skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm in Toronto.

1) Housing. It's definitely not as bad as other "world class" cities, but it's bad enough that multiple parents are having to help their children buy homes.

2) Opportunity is too good. "Why not move?", you may ask. Well, there's only so many cities in Canada that are on the scale of Toronto for opportunities. Vancouver is one, but it's even more costly. Other cities just don't come close for job opportunities.

3) Our new Premier is a dip shit and actively ruining our province.

4) Access to outdoor amenities isn't so hot. There's some things, but you really have to drive 3-4 hours for the great stuff.

5) Transit is painfully underfunded. We need more of everything, and we need it 10 years ago.

6) City planning seems totally absent. We have 100k people moving here year over year. Entire new neighbourhoods are popping up almost over night, but there's zero planning in place. A prime example is Liberty Village. Getting in out is a nightmare. There are families growing up here without a new school to be found. There are no parks either.

I'm sure there's more. These are the first that come to mind.
> I'm so skeptical whenever I read something like that. Even on small scales, deceit and conspiracy are rare.

This assertion is blatantly unrealistic, and purposedly ignores the fact that industrial espionage is widespread and politics drive most business strategies.
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After I learned how it roughly works, it seems no longer like witchcraft, but it is still impressive.

The remaining thing I don't understand now is how the heck they managed to negotiate the license for all the songs they have in the database. A friend of mine had a major website for lyrics, and he got some legal trouble from the record companies. When he tried to buy a license to display the lyrics, after some back and forth, they basically said they're not interested in licensing. This was in the early 2000s before streaming took off. Since that time I have the impression that often legal and social problems are much harder to solve than technological ones.
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Why are sales and rental prices so high? Because demand is rising faster than available stock is increasing.

Why is demand rising so fast? Because people are moving there.

Why are people moving there? Because that's where their employers want them to work.

Why are employers locating there? For some, prestige address. For others, proximity to investment capital.

What does proximity have to do with investment? Couldn't a VC gain competitive advantage by locating in some other city that doesn't have such vicious competition for unicorns?

I don't have an answer to that. It doesn't make sense to me as a strategy, because I have incomplete information.
You can create custom widgets like some fancy buttons in Qt too but the appeal is to not customize things and let the user platform and theme choice to dictate how things look like.

Qt had layouts years before html got the flexbox and gridbox too so I don't think there is a feature in html that is missing in Qt, Qt also includes QtWebkit if you ever need say to display some html or run some JS so basically you have access to native libraries and to JS/HTML if you need.
This so reminds me of the Asherah virus in the great book SnowCrash by Neal Stephenson. That book is still one of my favorite SFF books ever.
I tried hard to convince a couple of friends to come.

This is Stockholm Syndrome

You’ll earn more here than you would anywhere else.

Because the rent is proportionally expensive. If money is your focus work remote in Indonesia for a bay area

If you decide to move here, it means you probably have more ambition than average. Consider that everybody else you’ll meet in the Bay Area will share that with you.

I would say there is a greater chance that people share the same ambition when it comes to tech, but you can't say Silicon Valley has more ambitions people on average if most of them are slaving away at FAANG companies.

California is stunning. It’s sunny year long

Not San Francisco
Most fake news isn't about spreading disinformation for the sake of corrupting a population. It's about generating clicks and finding suckers. Wikipedia isn't a great platform for that.
Amsterdam is altogether great alongside the Netherlands, but its ever-increasing popularity among tourists is making it less and less bearable to live it. It's overly crowded and the housing market is facing serious troubles due to certain overly-liberal government policies and amount of expats coming in for newfound startups.

Still 10/10 though!
Dockerized micro-services for the self!
I get that these miners have to risk their lives, but that's the job they signed up for.

You don’t get to disregard putting your employees in physical or psychological danger just because you pay them money.
I followed Telltales quite a bit before they went out of business, I even know a few people that worked/applied to work there.

For me there were always red flags, they tried too hard to chase the dragon after the unexpected success of TWD, all of the sudden they were churning out 2-3 titles a year (17 individual episodes were released in 2017 alone) with an aging engine. They were constantly missing out release dates for episodes and unable to update their games for new experiences.

Also do not forget that licences for these properties are very expensive to procure making it even more difficult to break even.

They also added an Exec from Zynga as their CEO in 2017, which for me represent the very worst gaming has to offer in terms of low effort, exploitable gaming.

This was the final nail in the coffin, unsustainable business practices with high level execs who only care about the bottom line always breeds failure.

