skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I agree -- I think that right wing economics falls apart under debate and scrutiny (ie, it reveals itself to be based on the interests of the wealthy and powerful and to the disadvantage of the poor and middle class) and discussion is a good thing. But I haven't seen many economists becoming subject to deplatforming in the way that racist or misogynistic speakers like Ann Coulter, Milo Yiannopoulos, Richard Spencer, etc have (rightfully) been, so I don't see this as really an issue.
Social Inequality Will Not Be Solved by an App
The Complete guide to fasting is by far the best book I've read on the subject:

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Fasting-Intermittent-A...
It seems he has found his niche: finding flags in Psychology papers. His most recent publications are refutations of other papers:

* No Evidence That Twitter Language Reliably Predicts Heart Disease: A Reanalysis of Eichstaedt et al.(2015a)

* Through a womb, darkly: Methodological problems in a recent study of fetal visual perception

* Emodiversity: Robust predictor of outcomes or statistical artifact?
How did your divorce go?
Divorce is extremely common. I'm guessing a lot of HN audience is on the higher end of average in the income spectrum, and like me, when they got divorced, may not have fully realized the financial implications of divorce and family law that may apply.

I'm curious if any others are willing to talk about what they are required to pay their former spouse in terms of either spousal and/or child support? Or even the terms of settlement you ended up with? Or maybe you have some advice about how to value RSUs? Anything really.

I often get discouraged as I have never talked to another person paying the sort of money I pay, but perhaps I need to talk to a different audience...

I would love to know what others' experiences have been. There is very little anecdotal data I have found online. Of course there are many factors that can influence what is paid in support. Here's mine.

State: CA (Southern, not SV)
Salary: $125K
Ex-Spouse: $48K
Kids: 2 (9yo and 5yo)
Custody: 40%
Child Support: $1670 per month
Smith-Ostler riders for 11% of any bonus or investment income (i.e. - Selling RSUs, ESPP shares, etc) to spouse as child support
I'm using 25.2 and that command is not defined in my emacs.
They use Google maps today already, so just another move to cut costs. They can make it pretty but data can't be better than Google's whose waymo.com has real FSD trials happening now.
Archived copy that doesn't require JS:

https://archive.fo/PkO3L
You must consider that there is an equal but opposite version of you thinking this very thing. Just as implicitly convinced that if you fail to abide their way of thought in calm discussion, then there must be something wrong with you.
I switched to Karabiner Elements. The json config is nice.
> If you’re not using chat, and someone is hoping for a response faster than email, they’re likely to interrupt you in a way that’s far more disruptive than chat, like walking up in person or calling on the phone.

If they have to physically stand up to bother you, I think that also makes them more likely to answer the question for themselves without bothering you at all.

Some people ... when they have chat, their bar for interrupting you is so low. I have a coworker who it almost seems like he'll interrupt me every time he sees an error message or exception on his screen.
From an investment standpoint, the number of telegram users is something people look into, for better or for worse.
Cancun Airport Attempts Man-In-the-Middle Attack on Web Connection
I cherry picked issue whole thread started with. That is not cherry picking, that is staying on topic.

There are plenty of reasons why one would be nazi. One is fear, other ressentment yet other that you was raised that way by parents. And yet others grown to be cruel, aggresive and sadistic and nazism makes them feel like it is good thing.

However, being clear on whether it is good or bad or even dangerous and what is cost of they get their way is practically speaking super important. Understanding that is more important then understanding poor them and having emphaty toward them. Otherwise they will use you emphaty to convert you to their case, bit by bit. It is not simplistic, it is values that you need to keep in mind lest you lose the lm.
Because they build a Volt with testosterone.
(Thanks for the well-reasoned reply! I'll preface mine by saying that I'm not terribly well-versed in the GDPR either... and that's really part of the problem.)

AFAICT, the GDPR consider an IP address to be PII. So collecting visitor logs or sticking an analytics script on the page -- even without asking people to sign in or otherwise identify themselves -- would fall under the purview of the GDPR. I don't think doing such things should cross the line into "active character".

It's also a terrible idea to infer intent from offering translations in other languages. As another comment pointed out (I presume correctly) there are more German speakers outside Germany than there are within its borders. Why should trying to improve the accessibility of a web site by people around the world make one susceptible to the laws of a language's native country?

As you say, the implied end state is the real problem: do I now need to learn about the relevant laws of every country whose residents (or even citizens?) might visit my web site? That's regulation without representation, and should be resisted on principle IMHO. Or will every site need a standard disclaimer that it's only intended for residents of X?

