skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Can you point me to a resource with details about this? I'm relearning C++ and a comparative evaluation of a language feature like that would be very useful.
Number of github repos, which likely correlates to number of users. It also is probably a better gauge of the number of maintained, relevant libraries available. Clojure is used in production quite a bit nowadays, and there are excellent libraries for all kinds of modern tasks.

https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2018/03/07/language-rankings-1-1...
It made me actually get something out of interacting with strangers for the first time. Only bummer was it conflicted with an antioxidant I took and sent me to the ER (astazanthin)
Honestly, having to worry about politics and beliefs at work only makes work more stressful. I just want to go to work so I can do a good job then go home. Stuff can still be accomplished and people can still be treated with respect without having to dive into their personal lives to judge them first.
DDG has the same business plan as major providers(selling keywords), but they do it in a way that is more respectful of your autonomy.

Reasons I use DDG exclusively:

- I prefer their business plan. Keyword ads still appear on search results page, but I am not psychographically modeled and retargeted after I close the browser session.

- It performs fast and I like the visual appearance.

- No AMP results. (Google does not give you a way to disable AMP, at all, which surprised me. I do not like AMP because it does not feel right on iOS.)

- It integrates Instant Answers and has surprised me with some Stack Overflow/Superuser excerpts.

- Mobile search is now geo-aware (again, crucially, in a way that does not build a ad targeting profile on me over time).

- The scale of the company is smaller and the CEO seems like a real, reachable person.
>I am taking these examples because they resonate best with what are considered "political" subjects in the West, but in more gruesome contexts, such as the situation of Syria, "politics" is whether you are pro-Assad, pro-rebel, which rebel group you are part of, etc. You can see how silly (at best) or insulting (at worst) it can be to try and dismiss politics when they are actually a matter of life or death.

Speaking as, as I am, an Israeli citizen, I have to say: having people yell at you to get bombed and die because you can't opt out of politics is actually pretty unpleasant. I can't imagine Syrian exiles like it much either.
This is really a drawback of the browser though, right?
Let's Encrypt is about making traffic https not giving you strong verification of the other party. It's right there in the name!

The browsers do show some things for better verified certificates e.g. "YOUR BANK LTD." on a banks cert, "Secure" on hacker news/My page secured with let's encrypt.

So controlling traffic on the domain is really sufficient for the promise that LE is trying to make to you which is "When I accessed this domain, the entity that owns this key controlled the traffic. I don't really know anything about the entity."

If you think that presents a vulnerability then it's because you're equating https with entity verification (and I don't blame you because the browsers have trained us to do this)
Bad for their health compared to driving all the time? Before indoor plumbing, maybe. Now? No way.
> "tolerance" swings both ways.

It doesn't, which is the "paradox of tolerance".[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
One could argue they were "punching a nazi" of their time. The establishment of a dictatorship of the working class was a mission for which no human sacrifice was too great.

Obviously we're nowhere near that in modern US, BUT the hints of "violence in exchange for a dissenting opinion" and "what I don't agree with is Nazism" are unpleasant to say the least.
The fact that this has to be explained at all shows just how much hacker news is overrun with fascist moral relativism. There's even a guy equating nazis with jews. What the fuck happened to you people?
I will not respect or tolerate a person because they are gay. I will respect and/or tolerate them because they are human and a colleague.

Tolerance training is political because the employer wants employess of a certain belief,affiliation or private association to feel welcome. For example,tolerance training for vegetarians would also be political.

Pride also is supporting a political movement much like supporting 'alt-right'.

It's not gay people being just gay,but a company telling workers personal sexual lives of their colleagues is a basis for tolerance or intolerance and that the company favors tolerance in that particular case. By that same right,they can hold gay intolerance training.
Isn’t this how the web was supposed to work?
Huh. Weird to retroactively pull content out of my feed. Now there's just, like, one post from all of 2018. Reveals to both me and the world that I don't actually really use Facebook that much... :-/
You might not realize this, but you come off a little bit anti-gay in your post.

> Why are companies promoting "pride"?

First of all, you don't need to put pride in safety quotes.

Second of all, gay rights are human rights. Companies promote them because it's the right thing to do, and because they want all the good things that come along with doing the right thing. I don't think it's all that complicated.

