skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Most poor criminals know that, too. Shkreli openly taunted the criminal justice system, and that doesn't end well for anyone.
These guys aren't a Quickbooks competitor. They use Quickbooks online to do their customers' bookkeeping. They're a technology-enhanced service business.
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I don't know if I agree with you. Personally, I can't imagine the humiliation of carrying this around with me...
I suppose the interesting question to ask is does HN think of itself as more of a professional/formal discussion community than one that leans towards casual/familiar?

I don't speak for everyone, I'm merely speaking in observation: the former is the status quo, the latter I have seen completely derail threads (we're in one one of those box cars right now) and in my own opinion, which is mine and no one else's, not out of maliciousness (or at least, rarely so), but because of the clash when subscribers of the first group run into subscribers of the second group...

and neither one wants to give the other an inch.
Do you think they will? Do you think Holmes and the others at Theranos responsible for the fraud will get any jail time?

Maybe that's coming but it doesn't seem like it, and that's the point of my comment. I didn't say "The SEC sucks", I said the system sucks.
The competition was caught competing against a company that has a vastly different cost structure, namely that they don't have to even maintain buildings, have all that staff, and take on all the liability that comes with having people in your stores.

There's no way you can compete with that, the people have voted that they would rather order many things online than go to the store for it. I don't care how much service you provide, but for 90% of the things I buy, being able to do it wherever I am and having it show up to my door is way better than going to try and find it.
I actually call my male and female friends "dude". I've never addressed someone to their face as "chick".
Saying that people are better off with a quick resolution rather than a court case is also a political statement, as it's an opinion on what we as a society should value.
"If you accept the notion that all disc galaxies are oriented on exactly the same plane (which is current scientific consensus I believe)"

That is easily disprovable, no? We can see many many different angles of disc galaxies. A simple google search will show tons and tons.
Agreed. Here's the support to you:

The complaints further charge that Theranos, Holmes, and Balwani claimed that Theranos’ products were deployed by the U.S. Department of Defense on the battlefield in Afghanistan and on medevac helicopters...[i]n truth, Theranos’ technology was never deployed by the U.S. Department of Defense...
My experience with this is related to music, but since software engineering is similarly flexible with regards to qualifications, I'm sure it could apply.

I'm totally self-taught in music, using mostly books and the internet to begin, then just real world experience playing in jams and gigging for free with strangers. Eventually, I was able to fund myself in university through my post grad just by playing bass in a band. Auditions where you can show what you can do(by literally playing for others) isn't too dissimilar to coding exams in interviews, as well as having a "portfolio" of sorts.

So I would say that self-education is definitely useful. Although I've not experienced it in the world of software, I have first hand experience in it's usefulness elsewhere.
is this a thing? please make this a thing
I believe comparing engines to batteries is misleading. As you are comparing _capacity_ to _energy_, and although the units are the same the meaning is very different. The emissions to produce the initial capacity may be similar (200g vs. 250g), however those emissions are spread over the life of the battery (~1000 cycles). So ignoring power input (which is a bad assumption) batteries would be 0.2g/kWh vs. diesel at 250g/kWh. Of course ignoring power isn't fair, but it shows the manufacturing emissions are neglible compared to diesel engine emissions when spread over the batteries lifetime.

Edit: Power --> energy
The Emerging Cyber Bloc Party: Cyber Balkanisation Rears Its Head
I was afraid to code – until I learned it could let me build anything
This has been tried many times in the history of computing (ANDF/TenDRA, JVM, NaCL, P-code, TIMI, etc). What's different this time?
I will presume you are a white male just because of the place we are in and your tone.

I'm a black male, I happen to be somewhat in agreement with the commenter you're replying to here-because I happen to have felt that very sensation he describes in conversations very much like this one; that of people being offended on my behalf.

Why are you weaponizing race like this?
Show HN: Nothing – a digital detox experiment
Don't scroll down too far or the article will disappear, FYI (yikes).
I interpreted it somewhat differently. The money paragraph seems to be

> claimed that Theranos’ products were deployed by the U.S. Department of Defense on the battlefield in Afghanistan and on medevac helicopters and that the company would generate more than $100 million in revenue in 2014. In truth, Theranos’ technology was never deployed by the U.S. Department of Defense and generated a little more than $100,000 in revenue from operations in 2014.

This was not even a forward-looking statement, it was an outright lie in the legal document.

One can do pretty much whatever they wish with accredited investors' money, but it has to be disclosed in the PPM.

Even if you have a line item where all the money will be spend on CEO's dog's private jet travel, accredited investors who have reviewed and signed the PPM have no legal recourse.

In Theranos case it looks like a straightforward misrepresentation of facts, which is a red flag for SEC.
>It's not wise to suggest that everything written in C must be re-written in some other language because of hand-waving reasons like buffer-overflows or off-by-one errors.