Perhaps some creative lawyer will figure out how to add a clause to Terms of Use that shifts responsibility for damages incurred by exposure to extraterritorial laws to the offending (offended?) user, and we can have a detente through mutually assured destruction of dueling lawsuits. :)

And just to preempt any criticism from the European peanut gallery, I'm in favor of stronger privacy protections on the Internet but they need to be worked out and agreed on globally, not imposed unilaterally by claiming extraterritorial jurisdiction.
I didn't mean to imply you did! I was offering a possible explanation of the difference in yours and GPs experiences (culture shock vs energising).

Not having to deal with immigration is probably the least of it, at least by the time you're actually making the move (the author had visa sorted, that only unravelled several years later).

But yes, daily routines. I suspect those are a lot more compatible between two present day (western?) European countries than it would have been for the author.
The author is confused. 0C is special to us because it is the freezing point of water, but that doesn't really make it special within thermodynamics -- it's just the freezing point of some arbitrary substance at an arbitrary pressure (ATP). 0C isn't even the only freezing point of water -- if you add impurities or change the pressure, you can change the freezing point!

Maybe 0K (Kelvin) is special, since that implies zero gas entropy, but 0C doesn't have any magical properties.
Every 10 years or so, I look back on my life in wonderment at how clueless I was, and then congratulate myself on having finally figured everything out.
As with most stories about tech workers' ridiculous extravagance, they are really talking about tech executives, investors, and entrepreneurs. It's not surprising at all that ICs are as culturally distant from senior management in tech as everywhere else.
As a serial selecter, I wish it would get rid of the popup when you select text. https://imgur.com/G5x0U9P
I see no reason it couldn't last if built right. You can buy really big roller chain.
The “impossible” part of the title is an interesting one, since it mirrors how the arrival of lambdas coincided with the arrival of auto in C++ because such types are similarly impossible to represent. As I’ve mentioned in another comment in this thread, I think Java and C++ are very similar with regards for the need of type inference because they end up having a lot of the same issues.
Citation cartel (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2016.00049...). Basically, the equivalent of a webring (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webring), but stealthy and on steroids.
Upscale? Look at this baby and call it upscale once again... (Not mine, just first hit) [0]

Land Cruisers come in two main families - the rather utilitarian 70 series, favoured by the Red Cross, UN, IS and assorted civilians with a cavalier attitude towards fuel economy - and the increasingly luxurious (yet still eminently capable!) 120/150/200 series.

[0] http://m.transautomobile.com/en/export/toyota-land-cruiser-7...
Who is lacking non-technical skills in that scenario? I just don't see it.
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Yup. Source/author: https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/
Don't shoot the messenger. I was just stating what I read from the article.

While I understand what you're implying, I think it's wrong to assume every single media outlet is bias.
How Airlines don’t care about privacy: Case Study Emirates.com
Errant high-power microwave signals still seem to be the #1 likely scenario in my book. It was covered here previously:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15332122

While I tossed out the idea in that thread that it could be related to pest control, I think the most likely explanation would be an improperly aimed high-powered microwave antenna. I can't imagine any ultrasonic signal being at such a power level as to cause physical damage at a distance, let alone through walls. In fact, I'm not sure that's ever been shown to be possible. We know for a fact; however, that high powered microwaves can be highly damaging and in combination with the microwave auditory effect, would explain it quite well.
I'm able to see it now. It seems like there's some work that needs to be done whether or not the pricing model needs to change.

Prorating the first month is ok.. but it should be something obvious for the user. Days left in the month is frequently used, and something you can calculate up front. Which means you won't need to issue a refund later. This (like changing plans and credit card numbers) should be built into the signup/account.

If your plans are cheaper than maxmind, that's not obvious at all. Simply because your plans do not follow the same model as maxmind, and to find out if they are cheaper, I would need to convert them manually to the same units. That could be made more obvious.

I don't think the free plan is obvious enough on the front page. The "Purchase a plan" subtitle under the "See the docs" button could be "Signup for a free account". (Edit: Consider adding a free account so users already have data in your system, and just need to upgrade to a paid account. This will also give you email addresses to market to.)

Am I right that the only way to signup for a plan from the front page is to click on "Pricing" in the header or the small subtitle "Purchase a plan" and then click "Get Started" on the plan? That needs work - "Get Started" should be "Signup".. especially since you use "Get Started" on the front page to go to the docs. IMO, getting to signup from the index should be easier.

Overall I like this service.. But I think your users are right.. the pricing and account management needs to be simplified. These are just my thoughts after a few minutes--you know more than me here, so feel free to ignore anything you think is offbase.

Edit: are there not actually accounts on this service? The pricing page just shows a stripe payment popup. If so, consider changing that.. this could be simple. Ask for email+password, give a dashboard with a few charts (like query counts), a profile, and subscription info. Now the user can login, change their subscription, upgrade to a paid account, and you have their email to market improvements and upsell to.
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Because now it's those darn nerds making all of the money, and people just can't have that.
I really wish it were that. I really wish I could bring myself to believe it.

