skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The good thing is now you should be able to find great deals on the 2017 model.
Or even better than just increasing salaries.. Let people work remote. Then people who want to live in the big city can (without the commute, which is a plus!) and people that want to live in the small town can, plus everyone in between. What part of being a programmer means they 'need' to be in the office in that town?
Optimizing AWS Java Lambdas
Well, I am not a Libertarian. I am for regulation in many cases. The difference between a safety rail and traffic lights are this. When I approach an intersection then my health depends more the prudence of the car's driver also approaching the intersection and crossing my path. So putting traffic lights people at least know who can drive and who should stop. But a cliff is an obvious threat. There is nothing insidious about it. If that cliff would be close to an elementary school - then I would be for safety rails, though. Because children are not responsible and hence have to be protected from them self.

Regarding safety belts - I think you didn't get my point. I didn't say they aren't saving lives. I said that back when they didn't exist people drove more careful. With all those protection in place in cars - many people drive more reckless having those protections in mind.
>Other recreational activities don't have that same effect.

I'm sorry what do you think leisure activities are?
> If they want to keep the gamming forum on topic they can ban all political discussion.

This isn't about being on topic, as it's a sitewide rule which applies even in the open-topic forums on the site.

So, criticizing it as not the best way to keep things on-topic is missing the point.

> As a comparison, HN has a ban in political discussion.

No, it doesn't, though it did as a quite controversial experiment for a few days a while ago. (If it did, this discussion, which is 100% political, would be banned.)
Managed Services don't always lead to Cloud vendor lock-in
Just to be clear you never had anxiety or panic attack issues before? You weren't seeing a psychiatrist before but this experience made you seek one out?

I had panic attacks start out of no where when I was around the same age (~21). There was no obvious moment where/why it started but it would keep happening every once in a while.

I first used medication (lorazepam, cipralex) but eventually learned mental tactics to deal with it and now I never have them. Although antidepressants did help a lot early on, they killed my sex drive which wasnt a good trade off.
As I understand it THC aggravates symptoms in people predisposed to psychosis. CBD is antipsychotic and can have a balancing effect but unfortunately growers have been selectively breeding and optimizing for high THC at the expense of CBD for decades. The result is that cannabis is more "incompatible" with certain people than it used to be.
They want $10k per year per core, making it pretty much the most expensive thing you could possibly use as a database and multiple times more expensive than SQL Server over the course of a few years, and far more expensive than even using Oracle Cloud. It's a really well built product, but the pricing is not even close to compelling.
...I'm well aware of that. The original comment stated that kids recover from everything and this study was a tautology. I'm saying that this is not true.

edit: it's clear my comment was confusing b/c there's a double negative. Reread it with emphasis on the NOT's.
In YouTube form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jviNpRGuCIU
Exoskeletons in the workplace
When I was younger (in my early/mid 20s mostly) I enjoyed it and in some ways I think it can stimulate creativity. The way it always felt to me was that it made me think "tangentially".

The stereotype of an absent-minded stoner is one way to look at it, but I often found that it caused my mind to wander and occasionally follow trains of thought that would normally be cut off earlier by "normal" thought processes.

That said, letting your mind wander can spur creativity and cannabis is something that enables this state. At the same time, if all you do is come up with random ideas (some of which might have value to yourself or others), it's only the start of the process. Brainstorming is great but if it never goes past the daydream phase, it may be irrelevant.

Either way, as I got older I stopped reacting positively to cannabis and I find it makes me more anxious than anything these days (yeah, yeah, I tried "that one strain I just had to try"). For whatever reason my brain just doesn't like being in that state anymore. But I'd never tell someone else how to relax or when it's valid to indulge in a bit of daydreaming if it agrees with them.
No, $200 was the "subsidized price" as part of an AT&T service plan: "AT&T, like most U.S. carriers, offers a variety of phones that we sell below our actual cost when customers agree to sign service agreements." [1]

The cheapest non-subsidized ("no commitment price") iPhone you could get back then was $499. At your 17% inflation rate, that's almost $600 in today's dollar, so Apple's entry level iPhone is actually a little cheaper than in 2008.

[1]: https://www.att.com/Common/merger/files/pdf/iPhone/Pricing_U...
I disagree. A textual programming language has the exact same structure. But in text. Logically a graph of nodes represented in text is harder to read then a graph of nodes represented in pictures. Most people think text is easier because of habit and because creating visual languages is harder therefore a good one hasn't been made yet.
They compared the free version pricing, not enterprise.
The problem is that the discourse right now is extremely polarized, following the left/right divide in politics. You have people on the right claiming that pot will automatically ruin your life, and (some) people on the left pretending it's completely benign and almost a panacea. I once watched a "documentary" claiming that pot cures cancer! I kid you not.