These security vulnerabilities are trivial to fix at the language level but cause extremely negative consequences if exploited successfully. Yet the default stance of C programmers is to not adress them at all. A competitor like Rust absolutely becomes necessary because of the complacency of C programmers. They will then will strongly critizise the newcomer that is built on strong fundamentals as "language of the week" that is chosen by "dumber programmers" that are trying to ride the latest hype train.
Woa, that's some title editorializing.
Yes, we need startup tools that are competitive with freelancer tools like Wave, https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2484099,00.asp

”Wave jumps significantly in the online accounting standings this year ... the free service only charges you for payments, payroll, and premium support (at $19 per month) ... Not only is Wave the best free small business accounting website, it's one of the best online resources period for its target small business audience: freelancers, contractors, and sole proprietors.”
Some investors, bloggers, and websites that need clicks lamented it. The ever increasing market cap implies that obviously a greater share of investors did not lament it.
Multiple "core" developers left Uber in waves in the past few years, I wouldn't say that means there is "some evidence" they were treated unethically.

In fact it's evidence of the exact opposite.
Also Dan Warmenhoven, speaking for the board.

Re a previous Holmes forfeiture:
"Warmenhoven added Ms. Holmes showed “a level of selflessness and grace reflecting her commitment to the company’s success.”
It's easy to differentiate: real software developers use butterflies [0].

[0] https://www.xkcd.com/378/
Someone care to list things that they find terrible?

( Not trolling, really curious about bad UI design that aren't readily apparent to me. )
It's a thing. Monty Python
A $1.6B Spotify lawsuit is based on a law made for player pianos
Means nothing if you aren't talking about what that documentation actually includes. I currently work in a language that has like 10 pages of documentation, much of which is "TODO".
The most obvious reason I can think of to kill defectors with a signature poison (like nerve agents or Polonium-210) is to send a message to anyone thinking of defecting.

I wonder if Russia has renewed interest in doing this, because of their recent antics, and politically dangerous knowledge their agents may now have.
Not being decent isn’t a crime. Fraud, however is. The FBI should recommend charges for this Holmes lady.
The SEC title says Massive Fraud. I think the title here should reflect that.
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Can you elaborate a bit on why you think it's terrible?
Publicly showing deference to society's rules and values is not offensive to the concept of justice.
I'm only a very small passively interested layperson here, but does this seem much faster than anyone else thought?

I looked it up and a "galactic year" for our sun is only 250 million years. Meaning our planet has been around the galaxy 18 times since its formation! That seems like so much faster than I would have thought!
US House Financial Services Committee Hearing on Cryptocurrency Markets
I don't like Slack not because it is slick and nice, but because it breaks my productivity. People think they're more productive, but they're not. They just chat. The great thing about email is that it is asynchronous.
Not a lawyer and just spent the past hour reading into this. It depends on what state you're in — in California, defendants of small claims can appeal in the superior court (with lawyers) in what is called "de novo". r/legaladvice says it is not recommended to go to small claims court.
What other low-level format supports my points (a), (b), and (c)? And has an actual spec?

EDIT: you've since added some examples. Here are my (very subjective) opinions:

- The JVM isn't really all that low-level - it eeks out a lot of performance at runtime. Plus, you need to have GC, which tends to increase memory requirements and complicate real-time constraints.

- NaCL was interesting but its spec wasn't as good. IIRC Google didn't do too much in the way of asking for public input. I think some folks had some security concerns too. I really like WebAssembly's spec - I don't see any typing judgements or small-step rules for NaCL.

- Wasn't ANDF unix-bound?
Mystery meat navigation all over the place. Inconsistent scrolling behavior on mobile. I do like that the articles are mostly uninterrupted text and legible.

Edit: also don't like the variable pop-in from the top that goes away at some point while you're scrolling.
I can see that meeting:

- Stats show readers leave the site after reading an article... those dumb readers...
- Ey! Let's give them more articles before they leave!
Isn't that also true without your if-clause?
Ah yeah, I remember when people went to jail because of the 2008 financial crisis.

(sure, apparently nothing illegal was done, it was just recklessness and poor judgement, but I see why people would think wall street always get off scot-free)
Lets not pretend that everyone isn't just following the leaders here with grandiose messaging. Major tech corporations have done this as much as small startups.

IBM's Watson comes immediately to mind.

The difference is whether or not you can come through with some percentage of your promises. The ones who can eek out some kind of repeatable traction long enough to exit are successes, the ones who never get to scale are frauds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk

https://xkcd.com/1053/
Legalist funds other claims, hence they pay for lawyers. You're right though — no lawyers in small claims
Neat! What is it's past performance / accuracy like?
Viewing on a vertical browser is awful... there's two columns - one on the left-hand side about 60% of the view port which contains every little piece of content and the 40% remainder on the right-hand side is completely blank white space.

