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Java itself is pretty fast and wonderful, at-least the modern versions. It’s the libraries and the ecosystem. Java folks typically over engineered things with layers and layers of abstraction in the name of “enterprise”.

Writing a web app in Django/express vs tomcat/jboss you’d feel the pain. It would take forever to start, chew an insane amount of memory and nodejs runs circles around it.

There aren’t that many things where Java is a great usecase. If you want serious perf, then you’d go C/C++/rust. Perf with nicer abstractions would be Go. Dynamic languages? Javascript and Python.

Yes Android uses Java heavily but even Google got sued left and right by Google. Oracle simply gives Java a really bad rep.

Java is still heavily used by banks and enterprisy companies but I’d bet C# has equal penetration. C# is just designed much nicer, it’s like java but a great user experience and similar perf. With .NET being OS, i’d bet on C# to have bright future. MS invests a lot more into it than Oracle into Java.

So to answer your question if you should learn Java. Absolutely go build a simple Android app or a simple cli app. I wouldn’t count on it being the only tool in the toolbox.

If you have limited time and you want to make a choice on what to learn. I’d say Javascript and Python. Those are in good demand nowadays.
It excited me as a kid haha. Between that and Comic Chat, and V-Chat I was convinced the future was now.

I kind of wish Comic Chat still existed (though everyone should be blaming it for Comic Sans)
Instagram ‘ask me a question’ feature – Hit or miss?
Minneapolis does have an exemption to the 8" height for "managed natural landscapes".
There are workshops to prepare you for running for office, and it doesn't have to be all consuming.

I'd like to see more support for credentialed STEM professionals who are willing to take time out of a career to hold public office, but there are at least a couple of options out there already.

Edit: Actually, working with a think tank like Rocky Mountain Institute might be even more in line with your thinking. Let me know if you're curious and I'd be happy to make some introductions.
The article also mentions compostable straws.
i love taleb but i thought skin in the game was the most disappointing of all of this books.
Why the West Still Rules - For Now, Ian Morris

Grand unified theory of history, focusing on the cyclic patterns of challenge that societies face as they push against hard ceiling of development using their existing methods, and have to innovate to break through, or spiral downward into a dark ages. Guided by an exploration of the question "Why the West has global dominance but the East does not -- for now"
Hey, Tom here (creator of TOML). Fun to see TOML on HN again! Since I first wrote a (mostly) joke proposal for TOML 5 years ago, TOML has been adopted by a number of prominent projects such as Cargo, Hugo, Pipenv, and others.

TOML is especially well suited for projects that need a simple configuration file that maps unambiguously to a hash table. There are still some weaknesses in TOML that make it non-optimal for large, complex config, but I'm hoping to address that in a later version of the spec (perhaps 2.0).

Happy to answer any questions you all have about TOML!
I'm more a fan of YAML.

"YAML Ain't Markup Language"
I'd like to see a source for your claim that most Americans live in cities. As far as I know, the census does not differentiate between suburban and urban areas so we don't have any "official" numbers on how many Americans live in suburban areas. They are just lumped into the urban population.
Yeah, that's weird.

For the most part the language seems like a smarter slightly more flexible INI which I like (although there's no real standard for INI, most formats don't allow for nested arrays or tables,) but why embrace bracket notation for arrays, but not a keyed syntax with the same brackets for tables?

Something like this would have been be a lot cleaner to me:

[designers]
[name = Guido, lang = Python]
[name = Larry, lang = Perl]
indicates an 'open' array ?
The cups/lids are recyclable and the straws weren't/aren't.
Heh, elegance like "There is a story on the front page getting lots of attention, please log out so we can serve you from cache."
Excluding the datetime RFC in the name of minimalism would make the language much worse (coughjson). I feel like this is as simple as it could be, but no more.
all of these are great, i second chasing the scream, i loved that book
But still no Linux version unfortunately, despite it being the #4 most requested feature (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams/Nativ...). This is hugely painful for my organization, were a significant number of the devs use Linux. The IM feature works fine on the web, but audio only works under specific circumstances, and screen sharing doesn't work at all, effectively excluding these users.
We added a proper datetime type because the only thing worse than having one is not having one. If you had to supply a datetime as a string, every TOML file would have a different way of doing it, which is...not so obvious.
Well, part of my argument was that this isn't really a very specific case: these days if you do any screen-targetting work that consists of many layers, you will have a very hard time doing it on 4GB RAM.
This seems like a poorly chosen headline from TechCrunch. Not being someone who keeps up with Microsoft chat programs, on first reading it I though "Teams at Microsoft get a free version of what?"
>These rules are kinda dumb and often go way far because HoA members get a little drunk with power

I'm sure that's often true. And I know that I mostly give nature relatively free rein on my country property. That said, I can at least appreciate the point of view of why suburban neighbors on fairly small land plots who keep meticulously neat lawns, gardens, and homes are going to have an issue with the person whose house has peeling paint, an unmaintained lawn, and generally looks abandoned.
Waste Management doesn't accept them, at least not here in Rochester NY. I checked.
>"The protons are accelerated at the source."

