skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think? the answer is that it probably doesn't much matter. The Advice Memo states explicitly that the NLRB gives deference to employers on this matter, because they're required by state and federal EEO laws to suppress discrimination of protected classes.

So where this might become a material question is if you were an employer who was receptive to the "scientific" arguments for superior male aptitude, and you had employees that shared that view, and your employees organized to promote that view organically. Like, maybe you couldn't discipline them at the insistence of some other employee?

But in general it sounds like if the workplace issue you're organizing around is "does our employer go too far in trying to comply with EEO laws", the NLRB is not going to have your back.
I should have phrased what I was saying better. The hope of many is that there's going to be some smoking gun that results in the prosecution of a sitting president for conspiring with the Russians to secure his election win.

What we have had instead are indictments against campaign members for either process crimes (like lying to the FBI) or crimes committed well before the Trump campaign even existed (Manafort's money laundering.) And now we have indictments for Russians doing the things we already knew they were doing -- trying to cause chaos in the election. You can speculate all day long about the implications of plea deals and what they mean but it's all speculative and in general, if it's assuming some more nefarious scheme that suits a particular political agenda, in my view wishful thinking.

It's a nice rhetorical trick by the media to say "former Trump campaign members have been indicted" to try to instill the narrative that actual crimes were committed by the Trump campaign towards influencing the election through coordination with Russians, but this rhetorical trick is in the same category as the "hacking the election" one cited by the OP -- deliberate framing to re-enforce a narrative that up to this point is still unproven.
Under the NLRA he can't be fired for his act of organizing, but according to Bloomberg 'Sophir went on to find that Google discharged Damore only for his "discriminatory statements," which aren’t shielded by labor law.'

So yes, you can be fired for your shitty opinions.
Wow. This is what tptacek actually wrote:

"To the extent that Damore's memo was about organizing against discrimination of conservative viewpoints --- a phenomenon that is almost certainly real in SFBA tech! --- it was protected."

You removed the first four and last three words of a sentence to twist it into something completely else. That's just malicious editing. His point was that the protection didn't extend to the full document because most of it was trying to achieve other aims which are not protected.
I don't know that I would say contraceptives are the source of unhealthy attitudes towards sex in the US. Prudishness stemming from Western religious influences and the like seems more responsible.
Those people were using 10-20x a typical recreational dose, daily.
Now so much food is a brand in a portfolio of a multi-national I don't think boycotts really work. How many tens of thousands need to join a boycott for Nestle to even notice? How many more for them to care enough to change?

Back in the days of national companies, most making just a few fairly closely related products, seems like a boycott could achieve much more.
I've always wanted to host my own mail but every time I look it up they always recommend like 2GB of ram. I've thought about whether one in D / Rust would be easier to host, but are there any decent libs out there or someone know what mail setup I could have on a simple $5 a month digitalocean VPS?
Somewhat related: Feynman’s classic lecture ”There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom”, given in 1959 (gosh, sixty years ago!)

http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html

Sadly, at the time it didn’t get the attention it deserved.
Is there a specific bent to this? Business networking? Recruiting? Dating?
now that’s funny
Does the Advice Memo go into detail on exactly which parts of Damore's memo are discriminatory and which parts aren't?
I want a machine like that.
While it's an interesting idea, these are confusing to understand even for someone who knows these concepts.
> He actively advocated for discrimination against a protected class (women).

Can you pull out a specific line from the memo that "actively advocates for discrimination"? I've read it a few times, and I just see him presenting an alternate explanation for the gender gap in tech beyond "sexism". He then goes on to argue that, in light of this alternate explanation, current approaches to narrow the gap may be ineffective. He finally presents some alternative approaches that he thinks might do a better job of closing the gap.

He was fired because his premise (gender gap might not be caused by sexism) is not a thought you're allowed to have.
Is this a do-as-we-say-not-as-we-do thing?

Not living in the Bay Area, the tech industry there seems like a hotbed of privatized funding, privatized infrastructure (e.g. employee provided busses for commutes), and privatized communities (on-campus lunch, recreation, etc). Often with a strong opinion on the proper function of government: that it shouldn't restrict the actions of their companies.

That all sounds just as conservative as their social (but not gov't organizational or managerial) principles sound liberal.
I did the same and used my catch-all extensively which I almost regret nowadays because it would make migration to a hosted service much more difficult if I ever wanted to. At least I know of no trustworthy commercial mail hoster which allows catch-all-addresses without requiring a much more expensive 'business' account.
The vast majority of such papers don't really involve a claim that they wrote a program that does X. I mean, they probably did write such a program, but that's tangential to the paper and not particularly relevant; the fact that they did isn't one of claims in the paper, it's not something they're trying to prove/show in the conclusions. There are some papers in the style "Software package for doing X", but those are a minority and generally limited to major releases of widely used open source tools for that problem; most CS papers are not about software, just like most astronomy papers are not about telescopes.