Its a shame, a lot of people knew the end was coming but management kept quiet until they literally had to close up shop and gave people a few hours to leave the building. All the workers there deserve better.
Be sure to checkout the .gitignore: https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen/blob/master/.gitign...
He has committed crimes in the UK that he is wanted for. The charges in Sweden were dropped for practical reasons, something the UK should also have done. It's a sunk cost fallacy, they've spent a huge amount of time and money trying to arrest him despite it not being practical.
I've been using an iPad with a keyboard and Apple Pencil for over a couple years. For different workflows you can use different degrees of tilt (to reduce "arm in air" fatigue) and place the keyboard to the side of the iPad (i.e. for painting apps.)
Birth of the iPhone?! I remember using Shazam on my dumbphone driving home from university. That must have been 2002/3. Blew my mind. Pretty incredible really. Good for them!
apparently a lot of the normal and terrible problems are worked around using this: https://build-system.fman.io/
It's a pretty blatant use of their trademark. (It outright uses their name) I have my doubts.
'plant life' not human health.

I am not sure what you would consider high quality, but here is the method of action in a very neutral setting:
'The mechanism of pollution of insulators is governed
mainly by: the pull of gravity, wind forces, electrostatic forces on neutral and charged particles, aerodynamic and surface factors of the insulators, humidity, particle size, and chemical composition' https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00022470.1979.10...
It's an interesting experiment, but I wouldn't call it a "social" network. 1 message a minute wouldn't allow you to build communities or have any reasonable discussions.
Why It Doesn't Go Dark When You Blink
Another thing millennials are killing?
Ask HN: Looking for Kinesis Advantage cable
My Kinesis Advantage KB500 isn't working. I've tried several fixes and spoken to Kinesis support. Nothing has helped so far.

It gets power from the USB, and the keys all appear to work (or at least all receive power), but multiple OS's won't recognize it when plugged in.

I'd like to replace the main cable as a final effort. Local shops, eBay, and other online outlets haven't proven fruitful. Would anyone here happen to have an extra cable from their own broken model or know where to get one? Or even know where to get a broken model so I can test possibly multiple components on the cheap?

Given that so many people are enthusiastic about the Kinesis Advantage 2 and its predecessor...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12237788

I thought I'd reach out to that community here.

Images of the cable and attaching board are here, if interested: https://imgur.com/a/6UsHGJ2

I can be reached at houserca [at] gmail [dot] com for any conversation necessary outside this post. Thanks in advance for the assistance.
Sure there is.

If I give you $10, tied to an agreement that you both mvoe to town, and will eventually pay me back (in expectation) $11, and I also own property and suchlike that cause me to (in expectation) get another $7 from you in living costs, then my ROI is 80%.

If I just rent to whomever, I'm not getting the profits from the initial investment, but I'm also not driving up the rents by getting people to move to town. My expected ROI is at least a little bit lower, and possibly quite a bit lower.

Not saying it would actually work out in practice, or that this is something that's being deliberately engineered, but it at least seems plausible.
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> adding an irrational belief

Experiments in quantum physics show that usually you can't know exact outcome of a quantum measurement. I don't think that has something to do with free will problem, but your belief in determinism seems irrational too.

Yes, there are theories which try to mitigate this inconsistency, but they require quite a bit of mental acrobacy and aren't generally accepted.
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Useless from the point of view of the recipient. I believe GP meant "useless" as in "PR stunt"; certainly not useless for their public perception, unfortunately.
Ok, but the supreme court disagrees: https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2018/06/08/the-enforceabilit...
It's not as direct as that, but certainly the more expensive labor is, the more incentive companies have for automation, which reduces the number of jobs. If minimum wage were lower, we might not see so many self checkouts at grocery stores, and instead employ more cashiers.

I'm not saying the minimum wage or automation are bad, but it's simplistic to claim wage levels and employment have no relationship.
So (for you) containers are more about not polluting the host OS and application configuration, rather than how you define how it works with the host OS?

What about the difference between isolation and sandboxing?

Isolation is keeping processes from interfering with each other, and sandboxing is keeping processes from interfering with the host OS?

Something like that?
Speed up your development process up to 7x
Only a Rails developer would think 6k requests per minute with 40ms latency is reasonable with all that hardware. If you rewrote it you probably only need 1 server but you will probably make an argument about how developer time is more valuable :)
Free will is a subjective experience we all have, no matter what we believe. Talking about it in terms of Physics is kinda barking up the wrong tree afaics
Yeap, it's pretty easy (see: https://github.com/rocky/python-uncompyle6), although note that if you're worried about decompiling, instead of using an obfuscator, using something as Cython or Nuitka to compile your code should not be difficult -- and as a plus your code becomes faster too ;)
and the Rats.
I'm using PyQt for a project right now, and overall it's a nice feeling as always. The model/view classes are great, once you get the hang of them. There are a lot of utilities for things like persistence and threading (but I wouldn't cross the streams with python threads), and it's all crossplatform and very mature by now, the only issues are usually around packaging. QML is also very powerful, but I'm usually happy with Designer -- I guess I'm old-school.

