skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Does the taxpayer in Buffalo New York benefit if their tax money goes to fund some HQ in Queens, if the bulk of the state's tax capture is just "handed" right back to Amazon?

You have to be exceptionally uninformed to believe that taxpayer money from Buffalo was being used to lure Amazon.

In reality, Amazon was getting a $3bn discount on their tax bill, which would have still come out to $27bn over the same period. The majority of this $27bn would go to the state. Given that western New York gets more in state funding than it pays in taxes, this would have been net positive for Buffalo [1].

Second, Amazon would have brought 25k high paying jobs to LIC, at an average pay of $150k/year. In addition, there would have been thousands of secondary jobs in construction, restaurants, building management, and so on. All that state tax money is now going to Virginia and Tennessee.

[1] https://www.politifact.com/new-york/statements/2016/oct/14/c...

edit: go Sabres!
or you know, just disable custom fonts
I think it's doing what the hololens does (waveguide) but the hololens is not particularly near-eye. If you can put the display closer to you, you can have less bulky gear (assuming the focus-distance of a wave-guide was the issue...?)
NYC, San Francisco, and a few other areas have absolutely no need for incentives. They're very robust, energized areas, and don't need to beg for employers to come there and leverage the dynamics and workforce. Amazon's ridiculous dog and pony show -- which wasted outrageous amount of public time and money -- was absolutely dystopian: Company that already is one of the largest in the world, with an enormous competitive advantage, demands even more competitive advantage. And let's be real -- Amazon mostly deals in what are zero sum markets. That I bought a camera and some cookies from Amazon just stopped me from buying it from someone else.

Further it's worth looking at LA and the NFL. The NFL takes advantage of governments -- usually desperate governments -- to build their stadiums for them, and when LA didn't play ball the NFL went sulking out of town. Eventually they went back, paying for the stadium and all ancillary costs, out of their own pockets, with zero incentives. Because in the end it simply makes sense.
RWDSU... you really need to wake up. The Labor Union movement was making great progress with AMZN, raising the minimum wage of fulfillment centers to $15 hr.

Negotiating is a series of compromises. AMZN basically reflected your brinkmanship strategy back into your face.

While I wish corporate America was above this, the Unions are the ones that need to learn a lesson here.

AMZN conceded to 11,000 Labor Union jobs for construction and services. But RWDSU, you wanted it all... including operational jobs.

AMZN just will not capitulate to these tactics. And in fact, they'll go so far as to punish them and set precedence for future projects.
> As someone who doesn't use C++, can anyone explain in a straightforward way why a low level language is going through so many new versions?

Every major language evolves over time. Java 8, ES5 Javascript, Python 3 were all pretty major iterations of each language. Similarly, C++11 went as far as Java 8 in the number of things that it got up to "modern" standards of convenience and power. The goal seems to be towards offering some of the conveniences of heavier or more high-level languages, but with the power of a low-level language.

> And is there big difference between the latest version and C++ from 5 or 15 years ago?

From 5 years ago, probably not. 15 years ago, C++98 was likely to be the flavor of C++ being used. C++11 was still in early draft mode, and was called C++0x. Today, C++ can look like a dynamically typed language, e.g. using "auto" type inference for variables, lambdas, and range based loops. If you follow something like the Google C++ Style Guide, you'll never see a raw pointer (C++11 introduces reference counted smart-pointers).

> How do you guys keep up when a huge language is continually changing?

Major language iterations are generally pretty uncommon. Beyond that, following a good style guide that is maintained by other people.
Friends of mine say each new job comes with a new dialect of C++.
I’m far from the top expert on the history of C++, but here’s my understanding:

C++ aims to be the high level language which leaves no room for another high level language to be even more optimized below it - “pay for what you use”.

