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The article is asking what is the point? Why make cities compete for your presence. Amazons presence in a city brings along with it all the good things you mention above, as the richest man in the world and one of the richest companies in the world, the article is asking why be greedy and make cities grovel at your feet for the "good" you can bring, why doesn't Amazon just be an agent of good and bring good to the city? Not only because it is the ethical thing to do (doing good and not asking for repayment) but because in the future it will have positive repercussions for Amazon, rather than having people strike "bad" deals with Amazon cause Amazon has the upper hand now but then later on someone else uses it (The deal) as a campaign point to witch hunt Amazon cause the city made a bad deal. He is asking Bezos to Just be generous, everyone will gain.
It is the same; they were “re-instated” after a lot of complaining and media interviews, but had to start again from zero followers. The 5k followers they have now is from the last few weeks and is orders of magnitude fewer than what they had prior to deletion. Their content was not restored either.

I can’t tell if your question is based in simple curiosity or implies some form of skepticism that mistakes were made or that problems actually exist.
Probably an overall better read from three months ago:

"What Caused the Dinosaur Extinction?"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17738051
What a pile of absolute horse shit
the game of local governments competing to lure big corps with handouts deserves most of the blame. However it is interesting that this game is a result of a prisoners-dilemma phenomenon: although all local governments would be better off if they collectively agreed or otherwise cooperated to NOT entice big corps with special handouts (as the big corps will build in one of them anyway without any subsidy), however all it takes is for one major local government to start waving some incentives for the rest to give in to the game. CNN did a good video on this phenomena: https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2018/03/13/amazon-hq2-or...
I am not arguing about how machines can fail, I am arguing for that computers can do things that humans can. Usually with higher precision and much more reliable.
> Have you ever tried that? You'll find that the plumbing consists of 20 different standards of pipe cobbled together over the past 30 years by dozens of different plumbers, each with their own conception of how plumbing should work but too lazy to tear out the whole thing and replace it so they just patch in their change with duct tape and rubber bands.

This is actually true:), but I defy you to find a desktop OS of which the same isn't true. Did MS ever fix the fact that they have 2 completely different control panels with partially-overlapping functionality? And I know Windows Explorer still can't open certain paths because DOS had a ... poor implementation of device files.

> Pottering, is loathed for being successful at it.

Pottering unified the plumbing by taking a demolition crew to the house and replacing the plumbing and electrical systems while people were living in it, informed us that objects being automatically thrown in the trash if they were on the floor when you left the room was a feature[0], and demanded that all faucet manufacturers adopt a new pipe size that only his plumbing uses[1].

[0] https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/97e5530cf20

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11797075 https://github.com/tmux/tmux/issues/428
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Why? One small group of people make the decision, the entire city of millions suffer.
Promising "200% developer speed" is basically meaningless
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And how do you train pilots for these unexpected non-linear events? What stops you to train auto-pilot the same way?
Oh wow, that site is excellent. I think this is the query I was thinking of before, the percentage of passes conditional on down and distance:

http://www.yardsgained.com/#(passes_~_sacks)_~_(passes_~_sac...
With the recent California fires, I've been looking for a decent option. Unfortunately the Elgato Eve sensor is no longer sold, and the few other consumer products still hover in the $100+ range with poor reviews.

PurpleAir sells an indoor sensor, but it appears to be limited release and somewhat 3D printed.
https://www.purpleair.com/
I am confused by the downvotes. The above post is correct even if not using the clearest of phrasings.

But I would like to nitpick: You really do not need to involve quantum mechanics. These effects are present in classical thermodynamics. They are just more explicit in quantum mechanics.
And where are the ads going to be inserted? :)
Ive been thinking that a properly constructed company-wide and long-term profit sharing scheme is the best way to combat this.

Early employees take onboard the most risk with a venture and even if they don't want to be or are not able to be VP of X when the company sales they should still maintain the material (and psychological) benefits. I bet people would have less of a problem being demoted if they knew their eventual payday would be larger than their new boss.

