skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The concept of monopolies needs a complete overhaul. When I worked for Steve Jobs we were more focused on differentiators, since a differentiator defined a monopoly. You don't need to control an entire market or even be the major player in a segment - you can charge high prices and extract obscene profit from everyone if you have a good differentiator - especially if it is something they need. In some circles, these are referred to as "effective monopolies".
> ... and you could make it a lot faster by grouping similar workloads

Could anyone clarify what's meant by that, or more concretely how it might be done?
>Trust is a key issue, I think.

Yes. And that's also the business challenge with these listing services. Once you find that A+ plumber you'll just work with them off-list. (For cookie cutter jobs, I've been happy enough just using the Yellow Pages but for something more complex and ill-defined I'd rather have someone I know and trust.)

That was my biggest annoyance about the contractor I had for my last big job. I would have loved to have a new contractor person in my Rolodex but nope. Just too hard to deal with.
This is a terrible article and should be downvoted to death. Maybe Jalopnik should have accompanied their thoughts about Musk's comment with, I don't know, some cash flow analysis from their income statement ? And pointed to what was wrong and how perilous his statement was ? You know those things are all publicly available. May be, they can actually look at a cashburn and capex numbers and point to errors ? But that will require some journalistic work. So much better to run a hit piece. And may be they should also actually publish the number of Model 3s sold in the last quarter to add some context as well.
Look for nonprofit-oriented job boards such as Idealist.

Find a list of nonprofit orgs and pick out the ones you might want to work for. Reach out to them directly. Chances are at least one of them needs developers and doesn’t know where to start with hiring (or is having trouble finding people to work for the salaries nonprofits can offer).
An anecdote supporting your first point: I became very close friends with a a guy about my age when I started college. We had lots of awesome adventures, moved in together, and lasted about 7 years together. Eventually I got a job that required me to move away. I started making great money and my life was changing. After only a few years I quit the job and moved back home to be closer to my family and friends, specially this guy.

I seem to have forgotten the nasty, irrational and mean-spirited aspects of his personality. When I returned, I was reminded that our friendship and fun time was also dependant on his reckless and insensitive behavior, of which I've always resented, and tried to shed from my own life over the years.

Now that I'm back home, I'm remembering his full personality, and realizing what a chore it was putting up with sometimes.
While I acknowledge your disinterest for exploration, most of the good parts of your life would not exist if none of your ancestors had genes pushing them to explore.

Adapting to land, surviving new climates, expanding worldwide helped establish global logistics that give you the lithium-ion batteries, the sandy processors, the oversea cables that allow blancheneige to watch Disney cartoons on demand.

It so happens that the story doesn't end with just planetary Internet communications.
How does the track mechanism work? Is that just a string being wound around the motor shaft?

I've been playing around with Arduino and find the electronics easy but it's really hard to get good information about linear motion in terms of what parts to get and what wheels / accessories are compatible / needed with what tracks. Very few resources out there and I've ordered so many incompatible tracks, wheels, carriages, etc because I couldn't find any information on what mates with what.
I completely agree, worth a shot at least!
> I am not sure why people rely on hacks when there's already a standard method built into the language.

IIRC, contexts weren't added to the language until fairly late. Some people + projects got used to various degrees of homebuilt ad-hoc contexts.
I have a single LLC that owns all my side projects. I used an agent to register the company a while back but I don't know there is much more value than doing it over a website
Where do you see a threat? I see it as being explicitly inclusive of trans women.
One way forward would be retraining the official BigGAN models. You may not have enough compute to train BigGAN from scratch, but you may have enough to finetune/retrain it on a new dataset to get the best of both worlds.

There's an attempt at implementing BigGAN in PyTorch (https://github.com/AaronLeong/BigGAN-pytorch) - anyone know how to load & retrain a TF model in that (https://github.com/AaronLeong/BigGAN-pytorch/issues/2)? :)
It won't be too long in the future when the most productive farms are run by a couple local people who maintain the equipment, and every current labor-based task handling the livestock or produce is completely automatic. Imagine the power of knowing exactly every perturbation that a given crop or animal might have experienced and compare it to its yield. Eliminating variables like the productivity of the individual farmhand would go a long way to better control and extend our food supply.
Fun math problem I just thought of: I wonder how high the satellite's orbit would have to be in order to maximize the amount of time during which it would be obscured by Mars when looking from Earth.
Will the forthcoming paper clarify details like this? Thanks for sharing this exciting result.
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My understanding of options was essentially that you borrow N shares of stock X with a promise to buy it back. You then sell your shares to get so many $$$ (much wow, such bankruptcy ;) ). Then later when the stock goes down you buy back N shares and pocket the difference, and use those N shares to pay back your loaned shares.