I've got an adblocker enabled so perhaps the right-hand side is supposed to be littered with ads? Either way the readability factor has been thrown out the window, thankfully FireFox's reader view comes in handy again.
Language spec length is meaningless unless it's in some sort of quantifiable format.
I believe the current theory is that most (all?) galaxies have a supermassive black hole at their heart.
the foundation is some group of fly-by-night scammers

Never said that. There are plenty of institutionalized and heavily trusted ventures on wall street that rake in billions and buy their way to the top.

This was my implication. I have known 'Stellar' since its beginnings as Ripple. I have no expectations of changing your mind or obligation to convince you otherwise. Just thought I'd share my viewpoint.
Putting Amazon affiliate links in forum posts is against their terms of service.
In Germany there are strict regulations if you're writing secure software, especially under the lens of BSI and of the Bundesdruckerei. Softwares which deal with eID are verified and certified with strict rules
/I wonder/s/HTTPS/TLS/
Worst parts:

* Scrolling to the end of an article jolts you back into the main feed.

* Reading progress meter is too small and out of view. Should be able to feel the progress from peripheral vision.

* Titles in list view are squished and difficult to read quickly.

* Article preview text is almost always useless. If you insist on having something here, consider 3 highlight bullets.

* Top-level navigation is now even more prominent on desktop when I venture a guess that less than 5% of users ever touch it.
Regarding the viability, another thing to consider is that C gives you an ubiquitous compatibility.
Ideally if Google management wants to run these types of companies, they should pay dividend on the shares, taking money out and then invest in these businesses. The only reason I can think of for allowing Google management to throw other peolpe's money at their pet projects is taxes
> I will presume you are a white male just because of the place we are in and your tone.

Ah, the only people it's ENCOURAGED to be prejudiced against while preaching tolerance. How novel!

You have no idea what I identify as, your comments just now in assuming my identify and race are far more offensive than calling out a completely positive mention of some chick, right? I'm offended now you need to change your mind. Those are the rules as I understand them. Oh but wait, you're literally saying you are of the "privileged class" so you can do as you please... ?

I like it, the full hypocritical double-down with a side of twitter "activism" where people shut their mouth not because of fear but because it directly benefited their careers and waiting to call it out did so as well.

Yes, I agree that you need to be concerned with other people's issues, like non-gun owners should understand an attack of civil rights at the plea of emotions is not in their best interest either. However... if your bar is set to "someone said the word chick!" well, congrats on solving all serious problems already.
I am sorry this is Off Topic:

Kottke.org is one of the best site, maintained by someone doing it for their interest. And has kept going for twenty years. While I dont visit the site daily, I have kept it on my RSS feeds ( Probably since Pre Google Reader days ), so every once in a while I do read up something interesting, like this post, which has some history worth reading.

I discovered the Ads wasn't appearing. I thought this should be white listed on Ad Block, and it still wasn't appearing. Turns out the Do Not Track privacy features in Firefox stop the ads from showing up. Kottke deserve every bit of ads on the site, and it is only ONE, just one ads!

While i rarely click on ads ( Do they still do CPM? or is it only clicks nowadays? ). I think the Web, Ads, Tracking and Privacy is totally broken. Do we have alternative where ads are generated on Server or Adblock only showing 1 Ads per site. What middle ground solution are there?
Theranos chief executive Elizabeth Holmes charged with massive fraud
So do those of us accused of sexism for not supporting Holmes a few years ago now get vindicated? Attacking her competence and questioning the Theranos Kool-Aid was seen as sexist and unfair, but it turns out we were right — she is a criminal — or at least a civil violator of securities law.
> sounds more like a bunch of idiot investors gave a lot of money to a dreamer who wanted to make an impact and didn't know when to quit and fold her hand rather than an elaborate con

Until you said 'her', I actually thought you were referring to Shkreli. He ran a hedge fund starting at 23, and when he lost a lot of the money, he made bigger bets and tried to earn the money back rather than admitting his losses.

> I remember reading about the board a few years ago and just looked it up again. Several generals, Henry Kissinger...huh?

Shkreli raised money from Steven Cohen's SAC Capital, the family of Fred Hassan (former CEO of Schering-Plough), and Brent Saunders, the current CEO of Allergan.

Their stories, though they differ in industry, seem quite similar when compared in detail.
Pretty good outcome, especially if she avoids criminal charges.

Presumably she's still pretty wealthy, enough not to have to work again or to lie-low for the next decade before staging a comeback.
You don't have to represent yourself but in most states you do have to be present.
Similar issue with Bill Nye, I think, though he's definitely not on the same level.
Additional opposition from the ACLU and the EFF:
https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/internet-privac...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/eff-and-x-groups-tell-...

