skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think its necessary/useful as after 20 odd year programming ive lost so many notebooks, that blog posts help me remember what I need to know
Offer a gift card incentive.
The noise generation we're talking about are orders of magnitude off from your average tire noise, though. I swear some of the cars around here have trumpets installed in place of mufflers. Some of the Harleys set off car alarms as they pass because of their optimized mufflers.

To be fair, those are illegal, but enforcement seems to be non-existent.
I don't keep tabs on you. I've just been here nearly ten years and you participate enough to be on the leader board. I made a mental note to try to avoid you due to a run in with you under my previous handle.

I haven't bothered to read your entire comment and may not bother. I got to the ugly and ridiculous accusation against me of stalking and stopped there.

I don't plan to continue engaging you.
Depends how much mentoring is expected and what the productivity expectations for the mentors is, IMO.
Synology is a semi-reputable name brand that sells things like NASes and is in one of the links above.
The actual age difference it's not all that large compared to other disciplines.

> In a study of nearly 2,000 famous scientists throughout history, he found that mathematicians were the youngest when they made their first important contribution. The average age at which they accomplished something important enough to land in history books was 27.3. By contrast, biologists were 29.4 years old, physicists were 29.7, and chemists were 30.5.

>mathematicians make their best research contributions (which he defined as the ones mentioned most often by historians and biographers in reference books) at what many might consider doddering old age: 38.8. That age is very similar to those he found in other sciences: 40.5 in biology, 38.2 in physics, and 38.0 in chemistry

Math is also a bit unusual compared to most of other disciplines in that math dissertations are often written very quickly and you don't need months or years of studies/experiments to support a thesis. That could easily explain the 2 year gap between mathematicians and biologists noted above.

http://www.massey.ac.nz/~rmclachl/overthehill.html
This is a classic The Innovators Dilemma scenario, as described in the book back in the ‘90’s. If the people running Intel read the book and understand the problem they’ll know what to do. Otherwise the opening will be there for someone (Nvidia) to take the ball, run with it and own the industry.

Being aware of history is important. Very few things in business are new once you distill things down to their essence.
I love this, good job.

I'm curious, does the purchase transfer the copyright to the buyer? Or does it remain with the artist?
This is good feedback. I default to devils advocate more often than not for some reason and have had to explain myself more than once.
I don't know that the NT kernel is going away ANY time soon... But, I am glad to see a working linux subsystem with support for SystemD (good or bad there) and Docker in the box. If volume/drive shares/mounts works well, I'll be very happy. Git bash's windows-isms mostly suck, and Docker's lack of real volume mounts is painful for anything i/o heavy.

It isn't the IT side, either... it lets developers WRITE, RUN and TEST Linux software, at least making it an option instead of more Windows-only.
If Slack started charging money for community groups, then sure, some of them would definitely jump ship. But... looking at my Slack here, I've got 4 clients and 6 community groups that I'm connected to. If a new client asks me what I'd prefer for a group chat, I'm probably going to say Slack. Not because I love it, but because I've already been sucked into the ecosystem.

The free tier is definitely a marketing tool. Get people into the ecosystem and make it easier for someone to choose Slack rather than something else.
In K-12 schools, most coaches are also teachers. I was a math teacher and basketball coach, for instance. When season was in, some of my days were 14+ hours long.
That's not a counterpoint. That essentially corroborates their statement. As you say, they weeded out the poor performers, and still the worst coders I've ever met have all been from Indian outsourcing agencies. Granted, I've met great coders from the same agencies, too, but the fact remains that even when you weed out the worst offenders, you still get people who should never be anywhere near production code.
Lab grown meat could also eliminate jobs for thousands of people. Got any ideas how a 50-something fisherman is supposed to put those lab grown meals on his/her table once their job is gone?
In 4th grade, I read about the manganese nodule cover story in Weekly Reader. I was super into geology and was entranced by the story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Reader
Sounds like classic US morals to me.
Probably not going to do any good, based on the rest of the description of the situation.
Working daily with clients who expect a lot from data. Especially when they quote that sentence, I tend to ask them what their car uses as fuel. Do they really fill their cars with raw oil or a product that was refined and turned into usable gasoline.

Data might be the new oil (I doubt it). But you can't use it. You need to work with this raw material and turn it into an endproduct - depending on the use case.
"Nope, humans were trying to figure out how to manage the consequences of nuclear weapons, which were judged to be a necessary strategy to end World War II to attempt to defeat fascism and save democracy.
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Fascism and WWII were created by humans. If you were an alien species and observing the earth from afar it's pretty insane how foolish we look.

We've built the worlds greatest nuclear arsenal, then pointed them at each other.

The Fermi paradox plays into this. If life is possible throughout the galaxy where is everyone?

It's possible that life just destroys itself.
The New Rules of Sampling
It's how we got a lot of our good inventions too.

