skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> insanity, illusion of grandeur and narcissism

they did change the outcome of a US election, and probably the course of world history, which is more than all of the anti-trump media combined, so that is a pretty big accomplishment ...
The reduction in tax is still substantial.
Gasoline is largely fungible because it's required by law to be. What can be called gasoline, what additives can (and are required to be) put into it, how much energy it has per liter, etc., are all regulated.

There was a time where gasoline brands mattered, and the gas you got from Esso might have been slightly different than the gas from Sinclair or Hess or whatever, but that was intentionally regulated into irrelevance because the benefit to consumers of a consistent product was more valuable than allowing brands to differentiate themselves.

It took several decades after the widespread adoption of the car (and gasoline as the dominant fuel) for this to happen, and during this time users had to struggle with varying fuels produced from different feedstocks, gumming of engines, dilution of crankcase oil, etc. (This is referred to in period motoring publications as "the Fuel Problem".) The automobile industries and the oil industries basically pointed fingers at each other until the US Bureau of Standards had to step in and mediate on a consistent set of standards that the refiners would produce fuel to, and the engine manufacturers would design their engines against. If this hadn't happened, and the market had been left to sort it out, I suspect you would have ended up having to fill your Ford car only at Sinclair stations, based on some Ford/Sinclair arrangement or whatever.

Unfortunately the 'solution' to the Fuel Problem in the 30s involved the introduction of tetraethyl lead, which mars what would have been a good example of mutually beneficial public-private cooperation and useful regulation.
What labor? https://youtube.com/watch?v=H5V0vL3nnHY
Sounds like you don't have enough data - go spend a year on energy, then in AI, then in healthcare to learn about them. Then you'll have the data to make a decision that you can probably be happy with.

Also note that this decision paralysis has already led you to one regret: not getting anything done. If you still believe you should pursue regret-minimization, then I suggest start doing something (anything, really) right away.

And I would be careful about the "should" vs. "want". Thinking about it that way will just never make you happy because you'll be always wondering about the path you didn't take. I don't know what the answer is but it's just something to be aware of.

Personally, I think about "should"s. Only after that do I think about "wants". Then I start by doing the wants and try to see how it would merge with a should. Because someone once said, "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
no, Brexit is not about economics and it never was.

Brexit is about having fewer immigrants in the country.

My driving instructor was very honest with me, even if I was a foreigner. He said 50% of his students are foreigners. But he still voted for Brexit even if he knows it will make him worse off financially. He just wants fewer immigrants in the country.
This is a hard problem though, there are so many variables. For example, maybe the one that is more eco-friendly to produce is less durable and in the example of flooring which one is more green could depend on how many people a day you have walking on it and what they weigh.
Unfortunately it's just a subset of government and employers paying people for merely existing, but it's a start, I'll take it.
I'm aware that if you buy a game on Windows and play it on Linux, it might be tagged as a Windows game purchase. Wonder if this 0.1% truly tells the whole story.
First, I don't know, but most quotably: Kanye West https://genius.com/945345
I don't know why you are downvoted my friend. Many of us share your thoughts. I wish JavaScript and all its spawn from hell never existed
While this is a valid question, most people understand the fundamental concept of "disagreeing", even if they've considered the opposition and rejected it (perhaps justly, perhaps unjustly, by some metric). Therefore, I'd try to expand on this thought - your single sentence is a little hostile and curt. It doesn't really lead anywhere.
> Well, if true -- I'll be canceling my subscription :D
> Thank you Github / Microsoft!

What a weird way to thank a company. I get it, but still.
I think people almost always confuse happiness with fulfillment. Fulfillment is something much deeper than happiness. I can watch an uplifting movie and be happy because that's a temporary emotion and state of mind. And I can, just as easily, go from happy to angry if someone were to rear end me on the way home from the movie theater from seeing that movie.

Parents aren't "happier". At least not by my estimation. But they do seem to be more fulfilled and seem to consider their lives to have a deeper meaning once they have children and become responsible for the safety, care, and development of another human being that relies on them for essentially everything. This is the implicit reason it is done. It's not just the physical (sexual) imperative.

And regardless of the status of the planet, if the species is to continue, we at least need to reproduce at a rate approximating replacement. It could be lower - and then we would actually slowly depopulate the planet. But society does need to have birth rates that replace the existing people, or come close to it.
> EU member states will still want UK money.

Those shiny Euros the UK is coining?

Seriously, the banking services provided by the city will move to Paris and Frankfurt in no time. Outside the EU, London has zero structural advantage or lock-in.
> Have you not seen Steam Play these last few months? Because of Proton the majority of the top 250 highest rated games now run fine on Linux.

