skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I mean, I'm definitely guilty of it. I've tried giving up ride-sharing for a bit and the social situations you get into are awkward. People usually don't understand and get frustrated.

If I ride the bus to meet someone for dinner and I get there everything will start fine. What eventually happens after dinner is that person will invite me to some other place and they'll want to get there as soon as possible. Responding with "oh, I'm trying only use public transit so I'll meet you in a bit" causes a bit of friction. It's normal to expect people to be somewhere in a certain amount of time now because of ride sharing. The convenience of it is almost like texting. "Why aren't you here yet? Can't you just Uber or Lyft?" / "Why haven't you responded to my text? Why don't you have your phone on you?"
The NGO in question has a budget of 7 million pounds a year employing over 100 people to do, in their words: lobbying.

The actually law was put in place by representatives of the voting majority of EU.
There’s not much point to use react for something like this. If you know the map canvas size and tile size of your tiles, you simply need to initialize that many images in your container. That only ever changes when the map canvas size changes or the tile size changes. Pans and zooms of the map only change the src of the images at that point.
why not grow organically? why give away a big chunk of the company early on?
Show HN: Build presentations with Reveal.js and Scala
I live in Austin too. The reason you didn't notice much change is that several new services swooped in to fill the gap left by Uber and Lyft. There was even a very popular Facebook group where people (illegally) solicited ride-sharing services.

So, in a sense, ride-sharing never really went away.
> People seem to like to be ruled, so long as they have just enough freedom.

Look at Hobbes he lived though the chaos of the interregnum and decided that the state was all that mattered.
And the proper way to argue with such a person is to write the fourth-power rule on a large sheet of paper, roll it up into a small, tight cone, and stab them in the eye with it.

Road wear is proportional to axle weight to the fourth power. Gas tax is proportional to total weight to the first power.

In collisions, the more massive vehicle sustains proportionally less damage. A large truck could completely pulverize an economy car while barely even denting its own grill. Clearly, collision liability insurance should be proportional to a vehicle's mass and its top speed, while own-vehicle insurance should be proportional to speed and inversely proportional to mass.

Uber is not a threat from a road maintenance perspective. It's a question of road capacity used per passenger trip distance. If you measure a road's capacity by vehicle throughput per unit time, a hailed ride can transport 0 to 5 passengers in one vehicle-plus-buffer 60m long. A bus is a longer vehicle, but it still needs a traffic buffer for safe stopping distance much longer than its own length. That bus can transport dozens of passengers with nearly the same road capacity utilization as the car.

What's needed to reduce congestion in car-heavy traffic is robovehicle-to-robovehicle communication, that can automatically negotiate multiple robocars into a train, to reduce the length of empty roadway needed ahead of each one for collision-free travel. The robocars have to agree to brake and accelerate at the same times, in the same amounts. Buses can already accomplish this easily, just by putting all the riders in the same box, and using one driver to control the speed of everyone in it. So the problem really is the ride-hailing driver. Their reflexes are too poor to drive at 60 mph with their front bumper touching the rear bumper of the car ahead.
Shocked couple find hidden camera in Airbnb
> I think the problem can be less complicated if there is a sincere open conversation around it.

While I wish that was true, I don't think it is.

For one thing, I don't think the subject is nearly as taboo as you imagine - Israelis love to talk politics, after all!

However I think that most Israelis would disagree with your characterization of what happened in '48. The (I think typical) view is that the UN decided to split Israel into two states, one for Jews and one for Palestinians. However, the Arab countries urged the Palestinians to leave Israel, as they were preparing to attack Israel. They attacked, Israel won, and ended up with all the original land, with most of the Palestinians having fled to neighboring countries in the meantime. Israel didn't really do anything wrong - it simply won a war, which would likely have ended up with Israel destroyed if it had lost. Reparations wouldn't really make sense in that view. (That summary is basically my view of the history as I understand it, so assume the summary would probably be told differently by someone with a different opinion.)

The other issue with your statement is that even with open conversation around this issue wouldn't really change anything. At the end of the day, the right of return is something that simply can't be granted, not if Israel wants to remain a Jewish country, which is the entire reason it was founded (and in my view, in light of the historical precedents, a totally valid and moral reason). And Israelis simply don't trust the Palestinians with having a state right next to it - which probably doesn't matter much, since Palestinians don't appear to accept such a solution either.

So simply saying "well let's just talk about it and it will work out" is ignoring the fact that, no, there probably isn't a solution right now that both sides will find acceptable, unfortunately, and the structural forces of the situation are probably such that nothing will change anyway (e.g. as I said, Israel being in power and thinking it's probably better to delay action on this as much as possible, Hamas being in power in Gaza and preferring to keep the situation mostly as is).
> Eg. 100 years ago, 20% of children would die as infants. Imagine all of those children died of a mutation which causes half the usual sperm count, together with a lack of resistance to polio/cholora

That wouldn't be a steady state. A gene that powerfully negative, with no upsides, would decrease in prevalence by a significant amount every generation.