Having its roots in C, while having high level abstractions, C++ also has a lot of low level functionality which is hard to use correctly and safely unless you have a lot of experience (e.g. raw pointers). This low level functionality is sometimes needed, but definitely not always, and the recent iterations of the language over the last decade try to both add new abstractions which make the language easier to use, and deprecate the most tricky parts which are not really needed anymore and which have better, modern alternatives (this being limited by the need to maintain sane backwards compatibility) - all the while maintaining C++’s design goal described above.

An example of an addition is unique_ptr and shared_ptr added in C++11 and which make managing ownership and correct lifetime of allocated objects much easier.

An example of a deprecation is eliminating gotcha uses of the ‘volatile’ keyword, and thus simplify the language. (I believe this one is still undergoing approval.)

There is a big difference between modern and “classic” C++, but it’s mostly a good difference - C++ is much easier to start using and to teach than it was 15 years. It still has a way to go, and the standardization committee makes a lot of effort in that direction.

As for keeping up - it’s definitely a lot of work. Learning C++ isn’t something you start and finish - it’s more like culture. You spend some part of your life studying and enjoying it, and there’s always something new.

We can hope for a future in which learning C++ is something you just start and finish, but we’re not there yet (if ever). I’m not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing :)
The math isn't clear at all. Amazon is putting countless other businesses, who employ countless hundreds of thousands, out of business. That's just the nature of capitalism and efficiency, but when they demand special treatment to do so..that's just perverse.
You can't rewrite all the code you come in contact with.
But I do have a return key, don't I? I don't particularly care about the size of the keys since I will remember their placement anyway, by a certain time.

I do care about their placement, however - since that's where my fingers are physically limited.
Reading Judea Pearl is recommended. You might begin with The Book of Why and then do a deep dive. Michael Neilson has a good blog post on the issue: http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/if-correlation-doesnt-impl... with interesting comments by Judea Pearl at http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/guest-post-judea-pearl-on-....
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Exactly, such as "uses agile methodologies".

Also, I would like to select for less subjective factors like "private offices", not "thoughtful office layout".
Few are denying that the Chinese Government spys, vacuums up as much data as possible and generally should not be trusted.

But the specific allegations raised in the "The Big Hack" appear to be without basis.

In my mind it looks more like "Weapons of Mass Destruction" BS that once saturated the media.
Start with C++11. Learn how the STL works, and how to replace common C idioms with it. Learn how to write code that never directly calls `new` or `delete`. Learn move semantics, RAII, and the rule of 3/5 well. Dip your toes into templates.

C++14 and 17 mostly just add some library features and clean up rough edges. You'll know you know C++11 well when you start wanting those features.

Only then look at C++20. Bonus: there might actually be compiler support for it by then. (Caveat: You might want to learn modules sooner; they will probably be the most visible day-to-day change.)
Factually accurate is a pretty good place to start. If you feel part of the "full picture" or "larger issue" is missing, then feel free to provide it.
I think, based purely on the separation of concerns, it'd be good if states wouldn't finance loans to companies.

It's problematic, because it's hard for states to provide equal treatment (ever firm should be equal in the eyes of the law), states shouldn't be in the business of analyzing business plans and taking on risk.

That said, NY would have probably benefited from HQ2, though it's not that there's a lack of upward forces on the salaries of those jobs there, not to mention real estate.
I am still trying to understand when T&& is a r-value and when it isn't.

https://isocpp.org/blog/2012/11/universal-references-in-c11-...

I feel I will never master C++ -- neither will Stroustrap.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/18/bjarne_stroustrup_c...
In which case the manager is not sufficiently empowered to not have the meeting and not waste your time and theirs.
My situation is similar to what chmod775 describes.

We serve 200+ TB/month, and no we didn't just forget to use a CDN ◔_◔ Those cost money, too.

For us, cloud is about double - $10k/month more - than dedicated boxes in a data center. I've run the same system in both types of environments for years at a time.

For us, cloud is basically burning money for a little bit of additional safety net and easy access to additional services that don't offer enough advantage over the basics to be worth taking on the extra service dependency. It's also occasional failures behind black boxes that you can't even began to diagnose without a standing support contract that costs hundreds or more a month. Super fun.

