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After some clicking, via their github page:

https://cdn.rawgit.com/areknawo/ThreeMap/a76571ba/example/in...

However, doesn't look too impressive to me :-( (Firefox)
Is there any data on Swift adoption among the popular apps/companies? E.g. last I remember hearing, Facebook was still on ObjC/C++, but Uber has gone all in.

One use at Google is internal tools according to this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15701107
What problem would it solve?
Dan, I appreciate the thoughtful and measured response. But let me offer a counterpoint: you could apply the same logic to any comment anywhere.

Take yesterday's topic on Microsoft potentially acquiring GitHub. How many anonymous comments are there slagging Microsoft (or GitHub)? No one has any way to verify the credibility of comments there, either.

The question is: do complaining about a negative experience (real or imagined) present any long-term benefit to the community and to the original poster?

If the comment is junk or fake then the poster has the ability to respond as such (or profess ignorance). But the community gains by either being warned about a potential job opportunity or seeing how the hirer responds.

I understand not turning this into Glassdoor/Yelp bottom-feeding but I was specifically referencing the recent hiring practices of this particular company, not reviewing them as a whole or judging their leadership or corporate direction or promotion systems etc.

I think if you really want no replies it should be hardcoded into the HN architecture, but the antiseptic posting of job listing, without any potential input from people who've recently gone through the process, is IMHO a loss for the HN community -- if I just want unadorned job listings, I can get that many other places than HN, and with much better filtering technology.

I recognize this is a gray area but I really think commenters should be allowed to share interviewing experiences with companies who post here -- keeping HN from becoming a complaining ground is more complex than just banning comments, IMHO.

Thanks for listening.
This seems orthogonal. You project incredibly lot to parent description that basically described someone boring - your average worker that does his job and causes no problems to anyone. Not all that great innovative improvement either which seemed to be his complain.

People who don't follow advice and insist on going out of box all the time tend to generate even more mess behind. And are not great leaders either.
> Please re-read my comment above because it refutes your earlier comment, in which you claimed that jobs ads requiring combining inappropriate cross-functional skill groups

Your example was explicitly about 'Machine Learning Engineers' with 'React' skills. For that you have presented zero evidence so far.

> I’m not going to reply again

I think that's fine, since your last posts were not able to back up your claims around Scrum leading to making 'Machine Learning Engineers' to work as 'React' programmers. None of the positions you presented were actually for 'Machine Learning Engineers'. Instead you presented job offers for CTOs and Solution Architects - two very different positions. Since you could not provide evidence for your original claim, you came up with a different selection of positions and skill requirements.

For some reason you project all kinds of project failings from staffing to task selection to the Scrum methodology, instead of looking to yourself, your team and your management.
Nicely done. This is a must read for anyone stuck in "manual DOM querying and manipulation land" with jQuery looking to level-up using Vue.js as an excellent alternative.

By the time I got to the 2nd code example in this article, I was already rolling my eyes at the old jQuery approach I used for years: "Wait, is it .val() or .text() to pull the "value" out of that element?"(1)

Web devs who give Vue.js a try have to come away with a smile on their face. Sure, they may prefer React or Angular for a variety of reasons, such as team size. But Vue.js just makes it so darn easy to get started. It definitely helps to "progressively" adopt modern, model-driven approaches to web apps.

(1) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/807867/difference-betwee...
SwiftLint is a popular choice
There are various library-level implementations. Here's the first one that turned up on Google:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/target/row-types/master/ex...
Proposed yes. Just like in the UK un-elected civil servants propose all kinds of laws and regulation. Just like with the EU commission you only get to propose laws. The council of ministers (heads of states for EU countries) and the directly elected EU parliament actually get to enact regulation.

Being able tho propose a law is not ther same as enacting a law, and is not the same as applying a law which is what the parent comment said.
Yeah, it’s super weird when most people are expecting this to compile into JavaScript running in a browser. Nevertheless, to be fair, this isn’t a C, C++, or Rust to JavaScript compiler-compiler it’s a C, C++, or Rust compiler that targets WebAssembly. I realize this might read as overly pedantic but it explains why it makes sense to the implement the C interface. It’s also a reasonable optimization pass for a mature compiler when it knows that you’re targeting WebAssembly running in a browser.
What I liked and miss from modern RTS is the coordinated logistics applied to resource harvesting. 'thopters for your harvesters, sandworm defense, etc! Plus, IIRC, the game was early to the "tanks crush infantry" mechanic...
"The point is that saving multiple lives produces greater utility than allowing one person to live, so if utility is your only consideration it is fine to murder people to save lives."

That depends on what utility function you're using.
Is this something that actually happens, in large? I'd be interested in studies that show this happens more. Meltdowns are far from a new thing in the world.

