skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The following is my little story of how I "retired" young.

I am 34 and "retired" 8 years ago. I still do some consultancy now and then to keep my brain active and up to date with how things are done in the "real world". Money isn't a big factor for me as I have enough for everything I want. I don't have any expensive interests, I don't care about owning a high-end car or a huge house, etc. I live in West London (technically Surrey) which is kind of expensive but I am comfortable.

I was lucky more than anything being able to give up work in my mid-twenties though. I got some inheritance, I had a decent job that paid well, I sold my house a few months before the 2008 crash, etc. With some long term investments and a simple lifestyle I realised I didn't need to work not long after I separated from my wife. As I wasn't really enjoying life much after my divorce I ended up quitting my job and living with family for a year while I "found myself". I met my partner and we had a son who turned five a few months ago. My partner still works but doesn't earn a huge salary, we could live with her not working but she enjoys what she does and I suspect we would kill each other if we spent 24 hours a day together so it works out well imho.

I have enjoyed almost every minute of being "retired" so far. I usually just say I am a stay at home dad as saying you retired in your twenties is a bit pompous sounding I feel. Now my son is at school I am toying with the idea of doing more consultancy but I also don't want to make a big commitment to a large project plus we are currently looking into moving to [redacted] to be closer to my partners family. Out initial calculations show living in [redacted] will be about 15% cheaper than where we currently live (mostly due to living in West London). Maybe [redacted] will bring some different consultancy options that will take my interest.

Not entirely sure why I posted this comment if I am honest. I guess to see if there are other early retirees here who might want to chime in with their experiences to add to mine?

Feel free to ask me any questions. I am happy to answer if I can. Also if anyone has any [technical/general] project management questions feel free to drop me a message (username @gmail.com forwards to my personal email).
It's worth noting that some of those cheap logic analyser only work with pirated versions of expensive logic analysers software.
There may be more of these unrealized potential presentations about cryptonetworks then there are companies which accept cryptocoins.
I get that some developers at big companies make $600k+/yr but saving $15,000,000 over even 25 years requires putting away 15m/25 => $600k/yr. That's net income to be put away too. So, really you're probably making $1m/yr. I get you'll see return on investment over those 25 years but we're talking true 1% income regardless - which most software devs will never get near. (Even most in the bay area)
I think the article did touch on that, and honestly it was a whole big deal just to say "it depends on your situation" and in the associated costs section included break even costs, which I don't think is a good measure.
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Relevant from the article:

> (And it is not lost on me that my woman friends are those who best understand my plight; they have developed their own vigilance in an environment where they are constantly treated as targets of sexual attention.)
I have question regarding 'retirement plans' if you don't work for govt.

1. Do your retirement plans transfer between companies.

2. What happens to your retirement plan if the company goes down under.
A problem is that in a retail store, you might walk by something new and want to try it. On Amazon et al you're largely going to stick with what you know, and the site's recommendations are probably not going to stray much.

Additionally, walking out of a store with something is a nice experience, maybe reading the manual on the way home, instead of waiting a week to get something unless you have prime or pay for faster shipping.

Amazon is definitely convenient, but it's sad to see Toys R Us go. Stores like that provide a real added value in my opinion.
The ideas of unifying independent memory, disk and cpu stretch back to at least 1988 with LOCUS, eventually becoming OpenSSI. Single system image clusters were designed to manage tasks running on multiple computers as if they were running inside a single system. There were several SSI cluster solutions as of 1994.

PVM, beginning in 1989, was a popular choice for parallel processing and distributed computing. It extended a virtual machine concept to allow processes to interact between disparate, loosely networked machines, even with different platforms and architectures.

With increased parallel processing came a need for more distributed file systems (around in one form or another since the 1960s). They allowed processes on different nodes to interoperate without care of where the data was actually stored, and also more efficiently than if stored in a single node or array.

PVFS, a parallel filesystem designed by NASA in 1993 to work with PVM, distributed storage and access of an object's parts over multiple nodes. This would later be ported to Linux for use in Beowulf clusters. GPFS, an IBM filesystem also developed in 1993, worked similarly. Google File System was eventually designed by the same researchers who created Coda in 1987, an object data store turned into a distributed [parallel] filesystem.

So distributed filesystems evolved in parallel by different groups that based their work on earlier research projects such as AFS2 and Vesta. Google and Inktomi definitely had success with their implementations, but basically everyone was starting down that path as community computers became more available and parallel processing became more important.
I used to love those. And css is so much more powerful today too!

