skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
For sure, I agree and I know exactly where you're coming from..

A decade ago or so I was tasked with writing a recommendation engine for a "creators community" company I worked at, and the feedback we got after launching that feature was pretty much constant for as long as I was still working there.

Everyone wanted to know exactly how it worked (so they could min/max for the logic) and no one was happy with the results.
Curious thought: Disincentivize bad behavior. Scooter companies know who the last user was, so they could develop techniques to apply "parking violations." Whether that means GPS-enabled (sufficient resolution?) or crowdsourced (next rider taking picture) doesn't really matter. But this is like the automobile equivalent of a parking ticket.
Replace "being yourself" with "being your best self". You can still try to improve according to your own values, but don't change who you are just to please others.

Being your best self has nothing to do with socializing by the way, hopefully you would be doing that even if you were alone in your room.
That's pretty impressive.

I notice this in the zygote readme:

"The Julia compiler does not yet support all features needed to make Zygote fast, particularly in the presence of control flow."

Any idea of when the Julia compiler will support these features?
Either ban all nudity and sexuality altogether or don't bother. Too many false results can occur when you try to automate censorship of images.
A lot of this evaluation assumes the price stays the same. $1 + 15 cents a minute.

I think we'll see prices come down 80%. These scooter companies will face more competition than uber and Lyft do because people are happy grabbing the first scooter they see when walking.

My personal scooter costs a third of a cent per mile of electricity + $350 to buy it. I'm at 150 miles so far, and could easily see this thing lasting a few thousand. So ~20 cents a mile.
Who is getting fired? Oh that's right, no one...
I haven't yet, but it's on my radar!
does this calculus still work if each scooter only lasts 3 months, as is stated in the article?
and one more mentioned in the article of another dude falling and dying cos he was not wearing a helmet.

Only a matter of time before these Lime and Bird sidewalk riders kill a pedestrian.
All road side parking should be removed from cities and replaced with bike/scooter parks. So many problems would be gone instantly including drivers seriously injuring people on a regular basis while opening their doors.
They are also guilty of deaths by nuclear weapons.
Don't discount the possibility that these groups generally believe that they are helping others through outreach.
I recently read, The Swerve about On the Nature of Things by Lucretius. It was very well written has made reading On the Nature of things that much more enjoyable. Getting that context and backstory was -ironically- a godsend. While I agree with his point about coming into conversation late and missing some of the meaning, with some books you just have to accept that that ship has sailed and look for the help of somebody who studied the work. To me this is why historical writers are so important, we put a lot of trust in them.
I was thinking scrap value. Toss them in an industrial shredder, sans battery pack, then separate out the metals. Maybe a mobile shredder.
> They almost certainly would not have made these investments unless they believed they could make a return of >3x.

Softbank isn't like a traditional VC. They structured their fund like private equity where they retain a percentage of returns above x% per year. In addition to this, they take a 1% management fee regardless of returns.

For most VC's, you'd expect the carry to represent the majority of incentive. But, Softbank is unique in that their fund is $100bn. They take home a hefty $1b in management fees regardless of how their portfolio performs.

I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if they make 'safe' bets for the sake of boosting their allocation numbers, even if they think there's a nil chance of 3x EV.
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It’s always fascinating to see how innovative ancient Egypt was. This makes me identify with them as normal people that share the same feelings with us. They dreamt like us and imagined stuff like us. I wish I could go back in time and live there for a while.
I totally agree with this article.

Anyone who needs a hand getting rid of any unwanted (and now 'close to worthless' bitcoins) can send them to my disposal facility:

bitcoin:1GCEvj54xSr3Hu1DPg2GKw2VkDgSaX5SB7

Not many incoming transactions? I guess not many users think they're worthless afterall...
I’ve owned one of them for a couple years, and have stopped riding it because it’s fundamentally dangerous. I felt like on the streets (San Francisco), I was going to get squashed sooner or later. And riding on the Embarcadero (a wide shore-side walkway that’s bicycle friendly), I was sure I was going to eventually hit someone.
It's just standing for 37 minutes. I suppose you engage your core a bit here and there, but it really isn't an exercise like biking would be.

I love these scooters BTW, super convenient!
People keep bringing up this problem because it's still a problem. If it's so easy to solve, why is it not solved?

Cities should simply impound any scooter not properly parked and charge $200 to get it back. Since solving the parking problem is so easy, this will push Bird/Lime into finally solving it.
I have never fallen off my road bike and I ride fairly fast (up to 50km/h) I still wear my helmet because at that speed a fall would be bad but if I was just having a slow ride with some friends to the pub there is really no need for a helmet.
I was like you, once. I helped run a hobbyist group on Facebook with ~15,000 members. I made myself as available to everyone as possible, frequently ignoring my wife actual friends to help random strangers over Messenger. Hours and hours and hours of my life burnt, wasted, gone. All for the sake of "helping grow the sport".

