skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I wonder why people still try write transpiler from JS to C/C++ or LLVM (which make sense at least). But this not performant way and usually produce much bigger overhead than jit vm which use speculative optimizations.

Some projects:
1. https://github.com/fabiosantoscode/js2cpp
2. https://github.com/raphamorim/js2c
3. https://github.com/ammer/js2c
4. https://github.com/NectarJS/nectarjs
5. https://github.com/ovr/StaticScript
You really need to proofread your FAQ.
Proper Mac UI, and it's 0.6MB! :)
Just look at how state-backed censorship laws have turned Germany and Canada into totalitarian hellholes.

Yeah, right.

HN stans for white supremacy because it's mostly white and extremely online and never gets out to see the results of "give everyone a soapbox" on the streets where the proud boys are out there beating the shit out of people.

You people are cowards, and nothing more. There's no bravery here, no principled stand, just a bunch of fucking cowards.
You cannot blame the texts for being universal enough to be used as state philosophy during various times in the last 4000 years. And you certainly cannot use your point as an argument against religious texts in general. It was entirely possible to be executed for saying that Hitler's, Lenin's or Mao's texts were just fiction.
I can sort of relate, although that's still BS. I pay income taxes to the locality where my office is located, which is irritating when it comes time to vote and I don't have any say in how that money is spent, since I can't vote in that city. (as if we as individuals ever really have much say about how our tax money is spent)

On the other hand, if the city wasn't there the job wouldn't exist, and nobody is forcing me to work there.
Not really. This was the argument Airbus previously gave to justify their continuing losses on the program. The reality is much simpler - smaller jets to more places (no matter if it's hub to hub or hub to spoke or point to point) fragments the market, and makes it impossible to concentrate enough demand to consistently fill a A380 at a specific price point.

This trend is really clear in the aviation business. The 757 and 767 really killed four or three engine engine trans-Atlantic (the single most important international route system), while the 787 killed four engines across the pacific.

The smallest plane, with the most reasonable CASM (cost per available seat mile) at the highest frequency wins.
> it's settled science

I don't think you understand how science works.
> Irrespective of the shell this just boils down to executing code

Bernhardt's stated goal with that talk was get people to understand this point (and hopefully use and benefit from the power of a programmable tool). "If [only using files & binaries] is how you use Unix, then you are using it like DOS. That's ok, you can get stuff done... but you're not using any of the power of Unix."

> Fish

Fish is cool! I keep wanting to use it, but the inertia of Bourne shell is hard to overcome.
>However, it makes me extremely sad if self-proclaimed "atheists" make fun of the the Bible / Torah / Koran by pointing out how unrealistic almost all of the texts are.

I don't think atheists would have a problem with anyone treating the Bible (or any religious text) as literature, since there would be a lot less religious violence in the event that religious doctrine couldn't be cited as an absolute authority.

But, many modern Christians insist that the Bible must be taken literally, and that it should be taught as science, or presented as an alternative to science. Those are the people atheists are making fun of, and they deserve the ridicule.

> If you just dismiss these religious texts as opium for the dull medieval masses, you might miss some deep poetical truths about mankind that just cannot be stated explicitly because of the shortcomings of any human language described above.

What Karl Marx meant by that is not that religion makes people stupid and compliant (although sometimes it kind of can,) but that people use religion to soothe the burdens of life in an unjust and cruel world... and that the illusory comfort offered by religion often stands in the way of making real societal progress. People who believe that God alone will punish the wicked and reward the righteous and that every event, no matter how capricious or unjust, is part of some divine plan, will simply tolerate the world and trust God to change it, rather than try to change it themselves.

And yet much of what could be considered progressive moral change in society has occurred in spite of religion, either through secular or scientific ideas pushing against religious authority and supernaturalism, or through reform within the religious community itself.
> Just like how East Coast Americans charmingly call the east-central part of the continent the "Midwest".

Most New Yorkers couldn't show you where North Dakota is on a map, let alone most of the Midwest states like Michigan or Kansas. Most of the East Coast people I know refer to the Midwest as "fly over country".
Become a contractor.
When I was a perm I made awful money. Now as a contractor I make £10,000 - £14000 a month (assuming I work a full month :-)).
I had a very similar experience when selling my house but with vivint solar. I had panels installed less than a year before and soon found out all these issues. Should have read the contract more thoroughly of course, but I am pretty sure the sales people mislead or even lied to me when I asked them questions about what happens if we move etc. Luckily the buyer agreed to take over the lease. If/when I get panels on my new house, I will almost certainly buy them outright.
Ahh yes Sunrun. We bought a house and our realtor had the foresight to investigate the situation before we closed on the home. We got a letter disclosing the system was owned free and clear. We setup the online tracking portal only to notice that they transferred the account like thousands of dollars in owed monies from the previous owner. After getting a call from the company trying to strongarm us for the debt we essentially told them to kick rocks.

