skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My dad beat plenty of sense into me. What I learned was to stay the hell away from him and never treat my children the way he treated his.

edit: I haven't spoken to my father in over 20 years, and I probably never will again. What finally turned me to this point was having children of my own. I saw what he really was then, and I was determined that he would never have a part in their lives. They're adults now and are free to contact him if they won't, but they know what I've told them about him, and they choose to keep the separation.
He has covered these issues with more detail and nuance. For example, see his recent two hour interview on the Joe Rogan podcast. The point is achieving happiness. He's quite philosophical about this, give his material a try.
Discussion on the Quant magazine article from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20105091
Men have been more terrible to other men. And women have also been terrible to other women, and to men. A lot of men have lived with spouses that have made their lives incredibly shitty but it was not acceptable for them to leave either.

And it is not like the traditional gender roles means "Men has it ok and women's lives are worse".
not because you think it's what someone else wants.

But you appreciate the work you went through to attain those heights that much more when you have someone to see the view with, who appreciates it as much as you do.

Which IMO is the best part of "working on yourself", and "improving yourself". Doing it for yourself is absolutely great and can make for a wonderful lived experience. But having someone to share it delivers great sense of validation--as creatures who like to procreate, we're always going to desire that.
That's not the case. There are more dense places with good public transport than just NYC and London.

(We shall exclude all of American cities from any consideration, because even in NYC the public transport is pretty bad)
You make music? Go to meetup.com or craigslist to find other musicians with similar skill levels and ambitions. I'm in my mid 50s and my kids are off at college and I finally have free time, and no friends.

A couple years ago I bought a used bass and amp (again, craigslist) for cheap, dusted off my old skills, then found some other people on meetup.com who want to play music socially for fun and improvement, but don't have the ambition to actually be in a performing group. It is nice to socialize for couple hours every couple of weeks with new people on a non-programming activity. One of the guys is especially compatible with me, and we've met up a couple of times outside of the band.
What has your son been doing since turning 18? Did you try to lay out a foundation in teaching him life skills/weaning him off of financial support so he can learn the value of a dollar?

I understand disabilities and disorders can hold adult children back, if that isn't the case I'm curious where things went off the rails, as a soon to be first time dad myself. This stuff worries me, that regardless of all the investment and good parenting in the world, that my kid(s) can fail to thrive.
I see, in that case his dependence at this stage in life is understandable. Still I hope he's able to overcome the difficulties being autistic presents and figure things out.

Maybe he would enjoy games like factorio or Shenzhen I/O, those games are pretty fun and are good introductions to learning skills very similar to programming
no, it still appears to move, BUT it can appear to move at angle if the diamond's movement is to the left or right.
'Later that month, Ann Cavoukian, the former privacy commissioner of Ontario, also resigned. “I imagined us creating a Smart City of Privacy, as opposed to a Smart City of Surveillance,” she wrote in her resignation letter'.

"Smart City of Privacy"? How quaint. That's from the "privacy commissioner", the resident "privacy professional". Well, she didn't quite like how the project was shaping up, so rather than attempting to steer it properly, she simply abandoned her post and washed her hands of any responsibility, so they can go ahead and employ someone else who greenlights every insidious decision that will be implemented. These people serve the public by quitting their jobs when they don't like what's happening.

The cities we have are already retrofitted to be "smart". Have you looked around lately when you go outside? There are innumerable devices in plain sight littering the landscape, watching you and tracking your phone - your location, your associations, your contacts, your interests, your movements - recorded, catalogued, processed, stored and retrievable indefinitely to serve the whim of the controllers.
If you have no plans to try this product I wonder why you claim it has performance issues or should have been architected in a different way, and why you're wasting all of our time by vocalising assumptions about an application based on its underlying technology.

I haven't been able to find any other five-platform markdown based note taking app with plugin support and cloud sync, so I'm still awaiting your link to a superior native alternative. It seems like Electron itself specifically enabled this application to exist.

If you can detect the input lag in Visual Studio Code I should commend your superior reflexes and genetic makeup.
> skeptical about companies that affect people's habits

I would rephrase as companies whose express intent is to manipulate people's habits for their own gain. Entertainment is fine as long as it's done in relative good-faith (not gambling or manipulative microtransactions). Though the game dev sphere isn't a great job market right now for unrelated reasons.

> It's about gathering information about people (gray area) or understanding lots of information about people (gray area).

That's a very narrow lens. Software can also be about gathering and understanding information about the non-human world, for scientific reasons or otherwise. It can be about empowering people to manage and utilize their own information. It can be about empowering people to create new information. The key question is whether or not the intent is to make someone's life worse in order to make money.
Kick him out. Having my parents cut off financial support to me was the kick in the ass I needed to get into shape. Best thing that ever happened to me.
The problem is if google is shutting down access for you how will you use the support provided by google apps. its a support chat you have to be logged in...
> How many parents have you ever heard say, "I wish I didn't have kids"?

