skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Something I've noticed about developing countries, people never attribute poverty to a character failure. People in developing countries come face to face with poverty every day, they have poor friends and poor family members, so the idea that poor people are unintelligent or not hard-working, never occurs.

When countries become rich (it's not just America), people lose their connection with poverty and start to blame poor people for being poor. This lets them justify voting against social security programmes because they believe "it will never happen to me, I'm not the kind of person who becomes poor".
How so? The comment I was replying to was calling 30% unnecessary/unreasonable. However, that's quite the relative statement, no? If (with an obviously fake example) 30% allowed them to break even, who would call that unreasonable?

I feel like the idea of what is reasonable or not is entirely dependent on how much profit they're making. For ease of discussion, I think it would be very reasonable if customer costs reflected operational costs. Ie, sell the phone for just a bit over phone costs (including R&D/etc), sell iCloud for a bit over operating costs, sell App Store usage for a bit over operating costs, etc.

All of that would be very reasonable, no? So what is reasonable and what is not reasonable seems entirely to do with how much profit they're turning. Which of course, as my question asks, is nearly impossible to understand from the outside.
35 hours is 5 days 9am-5pm with an hour for lunch.

Reviewing for abuse is of course correct and good behaviour, but your assumption seems to be that people putting in that amount of hours are probably going to be unproductive.

Is that correct, or have I misinterpreted you?
A similar issue got me from recommending android and google services to friends/family to actively discouraging them (and migrating off of every service I could feasibly do). The WiFi chip on my nexus 6 burnt out and neither Motorola or google would replace it without paying several hundred dollars (motorola said it was a software issue and google said it was a hardware issue). Looking at forums this was a known issue across every nexus device.

I have zero patience for poor customer service.
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The farmers quoted in the article seem convinced that they prevent rainfall at least.
That gave me absolute chills.

I can't help but think of a platform like that but international and for all jobs. Hellish reality.
And they say AI will not destroy jobs. Automated astro turfing and PR. Cutting out the middle-man, going straight from sender to consumer. No need for "news".
> Perhaps I know you from Lua community

That would make a lot more sense, I am pretty involved with the Lua community. :)
It's not a triviality. The background is that there have been quite a few studied published which claimed that drinking moderately had health benefits over not drinking at all (you see those headlines every now and then, "a glass of wine/week reduces risk of heart attack", or whatever).

The statistics behind those studies are a bit dodgy, because they investigate just one disease (heart attacks, say) instead of total health effect, and because they are confounded by people who are tee-totalers because they were alcoholics (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/04/did-drinking-gi...). But many people say that they have a big negative impact on public health, because they allow people to rationalize their drinking---instead of thinking it's unhealthy they can go "oh, but it's good for my heart".
I'm the job poster, and yes. It's hard to find a term that does apply for both. If you have a good suggestion, let me know!
Is it ethical to work on the Tesla autopilot software?
It's a thought. Or QA Automation.
>"Know thy audience" is one of those concepts where, the more you think about it, the less you realize you know.

And it's doubly hard because the audience is almost always something of a mix. I've given more than one presentation where the survey has included some variant of both "Way too basic" and "Went way over my head."
Eula's are enforceble. However they need to adhere to some standards. For the Dutch for example;general eula aka 'algemene voorwaarden' can not be 'unfair' this is quite ubiquitous, but still you cannot suddenly put 'anything' in there. This specific case would not hold as it is not fair to the customer. (faulty hardware has been supplied and this firmware is nothing but a correction to their shortcoming) I'm sorry that I cannot give a more elaborate explanation of this. IANAL.
When I was freelance, I made a small name for myself by creating the very first WebVR framework, before WebVR was even a thing, and then I told someone I could do HoloLens, having never even touched Unity before, but having tons of C# experience. I started doing more opaque VR Unity work after that at a startup. When that startup inevitably tanked, I got a job at a large consulting firm based on my reputation in the local VR community and a referral from a coworker. I was the only one who had any HoloLens experience going in to a project at the new job, and it just continued from there, reinforcing itself.
The great thing about capitalism/trade is/was that your benefit was directly linked to that of others giving you something in return. However it does seem very much like a lot of people are trying hard (and succeeding) to benefit more than others (those in power).
> graphics and charts, do you use any specific tool?

