skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> that babies somehow "know" their parents' language despite having no contact with them

But this can be easily found out by talking to these Chinese twins who grew up in the US. Do they speak Chinese naturally? I guess not. I don't believe language would be hereditary.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2399360/Chinese-twin...
Then, there are those who go in the opposite direction and store all session information in the URL!
You are a pest when you use a service and give nothing back in return, stealing resources that are better allocated to users that actually contribute to revenue.
Shutting down or blocking all EU users is perfectly fine by me. At least I'd know which are the companies I should stay away from.

But no, it won't happen, because the EU is the world's second biggest market. If China can afford to coerce companies into censorship and violating people's rights, the EU can afford to impose some privacy laws as well.

And as I've been saying elsewhere, targeted ads are only needed at this point because people are fed up with ads due to abuse, this being a race to the bottom anyway. Pretty soon targeted ads won't work well either, how well they work right now is questionable and all of that data will have been collected already, ready to be sold and abused.
I think engineers need to start talking about this concept in a much more official way, and approach it with the business side as another full task type called "Technical Discovery," with clear goals and a clear time-box.
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>Walmart's infrastructure can move upscale in the grocery market more easily than Amazon/WF's infrastructure can scale up for grocery sales.

Can Walmart move their brand upscale? That may be more of a challenge than infrastructure.

As purchase trends continue to shift, Walmart needs to effectively service low-income customers in-store and middle- and high-income customers online (and perhaps occasionally in-store for pickups). Their core brand needs to represent different things to different customer segments. Not easy to do, but I'm glad they are trying.
Of course, that vision of what the internet could be never really answered the question of where the money was coming from to pay for the servers that are delivering that content.
I'm a little confused about what his average interest rate is, but if you assume .0725 (or .11) then the following math holds: if he had choosen a ten year repayment plan after he graduated then his payment would have been $7k/month or $85k/year (under 11%: $8.3k/m $99k/yr). $85k/year is roughly $120k in gross pay. What do you think his starting salary was as a dentist? I bet at least $120k and probably closer to $150k or more. That means that if his wife had a job paying roughly $50k, then they could have afforded a frugal, but comfortable lifestyle for the ten years to pay back the loans then gone nuts. (Under the 11%: his gross pay would have been $140k which would have hurt a bit).

I'm not sure if I'm being clear here, but my point is if he made $150k and his wife made $50k, then their household income would be $200k. Subtract out the $120k gross pay equivalent of his loans and you have a household income of $80k. There are lots of families in Salt Lake City that survive on half that much.

But the guy got a $390/month loan for a Benz while in school... That's nuts. I suspect the big mistake the guy made, and I may be wrong here, was becoming an orthodontist. It sounds like becoming an orthodontist added 50% more to his debt but I doubt it increased his salary 50% over being a dentist.
He takes in 12k/mo and you are surprised he can pay 1.6k/mo? Did you not think that through?
Relations, the regulators that make them, and the incumbents that support those regulators are under a sort of survival of the fittest to optimize for regulations that protect the incumbents but do so without being obvious and with some benefit to the consumer. Regulations that clearly support the incumbent and which clearly have no benefit to consumers will be the easiest to attack and remove. So if you want to cherry pick regulations, you can make them seem like perfect things that no sane person would ever have an issue with.

Look at how fines work, say with the GDPR. The maximum fine is 20 million or 4% of revenue, which ever is larger, which means that small businesses see a much larger risk as a percent of revenue from these regulations. This is independent of the chance of the max fine being applied. This inherently creates a pro-incumbent bias even if nothing else about the law created pro-incumbent bias.
It's not that I don't want it, it's that I prefer touch unlock. It's faster, more reliable, and I can do it before even taking the phone out of my pocket and at any angle or light condition. In this case, face unlock actually has a downside which is a bigger notch and probably increase in cost, while actually providing a lesser reliable and slower experience. It's basically worse than touch id in every possible way.
Which model do you have? No way this should be happening on a recent one just between two applications.

On the X (3GB) this doesn't seem to be an issue for me at all.
Yeah I'm not sure but given the article I doubt this guy could pay the FB legal fees in the event he loses and because of that I'm guessing it is not the case.
It should try to use Flac / Opus, not mp3.
I think a great way to treat that is to look at the individual contribution and measure against how that person delivered on the micro of the project rather than the macro of the business success.

I've had a successful career(delivering what I consider good work) on some real stinker projects. Usually though it's only been when things are framed in the above way.
Pascal really said, "I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time." The writer of the article is expressing a sense of humor known as dry.
'Free' is a powerful word - there's a lot of incentive for companies to tout 'free' and for users to feel like they're getting a good deal - when in reality there's a whole lot of other stuff happening behind the scenes.