I mean, they make a nice narrative to shame people for overprotecting their kids. But this basically culminates in three of the major things that give me pause. a) Nice narrative, b) appealing argument without presented evidence, and c) shaming. Combine those and you typically have someone pushing or falling for an argument that has not been proven.

And yes, we all fall for those. All the time. I am not exempt.
My 386DX with 1MB and a SoundBlaster Pro (I think) could barely manage this game’s audio for some reason. The intro video’s audio would cut out at times. My brother and I still recite back the humorous portions to this day.
IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT
Since meaningful use regulation has strong-armed almost all providers in the country into EMRs, it costs absolute pennies to provide those documents.

And for most people, 500$ for a medical record is effectively zillions.
Is that in line with the current GDPR legislation?
Under the principle-agent relationship (the concept, not the legal definition), I do think it's fair to blame Microsoft if they don't remedy this soon.

Out of curiosity, who _would_ the right person to contact at Microsoft be? In my experience public channels exist to isolate the rest of an organization from having to deal with the outside (including complaints about bad behavior).
I wouldn't mind a build tool if it didn't require a ton of JavaScript files (looking at you Babel.js).

Recently I had to start a new project and decided to use Go for the back-end and Vue.js for the front-end, but I was concerned about all the tooling that I would need to integrate just to power the front-end side of the website. More so considering that my employer's business has nothing to do with web development so all this overhead would be unjustifiable. I spent several days reading and trying to understand what every tool included by Babel.js was doing until I gave up after the +20th module. It felt like a nightmare to see the gigantic dependency tree inside the "node_modules" folder.

I felt relieved when I found that Vue.js Components don't need to be compiled [1].

I also found this article interesting [2] with information on different approaches.

This is what I ended up with (my own design):

/project/
├── docker-compose.yml
├── Dockerfile
├── README.md
├── backend
│ ├── about.go
│ ├── app.go
│ ├── home.go
│ ├── main.go
└── frontend
├── public
│ ├── app.min.js
│ ├── bootstrap.min.css
│ ├── favicon.ico
│ ├── about.min.js
│ ├── styles.min.css
│ ├── vue.min.js
│ └── vue-res.min.js
└── views
├── base.html.tpl
├── home.html.tpl
└── about.html.tpl

Where "app.min.js" contains the basic Vue.js options like this:

var Application = function() {};
Application.prototype.el = '#app';
Application.prototype.delimiters = ['${', '}'];
Application.prototype.data = {};
Application.prototype.created = function() {};
Application.prototype.methods = {};

And the sub-sequent pages, like "About", load a JavaScript file with this:

Vue.component('about', {
template: '#about',
data: function() {
return {…};
},
methods: {…}
});

[1] https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/components.html

[2] https://medium.com/js-dojo/7-ways-to-define-a-component-temp...
Can you? Or do you just have good selection bias? Or do you just like not liking people?

Reality is most people rely on others for help. And there isn't a damned thing wrong with that. Indeed, the implication of the problem there is that it is not right to help and guide others. How is that ok?

Would it be great if we were all more self sufficient? I think so, but I don't have anything to back that belief. Especially knowing we are social creatures. And, all evidence is we have succeeded in large because we are social creatures. Even the giants among us relied heavily on social influence.
This is nice, but please Apple, let us have proper plugins/extensions for Xcode
Ok, now we're getting somewhere [1]. So various theorems can be used to prove the existence of non-standard models of arithmetic. I'm not sure why I should find this compelling.

There are infinitely many possible models of arithmetic, each of which has different properties. Some of these are isomorphic to standard models in various ways, some of which are not.

But, if the world is governed by mathematics, then at least one such model would best match reality. How would we even speak of a world which was not internally consistent such that it could be formalized in such a fashion?

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-standard_model_of_arithm...
Go for Industrial Programming
WTF does this even mean? Are you really trying to tell me that Ruby isn’t an improvement over Perl? What exactly is the problem with Ruby for their use case?
"Also it's worth remembering that LineageOS can't patch the driver blobs "

You absolutely can if you build your own ROMs.

Typed on my Nook Color with a Lineage-piece custom-updated CyanogenMOD ROM.
Already applied, hoping this offer is open to overseas applicants?
Keep in mind that Fragments happened while Rubin was still nominally in control of Android.

Once the civil war between him and Pichai had a clear winner (after all, for a while both ChromeOS and Android were poised to push into the same market), the tablet elements were depreciated rapidly as as Duarte was free to assert more control.
The fact that they tracked into a high paying job despite their risk-aversion and limited ability to think abstractly seems to vindicate their parent's method of raising children.

