skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
EDIT: It seems that Python lists are in fact arrays. Cool, so Python does in fact support arrays. Seems a pretty important fact to point out on a page called "Python Arrays".

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There is still some complete nonsense on w3schools. For example, I wanted to know recently whether Python supports arrays. The first result on Google is this page: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_arrays.asp

There is a small disclaimer at the top stating: "Note: Python does not have built-in support for Arrays, but Python Lists can be used instead."

Why the fuck is your page called "Python Arrays" if you don't plan to talk about arrays?

Then the rest of the page talks about lists, while erroneously calling them arrays, in complete defiance of the disclaimer. I imagine what happened is that someone who doesn't know what an array is wrote the page originally, then someone else came by later and realized it was wrong, but instead of actually fixing it, slapped that half-assed disclaimer on top.

I still don't know whether stock Python actually supports arrays. I ended up just importing Numpy.
Well, there is always something
No, Lightning has been released. It works. There are multiple implementations. It isn't perfect. Version 1.1 should fix a lot of the shortcomings.
Where do you travel? The cards are on the Visa or Mastercard network so I'd expect the majority of ATMs to support Revolut.
This was my first thought. As a user of remacs I'll never notice any tangible difference to emacs if the remacs folks are doing their job well. At least not for a few more years perhaps.

This may have a payoff for maintainers. If they can convince enough of the core developers to join them or build a large enough community. If their theory is right it's easier to develop and maintain Rust code than C code and if it makes more people happy we may see remacs able to forge ahead with more/better features, faster than upstream emacs.

But from my experience with projects like this it's going to take them a long time to catch up and then someone down the line is going to have to make the decision about whether to break from upstream or to follow it.
Yeah, but that approach is annoying and pointless. Typing that is no faster than scrolling past the w3schools results when they appear, so why would I do it?

I Google loads of stuff each day. I want to drop w3schools from all my results, automatically.
In w3schools, "Definition and Usage" starts referring to "start" and "end" parameters before even mentioning them. It's really quite annoying to read that first and then see the syntax...
How to Clear Browser Cache for All Major Browsers (Quick Steps)
Ditto - I use TransferWise every single month and it's been a really good experience so far.
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Currently no, but any help on it would be greatly appreciated!
Nowhere in the fundamental Buddhist tenets did I see anything about "transforming." All I see is "Desire causes suffering, learn not to desire anything to free yourself from suffering." Which, to me, sounds a whole lot like monkhood, which I see as escapism; there is a reason that the most common story you hear in a monastery is "I used to be an alcoholic".

I am genuinely interested in what people see in Buddhism beyond that - this is after literally decades of having the same debate with random strangers and reading provided sources.
>The _exact_ same trick is practiced in many (traditional) Christian faiths

Unfortunately this is true, despite being complete heresy. One of the saddest things for an American Christian is how a huge portion of the church has diluted Christianity to an unbiblical set of self actualization themes.
Can we be gracious on HN, and assume that people have good reasons for disliking a site?
If you use the site after it got corrected the difference is nil :)
What are we doing to ourselves?

If you were in the market for a new pair of shoes, what would be the sensible thing to do to get the best pair? Would you look at the glitzy ads, or would you try to choose something that is durable and comfortable for its price? Would you compare celebrity endorsements or spec sheets?

There's no one in their right mind who would say the right way to buy a computer is to look at advertisements. The right thing to do is compare specs and functionality.

This is good advice for how to make money. But bear in mind that, if you try to build a personality for your company, you are choosing something for your customers that you would never choose for yourself.
New year + tax return tends to lead people to spend a bit more. Anecdotally I'd expect the downward spending trend to continue. Majority of the customers I interact with (barista programmer checking in) I know are asking themselves "do I need this?" before they buy. Most have cancelled their Amazon Prime subscription and stopped buying there altogether, which for many was the equivalent of an online shopping spree.
TRON unleashes its secret weapon for mass crypto adoption
>You could store files in a Backblaze B2 bucket and serve them via Cloudflare with zero bandwidth fees.