High bandwidth and steady compute needs is not generally a good fit for cloud services.
> No. You can have a theory that's consistent with either.

I think I see your point. If your theory has no way to express the question Is the AC true? then the LEM is no issue, as there's no 'proposition' to worry about at all.

> Are those objects platonic ideals? Are they abstractions of physical reality?

My intuition is to favour the former, as the latter seems a much stronger claim.

It seems reasonable to say that any mathematical system exists as a platonic ideal, but it's plain that not all mathematical systems abstract physical systems, and we shouldn't be quick to say that we know that any mathematical system does so. That's an empirical question that - true to Popper - can never be positively proved.
Maths on your side != mathematical convention on your side.
Voting alone is not enough. In some parts of the world, like Australia, voting is mandatory and as a result lot of people just vote randomly.

A good education in civics and history is necessary, as is a belief in the political system and a desire to make a difference in the world through political action. Finally, a strong and independent media that does a lot of deep investigative journalism and does a good job of providing context and background on important issues instead of catering to the lowest common denominator is key, as without it people are much more easily manipulated and mislead.
Democracy works best when checks and balances prevent tyranny of the majority.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority
It wasn't POWER6. It used modified PPEs (a la Cell), and it didn't get clocked that high.
NYC tech scene is still booming, Google et al. is still on a hiring spree there.
>'Open Communication'

One of previous companies had this as a value. It was a startup, 5 engineers and the VP. You were expected to give honest critical feedback as well as positive, and were expected to receive both critical and positive feedback. It actually worked really well. There wasn't any politics, just people trying to become better engineers and deliver a quality product.

Over a couple years we grew to 15-20 engineers, and devolved in to people writing multi-page emails to the VP, criticizing their colleagues (minor, or hard-to-measure things like "they don't refactor enough", or "they're happy writing poor quality code". Colleagues found out, and weren't happy a pier went behind they're back to criticize them to their manager. The VP didn't do anything, "Open Communication" was a core value, how can communicating problems be bad?

Moral of the story is, even when a company has a good value, it still doesn't really tell you anything about them. All it takes one person to abuse it for their own gain, and a manager who can tell the difference, and it all falls apart.
Same thing with uber and taxi operations right?
Or, in a high density environment like NYC, prediction from scraped listings plus an actual person who verifies the host's absence and records it. Work on contract for... "The hotel industry consortium", idk how that works. It sounds fun if the market is big enough
While economical illiteracy of loud-voiced minority politicians is a fact that played here, I think Bezos just made out of himself a "rich jerk cry baby" who threw "i'm in control and don't need your candy" tantrum.

Lose-lose.

PS: That said, I'd be scared of how that would affect NYC traffic patterns if plans would go forward.
More accurate, less precise
believing in a system where you have to be vigilant 24/7 is very counterproductive.

The fact that our system was corrupted to the point of requiring it is not a point to elate! it is a point to contempt.

> the age group that votes least often.

That's a very disingenuous argument that you yourself refuted in the first paragraph...If it doesn't matter only voting, does voting alone matters? At which point is political participation enough participation? voting, attending every single local and federal meeting? at which point will it suffice? Should everyone drop their profession and become professional politicians just to have a modicum of voice in the system?

As long as we allow absurd amounts of money in politics, nobody will have a voice. no matter how much you vote or post online.

When you are filling your taxes, after writing the "owned amount" in box 22 or your 1040, say it out loud "it is OK i am paying 40% of my income, because amazon deserves to pay zero since they did participate in politics, unlike me".
Don't be so pessimistic. Show some innovative thinking! What about "The Internet of Things" (down there)? Imagine something
like these japanese super potties with integrated bidet function. Make it smart with all sorts of sensors which ANALyze urine, stool and for good measure add an anal probe.
Couple this with something from Apple like iHealth and call it
iShit, connect it to some insurer and everyone's a winner! Almost instant feedback from INPUT to OUTPUT, even the ability to prove how badly something on your daily commute has influenced some level of something because of course you have constant gps-coverage of your whereabouts, like everybody else too? Think Big Data! CACC™ = comfortably autoclaim compensation

/me vanishes whinnying into the off...
(sorry, for some reason i really couldn't resist)

edit:spelling/wording/trademarking
No, the reason is that to-date there had not been a global platform available. AirBNB benefits from a massive global economy of scale. I can use the same platform in America, Germany, Australia, Bulgaria.

