skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I finally gave up comparing myself to them. Even Jobs. It's just a waste of time and a pointless exercise to feed/starve the ego.

No one in my family has been to college. I am a first-generation American from the Bible Belt, a state that is 49th in education. I was fortunate that I loved nature, books, music, sports, computers, creative service, big ideas. This helped me find a way out of poverty, out of a life of drugs and crime surrounded by cops and judges.

I am a minority but that is not my identity. I am a man but I respect women, hoping for equality for all. Yet, above everything, I believe in a meritocracy. I was in SF last fall, realized that I don't even want to move there anymore. I am visiting NYC this month for work/fun, maybe that's where I'll want to be. Maybe though, I'll aim even higher (live by some mountains like originally planned) because SF felt like it was too one-dimensional for me. NYC looks amazing but I may just see it a place I visit when I need to instead of moving there.

I was rejected from YC once and I felt bad about it. I still love HN but I've learned that SV isn't the gatekeeper anymore, the Internet as a whole is. If I keep chugging away every day and put myself in the best position to get my ideas out into the world, I believe that the best design and marketing will always beat out a team with better engineers that lacks good design/marketing.

I have no trust fund or inheritance, just the sweat of my brow, this brain aided by computers, and the vision inside my heart.

"Fortune favors the bold"
Poverty-spent childhood in a rural area of Oklahoma here. I'm also a convicted felon. Never had perfect marks in high school. No one in my family ever went to college except me.

A mentor saved my life. She opened my eyes to the world outside of Oklahoma, and I had so much anger saved up inside of me that it fuels me even today. I've spent the last couple decades building startups and have made millions doing it.

Now I'm 35 and I run an online communications school that helps thousands of young people with a focus on mentorship.

Standard tests are the wrong approach. Find mentors.
100% of tips goes to the driver for both Uber [1] and Lyft. [2]

[1] https://www.uber.com/drive/partner-app/how-tips-work/

[2] https://help.lyft.com/hc/en-us/articles/115013081368-How-to-...
Nice! Watching the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition in one sitting is an annual event for my close group of friends. This will be our 8th year. It's an exhausting 12 hour venture. We have a hard start time of 11:00am and have food prepped prior to the start. Though we've never integrated food from the books beyond wine, ale, and potatoes (boiled, mashed, or in a stew). Thank you for posting this, Nate.

If anyone plans to take this on, I can provide some advice beyond the article. First off, we've found that smaller groups work better. Too many people and it becomes a louder forum. Also, most newcomers pass out a short way into Two Towers. Make sure you're rested up. It may seem like you're simply sitting for several hours, but it is long and unusually exhausting. Also, too much of that previously mentioned wine and ale will only assist the dozing. Pace yourself if you're including drinks. Have the food prepped early in the day (hour before you start at least) and scheduled to bring out at certain times to help minimize delays. The biggest delay is bathroom breaks. We have these scheduled at the disc swaps, but emergency stops are understandable. If you're watching with a group, decide whether commentary should be included or not. Some people like to make jokes and quote lines the whole way through while others get really into it and just want to watch. It's helpful to determine which group you are early on. If you're in the quiet camp, know that there is almost no one talking by the end. Even if you're the most heartless person, after sitting through and watching the Fellowship's struggles, few people can refrain from welling up after Aragorn says "My friends...".
The network is the computer.
Maybe it's because I'm not trying to market anything myself, but I have no respect at all for reposters. Further, I think reposters should never be called "curators" and to confuse the two is just giving power/legitimacy to the reposters.
California does this. Seemed like a great idea. Instead the parents in Palo Alto band together to hire teacher's aides, add art programs, build the high school a theatre, all as "donations" (voluntary property taxes -- it all comes off your tax return you know!)

The neighborhood deltas got so bad that these donations themselves are pooled and spread around Palo Alto!
Like https://sourcegraph.com ;)
I'm unable to find the lessons mentioned in the article about uprighting systems. Any ideas?
Looking at the problem another way, we could just fund education properly and provide a better social safety net.

I also went to a "decent but not great" public school and saw similar behavior. Teachers were underpaid and overworked, and are basically just baby sitters with a lip service to actual teaching. Most of the kids went wild because their home life was so bad and had no rules once they left schools. This is because their parents were working poor, often working two jobs and with no time to properly raise kids. Or trapped in a cycle of poverty that causes all sorts of other home issues.

Most of these problems begin at the home and then cash strapped school systems have to deal with the consequences. Schools have become "child jails" because of broader societal problems.
You are correct. Payroll is part of expenses.