The problem seems to come from selling your shares and then the stock unexpectedly (to you at least) rising so that buying back N shares costs you more money than you necessarily have.

As far as I can make out the way people make “huge amounts” from options is going down that path.

Are you saying that another common approach is to buy your options and instead bank on the value of the options themselves increasing?

This is a legit non-sarcastic question as it literally never occurred to me to do this :)
Not really. Two startups can have vastly different cap tables, even before the A round, if they even make it there. I have witnessed this first hand. Some have trouble raising seed money and blow 50% or more of their equity just in the seed round alone. Others are more promising, may only give up 10 or 20%...
I agree. Although perhaps more infamous than famous.
It's not really obvious to me that the original issue, mentioning os.Exec calls and Ubuntu versions, has the same cause as the crashes from the commenter mentioning patched Gentoo toolchains.
ultimately the same people as in literally not the same people? the one with a vision to improve and unleash a global network from its inception at DARPA or CERN vs those who made the choice to work on sending pointless rovers in outer space for the past 20+ years?
Well, I guess Foxconn can move their manufacturing to Vietnam, just like Samsung did.
Seems similar to if someone sends an HTTP method to an URL that doesn't support it. Just return an error.
These are mostly offer stage questions. If somebody asked most of these in the opening interview I'd probably pass.

My most important preliminary questions are all trying to get to root of one issue: Does this company follow a theory x vs theory y leadership model. So many companies out there claiming to be team oriented but in actuality are top down, my way or the highway operations.
Rare form of lymphoma linked to breast implants
No. Effect size is too large. Judges just favor a Shortest-Job-Next scheduling algorithm for ruling blocks, and short cases tend to be favorable.

http://nautil.us/blog/impossibly-hungry-judges
Read up on the history of the west.. it's all about water rights. Yuma exists and that's where they grow lettuce. I don't understand what you mean by water rights being easy to get? These farmers, in some cases, have (state) constitutional rights to water.
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>Just for the record, you don't re-create stellar-core conditions with earth-bound fusion devices: We don't have the means, and the yield would suck.

See Inertial Confinement Fusion, The NIF, High-Energy-Density Physics, etc.
It was only really used for big expensive projects where the expense of the mainframe computer was a small part of the budget, so no.
As an aside, there is a notable Go API that a lot of people get wrong: io.Reader's Read() and io.Writer's Write() both return a count when they return io.EOF, and if the count is a positive number, the buffer was filled.

If you do a code search for Go projects on Github, a disturbing number of them get this utterly wrong, and simply do something like this:

for {
c, err := r.Read(buf)
if err == io.EOF {
break
}
if err != nil {
return err
}
...

When they should be doing something like:

for {
c, err := r.Read(buf)
if err == io.EOF {
if c == 0 {
break
}
} else if err != nil {
return err
}

This is an unfortunate API design, because almost all error-returning functions have disjoint return values, and would could be expressed as sum types in other languages, which teaches developers to not expect both return values to be valid at the same time. It certainly surprised me.

The other problem with Go's design is that you have to read the documentation to understand what the semantics of a particular function are. The type system can't tell you.
Well look at: https://golang.org/pkg/database/sql/#DB.Query

How likely is the error going to happen, if you know (through tests and everything) that the query is correct?

it can only happen in two scenarios:

1. the database has serious problems
2. the driver is incorrect

in normal cases you would probably handle that with a middleware in classical languages. i.e. you would have a middlewre that catches exceptions and handle the error there (logging, paging, whatever) and maybe show a nice looking "we are experience problems now"-page.

in golang this is a little bit harder, since you would need to handle the error by every caller and with the default http interface you would actually need to call your "handle default error" in every http handler.
NASA InSight Lander Arrives on Martian Surface
Sounds like they’ve demonstrated correlation. But causation? I could see both variables acting as proxies for an underlying property of business quality/demand.
Only cooking it will get rid of it.
I agree with you. But I think there is a bigger "weapon". When dust size monitoring is pervasive, how can anyone acquire weapons or coordinate any resistance? Dust is everywhere. And teams of nano-weapons can kill people (this has been reported as research for well over a decade, so anyone could reasonably assume that unreported research has gotten a lot further.) You don't need armies when nobody can effectively fight you or even acquire or build any weapon of any sort. So I don't worry as much about WW3 - since WW3 can be prevented with the pervasive monitoring technology on the near horizon. (There may be a WW3, but we have bigger problems coming up.)
Of course there isn't a difference between a calorific deficit with and without intermittent fasting. That's not the point at all. The point is it may be easier to adhere to than regular caloric restriction. A secondary point may be that it's overall healthier to fast.
> People should not work this hard.