E.g. the paper is about some new method to approach X. In general, the paper could be valid even without any program implementation whatsoever; but you'll likely might supplement the method description with some experimental evaluation - but the paper is not about the experimental evaluation or the "experimental apparatus" i.e. the code they used. I mean, the paper is likely making some claims about the method as such, not about any single particular implementation of the method including their own. As a part of the main claim "this method seems good and interesting" they're providing some evidence "we tried, and in certain conditions described here applying method X was 10% better than method Y" - but the actual code used to do that is just supplementary material; the code is a tool they used in research, not the result of the research they published. The code is the "telescope" you used to make an observation, but the paper is about the observation, not about the telescope.

It's just as with medicine - we generally accept papers that say "well, we tried this procedure on 100 patients and 73 of them got better" without requiring video evidence of those 73 patients actually getting better; in the same manner, we accept CS papers that say "well, we tried this procedure on 100 datapoints and 73 of them got correct results" and don't require the reviewers to reproduce the experiments and verify if the experimental results aren't falsified; just as reviewers don't try to reproduce experiments in pretty much any other science.
Doesn't Puppet(.com) do something like this?
nice! is the matching random or is it based on mutual interests that users indicate in their profiles?
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And unfortunately that results in people pushing themselves too much, too suddenly, injuring themselves (many times permanently) which means now they cannot even do light exercise. I would ban all marketing around hard exercising, it's damaging and unhealthy but I know that won't necessarily fix the issue as it seems to be some kind of group pressure problem, where people already engaged in doing a lot of physical exercise push newcomers to do the same, completely irresponsible.
I studied a lot of math, pure and applied,
taught it, applied it, published research in it, etc.
so developed some ideas relevant to the
OP.

For

> To the mathematician this material,
together with examples showing why the
definitions chosen are the correct ones
and how the theorems can be put to
practical use, is the essence of
mathematics.

Is good, but more is needed.

(1) Plan to go over the material more than
once. The early passes are just to get a
general idea what is going on.

In such passes, for the proofs, they are
usually the near the end of what to study
and not the first.

(2) When get to the proofs, for each proof
and each of the hypotheses (givens,
assumptions), try to see where the proof
uses the hypothesis.

Next, try to see what are the more
important earlier theorems used in the
proof. So, sure, in this way might begin
to see some of how one result leads to or
depends on another and have something of a
web, acyclic directed graph, of results.

And try to see what are the core, clever
ideas used in the proof.

(3) For still more if you have time, and
likely you will not, can use the P. Halmos
advice, roughly,

"Consider changes in the hypotheses and
conclusions that make the theorem false or
still true."

(4) But, note that to solve exercises or
apply or extend the theory, need some
ideas. So, where do such ideas come from?
In my experience, heavily the ideas come
from intuitive views of the subject.

So, my best suggestion is to try to
develop some intuitive ideas about the
material. Definitely be willing to draw
pictures, maybe on paper, maybe only in
your head.

In the end, a solution or proof does not
depend on intuitive ideas, but finding a
solutions or proof can make use of a lot
in intuitive ideas.

For research, most of the above applies,
but IMHO there are more techniques needed.
when did he advocate for discrimination?
I did exactly the same, and got fairly high accuracy. Funny how we can use heuristics with a relatively high success rate more quickly than doing the math.
I don't know much about Venmo vs. Zelle specifically, but a startup with marketing funded by VC money could easily beat a consortium of banks with little marketing. Zelle recently pivoted to a dedicated app, possibly because being buried inside bank apps wasn't very discoverable.
I'm and older programmer. I learned how to build a computer because my parents scraped enough money to buy a computer when I was young, but not wealthy enough to get it fixed when I inevitably broke it. This was back when PCs were friggin expensive as were parts. Fellow computer friends (we had few back then) would let each other borrow hardware (parts) and whatnot, so we had to learn how to install it and configure it (IRQ's COM ports, etc), but it was fun, and without internet! It's what I liked to do in my spare time.