Oversimplified:

Profit = $Revenue - $Expenses

Tax = $profit % $Tax_rate
That was a fantastic podcast. I would encourage everyone to listed to it.
UberEats/Grubhub don't have the same selection of restaurants in my area and I'm really not sure how much I trust them to not pull this same thing either. I will definitely try to order from those services if available but I'll probably still tip in cash.
Or he lives in a town where people regularly shoot the stoplights.
Results clearly indicate that isn't the case. EG the 2000 and 2016 elections.

The level of cognitive dissonance the public has about politics is the most disheartening part of the whole burning shit show. Remember America; It's your own fault if he beats you, you made him do it.
"What does your heart tell you?"
That "learn python the hard way" guy says don't use python 3. As someone who is at the "Hello World" stage, should I use 2 or 3?
That can be said in many different ways, so it’s not clear what you mean.
For the robot overlords to take over.
"If you're a technical person, you don't need to trust Blockchain technology; you can verify that it works on your own. If you're not a technical person, you can find independent technical experts to verify it for you."

That holds for Proof-of-work based currencies... It seems like it's trickier than that for proof-of-stake, as these have to be trustful systems.
Don't get mad at companies that follow the law.

The companies... make the law. That's what people are angry about.
Whoever says to use 2 today is a retard.
Nice, thanks for the digging.

>Federal and California research and development credits (“R&D”)

How is an entertainment company receiving R&D tax credits? I understand the case for pharmaceuticals, not sure I get it here.
Your idea about ending school sooner is spot on. My wife has almost 2 decades experience teaching High School English. Your Junior & Senior years are fluff - they're not tracked with standardized testing of any sort in those last two years (at least in Washington State) and you've met all of the content requirements needed to graduate (just not the credit count). That's why running start exists - you're already "done" with your public education content by the time you've hit year 10 - go ahead and get your "credits" at local college/community college and get both the HS diploma and AA degree.
Yes, I know that. And as I mentioned, companies are still rejecting these addresses anyway because they know people are using them to identify and filter spam.
California sends quite a bit more to the federal government than it receives from the federal government. In fact, in 2014 it was primarily Republican leaning states that received the greatest subsidies. The facts show that the federal government subsidizes not insanely high tax rates but rather tax rates that are too low.

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-s...

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the...
No need to be so passionate about it. It may not change the world but it's a very cool technology.
The cost should be paid by those who allowed the organs to be provided in this way, not by destroying the learnings that came from the science.
Do you have any specific online resources you could point to in order to learn cloud architecture?
WikiPatterns: Patterns for successful wiki use
I think it's folly to assert that the only reason someone disagrees with you is that they "don't understand".

I hope you get a chance to see Schneier directly challenged on those topics.
> Sure, not everyone would get caught, but it would be a stiff enough penalty that drivers would either comply or avoid the town.

Hi, part time taxi driver here. We still do prearranged pickups at airports where it might not be legal. Even with the potential risk of $1000+ tickets hanging over our heads.

This logic is the same reason the drug war failed. If there's demand for a better/more effective service and we can still profit off it, we will provide it despite legal challenges.
(You are right! I'm going to be rewatching the lectures this spring, and it sounds like I should take notes this time.)
>privatization ruins lots more than just healthcare and law enforcement.

In my opinion we need more private law enforcement. Too many cops are spending too many man hours as glorified security guards and the downside is that they're expensive and we can't fire them, sue the employer or not renew the contract if they screw up.

There's no reason to have "real police" standing around at city hall or a sports event and the benefits are marginal at best. Just hire security guards. They are just as capable in those situations and have far less downsides. Same goes for directing traffic, don't waste money paying cops to do it.
Isn't that just a retweet? I'm not much of social media guy, but it's there no re-graming or inst-again, or similar?
I don't think that's quite how that works.

But your point on double-taxation is certainly valid in some contexts.
Horrifyingly, Ground Baby Pills Are a Real Thing

In news that will make you want to shut the blinds, go back to bed until next week ... there's disturbing news out of South Korea that since August, officials have found over 17,000 pills filled with human flesh, in particular the placentas and ground up bodies of dead Chinese babies.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/ho...
Someone Uploaded Child Pornography to a Blockchain Ledger
I agree that this is a weak metaphor. Perhaps it would be better to say that the digital era has made discrete values more common, rather than the continuous values of the analog era.
Depends on your definition of success. Since the top quintile (and especially top decile) is running away with all of the profits from the growth in the recent past, it does put them in a different league than the others.
Ask HN: Did your taxes increase in 2018?
I haven't done my taxes yet but very concerned about the cap on SALT (state and local tax) deductions kicking in in 2018 as someone living in California.
>So charities and environmental groups can't lobby?

