skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
As it's been previously mentioned, it appears the pressure comes from MasterCard and Visa.

Can someone please tell me why we're letting payment processors control what kind of content we're allowed to pay for when tech giants are under near constant scrutiny for their moderation of user-generated content?
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That's a bad example. Early Teslas had 2 gears, but then got rid of that and now only have one. That got rid of the transmission and gearbox, and the car breaks less as a result.

ICE cars can't do that because their engines work best in a fairly narrow range of RPMs. But electric has no such limit.
I believe it was a development loan, not a bailout. I don't understand why you point it out as underhanded. How would you compare Tesla to Chrysler and gm which really went bankrupt and had actual bailouts, not loans to develop new products in unexplored technical areas. GM got a more than $20b investment from the us government. I am glad we did save our auto industry in the us - but Tesla wasn't a bailout as I see it.
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An SUV sold today has as good or better MpG than a sedan sold in 1999.

For example the 1999 Subaru Legacy is 22 city / 29 highway.

A 2019 Subaru Outback has 25 city / 32 highway, 2019 Forester 26 city / 33 highway. Their brand new and huge three row Subaru Ascent is 21 city / 27 highway, just 1 MpG less.

Granted not all SUVs are this fuel efficient, but they're definitely better than they were in the 1990s. Most of the vehicles with legitimately bad fuel efficiency like the Nissan Xterra (16 city / 22 highway) got discontinued.
51% is still much more than the 5% that management represents.
Because when a business gets to a certain size, they might become an essential part of life. What if say, all the ISPs in your area dropped you as a customer because of that one time you looked up holocaust denial on wikipedia.

What's your stance on the gay wedding cake supreme court case btw?
Is there a slope to where everyone is a neo-nazi equivalent though? I realize these are not likable people, but at the same time slurs are thrown around these days at many undeserving groups.

It's a tough call: I don't want to see losers abuse a private company's terms of service, nor do I want to see businesses be constantly virtue-signalling.

Virtue-signalling is itself a dirty business: how long 'til we see the neo-communists (or whatever, you choose) who happily sell Che shirts on Stripe?
There is only a finite number of people.
Is this a tax thing? I've seen this at a few big old guard
software companies. It confused the hell out of me coming from startups and seeing the guys next to me were all VPs/Managers (in the Engineering aisles).
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Do you think that heavy psychedelic use is what caused them to commit suicide, or do you think that these people had their own inner demons, which they tried to combat with psychedelics?

In my experience a lot of people with their own issues are drawn to psychedelics as a means managing their demons. In the right setting, they can be incredibly healing. However, for some people, psychedelics become a means of coping, tripping becomes their default state and reality becomes too much for them.
Software: It's open source. Don't like it? You fix it.

Capitalism: It's a free country. Don't like it? Start your own business.
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What is the negative consequence of breaking the site for an hour? Is it "some people are a little annoyed", "nobody notices", or "customers start calling and are very upset" or even "customers file lawsuits"?

The amount of friction you add to the development velocity has to be proportioned to the potential downsides. A system that shows doctors xray images in the ER cant go down or people might die. A site like twitter can go down and slightly improve the life of its users. It sounds like you are recommending big company super risk averse solutions at a startup, which is just silly. Besides, staging environments never work, for a long list of reasons. You should be recommending continuous integration and a focus on proper unit tests.
Why wouldn't the XL1 count? It's got a production run, albeit limited.

Car and Driver's numbers for Cd are higher for everyone, it seems (though certainly the CLA was notably higher).

Then again the new A class is quoted at 0.22.
AWS Amplify CLI or Serverless Framework for My Situation?
I used [Serverless](https://serverless.com) before, when I built my last three tier mobile app backend using API Gateway + Lambda + DynamoDB (plus Cognito as AuthN, by the way). And I had a good experience on that route. Back then, I researched both AWS SAM and Serverless, and decided to go to Serverless route (because slightly modifying a tutorial example gives me what I wanted right there).