I should really throw together a simple playground page though. The website itself is just a jekyll wrapper for a page with <div><div><div>...</div></div></div>, but if you just want to play around, the number of steps required to get it setup and running the first time is a bit crazy
Creditors get paid before owners take profits legally. So your bad owner would have to be cooking the books. Eventually the creditors would sue the owners, and ultimately recover whatever money hadn't already been burned on thousand dollar bottles of wine etc.
Is that a problem with the tech industry, or with businesses in general?

I would think that the only acceptable format for releasing information like this would be static - in this case, a PDF.
To be fair, while V100 perform very very well for machine learning, you can buy almost a dozen 1080ti's or a few titans (whatever the current one is), which would certainly be much faster.

They say they used V100 but not how many, if they needed a large number then nevermind.
$10,000 is ~ 50kwh of battery power, that's vastly more than most people are using over a few hours.
Four years out of college: Some combination of working at Google, Facebook, $BIGBANK, or going to law/med school.

The smartest all jumped on career ladders because of the head start from their degrees and grades. The non-technical went to banks because what other profession pays $100k a year for a liberal arts degree? The technical went to the most recognizable companies that would take them and pay them a lot of money.

The entrepreneurs are a much more interesting bunch; most are technical, some never had a corporate job, some did YC, some left their corporate job and are mindlessly trying to be entrepreneurs, lots have raised funding, and a very select few have exited or hit Series C.
You will never meet anyone from another solar system. Even if we assume such life exists (it might or might not - either is extraordinary), there is every reason to believe it is far away. It would be extraordinary again if that life is close enough to earth that the round trip of a radio transmission is within a human lifetime. There are just a few hundred (I wasn't able to find an exact number) starts within 25 light years - 50 year round trip time for a radio signal. We know of hundreds of earth like planets, but only by a definition that includes mars which is pretty much dead.
> Sounds like applying the web tracking to the real world could be the next evil business idea.

At what point does this behavior run afoul of stalking laws?
Toys R Us was going under if this LBO didn't happen.

So in essence they are no worse off than if it didn't happen.
Especially given that in the modern media landscape, standards for what's considered trustworthy have changed significantly. Think about it, before it was usually 'did this journalism thing professionally without having a conflict of interest', and that's roughly how the likes of Wikipedia define reliable sources.

But now that's not the case, and in many cases, it's amateurs who more trustworthy than the so called professionals are. That's true in science reporting (where it's often academics writing blogs and stuff outside of their university employment), it's true in technology (where many reliable sources are run by hobbyists) and it's true of the gaming and entertainment media worlds where fan sites, blogs and YouTube channels are often far more reliable than large media organisations are.

A good solution here would basically need to be able to figure out that Science Blogs is more reliable than say the Daily Telegraph when it comes to science reporting, or that Serebii.net is more likely to be right about Pokemon than say the Guardian or BBC is.
How does it do this?
This is confusing me as well about this subthread.
Looking at the objectives of the spec from a 10k level, it feels like it's hard mixing network quality with application layer logic in a way that's just going to be messy, hard to maintain, and calcifying of applications. I know the OSI layer model seems out of fashion now, but RCS feels like a lot of lat-80's/early-90's interconnect protocols that were killed by faster moving, more layer-isolated approaches using plain HTTP or applications over fairly direct TCP/IP.
I bet you spend more money at Amazon than you did at Toys R Us. You might not see it, but your wallet does.
luckly in europe most store's will directly go to the irish "smyths toys"
> The goal is to live extremely frugally while you work so that you can retire very early and continue to live extremely frugally?

No, you don't understand, that is not the goal.

The goal is to live a happy life in a way that allows you to save enough money to retire early. Step 1 is to disabuse yourself of the notion that you need to spend all your money to enjoy yourself.
We don't correlate or combine information from our temporary or permanent logs with any personal information

I'd say that depends on what definition of "personal" they're using.
But the format is not what distinguishes the process. Its the application software. We already have a separation there. There are .DOC file viewers, or image file viewers, and mp3 file players, in addition to having software that can edit all of those.
> some simple scripts can answer questions like "are the claimed warming trends real or artifacts of bias due to adjustments or other factors".

This requires at least a graduate-level stats education to do "properly"!
Most people replies are focusing on carbon footprint, but it might also be worth considering noise (e.g. how does the sound of a rocket launching off the coast of California affect whales?) and any atmospheric perturbations caused by the rocket. Launches damage the ionosphere, which hasn't been an issue in the past because as far as we know the damage doesn't have a huge impact, and the ionosphere usually is back to normal within a few hours (or even less depending on trajectory and some other factors). If launches are happening every hour in the same area, that might cause some problems with things like radios.
Hand-constructed SQL, though, can cope with any naming scheme. And I'd argue a consistent naming scheme, using tooling as a forcing function, is better than inconsistencies you'd get with a big team of people writing their own SQL.
Pioneering autism researcher cooperated with Nazis, new evidence suggests
Try 212-244-9392 - Chinese consulate in New York, spoofed, of course.
http://newyork.china-consulate.org/eng/lqfw/lsbhyxz/t1486921...
The idea is FIRE.