They should’ve just demanded that money as part of escrow and now they’re left with a debt in someone else’s name that is never going to be paid and likely a headache for us in the future.
In Norway saying stuff like that is sadly extremely politically taboo, so not every teacher will say that.
I'm really glad you enjoy acid and other psychedelics. I'm glad that you have the privilege to do that at Burning Man. I also enjoy both of those things.

If you've done any real volunteering with the org, you'd understand that it is a purely capitalistic endeavor that preys on people who think it's more than what it is. Realizing this has given me lots of opportunity to do great things with great people.
It's English, but it's not good British English -- it sounds like a headline from "The Register" but lacking puns.
DJ Aviation has a short video with some explanation and what replaced the A380. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cmyNf13l7o
A few points this person probably didn't think about:

•Nobody knows what California electricity prices are going to do in the next 20 years. By terminating the system, they just traded certainty for volatility. With that attitude I hope they financed using an ARM loan.

•They whined about how expensive it was, but also expressed a desire to have one or two kids someday. When you have kids, your electric bills tend to go up, and they did their math based on their "expected" usage today.

•Santa Barbara has a very mild climate, but I expect in the coming years it will get hotter and muggier much more of the year, and for health reasons they'll have to put a room A/C on. Whoa, now you're using as much juice as Jug did.

•PV rooftop panels in California nowadays don't quite "help the planet" to the extent their owners believe they do. The duck curve continues to get worse.

•A silent majority of people think PV panels are ugly. Like, hideously ugly. They're afraid to speak out, but not to act out and point the finger at a different reason.

The end result of this whole thing reminds me of one of those people 10 years ago who bought a top-end $500 cellphone locked in to a carrier on a 3-year-plan but only $50 a month, let the payments lapse 3 months in, and then tried to sell it on eBay, angry at the cellphone company for financially hobbling them when it wouldn't sell or it got returned.
>Of course they are unrealistic - but so are the works of Shakespeare, or Dante, or Goethe, or any great poet in the last 3000 years.

Last time I checked, there weren't nations willing to go to war and religious orders wiling to persecute and murder people based on the works of Shakespeare, Dante, or Goethe.
The Wealthfront Cash Account
Without federal taxes pouring in to Texas (replacing/funding things Texas wont and cant due to its tax collection ideeology) where would Texas be?

Why should liberal dimes support hostile Texan ideology? Shouldn't Texas stand on its own 2 feet and stop milking the federal govt?
> It appeared that if we bought Jug’s place, we’d have to assume his lease arrangement with Sunrun.

The whole article is worth reading but this headache is specifically related to leased panels. Though, leasing makes going solar easier, it is a terrible idea because of issues like these.

Also, every local power company has different arrangements for residents. I live in Suffolk county, Long Island, New York. Our power company arrangement is amazing. We get to sell back any excess power at the same rate we buy it from them. Meaning, they act like a free battery.

I have a 20 years term that started from the day I installed my panels to use up any excess energy they're holding for me. After that 20 years term is over, they pay me the wholesale rate for any leftover power, which is next to nothing.

I don't pay extra fees for net metering but we do have the highest rates in the nation. It's roughly $0.20/kwh, including delivery, taxes and other fees.

If I end up having any extra power and Crypto is still a thing, I'd just plug in a miner and drain it all. It'd be a bonus if I did it during winter and use the heat to warm the house.

Regarding the purchase, I financed the purchase. Got 0% loan on the expected tax credit portion and 6.5% on the rest for 15 years. Even with the interest rates, I'll be cash-flow positive on the monthly payments.

I also essentially locked in my utility costs. My local power company is expected to raise rates 3-5% a year. If I pay my loan off early, I get to avoid those rate increases for the portion of electricity that my panels cover.

Anyway, if you're thinking about going solar, check your local utility rules and go for the purchase option. Leases are not worth the baggage they come with.
We got a quote from sun run - it made us uncomfortable how all of their numbers assumed ridiculous utility rate increases. And our gut said we should just wait and purchase instead.

A few years later solar prices came down and we made a purchase with an installer whose main business was purchase, not lease.

edit: I responded below, but my complaint isn't with their price -- it's their scare tactics and fuzzy break even financial calculations assuming wild rate increases. We went with a vendor who was more open and honest about the break even calcs.
Which law?

And a code of conduct will absolutely make it clear that he's not welcome in the community and why, allowing the community to extricate themselves from him in a meaningful way.
He is in California five days a week, including at least 4 nights of sleep. He benefits from the airports, roads, police and fire protection, water, and all other services. He also receives such a high income due to the fact that his employer is based in California.

