skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Thanks for the reference. Why don't you keep your data in a DB? I load almost anything that isn't a small atomic data frame into a RDBMS.

BTW one thing that always made me avoid DT (I even preferred sqldf before dplyr was created) was its IMHO weird syntax. I always found the syntax of (d)plyr much more convenient. ATM it seems to me that dplyr has won the contest of alternative data management libraries. I cannot remember when I last read a blog post, article, or book that preferred DT over dplyr. I'm old enough to have learned that wrt libraries, it's wise to follow the crowd.
A C++ Hello World and a Glass of Wine, Oh My
My friend got my resume seen at Apple. I was hired.
And how would you call medicine that has been proven not to work? This is what the original discussion is about: the medical system can be too slow to recognize and stop harmful practices.

There are many examples: Thalidomide, operating on babies without anesthesia [0], intensive glucose control [1], adenoid removal (the topic here) etc.

[0] http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/chamberlain.html
[1] https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0810625
You don't believe leadership, persuasion, and charisma can be taught? You're denying the 1000's of years of study in rhetoric, persuasion, and logical reasoning going back to Ancient Greece? I agree with your post in general, but I think it's entirely reasonable to improve your interpersonal skills, emotional IQ, listening abilities, and leadership skills. Hell, even in scouts they know this, they improve upon all of those skills repeatedly as young men were given progressively more dutiful leadership positions.
For me it's also a deal breaker, but I will keep an eye on it.
The math is bleaker than that (see my other post, calculating $7,000 per subscribing household).

Also, out of the $80 you pay, most of it gets eaten up by operational costs. Charter's EBITDA is about 35% of revenues. So even if the city pays no taxes., it'll take 250 months to pay back your share of the network.
Hopefully they're laying conduit with new road construction. I read somewhere that there are proposals to mandate that (can't remember if it was state or federal level).

Edit: seems like it's both:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/natio...

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/fed-u...

https://www.csg.org/pubs/capitolideas/enews/cs41_1.aspx

https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/bills/sb1402s.htm
A bit orthogonal to the questions (apologies for that), but leaving the link just in case someone might find it useful: http://www.paulgraham.com/corpdev.html
I hadn’t heard of this before a couple days ago.

I imagined an art installation in which one finds and captures examples of hair ice and then preserves them under glass in a chilled chamber.
I had my tonsils removed last year (so at age 33) due to having a peritonsillar abscess multiple times in a couple of years - which implies that the first time I was infected it likely became a "chronic" risk. So far no allergies, so I hope my immune system is already "properly trained" from before or something.

Anyway, if anyone ever needs to have their tonsils removed for health reasons: only drink isotonic water[0] when you're thirsty. For some reason my surgeon forgot to tell me that, but I discovered this on my own by accident. After the surgery I felt very dehydrated, so made some ORS at home. To my surprise, drinking it did not hurt at all, even though drinking plain water earlier had felt like getting thousands of paper-cuts in an open wound.

I was eating regular food within a week (it took a bit longer to fully heal up of course), and didn't even need to use the heavy duty painkillers that I was prescribed (only over-the-counter painkillers for sleeping, really). I suspect that instead of being a pain-killer, drinking isowater avoided the irritation that caused the pain in the first place, which means I also avoided inflammation and healed up faster than expected due to that.

[0] Take this recipe for home-made rehydration solution and tweak to your liking http://rehydrate.org/solutions/homemade.htm
Awesome bike! Exploring on a motorcycle (and meeting people along the way) has a huge return on investment in my experience.
>because they very specifically claimed that doing it at all was flat out technically impossible

They claimed what was technically impossible?
Up until very recently I used to regularly hop between sqlite3, Informix (don't hear much about that these days), MySQL (or compatible) and some key/value stores like Redis and memcache. Occasionally used to dip into MSSQL too but that wasn't often.
Well hopefully no more than 2000 people do that during commuting hours because there's not enough capacity here. Not to mention that they'd have to get to O'Hare.
I like this list, it addresses something most don't.
It's fairly straight forward at early levels and you don't have too many abilities to complicate calculations beyond the base game rules, which you should be able to lead them through if they have any problems. 5th Edition is far simplified from 4e or 3.5e that most people remember playing.
Love seeing LordHavoc mentioned. I collaborated a little bit with LordHavoc while helping build the open source shooter game Nexuiz (~2004-2005) and he is truly a brilliant game engine programmer!
You need to break the habit loop of this emotion by breaking the habit loop of thought. Priming the mind in the morning really helps me fight my depression daily. Unfortunately for me it's chronic since I was a little kid, but it doesn't mean I will let it control my life. Here's a free resource. https://getmotivateapp.com

Another thing that really helps is paying attention to others and giving. When you do that you increase dopamine levels and take your attention off of yourself as you enter the world of another person. This doesn't have to be anything like volunteering once a week, but just small acts of kindness that all compound into your life. Start with your family and friends and then you will gain awareness for everyone else.
It's a bit weird when I tell people I use "giving to others" to deal with depression, but if you combine that with priming your mind, you can get it through it. You can.
I work in downtown Boulder in a tech startup. The tech and startup scene is amazing for a city the size of Boulder. After Longmont and Fort Collins, finally Boulder will be getting the municipal broadband as well. Nice!!!
> Maybe fiber isn't really that important.

