skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Being able to pass a closure (lexically scoped anonymous function) as an event handler is invaluable in GUI programming.
Here’s what could have happened:

March 20: Confirmation of receipt of issue, boilerplate response detailing expected next steps

And as far as we know, this might have actually happened! Maybe it wasn’t deemed interesting enough to include on that timeline.
The danger about making these lists is that you may end up thinking that you have to get a high number of reasons to make your claim seem valid. I would not be surprised if the author started stating five to ten reasons and then thought that 23 was a good number for the reference, therefore proceeding to fill up the article with whatever nonsense. That's the only process I can think of that nets you "they sell your DNA to other companies", "scientists can make gifs with your DNA" and "companies buy ads" to be arguments in the same hierarchical level.

Some of them are pretty serious consequences of using their services: some of them involving the company's practices, and others involving the dangers of developing this industry. Both should be considered in separate to get a clearer picture of the issue. This article is treating it as BuzzFeed treats a new game of thrones episode, therefore depriving it of any legitimacy.

I'd like to see more elaborated on three points particularly: the privacy implications of having your DNA shared, the accuracy and precision of the purported results and the possible dangers of applications of this industry.
> Add a third AoA sensor

Ignorant question time. Why stop at 3? Why not 5? Why not more? If the plane literally crashes when they mess up, and apparently they mess up somewhat frequently, wouldn’t you want a lot of them? And then implement voting across all of them? Are they incredibly expensive or incredibly big or something?
>It is the West that is set to remove any form of commonality and turn to a state of legalized corruption and nepotism.

This is silly, the west has always had legalized corruption and nepotism. John f Kennedy employed his brother as secretary of state, and raped his 19 year old intern. Things are getting better, not worse.
Now You See Me, Now You Don't: Fooling a Person Detector
So "legal" is the threshold for "bad"? I disagree.

If the proportion of white shoplifters and black shoplifters being caught is different, AI will just scale up that disparity. If reality is biased, we should work to fix that: not make it more efficient.
I love the downvotes for suggesting unionization. Very nice, HN.
That guy's parents had a talk with him.
I'm trying to figure out what the relevance of the racial, gender, or class group is to this situation and I can't
Edison asks for bigger profits, home bills to rise average of $14.40 a month
It's pretty great. As someone said below: I'd buy a tshirt.
JWST will orbit earth, they won't know about it in remote galaxies.
Don't worry a little banner will appear in front of it telling the real truth about 9-11
integers.
The average age is certainly not low. I've seen a lot of people I'd guess are quite a bit above 40 or 50. Barely anyone significantly younger than me (33).
When you have a tiger by the tail (either literally or figuratively), it's not unreasonable to temporarily increase your level of effort beyond that which is long-term sustainable.

I've done it (in games, in 2 other startups, and in finance). I still do it now sometimes when waves of unrelated work all happen to peak near the same time.
I don't understand how people with 12-14 work days, make time for education given the potential lack of sleep. Let alone, not suffer from sort of mental deterioration. I guess when you are living in slave like conditions, you aren't thinking about that. I just don't know how they aren't suffering from some sort of psychosis?
jononor should have recommended Gtk for Python via https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. Not sure why PyQt was suggested instead.
Why the Most Underrated CEO in Business Is the Real Winner
I didn't understand half of the terms used in this article, but it actually did make me start thinking about certain things in a new light...
There's a school of thought which considers complex data types to be more a part of problem then a solution. You may disagree with it, but nevertheless one certainly doesn't need complex data types to write GUI (or anything) effectively.

Also, in this universe Win32 API was released in 90s, not 80s.
Nano gap
So use those stats in the story and back up why the author assumes it’s a man.

Assumptions blind you to reality, however.

