skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The NYC REAP is per employee[0]. Zero employees, zero dollars. ICAP is property tax abatement and requires spending 30-40% of the assessed value of the property[1]. Long Island City might be cheap in terms of NYC real estate, but it’s not particularly cheap overall. I can’t imagine they won’t spend more than the ICAP portion.

[0]https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/business-reap.pag...
[1]https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/benefits-industri...
It would be great if you could clarify and be more specific about “what we know”...because so far I haven’t come across a single reason me and my friends should stop using Facebook.

Broad generalizations and statements don’t help the conversation

Sure, there is a lot of headlines with reasons...but I can’t remember a single one that wasn’t hugely out of context or debunked.
> Again, education is at the core of a solution to this misinformation crisis.

What proof do you have of this assertion? There are at least two reasons to be suspicious of the argument.

1.) It's self-serving. Many people who make it are themselves highly educated. It's a short step to advocating rule by philosopher kings, which has a very checkered history. [1]

2.) It seems easy to contradict. For example, one of the most effective ways to assess any political argument is to know who is funding it. It's hard to see how anyone can make informed decisions without such information. Level of education seems to be irrelevant here.

It's also worth noting while the authors of the American Constitution were big fans of education, they put more faith in mechanisms like separation of powers and representative government to anchor the political system. In fact one of Madison's arguments in favor of education was to "multiply the educated individuals from among whom the people may elect a due portion of their public Agents of every description." [2] That's quite different from saying that everyone must have these qualities in equal measure.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher_king

[2] http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch18s35....
Monarchy is a democracy with one voter.
True, but for the C64 "anyone" meant anyone middle-class. The Spectrum "anyone" really meant almost anyone.
If the request you are talking about actually gets executed once (maybe it gets cached or something), then you shouldn't be pitching the time difference anyway.

If it gets executed 100s of times in a day per person, you can say this is 50 ms * 100 = 5s, 200 ms * 100 = 20s. And that's just per user.
> I'm not very exposed to privacy issue there (I don't given them much of anything to sell)

Facebook still likely has a lot of usage data about you. For example, they could make a profile of you based on the people you visit and interact with.
To be fair, you do have a working subway system. If you didn't, no one would care that they raised prices.

You guys have the best subway system in the US if we're being honest here. That's part of the reason why you get things like Amazon's HQ2 instead of anyone else.
Why not just write it in Rust?
Groups is the only reason I signed up for FB three years ago. These groups are very important for my open-source projects and professional life. FB is the only platform that offers a common place where these diverse communities exist. Formerly, mailing lists and discussion forums like phpBB filled this need, but unfortunately FB has become the internet for many non-tech people. I have tried my best to lure members of these groups to free spaces that I have set up using software like Discourse. (And briefly, Flarum.) I've put hundreds of hours into building content within Discourse and providing support, but to no avail. It's simply too convenient for people to use Facebook, instead.

I'm really saddened by this development. The rich archives of mailing lists and forums from these communities from the 90's and 00's are still searchable online via a few old sites and archive.org. But all of our discussions and knowledge shared within FB seems to fall into a "black hole". Search functionality within groups is horrible. Not to mention that it's impossible to search if you're not logged into Facebook.

FB is a horrible place to build and share knowledge. But I haven't found a way to convince people to go elsewhere, nor have I found software that's convincing enough an alternative.
"you ignore the fact that amazon probably would have set up shop in nyc for far fewer, and probably even zero, dollars in subsidies"

Not a chance. Property tax incentives and subsidies are offered in all 50 U.S. states to encourage employer relocation. There is rampant competition.
Working at the company which is responsible for making election manipulation easier, facilitating murders and manipulating billions of people into giving up their private information is not ok, even if one actually works on some cool JavaScript library and not the evil bits themselves.
> In the states, that is merely a deterrent. Most cars here are manual transmissions. If you cannot drive a manual, you have a special driver's license restriction stating that

I've never heard of such a thing, and have been driving for many years. even a quick google search didn't find anything other than questions as to why there aren't special licenses.

can you point to an example state that has these requirements?

in my part of the country (pacific nw), there are often social media posts asking for someone to loan them a manual transmission vehicle so they can get "used to a clutch".
I don't think GP's not being able to use GPU's is the issue, because GP's have run on GPU's for a long time:

http://gpgpgpu.com/
> To fight fake news, we'd have to go to the sources

True. But many people do not check sources and do not want sources. The more sources you link, the more likely your message is ignored or downvoted or considered spam. Some comment section tools even refuse posts with too many links.

The EU fights against sources.