My take is that consumers need to be aware of what 'free' really means for each service that advertises it. What are the real implications - not just something hidden in doublespeak in a ToS or privacy policy.

Everything spelled out in the GDPR is a great thing for users and should have been there from the very beginning - being able to erase all their data, see all their data, export their data, and get notified when data is accessed.
Just because a piece of paper in a European bureaucrat's filing cabinet says one thing doesn't make it reality
as soon as one of those app gets access to more ram, it will use all of it, and you will have the same experience
just look at desktop
They were formed out of a lawsuit (or thread of lawsuit). The music companies were going to sue YouTube/Google for copyright, so Google basically said, we'll provide you the infrastructure to play your Vevo songs free of charge as long as you dont sue out pants off. Worked out in the best interest for both party's
Spot on. A good pattern is to autodetect what to do by default and yet allow forcing on/off (e.g. --color and --no-color)
EDIT: My original answer is below but a much more concise and clear explanation is in one of the other articles that was linked in the comments.

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2007/10/26/evidence-based-sch...

Check out his "4) Pile of wood blocks"

My original answer though ->

Forward along this article?

The Software Estimation book mentioned in the article does a really good job of breaking it down.

Hard deadlines come with a lot of questions, like why? Is there a trade show? An investor meeting? A marketing campaign?

Is it really a hard deadline? Specifically, if the product isn't ready yet are you planning to launch no matter what because we have to?

If not, then it's not a hard deadline and deadline needs to be reframed around goals.

You'll never hear Apple announce a product until it's actually ready to ship.

Usually hard deadlines come from announcing something that doesn't exist yet. The outcomes are usually buggy, rushed systems or missed deadlines that make companies look bad.

If it's for a trade show, the question is closer to "what exactly do we need for this trade show?" because management will always say "everything!"

I always tell the story of a particularly bad client that I had years ago who insisted that he had to have a project completed 3 weeks ahead of when we told him it would be ready. My partner and I killed ourselves, gave up weekends, worked crazy hours to hit his deadline for him.

And we also monitored the parts of the application that he had us create. He didn't even look at them until 2 months later.

After that we learned to create "Rush Rates" when requests like that come in, because if demanding something be done faster has no cost to the person asking for they are going to continue to ask for it.

At a company with salaried employees, management has to understand that rushes and scope creep come with tech debt and quality issues in order to hit "the deadline". Understanding things like "tech debt is not just a task you do later, it actually makes everything you do worse" are critical in that regard.

When you can get a manager to say "I don't care of quality suffers as long as we can show it on the floor at the show" then you know it's a deadline. Ideally, point them to that book to help them understand the difference between estimates, commitments and targets.
Blocking 500M Users Is Easier Than Complying with Europe’s New Rules
I don't think that setting yourself up for failure is a good way to approach a change :/
There are always going to be people who want to pay a fixed $x/month without all the pricing hoops of AWS etc. I assume this is why Lightsail sort of exists (still waiting for a non-ancient distro over there).

E.g. I tried finding the Azure equivalent of a $5/m nano/micro instance the other day and it doesn’t seem to exist. I think their minimum is $25/m just for the compute portion. That gets you 1 vcpu/1 gig. I honestly have no idea why anyone uses Azure.
If you use a VPN to access a server that does it want you to access it, then you are breaking the computer fraud and abuse act in the United States.

Shouldnt you be the one sent to jail, as you are illegally accessing a computer that you were sepecially told not to access?
Haven't yet. Reading up now.
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> In physics and, more generally, in the natural sciences, space and time are the foundation of all theories.

My opinion is that this is not true. If we assume that what he calls "natural sciences" model nature by using equations and these equations correctly describe nature and; we believe by definition that the terms in these equations -and only those terms- describe nature -if so- then "space and time" are not "the foundation of all theories." Simply because t and d in those equations do not refer to "time" and "space" but to "interval" and "distance". And even this is not exactly correct because what I called "interval" is also distance. Because only distance can be measured, nothing else can be measured. Time or t, is just the unit distance marked on an oscillator and used to count how many times this unit distance occurs in d, the distance to be measured. Of course after necessary unit conversions. Reading the term "t" as "time" doesn't make it the philosophical time.

Of course, this can only be true if we believe that we can only know what we can measure. So if we measure distance we say we measured distance. But this is not always the case, someone may say "t is called time and measures time"... I can only say that this is also an acceptable philosophical stand. So I correct myself and say "depending on your philosophical stand; the statement, 'space and time are the foundation of all theories' may or may not be true."
Yeah, I don't think anyone is arguing for no training of children.
I'm comparing face unlock to touch unlock, and you're talking about something entirely different. This is off-topic and an entirely different discussion.
> No way?! How confident are you?