Even worse: This article perpetuates the gender disparity in tech you reference.
I think they interviewed mostly people new to the gaming industry who don’t know how to manage their time under pressure, Epic isn’t an easy place if you’re not pretty senior, they expect you to know what to do with little guidance. That said they also see the company as being a marathon since it’s success isn’t certain and fragile, so it’s something they expect employees to take care of because it’s a unique place, maybe similar to how museum staff look after art work. No doubt it’s brutal with Fortnight’s success, and you will get fired if you’re not competent and pulling your weight, but that’s the industry they’re in, you can’t have a few people putting everyone else’s livelihood at risk, and they also compensate very well when they’re successful. So it’s not like some sweat shop, it’s more complex than the article makes it sound.
Yeah, just like they forgot about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_rudder_issues
"counter to building a better product ... rgardless of the success"? That's nonsense.
> I wouldn't ever consider ignoring or not replying to an email from a person who isn't spamming me. To me that's almost the rudest thing you can do online.

I agree with this. I realize there are some people who get literally thousands of emails per day, but for the most part it really breaks the social contract of the Internet.

If I get email questions about blog posts I've written or videos I've created then I just answer them and then usually anonymize the person and dump them online so that other people can then find the answer via Google or whatever, e.g.: https://www.fwdeveryone.com/t/WT-4NHhJQiyCa5mbDOhuGw/long-re...
That comment is useless in a really broad spectrum

1. We have to criticise the tools we use. That is the only way we improve. If people had that mentality of not criticising a tool because of how popular it is, we would be stuck with cobol for life

2. Amount of code release has extremely little to do with a language being good or bad, just with its popularity. And it is hard to move away from a language once you have a solid base. Still the language flaws are right there and if for any reason you have to touch the code base, being for security upgrade, refactor or feature implementation, there is a potential for a lot of grief just because of the tool someone decided to use for the job.

3. What was really that about hipster programmer? It has been a while since PHP stopped being the mainstream language for backend web development so that really makes little sense.
I'd add also the possibility of being recognized, even if only in the game end credits.
If you're young and a possibly a game enthusiast, it can move mountains.
Game companies can become successful without ridiculous "crunch hours".

Game companies can become successful without abusing programmers who are passionate about making games.
I dunno, I have an intense fandom for certain artists and when they release new music I like to listen with my higher quality headphones, at home in peace and quiet to really take it in as fully as possible.

Though this is only for maybe 3 projects a year so it isn't how I listen to all new music.
>Hopefully less than human bias...

Well you can hope, but it's made by humans, so I wouldn't count on it.
Are they still using the test she questioned?
I was wondering about this too. Then again, I don't know the air density difference. 130 knots at half the density (not that I know if half density is a feasible figure) would impart something like half the force, I imagine. Then again, lower density affects the ability of craft that use density for lift to operate.
Metasploit RCE (CVE-2019-5624)
The software looks "for fidgeting, restlessness and other potentially suspicious body language".

Great, so sociopaths will go unchallenged because the computer deems them trustworthy, and socially-anxious people will endure YET MORE intrusive encounters during what should be a simple trip to the store.

"Can I help you? No, I won't go away, I don't understand this computer thing but it says I really need to stay near you while you're in the store."

That'll be lovely.
Is 'skateboard' another name for body-on-frame?

It seems like people are saying it's a big new idea, but it's how things used to be done before uni-bodies. Are uni-bodies not as suited to electric with their large low-slung power packs?
Aren't there concerns of the state going after doners to pay child support in cases where the legal guardians have some hardship/separate etc?

Or should that just be "in the fine print" when you donate?
Sad music is a type of immersion therapy. Confronting your fears is always the best way to overcome them.

I think sadness and depression also require validation. Stewing on it is good if it is therapeutic, bad if it encourages helplessness.
> Most of the "wat" video's complaints also apply to Python.

No, they don't. All of Wat's complaints against JS, in order of presentation:

> [] + [] ; JS: '', Python: []

Python uses + between arrays for concatenation, just like strings, which I think is reasonable. JavaScript does random crap.

> [] + {} ; JS: '[object Object]' (that's a string, not an object), Python: TypeError.

Again, Python's output here is reasonable, JS's is off the deep-end.