It's possible to construct a profit sharing scheme where x% of future profits is dedicated to a pool of employees and weighted more according to risk than seniority. And to offset the negative aspects (investor wise) of this with buyout clauses based on some fair metrics.
Hah, you must be the one who wrote the system I’m now rewriting.. :) just kidding. I went through the same thing- I thought I was a pretty coder too till they hit me with the towers of Hanoi problem in college. When I saw how simple the solution was to that problem, the scales fell from my eyes!
These are currently drafts and are evolving with feedback, but Google is working with standards bodies and feedback from the web community.
I been pondering about this solution for months since my air purifier died back early summer. I also have an additional idea to make it more automatic by using a raspberry pi, hooking it up to a powerswitch tail (essentially cutting power to a fan) and have it automatically turn on and off depending on time of day, etc.
I've been impressed watching them test in the Sunnyvale/Mountain View area (I see them on the road nearly every day, often multiple times a day). Among the situations I've seen them handle: bicyclist swerves into the lane in front of them; pedestrian starts crossing the road right as they're about to make a right turn; pedestrian jaywalks in front as they're stopped at a stop sign; boxed in and prevented from making a lane shift on a 3-lane boulevard; avoiding construction on El Camino; stuck behind a bus; U-turn in front of a car edging out to make a right; unable to merge while coming off the highway; unable to merge onto the highway; tailgated and cutoff while on the highway.

It's possible that they were under manual control at the time, but I doubt it. They have a distinctive way of driving while under computer control, which I guess I'd describe as "like a grandma" but basically involves acceleration, braking, and turns that are a bit smoother than any reasonable driver would make them and a top speed that is a bit more law-abiding.

It is California, so it's always sunny (well, smoky right now) and most of these were daylight, but I've encountered them in a lot of different situations and consider them safer than human drivers.
Waymo announced this last month.[1]

[1] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/10/waymo-wont-have-to-prov...
>> then they lfyt you, then you win

Seriously though, I think mobility network effects can be overcome because they're inherently local, and they're "attackable" because there's decreasing returns to scale. Average distance to nearest ride tails off pretty sharply. Obviously not as weak a moat as scooters though, because it's still very capital intensive.

The first-mover also incurs some regulatory cost and rider suspicion the followers might not, too. Still, it's an enviable position to be in.
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Screw Dyson. Get a Winix HR1000. You can find them cheap ($200 or so) on eBay every so often. I picked up two a couple years ago and am very happy with them. You only need to replace the filters once a year. They've made a HUGE difference with my allergies. They automatically adjust airflow based on built-in air quality sensors. They are completely silent, aside from the "turbo" mode (~300CFM lol), but if you like white noise, it's great.
> as far as I know there's not really a scientific consensus - at least nowhere near as much as for climate change

Why do you think that?
I know what I am doing this coming weekend!!

I am so tired of dust in my studio. There is no ventilation other than the small fan in the bathroom or the big sliding door in the front. So I leave the fan turned on overnight but because of pressure difference, very small particles keep accumulating all over my place. I’m really hoping this changes that.
>I don't see any reason for New York to permit them

If the right people donate the right amount to the right things they will be permitted. This is how government in NYC works.
It may or may not be easier to "maintain and extend" a Rust implementation, but it will surely be even easier to find people to do those things if they keep it in C.

EDIT: Rephrased the sentence
Your point about FDA's mission is paramount, but in this case it extends to HHS (its parent) as well. It'd be foolish to expect large (calcified) government agencies to, of their own accord, take on tasks so far outside of their core competency. The FDA primarily deals with substances that we put in our mouthes (although of course they do have responsibility for medical devices). Security engineering just isn't at the core of their mission; this is the kind of thing that ideally could be outsourced to a better-equipped agency.
Totally agree, as an avid cyclist and commuter in SF. Check his commute, 60mi/6,000ft days are fun, and a hell of a workout! ;) Definitely he's wearing a kit for a reason!
Daily Manhattan bike commuter here. You can commute on any bike that rides, but what I find helpful are: Gears, disc brakes, fenders, a rack, pannier, lights, and suitable clothing for cold or rainy weather. My bike came with gears and disc brakes; everything else I've added.

Despite my commute being mostly flat, gears are still quite useful in getting started from the frequent stops on my commute. Disc brakes work better than older alternatives and are especially better in rain. Being able to stop quickly when you need to is very important. Everything else should be explanatory.

I personally wouldn't get any use out of a bike computer or phone handlebar mount. Seems like an unnecessary complication and annoyance.
I bought Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces in hardcover from Lulu.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/http://www.lulu.com/shop/remzi-arpa...

