skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Why is it always FUD associated with climate change? Are there no good eventualities? Longer growing seasons and more arable land come to mind as possibilities. Is it because you cannot get funding for your research/nonprofit/NGO if there is a rosy outlook for the future?
Nuro | Software Engineers, Infra, Backend, Full Stack | Mountain View CA | ONSITE | www.nuro.ai

About The Role:
Our software team is growing and we are looking for talented engineers to join us and contribute to 1 or more of the following areas: machine learning infrastructure, 3D modeling, simulation, firmware development, imaging data pipelines. We are hiring at all different levels for this team.

About The Work:
Depending on your skillset and areas of interest you will work on some or all of the following:
Engineer large-scale systems using big data and other techniques from the fields of Computer Science and Robotics including large-scale distributed systems and data processing systems.
Render large amount of data and perform tasks associated with the rendering process including projection, reconstruction, filtering, and estimation using advanced mathematics and computer science techniques
Research and develop advanced algorithms to get real-time performance.
One or more of the following: Prototype/develop advanced algorithms using Python and implement algorithms using C++ utilizing libraries such as OpenCV, OpenGL, and using CUDA to interface with the GPU; multithreading programming; programming with x86 architecture
Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve bugs and issues with software programming code that arise during field testing and provide ongoing Quality Assurance testing, software performance tuning and optimization
Collaborate with engineering and product teams to understand customer needs, implement solutions, and deliver compelling robotic products

About You:
You have experience in one or more of the following areas: large-scale distributed systems; data storage and processing systems; advanced algorithms using C++ and Python; machine learning infrastructure, multithreading; x86 architecture; and software performance tuning and optimization, robotics software frameworks, different compute modalities (CPU, GPU, FPGA) etc.
You have strong problem solving and programming skills with advanced C++ skills.
You are passionate about accelerating the benefits of robotics for everyday life.

Who We Are:
Nuro is a robotics start-up whose mission is to accelerate the benefits of robotics for everyday life. We have a best-in-class team of entrepreneurs and engineers, designers, and scientists who pioneer technologies that benefit everyone. We believe AI and robotics will be at the cusp of transforming daily life and we are dedicated to building these meaningful products. Join us on our mission, as you'll play a significant role in our development and impact on everyday lives.
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Yeah it's just 'how to live an unhealthy life and risk dying well before turning 15: 101'

I don't know what to do about it, but even as a tech savvy free speech proponent I feel very unhappy about the content kids consume on tumblr specifically. Bullying groups on snapchat etc are just the same old bullying upgraded with a better communications platform, but tumblr offers thousands of insane cult groups run for and by kids.
> For China's citizens it's undeniably good for Google to be there, because Baidu lacks competition and I hear that it sucks.

In the short term, maybe that's true. But longer term, it just makes Chinese citizens even more comfortable with censorship. If all sources of information in China sucked, and citizens knew about it, they'd be more likely to protest or push for change.

If non-Chinese entities decided to keep or move business elsewhere due to human rights and censorship concerns, the Chinese government would eventually have to change. They might be an economic powerhouse now, but being cut off from the rest of the world makes that position untenable.
Tor hidden servers can push around 40mb/s with a tiny bit of tweaking. They were working on support for the concept of sharding, but you could do that yourself by having multiple tor nodes. Actually, it's been a while since I toyed around with it. By now it's probably faster.
Bing already serves a censored search engine in China. Google would be following Bing.
"What data would make me change my mind?"

For routine things this is a trivial question, but more often than I care to admit I'll discover I don't have an answer. Coming up with the answer doesn't mean my thought is rational (humans rationalize way too much), but it does help anchor the belief to OTHER things, which I believe makes me more open to change - it builds in a separation between the belief itself and my self-value, instead attaching it to the causality, making me more willing to follow through if the initial data IS proven wrong.

Of course I don't know if this actually works to make me more open to change, but I feel better for having tried and there definitely have been issues where I did change my stance after the assumed data wasn't the real data - I just can't know if I would have change my mind without this exercise.
Location: Squamish, BC, Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Primarily Scala, Java (8+), Kotlin, and Python. Some JS. Rusty in C/C++/Ruby.

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agiledave/

Website: https://www.windhorsesoftware.com

Email: David.LeBlanc@WindhorseSoftware.com

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I'm a seasoned freelancer with over 15 years experience working with all kinds of companies - from small startups to Fortune 50 organizations. Very familiar with Agile / DevOps approaches, and particularly fond of good developer testing practices.