> {} + [] ; JS: 0 (the integer) Python: TypeError

Again, Python's output here is reasonable. JS appears to demonstrate that + isn't commutative, but that's too rosy a picture: in this case, + actually is commutative, as ({} + []) and ([] + {}) are the same string, but without the parentheses we get 0. Yes, the lack of parentheses changes the value JS emits.¹

> {} + {} ; in Wat: NaN, in Chrome/Node: '[object Object][object Object]', in Python: TypeError

Similar to before, Python errors out on the garbage, JS just keep computing ever more insane values.

> [longer example, but boils down to "wat"+1 doing something and "wat"-1 doing something else for comedic effect.

Python TypeErrors on both of these.

Python certainly has its own warts, but they are not as ridiculous as the warts that JS carries around.

¹AIUI, {} + [] is parsed as empty code block, implicit semicolon, unary plus, empty array. The parentheses force the grammar to evaluate the entire thing as an expression, so ({} + []) parses instead as a parenthesized empty object, binary plus, empty array.
They were one of the very best ever. It's a shame Pete Steel died already.. I heard he was heavily inspired by Lycia, pretty deep too, but not the production level of Type O Negative unfortunately.
Also reporting on Google Glass was not exactly positive either, to put it mildly. Mainly because it was expensive for a product with no real out of the box use case.
But eventually people actually drive these cars and notice these things
But it’s ok if California requires public companies have quotas for board seats, apparently.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19724430
Chrome update stops websites from tracking you in Incognito Mode
I lived in the Alsace region of France for awhile and there is a local dialect of German/French there called Alsatian. We used to ride our bikes down the Levee to a village called Le Wantzeneau and get the local version of Pizza from a food truck.

The language is, as I've suggested, a weird combination of both French and German, and it seems to be spoken through the nose somewhat. It reminded me a lot of Cajun French, which I heard a lot of as a kid.

I'm really for maintaining regional languages. I missed out on a Cajun French revival as a kid but I'm planning on sending my son down for immersion camp.

In an era where economies of scale are an overwhelming pressure on culture, maintaining a region's own weird language is kind of rebellion. It calls to mind the Cajun folk hero Dudley LeBlanc who skirted FDA regulation on his bullshit patent medicine (itself merely a way of bypassing the prohibition on alcohol sales) by advertising it on local Cajun French radio stations (which regulators had trouble understanding). Speaking multiple languages is anti-authoritarian!
Enlightened arrogance is one thing. Being aware of—and addressing—bias in articles is another.

“They” doesn’t cost anyone anything. It’s not a new word. It’s gender-neutral. It’s an easy win, and a change worth making.
Edison Partners Leads $4M Growth Investment in Northpass
It actually does say confirmation of receipt, on March 19 (the same day it was submitted)
It is unreasonable to force developers to increase their level of effort.

Manage adequately, hire more people if necessary. There are other solutions that going "welp, we're successful, better work even more hours now".
I agree, but it would have the data all previous recordings and news generated from it. Plus by open manner I meant that people (think the larger masses) would help in training it in the future as well.
The models Rivian has announced are supposed to go into production next year (2020). The more investment they get the more likely I think it is that they hit that goal, but they're already taking preorders and production will probably be limited at first so there might be a wait.
This is true. But if you compare it to the Model X which is about the same weight you'll still end up with the same conclusion - the battery/drive train of the e-Tron is not well engineered.

The base Model X probably has a 70/80 kWH battery - smaller, lighter and cheaper then the one in the e-Tron, and its supposed to be getting a 250 mile EPA rating.
Battle of the Titans-Debate Between Jordan Peterson and Slavoj ŽIžek in Toronto
Come to think of it, STScI, which is where those developers worked (and maybe still do), was always a favorable environment for Python.

