skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's frequently a reasonable trade off. A lot of businesses need a proof of concept to test product market fit. IMHO TDD can often be a massive waste of time if that is the case.

There's weirdly not a lot of good advice out there on sensible steps to reasonably transform a rushed proof of concept in to a production quality app. Mostly it all starts with the assumption that you're building something from scratch.
I agree that there is a need to limit topics that can result in vitriol, but I disagree with the notion that we should blanket-ban stories that are deeply intertwined with tech as an industry or as a concept.

This story about the inexorable scope creep of surveillance technology is far too important to ban discussing simply because some users will be vitriolic.

Surveillance and the technology that enables it will be the defining issue of the next decade.
The BLS calculator (https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm) says $400 in 2013 is ~ $430 today. Seems unlikely to account for that much of the change.
Sorry, but the recent inflation rate has been about 0-2% per year. A $400 medical expense in 2013 is about $430 today.
Dedicated servers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17113244
But personal responsibility is actually an important concept. It is completely unacceptable to not have $400 on reserve for an emergency as a functioning adult. That is a situation that can only be achieved by poor decision making and a lack of personal responsibility. Any strategy that is employed to remedy this has to contend with the fact that the individuals who need to have this situation remedied for themselves are the same ones who have gotten themselves into this situation.

I will say this again. As a mobile adult, in the United States, to not have $400 on reserve for an emergency is simply not possible with proper decision-making. Individuals at that level of poverty have national and state level food stamps, welfare, disability, affordable housing, rent control, minimum-wage laws, child-support, often social security, medicare/medicaid. It's not as though the country has a non-existent social safety net. You simply can't propose that the solution can exist independently of the personal decisions made by the individuals in this position.
This is the case for 5G ultra low latency and edge computing (as is VR).

Move GPU units close to proximity and have 1-2 ms latency and you justify more expensive hardware compared to individual purchases.
I can’t believe you’re getting downvoted so much for that. Socialism fear is still very real.
From the extension description:

>You may not realize it, but all of that color is designed to hijack your brain and keep you browsing.

>Grayscale the Web is a great solution to help with this. It removes all of the color, giving sites a plain, grayed out look. They will appear much more boring, and that's the whole point. You'll soon find that time wasting sites hold your attention less, and this will hopefully help you focus on whatever it is you really need to be doing.
Isn't this similar to a prisoner's dilemma but on a large scale? If the society is optimizing for a global maximum then the few individuals would be better off by being selfish and optimizing for a local maximum.
No, that's not what I am saying.

Profitable today != profitable tomorrow. They have "the power" now, I am not sure they will have the same endless income tomorrow. I am of the opinion that unless you sell something to a wider public, you will exhaust that niche supply chain eventually [1]. This will first limit, and then end an expansion sooner or later, and since niches tend to collapse more often than wast "general public", and you run out of income. How soon that will happen, and in what form will it ends is a totally different question. BTW, becoming evil is one sad, but valid outcome.

[1] Of course unless you make this "niche" bigger through different means, be that by making product more accessible for wider audience, or making changes that your product becomes a "must have" in societal terms, thus growing the audience instead of your specialization niche.
There is a 64bit port of scsh which installs against scheme48 available on github, fwiw.
I get the feeling that most fans of Zen didn't interpret the narrator as unreliable :-/
A service that does recognition based analytics on images or video from your homw security camera seems like a multi-billion dollar idea to me.

Half the houses in my neighborhood have some sort of camera system that you can see, there are probably more that you can't. People are scared of things, there is a market there.

It's freaky 1984ish stuff to think about but normal type people have these cameras, it's only natural for there to be private databases used for analytical purposes.
There are a few of those: http://www.feedsapi.com/ and http://createfeed.fivefilters.org/
I was hoping for the same. Still see no answer on how this does anything to support their claim that "It’s time to turn the tide"
right, i meant "good regular games". imho VR may not catch up at all ever, or we may have retinal implants earlier than that.
I had a coach that when I'd ask about how to get out of tricky situations he'd often respond with something along the lines of "Bro, you f'd up a long time ago"...

I don't think 40% is some magic number to begin hysteria. Neither is $400. Selling something to cover your expenses might be a blessing in disguise if the thing you sell is a liability in the first place (ex: a car you cant really afford).