Incase you didn’t know, all tax-exempt charitable organisations are already severely limited in how they’re allowed to engage in politics. They’re never allowed to endorse candidates, or directly or indirectly campaign for them.
In an energy savings per dollar spent sense that halogen replacement might be the best option.
With data products taking 6-10 weeks to be deployed, they are not fast enough for anything.

Biggest challenge here is integrating and deploying tools for each phase in the pipeline, so we built a data solution with everything you need built-in, so you can be ready in hours.

https://www.slicingdice.com/
I don't write a lot of Python (use it mostly when deep learning calls for it), but my understanding is that it's time to start with Python 3. I try to write Python 3 whenever I have to write Python.

https://pythonclock.org/
In my humble opinion, this has more to do with the tremendous, ever-growing cost of the EU and its member governments; as well as a lack of protective principles in their legal systems. These rulings seem to show them retroactively interpreting and applying laws which would be too vague to enforce in the U.S.

The EU's courts seem so abusive and vague that there is virtually no way to avoid running afoul of them if you do any profitable business, even completely within a reasonable interpretation of the rules.
I think it's a big but easy mistake to make. There is a lot of noise and scams do represent a huge majority of the market right now.

But if you look underneath, you will see that the academic community has been at work and a lot of research about byzantine agreements is coming out. It's quite the exciting field actually if you can segregate the noise from the actual good stuff.
Filling in the Blanks: A Prehistory of the Adult Coloring Craze
Putting aside the accounting/tax rules, why should a corporation be taxed heavily? So the government can decide to squander the tax money? I'd rather have the money go in the pocket of shareholders (pension funds, individuals, index fund holders, etc.) and give people a choice on how to spend those corporate tax savings. Wait, these individuals get taxed at a reasonable rate when they sell the stock or when they pay sales tax on purchases made from the stock winnings.. Hmmm, maybe government is not losing on taxes after all?
I like the tech but can't stand the hype. It's become impossible to follow or engage in any discussions around the topic since the shills have taken over this space.

I also like quicksort and fibonacci numbers but would I try to start a business based on this? Probably not. I want to see legit tech being built that uses blockchains but as soon as it ends up being on a business plan or mentioned in marketing material my gagging reflex sets in.
"Enhanced" block explorers, i.e. with better indexing than dumping blockchain data into a time-series database have been around for years... this is nothing new. Even block explorers aided by machine learning have existed for years.

They just cost money and were primarily built with funds from the FBI and NSA which is why you'll never hear abt most of these.
Anyone, feel free to share a perspective instead of a downvote
If the IRS was literally going to confiscate his whole salary and property he might have a different view. I expect you might as well.
> Alas this isn't a problem.

It is a problem in the sense that it creates waste and pollution. There is a cost to throwing things out, and for shipping things across the country without limit.
My guess is that is has to do with IKEA's improving smart home trend [0]. I like the fact that the work with all three major platforms so I don't necessarily have to be all in on one if I decide to switch in a couple of years: "Trådfri [has] compatibility across Apple HomeKit, Alexa, and Google Assistant".

[0] - https://www.wired.com/story/ikea-fyrtur-smart-blinds/
Poor people is not a minority know is it?
I read 100 books last year and there were five books that changed my outlook of life in some significant aspect. The list here: https://mailchi.mp/8ff9bef428e2/want-to-know-someone-better-...

Of those five books, "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction" by Gabor Mate changed me the most. I actually re-read portions of the book last night.
True, but you could certainly charge a roomba over PoE.
some may allow popoular e-mail services (and imap/pop3 ports) traffic, while blocking the others
I'm not aware of the blockchain real estate stuff. But my guess from your description is just to transform real estate into an ETF? Then you could do that without a blockchain in the first place.
I guess I should have said "businesses pay taxes on profit" instead of "income". Any expenditures that can be reasonably said to work towards the operation of the business are deductible. For individuals that is clearly not the case; things like paying for food to eat, rent, medical expenses (generally), or purchases of cars, etc., are explicitly excluded.
Wait till he finds out about bruceschneier+whateveryouwant.@gmail.com
They aren't your typical average Twitter users, they're artists (although not the industry-professional kind; one is making small indie games, and the other is drawing fanart). Those small-scale artists (who are earning barely enough money for their skills) are probably gonna look down pretty harshly at the investors who seem to look at dollar signs as the ultimate goal... I guess the language is a bit harsh but I could understand.

(Maybe HN isn't that sympathetic to those type of people, so I might get downvoted to oblivion - but you still can't generalize them as average Twitter users...)
First, there would be nothing wrong with it.

