skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Where should 1.4bn go? Can they severe family ties that easily? Do they speak another language? Do they have the money for it? And more importantly, do they care that much? I think there are a fair big number of reasons why one wouldn't want to leave their homeland.
When you look at the Tokyo railway map it looks like a totally unnavigational maze.

Actually, and despite the fact that services are provided by more than half a dozen independent companies, it's quite easy to navigate. Even when you run into vertigo when seeing it for the first time.

Each line, no matter if Tokyo metro, private metro, JR, private railway is color coded and has a fixed one or more unique letter designation.

Say, you want to go to Ginza, to just take one example. You don't even have to remember the station name. You just need to know the station codes. In this case M16 (red), H08 (gray) or G9 (orange). The letter designates the metro line, while the number represents the station for the respective line. And each combination is unique.

That, in combination with a PASMO or SUICA smart card makes orientation very straight forward and seamless.
I agree - replicating WhatsApp will not be hard. In any case, Signal and Telegram are waiting in the wings.
Interesting that there seems many posts that shows China in an unfavorable light lately....

In any case, this is one of the things that you thought you only see in fiction. It's chilling to realize that it's real.
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Money and lifestyle.
It's not as hard you might think. Other messaging services like Telegram and Signal also use phone numbers as the identifiers so it would be relatively easy to switch.
>I could never understand the complaint that Git is "hard to use".

It uses horribly unintuitive metaphors and has weird cryptic methods for doing common, simple tasks that practically require the use of google unless you've memorized the UI.

There's a reason that there is a plethora of wrappers around the system (most of them not very good, unfortunately :().

>In any case, we are supposed to be professionals. Complaining that Git is hard to use is a bit like a machinist complaining that a CNC machine is hard to use.

Gatekeeping is the real reason why git's shoddy UI is tolerated (possibly even celebrated). Knowing and memorizing its quirks is seen as the mark of a "true" professional software developer.

>If you want to accomplish non-trivial things in any field, you have to be prepared to deal with some level of complexity. /rant

I don't agree. 99% of git usage on a project involves a series of repetitive commands following one of about < 8 different workflows per project. I'd rather actually use a high level tool that allows you to build and use these workflows on a project by project basis, but sadly I've never really seen a good tool to do this.

Such a tool would also open up git to non-programmers, allowing easier collaboration. I'd love to see managers tweak configuration properties via git, designers push assets, copywriters push copy and translators push content. I wouldn't have to be the go-between on all of this stuff.
I moved from Toronto decades ago. Since then I've rejected offers constantly because, quite frankly, IMO, Toronto is a hole. I now find myself living north of Toronto, with limited career options but much happier near the 'outdoors' with my family.

Makes your choices, takes your chances.
It's interesting that this seems so futuristic and dystopic yet in reading about the specifics it seems oddly reminiscent to social systems many centuries past. In particular it seems to effect similar results to what exile would have had at one time. But exile lost any meaning as the world become more globalized and connected -- where you physically are no longer really means anything. This system would enable the consequences of exile, but with national effect.

In a world with a perfectly impartial and objective government, I don't think this is a bad idea at all. The reason it's bad is because governments are made up of people, and people are corrupt. While it may initially be genuinely motivated by helping to improve society, over time it will devolve into a tool for special (and government) interests to incentivize actions that are to their benefit, and punish those against it -- regardless of the objective societal impact of those actions.
That qualitative difference comes down to “disease.” I’m not sufficiently well versed in medical philosophy to give a good definition of that, but I know the distinction exists and is useful.

Suicidal tendencies are also disease. If you could identify the cells responsible and the person asked you to remove them, would you? How is that different from a tumor? (And for more fun, consider the cases where a tumor is causing suicidal impulses.)
Shameless plug I am working on something related. System with nice keybindings which feels sort of allright after 5-10 minutes.

The idea is to combine an efficient onscreen structure with key presses typed by the left hand. So press q,w,e, etcetera to select.

Currently I'm looking at MathML and Tex support, would anyone who uses Math daily be interested in UTF-8 support?

My instinct tells me that this UTF solution seems like a nightmare.

https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/richard-ja...

https://github.com/richard-jansson/roosevelt/

It's possible to input into the os, leave a comment of you're interested.
I agree that responsibility matters. Like, I have opinions on things going on in the US or China, but I'm much more responsible for things my government does, or what companies I support with money do.

And in this case, it's even fair to point out the hipocrisy of the US asking allies to drop Huawei for reasons smart allies should also drop US produced things for. But then again, we know all that, and we actually do have threads about that stuff as well, so why not also have one about Huawei.
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I upgraded from a top-end 2017 15" to a top-end 2018 15", and even that was very noticeable. I was quite surprised at how much better the 2018 was.