From Cloudflare's TOS [0]:

>2.8 Limitation on Non-HTML Caching

>The Service is offered primarily as a platform to cache and serve web pages and websites. Unless explicitly included as a part of a Paid Service purchased by you, you agree to use the Service solely for the purpose of serving web pages as viewed through a web browser or other application and the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) protocol or other equivalent technology. Use of the Service for the storage or caching of video (unless purchased separately as a Paid Service) or a disproportionate percentage of pictures, audio files, or other non-HTML content, is prohibited.

Of course Cloudflare offers commercial plans that feature video CDN, but it will cost you and it will cost you similarly to other video CDN providers.

[0] https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/
I've always disagreed with this and hated the level of snobbism. w3schools was always better and still is better than MDN at what it is intended. w3school gives quick and simple answers to most basic web dev questions. MDN's examples are way more complex and are usually hidden under a wall of text, sure their documentation are more complete which is great if you're a student or need the whole spec. But if you're a dev trying to get something done, it's the best with stackoverflow now and github issues.
I personally never got into, because it's not private. No regular person can verify their transactions without joining a public vehicle that requires a credit card. Even bitcoin atms require a photograph of your face. Mining is a huge loss of value.

Bitcoin itself was simply never a good idea for most people.
I think complaing about author's and project's name is out of place.
I also run a small clothing business. We have received about bitcoin 6 sales over 5 years. Only 1 was offline though.

Bitcoin is too valuable to spent. Hopefully something like Grin or Dai will make more sense for spending day-to-day.
I've seen a big dropoff in everyday people using Emacs in the past 10 years. For terminal text editors, people seem to be ok with learning enough about Vim to be semi-productive.
This is actually the part I don't understand when people mention it. I mean, it's better than Ohio, but outdoors anywhere near SFBA is sub-par; the closest skiing (I don't ski) is 3+ hours away, the closest decent rock climbing is 2 (St Helena and Pinnacles I guess?) and good rock climbing is 4+ (Tahoe, Yosemite, Bishop, etc.), the closest decent hiking is 3-4+ (Tahoe-ish), mountaineering 5-7 (Shasta, Sierras); and all these times are with no traffic. It's much worse in traffic, and the traffic just never ends on Friday night, it's all the way to effing Merced.
In many lesser tech hubs, all/many of these things are one hour away, and 3 hours is considered a long drive; plus sprawl ends 25 exits away from town so you get there much faster traffic or not.
The article says "wages up .3%"
China bans 23M from buying travel tickets as part of 'social credit' system
+1. Noticed this trend as well
US wage is growing though. Money is flowing into US at an unprecedented rate due to:

a.) Fed raising interest rates to a normal level. Government bonds are now earning close to some of the faster developing countries, without the risks.

b.) Brexit impacting the growth of EU. Germany narrowly avoids recession....for now. But grew only 1.5% in 2018. There's still the matter of a possible US tariff on EU automobiles. And Italy/Greece/Spain debts are still a thing.

c.) Chinese economy is crumbling. GM dropped crashed 15% in China in 2018. Ford dropped 36%. iPhone sales dropped 13%. Louis Vuitton dropped 20%. Overall car sales dropped 13%. Stock market dropped 22%. Real estate sales in January 2019 dropped 44%.

d.) Asian countries impacted by China's fall. South Korea's export to China dropped 14% in 2018. Japan dropped 8%. Taiwan dropped 10%. Singapore dropped 8%.

e.) Uncertainties and high debt ratio in developing countries, prompting money to seek safe harbor. Tariff and protectionism impacts.

f.) lastly, US is growing at a healthy 3% in 2018
Lots of data must be kept for e.g. 7 years yet is never used. Maybe that should never have been in AWS in the first place, but once it's there this is a factor.
Yet today, half the world with computer access uses Linux, directly. And the entire world uses it indirectly.
Yup, had the same one. I disabled the big cores and it "fixed" it for a long time but then it started looping again. Then did a reflow and it fixed it for a month before it died for good. I was really hoping to keep that phone around as a cross border phone.
Great idea. One of the things I'm going to do is apply to be a Big Brother (not sure if it's global— but it's a mentorship non-profit here in Canada).
> Of course they can be behind because they are wasting time or because the project requires too many man hours.