True. It is painful to think about people being brought into this world, only to spend their lives worrying about money (or the basic survival in general). As an idea, or a moral maxim, working hard is inherently bad. Except when one enjoys it. But even then they should restrain themselves - just to see if there may be other good things in life.
I would pay $5-10 a month for a service that summarized articles in brief bulleted lists, and placed 'highlights' - like your block of excerpts - at the bottom.
>you're so lonely that the best option available to you is killing yourself

The best option available would always be to meet a random person on the street because ending up with a bad person would not be as bad as dying.
Journalists don't exist to represent the interests of maverick billionaires. That's what PR firms are for. Tesla's was very successful for a long time. Now that's changing. This is a good and natural function of a working democracy.
> The Rise Of Immutability

Every language (except some special languages were immutability doesn't make any sense perhaps) should have first-class immutable values declaration support. In the majority of cases when I define (e.g. in C# or Python) a variable I don't mean to ever change it (I only introduce it for sake of the code readability and to re-use the value in multiple places later), if it accidentally gets changed that's a bug. That would be wonderful if I could always define these as immutable the way I do with the `val` keyword in Scala and get a compiler/interpreter report an error once it notices unintentional re-assignment.
I have known several people who hosted regular casual Wednesday night dinner parties. They were very low-key and generally based around some activity like going to a farmer's market or watching a movie or playing board games. It was generally understood that anyone who was a regular attendee could invite their own guests. So while the parties started with a small group of friends from work, they grew to be a more diverse set of people over time. People would drift in and out and attendance would be different each week.

Although I moved away and don't really keep in touch, I have fond memories of those get-togethers and still consider the people I met at those parties friends. I really like the analogy of a campfire for something like this. All it takes to start a little community is one person to provide a regular meeting place, something to do, and, crucially, some food.
I'm wanting to use the ESP8266 more but most things I want to interface with are 5V so it is a little annoying have to incorporate logic level shifters. How you found an easier way to deal with it?
I believe he fears the pandering of extreme SJW-type ideas.
A security hole and backdoor is always a failure in a software product. Having someone else control your system is just about the worst you can get. It has nothing to do with relative definitions because it always degrades every other objective the project could or does have. If a model of leadership leads naturally and often to security holes, it is time to reconsider the model. If it is a common library, then it is even worse. Open source that is used widely is _even_ more important to protect because the impact can be so much greater.
So then we can add the of the cost of health care, on top of the legal cost, and not to mention time wasted of all those involved. Sounds great! It's probably better to come up with an effective regulation if possible.

Also it seems the farms being affected are actually literally being shit on by other farms and it's not even them in the first place.
The “feel-good” horror of late-stage capitalism
I don’t understand what you’re (sarcastically) trying to get at here. That if you ask questions you can’t get a reasonably high salary?
One of the hardest to use online learning platforms ever. I thought it was going to be a structured course from beginner to expert.

Of course Amazon doesn't make it that easy.

And the Free Digital Training 'enroll now' button does absolutely nothing. You'll spend most of your time choosing which of the 90 Machine Learning courses to do.
Completely missing the point. Of course calorie reduction works as long as it is followed. But people have a very strong desire to regularly eat their fill. With intermittent fasting this is part of the diet by design. With daily calorie restriction it’s impossible. Compliance with daily calorie restriction always lapses over time for this reason, so people return to their former fatness. Intermittent fasting is possible to maintain for the rest of your life, daily calorie restriction usually is not.
btw haskell also has a concept of exception, so it's not like that you need These or Either for all cases, in some cases using a exception might be good enough.
>for the foreseeable future, Windows is the only OS for PCs outside of MacOS which is more of a luxury product

Counterpoint: many people are moving to a future where they don't have a home PC - they have a smartphone, a tablet, and maybe a console or entertainment system.
The lego pooping story you mentioned did make it to the front page of HN, so it’s what people want to see, I guess...
And all of the above are JPL projects! The only thing you left off the list is the USSR's Mars landers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_program (Proud JPLer here, although I haven't worked on any Mars stuff.)
I feel it's worth saying that most sausages are mostly filler.
CV Compiler – AI That Analyses Your Resume and Improves It
Yes, due to upregulated authophagy, another point the study ignored.
I wanted to know a little more detail about why the broad equatorial plain Elysium Planitia was chosen as the landing place. Found this article but just curious if there is any more detail about the location or selection process?

--

Elysium Planitia, a flat-smooth plain just north of the equator makes for the perfect location from which to study the deep Martian interior.

Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, is designed to study the deep interior of Mars. The mission seeks the fingerprints of the processes that formed the rocky planets of the solar system.