I really liked the 2017 to begin with.
Probably because the regime doesn't actively affect most people's lives much more than a regular government. It's just people who speak out or act out that get oppressed.

This is just me assuming, but is guess that China is OK for quiet, well behaved unquestioning citizens.
>No, not necessarily.

>As pointed out in another comment : "Other infractions reportedly include smoking in non-smoking zones ...

Well, last time someone lighted a cigarette on a plane ...

https://nypost.com/2018/05/30/plane-makes-emergency-landing-...
Facebook is the most expansive ad platform ever built. There are few fronts where it isn't the clear leader in capability. Advertising is problematic as a revenue model for companies on the other side of that mile-wide moat.

And if Zuck ever goes, the entire company goes with it.
Agreed. They're a time saver for all involved. A surprising number of candidates can't answer basic programming questions about access modifiers or the difference between interfaces and abstract classes. Why bring them in if you know they won't meet the criteria?
No, I've been under government health care for the majority of my adult life in the US. I know exactly how it works, and it's abysmal.
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I thought Airbnb charges an extra for the final cleaning?
Last time I had read about this topic the focus was mostly on people who had defaulted on loans. One of the punishments was to have their face/name posted on a billboard publicly shaming them. I wonder if people still didn't pay back the loans, but did public service, if that would improve their score?
Get rid of capitalism and you're right.

Within capitalism this only means people will be worse off (though in this case the impact most likely will be outside the US rather than within because the jobs in the US were mostly gone to begin with).

Automation is a good thing for humanity. Capitalism is making sure that good isn't distributed evenly or fairly.
>They had no plan, neither overall or per product.

I seem to remember some leadership there being adamant that they're weren't a tech or internet company, but a 'media' company. I can't remember which one (or ones?) but this embrace of hollywood/media vs technology seems to have been a key factor in their perpetual slide.
The idea that Zuck will end up in jail is laughable. Laws don't apply to the ultra-wealthy.
If you believe voting changes how government operates, you haven't been paying attention.

The powers are entrenched and voting does little to change anything in government anymore.

We don't have a free market health care system anyway, it's a hodgepodge of regulation and absurdity today. Making it single payer would simplify that situation, but claiming it would add dignity to the process is just uninformed.
> Google has more of a chance of diversifying their business enough that they may survive.

Had to laugh a little at this. Alphabet made $9 billion in profit in three months.
Others ask themselves the same about the US, or Germany, or Russia. It's easy to paint a picture that makes one wonder why anyone would ever stay there. And the answer to why is revealed when you peek behind the canvas that portrays these horrible places.
> The best non-yahoo similarity I can find is what Google is doing with Blogger.

That's a good point. But to be fair everything "social" that Google has touched has died with the exception of YouTube.

In fact Google really hasn't done a great job holding onto many other arenas than their main ones. Blogger has been blasted by Medium. Knol was outlasted by Quora. Google Code was beat by Github. Their "shopping" attempts have always been eclipsed by Amazon. They can't get an edge with Google Cloud compared to Azure and AWS.

Gmail, YouTube, Maps, and Android are all success stories. But if you look at their "social" products YT is really the only success story.

EDIT: I use and love Google Photos but I can't remember the last time I heard someone talking about it. Instagram did it with a social spin.
Definitely, I don't think aircraft can be beat on a fatalities/distance basis given not just their sheer distance covered by their uniformity and professional standards of maintenance. There are still plenty of ancient elevators around, and plenty that don't receive the upkeep they should (granted that's always been an issue for a lot of general infrastructure). That said elevators are still pretty safe, and are you sure that "due to" part is appropriate to use in a passenger perspective thread?

>There are around 30 deaths due to* elevators in the US each year*

I last looked at it many years ago so I don't have current sources, but the numbers presented by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and Consumer Product Safety Commission indicated that around half the deaths (14/30 at that point) were those working near or with elevators, not the passengers. That is of course an important issue, but it's also a different one then in-use operational safety mechanisms, and I don't think airline rates cover on the ground maintenance deaths either. That stats I remember from around 5 years ago were that there were something like 900,000 elevators operating in the US and about 18 billion trips a year. So in terms of "get on the moving box, arrive safely" they still look pretty good.