So by "source" you mean "source of the protons"? And "local photons" means "produced near the source of the protons"?
It may have 0 environmental impact, but at least it's a step in the right direction for reversing our 'disposable society'. Really, though, if you're that concerned about the environment and you JUST HAVE TO HAVE STARBUCKS... bring your own re-usable mug. That's a thing, too.

Also, the paper straw claim is pretty dubious. The nearest pizza place to my office has been using paper straws for months. Never had one "collapse" mid drink, even after an hour or more. The author is resorting the the pseudo-journalistic "people are saying" technique to make a BS argument. I'm a person, and I'm saying paper straws are just fine! Why not "quote" me in the article?!?
How often does one change the DB backing a live production application?
Yeah, they sell reusable containers (as you have found).

They could go the way of the plastic bags in supermarkets and frame it as a "cup tax" like cities do.

Or, erm, I guess that would be the city that does that.

Boulder has the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax, but I don't think a Frappuccino is taxed, even though it's calories come from mostly sugar.
Nobody is suggesting we build a compressor station inside Annapolis. A property owner near the waterfront wants to use his property to build a hotel and retail areas in the heart of downtown. NIMBYs oppose it because of their personal aesthetic preferences: https://www.google.com/amp/www.capitalgazette.com/opinion/co...
Why is an AWS paper on azure websites? :)
The Story of the Thailand Cave Rescue
>Again, if it was so simple to destroy a company through shorting, why isn't it happening everywhere, all the time?

I don't think it's simple - on the contrary if the writer is correct, it seems to require a great degree of organized and concerted effort. It's probably not something that would normally be worth it, but it used to happen in the Chicago futures markets and early NYSE all the time. It's pretty well known now that the rating agencies are not disinterested third parties, and none of this is all that outlandish, really.

>Furthermore, who is "they"?:

the author alleges a group of hedge fund managers led by Jim Chanos, presumably including Stamford Capital's Steve Cohen.
> Also, would compostable straws be an option? (assuming they do not end up in the landfill, and only distributed on demand to reduce waste).

There are no options that are suitable for disabled people.

I'd recommend following Lawrence Carter-Long (he manages the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund) on Facebook; he's made a number of public posts about it lately, and the comments on his posts tend to be very good.

Here's the text of one of his posts:

> FACT: A soggy paper straw increases the risk of choking. Most paper and silicone alternatives are not flexible, eliminating arguably the most important feature used by people with mobility disabilities. Metal, glass and bamboo straws present obvious dangers for people who have difficulty controlling their bite, as well as those with neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s. Some disabled folks use straws when drinking coffee or eating soup, yet most of the alternatives--including the leading biodegradable straw--are not suitable for drinks over 40°C/104°C. Furthermore, re-useable straws are not always hygienic or easy to clean in public places.

And here's a comment he made on another of his posts:

> 1. Glass straws can break. That's dangerous. For everyone.

> 2. Metal straws don't always adapt to temperature changes well. And can burn people.

> 3. At present, paper and biodegradable straws often break down faster than a lot of disabled folks can use 'em. A straw isn't much use when it is falling apart.

> 4. Reuseable straws are useful only if and when you can wash them right after using and if you have a way to store them. They also have to be easy for folks to carry with them every time they leave the house. Not possible for everyone.

> 5. What if you decide on the spur of the moment to go have a drink with friends after work but forgot your reusable straw that day? Doesn't leave a lot of room for spontaneity -- something non-disabled folks get to largely take for granted.
Yes, we just released it two days ago! I know v1.0.0 has been a long time coming, but it's important to me that we get it right, as specs have a very long-lasting impact (much more so than a specific version of a library). We are indeed working hard towards a proper 1.0 though!
My understanding is they're too small for most recycling facilities - they get sorted as contamination/debris.
"God I love suburbia."

It gives me a lot of hope to hear that there are people who do like that kind of thing, given how many folks I know who live in such situations.

Personally, I don't like it-- at least in Texas it's the worst of all worlds: everything is far enough apart that you still need to drive most places in a car (and public transportation / biking are afterthoughts) but you're still living almost on top of each other.