Because the alternative is that emotions, driven by political identity, overwhelms the thinking circuits of vast numbers of otherwise intelligent, compassionate and thoughtful people.

So that when a thought-leader such as Gawker calls Damore's memo a 'screed', this exact same characterization is broadcast and repeated over and over and over by anyone who, in some sense, identifies with Gawker.

That's terrifying. I would much rather believe that Damore is a misogynist. It's like everyone keeps repeating "Electrolytes: it's what plants crave." only it's "Damore's anti-diversity screed."
I probably overstated it. I meant that engineering and physics people are unexpectedly* successful in other scientific disciplines.

* I know that's pretty subjective.
There is no form of law that is as complex or specialized as copyright law.

Had a good laugh with a bunch of fellow lawyers about that. Copyright law is one of the simpler areas of law, as far as complexity goes. What makes copyright complex isn't the law, it's tracking the ownership of rights.
I’m sure you know much more about it than I do. Cheers!
Not the OP, but I was homeschooled. I was in a local homeschool co-op that taught classes that we're better in a group setting. Had a lot of friends there. Was also programmer for a FIRST robotics team, where I met my now wife. I never struggled to socialize as a kid. Homeschooled for my entire education.
I wouldn't ask about single words/concepts without wiki'ing first. It's when even wikipedia leaves me blank that I pray for the interpretation of a HNer (or stackexchanger etc). Wikipedia says identity politics is people holding political positions in the interests of their religion, social class or caste, culture, dialect, disability, education, ethnicity, language, nationality, sex, gender identity, generation, occupation, profession, race, political party affiliation, sexual orientation, settlement, urban and rural habitation, and veteran status. Well damn, that's everything.
is it just me or is homesteading becoming popular again? jerry brown is retiring to an off-grid ranch. off-grid ranches, homes and homesteads are becoming more popular. locally grown greens are more popular which flirts with homesteading and is totally different from the centralized farm model of the past. and me and a lot of people ive known all seem to have come upon living away from the city, growing a little food and keeping some chickens, as an attractive prospect. i think this trend may grow into something much larger
The internet was readable before AI/ML. I don’t think bikeshedding should be that complicated.
microwave/RF engineer here: I have seen speculation from people with 25+ years experience in my field that what was being experienced was not acoustic at all, but was some sort of SIGINT apparatus gone wrong, or millimeter wave at very high power and focused. Very curious what the results would have been if the US had carried a 4 to 120 GHz capable portable spectrum analyzer and set of horn antennas in a diplomatic bag to the locations where this was experienced, and done thorough scans of various power levels/frequencies in the millimeter wave frequencies.

quick edit: the weird part here is that DoS (department of state) has an entire division of people who specialize in TSCM (technical surveillance countermeasures). I would be surprised if most embassies did not have RF detection apparatus capable of up to the high millimeter wave frequencies on hand. These things are pretty pricey, $20,000 or so for a full setup, but compared to the anti-bugging budget of the DoS as a whole it's a tiny drop in the bucket.
Trying to figure out the proof of a² + b² = c² by myself, without looking up the solution, was somehow exiting. Being exposed to a riddle and trying to find the solution is kinda cool.

However, not solving it after 10 minutes left me feeling a bit dumb... :)
EinsteinHome Discovers a Radio-Quiet Gamma-Ray Millisecond Pulsar
I'm sure he means `val` as in Scala, where it is used to define a name that cannot be rebound:

val x = 1
var y = 2
x = 3 // compile error
y = 4 // ok

It makes it easier to read code since you don't have to keep track of changes in your head.
The Emergency Slides on the UK's New Aircraft Carrier Look Like Way Too Much Fun
Find, track and discuss crypto in these discord servers
If you're doing I/O in an event loop it's either 47 promises or 47 callbacks.
Maybe they meant Kelvin?
You'd be surprised at how far people get simply by making it unpleasant and socially destructive to express certain views.
Why wouldn't you use proper tables for tables?
How does Kelvin quantitatively show that only quantitative claims count as true knowledge?
Just Read is a nice Chrome extension that provides this functionality

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/just-read/dgmanlpm...
The Surprising Importance of Stratospheric Life (2016)
React-Motions: Compose React Animations using High-Order Functions or Components
Didn't you mean to say 95.274% ?
I'm sure @Maybestring is being ironic.

