skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
What will be your next steps if your SEO methods or technique does not work?
but we think they launched from india. other comments suggest its an Indian decision about launching.
> I—a native German speaker

It's hilarious that you had a very similar tic in this response, only with a hyphen instead of the comma... :-)
>Submit a deep learning project. If your application isn't accepted at this stage, we'll tell you why.

Why only 'Deep Learning'? When you call yourself an 'Online Community for AI Devs', you need to consider projects from any domain in AI.

Deep Learning is just a sub-part of ML, to be precise, neural nets.

Please stop throwing keywords
I am sorry to hear that. Did you submit late? We did and haven't heard anything so we are super anxious.
It's obviously not obvious to everyone.
> So you're asserting interviewees shouldn't already be familiar with simple problems like reversing a list? Come on, give me a break.

Though it is clearly a simple problem, I've not had to reverse a list in any of the code I've written in the past 20 years. So I am not 'familiar' with the problem. I think I'd be able to solve it pretty quickly under normal work circumstances (even crises), but as many have said here already, working on something you've never done before with three strangers looking over your shoulder is a whole other dimension.

Many here and elsewhere have related the 'brain lockup' effect. Take me as another data point. It's real and it totally wrecks the interview for the interviewee and the interviewers, who lose out on a potentially good employee.
I don't understand your argument at all. Whether something is a builtin or not is an implementation detail. 'cd' actually can't be anything but a builtin.

The behavior of 'cd' is defined by the Posix standard (in spite of it needing to be a builtin). Now, you're welcome to care or not about that. But there's no reason to make that decision inconsistently for 'cd', 'cat' and 'touch'.
Absolutely agree with you. Transparency in a messaging platform is important (it's sort of captured in EFFs criteria for a messenger too as regards open sourcing and inspection--not sure if you saw their recent 4 part series on messaging or earlier piece on all available messaging tools).

Your comments and 18pfsmts got me thinking about metadata from a different angle than I had been considering prior--that of a state actor's capability to observe the entire network. Your comments never came across as negative.
My guess is that this is a conspiracy being propagated by the extremists, and that's why it ended up in the file, but the description and source of the document was lost or redacted.
Forgot to mention that those four engineers were same school AND same grade as me. So 4 out of 400 students were the tech guys behind Yext and FoundationDB.
Can't lose face, gotta double down.
That's how a median works, yes.

I got the $14 per hour figure from the annual income reported as the median assuming 2080 work hours per year.
The ones that will help you long-term: management, requirements analysis, distributed aystems architectures.

Technologies come and go and you’ll be autodidact during your career. Management, however, will help you identify how to become more effective, regardless your actual posistion.
Personally I'd be more interested in hearing how this compares to other distributed noSQL implementations like Cassandra.
Ask HN: Which Browser do you use on Mobile and PC?
Currently, I use safari on mobile and PC, While I prefer Chrome on Mac because of it's rich extensions. Do you use same Browser on PC and Mobile? If not, How do you synchronise bookmarks and history between browsers?
It's just a judgement call. For existing options you have to score based on: maintainedness (frequency of upkeep, issues answered, etc), invasiveness (cost of removal, definitely a big one here when choosing a framework vs a library), dangerousness (trustworthiness of maintainer), weight (itself and transitive dependencies), quality (quick code review, license, etc), and reimplementation difficulty. That score is weighed against your requirements (e.g. building a lib for others might have stricter dependency reqs than an in-house app). But you can take these metrics and apply them to even broader things such as lang/ecosystem choice, general software choices, and even life choices. No different than entering into any other relationship.

While I try to avoid premature abstraction, on libs that have high volatility or otherwise don't score very high, I'll put a thin interface layer between my use and the true impl. This saved me recently as I had a Scala trait abstract the async Postgres client lib I was using, then I hopped from one to another to another over a couple of years until just recently writing one because the others sucked for various reasons. Just make sure you have integration tests and you'll feel comfy in your choice.
> But once you see all of the bad things LE can prevent thanks to our software, it becomes pretty easy to believe in, even if individual bad actors exist (and always will), like racist cops, cops that abuse their power, etc

NO! The ends don't justify the means. If we give up our freedoms, LE can prevent a lot of bad things. But it isn't worth it.
Abuse of power is one reason we have checks and balances. If I understand correctly, checks and balances and due process are thrown out the window. And the justification is simply that LE prevented some bad things... But at what cost?
I believe this part of the article addresses that concern:

Diving itself might somehow enlarge the spleen. There are plenty of examples of experience changing the body, from calloused feet to bulging biceps.