I have heard a number of friends say this, though almost always indirectly. There is a real stigma associated with being unhappy with parenthood, but many people do not seem to enjoy the process.

From my own observations, eventually most parents adjust their own personal "bar" for happiness and more or less accept their lot. I'm sure they get something positive out of it, but it seems to be a tradeoff for other sources of happiness and life satisfaction which usually become unavailable to parents.
This is insane. I used to think this way in high school - "wow, girls have it so easy, every man wants sex and if girls want sex they just have to raise their hand, it's so hard for men!"

Then I lived in the real world and realized that, well, people don't actually want to have sex with anything that moves, and it's a gift to be a man who doesn't get dozens of sexual advances per day, and doesn't have to worry about what literally every person's intentions are.
Yes! same thing only a minimalists version
"Blockchain" is also a really vague term. Depending on your definition, git may well be using blockchain technology, and submitting patches for it could count as working on blockchain stuff.

>Notice how this list omits "Building a useful product that will make us more money."

Absolutely. I remember seeing an email at a previous employer about their new blockchain as a service offerings. I looked at a couple of the examples they gave - the first was an over-engineered revision history system, and the second was a chain of trust that had no way to account for the item being swapped out or tampered with in transit. But I'm sure they bragged about it to their investors.
I think the big sell with Ayn Rand is that she promises freedom from the persistent guilt that many have been raised with through religion, family pressures, traditions, etc. People are encouraged to conflate their personal emotional freedom with a freedom from all social responsibility and, as the article says, interdependence.

The disastrous nature of this mindset is illustrated by the plot of the Fountainhead, though she somehow paints it as an act of a hero: he rapes his future lover and blows up a building. He confuses ownership of the plans to a building with ownership of the building itself, and thinks it's fine to destroy a huge expensive project that was not paid for with his money just because he was the originator of the design. I can see why this sells so well to egomaniacs like Trump...

Edit: The only thing I like by Rand any more is the Romantic manifesto. She says some pretty interesting things about the act of writing and the meaning of art to her. A pity that the actual application of this philosophy led where it did for her. I blame the trauma she experienced under communism and scarcity.

Edit2: I don't know if meta-commentary is prohibited on here, but would like to note that this was the first substantive comment on this thread and was immediately downvoted without comment. Try defending your philosophy if you're a real fan of her...
Microsoft has the Xbox, a major gaming console and Sony has the PlayStation Network. It's not as clean cut as you say.
MRIs are expensive and in high demand so it's not practical to do that for the majority of patients. We have limited dollars available to spend on the healthcare system as a whole and so buying more MRI machines and training more technicians and radiologists is probably not the best use of resources from a cost effectiveness standpoint.

Multiple repeated imaging procedures are also disruptive for patients with busy lives or healthcare access issues. At lot of patients just don't show up.

https://ww5.komen.org/BreastCancer/BreastMRI.html
Because of Venus's think atmosphere, landing a probe or rover is really easy. The downside, also because of Venus's thick atmosphere, is that the surface is really, really hot. That limits the lifetime of hardware on the surface.

I think it ought to be possible to design a probe that's more like a submersible than a rover. Technically it would be an airship rather than a submarine, but given Venus's thick atmosphere it could be quite heavy and robust. This vehicle could bounce between the surface (for science) and the upper atmosphere (for recharging). In the upper atmosphere the probe could make more coolant from the atmosphere using solar power, and then it could make another dive to the surface.
28 here, and I agree completely. Nice point about the people who try to figure the job thing out while taking the more “traditional” path — I feel like that’s a sizable part of our generation that’s usually ignored.

Also, yeah, I don’t get the memes that my high school niece sends me at all. Their sense of humor is completely foreign to me.
I have questions: you describe the change of states of particle as

"a smooth transition between being in one energy state to
being in a superposition of two energy states to being
entirely in the second energy state."

At the terminus of this transition, is the particle no longer in a superposition? IE there is now a 100% chance it's in the second state and 0% chance that it's in the original state?

If so, does that imply that the function of the particle's state (with respect to time) is discontinuous? Since there's a point at which it goes from being a superposition to exactly 0%.
I know people like this - what's the solution? Do you just cut them loose and make them figure it out?
How did his chromebook get a windows virus?
Terraforming means making it Earth-like. Did you mean terra-deforming?
I would like to see examples too! That would be cool
> Why couldn't you vacuum insulate the electronics and place some kind of radiative cooling on top of them?