The fact is, it's a substance that affects different people differently. It can cause intense anxiety in some people, and it can severely impair your judgement. Responsible use requires that users be properly informed of the risks. We need to be having a more balanced and honest discussion about this, and many other issues.
This is "famous". Look, here is a Japanese translation:

http://web.archive.org/web/20021113063322/http://www.gembook...

Link to pure article headers+body:

https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=comp.lang.li...
Simplistic view unfortunately. In most cases, self-immolation is the expression of utter hopelessness, desperation when basic, core values central to your life are taken away and the person doesn't see how to continue. The people doing it are not brainwashed. And apart from few isolated cases, they are not crazy either.

I would never ever do anything like that (or suicide for that matter), but as in most matters, things are more complex than first glance might tell.
Ah, right you are. Even looks like the download links are broken.
Have you looked at Vitess? Slack and Youtube use it.
The market may require it at some point but it's not fundamental to the organizations business-models which is very, very different. Society as a whole is structured around these forces as well, so there is no way any economic system can operate without it. And we're better off for it.

99% of libertarians are for minimal government use of force, not zero government.
I think AWS and GCP both provide a better custom time synchronisation system. This is not a deal breaker because CRDB could be configured with larger time drift tolerance.

So maybe I am missing something!
It's right there, almost on top of the article.
OWASP Security Shepherd – Failure to Restrict Access Solution
I think you misread what I said, which could have been worded better.

> There are plenty of things that kids do NOT recover from and we now know that moderate marijuana use is NOT one of them.

i.e. Kids don't recover from everything (as OP stated) but we now know they can recover from moderate marijuana use. The original comment was trying to dismiss this work as trivial, I was trying to prove otherwise.

Also, no one made any claim that kid's don't recover from anything. You're arguing with yourself. I'm simply trying to state that having proof that kids can recover (like this paper provides) is necessary. I'm specifically arguing that we shouldn't make overgeneralizations and assumptions without supporting evidence.
Airbnb in particular benefited from the existence of other technology they didn't directly employ, mostly related to smartphones: ubiquitous cameras for hosts to take pictures, reliable taxi service from Uber and its rivals making more areas viable for tourists, high quality mapping apps to let people see what neighborhoods are fun and convenient.

Cellphones in general mean hosts don't have to provide TVs, landline phones, alarm clocks, paper maps, newspapers, etc. that were traditionally in hotel rooms.
Gender disparity in science and how small advantages evolve into larger ones
> it's easy for people to feel that their perfectly normal salaries are low.

Part of a free market is realizing that, if others are earning more money for the same work, there is a good chance that you are undercharging your employer for your services.
Has there ever been a study that has proven this? I hate the idea of private prisons but I've always been skeptical that prison owners can influence the justice system sentencing or law enforcement policies.
One strategy which i learnt from a tech company executive is that if you want to hire best of best at low cost, develop products in interesting new programming languages as the most curious programmers who are very serious about programming care less about money and more about work in a particular language of their interest.

No wonder the company had successful projects in every asoteric languages.

Now, I come from executive background in corporate job where going with anything other than Java is considered risky. This came off as suprise to me.
How Leap Motion Blew a Deal with Apple – Twice
First impressions: mutation testing
My point is that the reason for web app development becoming cumbersome and time consuming is often unnecessary over-complication of simple, standard widgets using over-engineered and non-standard compliant JS "plugins", instead of built-in, standard elements. My point is also comparing apples to apples; when sticking to standard controls, web technologies are often simpler and quicker to implement than older frameworks, especially when taking into account the whole application lifecycle, including authentication, authorization, caching, and deployment of new updates.

To paraphrase:

The thing is, web technologies don't need frameworks; it is a framework.

Use standard widgets and controls, style and enhance them if needed, stay away from kludgy plugins, and you'll be fine. Input validation, standard keyboard, mouse, touch navigation, etc built in, for free.
I bet for most folks on HN the mechanics and programming are the easy parts. The art is really what makes or breaks games.

Could anyone give advice on getting started learning some basic art concepts that are applicable to pixel art / game art?
It's awesome that they're doing all this within the US but I tried to design an Oryx yesterday I just wanted a nice graphics card, 32gb of ram and the 1tb ssd and it quickly approached Apple prices. I understand the underlying components aren't cheap but I don't think companies that aren't operating at Apple's scale, who has some of the brightest engineering hardware and software minds in the world, have any business charging close to $3k for a laptop for similar specs.

I'm guessing the cost is due to being based in the US. I just want a nice laptop for a reasonable cost, I'm not concerned where it's built. Where a laptop was made doesn't make any difference to how I use it or what it does for me. If System76 is close to Apple prices for similar specs I might as well just buy a Macbook Pro.
"Africa" is a continent with over a billion people and 54 separate countries. It's extremely diverse, and has everything. I have recently been places where I'm certain that I'm safer than in Melbourne or Vancouver, and there are also places at war right now (Northern Mali, for example).