First one to scale wins.
The 3b wasn't an annual figure either.
This was different than organic job growth because of the number of jobs at stake:

> Amazon chose New York and Virginia after a year-long national competition with 234 cities and states vying for the 25,000-40,000 jobs. For a sense of scale, the next largest economic development project the state has completed was for approximately 1,000 jobs

What's the goal of tax policy? There's a) achieving the appearance of fairness, and b) maximizing revenue for your constituents. The two goals are not always aligned.

If you care more about fairness, then sure, the tax law is the tax law and you should hold the line no matter what. Personally I'd rather maximize revenue, especially here where the knock effects on the economy were pro-growth.
What are the reasons for not moving? We are currently on C++ 17 and we need to support Windows, macOS,iOS and android.
So how did Boston get fleeced? (genuinely curious, not overly familiar with the GE situation.)
If he’s seen a bulletin board with fliers pinned to it or if you put things up on the refrigerator with magnets, bring him there. Then hand him, you, and anyone around a stack of post-it notes. Explain to him that HN is a place where anyone can put up something to show people. If people want to respond, they can write their name + message and attach it to the posting or another post-it note. BUT it’s on the Internet! That means that anyone from anywhere at anytime can put up postings and post-it notes!

This opens up a bridge to him asking, “what’s the internet?” To which you now have endless possibilities on introducing your son to the wonderful world of technology :)
The mosquito is made of more parts and they're more differentiated than a virus, so there's more ways to make it fail.

EDIT/Errata: Malaria is not a virus.
Amazon would have to first hire those people. And the NYC labor market is already pretty efficient and saturated. It would basically push a lot of IT and related job wages up, for not much direct benefit - other than dumping a big cashflow on the city. (Which pushes up real estate and other prices.)

I'm not saying having HQ2 there would have no positive effects, it'd have absolutely contributed to the growth of the tech scene. But it'd have probably accelerated the arrival of other problems, which is something the city might not be ready to tackle.
Should shelter, a basic human need, be for-profit? If so, why?
Isn't the validity and relevance of those points something for the unions to decide for themselves?

Some people are still able to distinguish reality from a sales pitch.
True. I recently got an email from someone claiming they had reason to believe I was infringing on... I wrote back "I believe you have no reason"
desktop and it works fine. There's an option in the context menu in Firefox.

my profile:- https://goo.gl/UaAbuA or https://goo.gl/RDRxqt my blog:- https://goo.gl/2dedEu or https://goo.gl/RDRxqt

thanks. but they still have a gif showing a majority functions from their application. It's less than 200kb, because someone decided to optimise their content to an acceptable extent
https://goo.gl/R8Kmuu, https://goo.gl/h8n3sW, https://goo.gl/ZDjHuD, https://goo.gl/LnWe4y, https://goo.gl/NrNgRN, https://goo.gl/pHuwzL, https://goo.gl/WgZVVq, https://goo.gl/i3rx4U, https://goo.gl/jPedd5, https://goo.gl/sKde7G,
To move research from quantity to quality, go beyond good intentions
I had to laugh. All these execs taking the name so serious during the meeting, yet afterwards none raised a fuss because you used a different name.

What that tells me, the name was never that important to them, it was just an meeting to show how important they were to each other - yet in real life their poses meant NOTHING.
I used to be on the c++ committee and contributed to both gcc and clang. That T&& r-value mess, along with c++ still having no built in method to print a vector, are the straws which persuaded me to abandon c++. It seems designed to be confusing.
How can we reduce the cost of food sustenance by an order of magnitude? How could this challenge be applied to a town, city, region, or type of citizen?