But if folks like it, good on them. I'm trying to figure out how to get out of it. I like being in places like manhattan where I can get on a subway and access some much amazing things, and I like to be out in the hills where have some space and quite. But that in-between space isn't good for me, and that's not taking into account the various cultural and economic issues that I find in living in "suburbia".
just out of curiosity, how long did i take you to read this book. i have it on my shelve but am afraid to start because it seems like it will take 2 months to finish
How Dare You!
Just kidding, I was a little vague so I will layout what I think could happen, all just my opinion. We are living in an age of both ever increasing wealth disparity and information. I believe that this wealth disparity and globalization have contributed to stagnating wages for the working class in the US and Europe which in turn has given rise to the current wave of populism (Trump, Brexit etc.). Populism often focus' on casting blame on those different from the majority, in this time frame refugees and immigrants serve as the scapegoat.

In third world countries labor is increasingly dedicated to working in factories on subsistence wages to build things for the wealthy that control the means of production. I take a Marxist approach on world politics in that I believe the primary driver of conflict and power is class as opposed to States / Nations. (Note: I have no interest in communism)

Historically these circumstances have led to major upheavals such as the French Revolution, the multiple populist waves that have swept Latin America and the rise of the Nazi Party. So essentially I am predicting a major wave of social unrest on a much larger scale than we have seen recently with the Arab Spring being a precursor.

Of course I could be totally wrong.
This is an obvious ad hominem attack, and completely missed the point of the pypi post.

If someone says "this problem cannot reasonably be solved", you don't get to discredit them by saying "look, you had the problem!" You have to actually rebut their arguments and say that it can be solved.
Not an argument. I believe I read a lot of history books. So can you then provide me with your enlightened wisdom that you got, I apparently failed to grasp?
The size of that partisan (or in Reason's case, ideological more than partisan) bent varies enormously.
> I think its more that when its life and not the Government that is going to punish you for failing, you're going to work harder at not failing.

> I would counter that without those punishments and protections, its possible that fewer people would do things like start businesses

Again, the evidence rather strongly suggests the opposite.

As people's brains are more stressed out by the fear of failing, their decision making gets worse not better. There's tons of evidence that shows that being poor severely screws with your ability to make rational, intelligent decisions about long term planning. (https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/your-br... ; https://theconversation.com/study-links-poverty-and-poor-dec...)

Likewise, there's data that shows one of the things that's special about entrepreneurs is the fact that they have strong familial safety nets. Part of their risk taking is literally that the risks are less risky for them, because their families will catch them. Which suggests that, if you want to increase the number of new businesses - implement a stronger social safety net (like a basic income). (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/welfare... ; http://www.nber.org/papers/w19276.pdf?new_window=1) . The paper I linked there focused on the "smart" and "illicit" avenues and completely brushed past the "come from wealthier families" part, but I've seen other papers (that google isn't coughing up readily in the 5 minutes I have right now) that focused more on that latter part.

Conversely, you just have to look at the countries that do a good job of taking care of their citizens - Scandinavia, Canada, etc - to see pretty strong evidence for the idea that a well cared for populace is able to make better decisions.
> for flatter schema's I do personally think TOML is more readable than it's JSON, YAML and XML

Yes. But for nested data, I find TOML becomes the least readable and I have to fall back to YAML or JSON.

Maybe we need just one more ML...
>Not expressing a view about whether those follow-up claims are correct, just noticing that this wasn't a mistake/oversight by the article.

It actually sounds like the article writer came up with a juicy "gotcha" headline and wrote most of the article, happened upon some information that undercut their premise, but decided to sloppily hand wave it away so they could publish anyway.
Why do you think that throwing compute at the problem is absurd? Arguably that's the approach that produced the resurgence of interest in CNNs.
For more complex config, I highly recommend HOCON (https://github.com/lightbend/config/blob/master/HOCON.md), and its parser in Java (https://github.com/lightbend/config).

It feels like Scala (Lightbend is the company behind Scala) in the sense that there are 100 ways to achieve the same thing and having different levels of "code elegance", but for me it's a plus, since I'm a Scala fan.
Oh interesting, I have never seen Anki (https://apps.ankiweb.net/) being used for large blocks of source code.

Anki is an open source application (desktop + mobile) for spaced repetition learning (aka flashcards). It's a very popular tool among people who want to learn languages (and basically anything else you want to remember). There are many shared decks (https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/). Creating and formatting cards is also possible and pretty easy.

If you are planning to learn a language or anything else give Anki a try. I used it for all of my language learning efforts. With this least my vocabulary is rocking solid.
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1. Measure What Matters - John Doers book about OKR’s is awesome, best business book since Lean Startup

2. Bad Blood - Just started it and it reads like John Grisham

3. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaur - Narrative about dinosaurs, I’m excited

4. Cork Dork - Great book about wine and Sommeliers

5. Waterloo: The History of Four Days - Everyone talks about Napolean’s defeat, but I honestly know nothing about it.
If you use web client then it takes you back in time. It's the limitation of the desktop client for some reason.
Not quite a book but definitely a long essay.