One day, I just quit. Left everyone in the lurch, with no explanation. It was a huge turning point in my personal life. My mental health improved immediately - and all of a sudden, I had so much more time and emotional energy for the things in my life that I really, truly cared about.

I've kept in touch with a handful of people that I was close to. My new policy is, "if I need to hear from you, you'll know because you have my phone number". The rest of them are still there, arguing about clipless vs flat pedals, and chromoly vs carbon fiber, and everything else, as if I'd never left - or showed up in the first place.

More likely than not, they'll forget about you just as casually as they came into contact with you. Ask yourself if it would REALLY bother you to never hear from them again. In my case, it didn't; and I know for a fact that it really didn't bother them to go for long periods of time without hearing from me, too.

It's okay to let acquaintances be acquaintances. You owe them exactly as much as they owe you - in the case of these people, it's "pretty much nothing" - in the case of the people who are a major part of your actual life, it's "a hell of a lot".
Eliminating beef alone can be huge in eliminating the greenhouse gas footprint of your diet (especially when consider methane in addition to simply carbon footprint). A somewhat, relatively distant, second after that is pork. Then dinosaurs, and fish (in roughly that order) are all basically tied at a, relatively, distant third in greenhouse gas output.

In addition to sustainably raised/organically farmed/etc, local sourcing can matter for carbon footprint (what you save in the carbon output of the farm itself you gain again in cross-country shipping carbon).
Almost nobody engages in “offensive” wars since the Nazis, it’s always some sort of “defensive” or “retaliatory” action.
It's not. Strong typing is overrated. Lisp has lived without it for more than 50 years. People are obsessed with typing as though it were the solution to all dev problems. It's not.
If bitcoin ends up worth a fraction of a penny, mining will become far less energy intensive automatically. The market around bitcoin mining will make that happen without any intervention.
See also Andrew and Brad:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yG-UaBJXZ80
OK, thanks. Then what would buying a 3-month one once a year give me? Still 2.32%, or 2.32% / 4?
Also, since right now the 3-year bond offers more than a 5-year one, why would anyone prefer to buy the 5-year bond? Doesn't the 3-year one offer the same (or better) return over a shorter period of time?
As cars gained mainstream adoption, governments passed legislation regulating their use in the way you described.
I'm sure scooters will follow a similar trajectory; we're just waiting for legislation to catch up.
Slightly off topic: I highly recommend this micro controller for projects big and small. It packs quite a punch in terms of ram/cpu per dollar, lots of pins, great community and Paul was really cool online and at maker’s faire.
Thank you Paul, Robin, and the rest of the community for a great product!

Off-off topic, as a web developer I love their super functional site. It even has an about page with pictures of Paul windsurfing haha.
Like all the old people on facebook demonstrating that their decades of life experience has taught them to recognize obvious bullshit..?
This is just people being culturally sensitive.

I would chose not to share a flat with Muslims, or Jews, because I love eating pork, and I'm well aware that they're very uncomfortable about sharing a kitchen in which I cook it.
It was an iPhone. They aren't safer than android you know. Just different.
Does it also mean that the money in short term will get more expensive?
> Can you imagine being a software engineer and being okay with getting rich by developing technology to out dissidents and have them murdered by some of the most oppressive governments on earth?

It's a great question. Sadly, people have been making money on such things since the first tools were invented. Think about all the weapons manufacturers, for example. Think of the oppressors, killer, and torturers that rule and that serve the regimes - are they a different species than software engineers?

But the question is, why? What leads people to do it? I don't buy simplistic answers such as, 'they don't care'.
Also worth noting that Republicans/Trump decided to goose the economy with their huge deficit-financed tax cuts at a time when the economy is already strong and heading towards the end of a business cycle. This is the opposite of Keynesian theory which says you should run surplusses during boom times and deficit-financed stimulus during recessions.

OTOH, the bond markets don't seem to care about our current debt load. And the full faith and credit of the US Treasury still backs the world economy.
>which will result in exponentially rising debt and inflation as the government prints money.

This analysis is missing something because inflation is a good thing for country debt denominated in it's own currency. Inflating away the outstanding debt is one of the ways to deal with outstanding debt.

If you get a hot economy that results in both high tax receipts and higher levels of inflation (not hyperinflation), outstanding debt can be worn down pretty quickly.
Sure, but that is kinda beside the point. My point is that we DON'T accept cars just parking everywhere, we decided on rules for where they need to park, and we need to do the same for scooters.