A failure of management either way. Hire the right people, get them to do the right job, give them reasonable targets based on reasonable estimates of velocity and the work required to bring the project to completion, create positive incentives to work instead of casually threatening the employees. You know, manage the employees.

If I worked there and knew I wouldn't meet my "KPIs" because of inept management and learned that they'd hold my bonus hostage even if I was a "great contributor", why would I want to work at all, let alone on weekends?

But this is a start-up with unpaid overtime. There is a purpose to deliberately creating unreasonable estimates, and it's to get people to work for free. Based on what I read it seems par for the course, unfortunately.
What features? 37k has everything I need besides that sweet Performance model acceleration.
What's wrong with YAML and what would you prefer and why?
You can verify your transactions on many websites like https://blockchain.info/ ...

You can buy semi-anonymously in-person using something like localbitcoins.com
Python lists do the job of an array probably for 99% of cases. Depends on your exact definition of an array and if that even matters
Given that the top post is someone who is unable to cancel their account, and is now considering sending a GDPR complaint due to their difficulties in canceling service, I would argue this company is swiftly heading into criminal behavior (if not already there with the money laundering)
This coincides with Marie Kondo's arrival
Read the rest of my post.

The question stands, because the article doesn't specify whether it is talking about wages or wages in real terms.

Someone mind explaining what these downvotes are for? All I asked was a question.

This place is becoming like Stack Overflow.
A lot of helpful stuff here. Thanks for the kick in the pants!
Has the whiff of a typical black ops CIA operation...
Most, not all, of the insurance policies I've had here in the UK cover other vehicles. If you actually read the cover, it's not ever enough for lending my mate's Tesla or 911 for a bit of Friday night hooliganism. Only once had that, and I paid significantly extra for it.

It's almost always third party only - legal requirement - cover, unless you have notified the insurance and got approval first. That would usually need you as registered owner, and paying a premium, or even higher fee for not being keeper.

So I can borrow a car, get home legally, and if I cause an accident the other parties have cover against which they can claim. That's it. If it's stolen while in my care or I drive into a tree, no cover. If it catches fire, no cover. If I bash the door on a bollard or seize the engine, no cover. No cover for any of the things that might normally happen lending the thing to a friend.

I would be very surprised to learn you get full comprehensive insurance on any borrowed vehicle. That would make insurance premiums trivial to game.
I agree that obnoxious, vile-quality ads deserve to be combated by the recipient as though on a war footing.
"Published tuition fees" is a very different figure from what the average student actually pays.
Nope. I don't use Windows at all. If it can't be done on Linux, I simply don't do it. I don't even bother with wine.

