'm still reachable via a regular phone call.

[1] https://www.thelightphone.com/

note: I'm in no way affiliated w/Light Phone
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