skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't find that to be a valid excuse. If a law is worded in such a way that companies or individuals will frequently get it wrong, it's probably a bad law. Call me paranoid, but that seems like it just sets a person up with an easy reason to audit.
We are the richest nation on earth. There is zero reason why we shouldn't be able to do this.
No! Selective enforcement is terrible, if there's a revenue threshold bake it into the law, otherwise you'll see large companies crying foul on some up-and-coming competitor that then gets bogged down in legislation, along with all the other terrible thing inherit in selectively enforced laws.
It's mistaken to conclude that universal healthcare isn't important. If you look at the nations with a better social safety net, many also often have more regulations that might hold up new business formation. But if you look at nations which have fixed both healthcare and have smarter regulations, there are a lot more small businesses.

http://cepr.net/documents/publications/small-business-2009-0...
You're talking about a hypothetical fund with 20/20 hindsight.
That is coming back into style and I kind of like it! (I can't track it down, but someone released a phone recently that was black and white with one pastel colored button)
Seems like Northern Africa would be a pretty logical place for disposing waste. Lots of unused desert land very close to the sea for easy access by barge.
I predict it won't be long before using non-biodegradeable plastic in any packaging or short-lived product will be banned. It's outrageous that everything is packaged in material that will almost certainly not be properly recycled, and end up in landfill or the ocean.
Nobody likes "waste". But when it comes to labeling specific items as waste, suddenly to some people those items are vital to national security.
Good points. I feel like in the surgeon's case it's subtly but significantly different, though; these people aren't ignorant amateurs, they're highly trained professionals who do actual work on human bodies, with all the problem-solving skills and knowledge that implies. By all accounts they should be able to accurately assess their own abilities, as opposed to people affected by Dunning-Kruger. I think it's important to be mindful of hubris among the competent as well, perhaps more so because they are the ones actually doing the work in the end.

The effects you talk about definitely exist and I feel like a lot of those are arrogance, or possibly even our fundamental inability to observe without bias unless we take very careful precautions ahead of time. Perhaps doctors otherwise used to proper experimental control and thinking scientifically didn't apply the same precautions ahead of meeting with sales reps, because that appeared to be out of context of practicing medicine at the time, even though it is still part of the process. Apparently they are affected by bias without being aware of it. This is wholly conjecture on my part.
That's not training dogs to breath water, that's altering the water to be breathable by dogs.

If you want to look at it that way, nothing is qualtitively "entirely different." We can all breath water to different degrees, and if you go down that route, then there's no real qualitative difference between mammals and fish, right?

Saying that these differences aren't qualitative and are just difference of degree isn't really a useful way to have discourse. There is absolutely a qualitative difference between how respiration works in mammals and fish, and just because you can manipulate the environment in some way to make it work doesn't change that.

Language is in the same way qualitatively different than other forms of communication, just as mammals are qualitatively different than fish.

Humans can communicate in language, and can communicate other ways. If I go to China (and I don't speak Chinese), I can buy food by pointing to it and having someone hold up their fingers to signify the price. I'm not communicating through language, but I have communicated effectively.

And you wouldn't call what I did there sign language; it is not a consistent set of signs shared by a group of people which can be composed into an infinite number of sentences with arbitrarily complex meanings. It is instead a fairly limited method of communication which can be used to communicate a fairly direct concept, I need that thing, along with a response that simply indicates a number for how much is expected in payment.

I don't know why you keep on referring to the distinction I'm making here as "divine-granted." I'm simply making a distinction between language, and communication that is not language.
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That's because zip codes don't really align with anything in the general case. There are even zip codes that span multiple states.

https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/53918/determining-wh...
"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons."

What I find much more morally abhorrent than Ju/'hoansi's extreme egalitarianism is our society's inequality, greed, corruption, sociopathic derision of the concept of greater good and short-sighted disregard for our future.

If I were forced to choose between the extremes of living in an uninspired and underdeveloped society as described by Douglas Adams in my quote, or accepting this pathological glorification of rampant capitalism as the pinnacle of social evolution, I would rather choose to be a dolphin than human.
Dreamweaver is pretty much alive.

https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html

And it has Animate (nee Flash) and Spark as companions.

https://www.adobe.com/products/animate.html

https://www.adobe.com/products/spark.html

All of them also weight as much GB as most IDEs and yet not as easy as something like Winforms or Delphi for the complete experience.