Only some Bajau are full-time divers. Others, such as teachers and shopkeepers, have never dived. But they, too, had large spleens, Dr. Ilardo found. It was likely the Bajau are born that way, thanks to their genes.
Prompt user to select device (from line)?
The Engineering Manager – Working with Product Marketing
I saw the presentation for their paper at NSDI last week. I was (inwardly) giddy the whole time. They had a live demo. It doesn't even resemble something that could be turned into a real product in the near term. It is, despite that, comically amazingly cool tech.
Why can't we view the content without logging in?
Augmented Reality (e.g., Pokemon Go)
People who apply to jobs they dont fill requirements for on average get better jobs - because many times it works. This is one of probable reasons between male and female career differences - women tend to apply where they dont fill all requirements less and consequently men who dont match them get more jobs.

As is now, rational behavior is to apply even if you are unqualified and hope it works, unfortunately.
There are a couple reasons I can think of to use a library:

* The code is the best in the world and would take anyone years to compete with its speed. Libraries like gmp, fftw etc come to mind.

* The API is good. A good API extends the language in a way that makes your code better and more enjoyable to write.

I usually try to avoid dependencies where possible because it will always make life easier later on. Introducing a dependency for a single function should be a sackable offence imo. At that point you're just too lazy or incompetent to do your job.
Well, FWIW, internet communication is still pretty damn new. No grown people are the kids of internet-natives even (i.e. no adults today were raised by parents and teachers who themselves grew up with the internet). So, in the long-run, we can see that this is pretty new still.

I am myself aware of all sorts of ideal communication habits that address the common failings. Perhaps there's some slim hope that this wisdom will eventually reach far more people and become dominant to where we actually learn how to communicate better than we do today.

I think of the cases where people met their trolls in real-life and had reconciliation of sorts, or that woman who grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church and got convinced to leave after someone on Twitter responded empathically and intelligently instead of antagonistically, leading to long-term exchange of perspectives… these stories are the exception today, but we have that at least…
In this case there is no catch-22, you get experience by getting a Masters or a PhD. The truth is that there are enough people graduating with PhDs, and even more with Masters, that no one really needs to bother with people without a high school degree. The signal to noise ratio even for people with "just an undergraduate degree" is so high that I can't imagine even going to that level.
Not for substantial cargo or human transport, the areal energy density is simply too low.

For surveillance, comms, and very small-scale payload delivery (possibly drugs, far more likely munitions), ultralight drones with battery + solar could offer loiter / time-in-air and / or modest speed longer-distance capabilities.
This isn’t true any more with software eating the world. I work in movie distribution for instance, which was traditionally sending reels of film, but is now all RSA, certificates, HSMs, remote device management, logistics, Analytics, ticketing, databases and distributed computing. The software team gets pretty much the same treatment as everyone else, but everyone knows it’s the future of the company and sets a pretty high bar.
In which language it is Written?
HLF16: Liskov’s Reading List for Computer Scientists – Johanna Pirker
Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kids' homework
Could this harvesting technique power battery-free AirPods?
Photogrammetry. It’s the art of reconstructing 3d models from several 2d images.
Speaking of which, our interview process is to ask you to solve a challenge on Github, but you’re free to keep it open source as an indicator of your skills. And it’s not work for us, these are obviously toy / proof of concept problems that we solved ages ago.
I use the standard library and not much else.

If I want some functionality that's difficult to implement, I'll see about including it verbatim in some branch of the source tree.

If it's a large amount of code, or not license-compatible, or needs to be updated apart from the program, then I'll resort to using a library.

Library updates are the number one reason for code rot, in my opinion. More dependencies is more chance for pain later. I try to pick mature platforms and lower-level libraries which change less frequently.
What it takes to Lose 10 KG of weight in a Month?
One of my friends has the Alpha Electro. It's an amazing airplane. I've had the awesome experience of flying it with him. Definitely excited for the future of flight. Here are some videos of him flying it:

part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbhGfnUchA
part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6WWQQQot0
part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1URqmuJ2Tbg
part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPoXSItKELQ
Geospatial technologies. Cartography, visualization, remote sensing, geospatial databases. If you're good with Python you'll go to the head of the class. My impression is that most students and practitioners in GIS don't have CS backgrounds and thus programming and relational/geospatial database (e.g. PostGIS) skills are in demand.
Spark-shell, object XXX is not a member of package YYY?
Said space shuttle firmware engineer probably never had to solve a pop-quiz problem on a whiteboard. It's much more likely that he/she deliberated for weeks about a simple change with the rest of their team, and perhaps even with the person/astronaut they might kill if the change had a bad bug.

Who cares if this person can't solve fizz-buzz on the whiteboard? That's probably not even a relevant skill to the job opening you're filling, or a skill they have ever needed to hone or practice. It's like determining a marathon runner's worth by timing their 100 yard dash.