Also half the stuff that shows up on HN.
Given how little UK pays developers in general, is there any reason good devs shouldn't move away from there anyway?
> The Auvi-Q is designed with the cap and needle on the same end – and had a success rate of over 90 percent.

Not the best example. The Auvi-Q is different in more ways than that - it actually speaks its instructions aloud to the user. I would say that it has much more “in-product messaging.”

https://youtu.be/d3PntHvNiTY
Maybe the version could be in the hostname? Then site-relative URL's go to the same version you were using, which is presumably what you want. But I agree that it doesn't seem all that useful.

It seems like any of these schemes make assumptions that some things are invariant when switching to a new version, so you don't have to start over.

For example, if user IDs are just integers then you have a fairly conservative assumption that clients can store the user IDs and they can be reused with a new version. That is, users won't be renumbered. But everything else about the API can change between versions.

A site-relative URL also fixes part of the URL template between versions, so it can be safely stored. But the host can change.

I'm skeptical that URL's are all that helpful here. Why not do a POST using something like protobufs and avoid the issue entirely? An API like this is site-specific anyway and requires custom client code (other than the parsing layer which can be generated from a schema). It seems weird to pretend otherwise, as if some universal client existed. At best, you could use a browser for debugging, but that's about it.
Which is a direct translation of the same word from Sanskrit which carries the same meaning. Hardly surprising as Telugu is at lest 50% Sanskrit
Psychology is far more than just personality. And CBT is effective for many issues besides depression and anxiety. I’d still suggest speaking with a therapist.
I used to ride a bike as my main transport. It really depends on your model. A Ninja 250 will be a lot cheaper than a car (especially when you count insurance), a CBR 600 that gets put through its paces, not so much.

But then, I wasn't keeping my bike in great tires/etc, and I wasn't commuting nearly as far as you.
It says clearly in the FAQs that free shipping is only in India and for orders above Rs. 15000.
That is very typical in the Caucasus. I have countless of stories of people going completely out of their way to help out and requesting nothing back in return, but instead maybe even invite you for a dinner with their family. Incredibly hospitable region.
I was joking, but there is little in terms of life- /commerce- /click-flow (outside of maybe Europe, and maybe healthcare in the US) that prevents me from surveilling you any way I can. If I have a popular health app, I can surveil even more if you click "accept" to a ToS.
marketing needs more accountability in general. the things they do to cheapen brands is astounding, yet they never try to measure it. spotify comes to mind, showing me new albums of artists i barely listen to, or hulu integration, or some other gimmick. around black friday, too, there's always some shitty app abusing notifications for marketing.
No, I genuinely thought you were spoilering the upcoming Spider-Man Far From Home (where the guy is put to sleep by Nick Fury in trailers, but by the end of the movie, who knows?). The previous Spider-Man has the guy-in-chair joke, so...
Same here.

Started with Duke Nukem 3D, Doom, Quake and Mortal Kombat 2/3.

I think I'm a bit more messed up than I would be without it, but nothing too serious.
I happily resigned from a big four consulting company after three weeks. They misrepresented the location and hours I'd be working during the interview process.

I don't doubt I have a black line through my name at the company, and I don't give a damn.

Is it okay for me to have resigned after only three weeks? For me, it certainly was.
Why is our society becoming more and more puritan, and why is it coming from the left this time?

Haven’t we gotten past all this concern trolling about violence in the media?
Sorry to hear that! The web page sends each sentence to the server once you type it, but it looks like something has gone wrong.

I'll check server logs to identify the problem. Sorry again!
That is the one. Excellent documentary and interviews several of the involved parties. The level of engineering that was described was truly astounding.
"These paintings have zero artistic value" is quite an harsh judgement, especially when defining the "artistic value" is so subjective.

It's not like commissioned painting is a new thing, and it yielded some masterpieces. Bringing it to a broader audience can be beneficial for artists themselves.

I remember seeing an interview of an African artist who was telling the journalist that before she gained some fame in her country she was living in quite a precarious financial situation. I think there's definitely some merit to such a service if it might help some artists in similar situations, as by solidifying a source of income, they could then devote themselves to paint things they really want to paint.
I have worked on ultra-violent games but never did research on what actual killings looked like as referenced in the article. As the one quote said, context is important as well as how close something gets to realistic looking. That embedded Mortal Kombat trailer was pretty unrealistic looking IMO, the physics was cartoon like and several what would be real life death blows were not death blows until the fight was over. I was pretty disgusted by these sorts of things when Mortal Kombat came out when I was a child and didn't get the appeal of it so maybe I got inured to cartoon violence by exposure. OTOH, Breaking Bad had a few death scenes similar to one of those, and aired on prime time basic cable.