There's a whole planet out there. Your computer doesn't need to be the only thing that occupies your time, it doesn't need to be perfect, it doesn't need to do everything.
PIE (Proto-Indo-European) was most likely a gendered language. So the concept goes deep into prehistory. English lost its gender system fairly recently, during the Middle English period.
Literally true for every currency at some level. I suppose you could use a greenback as very poor toilet paper.
I've worked as a consultant in Germany and I was shocked by how far behind your average company is regarding cloud adoption. Modern tools and processes are also usually a pipe dream.
So I agree, the industry as a whole has way more room to grow than you would suspect.
drawo.sh obviously wins. Not just because they paid the most. Because its the first ad ive clicked on in ages that gave me exactly what I expected it to. And asked for nothing.
The reason why malware isn't as much of a problem is because of the blocking - it wasn't big class actions or criminal charges that got them to clean up more. The vulnerability is still there so it gets blocked as basic self defense. Malware infections increase conversion rates for the blockers.
Could you provide some context? Why is she important for US incomes? Arrival of what kind? Where from / to?
Secret history of the Arab Jews who served as spies for Israel
Understanding Convolutions (2014)
https://vim.dev/
I don't think that analogy works. You're not forced to use the gendered forms - you can just say "the person", "them", etc - and (at least as far as the language is concerned), it's only about communication, not about reasoning. So your "calculations" are unaffected.
Ask HN: New Homeowner Suggestions
If all goes well I will be closing on a house mid-April and I was wondering what suggestions people on HN would have. I'll have about a full month and a half of overlap with my current apartment so I've got time to run wires/etc if I want.

This is pretty open-ended question, I'm interested in everything from "Take pictures of X". "Run ethernet before you move in", "Install a energy/power monitor", etc.

I plan on installing Zigbee switches in most if not all of my light switches and I use SmartThing with Alexa/Siri(homebridge) to control them.

Anyways I'd love to hear from HN's homeowners about what they would do differently or what they did that they are glad they did.
Would make a good South Park episode
But ~0% of them know or care that they use Linux, it's either is a functional device for them or has a rebranded OS (Android)
That tweet with the Slack screenshot, plus a couple of interviews I read, paint the picture of a person who is borderline psychopathic.

Edit: For anyone wondering this is the Slack screenshot about KPIs https://twitter.com/phillipcaudell/status/110108122935141580...
NASA is finding exoplanets every day, and the LHC is probing quarks at high energies, yet nobody seems to know what is and isn't sent to Microsoft on Windows 10, despite the relative simplicity of doing so (and arguably equal importance as this could be giving Microsoft access to billions of dollars of trade secrets for example). Are any security researchers actively researching this topic? Even if crash documents are encrypted over the network, couldn't these questions be answered by patching root certificates, setting up fake diagnostic servers, tracing the stack with a debugger, etc? Even a reproducable test of making Word crash 10 times, measuring the bandwidth, changing the document size slightly, and remeasuring could give some insight into this question.
I agree that MDN is not always at the right level of detail for a lot of questions, but the archived version of w3fools shows some truly awful errors. The w3schools content just didn't meet a minimal bar of accuracy back then.
The same can be said about any power flowing into the county. Wikipedia indicates that the two major power plants in San Bernardino county are in solar, thus they must be importing power at night in order to meet the cities needs. Consequently the argument "They're opposing renewable energy that is used primarily to serve out-of-town customers" can be applied for any and all energy projects which has/is currently fedding the county. The power grid is communal resource, all communities benefit from it and as a result we all need to contribute to it, if not you'll end up with islanded power distribution systems that are a lot more expensive.
Her book has been out since 2014, I couldn't stomach the show it was too "cute" and slow paced. Book is excellent though.
Are All Our Organs Vital?
> avoiding suffering is not living to the fullest

Stoicism isn't about the avoidance of suffering. It's about accepting fate, loving others despite their behavior, and not creating anguish for yourself, in your own mind. It doesn't mean, however, that you don't attempt to put things in order and fix your problems.

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."

"Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself."

"So you were born to feel 'nice'? Instead of doing things and experiencing them? Don't you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can? And you're not willing to do your job as a human being? Why aren't you running to do what your nature demands?"
Appreciate the nice words re: my writing! I completely hear you regarding the tone of the piece. In retrospect, I would've probably made more of an effort to downplay any alarmism and instead focus on a simple how-to for friends and family who weren't aware of (and frankly were quite concerned by) this level of tracking, irregardless of whether the information is shared externally. Anyways, thanks again for your comment and I didn't mean for this piece to be some sort of Apple takedown. I also should've noted that it really was meant more for a non-tech, non-privacy savvy audience. Completely understand that the folks in this thread probably are in the top percentiles of being cognizant of their privacy settings, etc.
Nobody is disputing that Linux became an overwhelming success.

spectramax was comparing it to Linux on the desktop (which never really became mainstream).
While I agree wholeheartedly, I have found it’s not enough to have a great product, especially when you’re new and small.