Not just confident, but certain. From Jobs's authorized biography:

To the horror of his friends and wife, Jobs decided not to have surgery to remove the tumor, which was the only accepted medical approach. "I really didn't want them to open up my body, so I tried to see if a few other things would work," he told me years later with a hint of regret. Specifically, he kept to a strict vegan diet, with large quantities of fresh carrot and fruit juices. To that regimen he added acupuncture, a variety of herbal remedies, and occasionally a few other treatments he found on the Internet or by consulting people around the country, including a psychic. For a while he was under the sway of a doctor who operated a natural healing clinic in southern California that stressed the use of organic herbs, juice fasts, frequent bowel cleansings, hydrotherapy, and the expression of all negative feelings.

[...] His friends repeatedly urged him to have surgery and chemotherapy. "Steve talked to me when he was trying to cure himself by eating horseshit and horseshit roots, and I told him he was crazy," Grove recalled. Levinson said that he "pleaded every day" with Jobs and found it "enormously frustrating that I just couldn't connect with him." The fights almost ruined their friendship. "That's not how cancer works," Levinson insisted when Jobs discussed his diet treatments. "You cannot solve this without surgery and blasting it with toxic chemicals." Even the diet doctor Dean Ornish, a pioneer in alternative and nutritional methods of treating diseases, took a long walk with Jobs and insisted that sometimes traditional methods were the right option. "You really need surgery," Ornish told him.

Jobs's obstinacy lasted for nine months after his October 2003 diagnosis. [...] In july 2004 a CAT scan showed that the tumor had grown and possibly spread. It forced him to face reality."
Even Amazon seems to be struggling with higher-end items now. I would never purchase a watch or anything else of value from Amazon anymore, but I'm pretty paranoid about counterfeit goods
I hate to break it to you but not all users are treated the same.
Depends on the food company; and I'd say more of them outsource it than don't.

McDonald's, frequently considered to run one of the best supply chains in the world, outsources nearly all of their logistics to "white label" food distributors like those owned by Reyes Holdings [1][2], who then dispatch food in McDonalds's-branded trailers, but handle every aspect of distribution.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reyes_Holdings [2] http://martinbrower.com/our-story.html
I have lived all my life in Europe, in three different countries and with friends and colleagues from many more. and I have never seen or even heard about anyone washing eggs. So if it happens, it is certainly not a Europe-wide norm.
If a company does not understand GDPR it's fair to say I don't want them handling my personal data. And it's not like this is new, there was a 2 year period to prepare for this.

"Most startups will fail": I do not see that happening. You will first receive a warning. The EU won't really care if you are a tiny startup. Unless you are running a shady business, there's not much to worry about.
Must have extended Trouble shooting skill sets
> Others may not have to hope for rain. Chris Sichler, who farms 650 acres near San Antonio, has wells to pump groundwater onto his fields should the irrigation canals dry up and the rains not materialize. “I’m droughtproof,” he said. “When we plant in the spring we don’t even take into consideration how much snowpack or surface water there’s going to be.”

What an astonishing attitude for someone who is watching one natural resource actively disappear. He's only "droughtproof" for as long as the groundwater remains.

I'm sure past farmers could never imagine the Rio Grande being used up.
This is a hugely simplistic comparison. There's far, far more complexity to why the automotive space sees less "disruption" than just regulations.

You can launch and run a business similar to Facebook from a dorm room.

A car factory? Not so much, regardless of the regulatory issues.
How about default, and then buy back from the bank, maybe at an auction at $300,000...
The original poster believes software should be regulated like cars. I pointed out that the fines for violating gdpr are larger than any fine VW will ever receive from the EU for literally killing people.
We've never had a DMCA takedown.
>The only reason anyone remembers the LG Prada is to bring it up in this kind of discussion.

The reason people bring up the LG Prada is because it proves the form factor of a touch screen phone with a bottom button existed before the introduction of the iPhone.

>If it was so radical and ground-breaking, how come LG are an also-ran Android OEM and not the most valuable company ever?

Not all radical and ground breaking designs succeed. The Prada's software was also far from revolutionary or memorable for that matter.

>It's an asinine argument as it takes the most superficial elements, such as a full touchscreen, conveniently ignoring the actual things that made the iPhone so innovative, such as multitouch UX, proper web browser, full featured operating system, exclusive carrier partnerships and more.

About the only relevant thing you mentioned was having a multi-touch UX on a phone - a technology they didn't invent, but just made popular.
> It really annoys me how many self-styled "Europeans" on HN feel free to speak for an entire continent.

> As I have pointed out elsewhere, GDPR is not even remotely an important topic to people in the EU.

Just pointing out the irony...