Macron vows to tighten media control because 'fake news threatens democracy' https://www.rt.com/news/414945-macron-france-fake-news-law/

Senator Demands More censorship From Facebook & Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goNDSUZsQ1c&t=181

Out-of-control censorship machines removed my article warning of out-of-control censorship machines https://juliareda.eu/2018/08/censorship-machines-gonna-censo...

> Fight partisanship/polarization.

This is what every party/camp is fighting for. Maximize the own party/camp, minimize the party/camp of the others.

I agree that much could and should be done. E.g. voting with paper ballots every 4 years like centuries ago should be replaced by secure online voting that gives decision power to every citizen at any time for any political decision.

> Fight corruption.

At least in the USA, voting for Democrats or Republicans is voting for corruption. Corruption is a sign of quality for US voters. The more connected with the industry and the more money for campaigns, the better and stronger and more real and more competent the party appears to voters. Too few US people vote for the poor unknown parties with no coverage by the mainstream media that calls itself the reasonable truthful trustworthy non-fringe mainstream media.

> Stop emotionally framing things.

I doubt that this is a solution. E.g. too many US Americans do not care about their evil actions in the world. Maybe they know about them but they do not care enough. The US military is considered as a trustworthy glorious organisation instead of a tool of and for evil persons to promote death and misery worldwide.

Recent example after decades of war crimes:

- Yemen: Tackling the world’s largest humanitarian crisis https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/09/1020232

- Pompeo Backed Yemen War For Weapon Sales Profit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azx90nHiIeg

US Americans refuse to remove misery and poverty even in their own country.

UN Head: US Has 'Morally Wrong' Healthcare System Because Of Corruption https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrCu9dt9JpI

Although US Americans might care, they still behave as if they did not.

Fox Viewers Overwhelmingly Approve Med4All By 73% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX5GSClA8z4&t=349

CNN’s Jake Tapper Caught Lying About Med4All - Lies Again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1jZNepTx80&t=35

> Reject online advertising.

I do not think that lack of money improves communication and reporting. Survival and work requires money. Money is received either by random advertising or by direct sponsorship by companies or by an existing paying loyal audience with a certain world view or by a revolution of the economic system that guarantees economic human rights and safety for all.

https://lustysociety.org/money.html
When a foreign adversarial state launches 'cyber 9/11' it would imply a few things:

1) The offending country is willing to escalate/desires to provoke skirmishes that may lead to major battles with or without conventional military.

2) The offending country is so desperate, the only way to reboot their economy is to start a losing battle so it can be rebuilt.

3) the economy of the offending country is so skewed at the top of the leadership, they are willing to thin the herd using foreign intervention, and build up a zealous supporter base who is out for blood for vengeance.

TLDR: The adversarial state will launch a 'cyber nuclear' attack when it thinks is fully ready to take the brunt of 12 American carrier groups armed with manned and unmanned stealth fighters.
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Another commenter mentioned Equifax, which I agree is a good example. They have done a lot more to damage me than Facebook could hope to. (I don't have a choice about being in Equifax's database, but at least I can block the little informants on websites I visit.)
I wouldn't say go is c++ done right by any stretch. The lack of any memory control and the lack of any sort of generic or templates leads to a significantly less robust type system and code duplication.
Amazon was just looking to expand satellite offices, and used the HQ contest as a way to get free business info as to where to expand next. They were also looking for generous tax breaks to allow them to operate leaner in high COL high talent areas.

My guess is NY and NOVA areas were already being seriously considered and someone had the bright idea to turn it into a race to the bottom. Remember, as way back as 2016, Bezos was buying property in the DC area.
Assuming that the "cure" refers to some form of blasphemy law, then it is actually apropos, although devoid of explanation, sure.

I'm assuming you are liberal. Go read Popehat's views on blasphemy laws. He's liberal.
try convincing a corp sec dept in large org to sign off on disabling anywhere.
What about external hard disks with terrible USB controllers? That's where data checksumming would be even more important and where Apple doesn't produce the hardware.
Whatever you're working on, you're helping Google maintain their dominance and continue their abuse, otherwise you can be pretty sure they wouldn't be paying you for it.
You say potayto, I say potahto
The USSR looked similarly all-powerful between ‘45 and ‘78, roughly. If we say “new China” started its rise in the late ‘80s/ early ‘90s, we should expect another decade or so of its power looking “inevitable” before cracks start to be a bit too big to ignore - possibly longer, considering their superior scale.
> Somehow the group is perceiving effects differently than individuals then

But are they?

I believe they aren't experiencing them at all either. There may be some thought leaders (possibly leading more formal organizations) that benefit directly, e.g. through getting rules changed to what they like, or getting sales of their books up. But the larger group is created out of voluntary, ad-hoc associations, and has an associated group with opposite goals, with which it jockeys for position.