Back in the early 2000s, before Numpy was a thing, STScI developed an image-file-reader for Python called PyFITS, and an underlying array extension to Python that allowed multiple base types, slicing, etc., called numarray (e.g., see https://scipy.github.io/old-wiki/pages/History_of_SciPy.html). In some sense, STScI might have been expected to prefer Python to JS.
due to how airlines have fitted their planes, i will unfortunately be flying 787 dreamliner exclusively after multiple horrible airbus flights. especially the god awful BA A380 and the absolutely horrific Emirates 777.
I know what you're saying, but that may not be the best example. I'm white, but I've trained my children a couple of times now that they should never bring anything into a store that the store sells, white kids or not. Of course the store has to assume you're stealing it if you walk back out with it and visibly did not pay. A reasonable person (in the legal sense) is going to put the burden of proof on you to prove you had it when you walked in.
BINGO! It's been taken as a given that more voting is always a better idea. In fact limiting the voter pool for more distant offices (Senators chosen by state legislatures, President elected by... electors) as was originally done in the US might have been a pretty good idea, though the system might need some tweaking Electors are a fine idea, but it's de-facto just a low-information-voter popularity contest vote—when's the last time you even knew who the electors you were voting for were? Have you ever? No one votes based on who the elector is, just who they've pledged to support. Maybe state legislatures, or some part of them, should take that over, too.

Similarly, we've done a decent job of crushing political machines and corrupt unions... but a poor job of crushing the powerful business interests and anti-the-small-guy forces they (sometimes) effectively opposed. As a friend of mine put it, our system used to feature various kaiju fighting, all of them wrecking cities, but some of them doing so while trying to save us, some while trying to harm us. We eliminated all the kaiju that were working to save us (smashing a city block here and there and eating the occasional fire truck, sure) but didn't do anything about the ones trying to harm us, with predictable results.
I used to be quite fond of many podcasts, but my love has been recently waning, mostly owing to two obnoxious trends: 1) Re-runs, which make no sense in the podcast realm; and 2) podcasts airing episodes from other shows on the same podcast network. Both practices are increasingly common, and they rapidly fill my feed with content I don't care to listen to. It's hard to housekeep since I mostly listen while driving.
> Add an OAuth-style negotiation for the key as the first startup process.

How does this possibly work? You must have some “bootstrap key” that you would use to fetch the API key. You’re going to ship something in the app that says “hey, I’m really your app” or else you’re doing to allow anyone to fetch your API key. All you can do is obfuscate the process of getting the API key. You cannot actually keep it secret when you need clients to have access to it.
> Why is this a problem?

It's only $20k in the US, and as other people have mentioned... it doesn't seem to have been $20k until this press release.

If you have no problem with that, then no worries. ;)
Adult children are costing many parents their retirement savings
Why doesn't OpenBSD do KASLR?
Apple now repairing MacBook keyboards in store, promising next day turnaround
Panasonic provide the cells, Tesla combines thousands of cells into battery packs, and the battery packs are quite complex bits of engineering, with monitoring, cooling, heating, balancing etc.
HN is full of people who fit the "temporarily embarrassed millionaire" stereotype perfectly. Droves of developers sure that one day their SaaS site will make them rich, that one day they'll sell their side-project to google.

Most of us won't!
But now you have a more fragmented BSD market.
If you want a sci-fi description of something like this, consider Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer. Enjoyed her take on “hives” which form as groups of people choose how to govern themselves and are relatively free to join. Some choose autocracy, others full democracy.
As much as it sucks to implicitly require people to work so many hours, i'd say it's OK in the short term if they were compensated accordingly (overtime or big bonuses), which according to the article they were (3x the salary?). Maybe someone more familiar with epic could enlighten me.
This seems excessively limiting. The standard 737 has an impeccable safety record and I much prefer it as a passenger to the A320 (the Airbus is noisier IMO). I wouldn't think twice about stepping on board any modern aircraft no matter who the manufacturer, but I have to admit that that attitude doesn't currently extend to the MAX.
I've been doing this for years! I have a dozen or so playlists that start off with very sad music, become melancholy, then bittersweet, then hopeful, and finally happy.