Edit: If you're gonna downvote, at least say why you're downvoting.
> My bicycle doesn't have nearly as many air bags as a typical car.

yet statistically per-passenger-mile you're more likely to get a head injury while in a car than on a bike.
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I think you've convinced yourself of something horrific for reasons that I'm not seeing from what you're writing. "Absolute freedom of speech" is a satisfying way to describe a righteous movement like the one you mentioned, but it's not a real thing. Nobody is for "absolute" anything, though they may shout as much from a podium. I think it would not at all be a contradiction if many of the same people who fought against censorship of "offensive" material in the arts would opt not to fight for the right to incite direct violence. On the other hand, would they be against whatever it is these employees are upset about? Possibly - the details are fuzzy - but if it's general political workplace hostility, then that seems to happen just as much in conservative workplaces, where I've personally seen people express a shocking degree of public hatred for other people based on the perceived liberal nature of their opinions, to the point of destroying working relationships.

The things that scare ME are:

A. Some people seem to be practically unable to engage with dissenting opinions without claiming to have been "shouted down".

B. There seems to be less disagreement about the how to achieve what's right (i.e. we both agree on what's right, but disagree on how to get there), which can realistically be argued about in good faith, and more disagreement about what's right in the first place (e.g. person X thinks gay marriage, abortion, etc should be legally prohibited, and person Y does not), about which good-faith arguments are vanishingly rare for perhaps unavoidable reasons.
I think it would be a very smart move to plan for all of those things to happen.
You know, there are some real reprehensible morons on this site, but this takes the fucking cake.
No, it’s the equivalent of GitHub deciding to remove all the code that you automatically re-post from SourceForge.

In what way, AT ALL, was this this feature good for FACEBOOK?

It meant people could be “on” Facebook and “active” without ever actually logging in or using the app or engaging in any way.

Why would they want to just be a dumping ground for copies of another social network’s posts?

I guess I’m surprised this was allowed in the first place, or at least not removed many years ago.
This is a difficult question. Communism has led to countless unjust senseless deaths. Many people alive would be dead in a traditionally communist regime. Should we make communism objectionable as a political ideology? (note: I am not saying naziism should not be objectionable, just that we have an equally deadly ideology that has some acceptance)

These things are fraught with complication.
I would collaborate with my coworkers to get him fired.

In the end after a few dozen unrelated complaints about random different things their supervisor would be thinking about getting rid of them.
You literally just proved my point with your response.
> No, it’s the equivalent of get hub deciding to remove all the code that you automatically re-post from SourceForge.

People do regularly mirror repositories to github, and there'd be serious problems if github prevented that or somehow tried to force you to have your github repository as the "canonical" home of your project.
If you fix number one above, number two almost certainly will be fixed too. Maybe we need more and more "offensive" comedians and everyday people. The only way to fix a phobia like this is to super expose people to it. In this case, expose those offended to things that offend them. Over and over again. That's always been my thinking when I create literature for example. Shock people until they are numb. Because no one has a right not to be offended.
I wanted to like Monkeybrains but they were just too subpar for the competition in terms of speed, reliability and flexibility. I switched to sonic and get 1GBps fiber for barely $12/mo more than what I paid MB.
If only all this removed content already existed somewhere else. Like a different extremely popular social network.

Like the one all the content was actually posted on originally.

I guess I don’t see why this is such a big deal other than as a generic opportunity to be mad at Facebook.
Certbot has a issue with dependencies that I’d rather not deal with on a production server:

https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/1301

Not to worry though, there are over 100 other ACME clients that I can choose from.
Needed more practice in construction estimating, which is yet another discipline that you wouldn’t immediately think of when someone says “build a house.”
"[E]verything is inherently political."

My preference for the scent of lavender over cinnamon -- political. I'm against the designated hitter rule. Political too. I think my dog should not get into the trash. It's all politics.
I'm sorry that was your experience, but that's just one side. 4 doctors told me to take it less than a month ago.

Cipro saved my life.

My only side-effect is that it left me with not being able to eat anything heavy. I can only digest something like Soylent now, so happy that Soylent is a thing otherwise life would suck.
That is totally true! I’ve noticed that even if did turn my head, I wasn’t seeing much compared to the last car I bought twenty years ago. The rear window is also much smaller than I’m comfortable with, but the sensors make up for it.
> Make your own website and you won’t have to worry about this.

GAE/Github + Hugo is remarkably friendly and low maintenance.
Only having catastrophic coverage for most people over 35 does not work, maybe younger too. We’ve already seen this.

You are basically guaranteed to receive care in the United States, doesn’t mean it’s affordable. The people that can’t afford the ~$300 screening or basic healthcare end up waiting until it’s major then we’re back to catastrophic level. People who can’t or don’t pay their medical bills still cost everyone using the health system money, it’s just hidden in fees, higher costs, tax write-offs, etc.
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Communism, expressed as the kind that killed all those people, is objectionable. I object to it, and it seems like a broad segment of the population agrees.