How can city-threatening wildfires be prevented? Malibu, Paradise, Chico, Santa Rosa, Thomas - and now how can these areas of desolation be stewarded back into a vibrant state? It could be possible to prevent the devastating mudslides some of these areas have now experienced.

My ideas around these questions have me imagining things that may require new systems of economy, agreement & responsibility. I look at our wild spaces, and I see messes of tangled bush. Can we manicure these lands in a way that encourages more vibrant growth of native species while creating natural fire blocks? What if these areas could also begin becoming food sources, helping with that first question I posed?

As it is now, most any ravine around my town is clogged with deadfall and could make for a city-razing fire in the worst of cases. Fixing this manually would be a massive effort, but what if we could set tens of thousands of people to task at it, while sheltering, feeding, caring for and educating them? If we can empower a much greater portion of our population to have these basic needs met, we may be setting free a number of great minds to pursue helping advance the state of our consciousness.

With the changes to jobs availability, we should embrace novel new ways to 'make a living'. The rules that have brought us this far are great. We're capable of improving upon them.

Can we create simulation games that would help us ponder these questions better? There are so many variables at play, this should be the next MMORPG fad. How else can we tinker with new ideas around massive human efforts?

How about we collaborate on sending money and resources towards robotics clubs, maker spaces, and other groups that obviously try to push the envelope of what's real?
Ah, I stand corrected, thanks!
Which Kinds of Printed Publications Invalidate Patents in Court? (2018)
NB. Taking it meta: investing in processes and methods for training workers (or robots) is better than investing in workers. Investing in managers who can do that for you is even better.
Why? I think it's very reasonable that a type system should make runtime erorrs impossible. Obviously errors happen but ideally the type system should make you handle them all.

For example this should be disallowed by the type system.

db_handle h = new DBConnection()

* What if the connection arguments are incorrectly formated?

* What if the DNS name doesn't resolve?

* What if the port isn't open?

* What if the password is wrong?

If you're going to assign to the handle you have to prove to the compiler that the constructor will return a valid, working handle.

Result q = h.sendQuery(...)

This should also fail.

* What if the connection dropped?

* What if your credentials are no longer valid?

* What if the query is malformed?

x = a / b

Prove to the compiler that b is nonzero or that you've handled the case where it is.

Elm damn close to this ideal.
X10: Performance and Productivity at Scale
Text Analysis in 2019 – Education Use Case
kind of a slow moving crap fest. They’re going to repay some tax breaks, at least in theory, but we’ve dropped 160mil into renovations for a site that probably will never happen.

https://www.universalhub.com/2019/ge-give-back-87-million-ta... , https://www.universalhub.com/ge has a long running chronology.
These people you talk about don't live in those communities and haven't lived in communities that have been destroyed and made worse by big corporations like this. How's Seattle doing? Great for the rich, but not for anyone else. Walk the city streets in Seattle, head down to city mission in Pioneer Square, you'll figure out what the word "despair" really means.

I'm glad the public stood up. The workers have power.

Guessing this was just another Amazon game to slam unions to portray a massive negative image of AOC & worker power, like they did to collect city data.
Interesting, where are you located? I can read it from USA New York area
This is why I very rarely comment... people on this site are far too sensitive.
Great idea. When I started making selections[-] I expected filter-like behavior. I was surprised to see the results increasing with each selection.

I'd rather configure my filters and provide contact info to be notified when an org satisfies my criteria.

[-] Filters: Flat Organization; Supports Physical Wellness; Light Meetings; Open Source Contributor; Has Internship Program; Engineering Driven; Remote Ok.
Intel 5G modem chips will not be available until 2020, iPhone 5G can delay
I think that's the premise of a video game already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_The_Division
Steve Jobs? Stretching the truth? * shocked Pikachu[0] *

[0] https://i.imgur.com/sohWhy9.png