Second, I have no idea what you're talking about. The submitter seems to have exactly six submissions so far, and not a single other one about this. [Edit: Obviously mistaken on that point]
> Are digital assistants really representative signs of cultural harmony and world peace? Hardly. In fact, the logic of binary is inherently polarizing. You can either be a 1 or a 0 and you must pick a side. Pro life or pro choice? Trump or Hillary? Democrat or Republican? Amidst the ironclad logic of the syntax of binary code, the ultimate...

That's a common argument, but completely flawed. Yes, logic gates are binary. But when a bunch of them are wired up to compute in floating point, there's nothing binary about the external behavior.

Binariness depends on the resolution you look at. Individual bits are binary, but floating point registers are an excellent approximation to analog. Individual synapses are binary, but brains are analog. Laser pits on a CD are binary, but the music isn't.

The curious thing is, presumably the author has seen video games and heard music on computers. How has it escaped their notice that the outward behavior of these systems is not all-or-nothing?

Perhaps it's no more silly than the claims people have made about how the quantum nature of reality makes us all one in a spiritual sense.
Right but like many who strain metaphors they’re hoping you don’t notice the non-sequitur.
Your Company Needs a Better Retention Plan for Working Parents
Even a moderate desktop with no dedicated graphics would idle at around 30 Watts. I tried taking this further a couple years ago with an i5 and a 200w PSU that was targeting low loads and got to 18w idle.
All of a corporations actions are to create shareholder value. Retaining earnings and investment in growth does that too. If it wasn't you'd get some activist investors rallying for a takeover.

The underlying issue seems to be whether it is ethical for a business owner to make money.
Similar, but not exactly the same. In the case of wait staff, the pay system is well known and regulated (see below). In the case of the gig workers, it appears to be up to the employer, unregulated, and not well documented.

In the restaurant industry, a waiter must be paid the standard minimum wage (for the state/city/etc). However, because tips are expected, the employer is allowed to pay less IF AND ONLY IF the tips make up the difference.

Made up example:
State min. wage: $10/hour
State adjusted min. for wait staff: $5/hour

Tips per hour: $6/hour
Actual pay: $11/hour ($5 adjusted + $6 tips)

Tips per hour: $3/hour
Actual pay: $10/hour ($3 tips + $7 pay)
Some Instacart workers. Let's not conflate a small group of vocal people as representative of the entire group.
huh, I always thought those were conspiracy theories...
> You can't decrypt the traffic

Sure you can. There are many how-to's on decrypting SSL/TLS using wireshark, you just have to have the keys. Here's one - https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116557
> How the hell does a first-line warship of the United States Navy get into a state like this?

Command negligence at very high levels, a high optempo without adequate attention to readiness and discipline.

> Based on the article it sounds like the excuse they've settled on is just blaming everything on the crew

Unless you are including the chain of command above the ship's commander up through and including the 7th Fleet commander as “the crew”, you are wrong.

The cluster of 7th Fleet incidents (the Antietam grounding and the Fitzgerald and McCain collisions) resulted in at least the dismissal of the 7th Fleet commander, the Task Force 70 commander, and the Destroyer Squadron 15 commander, and the early retirement of the head of Naval Surface Forces.
Er, the people conducting the research who took the organs were at the very least not following ethical guidelines. This is sufficient grounds for punishment in my eyes.
Perhaps dimmable LED bulbs would be better in that regard? The LED dimmers on the market use a very high rate PWM (afaik) to prevent/minimize flickering at low brightness. I would guess that the dimmable bulbs are designed to work well with intermittent power and so wouldn't have the same problem.

Of course it's still hit or miss, compatibility between bulbs and dimmers seems to be very hard to judge without testing these days.
I can't downvote, so instead I'll call you out publicly. This is neither a productive nor appropriate response.

We can discuss the merits of Python 3 over 2 (almost all of which I full-heartedly would agree with!) without resorting to name-calling of "the other camp".
> The major energy cost for clothes washing is heating the water. A rooftop solar water heater dramatically reduces energy use, often more than one would get from using the same space to install solar panels.

Most modern washing machine are cold-water only, washing machines with a hot water inlet tend to be prosumer. Same with dishwashers.
According to the supplemental items on the cash flow statement, Netflix technically paid $131 million in cash for income taxes during fiscal 2018. But it's true that it only owes $15 million for its operations during the year.
I told you last thread not to clickbait headlines (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19058260) and you did it again.

EDIT: You changed it to "Insights from analyzing NYC Subway delay notices every 10 minutes for a month" which does not match the article title.

EDIT2: Titles are now matched.
I personally don’t have a great answer for you because I haven’t used the other languages much or at all. If you’re able to watch someone really effective at repl driven development, I think you’re able to see how that sets productivity in the language apart.
I agree with all of that. My point is that AV1 is at the point of maturity where we need to sink maximum effort into improving the encoders, and what you're saying seems to support that.