skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Bogost examined Airpods’ potential long term social consequences. “Human focus, already ambiguously cleft between world and screen,” he suggests, “will become split again, even when maintaining eye contact.” A little further on, he writes, “Everyone will exist in an ambiguous state between public engagement with a room or space and private retreat into devices or media.”

I do think the Airpods are pretty revolutionary. For starters - Apple built a custom chip for them. There are very few companies that have the resources to do such a thing. As a result, even though they are imperfect, they are still far and away a pretty revolutionary technology.

It is interesting to look at the social consequences of the Airpods. For starters, they are expensive, so in some sense they are a status symbol, especially for the younger generation.

The Atlantic Article the author mentions is interesting though - the thought that a technology melds so well into our daily lives and workflow that it creates a further social rift is scary.
If the language uses S-exps, is it a Lisp? It’s convenient in racket to design a language with an S-exp based syntax, but the semantics of the language can be anything you want. Like prolog.
I don't think C/C++ have integer exponentiation so even C/C++ programmers may be surprised here. I don't know if the behaviour of the power operator when both numbers are integers (and depending on whether the exponent is negative or positive) is mentioned in the documentation.
There are common libraries which do things incompatible with the way pypy works. I've never gotten it to do anything but abort, when run over a non-trivial program.

mypy is a very cool experimental project (as their own webpage calls it), but I wouldn't fault anyone for not running it on their program.
I never heard of the 'presence test'. What does that entail? Also, listing a wikipedia article doesn't merit evidence to the contrary. Yes, you can go to a train station and find not-so-good food. It'd be just like going to Subway here, not-so-good. Predominately, the french care about their food much more than americans.
Great story, but one thing that struck me on the website - they added a map at the end of the article with place (Chernobyl) marked. I would love it if more news outlets did that...
Our Reliance on Technology Is Making Us Alienated from Each Other
What's with Americans constantly attempting to paint their situation as more dire than it actually is? Is it just a blatant lack of perspective on the rest of the world? Reminds me of an article I read attempting to claim that child mortality in Memphis was worse than in Bangladesh.

No, the United States isn't like the "developing world" if you're poor (and since when is Italy, the comparison country, considered "developing world"?)

Comparisons like these (which are rather frequent, I've found) are obnoxiously disrespectful to the millions of people actually living in developing world countries. The same millions who would give up their first kid (and often, in many ways, do) to be allowed into the US.

We can discuss improving the US while also still acknowledging that, on a global scale, their problems are fundamentally "first world problems". You don't need to spend hours crunching numbers finding some favourable metric to the South Sudan to make your damn point.
Idempotent questions are my new favorite thing.
Two orders of magnitude seems high. Though I suppose it depends on where in your career you are.

But if you are anywhere close to the peak of your earnings than two orders of magnitude (i.e. 100x) represents easily more than you can expect to earn in the entire rest of your career. One order of magnitude (10x) is likely to represent at least 1/4.

Why wouldn't that kind of optionality change your decisions?
> `using` is shorter than `import`

By one letter!

And in the right direction: for trying things out interactively, `using ThePackage` and then having everything available is great.

Then once you know what you want to do, in more careful code you can switch to `import` and qualify more things, and your future self with thank you.

But serving both of these needs seems like a valid design goal. I'm not sure the manual does a great job of explaining this right now, import vs. using also changes the rules around adding methods to functions, and it is perhaps more confusing than it has to be.
I think it's aged better than anyone could have ever imagined. It's easy to look at all the information available to those who care to spend their time with it, but what percentage of their time do you think the average person spends on the worthwhile stuff? The answer is simple, just follow the money.
Not surprising.

The left is a pro-drug, social issue obsessed, math-fearing, anti-engineering culture.

The right is a corrupt, pro-religion, pray that everything works, anti-education culture.
So you’re working ~13h per week day and ~6h per weekend? To be honest that doesn’t sound healthy at all. What are your reasons to work that much, if you’re willing to share?
MMT is considered to be garbage by the majority of mainstream economists.
Yeah but it's not statically typed. Let's say you have a machine learning algorithm and you'd like to change your algorithm to have a complex-valued weights instead of float valued weights. How do you do that in a statically typed language?

Let's say you want to test the numerical performance of the fast Fourier transform using an alternative datatype to IEEE 754 (for example bfloat8). How do you do that?

Another application:. I wanted to play with galois fields for reed Solomon encoding. One key step is LU decomposition to recover missing data. Well, as it turns out built-in matrix solving algorithm in Julia is general, (though it does kick over to BLAS for floats), so my galois field type was plug and play, I didn't have to write a custom solver.
Nice lib. Though many of these things should simply be solved by browsers imho. As developer I simply want to render input with the type of phone and be good. Let those who provide the operating system/browser handle the details in a standard way.
https://ontoblogie.clabaut.net
Apple had maintained an internal port of Mac OS X on x86 hardware for as long as it had existed as OS X. They came quite prepared for the eventuality of a CPU architecture change.
For credit card and bank accounts, Stripe Elements has some battle-tested React inputs: https://stripe.dev/elements-examples/
No idea whether I'm productive, but generally, 2h in the morning of studies, then cook, eat, rest, 2-3h in the afternoon for studies, and then rest.