My gut feeling is that it is, but the current monopolies providing alternatives just haven't ruined the experience enough for this to be pursued heavily by people with deep pockets
Calling it a tiny city is a bit of a stretch considering the sprawl along the entire front range (South Denver to Fort Collins). You're suddenly at 3+ million.
I don't think they would have saved a bundle at all. I've no references to back this up, however - I would guess the dominant cost of installing cable (fiber or cat6 or coax) is not the cable itself, but the permits and staff hours etc required to do it.

Installing fiber is more future proof, resulting in - potentially - less costs down the line.
"a few members of congress who are elected by the whole country and answer to the interests of the nation as a whole"

I strongly agree. I would go further. The idea of a regional representative might have made sense in an era before the Internet, before the telephone, before the telegram and even before railroads could ensure fast delivery of written mail, but it does it make sense now? Why not have a legislature where every member is chosen based on a vote of the whole nation? Some parliamentary democracies do this, and their policies do seem more focused on national interests, as opposed to a bunch of local interests. Also evaporates the problem of gerrymandering.
How to teach a child about asymmetric cryptography
What do you think of Github acquisition? I know it's offtopic, but you see yourself as a Github for data science, right?
Then there is cost of operating this network.
If you're looking for a "hack," i found the tricks in this book very helpful:

https://www.amazon.com/How-Good-bye-Depression-Constrict-Eve...
Are you trying to tell me that someone starting a post with "That is beyond retarded..." isn't a source I should be citing on what is/isn't proper human behavior?

That said, "Truthful way of life" and "Glad plugins don't eliminate the cause of odor, just mask it which has a value all its own" seem to both be able to exist in the same space right? I haven't been to this school, but it seems most teachers aren't actively indoctrinating children to believe the "Big Scent" lie that candles/oil diffusion/whatever actually fix the cause of their problem rather than addressing the symptoms
That does not seem relevant to this article, because it does not call the system illegal. It calls it "effectively a Ponzi scheme", and then goes on to offer evidence to support that claim.

A Ponzi scheme is "an investment system where the investment profits are paid with the money from other investors, and those who experience profit believe the profits come from non-investors such as business activities, or the earnings and growth of a company." (Wikipedia)

The author makes a clear attempt at analogy:
"Debt-financed prosperity is typically abetted by central banks that encourage consumers and speculators to borrow (the demand side of Ponzi finance) and also encourage yield-seeking demand among investors for newly-issued debt securities that offer a “pickup” in yield (the supply side of Ponzi finance)."
I've worked for a while with similar scenarios of needing to integrate with systems beyond my control (e.g. Stripe, Slack, Google), and though I still don't have a good setup for it, I've come to the conclusion that a two-pronged approach would be ideal: Record/and/or stub the calls and responses from the external services so your normal tests are run entirely without external networking (like what Polly allows you to do). But also set up a server to periodically validate the responses from the external services against those that have been recorded, and alert you to any changes in their protocol/behavior. I've yet to see any middleware to tackle the latter (though granted, I haven't been looking too hard yet either)
It was widely used before it was the default.
How the Appetite for Emojis Complicates Unicode (2017)
Tunnels & Trolls + Monsters! Monsters!

Way simpler than D&D, and has a lot more humor built-in. You can get pretty much all the rules and stuff for free, online.
What Game Streaming Means for the Future of Gaming
Sure there is... Just take out some of the lanes!
It is! To everyone who is considering doing a long range motorcycle trip: just go for it!

Even reading about other people's trips on ADVrider lightens my mood, and my own trips have brought me priceless memories.
Free Video Tutorial: Angular 6 – MEAN Stack Crash Course
Microsoft loves Linux so much its R Open install script rm'd /bin/sh
>Pointing out facts (which you go on to agree with) is the stupidest comment you've seen on HN?

My apologies for the misunderstanding, I was referring to the original comment in which the US was the savior of the Iraqi people.

>And, you know, "people" speak out against everything so that's not really a valid point -- "unnamed people said UN sanctions against Iraq were a war crime, news at 11..."

This article has some names of notable critics, searchable as well.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/magazine/were-sanction...

>I was just talking about my personal experience dealing with the good people of Iraq during and after the second invasion

You are an American, perhaps ex military? My only explanation for this is that the people who talk to you on the subject are self selecting, giving you a biased view of the situation. I can certainly say that what you propose is a narrative that even some of the most ardent war hawks from the bush era wouldn't claim.