For one game I worked on, I was instructed to get blood splatters for cuts and slicing off of body parts (in a cartoon character world) like the movie 300 which were over the top and very obviously particle effects (the producer loved referencing current popular culture...). It never occurred to me to go looking for what blood spurts look like in real life, as I was given an order for a style.

Most of the games I have worked on were not realistic looking, though I remember doing internal tiger team testing for Warcraft 3 and there was one mission where you have to kill villagers. These characters are tiny and cartoon like but the voices of them suffering in this made me feel so bad and similar to stuff happening the real world I thought we should take the mission out of the game - I think they toned it down a bit but it was in the final version.
This is kind of similar to the mission in Call of Duty series where one has to participate in the slaughter of civilians in an airport - I didn't like that one either.

I still have trouble watching some of the fight scenes in TV/film/wrestling when they look too real or wince especially with blades, even though it's obviously stunts with props and probably CGI for the most gruesome bits - I have retained sensitivity to realistic violence.
I'm unclear but considering that the text output is nonsense I imagine the code would be nonsense. It MIGHT compile but might not actually do anything. I'm curious about this myself.

Maybe it could transcompile or re-implement common algorithms to already solved problems.
Q&A with Sahil Lavignia (Gumroad Founder)
I definitely would be doing it if salaries were substantially lower. In fact, I’ve told people before that the main reason I’m a developer now is because it’s the only thing I know how to do that I know I can pay my student loans with.
‘We must act now’: Netherlands tries to control tourism boom
The irony in this made me chuckle, thanks for that.
I think there are two kinds of SO users - those that ask questions when they have problems, and answer questions when they solve them; and those that find questions to answer (for internet points, kudos, product support etc). Tags mainly help the latter.
Did you consider that the income earned affords them the means to pursue more "authentic" (according to you) projects as well?

Sounds like a win-win to me.
It is easier than exporting model to TF.js . I wish the tooling was better, but there is way too much custom TF code in gradtype to export it easily.
Yeah.. hopefully Desktop UIs don't get dumbed down in the future. They hastily abandoned the metro UI which was a disaster for non-touch use cases.
> But I consider that also as a success to Linux... as that means that people who feel like home at Windows can also develop Linux Software, and that's the big deal.

The kind software development that WSL is allowing is already targeted towards the Linux servers. It does not increase the market share of Linux Servers at all, nor that of Windows Server. This is just an attempt by Microsoft to stem the flow of power users to Linux Desktop.

WSL is effectively trying to kill the Linux Desktop. All the major Linux desktops (GNOME, KDE, etc) are making great strides in recent times because a lot focus is shifting to them due to the paper cuts Windows 10 has. The Linux software that need improving are the desktop userlands, and predictably WSL does not help that.

For all the new and improved Microsoft "hearts" Linux talks, it just showed that it is still the same Halloween company.

The even worse part is seeing all those twitter thought leaders behaving as if this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. For me personally, I am not doubting Stallman ever again.
Most of the collected data is published to github repo: https://github.com/indutny/gradtype/tree/master/datasets
Just how much information does the bombing of Japanese cities provide about the survivability of US naval assets against a nearby nuclear detonation? Ditto for an H-bomb on an island? Ditto for decontamination procedures?
Our visa options can be fairly limited if we don't have 4-year degrees.
I thought that the claim that Tesla is the safest car has been thoroughly debunked long ago. It's safer than an average car on the road, but not than a car of the same age and price. Not to mention that your average car does not try to actively kill you by driving into large, stationary objects.

Besides, I have no qualms with claims about the drivetrain, Superchargers, and other things that might well make Tesla the best EV out there.

It's the claims that Tesla compares with.. well, with anything, really, in build quality, that it has better interior or ergonomics , or that "Autopilot" is the best driver assistance system that really raise eyebrows. I can't comprehend what kind of thinking makes one say that a touchscreen interface in a moving vehicle could possibly be either more convenient or safer than dedicated buttons. And specifically in TM3, what could possibly make them put all output (mind you, in a car that you still have to drive yourself) off to the side?!
> Then again, Soviet era was all about community and sharing and working for the good of your fellow man.

Having lived there, I can say this is a myth.
Blunders in Test Automation (2018)
The interesting previous discussions appear to be:

2013: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6641117

2010: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1727004

2007: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=63004
Grinding things up would be pretty energy expensive, which kinda defeats the purpose. Also That's kinda what landfills are: dig hole, fill it up until it's a mound, cover with dirt and grass.
Show HN: Results of writing 200 words every day for 6 months
Well, if caching takes a small part of the overall workload, then you can't really say it's a "cache workload" or "cache-heavy workload", right?