Whilst this is cool I think it may also, sadly, be commercially irrelevant. Why bother worrying about Linux compatibility when only a tiny (i.e., somewhere between 0% and 1%) number of players/purchasers will run your game on Linux?
Last month, a Redditor explained why the SE form factor likely won't be returning.

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/a68a1v/we_get_it_you...
The real reason why Linux gaming might get a fighting chance once more is PBR. With PBR large swaths of the old driver mess goes out of the window- and with that break of backwards comptatability of concepts, every system gets a second chance to outshine directx3d and the nvida cathedral of pain.
> A points based immigration policy would be a nice start.

How aware are you of the current UK visa tier system? What kinds of people do you think are currently immigrating that would not be eligible under a points based system?

>One wonders how those poor impoverished nations outside of the big trading blocs survive!

Generally they are poor and impoverished, yes. Or they have a deal with the EU and US. Or are tiny exceptions like Singapore.
The centerpiece case for the story is an odd one to support the assertion.

The article vilifies the evil doctors who carelessly churn through disability claims, but it also notes that the doctor for the article's centerpiece was not provided any medical records indicating the patient's cancer was metastasized and inoperable. Absent that information, the determination may have been correct.

The doctor made $420k/yr for full time work processing claims. That puts him somewhere between dermatologists and urologists for doctor compensation, which is on the higher end of specialists. Is that too much? I have no idea, it seems like the job requires a great deal of breadth.
There's some comfort to that which people don't realise, living month to month means you are more in the moment, while you can always dream and strive for a more easy life, that toil gives you purpose, and you can clearly see the happy times when they come. Not to say I would want that or encourage it, but ignoring that side to it denies the happiness that could be found. It sounds like such a middle class problem, and it is. Though suffering exists no matter your income.
My wife and I took our then-infant daughter on a 2800km train ride about five years ago (Toronto to Saskatoon by VIA Rail). We paid extra to have sleeping berths with meals included vs regular seats, but overall it was pretty expensive and slow:

- You spend a lot (would estimate 30%+) of time waiting on sidings for freight trains to pass in the other direction because there's only a single track owned by the freight company, so their trains get priority.

- There's no back up plan, and only a few trips a week. Our train happened to run on time, but I had a family member try to take it a few years later and ended up having to cancel for refund and fly instead because the train was running 24h late and she needed to be home for something.

- It's priced and advertised as an "experience" comparable to going on a cruise. They serve you nice food, but obviously the cost of all that service is baked into the ticket— no one is pretending that you'd choose this option just to get to your destination.

- We got our fares for around 60% off, but it was still $450 per adult, I think, which was a lot more than our return flights were (we could afford neither the time nor money required to take the train in both directions). Getting these fares required weeks of monitoring for VIA's "discount Tuesday" promotions and then building our travel plans around the specific dates offered.

- No wifi or even cell reception for most of the route. The northern Ontario section of the route is extremely remote and not at all scenic— just mile after mile of unremarkable forest.

Maybe there's room for an option that's slightly more comfortable and slightly slower, if that's what an airship would offer? But as far as the train goes, it's lots more comfortable and many times slower, but there's just no way to make the cost comparable to flying when you need to pay for all those hours of staff and equipment.
rconti posted some interesting links above:

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/03/disabil...

http://apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/
> Multiple news agencies have reported that the Ecuadorians cut off his Internet access in the spring of 2018, after unspecified or wildly speculated-upon "misbehavior" by Assange.

The misbehavior at issue was hosting members of the Catalan separatist movement and releasing messages endorsing it shortly after the declaration of independence, which prompted diplomatic protest from Spain to Ecuador.
Why not use OS X on an MBP, or Linux on a generic x86 machine? I'm not clear on why this is the only route to get you off of Windows.
isn't the role of every media organization to affect the outcome of elections, by revealing true facts to the public?

democracy dies in the dark you know.
Only if we forget about the work done by Symbian, Psion, Microsoft, Compaq, Dell in portable Touch devices.
while read app; echo "DENIED" >> ${app}; done
What I would like to see is an ev with enough range to do the commute, with rentable batteries to increase the range as and when.
I don't think we have any document released yet that describes any full picture.

We do have this statement (and a little more detail inside) in a report by a joint report by the US Intelligence Community (regarding Russian interference with elections):

"We assess with high confidence that Russian military intelligence (General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate or GRU) used the Guccifer 2.0 persona and DCLeaks.com to release US victim data obtained in cyber operations publicly and in exclusives to media outlets and relayed material to WikiLeaks."

Source: https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

But that doesn't explain whether Assange is either a "compromised front" for the GRU or someone else, or more a "useful idiot" to Russian intelligence for their goals.