Obviously the rules are going to be different because the vehicles are different and are used differently, but the rules will still have the same basic form: you are allowed to park in these areas, for this amount of time, for this much money.
>I don't understand what the U.S. or the West is supposed to do about it.

They’re doing what they can and should do via policy decisions. I don’t remember reading a piece thus far where going to war with Suadia Arabia and Mohammed bin Salman was even a scenario.

By trying to minimize this act as something that “happens all the time” is partially due to society viewing these acts as normal for them.
>"I've been monitoring the econ because I plan to invest in real-estate and stocks during the next slump."

Which raises the question of "isn't every other investor?" And if that's the case, how much of that has the market already factored into pricing?

For example, I hear a lot of people in the Bay Area talking about saving up for when the next crash occurs so they can buy real estate cheap. But if there's sufficient pent up demand and capital, that can dampen the impact like what appears to have happened with the 2008 recession[1], only perhaps magnified after this bull run.

[1] https://www.bayareamarketreports.com/trend/3-recessions-2-bu...
Yes, that's why I said in my post "assuming rates stay the same". But thanks for chiming in anyways.
That is a legit concern. Hopefully, they engineer these scooters to be more durable over time. Also, hopefully user etiquette improves over time as well so people abuse these scooters less, resulting in far longer life spans.
The u.s. in 2017 spent 6.8% on interest Payments why does he think that will grow 800% in the next 10 years. That seems like a pretty extraordinary claim.
CHP uses Autopilot to stop a Tesla Model S with a sleeping driver
Good question! Perhaps because loneliness points to the difficulty of reaching out and the lack of other people who might give you a different perspective.
Privately owning a bike comes with a ton of hassles though.

- I live in a 570ft studio so storage space is limited. We have bike storage in my building, but it's $15 a month.

- If I go somewhere and bring the bike with me, I have to bring it back. If it starts raining, I can't just choose to leave the bike and take an Uber home.

- If I'm on a bike and I meet up with people that aren't, coordinating travel is a huge pain in the ass.

- I travel a lot and have been in 4 major cities this week. Having a bike at home helps there, but doesn't solve any problems in the other cities. Sharing services are great for visitors.

- Living in a major city, bike theft is a huge problem. By using shared bikes, I don't have to worry about that.

- On top of it all, Lime/Bird is just cheaper. I really only use one once every week or two. I've probably spent less that $30 this year on Lime/Bird. Even if I got a bike for free and it never needed any maintenance a decent U lock would cost more than that.

So yeah, I could own a bike, but these are more convenient and cheaper, so why would I?
Yes, debt issued by the US treasury is funded by private holders of US dollars.

Here's how I think it works:

-In theory, the Federal Reserve targets average inflation of 2% (along with its unemployment mandate)

-When the US government runs a deficit, the government sells bonds and uses the dollars to pay whatever it's paying for

-This process soaks up dollars from investors and gives out dollars to people, which on net lowers investment, increases interest rates, and increases GDP (see IS/LM model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IS–LM_model)

-The Fed, which aims to stabilize inflation, accommodates the rise in interest rates by setting higher target rates for its open market operations (if they fought the movement in interest rates by buying assets, inflation would rise, which is against their mandate)
He had a Green Card which is pretty close to being a US citizen legally.
Collective individual effort is great, but still dwarfed by corporate "industrial" and "non-consumer" greenhouse gas output. Focusing 100% on individuals ignores the real problems. Positive impacts are great, and individual ethics are great, but we can't let individuals be scapegoats for corporate greed (or laziness/ignorance if you prefer to ascribe less malice) and systemic problems that need to be solved by systems and entities that are bigger than individuals.
The hash rate has to fall many orders of magnitude, without the price going down before GPU mining would make sense again.

https://www.blockchain.com/en/charts/hash-rate?timespan=all&...
Yes, but there's the same risk with conventional bikes on streets today. And cities like San Francisco agree - they are making it legal for adults to ride electric scooters _without_ helmets so that it matches regulation around bicycle helmets: https://la.curbed.com/2018/9/21/17884220/bird-lime-scooters-...
> We can't go to war ...

There are many, many methods of leverage short of war. International relations happens all the time between every country on earth; only a tiny number of those interactions involves violence. In fact, a primary job of the people who practice international relations is to get things done without risking wars - sort of like doctors whose job is to get things done without killing the patient.

