skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Thank $DEITY that impracticality is always because you’re not using the One True Static Typing School!

Seriously: you’re describing a feature that only exists in a small subset of languages and only a small subset of contexts at that. OCaml and Go do this but not for data, just for methods.
I agree in hindsight that my comment was unhelpful. The anectdote about the "gassing the jews" thread was true, that was in 2016, but instead of bashing on breitbart I should have emphasized more that there are plenty of more legitimate looking sources of disinformation, especially in the US where lobbying has such a long and powerful tradition. That was the main point I tried to make, but my disdain for Steve Bannon and his entourage got in my way.

(Posted from another account, because I changed my machine, but I'm the same as OP.)
For real.

> terrible choice of axis

> honest scale

> deceptive

Be kind ya'll.
Seems better if you don't want people planting roots, building infrastructure, and getting a local government/police/fire force in place. Amazon can shut the place down and won't have tons of people trapped in a dying town.
> Violence through revenge is deep within our core, and to deny it is to deny our humanity.

I agree. Dehumanizing the "other" is profoundly human.

But rising above bloodthirst through rationality and empathy, and crafting institutions (such as laws) which better us all, together... is also profoundly human.

> In other words, it really doesn't matter.

The universe may be indifferent, but human actions are meaningful to other humans.
UCSD Pascal pioneer Ken Bowles has died
Ask HN: Which chromebook is better for dev (on linux distro)?
Im looking to meet requirements like:
- could run a graphic intensive program like eclipse, and say kali linux (x64) distro instead of chromebook os.

I found (2) and looking to make a choice on one of them:

1) https://www.amazon.com/Newest-Flagship-Premium-Touchsreen-Chromebook/dp/B078XJGD2F/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1537374394&sr=1-1&keywords=chromebook+intel&refinements=p_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A610552011%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A13580788011

2) https://www.amazon.com/Google-Pixelbook-RAM-128GB-GA00122-US/dp/B075JSK7TR?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAIPHVZTVH6LZ5BFZA&tag=hawk-future-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B075JSK7TR&ascsubtag=trd-1341075680043534426-20

Thanks
From Coding to Campaigning – Steven Buccini on Running for Office
Cloudy days.
Let's assume you are right and the positive effects were completely attributed to placebo effect. If placebo effect is an effective treatment that results in a cure, what exactly is your complaint?
>The first study you link to doesn’t look at IQ, it looks at how people assess one another’s IQ, which is not the same.

From the article I linked:
"Each student in the picture completed a Czech version of the Intelligence Structure Test that uses various types of tools to measure the different types of intelligence. The images were close-ups of the students’ faces, which featured a neutral, non-smiling expression, and did not wear jewelry or cosmetics, Business Insider reported.

The raters took their time rating each photograph for either intelligence or attractiveness. Of the raters, 43 women and 42 men judged photos for intelligence, and 42 women and 33 men judged them for attractiveness using a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being the highest score, 7 being the lowest possible score). The researchers then averaged the intelligence and attractiveness scores each student received.

The findings revealed both men and women were able to accurately evaluate the intelligence of men by just viewing the facial photographs. Men in the photos with a higher IQ were perceived as more intelligent much more than women in the photos who also had higher IQ scores. In both sexes, a narrower face with a thinner chin, and a larger, prolonged nose characterized the predicted stereotype of a higher IQ, while a rather oval and broader face with a massive chin and a smallish nose led to a prediction of low-intelligence."

Note the lines "Each student in the picture completed a Czech version of the Intelligence Structure Test" and "
The findings revealed both men and women were able to accurately evaluate the intelligence of men by just viewing the facial photographs." So the study did actually measure peoples' IQs using a standardised IQ test, and compared the results of the tests to peoples' assesment of others' IQ based on their faces, showing a correspondence between the IQ people estimated based on faces and the actual IQ scores.

Here's a study that directly shows a correlation between sexuality and facial anatomy: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270290521_Facial_St...
Wife says Interpol officer sent knife image as danger signal
I’ve wondered recently if it would be possible to convert flash or shockwave to WASM and preserve some of these old relics.
So much FUD about Google collecting "data" in this thread, from people who think data is just automatically equivalent to heaps of money.

This is a paid software product for businesses, which makes Google money and has a strict data usage policy saying "G Suite customers own their data, not Google. The data that G Suite organizations and users put into our systems is theirs, and we do not scan it for advertisements nor sell it to third parties."

https://gsuite.google.com/learn-more/security/security-white...

Disclaimer: I do work at El Goog, but not on this product. I just find the vague wolf-crying annoying.
Yes, I acknowledged that in my comment:

>> I realize that some participants may consider it a part of a hobby

My point is that, since it can be a chore [1], not a hobby, time is a relevant part of any discussion of cost, and omitting or dismissing it is inappropriate.