Regarding levelling the playing field, UWP supports WebApps and PWA apps delivered via the store have access to UWP APIs, no need to have Electron around.
DannyBee said the amendments were approved 8-0, so presumably that doesn't make them "secretive", nor is it questionable why they are legal: Everyone who is supposed to vote on those amendments did. In favor.
This sort of thing goes on everywhere, though those are some extremely bad examples. In my own neighborhood right now a block of older buildings is being knocked down. Most of them were fairly nondescript, but on the corner there was a particularly nice old granite bank building, so the facade is being saved, which will probably end up as the entryway for some new block of flats. Designed, of course, in some completely different style.
For over five years, I have been offering my remote employees the option of payment, or partial payment, in bitcoin, or in more recent years in whatever other cryptocurrencies they choose. For crypto salary payments, I added about 3%-10% to the amount paid, because processing it was much easier for me, no hassles, no paperwork. It's a one click solution, like Jeff Bezos would say ^_-

I also prefer crypto payout methods for personal sentimental or ideological reasons. Moreover, many of my foreign and US contractors had difficulties with bank payments, severe local corruption, and bank account processing. These problems are usually happening because they are from traditionally unbanked social classes, they are not legally resident in their resident country, or they are in developing nations where good quality banking services are not aligned with their social class. But I would not deny that some could be attempting to avoid paying taxes or other such traditional obligations.

More than half of the international contractors tried cryptocurrency options. Many of them cashed out pretty instantly and I've heard they had no big problems doing it. Several kept their cryptos for years and they have made ridiculous profits now, even enough to retire. But I've also heard that a few timed the markets unfortunately or made bad side investments and lost a lot of the money they earned.
Not sure about him. For me living in mid-size city in US and 10-12 miles to work. It is about ~2 hr commute everyday. I think bay area gets more coverage but even smaller cities are having terrible traffic nowadays.
> In Seattle

Seattle is a really bad example if you want to talk about poor public transportation. Seattle is one of the few places where bus ridership is increasing. Living anywhere with 5 miles of downtown (beside some areas divided by water) makes having a car somewhere between optional and inconvenient. It's one of the few places where bus ridership is increasing, and Sound Transit 3's implementation will make the Link Light Rail much more accessible. The number of bike trails and separated bike paths is arguably at the point where we might have too many for bike ridership levels. The city is very anticar, increasing the area where minimum parking requirements are not required, making bus only lanes in high traffic downtown areas, and talking about a downtown toll.

Saying it takes 1.5-2 hours to ride a bus from the east side to the city ignores the fact that it takes more than an hour to do so in a car. Not to mention how important the I 90 floating bridge light rail project is to further connect the east side to the city.

Transportation sucks in Seattle because of the population growth and the lack of investment in the 60s and 70s. Most of the things Seattle and King County has done in the last 20 years in regards to public transportation is correct with a few notable but not critical exceptions.
Cryptocurrencies are a great way to pay remote employees or contractors with low fees.
This. As long as you have some form of connection (e-mail address, linked-in) to them most people are happy to do it.
It looks like people are downvoting @dsr for, I dunno, being a pedant or something, but I think their point is important: Americans really do seem to value the extreme heterogeneity, and even outright waste, of having 50 different jurisdictions to do business in, rather than passing uniform laws at the federal level.
Plus the 360 era examples are fascinating given historic context.

Microsoft had 360-PC cross-play in a very small number of games (under the now much maligned Games for Windows Live banner and DRM regime), such as Shadowrun (FPS). Microsoft wanted some consistency in the network stack, and GfWL was a part of that attempt.

Apparently Trion when building Defiance (MMO related to TV show) asked both Sony and Microsoft for cross-play (and technically demoed it), but was rebuked by Microsoft's "network experience" concerns, which at the time were at least somewhat valid, particularly compared to what Microsoft was trying to do with Xbox Live and GfWL.

A couple titles (one of the FF MMOs, 14 was it?) just built in cross-play between 360/PS3, didn't ask, didn't really advertise it, and mostly were successful and not shut down.

On the one hand, Microsoft downplayed cross-play with Sony in the 360 generation for fear of "filthy non-paying gamers with no proper user accounts" ruining the Xbox Live experience, but on the other hand Microsoft was very excited for cross-play as an opportunity on Windows.

Microsoft's change in stance here on cross-play over the two generations could be entirely attributed to lessons learned from GfWL's failures, and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with dominant position on console one way or the other. A lot of Microsoft's current excitement about cross-play doesn't look that different than from the 360/GfWL era, beyond, of course, branding changes (Microsoft Store, Xbox Live (on Windows)) and some relaxation/evolution on network accounts and DRM/anti-cheating (for instance, Xbox Live on Windows is "free" now, Gold status is no longer required for PC multiplayer; Microsoft Store is little bit of a friendlier DRM regime than GfWL at its worst; etc).
Look, we have 3 very similar experiments (Michelson-Morley, Stagnac effect, and LIGO) and 3 very different and complex interpretations of their results while 1 simple explanation can fit them all.