Why shouldn’t he contribute to the state that is providing him with income and the services to support that income?
s/is cancer/is an awful framework that significantly and irreparably degrades user experience, stability and performance of any application written with it/g

I find the term to be quite fitting here. The use has spread to an absurd degree, meaning that there is a large change that everyone is running one or more instances of this framework at any given time, and use of this framework not only harms UX, but also brings down the machine it runs on through resource consumption. Well, maybe "pandemic disease" is better than "cancer".

When everything uses something like Electron, you the ability to simple chose to avoid it. Like a disease, Electron is that you involuntarily get subjected to, and as such, would prefer to see eradicated.

(And yes, yes, we should improve the experience of making cross-platform native apps, but due to Electron, no one is even trying anymore outside of mobile.)
Thank you. I've been meaning to look that up for years.
The article confuses practice with deliberate practice.
And anyone who disagrees with the claim in #1 would also disagree you can improve talent by #2.

My view is that #1 is obviously false, but also that it can be possible to outperform someone with more natural talent by studying or practicing more effectively.
Mode Analytics Sql School
Monster Magnetar Pinpointed as Trigger of Ultrabright Stellar Detonation
I think it was a joke. I dismiss the author by the choice of URLs. I don't mind lacking the talent to find more elaborate reasons.
Income gets taxed on where you earn it. It’s been that way for a very long time. This applies to everyone. Don’t see how it’s unfair. I’m certain OP knew this when taking the contract to work in California.
Many codes of conduct include language like this.

> Our open source community prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort. We will not act on complaints regarding: Our open source community prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort....

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17012304

In other words, you can engage in harassment, and it will specifically be permitted, depending on the perceived identity of the victim or the harasser.
Yes. Thank you for phrasing my thoughts more clearly.
Humans Are Still Mating with Neandertals
That's some very HN material! I would totally buy a copy piece of that, great explanation about each step of the process too! :-)
Verlet Integration and the N-Body Problem
regarding the legal action: based on my recollection from real estate class in law school, failing to provide a free and clear title on a general warranty deed is a pretty straight forward victory. if i remember anything from that class, always get a general warranty deed (ie a deed with all the covenants) when buying a house.
In case you really don't want to become a contractor and want to stay perm I recommend changing job every 2 years or so. Staying in the same job and getting small pay increases (or even a promotion) will always be less than leaving and going to a new job, which will pay more. Most people make more money by switching ladders rather than trying to climb the ladder.
"If you just dismiss these religious texts as opium for the dull medieval masses, you might miss some deep poetical truths about mankind that just cannot be stated explicitly because of the shortcomings of any human language described above."

I generally agree with your take on how we should read these texts.

However, nobody (that I know of) has been using Shakespeare to justify preventing me from buying whiskey on a Sunday.

These texts are read as literal truth by the people where I live (rural Texas) and used to justify some pretty heinous things.

So at the same time that we might wish to read these books as literature, I understand the impulse to dismiss certain modes of reading these texts as harmful.

I don't know many folks who hate the literature itself, though I'm sure they exist somewhere; however, dismissing some exegetical modes seems reasonable to me.
How Many Creationists Are There in America?
This is a good resource for keeping track of viability.

https://quantumcomputingreport.com/scorecards/qubit-quality/
lol simple vehicle? maybe a lada niva (not sold in the US I think?) nothing fancy but easy to fix
I noticed a pattern on sites where the userbase is more "science savvy" types, concencus os always to discredit anything against manmade like gmo and now this. Also, the entire perception on food in the west is so upside down its like the darkages here in that regard. Its fascinating to witness.
Academic ability is a small and not especially important portion of what humans can be gifted with.
But, what benefit is he getting during his temporary stays there that is worth anything close to the 13% they're taking?

California's budget is about 35% health care (his doctor is probably back in Texas), 20% education (his kids if he has any go to school in Texas), and about 20% to pensions for state workers, which he obviously derives no benefit from. So how do you justify taxing someone who doesn't live here based on the "benefits" they receive?
I guess Mozilla hasn't noticed that one yet. They've been removing captcha bypassing add-ons from their site. And because all Firefox versions that aren't buggy require add-ons to be signed by Moz it makes distributing them through other channels rather tedious.
JPMorgan will be the first major US bank to launch its own cryptocurrency
The unexpected creates reward when listening to music
I like the way I recall someone (Richard Hipp?) putting it: SQLite is a file format.

SQLite is an efficient file format for relational data with excellent tooling.
Right! I did not expect hacker news to produce some bible nerdery. Kind of cool, I'll take it.
Just give me the damn list of everything in your database and let me search and sort using the metadata. Why do they need to throw algorithms at everything?
Using PGAudit on Amazon RDS
You'll never get to that framing while taxation is presented in and of itself as an unalloyed good, and the Left is asking "What's the maximum we can tax people before they stop working?" or the new favorite from Saez et al "Okay, the rich might stop working a little, but how much are we prepared for them to stop working before we have to lower taxes?"