My observation of America is that for a whole lot of people we F'd up a long time ago... These people need financial education, they need to be taught to not buy things they dont need, they need to be taught delayed gratification and to not be consumerists.
Well, if any moderator reads this and wants to discuss it civilly then they should email me and I will happily oblige.
YMMV but it improves my experience because I get to use all these great products and features Google has, without lifting a finger, and in most cases without paying a penny. All I have to do is ignore the ads on my screen (which my brain seems to already do).
Yes, agree, this is my choice of reader too.
Now you can move a meeting by Voice on Alexa
Examples of Shock doctrine in practice:

Using tax leins to steal real estate:

https://live.washingtonpost.com/tax-lien-investigation.html

Bail fees convert civilians into prisoner-slaves:

https://brooklynbailfund.org/our-results/
To really answer this you should read "The Selfish Gene." But the TL;DR is that the unit of selection in Darwinian evolution is neither the organism nor the group, but the gene. Ant colonies are the phenotype of a group of genes that glommed together over the years to form an evolutionarily viable unit. But the unit is not what is being selected ever, it's the individual genes. The phenotype of a gene is not necessarily constrained by any physical boundaries. (For example, the phenotype of the human genome extends into outer space!)
The US is incredibly rich country. Every second teenager is carrying iPhone worth more than yearly income in a large portion of the world. It is all thanks to capitalism.

Problem is that most US population is not educated/smart and easy to manipulate into crazy consumption. UBI will not fix it, it will make it worse. Even putting more money into education is not really a clear solution.

You need to understand that middle class is gone. Beside 2-5% of highly specialised STEM workers everyone else job is already subsidized.
"Workers have to fight hard and endure a long time for every $ of income. Investors on the other hand will never be satisfied with their piece, they will always need more, and sooner not later."
Tax Strategies for US Crypto Investors – Puerto Rico Act 20 & 22, Bitcoin IRA
I'm not convinced that this is misleading.

There should be no expectation that you would ask people who dislike your app to leave a formal and business-damaging review. It's the job of the review system to invite those reviewers.

Qualifying which your users like you before kindly asking them to leave a good formal review on a respected system is a sensible practice. (you likely also want to disqualify people who love your app but have a wonky personal rating system)

I suspect that those apps which abuse this system still manage to have low review scores.
Do you not think that it should be an unlevel playing field? If you happen to be born (by complete luck) into a house where you always had a meal on the table & books to read, you're already miles ahead of many people.

To me it just seems fair to help those who through no fault of their own have been born into poverty. A "level playing field" just helps those who are miles ahead to begin with.

If you haven't seen it, you might want to watch this video [1] on a "race" - see how level the field actually is.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5fbQ1-zps
Isn't it ironic that tourists themselves are complaining about other tourists. It's like somebody concerned about climate change saying "I used to drive my overpowered car without any worries because there weren't enough car owners to cause a problem but now the world is full of cars and they're polluting it! Let's do something about those other car owners!"

It sounds a bit entitled to want the scarce things for yourself any not have to share them with poor people who can now afford them more than they used to. Wanting those poor people to stay in their slums where they belong, and perhaps be subjects of tourism themselves but not rise to the level of tourist themselves.

Maybe it's just a sign of greater global economic equality, which is widely seen as a good thing. Let's have more of it!
What about people whose life situations constantly rip money out of them and their pay is just fundamentally insufficient to cover their expenses?
Society has to fight hard and endure a long time for every % of return. Investors on the other hand will never be satisfied with their piece, they will always need more, and sooner not later.

Or as Adam Smith put it: "All for ourselves and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind."

https://www.quora.com/What-did-Adam-Smith-mean-when-he-said-...
Not OP but I'm also very skeptical something like GDPR would pass in the US. While people may be concerned about social media, polls show the majority of people are not in support of adding more regulation on the industry:

https://springboardccia.com/2018/04/17/icymi-wsj-nbc-poll-fi...

WSJ/NBC Poll respondents say social media platforms are…
regulated too much: 14%
have the right amount of regulation: 37%
not regulated enough: 37%

It's for a good reason too - consumers have noticed they have more choices and freedom than in industries that are highly regulated by the gov. Laws like GDPR would make large swaths of business models useless - such as free games or apps the rely on targeted advertising. Since under GDPR, you cannot ask someone to either allow ads to be personalized or pay for the app (it has to be without detriment), tons of tools people otherwise enjoy would suddenly become paid only or disappear. Not to mention the effect it would have on the startup economy - it would be a big deal. Can't see it happen here.
I find it extremely disconcerting that so many software engineers don't follow this. You're not there to figure out some clever way to do something that you made up. You're first and foremost there to figure out the essence of the thing itself and to find where the design exists naturally. Only then can you really start to design things well IMO.
Automated Teller ATM Machine

If you are also confused by the title, DMC = DigitalMars Compiler. It is a C/C++ compiler which seems to be almost completely written by one person

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Mars
I think it's probably only true for software that primarily serves large users of OSS.