It's not a pointless discussion to me. It can be useful to someone reading this thread in the future to have different viewpoints and decide who they agree with.
> in order to avoid such an effect the best ways for improving the efficiency of a given organization are either to promote each time an agent at random or to promote randomly the best and the worst members in terms of competence.

Too funny. Ever think your company was promoting without thought or reason, or promoting the worst people? It turns out the corporate HR/Management system has evolved to defeat the Peter Principle.
It only gets worse as you get older.

Stop building things where the royalties go to other people and start building things for yourself. A lack of belief in a future you want to be a part of contributes significantly.

Go all in on what you believe in.

You're at war, and the only thing that is true is that if we don't get to the singularity, your disease will eventually kill you or make your life so miserable that stoicism will be a relief. Because if you're depressed now, what happens when a love one dies?

Here's my advice from someone that is seriously depressed and will likely never get past it:

Don't take medicine. Get ready for war. Quit your job, throw all your money into crypto, stop having all your work stolen by the elite. Build things to break the system. Really start living, because you are headed on a downhill slope and the only way that society wants to 'help' you is by turning you into a eunuch zombie pill head, or feigning concern when you kill yourself.

IMO the huge suicide rate is because of the disenfranchisement of male youth by locking them out of the future or turning them into slaves. The 21 years of 'school' where you get guilt tools systematically installed for future manipulation doesn't help much either.

Also, take suicide off the table. It really is a form of murder since the human mind is not one thing. Make sure you are eating well, exercising, yada yada. They won't fix anything but it keeps it from getting worse.
how do you do that without service interruptions?
Yep, the El’s number of stops contributes greatly. Metra follows it starting Jefferson Park and Mayfair or so, and it gets to downtown a lot faster.

There already are some express trains but they still have more stops than what you’re suggesting.

The El hasn’t kept up with the massive increase in popularity of Wicker Park and Logan Square. Not so huge in absolute numbers but disproportionately people more likely to take transit. Surely CTA has already mined that out of their ridership data.
Phpstorm is a good investment.
Ask HN: Does anyone know if Apple plans to address the MacBook keyboard issue?
Does anyone have any idea if Apple is going to DO something about the MacBook keyboard issue? Or if this is simply the new normal for Apple laptop keyboards?

I know that the current butterfly mechanism is v2, it's slightly improved over the very 1st iteration (which appeared on the original 12" MacBook retina).

Will there be a v3?
Your wiki looks good and inspiring! :)
This meta-study supports the use of acupuncture to treat chronic pain: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar...
> People are already used that in dynamic languages (javascript, python, ruby), you can work with unknown structures in a performant way, and they will be mapped properly to the underlying data model.

That's actually one of my concerns with JSON: it doesn't really convey the underlying data model. Sure, it can handle numbers — but it can't handle constraints like 'age must be positive.' Sure, it can handle strings — but there's no way in JSON to differentiate between Base64-encoded bytes & a normal string.

JSON lets one play with data, but one never knows if it's actually valid. It's dynamic typing, applied to data itself.
The 6 things your CPA won't tell you about crypto taxes
It really is astonishing that they've gone all these years without copying the best parts of the clearly-more-beloved android notification tray.
5x5 is super useful when you start out lifting (I used it) but as you get better it might make sense to shift to other workout programs. I also definitely had times where I skipped a few increments or stayed at the same weight for a set.
Walking and any kind of physical activity.
I'd argue that for the red line as well. Especially for rush hour. Anecdotal but I've always gotten a seat while traveling to O'Hare (Mon & Thurs 8am-ish).
SURFnCODE | Full-Stack/Frontend/Backend Web Developers | Porto, Portugal | Full-time ONSITE | www.surfncode.io

SURFnCODE is a kind of startup builder/incubator -- a startup that creates startups -- based in Porto, Portugal. We were founded this year by alumni from Skype, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. We’re in a fun space in Matosinhos, with great food, public transit, and sunny beaches.

We are looking for experienced web developers to join our team in Porto (Matosinhos). You will take a leading role in building scalable, cloud-based products and services, working on interdisciplinary teams with experienced leaders.

To learn more, please visit http://careers.surfncode.io/?utm_source=hn
> then it actually isn't very hard to bootstrap a business

As someone with a degree from Oxford (however much that may or may not mean) I find it tremendously hard even six years into it.
What Are My Options? Session Encryption Protocols Looking Forward
Months before I mailed Whitehatservices@programmer.net, I have really been battling with a bad report and was feeling skeptical about the whole fix process online seeing my mom been ripped. Though My colleague recommended whitehatservices to me, I still didn’t feel right contacting them cause I’ve previously seen them online. Finally, with my fingers crossed, I gave it a try and here I am recommending you Whitehatservices@programmer.net. The best part of the story; No upfront payment, though it took me almost a month but I’m good.
You can always swap to OPNSense.