All this is US centric granted, it wouldn't surprise me if there are countries where elevator deaths are much lower, though then again I'm sure there are places where maintenance is worse too. Aircraft are somewhat unique from a safety perspective in terms of not just themselves but the entire system built up around them worldwide.
The US is controlled by its "greatest ally", so there are 0 chances of this happening.
Typically this is done via FISA warrants aside from that period during the Bush admin. China doesn't guarantee due process and get request information on anyone for any reason including dissidence. Every government will spy on their citizens to some degree, but that doesn't make them equivalent.
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En example of why I love the HN community - there's something special in this story that is hard to explain and not everyone will understand. But people here seem to!
Same thing here. Clicked thinking I was going to see how the emulator works. I need an emulator to try for my slackbot, and instead I'm on the landing page for the bot. And now I read in the comments that the slackbot simulator isn't even ready and we can't view it. I feel tricked.
Is there really a tech sector in Calgary? It can't be that big: I live in Calgary and I am not aware of it.
> But you can't type α, ∂, or ∫ in a standard keyboard.

I have a standard keyboard and I type greek letters easily. ALTGR+a, and so on.

If somebody is not able to configure their keyboard to do this they are not probably writing LaTeX, either.
> Well, last time someone lighted a cigarette on a plane ...

There are also designated non-smoking zones that are not due to immediate (as opposed to long-term) safety concerns.
Depends on if you have the keys or not.
Daily life is no different than in the West. Don't believe all that you see in the media.
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To the contrary I have extensive experience with governments and I happen to live in a country with a well funded national health service. My own mother uses the service regularly (heart / digestive system conditions) and she always receives excellent care.

If where you live has a bad healthcare system or ineffective government, you need to look at the local conditions and please don't generalise. Maybe a positive attitude that government (which is after all, us) can be a force of good would be a good start.
Windows doesn’t have true competition. Facebook has. Even if they’re clever and buying lots of it. Still, Instagram has nowhere near the amount of neatly categorized personal data as Facebook which is interesting.
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Pretty nice tutorial. Visualization is easy to understand. Took me two hours to finish but enjoyed every minute of it.
I'm trying to merge whatsapp|facebook|twitter|medium|youtube|google photos into a single monster, respecting privacy too.
The author, Nathan Lewis, makes frequent references to concepts he established in detail in previous articles. For example, "Traditional City", "Place", "19th Century Hypertrophic City".

All of his articles on cities:

https://newworldeconomics.com/category/traditional-city-post...
Germany? It has the best reputation of all countries in the world right now (https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2017/11/22/germany-best-re...).
Instead of thinking in a punitive manner (fines, shaming, etc) they could, for example, hire babysitters, charge the parents a good bunch and even thank them.
Not an Australian but as I understood it the winds pick up during the afternoon causing the fires the spread really fast. Basically you want to be at a safe place when the fire is moving fast.
I wonder what changed in our mindset in the last 50 years that such projects seem impossible now but possible back then. I mean subways were not any easier to build 100 or 50 years ago than today. And it surely was not cheaper.
EU resident here. I am reasonably sure that your doctor has access to your medical records when you hand them your smartcard, regardless of which doctor(s) previously updated said records.
It'll be interesting to see how effectively they can keep that up now their VPN's been taken off the App Store.
Investors everywhere drool at the idea that automation can make employees redundant - they're expensive and one of the biggest sources of risk in a business. Employees make investors super jittery.

I think the Trump trade war has only elevated those jitters. Investors are terrified at the prospect of paying an American $15 / hour what they used to pay $4 for in Vietnam.

The demand for automation is very, very, very high because of this. This drives a lot of investment which pushes up developer wages. It also means that a lot of people seeking investment aren't 100% truthful about what is possible and what isn't in their press releases.

Which is how we get this:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/06/artificia...

I think that this charade of "we will eventually automate 100% of the world out of a job" is kind of the silicon valley religion. Challenging it means violating a taboo - it threatens the torrent of cash being funneled into our ecosystem and, frankly, undermines the very core of the power we hold.
What does VCF lack vs FASTQ/BAM?
It depends. I was asked to hoover before leaving too, recently.
I had a shock when, the day after seeing that episode, I read a news item about China's proposed social credit system.
> the 'p' in function f means something completely different from the 'p' in function g.

And that's OK. The 'x' in mathematics means completely different things depending on the equation.
That's what comments are for, to explain the meaning of the local variables on each function.

// E: energy of the thing
// m: mass of the thing
// c: constant representing the speed of light in vacuum
E = m * c^2

I cannot read multiple-letter variables without unconsciously interpreting them as the product of several single-letter variables. It requires a lot of conscious effort that obscures my understanding of the code.
Reminds me of a joke where a sysadmin recommends installing several firewalls from different countries; Huawei to keep out the Americans, Cisco to keep out the Chinese, and something else.
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But Facebook takes the expense when the rsu’s vest.
I guess it could be true that there's a bit of culture difference in terms of East/conservative/older vs west/progressive/newer. However, it also seems to me there's a much stronger demand for software developers in Toronto - the salaries are higher.