I must note that Michelson-Morley didn't find Aether _wind_, which is expected if you take in account Sagnac effect.
If compliance were required to this new extent, then avalara could likely raise prices
That's a pretty sweet machine. Can't wait to see it first hand.
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Do you know of a better metaphor than "one-way-door"?

It is memorable, but wierd.
>the problem with dinosaurs is that they go extinct.

Rephrased: The good thing about dinosaurs is that they go extinct. Imagine 1500s humans living with dinosaurs. Humans would be extinct.

So let Ms, Sony and any other dinosaur keep shooting themselves in the foot.
When the ACA was working well, it was helpful, but not amazingly so. With Trump and GOP policy changes, all of those costs are going to increase, and coverage guarantees (like for pre-existing conditions) are getting rolled back. So if one might be forced to shop the private small business health market which has always been more expensive in my area.
Au contraire I think it is patently obvious that he does have a problem with the code as written, otherwise why spend the energy to rebut it so vigorously?
> It might not be the best burger I’ve had in my life, but it’s certainly the best at that price. A lot of that comes from the savings on labor and kitchen space afforded by a robot cook. “We spend more on our ingredients than any other burger restaurant.”

That's a great elevator pitch. Fluff-free and obvious ex post facto.
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You misunderstand me. These are all the same type of qualitative arguments that aren't convincing. They do explain the principles, which is a good start, and they can convince someone of the mechanism that it could work by but you can't make predictions from them so they have no value in convincing anyone who isn't already convinced or willing to trust authority once they've got the gist of how it could be possible.

Quick proof that they are unconvincing. Animals have been emitting CO2 since they appeared on Earth but the Earth is still - or even more - suitable for animal life than it ever was. Where's the "obvious" effect of all those millions of years of CO2 production? See, sometimes the effect is too small or it's counteracted by something else that we can't easily predict the effect of.
In New York City this happens for similar reasons. Also in "Historic Districts" it is widespread for related reasons.
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I recently took a trip to Bochum, Germany. They have a light rail system that goes to every small suburb, the university, and is centered at the Bochum city train station where there are cabs, bus lines and connections that get you to any surrounding city.

It is maybe 6-8 lines total and was incredibly useful because it was designed to be, I didnt need a car to get anywhere and it was clean and cheap (2 euros per trip) .

The new Q-line in Detroit is 1 line that is three miles total and is more designed as a tourist trap, most people dont work three miles away from where they live. You need to connect it to other systems like an airport or a bus station, and you need more than 1 line (duh).

If you gave everyone horses and only build a three mile road you wouldn't say that "cars are a failure, and roads lose money". For some reason in the States we build out a tiny one line system and then throw our hands up in the air when nobody rides it.
I doubt anyone would pay 2% management fee and a 20% share on profit to a fund who is just going to keep the money in cash. Might as well do it myself for free.
Very interesting, I'll have to think a lot about that.
> free college for all students who maintain adequate gpas

Looks like everyone is getting a diploma! Professors will would be incentivized to hand out As in order to keep their job.
Speed of sound is invariant in all intertial reference frames. Speed of sound of supersonic plane is constant. Speed of sound in supersonic plane is constant. Air does not exists: it's contraction and expanding of space-time, not an air. (Joke)
I think it should serve as a wake up call for the rest of the world. Sweden has had incredible success with recycling in recent years, most notably touting the fact that they import other countries' trash to use in their recycling plants [1]. How can we recreate Sweden’s model in the US and have our own solution to the trash problem instead of giving it to China?

[1] https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/sweden-s-recycling...

EDIT: Fixed wording and added source. Sweden is buying other countries' trash, not selling theirs.
I work from home, sitting next to my partner, and this is responsible for ~80% of our work. No particular order.

Late Night Tales Presents Sasha: Scene Delete [0]

Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk: Passage [1]

Jon Hopkins: Opalescent [2]

HVOB & Winston Marshall: Silk [3]

Anything at all by HVOB. HVOB is the golden stuff.

All of Tycho's albums

Any of Tycho's Burning Man mixes on SoundCloud [8]

Kiasmos: Blurred [4]

Vermont: II [5]

Bonobo: Migration [6] (or any other Bonobo)

Tosca: No Hassle [7] (or any other Tosca)

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[0]: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/late-night-tales-presents-...

[1]: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/passage/1177124625

[2]: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/opalescent/305037953

[3]: https://itunes.apple.com/au/artist/hvob/564007861

[4]: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/blurred/1266258851

[5]: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/ii/1174877374

[6]: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/migration/1172028049

[7]: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/no-hassle-bonus-track-vers...

[8]: https://soundcloud.com/tycho/ingress-burning-man-sunrise-set...
I think there is more than that.