My framing allows people to say 1. in response, if it is able to specify 2., and if it can then determine 3 and 4.

What it doesn't allow people to do is say "the state is entitled to as much in taxation as it can get away with, because the state also builds roads and hospitals" ('You didn't build that'), or "the state is entitled to use taxation as a proxy for creating equality of outcome" ('This is Class Warfare').
Can Amazon, Facebook, Google be tamed by being forced to share their data?
Nonsense. I probably make more than my line managers line manager as a developer.

If you love being a developer/programmer stick with it. You will love what you do and will eventually earn more.
It's surprising how that works. I've been through numerous mergers, acquisitions, been in the company acquiring a company.

Lots of hair pulling and I can say that it was really hard to predict the outcome for any individual positive or negative in every case until long afterward.
Machine Learning in Medicine (2015)
I completely agree, and my paraphrasing of Marx was not against him, but against people using his quote blindly. But my original post was not about religion - again, I am no expert in any religion and don't consider myself religious - but about religious texts. But I might have massively (and shockingly) underestimated how much they are connected to the religion itself in the minds of many people.
The best thing about Glyphosate articles is the opportunity they represent to observe multi-million-dollar online shilling missions in action.
Wow, he's very blasé about the whole topic... Yet his prior opinion was so strong.
A fetus isn't a living thing. It has the potential to become a living thing, but so do a lot of things that aren't living.
context:

"""

" Three of the study authors were tapped by the EPA as board members for a 2016 scientific advisory panel on glyphosate. The new paper was published by the journal Mutation Research /Reviews in Mutation Research, whose editor in chief is EPA scientist David DeMarini.

The study’s authors say their meta-analysis is distinctive from previous assessments. “This paper makes a stronger case than previous meta-analyses that there is evidence of an increased risk of NHL due to glyphosate exposure,” said co-author Lianne Sheppard, a professor in the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences department at the University of Washington. “From a population health point of view there are some real concerns.”

Sheppard was one of the scientific advisers to the EPA on glyphosate and was among a group of those advisers who told the EPA that it failed to follow proper scientific protocols in determining that glyphosate was not likely to cause cancer. “It was wrong,” Sheppard said of the EPA glyphosate assessment. “It was pretty obvious they didn’t follow their own rules. “Is there evidence that it is carcinogenic? The answer is yes.”

An EPA spokesperson said: “We are reviewing the study.”

"""
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/14/weed-killin...
When I was in Vancouver a few years ago, I stayed at an AirBnB right next to the company’s show room.

Unfortunately at the time, I was told the vehicles weren’t street legal in the US, yet, and they didn’t have enough staff/spare vehicles to give me a test ride within three days.

It looked really, really cool on the inside and the outside, and I would’ve happily bought one on the spot if these two issues hadn’t gotten in the way.
When you get down into the meat of how the tax credits and Sunrun's financing work it's astonishing.

Essentially it sounds like Sunrun's investors are paying to install solar panels on your house so they can claim the tax credit to offset their own income. Meanwhile you are paying Sunrun for the electricity generated by the solar panels.

There doesn't seem to be much benefit for the homeowner. You're better off buying the system up front if possible or even financing it and claiming the tax credit yourself. Then you'd only have to pay the utility for the electricity you don't generate.

"The American way" anymore seems to be to take a good idea, overcomplicate it with financial engineering, and funnel the profits to a small minority of people who actually understand what's going on.
Our Extended Minds
They are not "equivalent". Polynomials can only produce polynomials, but these polynomials can be made to be as close as you want to any continuous function (see Stone-Weierstrass theorem). For example, a NN with a ReLU activation function produce a function that is not a polynomial.

Now I understand that this not the main point; both polynomials and NN can approximate any function that is not artificially nasty. The only thing is that a NN is easier to optimize and generalizes better for high dimensional problems such as image classification.

The issue is more complicated than simply expressiveness. The author claim that "one should use PR instead" seems dubious at best, but I'm now going to read the paper and figure it out.
Not to be nitpicky: it is not the Taylor polynomial (it does not approach any continuous function). It is a result by weierstrass on polynomial approximation on a closed interval.

f(x)=exp(-x^2) has the same Taylor expansion as g(x)=0 at x=0.
It should be noted that this is about 'most highly exposed' farmers who were (presumably) exposed to large amounts of Roundup, unprotected. Regular consumers don't get these exposures in their lifetimes.
This has been shown before, which is why OP's paper it a meta analysis of available papers..

You can read the whole paper on sci hub
So I thought based on the URL that this would be an intro to GraphQL back end development. As it turns out, this is an overview of the concept of back end development in the abstract.

Besides conflating C++ and C# and listing .NET as a separate technology rather than relating it to C#/F#/VB.NET or other MSIL languages, this article is good to show to a non-technical audience such as a LOB manager.
Why Hasn’t Evolution Invented the Wheel?