> Now that polio/cholora don't exist, all those people survive, and within 3 generations, nearly everyone has at least a grandparent with that 'low sperm count' mutation.

Everyone has an ancestor with the gene. But they only have a 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 chance of inheriting it from that specific ancestor. Generation to generation, the percentage of people with the gene will be almost identical. Just like eye and hair color.
Ah, never thought of it like that. I always perceived it as a "always on" scenario. Just found it in the settings and I'll give it a try, thank you!
Single atoms sit still on a hot plate, may yield new quantum tech
Several countries have introduced women-only transportation options to mixed success: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11824962/Women...
And that's illegal.
It’s not surprising either. We all like to tell ourselves stories about how we embody the best ideals that a broader community espouses, even when the reality of our day to day behavior is different.

That sometimes starts with a smaller community that takes such ideals seriously. It almost always ends with a much larger group that spouts those ideals but acts differently.

the implied values of tech orgs are no better or no more exemplary of positive human values than any other field of business

It's long been said that the practice of "Software Engineering" is more a technology heavy application of business and less like engineering.
Simply said, if only very rare kind of personality fits your needs and level of cohesiveness, then it is very likely that your culture would be more effective if it changed. Chances are, the culture is too ossified or otherwise unable to deal with changes, problems, differences of opinion or other exceptions from routine.

Different groups have different needs, but some of what groups call "need" is actually dysfunction.
Let the compiler derive HTTP clients from Types
I have a hard time believing a designated driver would be willing to go to 3-4 different neighborhoods in a night and then be willing to drive everyone to their own home. Who knows, maybe I'm just selfish.

I also wonder if people used to go out on dates and not drink in that scenario? Or would only one person drink? Double dates? Hrmmm.
I just saw your message, but this is a brilliant idea.. assuming you can get people to finish watching to the end, so it doesn't backfire!

I could also imagine gamifying... tie the Report button to in-store credit or some kind of "debunker" badge, to reward people guessing that videos are hoaxes.
You can mute the server, or change the default notification setting to @mentions only for the server
> Uber, however, might be a different story... For years before this, they selected for aggressive employees, who wanted to be owners, not renters.

For a company built on the sharing/renting economy, that's... ironic.
>when clearly there was an era of home desktop computing when your desktop could act as a hobbyist server

Yes, but again, you have used your PC for something. This has shifted to smaller (Raspberry Pis) or dedicated servers (or "cloud" stuff), so you could run this stuff there.
Quote them. Seriously.

Because you really sound like making stuff up, just to confirm your bias against Damore. The whole memo was about something else, yet you claim that because:

> He then prescribes things based on that generalization that make implicit claims about the ability of women to work without said compensation.

(whatever that actually means)

he is:

> He's regurgitating the idea that biology, rather than society, is what is holding women back in the tech industry.

That's gross hyperbole at best, and, considering you have not provided single citation (even after being called out), seems like random baseless belief you hold.

Frankly, now your two liner applies wonderfully:

> You are free to believe whatever you want. Just be prepared for your ideology to be called out for what it is if you choose to publicly stand for it.
Being meek and obedient is part of working for someone else when you have no choice. If you can get a comparable job in a short time, then it's the employers who start needing to be more meek
I just wish Plaid would change the color for TD Canada Trust in Canada to the color that resembles the logo.

TD Logo:
https://i.gyazo.com/aa0d5f97954bd497b2f8b3a515752b34.png

Plaids iframe for TD:
https://i.gyazo.com/41fd14755c25d83642359a054f9525d6.png

Users have complained about the mismatch, iv tried contacting plaid but it hasn't gone anywhere.
Open mic and voice activation are two different things. The first is permanent sending of your microphone input, the last one is only sending when there is activity, hence the name.
Net neutrality gives “free” Internet to Netflix and Google, ISP claims
You're right about the first two papers (which used the same approach). Ruling out a FP result would be difficult, which is why it wasn't fully embraced by the scientific community.

The third team took a different approach [1], with results that are both more accurate, less prone to FP, and generally agree with the other findings.

> Here we report observations of two absorbers of highly ionized oxygen (O VII) in the high-signal-to-noise-ratio X-ray spectrum of a quasar at a redshift higher than 0.4. These absorbers show no variability over a two-year timescale and have no associated cold absorption, making the assumption that they originate from the quasar’s intrinsic outflow or the host galaxy’s interstellar medium implausible.