Nonetheless, I will say, at minimum, Wikileaks and Julian Assange can no longer be seen as a neutral player, at minimum. And not a reliable narrator, either. For example, some of their tweets on the Panama Papers, which in theory I would think would be something they would in theory support, were rather strange, and actually stooped into ridiculous conspiracy theory involving USAID and George Soros (eg https://mobile.twitter.com/wikileaks/status/7176700566505308... and https://mobile.twitter.com/wikileaks/status/7174580643249643...). I generally don't treat sources that delve into conspiracy theory with a whole lot of respect...
Should not people have freedom of association?
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The funny thing about this is, Wikileaks very effectively got a media outlet to publish a long list of corrections to media lies about Wikileaks. Great self own, ars technica!
is Canada not a sovereign nation because it is part of NAFTA?
Potentially true. However that's what medical malpractice insurance is usually for. And if they're found to be doing fraud according to a court, lets just say they are in for a very unpleasant time.
Looking at his comment, he said 'Terrible illness' which implies something more severe than just the flu.
Well hey, something GitHub lifted from GitLab, for a change.
Outside a few job categories like tech emigration is quite difficult so I also expect the actual number to be quite low. A lot of people may also realize that other countries also have a lot of problems. The US is a pretty good place to live. This is coming.from.a German who lives in the US and is generally quite critical of this country.
For those unaware there's a broken romance behind his writing

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/keeper-loves-flame-regin...!
On the JVM you have the luxury of a third way which is Gradle. Convention over configuration, standardized builds but with flexibility if needed.
As an ambulance chaser I am confident most disability claims should be denied. These cases have exploded over the last decade as job opportunities for obese middle aged workers have been obliterated, dependence on opioids has surged, and the shame of not supporting yourself has largely gone away.
Well, any Data Driven App is a front end for a DB.

The big question is ratio of how much "free" functionality given by tool/paradigm and what is must be coded manually.

Good examples with a great free lunch ratios are a spreadsheet and web server-browser.

The post explores application feasibility of the main idea behind Web - a traversable link embedded in text(content) - to the Database environment. The main free lunch effect achieved by replacing traditional tech stack by integrated environment. The RAD effect of the environment (paradigm + language + infrastructure)is much higher then state-of-the-art. There were a few dozen apps built and deployed.

The story is allegorical, that's the problem.
"Wizardry" surrounded by "cult", "no highly visible projects" and "shortcomings", followed by unbacked focus on a particular national group reads more like "quackery" to me.

I get that meaning might be lost in translation, but also think that it's fair to assume the worst, esp. on an Internet forum.
> The ridiculous hypocrisy

they are legally required to do this because to make a public statement would be a violation of the gag order he is under.
Lots of ways. The votes are tabulated by a computer as they come in so results are instant. The totals cannot be changed or otherwise tampered with. There are no conflicts of interest in administering the election like what happen in Georgia with one candidate also being the secretary of state.
I'm not arguing against empathy. I guess I'm just saying it's necessary but very far from sufficient in many cases. In the article, it was basically sufficient.
> On average, 80 percent of the cases he reviewed were denied.

What does this mean? Is it 80% of "average" cases? Or is it simply 80% of all cases and the "On average" part of the sentence just sloppy writing?
Front-end 2019: predictions and expectations
If you don't mind me asking...

Did you find a job before you left?

Did you already speak Spanish?
So, now you're going to give each member of your team a way to authorise valid certificates for your domain? Great, I don't want to imagine what your HR/security vetting process will be after the first abuse of that power.
The price is a big factor. Yes , people will buy the luxury phone , because there is a demand for that but it’s limited. Governments of so many counties spending so much money to financially educate people. They are not that stupid. I was going to do an upgrade , when XS and XS Max price was announced I was thinking that’s too much I’ll just buy the 1 y.o. iPhone X and that’s it. Instead they pushed “budget” $800 phone. Phones are going from specs competition back to normal branding and appealing. Means there will be strong resistance to buy not premium phone for premium price. They raise the price since 2 y.o. iPhone 7 almost 2 times. iPhone 7 was the premium device for the same price as XR. The main mistake they did is abandon iPhone X. They should release iPhone X , XR could be iPhone X hardware with non OLED screen , and price lower then X , that would stimulate the demand. Instead I will wait for the next year to switch to relatively new borderless form factor. And first time ever I’m checking what’s Samsung i going to present. I’m just not that stupid to spent $1,500 for smartphone even premium one , also not going to spent $800 for outdated XR. The main benefit of new iPhones is borderless trend introduced by Xiaomi 3 years ago. With outdated screen the benefits of this solution are zeroed. That’s actually why iPhone 8 lineup also failed. It’s not borderless. Instead of stimulating the biggest reason to upgrade Apple locked it with extreme pricing and not leveraging biggest trend for 3 years. Only premium segment of Apple products got this trend.
What does this have to do with computer science and entrepreneurship?
The most powerful word in the American justice system is:

LAWSUIT

If all of the patients who are being denied file one, then it will make denying these claims so expensive that no doctor will want to touch them with a 10 foot pole.