So you have to do your research and be aware. On the whole, I have felt extremely safe and welcomed. I have never experienced violence, robbery or actually anything "bad" in 2.5 years through 28 countries.

As for costs, most people driving around the world spend around $1500 USD / month for two people in a 4x4 - for absolutely everything. If you want to eat at restaurants and drink alcohol every night, more like $2000/mo.

Cost of vehicle is entirely up to you. I drove a $5000 stock Jeep from Alaska to Argentina and I have met plenty of people in $500,000 Unimogs. Both work just fine.
imho that is some serious rationalization. you likely don’t see yourself as a flashy person so you have to construct a reality where the phone is the extreme of that — anonymous.

i have news for you. for anyone that does care, you can tell an iphone X all the way across the bar.
https://github.com/maximecaron/sql-parser
Ask HN: How to get hired without using recruiters?
Assuming you have exhausted your personal network.

I'm tired of talking to headhunters and the whole jumping-through-the-hoops that comes with the job hunting process.

The thing is, I'm a decent developer but more of a generalist type with lots of entrepreneurial drive (though haven't had any success yet), so my CV is not very streamlined.

I'm more looking to find a business partner (with money as I need a job) than an employer.

Anyone in a similar situation?
So they the smartest kids from the smartest parents and ensured they were adequately fed and supported, and it turned out they were faster learners and more generally capable, in other contexts, than the general population.

And they think the performance is best explained by the school's eclectic education style and shunning of new tech?

Edit: Desnarked (it was worse before)
While it's generally a good rule of thumb for stocks, we're specifically talking about FAANG stocks here. None of those are going to zero ANY time soon.

If they go to 0, we probably have an immediate global crisis on our hands. We're not talking about hyped startups here, we're talking about mature, global organizations that have fueled society's growth for the past 2 decades.
CVE-2018-9411: Critical vulnerability in multiple privileged Android services
Only through coercion can freedom be violated. Voluntary agreements like loans don't violate your freedom (though one could make a case for guaranteed loans being a special case).

A person stealing your car violates your rights. The government taxing you violates your rights.
> but as a LISP most people aren't going to be excited about using it.

I agree that Clojure has a lot of strong points and that s-expressions
probably put a lot of people off, but as a Lisp programmer, I was very
disappointed in Clojure's debugging/interactive development story (and I've
heard that from a lot of others). It feels more like using a typical scripting
language compared to the traditional Lisp/Smalltalk experience, and even
there, a typical scripting language would at least give useful backtraces. As
it stands, I think a decent number of conventional Lisp programmers would also
worry about large Clojure programs being unmaintainable unless they're
superbly written.
As far as I can tell both are using the same keyboard which is the 3rd generation of the butterfly switches
My current gaming passion is Heat Signature, which is a "rogue-lite" along the lines of FTL, which was my previous gaming passion. Both of those replace the roguelike turn based mechanic with a "hit space to pause" mechanic which also lets you set up awesome combos.
Indeed. I just bought a £1.50 including delivery embedded switch mode power supply yesterday.
To be fair, I wasn't comparing the two. I've never used Haskell (for more than just learning/tutorials).

I would suggest that if you have runtime bugs popping up in Clojure programs then that would suggest the inputs to functions (since they should be primarily pure) are not being validated which can easily be accomplished. I would imagine this needs to be done in Haskell as well since just verifying types does not indicate valid data.
It's a bit odd the way they handle it, from what I can see you both need your own account then you share a third joint account.
Thanks so much for the response, and I am sure it does get asked a lot. I will be sure to keep an eye on your project in the future!
Hi,

are the upcoming clustering efforts developed with the intent to be mainlined in postgresql ?

Indeed some way to automatically failover/failback (ie automate pg_rewind) without all the keepalived/pacemaker/haproxy/patroni stuff is really needed.
Introducing Zink, an OpenGL Implementation on Top of Vulkan
Every study done, and likely to ever be done given ethical standards, attempting to link marijuana usage to mental illness shares the same fundamental problem which makes their results meaningless: It cannot account for self-selection. There is no way to know that those who would later be diagnosed with schizophrenia were not self medicating with marijuana, leading to the causation actually being backwards. And in that case there is also no way to know what effect preventing that self medication might have had, and whether it would be positive or negative.