[1] or the strawman of a career, I guess
A new era in the search for dark matter
> When is there zero sun?

I mean, its not my argument. But... something like the Dust Bowl of the 1930s or even a large volcanic eruption (like the 1980s Mount St. Helen eruption) would block out the sun in a local area for multiple days.

But my point being: such disasters are beyond our storage capabilities by several magnitudes. Most energy storage projects are at best, aiming for a few hours of energy storage.

Many (ie: Flywheels, typical Batteries, etc. etc.) are aiming for minutes, or even just seconds of grid-energy storage. This idea of days-long or even a week-long energy storage is just devoid from reality.
> In my country, VPNs sometimes get blocked.

This is why I love* Tunnelbear's[0] GhostBear feature and it uses obfsproxy[1]. Very few VPN providers provide censorship circumvention like that

[0] https://www.tunnelbear.com/

[1] https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/TrafficObfuscatio...

[*] No affiliation with Tunnelbear, just thought I would point out this feature
Toyota lists it as a crossover
https://www.toyota.com/crossovers/

KBB lists the Outback, Crosstrek etc as crossovers https://www.kbb.com/subaru/crossovers/

When I think SUV, I think Tahoe, Sequoia, Escalade, Suburban, etc. Compact SUVs are SUVs in name only imo. You pretty much never see a traditional SUV on the road anymore.
We had taxis and home delivery services for years.
> Healthcare in Germany is paid for by an insurance contribution that is much higher for the individual, but phases out on income above about $60,000 per year. Meanwhile, in the US you pay Medicare contributions on all income, and the left is pushing to make Social Security contributions the same way.

Yeah, but in Germany most things are actually covered by the insurance, whereas in the US even people with really good insurance can face huge bills for things like being in the wrong hospital or being treated by the wrong doctor, which sounds utterly bizarre from a European perspective.

> Likewise with college. Germany would pay a lot more to offer free education if it didn’t aggressively control the pipeline of students into colleges. That idea would be alien to the left in the US, where the belief is that everyone should go to college.

To phrase that another way, in the US you believe that anyone with the money should be able to go to university.

Also, a key difference: taxation for public services is pretty universally supported in Europe. Even by the right wing.
Fantastic idea! I intend to implement this in an upcoming release of the protocol and have opened an RFC to discuss this addition here: https://github.com/brannondorsey/chattervox/issues/19
I'm a bit worried how many people on social media and Internet in general (also here) are fighting some personal war against antidepressants. This is not helping and may cause a lot of suffering to some people.

We're in some wacky second generation New Age where everything illogical is the the obvious solution, just for the sake of breaking with the old.

There's really many people for whom literally no amount of talking, meditation or working out (Internet's favourites) will help. Yes, for them, before they can even start thinking about successful therapy (etc.), the chemical imbalance is so strong they need to bring their bodies to the baseline (or close to it).

Again, militantly opposing SSRIs creates very dangerous situation where people in need can end up getting hurt or dead.
Wind-powered ships are making a comeback
The hippys ideology failed miserable half a century ago. Hunting and killing is in our nature and removing it only ever resulted in removing the parts we found interesting from books, movies and games. My parents tryied that non-violence education nonsense- and even without movies and books, my brother and i found sticks to play spear and sword with.
Is it that hard to deal with reality?
If you want to prevent violent tendencies, then add a first aid weekend, where you help injured critters or humans- and tada, empathy grows, although you will never get the killer out of man.
Forking Android is not the same thing as having a third completely incompatible platform when it comes to attracting third party apps.
The only issue I thought about would be when using json as I guess this would lose the namespace infos. Did you have issue with that ?
> If placebo effect is an effective treatment that results in a cure, what exactly is your complaint?

It's not reproducible because it's not medicine.
> Obama's administration made a huge leap in the right direction, but there's more track to cover and issues to fix before the US's healthcare system becomes comparable to a say, European, equivalent.

I don't see how you can say this. My premiums literally doubled under Obamacare and now I have a new thing called "co-insurance" meaning that I pay 20% of all bills, period.

Edit: why would I be downvoted for relating my experience?
I've opened an RFC for this issue and welcome comments here: https://github.com/brannondorsey/chattervox/issues/19
The hellish Sertraline withdrawal experience convinced me that my mental health cannot depend on Sertraline or anything like it in the future. Building up a dependence on a substance like that is just something I cannot fathom being a part of a healthy, normal life, and the way I reacted coming off it had every hallmark of dependence.
What does the "Tell Friends" column mean in the table? Was it supposed to be a metric or just a placeholder?
The people doing it mostly feel it's a good deal for them. They get a free place to set up, with full hook-ups (water/sewer/power) that would normally cost $300-500 a month at a RV park. And they're earning enough that they can go on the road for the rest of the year with money in the bank.