If you need some help with PyQt development, call me up, I'm cheap ;)
1. Oh my god those are so cute! It's like a kid's car, but for adults. I can only imagine trying to fit in one, my head would probably have to be stuck out the window.

2. “It’s safe,” said Ms. Li: “It doesn’t go fast enough to be dangerous.” - Oh no, not good at all! It doesn't matter how fast you are going, it matters how fast the other guy is going! The crash safety of modern cars is not an accident. It takes a lot of money to do the engineering, buy the proper materials, and put it together correctly.
I am not a lawyer, but if somewhere it says "a work of parody", that should suffice for fair use. That said, nothing stopping VW from raking them over the coals. Github would probably just take the repo or account down if it came to that.
Exactly this. Javascript frameworks allow overlap. I'm using the same tools and language to create a UI. Don't get me wrong I like QT apps and still tinker with them periodically. I will probably use them more once Go finds a way to make truly portable UI applications.
But not required to continue working there. It should be pretty easy to find a job that pays more than 1c/hr.
Also a daily subscriber to Stratechery. Ben (Zuck?) under-indexes on the feeling of good will associated with a good product experience. But I agree that we over-index on it here on HN. IG won on speed, usability and UX over early competitors like Hipstamiatic and Flickr. But for sure the network was the addictive glue that brought users back, new users in and made the entire product grow. FB feels like the opposite experience to me - crappy product decisions, bloated UX, bad will. My best guess is FB pushed IGTV on Mike and Kevin. They did their best to implement it, but it feels tacked on, like a FB feature, and it became clear that more and more feature pressure was going to be put on the product until it too became bloated and incomprehensible. I don't think Ben sees this, but the poor product choices (in deference to business and strategy) will pile up and the vein will collapse, just as it is starting to do in FB's main product. IG had a good run, it's hard to imagine a future where it gets better from here.
Whatever it takes not to see Jimmy Wales' sad puppy dog mug begging for $5 donations at the top of every page.
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There are peopel born with XY chromosomes that have functioning uteruses and ovaries. So its obviously not as simple as "There is a Y here."
> Uber isn't "forcing" anybody to do anything.

In my view one cannot pull this argument when talking about a dominant player in the market (which, I believe, Uber is, in many cities).
Test.prototype.fail = Test.prototype.pass

Dying.
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U.S. seeks input on privacy rules to protect consumer data
What kind of queries with Bing (or DDG for other users) gives results that suggest you need to switch to Google?
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I believe Qualcomm, snd others, usually cooperate and work with many vendors and grant access to their IP to many of these partners and overseas offices. And while they likely implement many tortuous security and auditing measures, invariably people outside Qualcomm will have access to their IP. And it’s necessary to get work done. And people pass audits and such, but work must happen and people granted acccess.

I bet there are nice holes for insiders (be they emps, partners, offshore, etc.), to get access and exfiltrate if they were so inclined.

Often it’s only legal repercussions which keep this from happening more often.
For the most part the franchises you expect to do these emotional harrowing stuff were the ones that did: The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.

For the most part the games are "nearly as good". TTG burnt through a lot of great writers and craftsmen, and never quite replaced the folks that made the early work particularly great. They wanted to be a television studio, and a certain churn like that was inevitable, regardless of all the other mismanagement problems they had.

Batman was more about presenting the different "faces" of Batman and letting the player decide which fit best their playstyle/interest. The consequences of "is Batman the mask or is Bruce Wayne?" and "does Batman care about Bruce Wayne's friends/feelings?" There are some emotional highs, but nothing quite as "abusive" as The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones at their worst.

Minecraft Story Mode was their next most profitable after The Walking Dead, and just a silly joy/blast. Somewhat to par with Strongbad/Sam & Max. Recommended, even if you aren't a big Minecraft fan.

The Fables game (The Wolf Among Us) was a strong detective novel with fantasy elements. Playing to early work strengths when TTG was funding Sam & Max / Strongbad with CSI games.

Tales from the Borderlands was the closest to a Sam & Max in terms of humor of recent output. I burnt out on the grind of the Borderlands FPS games, but enjoyed a lot of the humor to them, and TTG knocked out of the some of what was missing in the storylines of the FPS games, and very much brought the humor. Even if the FPS games don't interest you, Tales from the Borderlands may be worth playing just because they are funny/charming/weird.

I haven't gotten very far in Guardians of the Galaxy, so I'm not sure how it stacks up.
I am super happy that you seem so dedicated to providing a good UI library in an attempt to keep people off of Electron (I find one of the biggest hurdles to be the ease of getting started/iteration speed).

Dumb question time: Is this also usable with QML?
With an stylus you can touch while keeping your palm rested. An stylus also gives you added reach which reduces the distance you have to lift your arm.