By studies, I mean whatever I deem productive to studying... At this moment, I'm doing a math mooc, but I did certifications as well, new technologies, or simply engage in second work when I had one.
There's a quote on the whiteboard in my lab that is (perhaps falsely) attributed to Larry Wall that says something like:

> Programming languages are distinguished not by what they make possible, but by what they make easy.

Practically all programming languages are computationally equivalent. The design of a new language simply seeks to answer the question: what should be easy for the programmer? Various languages are just different answers to this question.
The first time I moved to the US was in 1981. Coming from Germany, a lot of it was quite shocking and seemed like a developing nation even back then, relatively speaking. Infrastructure crumbling. Highways made of concrete slabs that go badum-badum at the seams. Can tell if you're going too fast just by following the rhythm. The cars (rigid axle? seriously?). The appliances. The furniture. Windows that don't really close. Power lines on poles.

We had an ice-storm once that knocked out power in a 500 mi radius. For at least three days. This was, at the time, one of the wealthiest communities in the country.

All that despite a significantly higher GDP/person.

Came back in 2007 to the Bay Area. A lot still the same, though the highways are nice and most people drive foreign cars. You have to be really quite well off in order to get things that don't suck, and I determined I could maintain the same standard of living for a lot less income if I moved back to Berlin, which I eventually did. On the other hand you can learn to fly for (comparatively) cheap. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh, some of my colleagues at <super-wealthy-top-bay-area-tech-firm> had this idea for an automatic washer-dryer combo: you put the washer on top, then when it's done the clothes drop into the dryer on the bottom. They had a hard time believing that single-unit washer-dryer units have existed for quite some time.
>In my very humble opinion, I don't think the book has aged well. I believe the internet really upended the central premise. The book described society devolving into an illiterate, pleasure-seeking dystopia. The main feature of the Fahrenheit 451 world is a centralized monoculture which is established through trashy tv shows, advertising, and comics.

Sure sounds like 2019 to me. In fact, far more 2019 than the era when the book was written.

>Social media is extremely shallow, sure, but we also have historically unprecedented access to almost unlimited information.

And what we've learned is that access to information means nothing without the ability to process it. And that too much information makes things even worse drowning everything in a sea of noise.

>We now have media that is so diverse, and of such specificity, that it has essentially eliminated shared culture and narrative.

On the contrary, I find that we have solidified an once diverse culture to a couple of monocultures.

Case in point the Top 20, which is almost all the same kind of music today.
I'm familiar with serde. It's an incredible project, but I wouldn't quite call it "static typing for JSON". You still have to unwrap the parse at some point. However, I will concede the point that if you have Rust on both sides then you'll get most of the benefits.
> all backed by US regulated companies

That means they aren't actually cryptocoins. That means those are banks, which are backed by the court system and the ability to sue those banks for your money if they mess up.
Technical Deep Dive into YugaByte DB
Sleep, youtube, Netflix. If you're very productive 5 days, do you really have to be productive 2 more days? Sometimes I do try to be productive on Sundays like reading, side project programming, walking, hiking, laundry etc... But give my lazy Saturdays please.
Code, learn, drink and spend time with friends
What percentage of organizations hiring developers offer perks that he says are all to common and non differentiating?

Is the article limited to describing companies in the Bay Area and a few other cities that already attract tech talent?

My last 3 employers had video games and arcade machines. I’m not seeing how these were problems either, which he described as red flags. I merely left because each new company offered me ~20% more.

Having a good engineering culture with tech blogs, conferences, etc is all generally good and I won’t argue that at all.

Getting out of people’s way is a not solving a problem limited to engineering organizations. Not many folks enjoy bureaucracy, regardless of their discipline.

As far as building bad products or rushing products, you’re really just saying you want to be able to plan and release your deliverables without others committing you to hard dates without seriously factoring in your input.

Article seemed less about how to become attractive to engineering talent and more of a sales pitch of the author showboating himself.
It’s sad that I couldn’t read/see this from my mobile because of the full page cookie consent popup which doesn’t have an option to opt-out from the ad tracking of their partners.

So you have to go with the personalised ads if you want to visit their articles...
Highly advisable especially for projects, that feel risky to some. It addresses exactly these underlying struggles some have and prevents "in hindsight" blame because you focussed on everybody's effort on what went wrong - and dealt with these factors.