Now, I am doing my next project, and Amplify CLI is announced.

I think I am going to use AWS Amplify client library regardless for my React App (that is almost decided); but now I am doing the technical decisions between Serverless framework and Amplify CLI [1]. Any experience to share regarding: bug/maturity/pros and cons for either route?
- In particular, Serverless gives users the "in total control of your backend architecture" situation, (I have not used Amplify CLI) does Amplify CLI make me lose that level of control (i.e., providing too much abstraction)?
- how mature Amplify CLI is from bug hiccup perspective and major capability plugins availability perspective?
- What's the learning curve for Amplify CLI?

Thanks for providing your thoughts.

[1] https://hackernoon.com/aws-amplify-7-new-things-for-serverless-63ecad310d9f
I've used an array of psychedelics for spiritual experiences and would be really keen to try Ayahuasca when I'm in Peru later this year. Do you have any pointers on how to find a place to have a Ayahuasca ceremony in Peru? Can I send you an email about it?

I firmly believe that psychedelics were possibly what laid the foundations for humans forming society. They were what helped us to form the abstract thought of working together towards a greater goal than simply survival. I've never felt more at one with humanity than after smoking changa with a group of friends and just standing there silently in a group hug for the trip. It was an incredible experience and really helped me come to terms with myself.
If unions can do some bad thing X and corporations can do that same bad thing X, then why are unions judged more harshly for doing the same bad thing?
I'm sorry, are you suggesting there should be no pay differentiation for performance at all?
Wow, if there was ever a perfect example of someone misunderstanding what "Autopilot" does in a manner that could have killed somebody, this is it!
I don’t think the big automakers — especially the Americans and Japanese — can switch gears, as it were. The reasons for this are discussed elsewhere in this thread, but thus far the EV models produced by the legacy manufacturers have been underadvertised, token vehicles. They are not shifting resources away from their current exclusive focus on ICEs, and there is no sign they ever will. Sure, they’ll do a press release. Or something like the Bolt that is lived by owners but forgotten by GM itself, who happily continues on basically the same as yesterday. They can’t change.

Maybe VW. Maybe. But GM, Ford, Toyota, Honda... I don’t see it. Toyota is still trying to make hydrogen a thing, ferchrissake. Meanwhile Tesla is eating the luxury segment alive.

If — and it’s a big if — Tesla can achieve profitability with the Model 3 and get their crossover SUV into production, they’ll own the world.
The second metric is more useful since the former one is still affected to some degree by those who die early. Would be cool to get some more data on that second metric.
Interestingly, there were some questions about C-and-D's comparison between the CLA and the S:

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/mercedes-benz-cla-drag-co...

> The only Mercedes-Benz CLA model that actually is the aerodynamic benchmark for current production cars is the CLA 180 BlueEfficiency Edition, a variant of the small “four-door coupe” that will never be available in the US.

> With an official drag coefficient of 0.22, it bests the Tesla Model S by two whole points. On the other hand, a European-spec Mercedes-Benz CLA 250 sports a Cd of 0.28, which is still two points more optimistic than what Car and Driver's aero test concluded.

> Even so, what Don Sherman doesn't properly explain is that the US variant of the CLA 250 – the car they actually tested in the wind tunnel – doesn't sport the same aerodynamic mods as its European counterpart, such as active engine grille shutters, which make a tremendous difference in the car's drag coefficient at high speeds. In other words, the US-spec CLA 250 may very well sport a Cd of 0.30, could it not?
It depends on the altitude/orbital height. Some are made to come down after only 5 years, I think most are restricted to no more than 25 years and head for a 20 year target. Of course just a small amount of on-board propellant could extend the time further boosting it a bit after a few years of drag.
On 26 Sep. 1982 in 'Knight of the Phoenix' when Michael falls asleep KITT automatically takes over.

Google should have a camera pointing at the driver and use machine learning to detect someone that is asleep or medically impaired and automatically take over if the car starts to leave its lane.