Counterpoint from Lawfare (published in cooperation with the Brookings Institution) supporting the legislation:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/why-cloud-act-good-privacy-and-h...
The description in this article bears virtually no relationship to the language in the actual bill, which is unsurprising given the source (FFTF).

The ACLU's warning makes far more sense, and if something about the CLOUD act is going to be on the front page, it should be their article:

https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/internet-privac...
Why can't the SEC send people to jail? I don't understand the point you're making. If people believe something is an injustice should they just shut up? Even if they can't send people to jail people should complain if they feel that shouldn't be the case -- it's a signal that perhaps the current process is wrong. After all, all restrictions and rules were created by us to begin with. Complaining can be useful feedback.
The SEC document says that she never sold any of her shares, and says

> Holmes was paid a salary of approximately $200,000 to $390,000 per year between 2013 and 2015
Could also simply be a matter of browser history not being deleted. Equifax doesn't seem to have hired the best lol.
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It doesn't appeal to me particularly on a first glance but I have a rule I call the "Slate.com Rule of Web Site Redesign".

A few years ago I found that every time Slate did a redesign I absolutely despised it and felt they'd ruined everything. Then in a few weeks I'd get used to the new layouts and feel happy again. Then they'd redesign and I'd hate the new design and wish for the old (new) one back.

So the rule is: "All redesigns will be hated in the short term and accepted in the long term."

I have a feeling this one will be no different :)
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The great Lisp and Smalltalk systems are designed from the ground up with the assumption that a programmer may at any point inspect and possibly change absolutely anything in the dynamic environment of the running program. Everything is designed to facilitate doing that with the reasonable expectation that the program will continue to work correctly. Such systems are designed for writing software by modifying a program while it runs.

That basic assumption is a giant knife-switch that pervasively affects everything in the language and environment. Consider, for example, the generic functions CHANGE-CLASS and UPDATE-INSTANCE-FOR-CHANGED-CLASS. Those functions are in the Common Lisp language standard. That makes no sense unless the standard assumes that a Common Lisp system can modify a program while it runs.

Only a minority of programmers want such systems, but to be fair, only a minority of programmers have worked with them enough to understand them.

Not everyone prefers that style of programming, but most programmers will probably never have the opportunity to find out whether they prefer it. I did have the opportunity, and I learned that I did prefer it. I still prefer it thirty years later.

Get back to me with a Clojure or JS environment that does what I miss from a great Lisp or Smalltalk environment. Let me trigger an error and walk the call stack to inspect parameters and intermediate results. Give me a keystroke to get a list of every other piece of code that calls the function with the error--don't make me wait more than about a second for the list. Let me interactively edit the values on the stack in the suspended computation or, better yet, change their types (and have them properly reinitialized), then resume the computation. Let me redefine a function that's on the call stack and then restart the call using the new definition. Let me serialize the entire dynamic state of the program to disk, copy it to a colleague's machine, and start it up to show my colleague the same error in the same dynamic environment. Let me do all of that interactively without needing to leave the original break loop triggered by the original error. Oh, and package the tools as a single modest-sized executable that I can run with a simple command line or a double-click, that launches in a couple seconds or less.

I don't know of such a Clojure or JS environment. If you do, I would be grateful to learn of it.
Reading this on a mobile device at first I thought: “Why? It’s not that bad.”

Then I scrolled down to the bottom and now I agree.
How Maps Look Different When Women Make Them
Why don't you like the article then? It's all about how the author attributes his success to his upbringing. He suggests that identifying psychopathic behavior earlier would allow parents and caregivers to help promote good coping mechanisms.
> Today, all those features, except for macros, are common in the popular languages.

But not in the same language and/or less well integrated.

Example: mostly no popular language has flexible macros as tightly integrated in the language as Lisp has. Those who have macros, either have a different view on macros and/or have them as preprocessing steps.

You find very few languages with generic functions. There are lots of attempts to add them to languages like Java, but they are mostly experiments and not used.

Similar for Common Lisp exception handling mechanism. Very few language have that.

More direct influence languages like PERL6, Julia, R etc. look and feel very different from Common Lisp.

Even if you think language have features like Clojure has a REPL - but it lacks the Lisp interpreter, the integrated error handling, the break loops, ...

It's not the number of components, it's the integration. You can bolt wings to a ship, but the thing won't fly well.
My guess is a psychopath is somebody has gone through mental anguish in youth and has overcome it with the result that he can't be shamed by others any more than a hardened soldier can be frightened of a wasp. That mental anguish might have been the result of abuse but it might just be the product of an intelligent but mistaken understanding of life generally -- plenty of people are capable of mentally torturing themselves.
As far as I know, all of them match WebAssembly on those points. Though most are far back in history and not current rivals.