If I ever need to do another coding interview again, I'm gonna troll the person asking the question by pulling out my phone, googling their question, and consulting the stack overflow post in the search results to solve the problem. And why not, this is how I (and the vast majority of people) will actually get the job done in a real situation.
7 Reasons your knowledge base will increase productivity
Google does not hire people by simply assuming the candidate can code. You do not get the benefit of the doubt, and in fact, you must prove otherwise. They want to see you write code on the whiteboard and solve the technical challenge given.
It's actually precisely the opposit. Altitude is your battery.

When power is surplus, climb to your service ceiling. When not, descend. Utilise battery when at minimum altitude.

This was the technique used by Solar Impulse 2 on its round-the-world (though not nonstop) flight. At a cruse speed of 70 kph (43 mph).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Impulse
But we've already have many companies claiming they would build nationwide networks and it never happened. They are broken, etc. Only tesla has build a worldwide network that works well, and has stood up to the test of time.
Not many, indeed. That's the reason why this approach makes you stand out - b/c it's not for everyone. I know a handful real cases of such FOSS work boosting one's hourly rate.

I'd take it as a matter of patience, habits and of course excellence.

Probably will execute this plan myself at some point.
I know my comment was ambiguous, but I didn't mean it as a slam on Ben Franklin. It makes me like him more. Most relatable founding father ever.
Love this site, been a supporter for some time now.
You're cherry-picking.
I seem to think that cloud providers are particular opaque about small glitches (i.e. they aren't going to tell you that a router or switch was rebooted for maintenance if it comes back right away and you can email support and it's always the same response: "it's working right now") :)
Looks is an opinion but at least it ages better than most materials. Old leather belts or watchstraps look fine after many years of use.
But that was a correct emdash! Not quite the same.

In fact "A markdown editor -- that allows you to edit live." would be correct, though with a slightly different meaning, sorta treating the latter clause as a surprising bonus, as though you would expect the opposite if you only heard the words "a markdown editor".
How AngularJS is different from other JavaScript Framework?
By your reasoning, the DPRK should squelch dissidents because the health of the State as an organization trumps free speech between neighbors.

Any regime could apply this reasoning to prevent any threats to itself arising from people discussing things.
Spotify is about to launch in India. It’s in for one hell of a fight
Who's responsible for the software we build?
> Though it is clearly a simple problem, I've not had to reverse a list in any of the code I've written in the past 20 years. So I am not 'familiar' with the problem. I think I'd be able to solve it pretty quickly under normal work circumstances (even crises), but as many have said here already, working on something you've never done before with three strangers looking over your shoulder is a whole other dimension.

What's your point? You just want to repeat what everyone else has already said?
And how low do you think the bar should be? What would be reasonable questions that actually still separate people who can code from people who can't, since reversing a list is too hard according to you?

> It's real and it totally wrecks the interview for the interviewee and the interviewers, who lose out on a potentially good employee.

Or they hire someone else who might actually be just as good or better. It's not like companies have an unlimited number of open positions.
Good point!

Anyway, my intent was to give an advice to developers rather than to employers.
If the AI wasn't very smart, then you'd expect there to be some optimal path that would beat them. But Starcraft has always been a game with very little skill ceiling on micro. Well micro'd units have the potential overcome huge macro advantages. A famous real-world example would be Boxer's Immortal Marines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJp0t9n8DWk
Jettisonable batteries (or lift magazines of battery + motor) are one design that's been explored. Take-off and initial climb is a major fuel-demand flight phase.
> Sure, but I wouldn't choose "a random friend" to run my FB replacement service, I'd choose a trusted friend.

How does this relate to scuttlebutt? There's no scuttlebutt “service”; it's a tool and a protocol, like a pen and the English language.

> no matter how good Facebooks security team are at patching and auditing servers - THEY ARE THE ADVERSARY IN THIS CONTEXT!

I think this is the salient point: if you send data to your friend, they necessarily have that data and can leak it; but there's no need for a stranger with unknown motives (Facebook) to also have that data.
No grad school, no papers, 7ish years work experience, 260k base + 100k-ish stock
Is it really true that the primary thing we want from a relationship is sex? Yes we want sex but what about companionship, a fellow traveller, someone to love and be loved by? These maybe harder to achieve but I think these are things people are 'primarily' looking for in relationships. Cheap sex isn't that hard to find, and for most men at least, sex alone is not enough to justify the effort involved in a relationship. I suspect the same applies with at least equal force to women.
The site http://www.raven1.net/ is for sale, but we see "Related Links: Subliminal hypnosis tapes Mind Control Pictures to Color".

From https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.raven1.net : "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

But https://archive.is/www.raven1.net has some snapshots. It was active from ~2000 to ~2015. And I gather that it contained FOIA stuff from the NSA.[0]

So this is maybe old FOIA stuff, collected by some agency, recycled through a new FOIA request. Plus conspiracy theory, perhaps.