FI - Financial Independence. This is the big one, and basically means you have enough money such that you aren't dependent on a job. It gives you freedom to leave a position you don't like, to take a job with less pay that you enjoy more, to ride out periods of unemployment without worry, etc. It can mean different things to different people.

RE - Retire Early. This is an optional part that only some people aspire to. Many, like yourself it seems, don't mind working so will continue to do so. If you've already achieved a degree of FI, then you'll simply be able to spend more, or donate more , or whatever you'd like to do. For those that don't enjoy traditional employment, they might want to focus on personal pursuits, volunteer work, family, etc.

The point is that you can make these choices on your own terms.

One core idea in all of this is lifestyle creep; as you start to earn more, you find ways to spend it. No matter how much you make, it can seem like it's just enough. Even without being frivolous, it's an easy trap to fall into. And to an extent, it's just fine so long as you anticipate working until a normal retirement age and do save appropriately. But the observation here is that a relatively small delay in gratification, in delaying lifestyle creep, can lead to a large amount of financial independence. A bit of measured frugality can accumulate a large degree of wealth due to investment returns.

Naturally, some will take this to an extreme that seems silly, but the basic idea is a very useful one.
As I understand it, China doesn't allow speculation in anything other than real-estate and Chinese can't buy property in China (it's more of a grant from the state).

So there's a lot of money that can't be invested locally or in financial vehicles (ie, 401k).
Open Source has done a lot for developers, but it's not very present on the actual surface of the web – the surface that people interact with, and that defines the Open Web.

If developers are going to build up the open web, then it feels like this is something of an issue. To live up to one's potential as a developer, you can't just make your own choices in support of the open web, you have to facilitate other people. But I sure as hell don't want to run a service hosting people's content. It's a pain in the ass! And to top it off I have to pay for the privilege.

Building up a whole company in support of a service is an option, but then I'm not a developer, certainly not an open source developer, I've instead become an "entrepreneur". I don't want to be an entrepreneur! Hell, that's even more of a pain in the ass than giving stuff away.

I think we (open source developers) really need a platform to build on. An actual hosted platform. One where, as a developer, I can do interesting things that empower people, things that participate in the web as a whole, things other people can build on. I'd be willing to compromise SO MUCH if it means I can give people cool things without any of the incurred debt.

As a strawman, maybe it could start as just a bit of static hosting, with easy discovery and management from in-browser code. Neocities has an API, for example (https://neocities.org/api), but you have to already use Neocities, so I couldn't publish an app that would be easily used by non-Neocities users.
As a grad student and research assistant back in 2010, I remember talking about "web 3.0" and how filtering and vetting information was the new challenge for Internet mass consumers. Fake information and misinformation are as old as humanity, but it seems the digitally connected world is the best simulation to-date (especially for non-technologists). Fake news, fake reviews, fake research, fake nudes... the level of time, thoughtfulness and skill required to sort through it all (and create authentic knowledge) is no match for the convenience of just "knowing". We all (some of us willingly) plug into the simulation daily and revel in the perks of "knowing" while a handful of us decide what and how we should know.
I would love some reading recommendations on these topics if you would be willing to recommend anything.
After college, I paid $800/mo and lived modestly to save up money in SF. Two years later, I bought my first house in Berkeley and moved in. The tax savings from mortgage interest helps save alot of money. We rented out 2 remaining rooms that we are not using and it helped cover the mortgage. (Starting out, I made around 100k and saved around 50-60k/year)

2 years after that, my gf (at the time) and I pooled our money to buy a house in south SF. 2 years after that, my mom and I bought a 3 unit run-down place in Oakland and fixed it up. 6 years after college, I have rental income coming in around 13k / month and I quit my job. No need to move to a new/cheaper location, 13k / month is plenty for bay area.

Now, I run a nonprofit to help people in the bay area community learn how to code (we focus on low income workers and we pay them to quit their jobs so they can learn how to code full time).

Looking back, the best thing I did for myself is to refrain from living extravagantly. Its an easy trap once you start making 200k/year. With that much money, its easy to think that you deserve a nice car, impress girls, and get stuck in the mindset of always getting the best, which not only drains your financial resources quickly, but also creates an internal emptiness. Reuse old cars, cook at home, host modest dinner parties in your own place with friends/coworkers instead of going to bars. You will save alot of money.