Like developer communities.

It's very much not the case with consumer software.
Yammering on One More Time Regarding Google’s Duplex Recordings
"More concerning are the 25% of Americans with no retirement savings whatsoever, according to the report."

Is that true? What happens when those 25% retire or can no longer work? Ahh: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions... - not too bad - the US got a C, UK got a C+.

Now back to the headline: $400 in available readies? You do have to start measuring somewhere when looking into poverty but it is harder than it seems on the face of it. Many people will drain their balance regardless to zero or below, (nearly) no matter how well off. I recall being a youngish lad with an income of £30 per hour - let's realistically say ~£50,000 per annum (gross, pre IR45). At that point in my life, I too would often qualify for "can't find £350" right now. My real point is that you have to be really careful how you measure this sort of thing, ie trying to quantify bits of people's lives with simple pithy statements.
1. Do you know your memory is accurate?

2. By constantly replaying the memory, you strengthen it.
How much do you remember from the day after your earliest memory?
> Here is an example of juggling under simulated different gravity

I've also seen juggling in VR where gravity can be modified.
That should be expected somewhat however due to it likely being a lagging indicator of the economic recovery.

It's still pretty terrible it a) got to that point b) is still at this point.
Realistically, I suspect multiple new apps are unlikely to get enough users for there to be value in A/B testing.
IMHO, this is 180 degrees backwards. It feels like most of the financial industry now is focused on short term profit optimization over long term value growth. Long term investors are notable exceptions.
China’s secret goal is to crush Silicon Valley
What about staring at a bright screen 3 inches from your face before bed every night?
Is there an app/service that does the following?:

* Has a feed a la RSS readers

* Allows items on that feed (from all the sources) to be earmarked

* At the end of reviewing the unread items of the feed, summarise a 'checkout' of earmarked items

* Sends a payment to each of the publications for the content earmarked

* Compiles the content into a consumable format such as kindle, PDF or download for mobile

I can only think of instapaper/pocket type services that don't allow for payment, or for browsers like Brave that use blockchainy things that seem new and scary. Or are just RSS readers.
> Not sure how message expiry is a standards compliance issue.

using market-influence to build massive scale expectation for a feature which can't actually be supported by the underlying protocol in an effort to 'embrace and extend' is exactly a standards compliance issue, and precisely what led to microsoft's internet explorer being labeled as an antitrust violation.
Why do you require users to make an account? I personally would rather have all my settings stored locally, and export them if I needed to. An option for this would be great.
Well yeah, ofcourse. I dont see where my inital post broke anything.

It was esentially as meaningfull as OPs reply.

Ofcourse, the point of "this app should run in a browser" is very valid. The reply, he can just code it himself is in my eyes a passive aggressive way of saying "no, i said your point is valid, but actually think it isn't and therefore ill ignore it anyway."

Its obvioulsy, that a well developed web app should be runable in a browser and the developers could have thought about it earlier. They know their project better than anyone, so the afford of understanding how this piece of software works for an outsider is way to high.
I've never used an RSS reader so correct me if I'm wrong, but RSS can basically allow you to read the content without advertising? Sharing is fine, but I think they would prefer sharing in a way that can make money.
Try being black in a ghetto.

What you mean is that a college educated young white male in his 20s/30s will have $400 in spare change around the house. Because we can't be bothered to keep track of $50 notes we keep around for pizza.
I cannot possibly comprehend how could anyone consider this situation and go "yeah, this is surely stable in the long run".
I pointed this out when I interviewed for a job at Iridium.

I didn't get an offer.
> To me, this deflects from the main question of whether it is true or not.

It points out that the question the claim addresses is different then that addressed by the opposing claim (and different than the policy concern that is usually beoing addressed.)

Which means its truth is orthogonal, rather than opposed, to the truth of the other claim.
this is probablly a good pivot point for you to look at sociology. Because personal responsibility just doesn't magically happen. If you are not looking at what leads people into what you think is poor decision making and a lack of personal responsibility, you become part of the problem. The reality is, the social structures play a big part in this, and more problematically, you can't change it quickly.
Really? I see it all the time in web code...

something like "// this is fucked" is pretty darn common, even in corporate code. It gets stripped by minifiers anyhow
nah, they should just work harder
Is the problem really that RSS needs replacement, or can it simply be improved. I think there is quite a bit of room for extension to address some of the concerns that are expressed here too, including accurate meta tagging for educational resource discovery purposes.
This economist thinks education is mostly pointless. We strength-test his case
European lawmakers asked Mark Zuckerberg why they shouldn’t break up Facebook
40% of America’s lowest-income families’ consumption goes to luxuries.