If you need to touch the screen frequently during certain workflows, tilt the iPad at a low angle (so you look down on it) and if you're using a detachable keyboard you can keep it to the side.
This is especially true for Android apk's broken down into .smali files. They can be decompiled and recompiled with ease.

Part of my job used to be the large scale modification and recompilation of Android apps....you'd be amazed how many passwords are floating around in those.
San Francisco Bay Area: housing prices. BART could be improved.
Sustainable Veganism is better than sustainable meat?
Well that's not quite true. The point is, I believe, that vocals are generally put right in the center of the sound-stage, so they play equally in the left and right channels. Thus right - left is most of the rest of the song, but the vocals cancelled each other out.

However, the right - left mix isn't exactly the song minus the vocals, it's an odd off-version, so subtracting that from the original song will leave mostly the vocals but with artifacts from the difference between the song truly without vocals and the right - left mix's interpretation thereof
Dallas/Ft. Worth

Since DFW is so spread out, many suburbs don't have public transportation or limited transportation. I cannot take a bus door to door to my office. I would have to drive to a "park and ride" location to begin my commute. There are no bus stops/lines near my home.

I suppose this would be a welcome change for someone living in NYC. Everywhere takes 15-30 minutes to get to. We don't measure distance in miles, everything is measured in how long it takes to get there. As an example, you can drive for 12 HOURS(!!) and still be in Texas.

Weather:

It's HOT in the Summer. Extremely hot. I'm used to it by now though and it does not bother me.

I am struggling to find other things to complain about.. I like it here but have lived here for a long time and crave change. I want to move to Southern California but know that I would be taking on state income taxes (Texas doesn't have any) and more expensive housing. Why do that to myself..?
So in your view, preventing people from selling themselves into slavery is denying them agency?
A part of the reason you hear these stories of the games industry is that it's a desirable job for many people. Games companies can get away with more than some other software companies because enough people want to work on games despite worse employment conditions than they might find with the same skill set elsewhere. There's a supply and demand issue. There's also a certain amount of self imposed crunch by people who are genuinely passionate about the game they're working on and don't have as many other demands on their time due to family or other outside interests or commitments.

To the extent that unions improve worker conditions, they do so in part by restricting entry and thus influencing the supply side. In general unions tend to benefit people already in the industry at the expense of people outside who'd like to join, among other groups. Whether that's a desirable outcome depends on large part to which group you either belong or care about the most.
Ask HN: Production database access and separation of duties
What kinds of policies around production database access do you have where you work? Do your developers have direct access to production databases for troubleshooting, or do they have to ask a DBA or ops team to pull data for them? If they can access them directly, is there an approval process they're supposed to follow before they do?
Neither you nor the GP actually provide evidence, which means both your comments really just pander to people that have the same underlying beliefs, which in this case are opposite of each other.

If one of you could cite some sources, we might actually get somewhere.
You're mixing up WebPack (which is a licensing plan for some of Xilinx's tools) and Xilinx ISE (which is one of those specific tools).

Xilinx ISE is indeed deprecated. There are quite a few parts in production which it will still generate bitstreams for, though.

Vivado is the newer replacement. It will not build designs for parts older than 7-series, though, so Xilinx ISE is still required to work with 6-series and older parts, as well as with Xilinx CPLDs.

WebPack licenses are not deprecated. The WebPack program is still active, and will generate limited licenses for both Xilinx ISE and Vivado.
> They apply at some other company comparable to Google, uproot their family, move across country, and get a job somewhere else?

Not all job changes are so drastic. Refusing to implement this behavior might be as simple as just requesting to switch teams within Google. If one chooses to leave, finding another high paying job in the same area is not typically a great challenge for a Google engineer. No uprooting necessary...
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Seattle:

- Traffic is terrible, combined with subpar public transit compared to north-eastern cities.

- housing is far more expensive than it's worth, if you don't want to spend upwards of 500k-1m your commute will be at least an hour.

- Culture is lacking. Fewer good music and performance acts than in the NorthEast, or even what I saw when I was in colorado. Less alt scenes than I was used to (unless you're in a select handful of very strongly represented subcultures)

- Strong cultural/personality friction for someone who grew up in Philadelphia. Things that are acceptable/expected here are unacceptable there, and visa versa. (E.g. talking to someone you don't know in a supermarket, driving habits)

- COL in general seems pricy (e.g. 20$ work lunches considered "normal" and 6$ beers at restaraunts) but that could very well just be inflation since I left the east.

To avoid sounding 200% a pessimist, I would be remiss to say that what I _do_ get is 2000% more nature than I ever got back east. The longer I've lived here the more I've questioned whether the tradeoff is worth it, but thus far it's kept me going. Great skiing too, if you go north a bit, comparable with vermont more or less.