I loathe marketing, but I have no clue how to get around it.
I can't remember when I last had windows installed on equipment that I owned. At some point I did, e.g. in college in the 90s, but it ceased to be the case a long time ago. Of course I occasionally help others who have windows, but I don't find that I need it.
Lots of people are commenting to say that W3Schools is now fine. I disagree. On the rare occasion that I end up interacting with them in some way, I find errors.

My Stack Overflow post history contains three mentions of W3Schools, all of which involve W3Schools making an error:

* https://stackoverflow.com/q/20610930/1709587, about W3Schools stating falsely that it's necessary to explicitly add `type="submit"` to submit buttons in HTML to ensure cross-browser compatibility.

* https://stackoverflow.com/a/52355253/1709587, in which W3Schools makes false claims about the `colspan` attribute - both about what the specs say about it, and about how browsers implement it.

* https://stackoverflow.com/a/46866568/1709587, where W3Schools suggests a JavaScript function to shuffle an array which both technically invokes undefined behaviour under the ECMAScript standard and which does not fairly shuffle arrays in practice in real browsers.

None of these things are fixed. The fact that they tidied up the specific errors that the W3Fools team listed, in response to the biggest ever hostile PR campaign that W3Schools ever faced, does not mean that they are now a decent, error-free source. Far from it.
What about the person working at a Foxconn factory with suicide nets?
RIP Saturn
Another side of this is that there's demand for full stack competency. Even if it isn't perfect comprehensive knowledge, it's enough to get difficult jobs done. I think this person was striving for perfection where it's not really feasible for most people, or even necessary for most jobs.

I've tried several times in my career to focus on a skill but because I was able to do many other things, I was asked to by my employer. I rarely say no. My last job was originally supposed to be 'make these products faster' with a focus on the backend, but it turned out the frontend and anything in between the two was as much a part of the problem. Not only did I fix issues on the server, but I re-architected the frontend to a degree, moved all assets to a CDN, significantly improved the js code's tree shaking, code splitting, and lazy loading, tackled minutiae like compressing images better, using a faster and more secure alpine image, and the list goes on.

I didn't really want to do that stuff, but I could and it needed to be done. And the reality is that even though I'm not a master of anything I do, no one else at that company had done those things despite having the opportunities (indicating they didn't know how or didn't even know it needed to be done), and the main application I worked on was sped up a ridiculous amount. I remember we had accounts that took an actual honest to dog minute or more to perform an action, and when I was done it did the same thing in a few seconds. It was a game changer.

The people I worked with were awesome at what they did, and in a sense I was only standing on their shoulders. But they don't understand the entire stack well enough to connect the dots like I did. So that's where full stackers really shine, I think. Sometimes I think I get too much credit on teams for my contributions because all I do is make sense of things and break it out into tasks that most of the team is already able to do. But I suppose there is real value in bringing the bigger picture together for your team.
The subway does the job of a car in 99% of cases. Doesn't mean they're the same thing. I also wouldn't appreciate an article about subways with the title "Cars".

I have literally never seen or heard of a definition of array according to which lists are arrays -- can you cite one?
>You can be a Stoic and still achieve things

I feel this proves the point: Marcus Aurelius was Emperor of Rome. That's an accomplishment, surely :)
What Is the 'Book of Changes'?
> The FCA was only informed of the problems at Revolut after an employee complained to the board about the switch and the fact it did not automatically block suspicious transactions.

Yikes. This makes me think management was being less than truthful with the board. Thats a recipe for a disaster.
Getting a 504 - https://web.archive.org/web/20171016173743/https://www.risko...
Culture starts at the top.