The book is over 700 pages. It's very nicely done. The front and back covers are just the right thickness. The book is not bound in signatures, it's edge glued ("perfect bound") like a paperback. But, the spine is extremely flexible and not attached to the casing. I was very careful to open it properly by gently creasing down sections of pages starting at the front and the back. If this is not done, there is risk of breaking the spine. I can open the book at any page and it lies flat on the table. The paper is medium weight, light ivory, and non-glossy. The casing is printed nicely with the title, and the dust jacket is first rate. Altogether, I'm quite pleased.
Well, I appreciate your saying so. I apologise for my part in this discussion going off the rails.
I'm at work and my Vive is at home, threw together a build that "in theory" works but I have yet to test it. If you wanna take a stab it you can download it here. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uRP9uan3iViBddmQ5iZ3...

or check out the source here https://github.com/matuszeg/wavefunctioncollapse

I'll update the build (and this comment) and make sure it works later when I get back to my Vive.
This was always a clear threat. While Uber is also working in this space, it always seemed very clear to me that once you “solve” driverless cars, creating a network similar to Uber is relatively trivial, assuming human capital is not required 1:1 as it is with Uber.

In theory, to the customer, it doesn’t matter if a human or machine is driving, so you’re no longer dealing with a two-sided network, making adoption substantially easier, especially for a company like Google who can deploy massive capital.

The thing I never understood is how Uber’s investors rationalized this and thought it wouldn’t happen. Did they think self driving cars would not be a reality? Did they think Uber could get there first? Did they think there is still a profitable enough gap between current situation and the dreiverless future to hedge in case Uber doesn’t get there? Is the Uber brand and tech worth so much that they’ll get something back as an acquisition for whoever does get there first?
I can confirm what others said about air drag. I've done this in the past, assuming I needed the filter on the input side. I had to use two filters, some cardboard, and plenty of duct tape to create a triangular input in order to get a decent amount of airflow.

I wish the guy on the video would take an air reading measurement near the side of the filter. I'm guessing that a lot of unfiltered air is escaping out the sides.
https://www.purpleair.com/ seems to work great for me!
Oh yeah. I remember modding Quake and Unreal and such back in the day--after a lot of practice and experimentation, one learns to read a map like a book. Gameplay is built right into the structure of the world. When the map is made by an expert, players can still enjoy it without directly understanding it or even noticing it. It's an incredible example of intuitive design.

Not to say there isn't a way to make some form of satisfying gameplay out of a randomized sandbox, but it certainly won't be the same as an FPS map designed with experienced intent. That aside, it would probably produce a spot with excellent gameplay every so often out of pure serendipity, which would be fun to hunt for! I'd try it.
Think of it this way: application development, software engineering, and computer science (and data science and ... etc) sometimes use the same tools but are all different disciplines.

Universities traditionally focused on Computer Science and their graduates would often need a lot of grooming before they could really be independently and reliably productive in the commercial words of application development or software engineering. Importantly, it was less grooming than someone who studied something like English or Sociology or History, but it was still a different discipline than what the job market demanded.

You jumped into the job market directly. You learned to develop applications, research API's, study trends, and participate as a team member in development workflows under commercial pressure. You don't know how to compose and compare sort functions for abstract sets of N elements because you never needed to. You just use sort().

And that's okay! Inventing new algorithms with theoretical significance is not your job! You have other skills and they're of much more immediate value!
If it’s easy to inspect the packages, then you just recursively fix everywhere.

It’s better than having static libraries that you cannot fix without recompiling from source.
I commute every day and I commute in the clothes I wear to work. In the summer, that means shorts and a T-shirt (yay informal tech dress codes).

I don't wear jeans though; I was going through too many of them. I've switched to Prana Brion pants. They look like typical slacks but are stretchier and more robust, and they're comfier than jeans in everyday situations.
This was for a position generically titled "Software Engineer" if I remember correctly. I am in the Houston metro area. I have just re-run the calculation today and gotten the response of 103-108k or 98-103k depending on my opinion of myself but this was about a year ago. I also believe the calculator may have changed since then as I remember putting in a number of "years of experience" which has since been removed.

The disparity is slightly decreased since I last run it but still a bit out of touch from "at or above market" in this case.
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This is huge. It must feel surreal being driven around by a driverless car. Hope it comes with a Jarvis voice for navigation
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Given all the problems that Uber, in particular, has had with their humans, I'd expect that customers would prefer a non-human driver.
Each block has a probability of being selected. You could make this probability location dependent, for example by sampling a noise function. That way you get something like biomes.
The secret to persist with commuting on the bike is to remove friction as much as possible.

That was certainly the secret for me. I kept track of every obstacle, and eliminated them one by one, so that there was no need to even decide in the morning.

I set aside a place in my house for all of my cycling , so I don't have to look for it. I check the weather when I get up, so I can grab the gear that I need for the day. I hauled a bunch of spare stuff to work, mostly worn out gear that I didn't need at home any more, including rain jacket and pants. I frequently check the condition of my bike, so there are no surprises during my ride. And so forth.
So the truth is Google is expanding its pool of test users, removing their NDAs, and starting in the easiest place in the world to operate a driverless car.