My focus is on delivering lean, simple, well tested products. I've worked on desktop GUI applications, backend web services, and web UIs. My focus these days is on large scale backend services.

Recent work is primarily full-stack with a backend focus. This includes all the usual tech: relational and NoSQL databases (Mysql, Postgresql, RethinkDB, MongoDB, Elastic Search, Redis), Docker, Docker Cloud, AWS. Spring, Guice, and many more.
While it's a non-trivial amount of delta-v, if the asteroid has a large amount of water then the water already present on the asteroid can be used to generate the delta-v.
Yes, for frontend, backend, site reliability, and design.
If we were to apply this idea to computer science or software engineering, where would we draw the line between old and new books?
Well the country is going to commit genocide anyway. Why not try to sell them the weapons because we make much better weapons and US companies haven't been able to break into their weapons market yet.

The potential benefits could be substantial, we could be the first big US weapons manufacturer to break into this regime's market. Over time, economic ties could bring the countries closer together and reduce the likelihood of conflict...

Do you see how insane it is to justify something morally repugnant with potential long term economic benefits? The only way your argument works is if you don't care about censorship in the first place. If that's the case, then you need no justification at all because it's just another regular customer.
I ended up automating my brain hack. I found that some tasks can be complex, overwhelming, or just plain unpleasant. So I wrote a script that looks at my To-Do list, and gives me a series of top-ranked articles by people who already completed a similar task. So this isn't necessarily about getting some guidance on how to perform a task... but seeing a firsthand view from someone who lived through it can be very motivational.

I was surprised at how effective it was at both small tasks (choose a smart thermostat), and complex tasks (prepare for a trade show).

I wrote it for myself, it runs on my home server, so I can't give you a link yet... so here's a few screenshots. Python, Google Search API, some basic NLP.

https://imgur.com/a/5n6gsSY
I think all 1200's (all Amigas, in fact) have a 23-pin RGB output.
If I introduce a bug, I fix that bug. I don't understand your comment, sorry.
I follow only SFW blogs on Tumblr and the adverts I get are mostly way more sexualised (scantily clad ladies reclining to sell perfume, etc.) and full screen on the iOS app (revealed as you scroll the content). I'm surprised they'd have any problems with NSFW content.
Your guide through the jungle
Right now, yes.
Imperva/Prevoty | Redwood Shores, CA or Los Angeles, CA | Software Engineer | Full-time, permanent | https://www.prevoty.com/ https://www.imperva.com/

Prevoty is looking for a talented Senior Software Engineers to join our Java team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a central role in the design and development of our Java products. The ideal candidate will have a passion for development, a drive to fully understand the inner workings of each of the technologies they utilize, and a strong background in Java profiling and instrumentation.

Prevoty/Imperva in LA and SF are hiring for several roles for pur Java Team and/or QA Team. Here are a couple links to the postings -

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If interested here is the careers site - https://www.prevoty.com/about/careers

Keywords - JAVA REMOTE VISA
The news sensationalizes.

When I was arrested many years ago, the news spun it as though I had hacked into millions of computers and used them to DDoS the FBI, and then somehow use that to take over their computers.

In reality, I had found that they had an unsecured arbitrary file upload (i.e. had zero authorization guarding it) and told them about it on Twitter. Not the best move, but a far cry from what the media accused me of.

If you expect me to take the word of reporters above that of scientists, well, that ain't happening.
I'm trying to imagine a gash in my fat gladiator arm that's big enough to see from across the Colosseum and describing it as "doesn't hurt much."
Sometimes the only power you have is to walk away. The article mentions that he had a ton of meetings with higher-ups during his last two weeks of employment there, but they were clearly uninterested in even acknowledging that there was a problem. Seems like he didn't have the power to change anything except by setting an example by leaving.
Klarity (YC S18) | NLP/ML Engineer | FULL-TIME | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE | https://klaritylaw.com

Klarity is building AI that replaces lawyers. Our product analyzes contracts and makes changes our users need so that they can sign much faster. We have multiple paying enterprise customers that are using us on a daily basis, including a $100B+ Public Software company and one of the world’s largest Private Equity firms. We are founded by MIT and Harvard Law graduates and raised a large seed round from the worlds top angel investors.