I increasingly think most of politics these days is ingroup/outgroup behaviour that's allowed to grow (Internet in particular is a very good growth medium), amplify, and is exploited by various individuals for fame/money (take a side, sell books) and power (take a side, get votes). Nowhere present is a factor pressuring groups or individuals to be correct.
Now that is a super interesting idea. Create a flow scheme too so you can process transitions?

flow:success
f1:s1->f1:s2->f1:s3

flow:error
f1:e1->f1:e2

edit: another thought is that this concept could encourage people in your org who struggle with wireframe technology to express their ideas. Generationally and across culture, smartphone use is now accepted. People also know how to draw on pencil and paper. Now all you are asking them is a final DSL to express their thoughts. Lower barrier?

edit2: there is also something to be said for having someone step through their wireframe and flow control by taking pictures. It may take the abstract and create something tangible as they can logically piece their work together with actual pieces of paper?
Absolutely agree about the importance of unfollowing all but the very highest signal/noise ratio friends, which includes very interesting posters, and certain family members for whom nothing should be missed!

Add to that some aggressive ad blocking, element zapping, prioritisation of the notification window over the news feed, and use of the basic mobile site [http://mbasic.facebook.com/] and you've got an actually pleasant experience.

Three great features of the basic site are i) predictable middle click behaviour of links, ii) no infinite scroll so you get a very clear indication of when you're about to do more than 'just glance at the top', iii) audio/video links are to raw media files .
Economic development numbers in NY are loaded with many of the things that you talk about.

As the flow of jobs to the south from the north has demonstrated, incentives work and offset the increased costs of doing business in a place like New York. Those costs are often criticized but include things like worker protection, environmental protection and other things that companies generally flee.
Most smaller countries depend on bigger ones for defence, and often for defence subsidies in order to support the strategic objectives of the bigger powers. So military considerations can be a huge factor in a way it just isn’t with China (not in the same ways, anyway).
Recipe feeds five. Now what?
My comment wasn't about the article's word choice, it was about the fact that if this article is correct, then there seems to be a link between meditation and autism spectrum disorder (based on 4 studies showing strong gamma waves being a great indicator of ASD).

Since many meditators say that meditation "cures you of mental illness", the idea that the best meditators have ASD is probably something that meditators would disagree with. Hence, I think meditators should be saying this article is incorrect, and be up-in-arms about its findings. At the very least, the basic fact that gamma waves are the ones with the most synapses (meaning your brain is not at ease, but instead is working on overtime) combined with this study (showing meditation to be linked to constant gamma waves) is at odds with what meditators say meditation will do to a person (instead of calming you down, it makes your brain work hard all the time). I'm not sure if the problem is that they aren't really reading/understanding the words, or if they're just ignoring their meanings in hopes of staying happy
An open-source quantum computing framework
I disagree. The only reason why the first example might be "easier to scan" is because the reader happens to already have experience with that language. COBOL got a bad rap for being "too verbose", but that kind of verbosity paired with a language that actually supports modern techniques for code organization and modularity would be a godsend in this new era of blurring lines between designing software and designing businesses. The need for programs that can be understood by anyone without a full-blown programming background hasn't gone away.

It's worth noting that what the author seeks is already possible with a language like Tcl, or even with a shell language like Bourne or one of its descendants. Sure, most programs don't do that (probably because there aren't very many getopts-like libraries do parse that sort of argument list), but it's possible nonetheless.
I have two groups of friends who mostly communicate via private Facebook groups, and because I decided to travel for a few years, I don't see either group enough to know what they're doing without Facebook. The social penalty for deleting my account would be the potential loss of a lot of my relationship with a large chunk of my friends.

This also means that I don't use the feed, which is the primary source of Facebook's problems. I get an unfiltered list of posts my friends make, which is really all I ever wanted anyway.
I think that's a poor analogy. Notification spam was invented because people weren't checking their spam folder. Those ppl are unlikely to open themselves up to an even more intrusive medium to deliver unwanted messages. Sure there will be usage cases for it, but not as the people selling mobile notification as a panacea, in fact I argue that it can do more damage than good in the long run.

It's like that creep you met at a night club who won't leave you alone with txt messages. Sure you were drunk but don't get mad when I don't reply.
Is there any reason preventing it from being ported to other BSDs, or Linux even?
This is a fun idea! Congrats on getting it working.

It may not seem like much right now, but the fundamental idea behind this sort of stuff is the future, especially for front-end code.
Very few people are against hate speech, most people are only against hate speech that targets groups they feel alligned with. As a result you would see many people turn the switch on only to go and write a diatrabe against a group that they feel is a fair target.
Also https://artpacks.org
There is still a good reason to teach C and assembly even if they end up never using it in the real-world. Just having to manually manage memory teaches one how to be careful because the result is a hard-to-debug segmentation fault if one isn't. It is also teaches how the machine works at a low-level which is extremely helpful in writing performant code in any other language.