The funny thing is the C64 and VIC-20 were self contained, for the most part. You didn't have to add cards and swap out processors and all that. All you really had to do is know how to put wad of aluminum foil where your fuse should go when your fuse goes out. :)

When the dot boom came around, I had to learn how to not only write web sites, but I had to learn how to host a website out of my house, which includes everything you would need to host a website, which involves a lot. DNS server, mail server, database server, server admin, TCP/IP, security, and more. I still host out of my house today.
Seconded, the new HOV lanes on the 520 have made the 545 a much more bearable option than it used to be.
that raises serious questions about the competence of the NLRB
Google is making it easier for 911 to find you in an emergency
Jesus christ, this. I was doing free online course recently and guess what the forum was full of: self proclaimed geniuses that discouraged beginners from using IDE "notepad is enough". In java mind you, just about the worst language to write in notepad.

Of course they struggled with homework.
It’s an analogy and like most analogies it’s imperfect. My point was and remains that a really bad argument (“everything is Turing-complete!”) is not much of a critique of that or really any analogy. Because it’s so obviously shallow and bad.
Are they talking about taking a day off in protest, or are they thinking of going on strike until gun laws change, that would be something truly amazing!
> Everyone was super keen to make OSM in to a web of committees, and this is one root of the problem from an organizational point of view.

Oh come come Steve, you know better than me that's not true. There is one genuine committee in OSM (OSMF board, which does nothing, which is probably a good thing given how well their attempts to do something work out) and three things that are nominally committees but in reality just a small number of self-motivated volunteers doing thankless grunt work (Licensing Working Group, Data Working Group, State of the Map [conference] Working Group).

OSM is about the least hierarchical, least committee-fied project there is. Compare to Wikimedia - or, you know, any form of government - if you want to see what committees are really like.
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It's a huge downside of the auto-dominated design of most American cities. Excercise becomes a lot easier when you can incorporate it by riding a bike to work, the park, or with friends, or walking to get groceries or do errands around your neighborhood.

When you combine bike and pedestrian hostile cities with the extreme fitness image many have, which requires drives to the gym, excercise becomes that much more difficult to achieve daily.
Makes sense, they did what they had to.

Ok well the bookmarklet will see a lot of use. :)
Can HN stop promoting sites with autoplay videos? What if I ask pretty please with sugar on top?
Alternatively, I never started using Venmo because I never trusted a third party to have my banking data. Now I use Zelle because it's backed by my bank, and since basically everyone I know now has it by default from their bank, I have seen pretty high adoption rates with my friends.
In an at-will state, I can fire you because I don't like how you did your hair, but I can't fire you because you belong to a protected class.
Only who is allowed to do it professionally. And it's incredibly easy to obtain permission. There's very few barriers. It just has to be disclosed.
> absolute innate equivalence

Is hacker aptitude some kind of conserved quantity that is conserved over sexes based on some natural symmetry ?

Why not just say, absolutely pretended equivalence.
They've already shown the change to be a lie by opposing candidates with new ideas in primaries.
For me, personally:

- One aggregated portfolio position over time would be enough for me i think

- Once per day is fine

- Given crypto volatility, 1 year would work.

Maybe a combo of image caching and time series caching would make this economical. Image caching for aggregated portfolio position - and if you're generating the image everyday (or eventually more frequently) for many portfolios then you could calculate and cache the individual coin time series and use that cache to aggregate and generate many charts.
Yes, but (IANAL) if the employee suspects that there was an illegal reason behind it, they can probably sue and subpoena documents revealing management motivations.

Like, sure, a manager could wake up and just fire you because they were grumpy. But if it is discovered that there was internal communications about their political opinions leading up to it, then there would be a case.
That's a good point. Though I do think that in a lot of circumstances regular removal of odour is sufficient.

I recently spent a few months in the countryside with very little social contact (a great way to get a lot of deep work done). I would only shower every three or four days and didn't use deodorant. On the first day I smelled fine. By day three or four the accumulation of odour was noticeable. Since returning to civilisation, I've mostly stuck to a shower each day without using deodorant other than when I think it'll be necessary (like if I go out dancing).
Those are normal sweat glands. The sweat glands in your armpits and groin are apocrine sweat glands and they excrete things like fatty acids that bacteria consume and cause the nasty BO. That stuff doesn't really come off with water, you need soap.

For most mammals, however, apocrine sweat glands secrete an oily (and eventually smelly) compound that acts as a pheromone, territorial marker, and warning signal.[1]

Before you hit puberty, your apocrine sweat glands aren't really active. That's why prepubecents don't really have BO, just a mild sweat smell.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrine_sweat_gland
You should not be put in prison for writing what you think - I think any company should be able to fire people for publicly making statements which are antithetical to the company's values.
Could be. Could be an owners/labor distinction too.

I've never talked to a bigco developer who felt like they'd have career problems expressing liberal political views. But I have several friends, and have talked to a lot of other people, who have shared concerns about expressing conservative views.