Most parents aren't trying to raise the next brilliant artist, entrepreneur, or intellectual[1]. They just want their kids to have a stable, safe, happy life.

[1] And those that try often don't know what they're doing and end up inflicting emotional damage, so the best case: A successful but absolutely miserable adult.
Tech is facing a 'tough summer' for immigration issues, Microsoft says
So what do you propose no laws at all for the internet? Or each jurisdiction makes orts own law? In which case would the US mind getting the hell back inside it's borders and stop trying to extradite British teenagers who alledgedly broke some 'hacking' law?

Sounds like Team America again.

The government's of the world are struggling with internet jurisdiction issues, currently the US is taking the stance that any act against their companies is a US matter, whereas the EU is looking at abuse of its citizens is an EU matter. Weaker states have no recourse at all. I find it hard to judge that the US stance is ethically better than the EU's
7 Ways to Define a Component Template in VueJS (2017)
Why not use ChaCha20? I believe it's twice as fast, at least in software.
This is great.

Do you know what software is being used to automate the conversion from pdf to html?
Well, yes, if richer families started having children at a higher rate, this would almost fix itself.

Two major problems, though. a) By and large, rich people don't have more children and b) having a child is a good way to destroy your wealth. That is, many that are just barely in the "rich" category won't be once they have children. More, most wealth in the US does not survive generations. (And this is generally agreed to be a good thing, I believe.)

For the second, ok. Cut the pay. How? That sort of suggestion is literally "wishful thinking." If everyone could get by with less money, everyone would. Folks do grab for the advantages they can get, though, and most rise in costs and pay are ascribable to scarcity. Only wishful thinking will make housing and energy costs flat across the board. Same for social mobility. Or physical mobility.
They don't though, they rotate audit partners
Satay sauce is still tasty with all or nearly-all the jaggery left out, and mayo, while high in fat (and cheap veggie oil fat, at that), is low carb.

^ For those who are looking for an alternative to a lake of ketchup to go with their tendies
You should check out the vue cli.
Not exactly just a phone call away though
https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/8jhxek/e...
The Search for an HIV Vaccine
When you don't have a job any job is a quality job.
Painted bike lanes are useful for only a tiny slice of the population: cyclists who are both confident and okay with a fair amount of risk/lack of safety. Most people aren't that; most people are open to the idea of cycling, but only if it feels relatively safe and comfortable, and you can't get that with no physical barrier between you and cars. Nobody puts their eight year old in painted bike lanes on arterials.

Agreed that sharrows are essentially useless though. It's not that the idea of mixing traffic has to be bad, but it only works if you have serious traffic calming measures that pretty much force drivers to slow down and drive more safely. Most of the time when sharrows go down, there's absolutely nothing functional changed about a car-dominant street.
The second link you posted leads to a 404 for me. By going to the main website I found a link to a page that seems to be the same thing, though maybe it's reformatted a bit. Here's the link:

http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/
I’ve owned every other generation iPad since launch. The iPad Pro 10.5 is something special. Keyboard cover, screen size, split view, effortless portability... they add up in a way that has significantly changed how I use it. I rarely use my MBP away from my desk anymore. Aside from work requiring Xcode, Smart Keyboard cover + ssh client + tmux works surprisingly well (for me) for away-from-desk dev work.
Maybe promote it once there are some working examples that are cool. Otherwise it is hard to get excited about just the idea of creating a library.
More Unicode Patterns
Do you mean Twitter doesn't represent all networks? I had a fake Facebook account for a couple of years... never had any trouble right up until I deleted it this year. So which network is doing this effectively?
Still would rather posters were encouraged to post an archive link straight or add a [paywall] tag especially with GDPR hurdles, but fair enough.
Sorry to barge in from the outside, but your question is vaguely specified.

> Out of curiosity, were Speck to be known as vulnerable to key recovery attacks, would you still endorse it as better than no encryption?

My answer to this would be: "it depends". In this case, it depends on the security margin and just how much easier the key recovery attacks would be compared to brute force. For a cipher with 128-bit key, if the best known attack, after years of careful and aggressive cryptanalysis, required 2^122 work I probably would use it. If the best attack required 2^90 work, I wouldn't use it.

After all we are talking about security margins and risk tolerance.
You hurt the credibility and strength of your statements by hiding behind a throwaway account. Doing so also brings into question if you have any ulterior motives.
A wallet-sized Let Grow “Kid Card” is meant to be carried by children when they are out on their own, to calm the fears of overly concerned adults.

https://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/B3-AQ358_INDEPE_M...

^This here.