Should they learn older technologies like Apache or IIS? No, learning those technologies teach few, if any, transferable skills. Should they build a web server from scratch in C? Yes, that definitely teaches transferable skills even if they use Node or Go or whatever the latest web tech stack is later. Should they also learn the latest web tech stack? Absolutely.
Odds are high, mine would look worse. I'm not exactly an artist.

Unless you mean just sketch using graph paper and translating coordinates. Not sure why I need a camera for that. :(
events. and addiction.
The MTA's problems have far more to do with inefficiency, mismanagement, and corruption than they do with a lack of money. A big part of the problem is that it doesn't have an accountable governance structure. The current MTA board is made up of appointees of: the governor, the mayor, and the county executives of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, and Orange counties. There needs to be one elected official, preferably one with the power to really negotiate with the contracting companies and the unions, that has ultimate responsibility for the system and it's problems.
An example of a more fully featured shell written in rust is Ion. https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/ion

It is inspired by fish
I have family and friends all across the US and across the world. I like them all, and I like hearing about their lives, even in the silly little details. Social networks are the easy way to do that, and Facebook is the network everyone seems to use.

For people who are more misanthropic or introverted, or who don't value their connections as much (I mean that in a non-judgmental way), the utility of Facebook is probably a lot less. I think that's one of the big things I see on HN: a lot of people who hate Facebook partly because one of the main services it provides (maintaining long-distance social connections) isn't useful to them.

(And of course I could call/email/text/etc. many of these people one-on-one, and of course I do that, too, but Facebook is a useful supplement for major life announcements from more distant friends/acquaintances, as well as trivial little details from closer friends.)
Is this the same as `Result<Y>` (where `Result` is a sum type that contains either a value of `Y` or an "Error")? I haven't see it called `Try` before.
I bet there are people who have watched TV 6 hours a day for 29 years (over 62,000 hours). I guess you can call them "olympic level" couch potatoes. Their brainwaves should also be studied and compared with these "olympic level" meditators, right?!
I think it’s important to take a more active stand. My child joined a school sport this fall and the coach told us information will be provided on a private Facebook group. I told him I don’t use Facebook and demanded he also put the information elsewhere, which he did end up doing. I hope over time, as more people demand this, more people will float away from FB.
> everyone on the forum had a different view of the images, but consistent

Reminds me of the endless fun with [you] tag on phpBB forums. That particular tag's function was to be replaced during rendering of a forum post with the username of the user viewing it. AFAIR it was retained in tag form in quotes, too. You'd post something like, "I think [you] is dumb in believing $something", and watch the hilarity ensue.
I come from a very right-leaning area. I was quite surprised to find that everyone I knew supported the daily killing and torture of Jews... because that is what Nazis do, right?

I was also quite surprised to hear that my community wants to take away rights from black people, which I heard in a radio ad not so long ago.

The left has its equal share of hobgoblins.
I thought that was gonna be a trap/honeypot. They detected weird behavior so set that up to see if anyone would take bait.
Big tech companies will do anything to avoid paying out more dividends.
"Can you talk about the privacy and anonymity levels of these 4 scenarios?"

Your thinking is going in the right direction here, but you should consider some deeper analysis of your behavior ...

In your example, 1.2B people access gmail - so far, so good.

But how many people access gmail and HN ? How about gmail and HN and MeFi ? All during US timezone waking hours ? You can see where I am going with this.

Now let's look at a different angle - you only visit gmail, so you're safely back in the 1.2B herd, right ? But how many people visit gmail with OSX ? With OSX vX.Y ? With your screen resolution, your enabled fonts, and your patch level?
You might be very surprised at how unique your web hit really is.[1]

The point being made here is that if you funnel all of your usage (traffic ?) everywhere, you create a usage "fingerprint" that can then be noticed or logged or tracked or correlated anywhere else you go.

It's not hopeless - you could spin up a throwaway VM that you would only use for gmail and nothing else, but again - there are opsec considerations there that can sink the whole operation, just like above, if you aren't very, very careful.

[1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/
I think it's probably best to interpret it as something like a blog post presenting an idea than an actual usable project, and maybe in its current state it should have just been a blog post.

Certainly there's a lot to be improved in terms of git hygiene and publishing an easy-to-try-out project, but it seems a bit excessive to say that the author shouldn't have posted it at all.
LOL .... except by the comments section of HN

Muhahahahahaa

Is what I would have said.