Some full-time RV owners publish their costs. The Russos spent about $3000 a month in fixed + variable costs when in their Class-A, but only $1200 a month when they traded it for a Class-B (RAM Pro-Master van). They seldom stay at a campground.

https://weretherussos.com/rv-living-costs-full-time-class-a-...

https://weretherussos.com/camper-van-life-costs-september-20...
> before the Greeks, people didn't really consider the true nature of things

This is a very bold statement, and it's most likely incorrect - given that the Greeks were relative newcomers to the world of civilizations to begin with, and also the fact that the modern humans have been in existence for many dozens of millennia.
Know what to test using these recipes: Node service that calls a database
Rete – JavaScript framework for node-based visual programming
I college, I'd do 18 player games on a world map. Definitely changed your impression of people, particularly when you'd only vaguely know them otherwise - but it also got you into long-term close contact (these games were a turn a week, and would last for ~18 months before a winner was obvious).
Hypothetical scenarios are not antitrust issues.
"Nothing personal", you attacked the team, not just me. If you want to do that all day long, go for it.

But what I'm asking you to do, as a better course of action, or on top if you prefer, is say what "existing solutions" are superior and why they win. We started with baseline ad blocking and some of our users, who see the ecosystem problem of free-riding (which you still dismiss), asked us to build an option for giving back. So we prototyped with Bitcoin, and when that got expensive and cut off users who could not buy it, we created the Basic Attention Token instead.

Again if you dislike our ethics, no need to rehash. But I'm still interested in how you think pure blocking, AKA "free riding", will result in a superior outcome for anyone in the long run. Publisher revenues have been falling for years, decades if you look at newspapers. How do your top ten sites keep their lights on?
Dgk/django-business-logic: Visual programming framework for Django
We should put things in perspective. Nowadays doctors still treat diseases by cutting off bits out of the patient, and dentists still employ medieval procedures.
"Schedule 1", as if that means a thing.

Bootlicker.
Checkout still WIP but almost ready reminder-app built on Node.js
i think https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/dat/miranda/wadler87.... 'why calculating is better than scheming' also makes this point too; i'm going to check out this jofreeman thing... never saw it before thanks!
"it helps put into perspective the follower mentality some have, especially in the public sector. I'd have given the middle finger right away knowing I can find enjoyable work sans harassment. To put it crudely, I can't even sympathize with someone so willing to grab their ankles."

That's such an arrogant thing to say if you have never been in this situation. History has long shown that when things get tough most people will fall in line and only a very few will resist. Talk is easy but actually acting is very tough and rare.
If you have never had a paid developer account your provisioning profile is only good for a week. This period used to be 30 days but was downgraded to a week sometime in mid-2016, if my recollection is correct.

Apparently if you have had (or currently have) such an account, the period is longer.

You also can't use all the features of the platform, see the "Apple Developer" vs. ADP columns on https://help.apple.com/developer-account/#/dev21218dfd6.
Jagenjo/litegraph.js: A graph node engine and editor written in JavaScript
Yes, but if you do not have a paid account Apple will only give you a certificate that is good for 7 days.
I am quoting from your link:

"The serotonin hypothesis of depression has not been clearly substantiated. Indeed, dogged by unreliable clinical biochemical findings and the difficulty of relating changes in serotonin activity to mood state, the serotonin hypothesis eventually achieved “conspiracy theory” status, whose avowed purpose was to enable industry to market selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to a gullible public."
Clearly languages have common idioms. Lisp just has most of them implemented in terms of very basic idioms. Saying “macros are bad because you can overdo it” is a little silly. Sure: prefer plain old data manipulation over syntax manipulation. But when you actually want syntax manipulation, it’s pretty darn nice.

Equivalent arguments exist for Ruby. Ruby isn’t bad because someone wrote a DSL that should’ve been a method and maybe a hash.
Thanks, scroll didn’t work for me. Now I see the options on the bottom.
This is primarily the legacy of the baby boomers and the younger generations have a less profit-centric view of the world.
Yes, that's a VAT. But this case is described as being about dividends, which are not goods or services being traded. I've never heard of a tax code where dividends were subject to VAT. Typically they're treated as either a capital gains tax or an income tax.
The discover shit what made me delete Snapchat, keeps throwing annoying people at my face every time I open the app, why? it was a fun way to chat with friends and share short videos but no let fill it with booty shaking and nasty stuff and force you to watch it
Why did they ignore Android usability and performance for so long? Also, I guess one of the cool things was the mystery meat UX but I wonder if that hurt them as they tried to garner broad appeal? Sometimes I see other people's Snaps and have no idea how they did certain things like effects, text, or interactive elements.
Ah! That makes sense now. I thought it would be impossible for LibC to be faster than a syscall short of it cannibalizing the kernel.
not the same, but I use a fitbit to track sleep
Absolutely. I wish I could structurally type a db query function in every statically typed language that doesn’t have it. Instead I end up with the challenge of coming up with the smallest number of (what is essentially) User1, User2, etc. and hope my queries and subqueries can always fill one of the existing shapes which is a significant pain point.