Radiative cooling only works if you have a hot source and a relatively cooler sink - on Earth, usually the atmosphere.

On Venus the atmosphere is ~462 °C at the surface, so it's going to be much hotter than your electronics - so your sink will be hotter than your source, so the "raditaive cooling" will run in reverse.

Also, the atmospheric pressure on Venus is very high - 92 atmospheres at the surface - the equivalent of being 1km underwater on Earth. Maintaining a vacuum chamber with this much outside pressure (not to mention temperature) would be an incredible feat of materials engineering - and would probably by extremely heavy.

You would also still need sensors and communications outside your vacuum chamber, otherwise your expensive probe can't actually do anything useful.
> The viewpoint that really puts humanity as separate from nature is the one that assumes that the planet can support an unlimited quantity of humans without obliterating nature in the process...

The true but unpleasant situation is that, on average, people on HN should be having more kids while those in developing countries should have fewer.

You not having a kid is very unlikely to be a net positive for humanity if you live in a developed country with a large, stable income.
Here's a big discussion on it when I posted about it last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16857884
A valid question, and not one that in my opinion (even though I am a theist) that has an argument that is both clear and compelling (look up various Ontological arguments to see the gamut).

I think it is enough to say the following things:

1. The universe clearly exists, but it is also clear that it doesn't have to exist (i.e. the universe is contingent)

2. Therefore, there must be some thing that exists, and exists of necessity, to explain the existence of the universe

3. The existence of necessary truths such as logic and mathematics are not sufficient to explain the existence of the universe, so therefore there must be something else, which could act as both the sufficient and necessary cause of the universe.

We can call this thing God, but by that we don't commit ourselves to any particular religion. At most that gets us the God of deism.
I think this from 2014 looks really cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcHkWKp9e4Y
25 is very young. You’re not going to find many urban, college-educated 25 year olds willing to start a family that early.
Overwatch support and it'd be an instabuy for me.
Above all the Xbox had Halo, google doesn't seem to have anything unique up their sleeve.
What's the current async/await story on Nim? I'm considering it for a new project.
Are you saying Xbox has little to zero traction in the gaming space...?
Definitely not a dumb question, I was wondering that too. My first guess for cross-platform desktop apps these days is Electron, and Inkdrop's UI looks a little Electron-y. But it would be really interesting to hear if it's something else.

For the mobile apps, afaik React Native is the most capable cross-platform mobile framework right now. Again, would be really interesting if it's something else (or hardcore if they're both native apps).
100% agree. And sharing that view with someone who has walked (much of) the path with you is infinitely more fulfilling. It makes it real. Otherwise it's just a tree falling in the woods.
This is definitely a possibility! I've interviewed a couple of people and it seems like linked list questions were already traditional by the mid-90's. If "do you remember your formal CS education" was a part of the origin, we'd want to 1) look at CS syllabi from the 80's to see what they focused on, and 2) look at job postings from that time to see if they expected a degree. That'd provide some evidence for this being the case and suggest other predictions (were other common CS topics interviewed?)
> people don't want to have sex with anything that moves

> gift to be a man and not get dozens of advances a day
Not sure what you're referring to and genuinely interested. All I've seen here is fairly polite discussion into some contentious issues.
What is your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery?
‘Framing John DeLorean’ Review: The Man Who Flew His Car Too Close to the Sun
>I constantly have to listen to my coworkers gleefully talk about how excited they are at how few young boys show up to our events. I hear them blatantly express disdain when a couple do.

This is not appropriate behavior. There’s no excuse for discriminating against children.

It’s okay to be bothered by this. It’s okay to call people out when they do this. In practice you need to be extremely polite and patient, and offer measured criticisms.
I like to use yed! It works for both flow charts and system organization charts.

https://www.yworks.com/products/yed
Good news is there are still people who get married and have kids. Bad news is they're definitely the less introspective (for lack of a less offensive word) than the ones that don't get married.

My interpretation is that we finally have the freedom from cultural norms to really do whatever we please, but with great freedom comes great responsibility, not just to society but to our own long-term selves. Perhaps these people you talk about have chosen poorly, very poorly indeed, with this freedom. Nothing to do but advise the ones who might listen, and build a moat (physical or mental) that can protect you and your loved ones from them when shit hits the fan.
> If you listen to them, their complaints are likely not that "there's too much dog poop" and "kids these days just don't know enough cs" but rather "money is making the city unlivable for those not connected to tech".

These same people rail against the inequality and exclusivity of the tech industry, and the borders which are drawn around socioeconomic, racial, and gender lines. I am making a significant personal sacrifice to mitigate this issue for future generations by providing the exact CS mentorship and guidance that these people are (rightfully) complaining that they lack. I have directly seen the effects of my efforts on these kids, including a few who have gone on to gasp study CS! In a few short years, they may even be my co-workers, and have completely broken out of the cycle of poverty.