Usually, I used Visio, not really by choice but because it was available and sometimes used by other coworkers (usually for the specs flowcharts). There was another tool available, that was used in one of those companies, it was better than Visio, but I don't remember the name, unfortunately, due to a insufficient number of licenses, I could not use it.

When I do such stuff on my Linux box, I use various flowchart/diagram tools like Dia (and another one whose name I forget). I've also experimented with various text-based solution (LaTeX-based & the like), but with mitigated satisfaction: those solutions where too heavy & cumbersome for my use case.

As you wrote, those ARE time consuming and have the usual update problem. But that cost is really offset by the benefit of clarity. When _I_ gave a module to the testers team, I gave them a brief (15 to 20 minutes max) presentation and my documents & usually never heard again from them (except when they found a bug of course), while with the other modules (made by my coworkers), I saw them asking for more information all the time...

> EDIT: came up with a better way to put it: documentation should deal with what a system does, why and where, then how it achieves so in a broad sense, and finally deal with the implementation details (which is the only part we are kinda handling nowadays, as you explained).

You describe _exactly_ the problem. And I've been fighting hard to make that simple idea enter in my coworkers -thick- skulls, but with not much success: they often do acknowledge the problem, but either don't care (disgruntled or not professional) or are too lazy or are overworked and take shortcuts, not realizing that medium and long-term they would in fact GAIN some time... As for the management, I've lost all hope, no amount of discussion can enlight them (they only see "THE CODE").
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I think it reflects the community's extremes. I have been using less and less Python because so many of the community can at times be their own worst enemy or mine. Personally I steer people to different first languages just so they don't get stuck only knowing Python.
I love clojure and appreciate what Datomic brings to the table, but it seems like you need the whole package (clojure backend) in order for the benefits to pay off. GraphQL is a much less risky proposal for most companies, since it can be implemented more iteratively, and is storage-layer agnostic.
There are safety and sanitations concerns a hair stylist must take into consideration, and they are expected to understand how to properly use chemical treatments in both styling and sanitation.

There was a time where getting a scratch from an unsanitized blade meant an infection that could kill you.
Depends on your threat model. For all we know chroot, docker, and SELinux could have been in active usage on this machine.

But Facebook may view a compromise on their edge network and potentially one of their trusted servers as serious even if actual damage on that server itself is limited.
Does the UK have small claims court, and if they do, wouldn't that still be expensive and inconvenient for someone in Canada?

Does Canada have small claims court so, and if they do would they have jurisdiction for a warranty claim against a UK firm for a warranty claim based on a UK purchase transaction?

Or do you imagine this as a person in Canada suing the US parent in some US state’s small claims court for a claim arising in Canada against the UK subsidiary based on a UK transaction?

Because, somehow, I don't think that's a particularly viable option.
How about they built the fscking cars so they would survive being outdoors? I certainly don't have anti-hail navy-grade cannons at home.

I never really understood why cars have the outer finish of an indoor piece of art. My car have scratches from my fingernails near the door handles. What's up with that? Should I wear white gloves when I approach the car?
> Fatuous remark by that professor. Drinking doesn't get you to work etc. Its entirely dispensable.

WTF? Work exists to support a fun life, not the other way around.
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When I started smoking I used to smoke other people's cigarettes. Then I started buying my own out of embarrassment. I wasn't a tobacco addict in my own mind at that stage, I just like smoking. It was only when I wanted to quit I found it really hard to stay off for long periods. Eventually I managed it. The level I smoked at was about 10-15 a day. I know a man who smokes 60 a day. He is probably more addicted than I was but it's a matter of degree rather than me being able to look down on him as an addict as compared to my moderate level of smoking.
"Ruler"? Personally, I find silly over the top terminology like that or ("ninja" or "rock star") a turn-off in a job posting anyway; but for those who do find it appealing, there's plenty of gender-neutral terminology. Thank you for being open to input.
Without being too much of a prick, my dad grew up in a first world western country in a house with a dirt floor, had no power until after 1970, ate a diet of mostly potatoes a few months before they were due to be planted and 10 months since they were picked, slept with the cows because it was more comfortable than sleeping in a bed with the other male children, and ended up a comparatively wealthy amateur entomologist only because he got a free studentship and became a teacher. They used to store meat in a Coolgardie safe before they bought a kerosene fridge.

Anyone in a developed country has an insane level of wealth even compared to our parents, for the most part. I'm reading High Output Management right now, and it's basically the opposite of every strike and industrial action my parents found themselves in. There's an inherent tension between a stable life and a rich life that I find hard to resolve.