However, that just isn't the same as what I'm describing. There is nothing analytical about communism that poses an existential threat to me. Neo-Nazism, on other other hand, is a priori incompatible with my existence.
"The left" became "the progressive left" which became "progressives". The actual liberal left still believes in freedom of speech, the public perception of it has just been co-opted by militants with a different social agenda (conformity to progressive values, rather than liberal values).
I'm not following you? Is the point of your post that liberals can hold bad views(which I agree with) or is your point that you might be criticized? If it's the latter then I think that in fact you have proved my point - that holding back your opinions here is stupid. I guess it could be some mix of the two, but wouldn't that make the other point just some tool for you to express that HN is left leaning? What exactly is wrong with that (other than, you know, someone might disagree with you)?

And if you think HN is left leaning...I think that's insane. Just look at the comments here, read about you the blind libertarianism in almost any other comment section here. Are you kidding!?

In any case, I can't see how I "literally proved your point" unless the point of your post was something other than what it is overtly- and if that was your point then I still think being afraid of being criticized here is stupid.
> The notion that a blanket firing of
> 45% of the adult population is an act
> of tolerance is ridiculous.

Nope. It's perfectly moral, logical, and whether it's 45%, or 1%, or 99% makes no difference. The examples from history are too numerous to mention. You have to decide what your values are and stand by them.
If you are in the States then unless you're licensed in like 30 areas, you will not be able to build your house "autonomously".

You will need permits for everything - properly doing concrete for walls and ceilings is a huge undertaking.

You will need to hire electricians and then get your local city to inspect everything. Again, if you plan on laying anything within your concrete structure, you will have a ton of back and forth in terms of approvals and inspections.

Before I forget, you will also need to make sure you run your plans by a professional since you may not realize something you need to run within your flooring or foundation. For example, I have worked on a basement-less home where the ground floor is concrete slab. Well, all sewer, electrical, water, etc was run through this in 1977. We wanted to make certain extensions but were limited by where certain water, gas and power outlets were already run. For one section we had no choice so we trenched the foundation to run new water and sewer lines. It was not easy. It was not cheap. It was a lot of work. So, if you do this, you can't just assume you have planned everything correctly in your head. You have to hire someone to at the very least look over everything and assure you that you're not forgetting anything. Otherwise it will be twice as expensive to go back and fix things later.

The biggest thing you need to do focus on right now is your budget. If you told me how many square feet you wanted your house to be, we could estimate something for the base concrete costs - including permits and labor. But your house will need windows, flooring, carpet, wood, doors, HVAC, tiles, tiling, fixtures, lighting, electrical, moulding, etc etc etc... you can easily blow your budget on just your foundation, or in just one bathroom where you pick the wrong tiles or go overboard with too many fancy design and aesthetic choices. A custom shower with a modern shower system and a concrete floor that allows for custom tiles in the shower for example will be costly in terms of time and effort, but something you can do yourself. You will again need to make sure any plumbing in this bathroom is properly done otherwise your local inspector will literally make you tear it all up and do it again properly.

tldr - there are a million ways this can wreck you. Unless you live on a farm in the middle of nowhere and are a millionaire with access to contractors who can deliver all these things to your land for you to experiment and play with... I would not consider building a massive concrete house "autonomously".
Sounds like China where the rich pay other people to serve their sentence.
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That's the joke. Culture comes from the top.
I bet I'm going to get downvoted for this, but how is this gross? It's his work. He should be able to license it however he wants. If you are worried about him revoking the license then don't use it. He's under no obligation to provide you with software.

https://zedshaw.com/archive/why-i-algpl/
There are studies regarding the ideal temperature for productive office work, and while the exact numbers vary and don't tend to be anywhere near as low as 65, the general consensus seems to be well under 73.
Based on the article, the intended behavior was to disallow third parties to post as the user, going forward. But what actually happened was that historic third party app posts also got hidden/deleted?

I feel like that's a pretty obvious problem you would anticipate and write tests for, isn't it? How did something like this manage to get to public rollout?
The general idea of Meshnets worldwide is to turn 'my internet account' into 'our internet'.

all this effort = buying a router and plugging it into your computer.
There's the ACM and IEEE already though?
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I mentioned this example elsewhere in this thread, so I'll just repeat it here:

> Just today we did an activity where all the kids 'drew' a visualization of a certain math problem and then we passed the tablets around and added on top off them and then I showed the results on the projector. There was laughter, story-telling, kids helping each other, moving around the classroom, you name it.