Which tech/communities are you looking at? For example, I think the Elixir community is bigger/more active in Toronto.

Also I can't imagine that commute is better in Vancouver if you get a house that's just as far away.
Meanwhile in the UK, our leaders remain ever unscrupulous[1]. The UK is the 2nd biggest exporter of arma to Saudi, selling £1.1 billion (~$1.4 billion) of military goods in 2017.

Why do we keep selling weapons to such a repressive regime? £1 billion is not that much in the greater scheme of things - so what's the bigger picture that could possible justify the UKs actions?

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/23/uk-hides-arms-...
What if you dont carry your speaker everywhere?
I had really hoped we'd always be 5-10 years away from this.
Isn't this bad from an economic perspective? I thought the gov't wanted to encourage spending and increase the velocity of their money. This directly hinders that.
Disclaimer: I'm Greek and I've left my country. I'm visiting home all the time and yes I still love my friends and family. I love the place and the lifestyle but I don't give a crap for the country.
These weren't my comments... I was explaining the examples given by a quoted classic book by Al Ries, which someone apparently better qualified than Al Ries thought were all wrong.

You apparently haven't followed at all or made any effort. Quite extraordinary to see that on HN.
No you haven't. The ACA is not government run healthcare by a long shot. Medicare and Medicaid tend to be immensely popular.
In this system, is it possible to have a negative balance?
They're just talking about https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-htm.

> A Babel plugin that compiles htm syntax to hyperscript, React.createElement, or just plain objects.
> Windows doesn’t have true competition. Facebook has.

Care to elaborate? I can't think of anyone.
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Hopefully if more nations stop selling to Saudi it will put a bigger spotlight on US arms sales - kind of shaming them into stopping.
This article makes me think of some people who are the only one laughing at their own jokes at parties. If you have to tell me you're funny/smart/successful you probably aren't.

This article is quite self-serving.
Climate, pollution and oil price are the main drivers here. It will settle back with time.
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> I would hate to be restricted to a GUI tool to achieve what git add can do from the command line.

I don't quite understand the use of the command line for git or hg.

In my typical workflow before I commit I want to quickly review all the changes I just made. With the GUI you have a list of files and when a file is selected a diff of that file, without opening a new window. That means you can browse all the diffs in a few seconds just by moving the cursor along the changed files. If you see an unrelated change that doesn't have an impact you can just uncheck these lines to remove these changes from the commit. Or uncheck the file itself if all its changes are unrelated. I feel I'm much more confident of what ends up in the commit than using the cli.
If memory serves me correctly, there was no way to type those symbols on an Acorn A5000 which is where I did the bulk of my LaTeXing back in the day (1992-95).

(Admittedly, this anecdata is even more useless than usual.)
We've got a (mostly) Toronto-based (with worldwide representation too) Slack community if you'd like to join: https://techmasters.chat/

We have many candid discussions about career opportunities and political issues in the city.

Disclosure: I'm an admin there.
One of the problems is that this is yet another system that can be corrupted. The rich will be able to buy themselves a high social credit rating, while the poor suffer.
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Wait, I thought they have 2.3 billions products.
Actually they are related, renamed in Britain to avoid confusion with a British retailer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TK_Maxx
> I last looked at it many years ago so I don't have current sources, but the numbers presented by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and Consumer Product Safety Commission indicated that around half the deaths (14/30 at that point) were those working near or with elevators, not the passengers. That is of course an important issue, but it's also a different one then in-use operational safety mechanisms, and I don't think airline rates cover on the ground maintenance deaths either.

Sure, but I decided it didn't really matter since I don't think that people in the US even average 100m in an elevator every day, so even if only one person died every year aeroplanes would still be safer.

The other option for "safest vehicle" I considered was spacecraft. Even though they have a high mortality-per-journey I thought that maybe they travelled so far that they would come out looking pretty good per-mile. But, as it turns out, the moon isn't far enough away.
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I was able to navigate the Tokyo system on my first visit better than I could navigate the New York system, even though I had lived in New York for years. I credit the high quality signage.
> The US is controlled by its greatest ally

I understand what you're trying to say, but this is fundamentally backwards. The US makes a conscious decision out of supposed self-interest to align itself with a state despite its history of instigating and spreading conflicts. It is not "controlled" by anyone. Saying so would imply that the US is somehow less responsible for continuing to support the state, and that the state somehow has ultimate control over US policy, neither of which are true.