It’s certainly progress, but I would have appreciated a less click-bait headline.
It should be a smaller problem than with the Kinect. The Kinect is not true time of flight like you said, whereas ouster is. If you know when photons actually arrived you know the first light pulse you receive is the one you care about, and the later longer paths you can ignore. The Kinect conflates these.

So, I don't think it will be a problem for them but it is something they need to consider when designing their DSP.
I bought one because of the fire near Chico, and I've been liking it. It's quiet enough to have in my bedroom, and the space heater aspect of it works well. It's cheaper than running the giant non-zoned furnace that heats our whole house.
Insurance doesn't always cover the cost. This is because there is severe demand for builders and building materials after a fire; but also because building codes and regulations have got tighter which pushes up costs. Not everyone includes that in their insurance.

https://www.irmi.com/articles/expert-commentary/insurance-fo...

> Wildfires are like hurricanes. Thousands of homes must be rebuilt at the same time when there is not enough building materials or contractors to go around. This, of course, leads to skyrocketing price increases in labor and materials, making the replacement cost of a home destroyed by the wildfire 50 percent or greater than what it would've been before the fires. Assuming you have enough structural coverage, you are entitled to receive the cost to rebuild your home at today's materials and labor costs.

[...]

> It will pay the cost to rebuild what you had up to the insured amount if you insured your home for 100 percent of its estimated replacement cost as computed by your agent. Then, if you have an "extended replacement cost" endorsement, it will pay an additional 25 percent, 50 percent, or more of that insured amount, depending on with which company you are insured.1 Finally, if your home is a little older and building construction laws have tightened (such as making your home more earthquake resistant), thereby dramatically increasing the replacement costs, it will typically pay another 10 percent and possibly up to 100 percent additional for those costs, depending on whether you purchased "supplemental building ordinance" coverage.

> For example, if you insured your home for its estimated replacement cost of $500,000, but because of the cost increases following a disaster like a wildfire, the replacement cost is $800,000 for what you had, and an additional $200,000 for added costs from building ordinances, you need $1 million to rebuild. Assume you had purchased the optional extended replacement cost endorsement of 150 percent and an optional ordinance endorsement for 125 percent, you could collect up to an additional $375,000 for a grand total of $875,000. Still short of what you needed, but considerably better than the $500,000 original coverage.
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I'd rather have a machine driving. I've had some frankly dangerous taxi or rideshare drivers.
With driverless electric vehicles, an ad model can economically work. You get in the car and there's a screen with ads and if you pay extra, you get the premium features like no ads and music control.

The only hard part is bootstrapping the capital to get network effects (you want enough cars so that users don't have to wait a long time). Google should have enough money.
Agreed, but jeans are really unattractive at the distances the author is riding. His circumstances are unfortunate, since the set of advice applicable to <5 mile rides is very different to his ~20mile trip.

Related, I'm very impressed by his speed. I ride about 9 miles to and from work and it takes me ~35-40 minutes door to door.
I said it's rational to bid, not to bid until it hurts. Bidding is, in a way, discovering who it would benefit the most to perform an action. Those that will be benefited the most will have the largest margin and therefore will be able to support the highest bids.
Nice commute! (I used to ride almost the exact same path about 20 years ago)
I just read every single comment, and not one person mentioned Typepad. Perhaps I'm the only one still using it. I started my blog there in 2004 and have been posting many times/day 7 days/week since: over 30,000 posts, all instantly accessible by anyone in my Archives sidebar. I haven't changed a single thing about the look or format since it began. I know nothing about coding, RSS, etc.; reading the comments, all the techie stuff washed over me like an invisible medium (no pun intended).
How is that different from regular constraint propagation?
How do you manage to sort through all the resumes you must get? Please say you put them in Elastic and have a Kibana dashboard to sort the keywords you want to the top, that would be too awesome :) I had someone internal submit my resume about a month ago but haven't heard a word. I imagine it part of it must be due to the volume of resumes you must get.
I watched a driver-intervention near-crash today on 16th street with cruise where the car sped up and swerved into oncoming traffic across a double yellow to avoid a car backing up that was obvious to the human driver. It's only luck that the cruise car didn't end up in a head on collision.
Funny the article made no mention of smell, which one might suspect would be treated in a similar way.
It's strange, but for many, many years (40 at least?), I have had dreams that are in places like this. Endless halls, rooms, corridors, and so forth with no exit.

It is really oddly triggering to run around in this thing.