> some guy who wasn't even our citizen, killed in Turkey, by a foreign government

Human rights are widely considered to be universal, both in philosophy and in law. The U.S.'s own Declaration of Independence says 'all men are created equal ...'; it doesn't say 'all Americans'. Also, it's widely believed that if you let human rights deteriorate elsewhere, you are creating more risk for yourself. If your next door neighbor doesn't have freedom, there are many reasons to think you might be next. Finally, free, democratic countries tend to be much better partners on the world stage - they tend to be peaceful, stable, and prosperous.

Finally, Khashoggi was a journalist, which implicates a specific human right, freedom of the press.
When flying as a solo child back in the day, I would always have this fear when dropped off with airline personnel by my family.
Nearing the end of a business cycle, possibly. But the economy wasn't particularly strong, it just wasn't terrible. GDP was okay, but employment still wasn't great, inflation was weak, and wages stagnant.

It really feels like the chickens are going to come home to roost on the next downturn due to the massive stimulus preventing the last one from being fully realized while simultaneously putting massive debt onto the US balance sheet.
This is bull. I have had ample exposure to far right and far left groups and their philosophy as well as many varieties of weird deviant porn and a plethora of other subcultures the wider world would look askance at. I fall pretty squarely within normal.

Online subcultures can’t target people because online subcultures don’t have memories, minds or goals. They are distributed patterns of behaviour, beliefs and norms, which attract people or not based more on the people than the subculture.

Brainwashing doesn’t work. The cult panic was bull. You can’t change people’s minds outside of a totalitarian society. They change their own minds.
2.32% / 4. Technically the "/4" may not be exactly "/4" depending on the bond. It is called day count fraction and for some bonds the rules can be quite complex. But the basic idea is to prorate ("accrue") the interest rate to the time you held the bond.
If you enjoy this, take a look at http://ctpweb.lns.mit.edu/physics_today/phystoday/Ether.pdf .
To use it the same way the US does?
>Simply because electric buses are the superior technology right now.

Trolleybuses were invented because at the time electric storage technology wasn't good enough.
>"If your employment situation is stable and you're not planning any large withdrawals, this is probably not something to immediately worry about."

This is an important note. If we do face another Black Swan event like the housing crisis, it may not be directly related to housing in the same way. As such, it signals a general "be on alert" from a risk standpoint. If you would be in serious trouble financially if you lost your job tomorrow, you may want to shore up your cash position to ensure you have a way to ride things out. If you feel relatively secure, you may want to free up some liquidity for opportunities that might present themselves. If you're about to buy a house, now might be a good time to move those funds out of the market, or consider the timing of your purchase altogether. These are just a few considerations.
Killing people is immoral in any society. If you have an average IQ you understand eventually what your product will be used for.
And, as unpopular as bitcoin is, the above description of actions taken following 2008 is why bitcoin was invented.
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I’m not arguing hypotheticals. I know women who have had experiences that were more harmful to them because of what was said and what that represents, more so than physical assault experiences.

I don’t know what your life is like, whether you’re friends with many women, but if you ever have an opportunity to listen to someone speak about abuse I really recommend it. You will learn so much. Abuse is so much more than what you think it is.
Cool!

Are there any servicing companies popping up to re-sale end of life/refurbished scooters?
The problem with these scooters is that they are great as a user, but terrible for everyone else. They are a lot of fun to ride, but if you're just a regular old pedestrian they are a nightmare, people park them in the streets and pass by you way to quickly and closely on the sidewalk.

But riding them in the street pisses off drivers and is pretty dangerous, at least that's how it shakes out in Cincinnati.
What subsidies do ICE cars have that electrics don’t?
What a load of bull.

The article takes some anonymous sources that they're testing Go technology in a "larger store" and conflate that to mean that they're replacing workers in Whole Foods with Go tech. The entire article revolves around this idea.

It's just fear mongering for clicks.
Yes, those are certainly good conversations to have. I agree we need to do a better job of handling the externalities created by cars.

I don't think we should be using the argument of 'well, the externalities for cars are worse' when deciding how to deal with the externalities of scooters, though. By that argument, we only have to ever make sure our externalities are better than the very worst offender in order to be beyond reproach.
At one point it says Goldwyn's story tells you more about America than anything Goldwyn produced.

What sounds like a cheap shot really lands, I'd easily watch a biopic about his escape from Europe, early work in a trade, dealing with prejudice, unusual interactions with Joe Kennedy and Richard Nixon, and massive personal failings with family and women.

This is a long read but I'm glad I took the time.

It's a beautifully complex portrait of a man in a period we aren't often honest enough about.
And coincidently, here’s an article from today:

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/success-of-montr...
What are the externalities of the renewables?
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Might be just discretionary spending which doesn't include stuff like social security. Tax cuts ballooned the deficit and Fed increasing interest rates also doesn't help.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/business/economy/us-gover...