"A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" by David Foster Wallace.

Great read on consumerism, escapism, and the funny things that people seem to do on cruise ships.

Also just started keeping a public kanban board of my book backlog and wondering if others do something similar? I'd be curious to know how others organize their book lists and peaking through to find new things to read. https://github.com/davidsantoso/books/projects/1
The article addressed it. Even if they get recycled, they mostly end up in the dump.
I don't think this follows at all. True, I probably don't want zero health and safety regulations. But government--an institution notorious for both pervasiveness and inertia--can get things wrong just like individuals and market institutions. And when the government does it, it does it at massive scale and for a very long time.

Thaler's "libertarian paternalism" is not about controlling choices, but making better choices easier to make while allowing people to still choose something else. Big government in practice is typically about picking an option and not allowing anything else. And if that one chosen option turns out to be wrong, it will take ages to undo it as the now-vested interests who manage to benefit lobby to keep the status quo.
https://github.com/toml-lang/toml#array-of-tables

Still there FWIW.
> Model x and a have 25% profit margins

Part of the short thesis is that they are hiding warranty repairs in "Services and Other" - underreserving for warranty would make those margins artificially high. They reserve $3000/car - considering that just the 3 people I know with Model S's have all had a drive unit replaced, one had a battery replaced, between them I have lost count of the number of door handle replacements - I think there is something to that.

Even if their per car margins are high, they still have a negative operating margin. If you can't make money selling cars, does it really matter what your automotive gross margin is? I think the focus on those margins is a major misdirect away from the fact that the capital they've been raising has been used for operational costs as well as capex - which implies that they aren't "reinvesting profits in growth" but dependent on cash infusions for survival. And it seems to have worked based on the TMC and Reddit TeslaMotors threads - people think that the gross margins on the cars means they are making money if you ignore their investing in the future, which just isn't true.

Aside: My favorite bull response while sharing this information so far was "source" on my claim they had negative operating profit from someone who was "heavily invested in the stock" -- it's those stripey pages at the beginning of those reports you should be reading as an investor. I try to follow the bull reasoning as much as possible but it's really hard when a lot of it is just based on faith in Elon - I don't really know how to model that.
Redundancy.

Real answer though it's a Microsoftian's (that's not a word) website https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/
Hack: hosting files in url minifier services
But if they actually cared they do something like use a cornstarch cup and make sure they're composted. Or they would guarantee to recycle all their own plastics left in their bins.
> If you buy Intel, you know beforehand you won't be able to upgrade the CPU, since the socket is changed (intentionally, of course) every generation. But the CPU isn't the issue for e.g. gaming, and upgrading every generation or every other generation largely doesn't make any sense at all with Intel parts for the last eight years or so.

Is it really true that the socket changes every generation? My impression was that sockets changed every 2-3 generations, not every one. Not that that entirely defeats the point, but it expands the window.
I have no idea about the east coast labor market, but in Bay Area $250k is what an I4-I5 gets payed at medium/large RSU granting companies.

As a software developer at I4+ you have to

- Be able to independently complete start-to-finish large features in reasonable time

- Drive resolution of complex problems (fix any bugs with your code and medium bugs elsewhere)

- Deliver high-quality work (low bug rate, low failure rate, high flexibility, great coding style, automation, documentation)

- Introduce improvement ideas and get them implemented (gets harder the more people get involved)

- Own a functional area end-to-end

- Have product-wide technical and functional knowledge (know everything that your department is working on from both developer and customer perspectives)

- Mentor junior engineers

- Excel at communication

- Participate in recruiting

If you can demonstrate the above, you should have no problems getting hired at $250k+ in Bay Area.

Getting to above $500k is another story. Took me 20 years.
Admittedly, that’s very rare.
You most certainly could not have big government, in that scenario each state would be its own sovereign nation.
They're denser towns with various shops for the essentials, so you don't have to drive for kilometers to get necessities, houses are on average significantly smaller, etc. They basically look like semi-suburban neighborhoods in big US cities (ie neighborhoods not in the city center with skyscrapers/etc).
to be honest, I would prefer we find more ways to reduce what is going to the land fill. I have to make a trip with my father soon and it is amazing what we have no alternative other than just dumping it all.

the chemical cocktail we are burying as a world is just amazing, all those cleaning chemicals, used oils, paints, and more. I know some regions tried incineration and I would like to think it is more environmentally friendly than simply burying it.