Its landing site, Elysium Planitia, was picked from 22 candidates, and is centered at about 4.5 degrees north latitude and 135.9 degrees east longitude; about 373 miles (600 kilometers) from Curiosity’s landing site, Gale Crater. The locations of other Mars landers and rovers are labeled.

InSight's scientific success and safe landing depends on landing in a relatively flat area, with an elevation low enough to have sufficient atmosphere above the site for a safe landing. It also depends on landing in an area where rocks are few in number. Elysium Planitia has just the right surface for the instruments to be able to probe the deep interior, and its proximity to the equator ensures that the solar-powered lander is exposed to plenty of sunlight.

--

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia22232/insight-s-la...
Thank you for your kind words! I think you like to build something cool here for this website.

To reply on your points:

- Adblock users are definitely a portion and some of them are blocking major trackers. Unfortunately also Simple Analytics. But I’m building a proxy so that people can link a CNAME if their domain to Simple Analytics.

- Simple Analytics has indeed a noscript version. It removes the ability to get the referrer though.

- Uniques without tracking. Yes. It’s possible. Will keep HN posted

Good luck with the bloom filter!
Not that long ago (1980's?) it was said that no one really needed a personal computer, and that no one would buy one.
Note that it requires more then just creating an LLC if you're really trying to do it for protection. The LLC really needs to have its own finances, equipment, etc, or a lawyer can "pierce" it in court.
I have no feelings about coal mining because I know nothing about that industry.

Why should that stop you from having a strongly held opinion that you can share to prove everyone else wrong?
>gone within a day or two

Shouldn't people on hackernews be familiar with "continuous testing"? There is no reason to believe non-tech can't modernize their test infra too.
I already addressed the water delivery monopolies when I said this:

> The water example you gave is an example of the government proactively monopolizing such utilities.

Every water utility I know of is heavily regulated by local governments. Why? I don't know. I've never seen any evidence that such regulations were reactive in nature. But that fact of reality is not evidence that water delivery is an industry which will naturally monopolize to a point at which it is harmful to consumers.
There's already a large and trusted market for reselling verified used Rolexes: HQ Milton, Bob's Watches, Crown and Caliber, the list goes on and on. This doesn't seem very new, at least for the watches.
A little background here - Lisp is an ideal language for genetic algorithms because its syntax maps directly to S-expressions which can be represented as a tree (warning, PDF):

http://www.cis.umassd.edu/~ivalova/Spring08/cis412/Ectures/G...

This tree can be directly represented as a binary string which represents the DNA of the genetic algorithm.

So evolution is easy to simulate by randomly mutating nodes in the tree. Other operations like crossover (exchanging branches) and sexual reproduction are also straightforward.

Personally, I think that genetic algorithms are more approachable than neural nets and would like to see them emphasized more in machine learning (especially with modern video cards). When you think about it, both approaches are searching for local maximums/minimums in an effectively infinite search space. They are basically solving a giant matrix to find the function that maps inputs to outputs. Sure genetic algorithms generally take more computing power, but that becomes less of a problem with each passing year. Given enough time, evolution always wins!
There is a very strong sense of entitlement in that thread.
Which service have you been using for 10 years?
Can you tell me more about Erlang's approach? Quite interested in learning of new ways to deal with state and errors.
I would say trying to deny that 95%+ of humans are clearly either male or female and trying to engineer the laws around a small percentage that want to be differently identified is the social engineering. The author is not trying to make the minimum possible change to the proposed legislation to make it acceptable, they're just trying to find something wrong with it so they can resist it entirely.

Genitalia match genetic sex in the vast majority of cases.

There are plenty of places where laws are flawed. Laws are designed to handle the vast majority of cases. They are meant to be practical.

Anyway, the point is, if the problem is with how to handle the exception to the rule, the < 5% with ambiguous gender, then the author of the editorial should make that argument, but saying that there is "no basis in science" for the proposed legislation is ridiculous and obviously ideologically driven.
You have to enroll, and then add it to your “transcript” to actually start using the course materials. A bit confusing.

As for the content, most of it seems to be geared towards IT professionals (ie focusing towards implementation) instead of underlying theory.
Imagine what we'd discover if we could see the secret archives of Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter.
I don't remember much, but her :)
30 comments in "Ask HN: Mind blowing documentaries?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18271167 last month
Assuming these questions are asked in the offer phase, I don't see a single question here that is out of line or which is even unusual. I have answered all of them myself.
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> Is there some specific part of that 600-page book would I find illuminating?

The part most directly relevant to the point at which I raised it is Sec. 5.5, beginning on p. 91.
Tens with plenty in China. It is mostly smaller, lower power parts to do inference at the edge (tm).