The language used in this thread so far has made it
seem like runtime specs are the solution to this “only care about part of the bag” problem rather than what I consider a general feature of dynamic typing that certainly can be expressed statically as well.
At one of my previous companies, during a death march like project to get a 1.0 out, it was widely known that the offshore team was outright lying about completing their work in the estimated hours (scrum). They routinely worked overtime and sometimes weekends and yet the management pretended everything was hunky dory and on schedule. The non-offshore team looked bad unless we too worked long hours. A mess on both sides. We eventually shipped the release, 9 months late.
> It's also why I've opted to remove 'Senior' from my titles for external resumes to avoid people making judgments too soon.

I wouldn't go quite so far. The fact that titles don't mean much in sub-par outfits doesn't contradict the fact they can mean a lot in solid companies.
The author is one of the principal folks behind Haskell. But I can’t help but point out that I promise you you’ve never heard of the five or so lanaguages he mentioned as an alternative approach, and somehow this Lisp thing is still around. I suppose that which is dead may never die :-)
This was covered a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17999282
A lot of work already went into it but still lot to implement so feedback appreciated :)
> Also I don't trust comments, I have to see commit history

That only works if the commit message is informative. A commit message that says "updated tests" is just as informative as a comment that says "assign value to a" (following your code comment example).

Commit messages are as, if not more important, than code comments (given VCS tools like git blame that can associate code changes with a comment explaining what was done and why).
It's my understanding that with any particular drug used to treat depression the proportion of sufferers who can't take it is high - certainly IME the proportions are not at all insignificant.

Aside: my understanding is that aspirin is no longer recommended (in mainstream medecine [in the UK]) to be used in a preventative way.
Edit any website like it’s a word doc, directly from your browser
The mysterious Min Min lights spook scientists and Aboriginal in Australia
To the contrary you were an inspiration for me, you even joined our small development community and were interested in our development.

Nobody is perfect, you’ll always screw up with one person and succeed with another :)
Fuchsia uses its own kernel called Zircon (previously Magenta).
STL Benchmark Comparison: C++ vs. Julia
> Why should the solution to a negative outlook be to mess with the chemistry alone, through drugs?

Well perhaps because it works?

> We identified 28 552 citations and of these included 522 trials comprising 116 477 participants. In terms of efficacy, all antidepressants were more effective than placebo, with ORs ranging between 2·13 (95% credible interval [CrI] 1·89–2·41) for amitriptyline and 1·37 (1·16–1·63) for reboxetine.

Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

Of course there's issues with publication bias, but this is the best evidence we have to work with. Psychotherapy ("talking") also works, and so the teaching I've received tells me to prescribe both in tandem, although the drugs "alone" do help. I'm a student doctor.

> I find it quite frankly disturbing that the solution to such a learned insecurity should be just drugs.

I think your implicit suggestion here is that the correct treatment is unlearning. I suggest that this is not always possible. The plausible mechanism is that damage during development might result in "built in" changes that can't be talked away.
I'm not disagreeing, but wouldn't you need to compare the total volume lost to evaporation to the total volume of water pumped (== cost) to have a sense for whether it's a significant factor?

Its hard to build up a casual sense for how much water is lost to evaporation in most lakes we have experience with because the lake's level is based on geography (level of the outlet) when there's a source of water coming in to replenish it. It could be a larger factor than we think.

That said, I expect that the efficiency losses in the pumping and generation steps would dwarf evaporation. Any storage system has some losses; the ability to store larger volumes makes up for efficiency disadvantages compared to things like batteries might have.
Or gave some semblance of a shit about checks and balances.
And these cogs are more and more actual machines, computer or mechanical. I read somewhere that if your job does not consist of some Rube Goldberg like process where you never are doing the same thing more than a few times, then your job is likely to be automated as the machines continue to improve.

A successful path forward for humanity in such a world might involve somehow getting most people to have ownership of the robots that produce what they need/want. A difficult proposition because, if one has the freedom to manage capital one also has the freedom to be conned out of that capital or take on too much risk. It also seems very unlikely at the moment as at least the US's educational system seems to be run by people that think thinking about capital and investing is not valuable or a worthy use of time. Wouldn't it be great if we were all capitalists with an income stream we controlled that could support a minimum lifestyle. If it was supported by mostly robots/machines and not other people, it could be a great outcome for everyone.