This word can be applied to all kinds of ills plaguing us in these times. I'm amazed that lawtech isn't right up there with biotech and fintech, but I'm guessing that as messed up as things are right now, law is ripe for disruption.
I'd be more than happy to have the government pay people to exist. Paying them to exist is great. Paying them contingent on their maintaining an unhealthy lifestyle is not.
If all the papers are submitted and checked by other staff, I don't think 40 minutes or so is not enough to decide. The doctor is simply checking what is submitted. I'm only commenting on the time aspect.
That was my interest when I started my career, but didn’t do much on it.

Bio-informatics deals with the stuff you mentioned in-silico. There’re a whole bunch of libraries for many different languages, but I’ve not come across any specific language for bio-informatics.

You might find https://youtu.be/8X69_42Mj-g interesting, they developed a DSL in common lisp to generate C++ code using LLVM.
That people nearly universally think that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, whereas it's really not. And that most people in the US neither qualify for asylum nor would they pass the skilled immigrant criteria.

Speaking from experience here: I almost moved there before I immigrated to the US. The US process was easier believe it or not, and I'm glad I decided to move here and not elsewhere.
> As a maven advocate I've commonly seen this claimed ("we have to have an ant build because we need to do x/y/z custom thing") but I've never seen an example that held up under scrutiny.

In my experience, this just means they don't know how to do custom thing in Maven. Maven is very configurable; it can do pretty much anything you want, as long as you're willing to throw enough XML at it.

And if you are throwing a ton of XML at it, and your pom file starts to look like a nuclear disaster, that's a good sign that the custom thing you're doing isn't such a good idea after all.
Yes, I don't have data (can be looked up), but I've read that some bamboo species grow really fast.
It sounds like recently they sorted things out, but Bitbucket's interface was buggy to the point of unusability for me. Some scary permission issues like not being removed from a corporate team.
Despite an oft-cited testimonial to the contrary, the Word was nowhere to be found in the Beginning.

Sure you could device something to take written instructions and produce peptides according to it, but it won't be a "programming language for Biology".
A good author knows the rules. A great author knows when, why, and how to break them.
That's the problem. Progressive means taking from the rich and giving to the poor. It's possible to do that with flat taxes when they pay for a uniform benefit, so everyone pays 20% and everyone receives $10,000, because paying 20% is $50,000 for someone with a lot and $5000 for someone with a little.

Social security doesn't do that. The rich get back everything they put in. Or more when you were forced to put money into social security and then couldn't use it for healthcare, then receive nothing because you don't live long enough, while the rich people who outlive you get the money you paid.
Construction cost of ITER is very high, but these new designs use new superconductors and are ten times smaller for the same output (500MW). The JET reactor in the U.K. is about the same size, and was built in four years for half a billion dollars. That's without the facilities to actually extract electricity, but it's also a one-of-a-kind experimental device and you get economies of scale by producing lots of them in factories (which we could do, since it's not that big).

So a billion dollars a gigawatt seems about the right order of magnitude, and that's comparable to power sources we use today.
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It's a wonderful idea - on paper, but all that's needed is for one of the many mandatory deps for running a GL program to link against the system libcurl or any other replaced dep and you're back in Crashville again, population 1 - cloth-eared developer
The fact that the British empire existed is certainly a reason why they were willing to vote for Brexit. With a bit lesser ego they might have stayed in the EU.
Show HN: Android system-wide ad/tracker blocker without needing root or VPN
Do you have any good resources for someone looking to do exactly this?
You know WINE exists 25 years though. During this time, Windows still has 95% market share ( https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey )

You could also think that, because of WINE, Windows is first class and then they check Linux with Wine.

Depends on the perspective.

PS. Yes, steam detects Wine
I’ve seen others reference the Sony Xperia Z2 compact as a SE replacement but even that phone has a 5” screen.

At this rate it seems like the smartphone market has abandoned small form factor phones.
Regaining control of our borders? Have you ever been to a UK border?

We’re not in Shengen. You can’t just stroll across.

This trope about discarding democracy is tired too. A democracy isn’t “choose once and keep forever”. We are free to change our minds. Or are you surprised that we have general elections every so often?