[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0204-1
How Dollar Shave Club 3x'd velocity and learned to love their tests
I can’t read articles from TC - when I scroll, the content disappears and I see like an another article or page. i’m on iOS 12. What is it?
Who is telling you that the universe is infinite? Astronomers/cosmologists generally all agree that our current universe (the matter-containing 4 dimensions bit we live in) had a defined beginning from which is has grown. There is an outer edge,. defined by the rate of expansion starting from the big bang.
Saving Birds During the Tribute in Light
Amazon Joins the DC Chamber of Commerce
Connecting an SMB fileshare in macOS Mojave is not working? Here‘s a workaround
VSTS naming was a complaint I heard all the way back at Build 2016. Everyone at the Build booth was confused, and even the people manning the booth said the name was confusing. So...it took long enough.
Also: Stopping in the middle of crosswalks ("look at this convenient place where for some reason nobody is already parked!") or just before/after intersections (which are the most dangerous part of the roads as a baseline).
I think unsafe was poorly named since the name discourages its use.
>Wouldn't the sheer overlap of sounds of people mashing on their keyboards drive you insane?

That's a hint that the voice activation level is not configured correctly.
> Also, for some reason the Discord community mostly uses voice activated mic instead of push-to-talk, but I don't think that's Discord's fault.

Definitely the community, as Discord provides an option to require PTT on a channel-by-channel basis.
Imprisonment isn't the only limiting factor in free speech. Direct or indirect financial impact works well too (e.g. you'll miss your flight because we deem your opinion suspicious and have to investigate you).
There's also a fairly high likelihood that people interviewing are unconsciously bringing in "company culture" bias that they aren't aware of.
in much (most?) of the world, the opportunity to defraud a rich foreigner’s insurance company does not present much of an ethical quandary
> My 16 year old son is flying through 5feet 10inches in height. I'm 5-7, and my wife is 5-10. He obviously gets his 'tall' from his mom.

The contribution of tall mothers to height in sons is deceptively large, because women are quite short compared to men. Using your figures and some stylized assumptions:

American mean male height 70 inches.

American mean female height 66 inches.

Father 67 inches = 70-3

Mother 70 inches = 66+4

Heritability of height 0.8

Expected value of son's height is (70) + ((-3+4)/2)*0.8, or 70.4 inches, taller than either parent.

Reversing the heights of the parents gives the same result for the son (it's a substitution of (0+1) for (-3+4)), but people are much less surprised by a son who's slightly taller than his average father than they are by a son who's much taller than his father and even taller than his very tall mother.
I feel like your second point answers your first. The difference between information sharing in the past and today is obviously the problem of scale. Looking up your neighborhood used to be useful and small chance of people bike locking you. Now, the scale has increased a thousand fold. What was .01% of a crazy hunting you down maybe is 1%? 10%?

Maybe a right to anonymity with the efficiency losses you get there is worth it? Tough issue.
Fortunately, you don't need to quit your day job nor live a crazy lifestyle in order to launch a startup. All you have to do is commit to working on it 5 minutes per day and it will happen.

This is what I followed when I built CloudBuddy (https://cloudbuddy.cloud). For any side project it starts off being exciting and looking like a climbable mountain. Then when you start to get into it, it seems daunting. Each day I would tell myself that I am going to put one foot in front of the other and walk up the mountain. No matter how slow it seems, I will make it to the top. Some days I was so burned out; those were the days that I only worked 5 minutes on it and called it a day. Other days, I was into it and naturally blew beyond the 5 minutes.

It took me 2 years and 3 months to launch CloudBuddy (which has paying users). There isn't anything special about me or my circumstances - I'm married, have a child and have a day job.

If your having difficulty starting or working consistently on your side project and it would help to have someone to talk to, email or drop me a line. My contact info is in my profile.
Mass transit will never be solved.

I think it's time to give up on this dream.

In a sprawled out city like Los Angeles, the suburbs that people live in, are too far away from the job centers. It's even too far away from a supermarket, or the shopping mall.

Mass transit is a failure when it takes 2 hours to get to your destination, when it is just 15 miles away. Where you may have to walk to a bus stop to catch your bus, and then transfer to a light rail line. And then, the light rail drops you off, 4 miles away from where you need to be.

It's easier to just sit in your car, stuck in traffic. At least you have air conditioning in the hot sun. You can listen to your own music. And you won't be in danger of being violently attacked, robbed, or physically assaulted.

But I think there can be a few solutions to the last mile problem.

1. Dockless bicycles. I don't think this can work in America, the way it worked in China. The bicycles are too massive, and can get crammed up on the sidewalk, at some destination point.

2. Dockless electric scooters. I think this can actually work in America. They are small enough, that several units take the same amount of space as a single bicycle.

3. Uber to drive you the last few miles. A taxi service won't pick you up. And it might not even be profitable for an Uber driver to pick you up. But at least this is an option.

4. Fully electric and autonomous robotic vehicles that will drive you from point to point. This has to be the ultimate dream, and can actually be the real solution to the mass transit problem.
My experience about 'culture fit' was that it was a code word for ageism.