If people are overconfident or lack confidence, this is my way to address these issues.
1) Stop beating yourself up, I think this is normal as everyone has a peak time.

2) A cause or a contributor to the distraction and procrastination could be due to forcing yourself to do difficult work in the PM when your mind just isn't up to the task. Plan around it with the difficult work scheduled for AM and easier tasks scheduled PM.

3) Cut back or quit drinking coffee. A well known symptom of coffee addiction is the afternoon crash, leading to more coffee and disrupted sleep, an endless cycle.

4) Make sure you are getting 7-8hrs of sleep and that your sleep schedule is stable, i.e. no wildly fluctuating sleep/wake times even on the weekends.

5) Change your diet, look into paleo or other low-carb diets. A carb-heavy lunch will wipe you out in the afternoon. On low-carb my energy levels are more stable throughout the day.

6) Get regular exercise. I like to lift free weights and do a little cardio. Cardio is overrated and lifting is underrated. Don't run yourself ragged on the treadmill or stationary bike. Put on some muscle mass and it will help with your mental and physical stamina and your posture when sitting in a chair for 7hrs a day.

7) Don't drink alcohol, even a little. Apart from all the deleterious effects, one that I have noted is that even if I have a glass of wine or beer in the evening it lowers my tolerance for frustration (which aggravates getting distracted) for days. Part of taking on a challenging task is getting frustrated (i.e. part of learning) so it is at odds with getting things done. The real danger is that the solution for the lowered frustration tolerance due to alcohol is....more alcohol! That is not a merry-go-round you want to ride.
Right, because all conservatives listen to Limbaugh. Just like all liberals listen to NPR. Keep stereotyping and boxing people into your definition of a concept. That’ll work for sure.
Lime Scooter Software Glitch Causes Random Braking, Dozens of Rider Injuries
See How Easily a Rat Can Wriggle Up Your Toilet | National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t2VPBF6Kp4 - Also as the owner of three pet rats, can confirm they can get through the most ridiculously small holes.
You can change the indexing method if you want but that can introduce its own issues

https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/devdocs/offset-arrays/
But you wrote that none of the systems this developer implemented were even usable without intervention. What's the point of reviewing code if you don't eventually read some of it in enough detail to clamp down?

Or at least revisiting the design of your tests.
Yes, and that map is incorrect. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is NOT located in or near the Chernobyl city.
So now any word that someone dislikes is a slur and must be banished from our vocabulary? We’re doomed.
Depends. Do you have a boss, spouse, etc?
CERN 2019 WorldWideWeb Rebuild: 2019 Rebuilding of the Original Next Web Browser
Dissecting Warren Buffet's Annual Letter
If you're just looking at the top 20, you're never going to see the long tail and you won't be able to tell whether people are spending more or less time on the obscure stuff.
https://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control...
We have a first past the post plurality voting system. In this system the stable state is 2 parties. Any more create a spoiler effect [1].

Fix that and 3rd parties would bloom.

Any wishing for 3rd party+ saving the people without a change to the rules is fantasy.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoiler_effect
I'm reminded of the Breaking Bad Canada comic. "You have cancer. Treatment starts next week. The End."

When I see "heartwarming" stories on tv about people donating to people that need help I can't help but think it would be more "heartwarming" to have a government that tried to make sure people wouldn't need to depend on the kindness of strangers for health care.
Its interesting that he mentions short job tenures. I always thought it was weird how common job hopping is in the Bay Area, I thought job-hopping employees was perhaps a good thing rather than a problem. It does mean its easier to build a team.
Some demos/press copies of Dreams VR recently showed off some compelling creative storytelling tools

- https://www.giantbomb.com/shows/dreams-01302019/2970-18741

- http://dreams.mediamolecule.com/
If it's just a question of doing things and taking the fall if it goes wrong, why pay for that?

There are armies of middle managers that could do that at any firm. By the time you're middle management, you know what the firm does. Just pick one of them, pay them a little bit more, and pick another one if it goes wrong.

You won't know the difference.
This is the most rational thing I’ve read on this thread. Agree 1000%.
This is great as is and it would require minimal work to make it a profile setting.

Thanks, installed :)
I am inclined to agree with the article.

As an American who has lived abroad for a sizable fraction of adulthood while frequently traveling back, the rising level of degradation — the people, public and private goods — in the U.S. simply can’t be ignored or smugly explained away. The country is rotting.

Life looks so hard, the conditions and future tenuous, that my family is making the conscious choice to raise our child abroad. While our American friends miss us to be sure, not a single one has recommended we return — esp. those with children.
You don't have to resort to inaccessibility. You can just drawn in too much information, which has the same result (signal getting lost to noise, like books getting lost in fire).