I'm annoyed they discontinued support for x86-32. My Soekris could run with a VPN board and saturate its 100 mbit ports.

Good news there as well is that OPNSense supports x86-32 just fine though.
Most bootstrapped businesses fail as well.

While that's very true of startups I think there's more to it. A lot of businesses are founded in order to scale up to something that can give the founders a decent exit. If you start a business with the explicit intention of only growing to a point where it's going to give you a good lifestyle you're a lot less likely to fail. You don't need to take the risks necessary to grow. You can focus 100% on the business instead of distractions (for example, raising a round.)

You're still more likely to fail than success, but not with the sort of failure rate that startups typically see.
Elon Musk does use a lot of words to express uncertainty in his estimates. If you are working on doing things that no one has done before, then the timeline to success is highly uncertain. He would have to publish some kind of probability curve estimate of when he thinks things will get finished for us to really know how good his estimations are. Also, many times you need a first deadline for people to plan to shoot for, but some parts of the system won't get done in time and that deadline will slip. So when you say you are planning to get done on X date does not mean you think you are likely to be done on X date.
Ask HN: I may be facing retaliation, unfair treatment at work, any suggestions?
NOTE: I will not reply to this thread but I will actively monitor this thread.

My employer is in CA and I work in CA.

I believe I am facing retaliation and unfair treatment at work. I am not looking for help in deciding if this specific instance is retaliation or not.

What resources do I have, legally, to raise this and request an investigation without risking my employment immediately.
As a point of comparison, the London Stock Exchange had its first female chief executive in 2001[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Furse
Kind of like Github + Medium - because a lot of data-science is narrative based, so the presentation of results and insights is very important.

Thanks why we hide the code by default on the notebooks and we work hard to make interactive charts (like bokeh, d3) work perfectly.
Can you comment on your post-MDMA weeks? Why/how were they an eye opener? Any more detail would be interesting to learn about.
If you copy indirectly from OneDrive folder to another OneDrive folder, the file may not sync due to the ADS indicating that the data is already uploaded.
I guess there's some survivorship bias for startups if we define startups as companies that take VC funding and intend to grow really fast, but those are less than 0.5% of all companies. The fact is that people with domain expertise, financial discipline, and a real product or service manage to do quite well in business and the success rate is much higher (I believe around 50%).
You could fork the cryptocurrency and let miners decide their reward.

Then you're limited to "What's the biggest number that a miner can name in the finite amount of memory available?", which has the ultimate limit of a Busy Beaver function.

BB(n) for n > 1500 behaves like an infinity in many important ways.
Yes, and there is a project to increase power in progress. With the upcoming O'Hare expansion and increased TOD development along the Blue Line this is could very well help mitigate future overcrowding at minimal cost to the city.
One option is to seek those who have safely used psychedelics, and have an experience.

It literally washes away anxiety, leaving you feel renewed, and refreshed, like the cobwebs of the mind have been cleared, like the fog has been lifted.

Of course I recommend being active (walking, working out, hiking), socializing, spending time in nature and the outdoors, eating healthy, eliminating addictions, detaching from social media and the Internet, and quiet mediation and reflection to nurture spirituality. Even psychotherapy is helpful at weeding out unhelpful personal narratives and properly contextualizing feelings and past memories.

But, psychedelics (LSD and mushrooms specifically) are an incredible catalyst for clearing life crushing mental illness like anxiety, depression, compulsive thoughts, and PTSD.

Find someone who understands its therapeutic value, who you can trust, who can guide you through the experience.

A single experience can be absolutely life changing.
I never knew there's a sculpture of a fearless girl staring down the charging bull in front of the stock exchange building -- the media always just shows the bull.
and in some areas of Palo Alto (ghm!) we can't event get fiber. across the street, yes. talk about the power of monopoly...
Lots of good stuff in this thread, but I'd like to emphasize seeing a therapist (not necessarily a doctor, who is probably a lot more trained in medical procedures than emotional well-being). From experience, there is something very powerful about working out your problems in relation to a person that cares about your well-being.

As for the stigma of therapy (which I think is thankfully starting to erode), don't worry about it. All a therapist is is someone you hire that is trained to help you see your life more clearly and really wants to help you. You can use reviews on Yelp or other review sites to find a good one.

Heck, if they can afford it or have insurance cover it, I think people that are already functioning okay can be even happier seeing a good therapist. It feels like adding another core to your CPU, adding more capacity for processing your life :)
In the future, if/when you change your namespaces or add new Class files, just run:

`composer dump-autoload`

This will dump the autoloader and rebuild it. This is much much faster than an entire `composer install` run. For additional usage options try:

`composer help dump-autoload`

* Unrelated: HN can we please get better markdown?