We are looking for a brilliant NLP Engineer to join our core team.
You will love this job if you:
(1) Thrive in small teams (employee #5!)
(2) Want to build and own a big chunk of the code base
(3) Hate doing the same thing over and over again
(4) Enjoy research but also enjoy churning out production quality code
(5) Will do whatever it takes to solve the problem (such as using regexes instead of a DNN)

Our stack: Python (scikit, pytorch, spacy), Docker, AWS

You ideally have:
(1) CS/STEM Bachelors/Masters
(2) 2-4 years experience building NLP products
(3) Familiarity with Information Extraction & Sequence labeling

Nice to haves:
(1) Experience designing data annotation pipelines
(2) Interest in linguistics
(3) Experience with common NLP libraries (both deep and otherwise :) )

If you’re interested, please email me (cofounder and CTO) at nischal@klaritylaw.com
Jargon | Sr. Software Engineer | Seattle, WA | ONSITE | https://www.jargon.com

Jargon enables voice applications (e.g., Amazon Alexa skills or Google Assistant shortcuts) to manage their content and reach global users.

We're looking for a talented Sr. Software Engineer that's interested in working on all aspects on our products, from the SDKs we provide to developers (such as https://www.npmjs.com/package/@jargon/alexa-skill-sdk) to the backend of our unique localization system.

We have an ambitious roadmap to build the tools that voice publishers need to take full advantage of the burgeoning voice market and would love for you to join us on the journey.

Experience developing for voice platforms (Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana, etc.) is a plus but by no means required.
Have to agree... I generally log to line separated json for logging, and what CloudWatch does offer for this works out really well for the times I've used it. TBH, for small/personal projects, I'm more likely to use, and have used dokku on Digital Ocean.

About the only thing I don't like doing is managing my own DB server... so I'm really happy to see DO expanding into this space. For applications and services, dokku gets me where I need to be with the least fuss. I know if anything took off it would mean some pain, but I'll take that when/if it ever happened.
Because Oath's board would rather pay it's useless execs fat salaries rather than competent engineers to maintain Tumblr.
It confounds me that people who are not natively Chinese, or have never lived there, or ever used the existing search infrastructure (ex: Baidu) make sweeping claims with such confidence that they truly know what's best for Chinese people.
CoinTracker (YC W18) | Full Stack Engineer | San Francisco | Full-time | ONSITE | https://cointracker.io
CoinTracker is a portfolio & tax manager for cryptocurrency.

We are working on making cryptocurrency easier to use for the common person. We have built a portfolio tracking system and tax filing service (works with local filing rules in US, Canada, Australia, UK). Next up, we are expanding the tax service and adding accounting functionality as well.

Ultimately, we think an individual should be able to move their money anywhere in the world instantly at any time without having to be at the mercy of a third party. We believe that being the true owner of your money and other digital assets is a powerful idea. If this excites you, please let us know!

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* Tracking over $300M in crypto assets across 50,000+ connected exchange accounts
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Job Description: https://angel.co/cointracker/jobs/355974-founding-engineer
Oh, I hardly think it'd be much more than a toxic cesspool. But at least it'd be a multipolar, interesting cesspool.
Ah, that makes sense. I was seeing it from the point of view that reblogs are seen as just that. A method of sharing, not a method of laying claim. Its a way of saying "Look at this thing, and heres the source" thats pretty simple to do.

To me, "Content" implies stuff you uploaded directly, being the source yourself.

I can see the confusion now.
> [...]lower cost access to space[...]

One thing not covered by existing comments but which has made a lot of difference, and most people don't even think to list since it's taken for granted everywhere else. Price discovery, we now actually know the cost.

Before Space X the costs of the launch industry were shrouded in mystery. Nobody would give you a quote without a meeting and an NDA, and certainly not post prices on a website[1].

Even if SpaceX had absolutely nothing to offer beyond ULA and Arianespace other than the exact same services at the same price but with public pricing it would already have been a big deal.

Businesses can now make plans for getting a payload in orbit without speculation about what the cost are going to be.

1. https://www.spacex.com/about/capabilities
> simply providing a censored Google search is a morally noble service to Chinese Internet users

No, considering what Chinese consumer are getting, a US normal search product is morally more noble.

People literally get gulled into spending their life's saving because of Baidu's fake ads.

Just like giving African famine victims some amount of food is morally noble.
Last year I started reading about mental models and a few that really stuck with me were:

1. Hanlon's razor - we should not attribute to malice that which is more easily explained by stupidity.

2. Reversion to the Mean - after reading Thinking Fast and Slow, the part about reversion to the mean really made me think about how people view others in terms of how the behave day to day.

One other thing I tend to think about is that everyone is fighting their own battles, so try to be kind to others in how you interpret their choices and actions.
Practically speaking, you will have multiple products that are crappy, because you will be unable to maintain them all and keep track of what should work how in each version. Moreover, fixes that should go to each will take more time to develop, testing will take more time and there still will be additional bugs due to complexity of it all.