First, architecture followed the same trend as modern art where taste and beauty have given way to being original and conceptual. This results in very mediocre constructions. Paris attracts millions of tourists who come to admire its palaces and tasteful haussmanian style. No such enthusiasm for the modern buildings of Frankfurt. Not to mention the concrete-made brutalist horrors and other modern architectural “creations”.

Second, apart from the said brutalist bunkers, all modern constructions are designed for a very limited life (even infrastructures like bridges). I was visiting the Pantheon in Rome last week, a 2000 years old building which interior made of marble and stone looks almost new (after many renovations I am sure). What will be left of our glass and steel buildings? They are merely more durable than a mongol tent. The only trace historians will have of our civilisation is the selfies we publish on Facebook really.
> Of course it should be heavily taxed so that cycling, bus and subway infrastructure can be financed.

I like sentences that start with "Of course...". But I tend to think that Stockholm might not be a very representative city of the worst transportation problems.

Stockholm has a population of ~950,000 (or 2.3 million metro) and a city area of 188 km². Contrast that with London with 8.1 million (13.6 million metro) people and 1,572 km². Plus, there are unique geographical characteristics, different population distributions and infrastructures. All these affect commute times and congestion.

I don't think the solution in Stockholm is nearly universal. It might solve the specific problems of that specific city but would fail in many ways if applied blindly in many other places.
They have to play against other equally talented individuals in the highest level professional leagues from the age of 18 to develop tactically and technically.

Exactly. Nothing teaches better than having your ass kicked.

A number of high profile spanish players are considering going China for their last active years, so maybe they're on the right way.
Philosophical analysis kicks in when someone chooses to do it and at no other time.

Language simply isn’t the limit of anyone’s world.

It’s also plainly obvious that humans have access to many other ways of expressing themselves and communicating other than language, and some truth can certainly be expressed.
As with post-modernism (which this is simply a late stage manifestation of) you shouldn't blame the superficial reaction, you should blame the initial problem, which was architectural modernism and an obsession with discarding all the lessons of the past in the name of innovation, so called. Tom Wolf nailed it in "From Bauhaus to Our House":

https://www.amazon.com/Bauhaus-Our-House-Tom-Wolfe/dp/031242...

As badly as these buildings suck, they at least make a gesture at a humane world.

Christopher Alexander tried to warn us.
Are we thinking of the same drug? Because Valtrex is pretty safe as long as your kidneys are normal and you drink enough water every day. I take 500 mg daily to prevent 5 to 10 (at least!) cold sores per year. My quality of life is so much higher with this drug (imagine not being able to be intimate on like half of all your dates...) For people like me who get cold sores at the drop of a hat (or shaving or even a sharp cold breeze), it’s a fine risk, and I’d even be willing to risk more.
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This decision has effectively killed the "internet lemonade stand", where a person with a bit of web knowledge could go online and a day or two later have a store that sold something.

Oh sure, you can still do that. But now it's going to all be channeled through gatekeepers that will ensure regulatory compliance. And run their own little walled gardens. Better not tick them off. (This is a nice little website you have here. Are you sure you're happy with that tweet you sent one night after heavy partying seven years ago? Be a shame if somebody made a fuss about that and started harassing your gateway provider)

There should also be some interesting macro changes. At some certain price and weight points, it's probably going to be easier to buy overseas and avoid taxes, at least for some residents. I would expect international shipping to tick up a bit.
For that very reason I refuse to buy Sony products. For ages they forced they (incompatible, proprietary, overpriced memory cards) and PS is sooo locked that it doesn't make sense to invest (even if they have exclusive titles)
so you always have your phone plugged into power then?
True, and the mental gymnastics in Law, Surgery, and a number of other fields are also hard, if not harder, but they still attract =>50% women these days. Maybe we could draw some of these women by showing the broader purpose behind coding as a challenge worthy of a career. Working as a software engineer is an undersell. You could be a founder of a tech company, a researcher in AI tool that finds cancer better than Radiologists.
We are using sqlite for some things. But for large quantities of simply structured telemetry data it is not very good. About as good as raw json. The reason it is not very efficient is that the disk layout is optimised for fast access.
Alright, if you'd like me to excessively specify my point: "retarded" and "dumb" are adjectives not used in the DSM 5, which means they are not modern clinical terms. They have also been abolished completely. "Disorder" is still in common use, not only for autism but across the DSM as a common term meaning "atypical and diagnosable." So yes, "disorder" is an appropriate term at the moment. Whether it will continue to be in the future is irrelevant for present conversation.

For what it's worth, if you're arguing that "disorder" should not be used on the basis of precedents like "dumb" and "retarded", the page you cited is an exceptionally poor reference. The quotes appear to be mocking this phenomenon.