My answer meant that Shenandoah would work well in a program where cache occupies like 70-80% of the heap, and generational GCs might not. But surely, neither are going to break from a 1%-heap cache.
I'm a native American english speaker and the thought of 'coochie' did not even cross my mind.
And let’s hope that this GUI fad passes soon so we can just go back to DOS like real men.
Truly fascinating book and very easy to read.
At least as far as western warfare goes burying enemy soldiers, even with full honors is something that isn't that uncommon; even directly in the aftermath of a battle especially if the enemy showed considerable resistance and heroism.
Show HN: Clipd.io – Cross platform/Multi layout bookmarks manager
> Solving problems faster or comprehending a concept similar to one you already know is not the same as “improving 10 times faster”. Most of the “improvement” is already in the past.

Continuing with the original example — these would be the newbie snowboarders who have prior experience with other board sports.
Totally agree! I was in SMPY (700+ on “old SAT” math at under age 13) and did a self-study and examination to learn and test out of Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 and start Algebra 3 during a 3 week summer camp/course.

It was one of the best academic experiences I had prior to college. No BS, just self-study (with mentor TAs present if needed) and test when done (and crucially, done at your pace, not that of the slowest target kid in the class).

Only downside was that meant I’d taken all the high school math by the end of 10th grade (5 on AP Calc AB [what we offered]) and so had to commute part-day to Univ of MD.

I know that’s an outlier case, but damn regular math class was 5-20x too slow to hold my interest. I don’t wish to inflict that on others in whatever their field of interest and abilities are.
I grew up on 90s video game violence. Doom, Mortal Kombat, Duke Nukem, etc.

I've found that over time, the type of violence that disturbs me is the one that is the most realistic. I had friends growing up who joined the military because they _loved_ games like Call of Duty and Counter-Strike. Many of those friends came back with severe cases of PTSD.

Mortal Kombat 11, Doom (the reboot), are not for everyone. But It's much harder for me to associate that kind of violence with reality.
One of the things I've noticed about FOSS is that it tends to be very good at replicating proprietary solutions, but it very frequently stumbles when innovating on new ones. I think it's because there's a shortage of qualified designers and marketers that are interested in contributing. Or maybe it's just easier to get people on the same page when it's very clear what the thing is meant to be. Or maybe if you have a new idea, you want to try commercializing it before you give it away. Probably all three really. But TBH that's what makes me skeptical that userland FOSS is ever really going to be dominant.

The biggest successes of FOSS have pretty much all been by technical people for technical people (linux kernel, developer tools, servers, etc.). Those are great things, but it seems like things aimed at non-technical users almost always end up being pretty niche. (I will slightly disagree on Blender though, the latest release 2.8 release is shaping up to be really impressive -- I've been a long time Maya user and I'm actually considering switching)
Why does everybody need to be “great”?
There is no change in licensing that could achieve those changes. Companies will just use other software/rewrite the libraries, and blacklist the license.

https://opensource.google.com/docs/using/agpl-policy/
Because you don’t act rationally in a disaster:

In moments of total disaster — plane crashes or terrorist attacks — something happens in our brains that affects the way we think. We behave differently, often irrationally. Consider the World Trade Center workers who, on Sept. 11, dithered at their desks, calling relatives, turning off computers and pondering which mementos to rescue from their desks even as the doomed jets burned above their heads.

In The Unthinkable, Ripley cites a National Institute of Standards and Technology study that showed that those who made it out of the WTC waited an average of six minutes after the plane hit their building before heading for the exit and walking slowly — not running — down the stairs.

Ripley searches for patterns in human behavior by interviewing hundreds of people who lived through catastrophes. Quick-witted survivors are surprisingly anomalous. One fellow who made it through a horrific aircraft disaster in 1977 happened to be sitting on the runway reading an in-flight safety instruction card when another plane crashed into his. He grabbed his wife, leapt through a hole in the fuselage, and turned to see his fellow passengers remaining docilely in their seats, immobile. Most of them died within minutes as fire swept through the wreckage.

The author concludes that all of us undergo a three-stage process when we find ourselves in mortal peril: denial, deliberation and the "decisive moment," during which the survivor buckles down and acts. The trick, she says, may be to understand our instincts, which, in a crisis, may betray us. Some people run toward infernos, not away, and even in the face of obvious impending disaster, some people just won't move.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=930339...
You should note that a bulk of your list is the knowledge that a senior engineer should require of his peers. To be productive writing a small feature in a React app it could be had under a week out from bootcamp with modest support sharing whatever tribal knowledge and documentation for onboarding.
I'd love to see ChromiumOS expanded into a much larger general Linux platform... it has the best chance of a real Linux Desktop environment for the masses. I don't know that it will ever really happen though.

Canonical could certainly move in that direction for their chosen window manager and ui shell.
My CloudWatch Logs Are How Old?
Hmm. Weren't things like "support", "guarantees", "reliability", etc the original premise to use proprietary stuff?

I wonder if comparable technologies exist that are open, or at least free to use.