Perhaps the driver could configure where it wants the car to go in such a case (if asleep: continue to final destination; if medical issue: drive to nearest hospital and call "Parent" or "Spouse" on cell phone and explain the situation; if smart watch can detect alcohol in your sweat therefore unconsciousness likely due to intoxication: drive to a trusted friend and call ahead, etc.).

At the very least, if the person appears to be asleep it could ask "Are you sure you want to return to manual control?". It should be able to tell the difference between someone sleeping and someone alert wanting control back.

It's been some decades since fiction inspired us, but we're getting close!
This policy sounds slightly similar to Amazon paying employees $5000 to quit. [0]

I suppose that it is intended to increase worker motivation during reshuffling and reorganization when morale is likely to be low.

[0] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/21/why-amazon-pays-employees-50...
Because it’s far easier to use/trust a handful of big well-known companies than hundreds and hundreds of little companies when it comes to access to my bank account?
I read some speculation that because of the importance of lunar calendars at the time, ages may have sometimes been tracked in months instead of or in addition to years, and that those very long Biblical ages may be due to an age in months accidentally getting mixed up with an age an years.

That would, for example, put Methuselah at a much more plausible 80 years.
Just saying as a thought experiment that having fewer parts does not mean it will break down less often.
I would call it "Siri pay attention"
My guess (and it's only a guess) is that might somehow all boil down to old money vs. new money and the tension/friction between the power-brokers in those two spheres of influence.
That was the original Roadster -- and it reduces the top speed, that's the minus. Well worth it, in my mind.
Having government involved in every aspect of your financial life is a gross distortion of the word capitalism.
The point being that having fewer parts in and of itself does not mean that it will break down less frequently.
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> It sets a precedent that you can willy nilly drop customers that might be relying on you

It doesn't set the precedent (any private company can drop customers) and it wasn't "willy nilly" as you clearly acknowledge ("this was over nsfw content")
> People need food, so fund a food bank.

Yes. But in reality, removing the 'contortions' does not imply increasing direct funding for food banks.

It's misleading to defend a change on the basis that it would lead to a pareto improvement if accompanied by another change, when in reality the two can vary independently and there's no good reason to assume they won't.
Your first two paragraphs really stand out to me. It can be very difficult to piece these experiences into tangible sentences. It truly is ineffable. Yet, when you’re there it’s so trivially effable. It’s at times comical and yet sad when you become aware you are experiencing something ineffable and won’t be able to bring it back to convey to the world. It can only be experienced.

Once back, it can easily take a year to unpack the experience, and find the right metaphors to attempt to, almost, but not quite really, slightly describe an infinitesimal part of the experience, maybe. :)
> I assumed you would understand that as an actual light second in spacetime as in actual distance traveled

If you are talking about actual light, it is not correct to say that it travels, say, one light-second in spacetime. The arc length along a light ray's path in spacetime is zero, because it's a null worldline. The same goes for the boundaries of light cones, which are what I think you are actually trying to get at: light cone boundaries are null surfaces, so arc length in spacetime along them is zero.

However, I don't think what you actually meant by "one light-second" was "distance in spacetime along the boundary of the past light cone". See below.

> Not light second as a unit of distance in 3d space at t=0.001 seconds which is a rather meaningless number at that point.

No, it isn't. It's a perfectly meaningful number: a distance in the surface of constant comoving time labeled by the coordinate t=0.001 seconds (or whatever time you want to pick). And if you are trying to describe "the size of the observable universe", this kind of distance is indeed what you need to specify.

Your error, however, is to assume that at t=0.001 seconds, the observable universe was 0.001 light-seconds in size. It wasn't. Such a conclusion would only be valid in flat spacetime, but the spacetime that describes the universe is not flat. It is actually non-trivial to come up with a correct expression for the size of the observable universe as a function of comoving time (and the actual expression is model-dependent--for example, it depends on how long your model says the inflation epoch lasted).