I dunno.
Very cool!

Where does it store the markdown data? Is it sent to any remote server or only hosted in localStorage or what?

Also it would be cool if the markup was "live", in the sense that you didn't need a separate preview phase, but the markdown was styled right there in the editor in the way it would eventually be (while still showing the syntax).
I would like that people saw this as a reality check to another promoted narrative.

"Sometimes, beer loves us back too: Studies have suggested that, when consumed in moderation, beer has many health benefits." - http://www.foxnews.com/story/2010/01/15/healthy-beer-drinkin...

"Despite the health benefits of moderate drinking, Holahan emphasizes the need for common sense. One or two drinks a day may be beneficial for some, but drinking a lot more can be dangerous, he said." - https://news.utexas.edu/2010/08/27/psychology_drinking

One in Five Americans Say Moderate Drinking Is Healthy - https://news.gallup.com/poll/184382/one-five-americans-say-m...

So there is still people believing that alcohol may be healthy. It is good to understand that it is not. And that to decide to drink will have consequences.

I have seen an increase of availability of alcohol-free drinks for the past decade that allow you to hang out with your friends, keeping that very needed human contact, but allowing you to not suffer the adverse effects of alcohol and to drive safe home.
IIRC, the setting only needs to be disabled temporarily to allow the installation of a third party app. If you re-enable the blocking setting after you install the game, I don't see any reason things can't work and be secure.
I feel the same way. As I think about my own network, I feel like it's dangerously small and can't bring much to bear in times of need. As a fellow introvert, I didn't work hard in the past to build more and stronger connections. Only now am I seeing the problems that arise from not doing so. If only I had known...but then, I still would've been an introvert.
Honey, not antibiotics, recommended for coughs
Firing shockwaves every 6 seconds?
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What would one recommend after HtDP (for someone who is a complete beginner)?

As I've just about come to the end of the wonderful course on edx using this book, I have been considering what I should use for the next step.

SICP seems to be a common recommendation however I've read a few comments on the difficulties with math and other things seeing as the book was originally written for MIT students.

Seeing as how highly regarded SICP is should I try it even though I consider myself to be weak at math?
To be clear, this isn't an issue with the Django source, as much it was a miss configured server - having debug mode on enabled the stack trace to be leaked which yielded the secret key. Debug mode shouldn't be used in production, and django probably shouldn't be responsible for snipping every possible value out of debug traces.
Having stopped drinking a bit over a year ago I'm curious if I'll actually recover from some of the damaging health effects or just not get any worse. I recall reading that for smoking your chance of dying returns to normal about 10 years after quitting but I'm not sure if there is similar research for drinking
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They are comparable. They're both activities that come with some risk of death, and both activities that we would like to be able to do.
Interesting, the supreme court is hearing that case currently which makes these articles very convenient timing wise: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-18/apple-get...
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yes, localStorage. See https://github.com/plibither8/markdown-new-tab
For AgTech Geeks: How to determine variable rate nitrogen:
Not at all. I live about halfway between two "major" international airports, each of which is about two hours by train. Or I have a local airport - ten minutes by city bus - with a much more restricted flight selection. If my destination is London, that in fact translates to a choice of five airports at the other end; and if I decide, for example, that Heathrow is my preferred arrival point, that means not only will I have a very different experience depending on the airline and hence which terminal, but also means I can decide between a direct flight from either of those more distant origins, or to take connecting flights, and thus have a further choice to make in each direction when I may be able to choose between changing in Frankfurt, Vienna, Hamburg, Cologne or Brussels. For a frequent flyer there are so many factors to consider in choosing routes, airport competitiveness is very very important indeed. Recently my home airport had me fill in a passenger survey while waiting to board, designed to elicit my reasons for choosing that airport; they hadn't even begun to scratch the surface of the multiple variables I need to take into account when booking flights.
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I hate PRISM as much as the next guy. However, the US doesn't block pages about things with which it politically disagrees and doesn't throw people in to prison (unless they find cp)
I mean the fix is toggling a single environmental variable from True to False, on a system that isn't normally accessed by customers, so the risk is really small in rolling out the change.
I love this post, thank you.
Retorts involving a country's homogeneity and ethnic make-up as a reason social policies work well in that country usually carry a more sinister unspoken subtext, i.e. that ethnic diversity makes an environment hostile to social policies, and/or that some populations are intrinsically unfit for social policies. I don't want to go too far down that lane, so let's say that guessing the reasoning underlying this argument and examples of populations that argument is typically applied to are left as an exercise for the reader.
Driving may be less dispensable than drinking but it's not like you have to drive, and it's also not like there is no benefit to drinking.
You are the only person besides my mother (born in the late 1950s in the Southern USA) that I've seen/heard mention Biafra. Her knowledge of Biafra was due to her being told a similar thing as a child, "eat everything on your plate because there are Biafrans starving."
Python C extensions like NumPy are compiled into shared libraries, and loaded using dlopen() etc. normally by the main compiled Python runtime. (The only special thing here is that all those components are compiled to WebAssembly so it can run on the Web.)
I know this is going to get some jeering, but that's one nice thing about .Net's machine.config <deployment retail="true" />, you designate the machine itself as a non-development environment and tracing, debug output, and so on are disabled for all .Net/ASP.Net applications.