It's anecdata, but there's a lot of anecdotes to be found about it.
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I too am obsessed with computers, and will push through "helpdesk" type issues to get my work done. However, I don't consider that to be a remarkable skill. Such issues can almost always be resolved with a bit of googling. Perhaps I'm too close to see the foundational knowledge I'm depending on, though.
Arghh, I learnt Z80 assembler and Turbo Pascal in the mid 80s without ever seeing any books about either. Not sure how, picked up bits and pieces from computer magazines in libraries.

A few years ago in a 2nd hand bookstore I finally laid eyes on Programming the Z80, which I'd heard about but never seen, and I was like "OMG, I would've given a leg to have had that in 1985!"

Life with LibGen (and StackExchange) is so vastly different to my childhood isolation from the world's knowledge. I'm constantly profoundly grateful. But wish I'd had that access back then! Although I can't imagine it.
I used to have that when I started cycling (after never doing any sports throughout my whole life, not even the required exercises in school) but it was a combination of doing too much too quickly with not having adapted the rest of my behavior to support it (sleeping, eating, drinking). As they say, finding the right balance is golden.
Yes, they can. They can make the correct use case clear on their website and in their UI. A warning could be added when sending payment that there is no fraud protection.

I blame both the banks and Zelle for implementing this poorly.
I also work in embedded and this issue is also dear to me, seeing how I've been there dealing with doubt and uncertainty for the future and my place as a young man in this world.

That being said, I think that your view is wrong and that tfp _has_ been growing and we have become better at productivity. It's just that is was very localized, the inequalities in productivity are very high and a whole class of people that used to be productive are not anymore(because of various and very complex reasons). Also, I think we, as a species have become complacent and some of us are wired to function better in "crysis" mode than in a normal world. Maybe being normal is one of our contemporary ailments
I agree that OSM is great for roads and on the whole at least as complete and up to date as gmaps. However when it comes to buildings and landmarks it's way behind in my experience (at least in Sweden). Having roads is great, but it would be nice if it also had my destination.
Just in case any bystanders were wondering about the reality here:

On Jun 3, 2016, at 10:36 AM, Rob Goldstone wrote:

> Good morning

> Emin just called and asked me to contact you with something very interesting.

> The Crown prosecutor of Russia met with his father Aras this morning and in their
meeting offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and
information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would
be very useful to your father.

> This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia
and its government's support for Mr. Trump - helped along by Aras and Emin.

> What do you think is the best way to handle this information and would you be
able to speak to Emin about it directly?

> I can also send this info to your father via Rhona, but it is ultra sensitive so wanted to send to you first.

> Best

> Rob Goldstone

On Jun 3, 2016, at 10:53, Donald Trump Jr. wrote:

> Thanks Rob I appreciate that. I am on the road at the moment but perhaps
I just speak to Emin first. Seems we have some time and if it's what you
say I love it especially later in the summer. Could we do a call first
thing next week when I am back?

> Best,

> Don

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/11/us/politics/d...
Why 1:3 or 1:1, but not 1:2?
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The question of “where to begin” is certainly a lot harder now. Learning to program the way my generation did, the programming itself was obviously harder - assembly vs Python for example - but the path and the progression was laid out for you.

For me it was BBC Basic, then 6502, then 68k with DevPac on the ST... myself and a friend wrote our own driver for a modem we found in a skip and that is how we first got online... good times
> I can't imagine trying to explain how to use OSM to my mom

But why would your mum have heard of OSM and be trying to download it in the first place?

She might well have heard of a third-party app - in certain countries and communities OSM-based apps are massive and have significant brand recognition - and download that. Or she might be using a name brand like Apple or Facebook or Garmin or whoever, all of whom use OSM under the hood.

OSM isn't a consumer-facing brand and doesn't aim to be.
I believe a lockdown drill is the same as a mass shooting drill, or at least that's how they were explained to me (I'm a few years older than you and from the Midwest but we had them too).
VS Code is modern ide. And I would really like to know which IDE takes an hour long install. Because I tried multiple on windows and they all required download, double click and that was it.
Only liberals are allowed to work at Google, and only liberals are allowed to express their political opinions on HN. The liberal-tech crowd groupthink enforcement is real.
> Having "conservative viewpoints" is not a protected class.

In California, it is illegal for an employer to discriminate against an employee on the basis of their political beliefs [1], so to that extent particular political ideologies (including conservatism) can be viewed as protected classes.

[1] https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio... and https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...
That is too bad. I would have assumed it transpiles to OCaml as step 1 then you just Ocaml's compiler?