Knowing the positive impact I have had on other peoples lives, and my community at large is a beautiful thing, and I am certain that it outweighs however much my presence is "driving up housing prices" (I live on the east side anyway, so it's a moot point regardless).

Your reflexive dismissal of this not-insignificant contribution and refusal to acknowledge the point being made here is unfortunate. But way to try to reduce this to "there's too much dog poop". You've provided HN readers with a prime example of manipulative framing and intellectual dishonesty.
I wouldn't be surprised if he winds up living with his sister someday. They're pretty close, really. We had a talk about wills with the kids last year, and one question was "What should we do about the house? Do you kids want to keep it, or sell it for the money?", and they were both adamant about keeping the house they grew up in.

In the meantime, part of my son's responsibility as we get older is taking care of his aging parents. Last summer, my wife had a serious knee injury that had her bedridden for a while and limited mobility for longer, and he had to step up then. We warned him that this was the first of many, and they'll get worse.
C -> Zig
One of the big selling points of Bitcoin originally was privacy (whether or not it ever delivered, other people can debate). But there's a special kind of horribleness in working so hard to unmask someone who is in part famous because they helped build a privacy-protecting payment system.

Do people who spend time obsessing over the fact that they might not personally get to know the real world identity of one famous person understand how much it undercuts every other argument they will ever make about privacy? Shouldn't the Bitcoin community be collectively the biggest and most forceful group of advocates for leaving Satoshi the heck alone?

The hypocrisy of a website called "Invest In Blockchain" popularizing what is essentially a giant doxing campaign is apparently lost on this article's writers/editors.
I'd suggest paying yourself a salary out of your salary. So as soon as money comes in put it into an investment that is at least a little painful to remove such as a 401k/IRA.
DeepMind AI Reaches Human-Level Performance in Quake III Arena
I know this isn't what you mean by "studied," but here's a NASA produced video mockup of manned blimps over Venus: https://youtu.be/0az7DEwG68A
I like the design of this app a lot, but as with others like this, it feels like it wants me to double-pay for sync/storage I already have with iCloud or Dropbox.
Well yeah, but... it's hard for men to find dates to begin with, and that's just the starting line for finding a competent potential life partner who want to start a family. I'm a parent of both a boy and a girl like OP, as well as a former single man - I do believe women have some disadvantages in modern society, but dating/romance is not one of them.
From the link:

> ... at the Glenn Research Center.
>
> The team has already tested the circuits in a Venus simulation chamber — a 14-tonne stainless-steel tank that can imitate the temperature, pressure and specific chemistry of the Venusian surface.
This is the so-called 'superultimate question', whose answer defies inquiry: "Why is there something rather than nothing?"
I've often thought the books are more of an extremist stance in the effort to make a point. That only someone of worth can build something the produces real value. That as soon as the value is noticed it will be stolen by others claiming its their right to it.
Sorry, I was being facetious. I've seen this kind of screening "process" many times and find it totally ridiculous.
The Lost Art of PL/pgSQL
From the link:

> This year, the Venera-D team released a report that covered a number of potential additions, including a balloon that could explore the cloudy atmosphere.
The primary goal is to "Do something about it" it doesn't matter if it works or not, same as in defense, if you company can develop an attractive enough product to secure a contract you're set, again it doesnt really matter if it does what it's supposed to do.
The Surveillance Threat Is Not What Orwell Imagined
"Quartz Obsession" published a great backgrounder on both Hagoromo chalk and chalk in general [0].

[0] https://qz.com/emails/quartz-obsession/1636818/
Do you really believe this? I've actually looked into buying a gaming rig recently, and the amount of choices one has to make is impressive. Plus, even if picking and assembling hardware is easy (and it isn't for the average person), there is the aspect of system administration. I haven't admin'd a Windows box for a long time, but it's not a responsibility I'd take lightly.
[1] is an entertaining argument, but as you know, real brains involve more than a massive free scalar. :D

I do like that balding seems to take about a light-crossing time in the cosmic no-hair in [1]. You'll need some extra patience as you approach fluctuation-free de Sitter, but there's surely infinite patience somewhere in an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. The trick is how to walk the path from here in that space to there in that space.

I'm not sure [2]'s cognitive instability matters. We do use effective field theory all the time. Heck, even in that paper. We can have useful predictions without having final/total/exact answers.
>if she gets online she can literally have hundreds or thousands of men ready to take her out

Women have to actually filter out the serial killers you know. That's what they're doing on the dating thing.
It might be fair but that doesn't mean it will be enjoyable...