Except the Concerned Adults will never get a chance to read it because they'll call the police to rescue the 12-year-old dropped off at the mall by her mom.

https://www.brainchildmag.com/2014/01/guilty-as-charged/
thanks for outline tip !
Please don't sign your comments. They're already signed with your username. (This used to be in the site guidelines. Maybe we should put it back.)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=198817

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6531383

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=by:pg%20signing%20posts&sort=b...
Depending on which plotting package you use. Plots.jl itself is pretty slow to get started still, though there are ideas on how to improve that.

That said, once you're up and running, plots (and everything else) are super snappy. When I'm doing plotting stuff, I'm usually doing it interactively, and when I'm scripting it, it's because I'm plotting hundreds or thousands of things (and then the startup time is vanishingly small).
I thought the GOP was in favor of free-market and balanced budget.

In this case, the administration already attempted the free-market approach (asking FERC to review whether the market rules properly compensated the unique attributes of coal and nuclear). That failed. So now it's big-government central-planning.
thicc
And anything like PCI lookup on ARM.

Damn it, MS balked at offering Windows on power efficient Atoms. This because Intel had stripped PCI from the SoC to save transistors and thus power.

I suspect that if you were to poke at the ARM chips found in the Windows RT devices, they would be special variants with PCI grafted on.

ARM SOCs are a bit like firing up an old DOS PC and fiddling with IRQ and DMA setting, only that you can't pull the cover off to see what cards are inserted and what the DIPs are set to.
Encoding super-low-resolution image in filename for fast previews
> I’ve found that Vue’s documentation and api are clear, consistent, and well-reasoned

I know right ? Everytime I have a question, I just keep reading, and it's right in the next parts. It feels like getting in a tutorial with a friend.
I can't think of one that avoids this problem. Can you?
Early RTS reminded me immediately from Populous. But I guess it doesn't count in this case. Even if it uses isometric graphics aka "RTS graphics", it's bit different in game play.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populous_(video_game)
I'd love to read more on what you guys do!

The first question I would have would be: since you're about to be using Pixelbooks, what happens if someday your Google login get disabled for some random internal Google reason?

I'd love it actually if Pixelbooks could be de-googlized, or even better, if Qubes-OS could run on Chromebooks. One can dream. :-)
I'm a robot :S
The fundamental problem here is that Apple’s revenues and culture come from selling excellent pay-to-use hardware, and the App Store’s revenues come from selling garbage pay-to-win games. So the advertising in iOS apps looks like the trashy “Crazy Eddie” hucksterism that it is, rather than Apple’s vision of tasteful ads for Porsche and Sonos. There’s a permanent disconnect that will prevent Apple from ever being the premier seller of ads on iOS.
Telexistence Robot Is the Future of Shopping You've Seen in Movies
I already tried it, but it also depends on Babel.js [1].

Here is the dependency tree upon installation [2] 144M in total.

I just created a fresh project with it, and the directory is now 134M and I just selected Eslint + Prettier for linting and formatting. I don't want to know how big the project would be if I were to choose the other available options (Router, Vuex, Babel, etc). This week I spent 1-2 hours designing a lightweight project structure to use Vue.js components without the build tool, it worked pretty well and it does what I need it to do, which is simply DOM binding, Ajax requests, and minimal templating because the rest is already handled by the back-end in Go.

[1] https://github.com/vuejs/vue-cli/blob/3193b0d/package.json#L...

[2] https://pastebin.com/raw/x3kJ91xP
I also thought I was 'Google-free' by having 0 Google services, but then I discovered that my Android phone does this: https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/7m8tsq/mysteriou...
And for the Pixel models it also costs $500 per device unless you want to run your own build server.
So while you protect the local industry, your population is forced to overpay for inferior cars. I think we agree on that fact.

You're saying that that is more than compensated for by the later emergence of a competitive car industry, and the various wealth effects it spreads across the nation over many following decades.

I just don't think there is empirical support for that. I'm sure you can cherry pick examples in hindsight, but if you do an honest accounting of these attempts, including those that failed I don't think it looks good.

Except for the favored industry of course, who makes a nice living during the protected era.
It's bizarre because it's not parent age adjusted and number of parents adjusted.

If only 20% of children are members of age-adjusted & number of parents adjusted families with income in the bottom half then that means that the bottom half of families are being slowly genocided through the cost to have and raise a child.

But we have no way of knowing that from the national median income statistic.
Looks awesome. Keep it up!
Ask HN: Companies with great culture and employee benefits?
What are some great examples of companies that have great culture and/or employee benefits?

I would like to study and learn more about these companies and how they implemented their culture and/or benefits.
Sure. But, by capping the total number of representatives, the large, urban states are slowly losing power in relation to the small, rural states (at least when it comes to presidential elections).