I do group activities that involve creating things together that explore the topic. (I look at technology not as a 'subject' but as a 'language' or 'medium'.) So, at home, rather than finding an educational app for them, I would recommend giving them a tablet so they can film the things they experience. Things they see in the backyard or things they make. They can record themselves explaining a topic they learned about. Have them make music (the byte.co Music Maker app is a good one for a child who has no experience with it) and have them mess with vector-drawing or 3-D modeling apps. Then talk to them about what they made and help them get to the next level. The tablet is the 'medium' and you are the 'scaffold'. They need you to find out where to go next.

And, yeah, put the tablets away half the time so they can experience things directly. (Sounds like this is perhaps where your concern lies.)

I've also had great success with Twine once they can read.

Thanks for the great question! I hope this helps. It's really cool that you asked.
I fall back every 21st query. That said, Google doesn't always find the answer in those cases, either.
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do you have source that supports this?
I'm glad I was able to watch much of my movie bucket list before Netflix decided to let the DVD inventory decline.

There's definitely a DVD rental market for "every dvd that is or ever was in print."
> And it has been my experience that people who have politics "happen" to them from "the moment [they] wake up to the moment [they] sleep" in large part simply perceive that to be their existence.

Why do you think that your opinions about other people's feelings and experiences are more valid that their actual experiences?

(When answering, please be aware that that your statistic about police killings does not single-handedly invalidate black Americans' daily experience of racism and discrimination.)
They have complained and have even asked for reparations.
Honestly it’s not a great analogy because GitHub and SourceForge exist to promote cooperation and open code.

That’s not really what Facebook is for, it’s not supposed to be ANOTHER place to find your tweets.

I’m trying to come up with a better analogy but I’m not doing very good.
I liked the cross-posting because some people would comment on those Tweets on Facebook -- and then we could engage there. It did add value and wasn't just shoveled content.

Anyway, I'm not particularly upset. Seems more like Facebook shooting themselves in the foot, as now I really have no reason to visit the site.
Grazing animals and birds (as well as fish) have been feeding mankind for millions of years. We are omnivorous not by accident. Food is one of the most deeply cultural things that weaves society together and a company imposing its beliefs about diet on its individuals is the biggest form of elitism and one of the pettiest moves I have ever seen. A company has no business dictating this.
Sure, it's funny, but shush, they're coming around to unions being good!
Why make the product actually work correctly when that would require more time and money? People will buy the product anyway.
"You're not the market. I'm the market!"
I think this is an interesting read on the topic: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything...
Except one doesn't have to fear being killed by the police to be wary of them. The fact is that POC are arrested disproportionately to their population size. Being incarcerated is enough to cut your chances of a job offer or a call back by %50[1]. There are many underlying reasons as to why POC people are arrested more, including remnants of systemic oppression, but that is another argument for another time.

It's easy to hand-wave other's hardships away when one doesn't experience them first-hand, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

[1] https://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/
Rather than putting up cash, a friend, brother, sister, etc offers themselves as the bond for my freedom. If I abscond then they’ll be arrested and imprisoned until I’m apprehended. Assuming that “everybody has somebody”, it’s quite fair as rich or poor you’ll be able to find someone to be your bond.

Again the idea is to have a strong incentive to report for trial. Assuming your actually emotionally close to the person being offered as bond (ex: I wouldn’t let my brother go to prison) then you’d make sure to show up.

In the case of the person who has done no wrong and knows they will show up to trial, it reduces the cost of the bond to effectively zero. For the rich you’re able to put a price higher than just money, the actual freedom of someone they care about.

Note that this entire system is predicated on a judge deciding if the person being offered for bond being worthy of the position. Otherwise you could have rich people “buy” their freedom by paying off a sap to sign their name.
I kind of wonder how big/common this ever was in the first place. Except possibly companies.
> Just simply occasionally injecting something randomly chosen from the catalogue would probably do wonders

This is a standard ML practice, otherwise ad networks would be stuck showing you the same ads (even though it feels that way sometimes). I'm willing to wager large sums of money that Netflix has tested EVERY idea mentioned anywhere in this thread and many others you couldn't guess.
Great project, I used it for an online code editor a couple of years ago.

My question is; what's the status of mobile/touch support? It used to be barely usable on touch devices. How is touch support vs Atom? I haven't followed this in years so apologies!
sounds like you should look at concrete dome homes which basically involve spraying concrete on the inside or outside of a giant anchored bag of air.
>Every character farmed,

I'll own up to wanting to chalk this up to "AI wisdom." The feed-the-carry strategy has always seemed like precisely the same kind of premature optimization that makes AI often easy to beat.