Sure, in this case it remains potentially retrievable, but not in any way that really matters for society at large, ie. not practically so.
I'd say the obvious comparison is to Brazil. The upper end of Brazilian society lives in first-world conditions. Some of them a really rich. But the bottom end lives in the third world, in gang-run unregulated slums that have dodgy water and power.

The US isn't there yet, but that's where things seem to be headed.
Not a new development in the 21st century. The closer you get to the advent of recorded music and broadcast radio, the more homogenous the music selection was. Accessibility to alternatives was expensive/impossible. This goes for every other kind of media.

If you don't like the 'Top 20' then I presume you listen to alternatives. How did you find them? The internet perhaps?
It is, it's part of training and licensing. You wouldn't want someone with no experience flying others or graduating to larger aircraft.

However I do see a large role for VR in the future filling much of this gap, along with automated systems making their way down to smaller aircraft.
I tried an earlier version of Julia (0.7). Then there was an update and all packages started breaking. There was no backwards compatibility. We had to rewrite a lot of code and completely change DB layer. I hope it's more stable now
I work near Civic center and go there everyday. You know, like, Chicago has 500 murders a year. Nothing in SF and Oakland even comes close to that. Oakland used to be the crime capital in the US. People can actually live in West Oakland now. Oakland hill homes now run at $2mn. Drug use in SF has been prevalent since, what like 60s. I have been living in SF since well before the boom. Mid market and Tenderloin used to be way more troubling. I am continually amazed that they actually managed to our Uber, Twitter, and Dolby HQ there. Did you ever go to 9th and market prior to the tech boom ?
The phenomena you’re describing feels very real. I think it’s a deformed manifestation of a victim complex. I’m not sure.

I remember reading an article proclaiming that the United States is the 10th(!!!) most dangerous country in the world for women[0].

[0]: https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/10-most-dangerous-countri...
I knew someone who’s former partner called him a narcissist solely because he’d randomly walk places or go to different coffee shops depending on if one was busy, or if one was just near a park where he wanted to exercise etc. She believed this after watching a YouTube video titled “narcissists live in the moment.” Strange times for a person to be called that when all they want to do is have a human moment outside of online connection and algorithms.

Society needs dopamine detox days as much as we need holidays.
The mid tail is more of the same for the majority of the people.

And the power law distribution means the long tail doesn't even register. So pockets of people can hear Mongolian Rap-Opera, but the social discussion, between friends, at homes, at cafes, at the media, on blogs, at watercoolers, etc. is still dominated by the heavy front-loaded top.
So what you’re saying is that all problems in our country are caused by the current administration and that democrats have never done anything detrimental to the country?

It would seem to me that you’re the one assigning blame away from yourself.

I blame all of us equally for allowing us to get to where we are today. I’m equally unimpressed with this administration as the last.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway swung to a $25.4 billion loss in the fourth quarter due in part to an unexpected write-down at Kraft Heinz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/warren-buffetts-kraft-heinz-bet...
what type of business/service, if you don't mind sharing?

I've always found "no VC" stories incredibly inspiring.
The Brilliant Beginner's Guide to Machine Learning Model Deployment
I'm kind of curious how one gets $10k at age 10 and gets to cash out $10k at age 18?

...as I eye my bicycle which is also missing a chain guard from the Schwinn factory but if I cared about getting a "windfall" all that much I'd have sued the girl who bought that bike as a replacement to the one she destroyed when she hit me with her car.
We've all heard of virtue signaling. Meet his ugly brother, "policy shaming".

A few days ago a story hit HN about how ISIS is banning single-use plastics. That was very problematic because my eyes almost rolled into the back of my head.

One of the few US places that actually resembles a developing nation is San Francisco. Whatever economic policy those people employ, the nation should do the exact opposite.
What am I even reading here...

This has nothing to do with buttons other than that the author randomly brings them up every now and then in a manner that doesn't logically follow.

>1. Buttons Aren’t Actually Easy to Use

With the example being a cockpit in a plan with the line "It takes a lot of training to know what all those buttons are for. (Credit: U.S. Air Force/Kelly White)"

This is drivel.

>Yet as much as people have complained about buttons over the years, they remain stubbornly present – an entrenched part of the design and interactivity of smartphones, computers, garage door openers, car dashboards and videogame controllers.

Because they work. Honestly, I actually want my physical buttons back on things like - my phone, my kindle, my car.

But no, please continue to deride the button for tangentially related issues...
Related wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elephant%27s_Foot
> Reminds me of an article I read attempting to claim that child mortality in Memphis was worse than in Bangladesh.

It sure isn't. Infant mortality in Bangladesh is 27/1000 (in 2017), whereas Memphis is down from 15/1000 (in 2003) to 8/1000 (in 2015).

https://www.statista.com/statistics/806665/infant-mortality-...

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/21/infant-mort...
Linking plasma formation in grapes to microwave resonances of aqueous dimers