> The math really does not say anything about t=0

I agree. I wasn't saying that it did. The inflationary epoch is not modeled as starting at t=0.

> after ~t=10^-30 to t=1 seconds you don’t get black holes.

Where are you getting these numbers from?
Approaching the recruiting process for small businesses – Ie.: Meet Peerfect.io
Which tire is more important to your car?

All of them need to be up to par.
No, it’s just that a lot more trucks are sold, period. About 16% of all vehicles sold were trucks. All told it’s about 6 millions cars vs about 11 million light trucks. The discrepancy between the 16% and other star is that “light trucks” includes SUV’s and crossovers, while the 16% is just pickup trucks.
White women are far and away the primary benefitiary of affirmative action. The simple reason is that they are the wives, girlfriends, and daughters of white men and thus are closest to them and it's not a lose-lose for white men.
So why did we need to pass GDPR and Net Neutrality? The issues they were intended to address also had theoretical solutions in "write more software and start more competitors".
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Yeah - it was a ?blog about how hard it is to do payments for porn sites.
I'd be curious to try the 3. I drove an S in Austin and was underwhelmed compared to my S5 on many different levels (yes, the S5 is a higher end car, but so too is the S).
> I don't want to know whether social constructionism is considered "problematic", I want to know whether it is true.

Not all legitimate scholarly work is based on a search for scientific truth. E.g. Interpretations/analysis of Shakespeare's work.
Some leaders are control freaks, and they resist anything that reduces their control of things. Some are so hungry for control that they behave in irrational and arbitrary ways, often undermining themselves and their companies. I wrote about this at length here:

https://www.amazon.com/Destroy-Tech-Startup-Easy-Steps/dp/09...
>>"Verizon had 153,100 employees as of June."

and 44,000 managers qualify for the buyout. Let's assume that 100% of managers qualify, so they only have 44k managers. What am I missing in corp America? 1 in 3-4 is a manager?
Ask HN: How do you become the best at something?
I realized that while I'm fairly competent at some things, I'm not really top percentile in anything save my ability to communicate. It's really weighing on me, and I constantly feel like I have imposter syndrome.

Through it all, I’ve found a love for ml, and I’d like to spend the next 4-6 months diving deep, validating some hypotheses, and becoming a capable researcher/ml engineer. But my insecurities force me to constantly try and productize my learning, and I constantly get distracted thinking about how folks are building incredible companies and I’m losing time to make an impact. I'm all fluff, no depth.

How do I gain mastery?
Both Audi & Jaguar are looking on track to, on their first attempts, quite soundly beat Tesla at the electric SUV game. Similar price, similar range, and vastly better quality.

And really if you think about it that shouldn't be surprising. The big car companies today don't need a miracle at all. They are in a pretty good spot. They know how to do all the really hard stuff about building a car (the actual manufacturing & quality control stuff - the things Tesla is really bad at and struggling hard to figure out). They just need to do the easy part of putting in an EV powertrain. And they are already used to dealing with multiple powertrains for the same car, even.

Tesla took the risk to prove it out, but there's no reason to believe the big companies will be unable to change course on this. It's not at all like the pre-iPhone vs. post-iPhone where the entire UX interaction across the entire platform changed. This is all things considered a pretty small part of the car that's changed, and in pretty straightforward ways.
"Freedom to speak"

Does not imply:

"Freedom to use power to silence other people arbitrarily".