That might not work for all edge cases, but broadly there's a lot of machines which are only for non-development/production code, and a system-wide setting makes you a lot safer.
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wow thanks - just ran this on some production servers and caught some intersting stuff! had no clue this command existed.
While Redditisms leaking into HN comments are usually downvoted, I actually got this for the first time just now. Probably because while on HN I wear my thinking cap, and on Reddit I read mainly for amusement and don't spend the time to look as closely. So a qualified thank you, that was clever.
Yes! That is one feature that's in the pipeline, it'll be coming soon, heh.
SPENT
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17835300
> Because NYC is a magical fairytale-land of affordable rents.

I mean if you're willing to take the subway to work, you can get a pretty large 2BR for less than $2K / mo. Yes you need a job to be able to afford that, but not a particularly amazing job. Just not unemployed for the entire year every year.
Just want to point out that in many countries public transport is such that to „drive safe home“ is not a consideration.
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Tweaking brains with “smart drugs” to get ahead in Silicon Valley
Still no IPv6.
Many drive because it's required to get to their job and survive economically. I'm not sure the same case could be made for alcohol.
GitHub repo: https://github.com/plibither8/markdown-new-tab
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Those look like symmetric tires to me, not directional tires.
I'm sorry this happened to you. I don't have a solution for you. Personally I don't trust google with customer service stuff (as well as most other things), which is why I rely on Apple, for better or worse.
So, Intel indeed redacted the "no benchmarks" thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17833777
To be fair the protocol was on in my opinion life support and IRCv3 really gives a few more years to the protocol and clients.

Actually, I still think most IRC clients stale as f* even with IRCv3, for example embedding images and videos in chats should be trivial but I've yet to see a Linux desktop client do it (without sacrificing other features). IRCv3 doesn't also fix client certificate updating, though neither does any client handle client certs nicely so it's a sweet dream of mine to see auto-updated client certs.
This article is focused on average alcohol consumption. It only proves that if more alcohol is consumed there are more people who drink enough to have problems, not that everyone has problems.
Sometimes you’re lucky if a company reads your report in this time but of course I would expect and we generally see much better from the likes of Facebook etc
It's a vaguely amusing line but it doesn't actually make any sense in context.
How could they even work? Think of the energies and distances involved.
Scratches and dents are 2 different things.

All modern cars have paint which is then covered in clear coat (which is then covered in wax). The wax layer can easily be scratched but it also easily buffs out. The clear coat layer is VERY strong and will put up with quite a bit of abuse; you can make that coat even thicker if you so wish, with aftermarket products.

Hail doesn't directly damage the clear coat or the paint, it dents the actual metal itself. To make a car that resists those heavy hail storms would require quite a bit of extra weight, and overall this problem is cheaper to solve via insurance than by building a bullet-proof carapace that will add weight and rarely ever get used.
The purpose of a person is far, far more than simply to be able to work.
It's a fact of language. A noun is a container for a thing or concept that gives us a handle on experience.
This comment is too short and redicilous. BUT, I do sense where this is coming from. In the Netherlands there is a trend for decades now. That if the employer is the state, you by default underestimate the amount of work, to be able to overcharge them later. Because 'they'll pay anyway'. This has been the main cause of government IT failures (almost all of them). Go over budget, redesign, katching!
They are very new and I do not see a lot of reviews. The equity ask is on a higher side (5% for 25k-50k EUR). They seem to have made many recent investments(claim is 100) but in Europe(We are in US).