Short of a plausible neurochemical explanation of how it would happen, phenomenological studies like those have to be discarded. They simply don't have the ability to illuminate anything, they can only feed intuitive guesses which is always dangerous in issues of health.
Question about managing communities
At our company, we manage a vibrant and active community forum through Facebook Groups. We have many free customers (we have a freemium solution with our product) and paying customers. We use the group to share live Q&As, News, different videos, and important notices. Our users also actively post on our group asking for help from various community members, but also to give feedback about our product. We value the feedback we receive, but often the feedback is polluted with a lot of negative comments from other users. Sadly in some cases, the conversation devolves to unprofessional/inappropriate behavior. We do have a staff of volunteers that help us moderate these conversations, but ultimately we are looking to change the tone and habit of the community.

Our goal is to share more positive stories, drive our customers to our support team when they need help, encouraging our paying (and more professional customers) to participate and influence our community to have more productive conversations.

We are debating internally on several ways to do this. One idea is to start a new Facebook community group, and slowly sunset the old one. The other is to maintain the current community, but be more aggressive about moderating conversations, and proactively post more content. We see many pros and cons with both approaches. We don't want to give customers the strong impression that we're attempting to cover up or censor our community, but we also feel there are many members of our community that is introducing an unproductive and often mean energy to many conversations.

For those of you that maintain your online community, have you ever encountered this problem? If so, how did you deal with these type of issues?
Scale provides, well, economies of scale. If you want to buy from a smaller outfit, then expect to not get economies of scale.
Every other industry manages to find hires in Cardiff on less than London salaries, and programmers aren't that special in terms of cultural needs. A London salary in Cardiff is a lot more disposable income than a London salary in London (or an owned large house rather than a rented apartment), and plenty of programmers that wouldn't start their search for their next job in Cardiff would see that as tempting if they were aware the company was keen to hire people like them at London salaries.

Of course that's part of the reason companies spend budget on headhunters rather than extra salary...
Or lack of great IDE...the best type system seems a waste without a right-click refactor option to show for it. I'm not going to chase compilation errors file by file...
It sounds like Clojure was too much "out of your way", and you prefer a language like Scala that gets in your face about possible issues sooner.
OK, you have no evidence either so let's accept it's a point of opinion?
Was only that cheap with a contract, right?
>The art is really what makes or breaks games.

Quite a few rougelikes use strictly ascii art, kind of negating your point
Some are retired, some have or had businesses, some are just renting out their house they already own.

Because driving around the world only costs something around $1500 - $2000 USD /mo, any kind of "good" retirement from a first world country is a LOT more than you can ever realistically spend. You bank account will always go up.
I'll add my salary. I am a white male. I began my first salaried position when I was 18, with an Associate's Degree in Liberal Arts. I taught myself to write code in my teens. Prior to this position, I had worked for a fly-by-night startup remotely for $10/hour for about 3 months. I took these jobs in the state of Michigan.

2014 - $50,000/year - Software Engineer - Company A
2015 - $72,000/year - Software Engineer - Company A (raise)
2016 - $80,000/year - Software Engineer - Company A (raise)
2016 - $88,000/year - Software Engineer II - Company B (new job; $5,000 signing bonus)
2017 - $92,000/year - Software Engineer II - Company B (raise)
2018 - $98,000/year - Software Engineer II - Company B (raise)
2018 - $110,000/year - Software Engineer III - Company B (promotion)

At Company A, I was offered stock options at my start date which became worthless by the time they vested. I later received RSUs in 2015 which began vesting after a 1-year cliff, to the tune of ~$10,000/year.

At Company B, I was offered various stock options and RSUs pre-exit. When the company was acquired in 2018, they became worth ~$9,600/year.

Additionally, Company B offered a bonus program worth approximately 10% of my salary each year.
I'm pretty sure eating is an action.
Kind of a bad article, grammar aside. Just an opinion piece with absolutely no technical comparisons at all.
>turns into disdain and disrespect for the men and women who defend our country?

Defend? Or usually offend other countries?

Aside from Mexico (which was probably itself into defensive mode and had land taken from it) and Japan (re: Pearl Harbor), what credible enemies did the country had that needed defending from in the common sense of the term?

(Armies declaring war and attacking it on its soil/borders).
Let us say there are 100 teens in your neighborhood, 65 of them tried eating peanuts and 20 of them liked very much and started eating multiple times a week on a regular basis.

Now 5 of those 20 started developing health/mental problems which are noticeable by parents, teachers & doctors.

What are the chances of the majority of those 5 stop eating peanuts, It is very high.

Now, what are the chances of similar 5 teens stop using weed for health/mental problems?
All total cash/cash-equivalent compensation from 2 public tech companies in Seattle (rounded to the nearest 5k). I moved from Vancouver in 2009. Given the pay disparity and job options are so much better there’s not much chance I’ll return for a very long time if ever.

2009 - $95k
2010 - $100k
2011 - $125k
2012 - $155k
2013 - $170k
2014 - $200k
2015 - $230k
2016 - $260k
2017 - $315k
2018 - $385k (approx.)