Neither are special.
zx2c4:
I appreciate your software but I think it's good with alternatives, and your attitude is a bit harsh. Why not support alternatives? Isn't the main reason with open-source communication protocols to inspire people to make alternative client/server software? TunSafe seems to be a neat pieace a software and something a lot of people have been waiting for, and Ludvig Strigeus made the best software for the BitTorrent protocol in the early days. Why do you not appreciate that he spend time to make a client that support your protocol? I've been waiting for a wireguard windows client and I would have made one if I had the knowledge. God damn, show a little appreciation?
When CSS+HTML5 became Turing complete, do you think the designers knew it?

Or the designers of page fault handling in X86?

As I understand it, C++ templates were not supposed to be Turing complete, but they are.

These examples and more come from http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/articles/accidentally_turing_complet... .
high power microwave/millimeter wave can also be focused pretty tightly, down to 1.5 degrees central beam width... Telecom grade point to point millimeter wave stuff (71-86 GHz) can be +19 dBm into a 52dBi gain 60cm antenna. But if you're not actually trying to communicate and just want to flood the spectrum with shit at high powers, it's totally feasible to build something that has a power of like +30 fed into a 56dBi gain directional parabolic antenna.

one possible explanation is that they were trying to do a more "modern" version of the famous battery-free bug that was found in the US moscow embassy, where the listening apparatus and its transmitter were powered passively by receiving RF:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)
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Self-driving cars offer huge benefits–but have a dark side
Thank you for the date references. I just finished reading a book on Node/SailsJS and this is a great summary and overview. I’m an app developer by day but spend a lot of time keeping current on other technologies.
Alert: hit piece !

It's true that there is an obscene amount of money in SV, and it has chiefly been accumulated by building out the modern surveillance state to the detriment of wider society.

But given that the mainstream critique seems to be inevitably descending into this type of populist rabble rousing over the petty, the result is not going to be productive nor pretty.
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By that logic, if someone has 3 happy moments and then kills themselves they are one of the happiests people who has ever lived.
Jordan Peterson is doing quite alright for himself, especially after the Channel 4 interview.
React-Motions • Compose React Animations Using High-Order Functions
> Almost Sokal-ish in its attempt to borrow some relevance. Zero C is not very special. Zero Kelvin is!

I am sorry if I give the impression of nitpicking but I live in a Celsius world and zero c is special because it means water freezes. (and snow instead of rain)
If they're using "natural" nitrates from e.g. celery extract they might be accounting for the KNO3 in the vegetable.
The pictured hackernoon banners are especially visually intrusive. Hackernoon also inserts text and image ads (inline) to some of the posts that contributors make. The contributor is not notified of these edits, and chrome extensions like this won’t catch them (and they are also neon green).

It might be good for their branding if my primary takeaway were positive, not annoyed.
I think NPR had someone saying the symptoms all pointed towards people being poisoned by chemotherapy drugs.
I always found 'let' to be such a strange name. What on earth is appealing about it?

The usual variable declaration syntax is <type> <name>; it's not a stretch to imagine the type as 'var', a catchall type. But 'let'? Let is a verb; it should be in a place where functions, not types, go. It makes sense in "let x in {}" type expressions, and it kinda makes sense in Lisp, but I don't see any argument for it in a C-like language.
How to Build a Highly Available System Using Consensus (1996) [pdf]
> Has anyone ever programmed anything sizable in it?

A significant fraction of wall street operates on kdb+, which is a commercial programming environment in Q (a dialect of K), which is APL derived.

APL derived languages operate with a different idea of what makes a programming language good and there was an APL patterns presentation [0] posted yesterday. In brief, the goal is to be able to see and manipulate the entire solution to a problem at once instead of isolating subproblems into layers and abstractions.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16513393

I wouldn't write a web browser in Q but I've done enough daily programming problems in it that I can see how it'd be useful for writing programs in what would be the 3-5k LoC of Python range.
I guess the parent meant val as synonymous to final var, i.e. immutable.
To be completely honest, the whole field of psychology is pseudoscience. It's devoid of critical thinking. You just have to look at the people it attracts. It's the dunces' choice. There's a reason why a PhD in Psychology isn't worth a lot.
And irrationality is an intrinsic aspect of politics, not a problem to be solved. When two or more people agree on a desired end, rationality is relevant—rationality serves as a tool to find the most efficient way to meet the mutually desired end. But when people want mutually exclusive outcomes, application of reason can never satisfy both. In the absence of willingness to compromise their struggle must be founded upon emotional appeal, tribal identity, and power.
Buffet's Alpha (2013) [pdf]
Why as a maintainer should var make the type harder to know? It's right there on the screen when you are initializing the variable and hopefully you're naming your variable something to make it obvious (not Hungarian notation).

If you your method is too large to fit on the screen, the method is probably too long.

But what competent IDE doesn't allow you to just hover over the variable to the know the type?
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