I can't speak on behalf of anyone except myself, but I can confirm that, while it's not the #1 thing people are concerned about, people do worry about privacy. Especially in Germany and the neighboring countries.
Here's an example:

I have a profitable, bootstrapped SaaS business based in US . It's not based on ads or selling data. I don't even have a freemium plan. Only a limited free trial after which you have to start paying. It's a trivial application that stores mostly already public data. Only email is required to login so that I can send password reset and other such communication.

I've been talking to a very well known giant corporation (also based in US, but has many global offices) for months. The VP and director love my product and want to start using it right away for their department. But their legal team is scared shitless with 4% fines in GDPR. They are putting some draconian clauses (various ISO certifications and such) in the contract that I, as a small company, cannot comply. That's their interpretation of GDPR. It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong.

The VP and Director are really nice people and I've developed very good rapport with them. But I'm afraid their patience will run out soon and they'll go back to using spreadsheets. A lose-lose situation.

This is the side-effect of GDPR.

I'm all up for GDPR. I have uBlock, have blackholed all Facebook domains, etc. But don't assume that GDPR doesn't affect normal business transactions. Anyone who says, "Oh, how hard could it be?" has no idea what they are talking about.
Read "When to Jump" it's been a quite fascinating read that has encouraged me to be courageous when faced with the task of jumping. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072V1BWFK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect)
It’s really not though.
I must be tired today, I misread the title as "Technical Writing: Learning from [Sarah] Kerrigan."

FWIW, I would watch the hell out of that tutorial.
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I'm sure they'd say the same about those of us who are skeptical of the implementation of this law, even if we like the intent :)
Let's not encourage people to be like Elon...
I think we have lost even since years ago. Robocalls have became one of the biggest complaints filed by people in these past few years. I think we should just let those scammers and telemarketers do what they want. If you find that they are scammers, just block the numbers. IF you know that the robocalls come from legit businesses, ask them to stop or sue them, like what I just read at http://www.whycall.me/news/consumer-wins-massive-229500-robo.... Hope this helps.
What ? Is this legitimate or are you being funny ?

I'm European and have never washed an egg before cooking it in my life. what is this ? I crack it open and cook it and am still here.

I do wash my tomatoes when I make a salad with raw tomatoes though. And that's mostly to get stuff off since I'd argue my vinegrette would kill all the bacteria.

And washing your potato ? I'm so confused. Don't we all cook potatoes in boiling hot water ?
There are plenty of things.
> Snark aside, that doesn't dispute the thesis that regulations tend to favor incumbents.

Not only that, even auto safety regulations do favor incumbents. There were far more new independent car companies created before the 1970s when the safety regulations were passed, and they were often created by small groups of people rather than huge established companies.

It's possible that the safety improvement is worth that cost, but that doesn't mean the cost isn't still there.

When we start talking about other industries where the result isn't literally a matter of life and death, it becomes much more likely that the cost outweighs the benefit. You're essentially talking about destroying competition -- the same competition that keeps companies from doing things you don't like.

If you want to pass regulations that destroy competition, those regulations had better prevent companies from doing more evil on net than competitive pressure does. Which is a pretty high bar.
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Seems to take about 4-5 years from release for the depreciation&upgrade curves to bring an iPhone under $100. At that point, the main thing keeping them from being what you're asking for is:

1) No one has been particularly dedicated to developing an open-source OS for these things, despite the fact that used phones are steadily becoming some of the most common devices in the world, to the point where we have to treat them like waste.
2) Apple's treatment of ports of any kind as a blemish.

Solve these problems, and you have the board in a slick package. :)

I'm less than half kidding. #2 is obviously solvable, as there are lightning dongles/docks for just about everything on your list. #1 gets harder over time with security measures but it has to be possible, it's a question of resources.
Can confirm, thanks!
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-We're not doing anything dodgy.

-Other than the fact that it makes them feel "creeped out".

Pick one.
The EU has jurisdiction over EU citizens, even those outside of the EU (see US citizens and taxes). But I question how the EU would have jurisdiction on anyone who is outside of the EU and does all their business outside of the EU, even with EU citizens. The EU can prohibit EU citizens from visiting websites that violate the law if they want. They can also block EU residents from visiting those sites.
yeah, but it should be investigated, and there's so many people doing it regularly that it's probably easy to find subjects.

some people do one-day fasting so maybe ramadan has a tangible effect beside psychology
CPU performance increases are a lot slower now so it now makes sense to spend time on custom RTL. In the past you would just wait 8 months and buy the new twice as fast CPU.

FPGAs are a waste of Silicon compared to ASICs, but for fixed applications they are less wasteful than CPUs.
While I agree it is more valuable to optimize for speed for each person speeding there is a traffic cop worried more about what the sign says than the final result. Sure a company might want to go as fast as possible because it makes them lots of money but the accounting people now can't write budgets very easily so they push for more accurate estimates.