In fact it implies the opposite:

"Responsibility to uphold speech even if you disagree with it."
Apologies, I'm not from the United States.
Does a baseball move out of the way of the swinging bat? There might be some small effect, but it's not the dominant one. In this scenario the wing is just a slightly bigger bat, and the drone is a slightly bigger ball. It would of course take a very (un)lucky strike to collide dead on like this, but not that unreasonable. I do hope they test indirect strikes too though.
If for instance, the new aggressive cyber warfare posture the White house is promoting came true, would google honour this to inform me I was at risk of a US led cyber attack?
You've just listed a group of $100,000+ AUD cars there. Just as a point of interest.
Curious, what does it offer other than the goroutines and the native compilation?
> It's twitter (youtube live & other services) for people are silenced by mainstream providers (currently, people with extreme views)

So mostly Nazis, then.
"Only" as in an order of magnitude less than originally estimated.
I don't understand what the theoretical shitstorm you're postulating would be about, or what you're objecting to with regards to the current trigger phrase. Can you elaborate?
Historical vehicular deaths: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_...

As an aside, strangely the Great Recession apparently improved safety during, even when adjusting for miles traveled.
Tesla made 80,000 battery packs last quarter, and said that they peaked at 10,000 Model 3 battery packs in one week.
It doesn't count because they were able to change the form factor as they liked, whereas the Model S is a normal-looking sedan with fully exposed wheels.
It comes down to fraud. MasterCard and Visa don't give a crap how nasty your content is (they fund terrorism, FFS). What they don't like is dealing with chargeback fees.

Stripe has pretty strict rules over prohibited businesses (https://stripe.com/us/prohibited-businesses). For example, here's their list of "high risk businesses", prohibited by their financial partners:

> Bankruptcy lawyers; computer technical support; psychic services; travel reservation services and clubs; airlines; cruises; timeshares; prepaid phone cards, phone services, and cell phones; telemarketing, telecommunications equipment and telephone sales; drop shipping; forwarding brokers; negative response marketing; credit card and identity theft protection; the use of credit to pay for lending services; any businesses that we believe poses elevated financial risk, legal liability, or violates card network or bank policies; any business or organization that a. engages in, encourages, promotes or celebrates unlawful violence or physical harm to persons or property, or b. engages in, encourages, promotes or celebrates unlawful violence toward any group based on race, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other immutable characteristic

"Travel reservation services and clubs" bit me at some point, I wanted to build a flight reservation service and was surprised to hear I couldn't. But apparently, it's a high risk business because lots of people chargeback flight tickets.

Also, Gab completely fails that last criteria, they're not kidding anyone.
So let me see if I understand this.

1. Gab.com signs up with Stripe, agreeing to “no-NSFW” rule in the TOS/contract

2. Gab.com allows NSFW content

3. They get mad when caught 2 years later

This seems pretty cut and dry. Are they claiming this is some sort of censorship and the NSFW thing is a straw man reason?

Maybe they shouldn’t have provided Stripe with such an obvious TOS violation. What did they think was going to happen?
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If you compare the UX at Walmart vs, say, Costco (which pays higher wages) I'm not so sure that paying the lowest is good business. i.e. is 1 Costco employee equal in productivity to 1 Walmart employee? I suspect not.
Are we really comparing the tangible leap from $7.5 -> $15/hour that will help people get out of the government sponsored poverty, to the potential gains that some workers who already make more than $15/ hour would make in the future (if AMZN does not become GE)?
The team that I work with is very diligent. No one has ever had a breakdown, acute/persistent anxiety, PTSD, or anything similar as a result of what has happened in the ceremonies. We are careful with screening candidates that might be susceptible to these issues.

However, there have been very nasty experiences that have happened as a result of not following the very strict guidelines of pre and post ceremony care. It is recommended that you abstain from alcohol, sugar, sexual conduct for varying time periods. It is also required that all medication - within reason and with a long list of disallowed contraindications - be weened off of prior to partaking.

The medicine is serious stuff. It is beautiful stuff. And it should be approached with great care. If you take it with a reputable group, prepare appropriately, and follow the post-ceremony guidelines, there is a high likely hood of a net positive experience. If you do not, well...
Please do - public[at]goodroot.ca.
I didn’t say Tesla was a bailout, and I didn’t say it was underhanded. I said that Tesla would not have survived without government money, and that is true.
Make that "how many times someone honked their horn at you" and I'm in.
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