Also, (I could write a whole blog about this), time capping your time at every company to 1-2 years helps you cut through political bullshit (huge time sink) and focus on impact. Plus, sign-on bonuses every year boosts your income significantly.
Did you set out with the goal of early retirement? Or were you just relatively frugal, and at some point realized it was possible? It seems like you owned a house at age 24 which is pretty unusual.
I stand corrected. And am happy to learn about Marsh v. Alabama, thank you!

The larger point I was trying to make still stands. I think.

Specifically, that speech in a private context is not subject to the same amount of regulations as speech in a public context (with the incorrect interference that only the govt can restrict speech in a public context). Marsh v. Alabama specifically argues that the sidewalk in a company town is equivalent to a public space. (And I think that does hold interesting questions for large web sites).

But free speech rules still apply to a lesser extent on both commercial and private properties. The idea that "censorship for comfort" in general is bad is misguided.

(In the context of above lawsuit, I'd love to hear a lawyer expand on if content restrictions qualify as restricting speech in a semi-public content, or if they qualify as making the space less public - i.e. are they barriers to access, or to speech?)
I think this is all well and good, especially the compatibility with Flask. However, the biggest issue is the data access layer. Most flask apps will use an ORM like SQLAlchemy(SA) to create their data access layer.

SA unfortunately, does not have a asynchronous version (its quite complex as it is). Therefore, I think it would require quite a lot of work, in order to actually get a standard flask app to work with quart.

However, if you've built your data access layer directly on psycopg, then I think you're good to go.
Without solar gain you still need less solar power even if the temperature is 80+. Further, you use exponentially more energy to cool as the temperature rises. So, 80f is significantly cheaper than 90f.
Rocket based travel will never ever ever happen on a widespread scale simply because of the G forces involved. Passengers on an airliner will begin feeling uncomfortable at around 1.2 G's and > 20 degrees of bank angle. The thought of subjecting regular paying passengers to 3+ G's and a full 360 degrees of pitch/roll is absurd. It could definitely be a niche thing for people that are physically fit, but this just isn't the way to go for high speed transportation. More traditional airframes and scramjets are far more likely to make hypersonic travel a reality.
100% agree. I hate paying for TV which still has ads. It's why almost all content I consume through the flat screen in the living room now is either Netflix, Amazon or Youtube. About the only thing I watch OTA or via Sling now is sports. And I was born before Nixon was President.
I don't feel "agile" is the same as being smart about scope cuts, or about shaving yaks that aren't in the way, so I'm left feeling that your comment was ...a bit of a shitty place to drag the discourse. :)

In other words then, I'm more inclined to think of what I was saying as that it may be better to hold off on shitting at all if you're having a hard time, than to decisively shit your pants long after you've left the toilet.
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Because Facebook sold to an entity with the wrong political affiliation

Can you clarify what you mean by "sold" here?
Here's "Barack Obama" giving a thumbs-up to repealing net neutrality: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/1051157755251
The End of the Middle Class
Working at $BIGBANK
>> safety issues as well.

And vomit. 4+G on launch. Freefall during cruise. 5+ G on reentry. Give me the first class ticket on a BA flight any day.
Not much, because their life is a mess.
Solid lead is not really a problem if you wash your hands before eating after handling it because it doesn't absorb through the skin. Whether or not these people actually did that, I have no idea. But to this day there's still plenty of solid lead stuff that hasn't been banned: fishing weights, bullets, etc. The main causes of lead poisoning back in the day were all from inhalation: soldering results in inhaling lead fumes, machining/sanding lead resulted in inhaling lead dust, exhaust from cars using leaded gas (this was the big one that affected basically everyone), etc.
I think GP was talking about the historical (1600s) perspective, in which stock was literally created for both raising capital and reducing risk in maritime stuff (specifically East India company).
I'm guessing a whole line of business will be created from software like this existing? Some sort of validation engine which would verify if the photo is realistic or shopped.

I understand that you can tell in some of the examples in the video, but as it gets better, it maybe really hard to distinguish real from fake.
Reconsidering the Hardware Kindle Interface
Hey! (author here)

I sincerely regret the use of that statement "people seem to like it" in my post. I've now removed it as I worry this confuses my message so thank you for pointing it out. This really trivializes all the work that went into A/B testing this and how we measured success. I really recommend a read of https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Page_Previews#Success_Metrics...
Side note: the volume of traffic was also wrong by several magnitudes... actually 0.5 million)

My main motivation when writing this post was to share how small changes require magnitudes of effort not to express the merits of the feature. As a developer who works with product owners a lot and often get asked how I can build things quicker (I'm sure many can relate). I wanted to provide something useful to other developers that easy looking things are not actually easy to build, so thanks for flagging.

With regards to the user script, yeh that's been around for some time and was the seed for this idea. It's just taken a long time to get that from such a small audience to a mainstream one. It doesn't downplay it in my opinion, just shows how far we've come.

Thanks for reading.