The bigger problem is American’s terrible spending habits not lack of real income.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/g...
Rooftop parties in the city, drinking beer from bottles, strings of vintage lightbulbs, people wearing plaid, taking out your phone to say “Hey look at this!” and pointing out a spot in the sky where an iridium flare streaks across while everyone gasps “Wwwooww!!” High fives
> It is completely unacceptable to not have $400 on reserve for an emergency as a functioning adult.

There's a lot of "let them eat cake instead" mentality in that statement.
What an excellent letter. It appears that this Senator knows what he is talking about, or is at least very well informed by those around him. I wish more people--not just those in government--were this informed about these very serious issues.
I want to add to saal's point-- Carbon is _fantastic_. It easily forms bonds in 4 directions, but can instead form bonds in 3- or 2- or occassionaly 1- direction if need be. If you are choosing an element to be the "lego backbone" of a bunch of molecules, carbon is a great choice because it gives that versatility. Nitrogen can easily form 3 bonds, and Oxygen 2, and Boron 3.

So, you ask, what about Silicon? Silicon also has 4 valence electrons, so it ought to be a nice substitute, right?

The problem is that Silicon is in the next row down.. so it's more massive and it's electron cloud takes up more room. So you still only have 4- connectors, but it's a larger element.

There's clearly an advantage into being able to form precise and small molecules. Carbon, with it's small size and 4 valence electrons, is a clear choice for a backbone.
Finally Google search results will point to the better site. It was always so frustrating to google anything Perl related and get search.cpan.org over metacpan.
If I may add mine: https://www.pipes.digital/. It allows creating feeds for sites if the site is structured enough, and the feed can then manipulated with other blocks, similar to how Yahoo Pipes worked.
You can use Readtable case :preserve to avoid the ugly-as-hell stuff [1]. Some libraries do this, for example KM [2]

[1] http://clhs.lisp.se/Body/23_ab.htm

[2] http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/mfkb/km.html
Bahaha, yes, if you make perfect decisions you will have over $400. The whole point is people don’t make perfect decisions. Should they become homeless when they get hurt as a result? Does that threat help them make better decisions? Does it help society to let a small problem escalate into a larger one like that? I’d answer a resounding no on all fronts.
> Well-intentioned as any given policy may be, we are opposed to crafting government rules or benefits that apply to one set of people and not another.

Conservatives talk about poor people as if it's a permanent attribute that can't be changed like "race". Poor is a tangible attribute. The programs which you fear so much are there to help people change that attribute.

But I get the feeling that many of the so-called conservatives use poor as a euphemism for undesirable people they don't want to see get ahead or mingle with. Why else would you refuse a helping hand to someone in need?
So the "collateral" is basically crypto-collectibles here?
RFC: LWN's draft updated privacy policy
> I will say this again.

Repetition doesn't actually make your claim any better supported, so maybe instead of repeating it, provide better support or, failing that, just stop instead of reiterating.
Sortof, if you are reading via a web based reader, the service itself only reads the feed once, and the users view the cached version.
Two of their most memorable technological milestones might be:

1. First crossing of the hot side, passing through the point where "sun" is directly overhead. (Having the sun directly overhead would probably seem very profound and unusual to them.)

2. First crossing of the cold side, passing through the opposite point.

Both would have unique challenges. Crossing the hot side would require an amazing ability to keep cool. You can keep warm by burning stuff and using lots of insulation, but how do you do the opposite?

Crossing the cold side would have temperature challenges and also very difficult navigation because of the continuous darkness. Maybe there would be moon(s) and stars for some light, though.

In both cases, I wouldn't be surprised if the first crossing had to wait until the invention of the airplane. You definitely aren't doing it by sea the first time like we did here on Earth.
And here I was feeling bad because I have less than $100k on hand.
It's bugged, the team is pushing a release, but it will take 24h before it's in the app store.
Marketing is a powerful force. It's true that RSS has existed for many years, but also consider how many people have grown up without learning about it.
> There's weirdly not a lot of good advice out there on sensible steps to reasonably transform a rushed proof of concept in to a production quality app. Mostly it all starts with the assumption that you're building something from scratch.

Cleanroom is actually completely reasonable for this - what you must accept is that transforming a rushed proof concept into a production quality application is starting from scratch in terms of ascii in github. It's the experience of those that worked on it that is valuable to save.
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> What happens when those 25% retire or can no longer work?

They eat cat food on their meager social security payments.