Also, organization and management of it all will take more time and effort. You need to reconcile them or make decision.
I found for my PhD thesis that getting one thing done a day even if small was a big help, along with not beating yourself up if you didn’t get a lot done.
It doesn't have functions, but I've also released a type-checked configuration language recently[0]. The main difference is it's designed to be easy to edit, even by non-technical users.

[0] https://github.com/gilbert/zaml
Obviously doing all the (relatively) simple things to reduce your own footprint would be a start: become a vegan or vegetarian[1], make sure your home is as insulated as it can reasonably be[2], make sure major appliances like the refrigerator, furnace, water heater etc. are efficient, look at getting PV on your roof, commute by bike or foot, and so on. People can be very defensive if they feel like you're criticizing them for not doing these things, so I am skeptical about how much you can influence others to follow your example. It might be simpler to appeal to your representatives to enact laws that provide tax credits or other incentives, realistically.

1: http://time.com/4266874/vegetarian-diet-climate-change/
2: https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/weatherize/insulation/add...
sounds great but I'm still expected to monitor slack and email all day.
You do still use (some) batteries for trolley buses, as they have to bridge gaps where the overhead wires are unavailable (roadworks etc).

The overhead wires are the biggest reason to avoid trolley buses. They're expensive to deploy and maintain, a visual eyesore, and constrain the bus network to predefined routes. Electric buses are a great improvement - At the expense of more batteries per bus and deployment of charging stations at depots/terminus, you avoid the wiring hassle entirely and have far more flexibility to change routes as required.
This is essentially repeating your quote, but an "aha moment" clicked for me when I read that what successful neural networks are basically doing is such good feature learning that the problem can be solved by a simple linear model in the end.

E.g. if you have an N-layer neural network, N-1 layers are doing feature learning, and the Nth layer is a simple {logistic, multinomial/softmax, gaussian, poisson, ...} model
US is not the problem, it is all those developing countries, the US is doing better than most other countries and in practice there is no "flipflopping". There is a balance between economy and measurements that need to be taken and it is not entirely clear that making people poorer for a small immediate gain is always the right policy. See what happen now in France regarding diesel prices. Rich countries take better care of the environment, sometimes it is better to invest in making the country rich rather than a tax on diesel fuel.
NGINX Config Generator
Moderators didn't touch the post or even see it until a little while ago. Whatever happened was determined by user flags and software.
I like to do this but I find it difficult to go completely "free form" on a work computer that might be monitored. It's silly but but I don't like the idea of someone being able to see my inner thought processes like that because a lot of times you are stating the obvious just to put that on paper, but to an observer it looks like "man this guy has trouble grasping even the most basic concepts!"
You have to keep in mind "if not but for me" is not the same as "all because of me".

SpaceX is a huge collaboration of many essential individuals who's absence would have made it impossible.
I use this in measuring field areas. Like the text reads, this is Green's Theorem.

The area of a triangle ABC can be determined by doing the cross product of any of the vectors that are the translation from a vertex to another (e.g. AB⨯AC = |AB|.|AC|.sin{^BAC}). More rigorously, this is the area of a lozenge, which then has to be divided by two.

Imagining a point X inside a convex polygon, it is easy to see a set of triangles with vertex X in common.

In fact, the polygon can not only be concave but point X can be outside the polygon, since the sine will compensate for negative and positive angles, subtracting any weird triangle out of the sum in the end.

Computationally, the point X should be as close as possible to every vertex, so that rounding errors are minimized.
A better spin on this question is probably along the lines of:

Does SpaceX still need Elon? As a figure head, maybe. As a leader? More complicated, there's probably still some risky path-finding left but the biggest moon-shots are now out of the way and as long as it doesn't become a quarterly returns focused company anyone slightly bullish could probably do a good enough job.
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I worked at a company, HouseCanary, writing software for doing home appraisals. We used this formula to calculate the square footage of a home based on a computer drawing. The funny thing is that for an appraisal, you have to show your calculations. We thought showing the points and a shoelace formula whitepaper would be enough. It wasn't. So, my boss wrote code that dumps the whole calculation onto a pdf so someone who works in lending can say "that looks right".
>Pray tell, what is the difference between tylenol and explicitly non-opioid Rx tylenol, aside from the dose of acetaminophen per pill?

After some emergency dental work last week, I was given Rx Tylenol. It has a low dose of codeine, which is an opiate.