But you know, MK-ULTRA turned out to be a real thing.

0) http://www.rense.com/general/restrictions.htm
Downward trend doesn't imply trending to zero. Would your intuition suggest a trend to zero?

Even if it does - you can build intuitions to explain unintuitive results. Unituitive is subjective and a similar word would be "surprising". Because you can look at data to explain a surprising result - it doesn't make the initial result less surprising.
Recession would be caused by the fact that $10 trillion was poured into the economy during the Global Financial Crisis. Yet all this money failed to really stimulate GDP. The reasons it failed are extensive and likely were beyond fixing by any Central Banking policy anyway.

It also was worsened by the fact that likely another $5-$10 trillion is leaking into world’s economy, unreported, via opaque Chinese banking regulations and currency schemes. One way this has been deduced is that if you add up all the values of the world’s exports and imports...they should equal each other right? But the thing is...they don’t, and they’re off by trillions of dollars.

td;lr: it’s like a person taking steroids for the last 10 years, only bench pressing a few more pounds by the end of it, all the while aging and building disease on the inside. And also they’re committing wire fraud.
Virtual Twin Babysitter Life Simulator
I wonder if that's a potential security issue waiting to happen.
Metal-air batteries gain mass as they discharge.

Non-ideal for aviation.
I know they did. If they had just stuck to the part about genetic tests, that'd be fine. It's the flowery language about how they're adapted to depths that would kill normal human beings that I was objecting to. They should have said that generations of divers have made these people have larger spleens which makes them marginally better at deep diving. But that's less dramatic and, presumably, gets fewer clicks.
What a strange and somewhat patronizing answer. I'm pretty sure craftyguy realizes there's no Skynet controlling people's lives and forcing them to have coffee. It's giving the tools to companies to allow them to "face the issues with introverts" that is alarming to those of us who want to preserve serenity in our free time.
There's a reckoning coming here unless Google gets around to actually getting Extension permissions under control. As currently constructed, there's not much stopping a malicious extension from getting at all sorts of important data stored in your gmail or dropbox tabs - just effort. Whenever I scan the featured extensions on the CWS home page, upwards of 25% of them request the permission to access websites from any origin, which means they can inject script in there and basically do anything they want. Part of this is convenience (it's an enormous pain to add permission requests to your extension after first install) and part of it is bad API design that makes it necessary to bake broad permission grants into an extension for it to do simple things.

At some point the people behind sneaking ads or tracking into extensions are going to pivot into higher-value scams, like harvesting account credentials or important data.

As Chrome is constructed now, there's almost nothing stopping any extension with the 'Read and change all your data on the websites you visit' permission from stealing literally any piece of data that moves through your browser if the person in control of it is determined enough. With the push towards running all your apps in the browser for "sandboxing", the risk this poses keeps going up. Companies use Slack, Gmail, etc to collaborate and all of those things are built to run in a browser tab (even if they have native apps) - and basically any extension a user installs has the potential to silently exfiltrate sensitive information, disguised as regular user traffic. Worse still, if the user signs into their Google account, the malicious extension can be synced to other machines. "Don't install stuff on your work PC" is pretty easy to understand, but "don't sign in to Google" is a bit harder of a policy to enforce, especially with the fuzzy boundary between Google-the-platform, Google-the-website, and Google-the-browser, all of which use the same login flow.

Native and mobile app development spaces have solutions for most of these issues already via sandboxes and permissions (though there remains work to be done), and these threats are non-existent when dealing with regular websites and web apps. Extensions need a lot more scrutiny due to just how much of a threat they pose.
Yeah I think this part is what I was remembering: http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/autobiography/page41.htm

Where he says:

* I spent all this time making this spreadsheet to record all my moral failings

* The plan was to focus on 1 virtue a week, over and over, til I had no marks on my spreadsheet

* But I basically just did it once the first year, then once over the next few years then said screw it.

Then he concludes that the whole scheme might've been "moral foppery" (lol) and "that a perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance". Just thought it was funny. And also counter to all these "be your best self/be more productive/get blood transfusions" self-helpy blogposts.
Nice work...impressive work.
Are there any plans to add this to the freedombox? I think it would make a great fit!
So then having a GC isn't an impediment to be a AAA games engine it seems.
One thing I've been always fascinated with was the Symbolic Systems course at Stanford. It was a fascinating curriculum involving a mix of Computer Science/AI, Philosophy and Linguistics. I've tried searching for material online, but it's a course taken by only a few people every year and there isn't a whole lot of information available online. If someone reading this studied that/or knows about the methodology/syllabus, I'd love to delve into it!