I've experienced people figuring out my age when looking at my resume, then weirdly warping the questions while accusing me of Googling the answers in response. (Based only on hearing me type. I was scripting a Python script to give the answer.)
People who move into the public eye generally are held to a different standard of anonymity, which is why I separated them.

And yes, the issue isn't that it's new, it (like many internet social issues) is scale. A few bad actors locally to now thousands world-wide.
Complete with someone saying we shouldn't change anything to preserve the history and culture of the older generation.
I love this. With the excessive use of dictionary words it's nice that there is now a way to search so that hopefully people will stop naming projects "Hydrogen" since there are 376 pages worth of results for it. lol
> just what are people paying tens of thousands of dollars a year to learn in college?

I know this wasn't your point, but I would argue that college is a pretty bad investment in terms of a job training program.
I can totally relate to this. I have a bunch of notes and potential blog posts in plain text and markdown waiting to be published. I like to write, its one of my most cherished skills. My fear of petty, shallow criticism and my fear of being stereotyped keeps me from publishing them but nothing will ever stop me from writing it. Writing has given me the clarity and stability of thought that nothing else has. Also converting them into posts that someone might need is pretty simple as long as the essence of the thoughts are captured. I'd say keep writing. Publish opinions anonymously and technical/unopinionated content attributed to your real name. That seems the sanest approach I can think of with least side effects.
I can't even understand the diagram: how is exhaling into a glass of water supposed to make breathing easier?
Yes, but I never trust airlines not to try to squeeze in even smaller seats when given even a whiff of a chance. And then of course the overhead bins will be insufficient because they were only sized for 5 per row instead of 6...

Pretty much every commuter flight already has an announcement beforehand that overhead bin space will be extra tight and gate checking is available if you don't mind waiting 15 minutes for your bag when you get to your destination.
People live too comfortably now for us to see anything significant. 2008 was blatant and the Occupy Wall Street movement lasted a hot summer. I know a lot of people are expecting the next crash right around the corner but it's not gonna happen until the Chinese economy collapses which I don't see unfolding without Xi putting up a fight.
In that time they were gone, didn't about 6-12 other companies offering the same service spin up/get popular? Which are probably not doing as great now Lyft and Uber are back.
My understanding is that ITU participation does not confer liability:

"...there is no liability clause in ITU regulations..."

Space Safety is No Accident: The 7th IAASS Conference
edited by Tommaso Sgobba, Isabelle Rongier; page 97

https://books.google.com/books?id=YVLMCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA97&lpg=P...
This is definitely a thing in more rural places. I'm not sure if the DD stats within urban areas have changed with the introduction of ride sharing. Would be interesting to look up.
Assholery is not just a question of preference. Generally, when we talk about assholes we talk about people who act unethically, lie, take advantage of others, steal whenever they get away with it and so on.

Yes it is bad to build next Enron or Theranos. And yes they will cross bounds of federally protected class, because in asshole culture people need to take advantage of others as much as possible - it is not optional. Taking advantage of protected class is easier then of other groups (in general) so they will.

If we are talking about asshole who are only arrogant or rude, then it matters only when you are loosing customers or cant hire and keep employes due to that (I have seen that happen).
But inflation also implies economic growth which generally raises the value of equity holdings. The impact of inflation is dependent upon asset allocation.
for dynamic PHP web applications. Other languages are not yet supported.
Or kids playing football with no scores shown. The mind boggles.
How often is info on legroom or food actually available when shopping for tickets, though? Price is often literally the only concrete information available when buying a seat on a flight.
50 year old programmer in the middle of an open office with 25 year olds bouncing balls around, playing loud music - bad culture fit.

Really? I'm almost 50 and I'm in an office with a bunch of 20-somethings who like to yo-yo. Music is only on headphones, though.

Female 25 year old in a group of 50 year old men who mostly wants to relax at work and are a bit awkward around young women - bad culture fit.

That's very dependent on the particular people involved. I've been in plenty of contexts where 40 and 50-something men could relax with a 25 year old woman. (Traditional music.) In times past, such a circumstance was pretty normal. People have ways of creating temporary spaces, both exclusive and inclusive. Letting this happen in ways that are positive is how larger gatherings and groups of people are supposed to work. It's where we've mucked about with that, albeit sometimes with the best intentions, where dysfunctions have crept in.
What did Google change?
It would take a pretty unusual asset allocation to result in the numbers you just threw out there.
I apologise, I think I must have misinterpreted what you were saying :-) the fault is on my end, not yours!
Advice for getting into the Security Field
React is already used for tons of apps, some of those apps need to display maps and it makes perfect sense to use something in your existing framework.
In addition to what others have said, raising from quality investors is a positive signal to Atrium's potential customer base. It adds credibility and makes growth easier.

Smart fundraising adds value for everyone.