Almost always does the trick! But you have to have time to kill.

The way I see it is like rescuing someone stuck on the ocean floor. You can't just bring them up! Your body has to adjust to the changing pressure. Slowly and slowly you change the mood, allowing time to ease in.
I think if they want to target shoplifters, so long as their accuracy is within reasonable range of effectiveness, it’s okay. 90% of the Thai, 92% of AngloAmericans, 89% of Nigerians, 88% of South Americans, 87% of locals indeed processed were shoplifting, regardless of absolute numbers, this is okay.
Unfortunately, you would have to live in a plastic bubble to make that possible. You probably shed many petabases of your DNA every day. Your DNA is no more private than your face. The best you can do of you don't want to reveal it is to never leave the house. Also, don't have family, relatives, or members of the same species to reveal your secret...
> I demand a public apology from you, here in the public square

What exactly is it you want me to apologize for? Have I said anything here that is factually incorrect?

> You even begin your comment with a disclaimer to the effect of "This is really not relevant to this thread"

No, I ended my comment with the following statement:

"It's not P=NP but two similar problems that attract a lot of quackery."

And I stand by that.

> you demonstrate no knowledge of Sparsey

I don't claim to have any. My opinion of you and your work is based entirely on the fact that you claimed to have achieved quantum supremacy on a classical computer, an extraordinary claim which you failed to back up with any evidence. When I suggested how you could provide that evidence (implement Shor's algorithm) you balked. That is the sum total of the evidence on which my opinion of you and your work is based. It's quite possible that Sparsey has merit, I don't know. What I do know is that whatever merit it may have, it isn't what you told me it was.

(The whole situation is very peculiar because in our private correspondence you really emphasized the quantum stuff, but your web site doesn't mention it at all. This leaves me nonplussed.)

> you disparage my work in the public square, and in a cowardly fashion, behind my back

If something is done in public it is, by definition, not behind anyone's back, so I think you should apologize to me for accusing me of behaving in a cowardly fashion. If you can demonstrate that something I said was wrong, I will absolutely apologize for it. But if you want me to change my opinion you will have to do with with evidence and persuasive argument, not insults and demands for apologies.

But before this spins too wildly out of control, let's start by publicly clearing up the factual question at the heart of our disagreement: do you stand by the claim you made to me in private (but which I cannot find any record of you having made in public) of having achieved quantum supremacy on a classical computer?
https://www.nand2tetris.org/copy-of-cool-stuff

This is definitely not a waste of time. But though building a physical ALU from TTL is feasible, constructing a reasonable amount of memory would be a waste of time and money.

Once you have written the nand2tetris HDL for the hardware, you could translate it to Verilog and burn an FPGA quite easily.
These kind of pick-up trucks are hugely popular all around the world. They're not always American - look at the Toyota trucks that are massive everywhere. But yeah they're rural vehicles - you wouldn't see them much if you live all your life in a city.
I'm all for hiring problem solvers, but how do you differentiate them if you don't ask them to solve problems?

Years of experience is definitely not a guarantee of competence.
Yeah, basically. But now the frame is solidly mounted to the body because in 2019 we want the chassis rigidity and can reduce NVH in other ways. People have been hard mounting the body to the frame of BoF vehicles to increase rigidity for a long time though so that's not new either. There's no hard line. It's like how at one point we had wagons, minivans and SUVs but now we have crossovers that blur the lines. Vehicle construction is the same. You can have a ladder frame and then shove a bunch of batteries in it. Is that a skateboard? What if it's a perimeter frame? What if the batteries contribute to the rigidity of the frame?
> The major failure components will be batteries and electric motors. However the former can be considered a wear item and is, generally easy, to replace

Are there "wear items" in ICE vehicles that cost anything like as much as replacing the batteries in an EV?
Educate me if I am wrong, but there are natively compiled Erlang modules, but no longer any natively compiled Erlang. It only runs on the BEAM, and ever since BEAM/C fell out of use in OTP R5 no native code is generated.