skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is a fantastic story. There are a few ethical problems including Montañez plagiarizing parts of his presentation and having friends and family buy out the products in the test market, but overall he refused to accept imposed limits and accomplished something phenomenal.

One interesting thing is that Frito-Lay had no products targeting Latinos, and no one on the highly paid marketing team did anything about it. The janitor saw the problem immediately, but for some reason the entrenched interests were unable to see it. The CEO by contrast was humble enough to take Montañez’s call, let him give a presentation, and overlook that presentation’s weaknesses to see the good idea at the core.

Also interesting is the backlash he faced from those same executives, jealous that someone less qualified was being successful. As humans we hate to see others doing better than us and try to push them down. No wonder social mobility is so difficult.
> FWIW, this is what pushes energy and opportunity into the entrepreneurial marketplace. You work in these companies as a contractor, learn about problems and start something new.

There's an awfully lot of implied and stated "IFs" in that sentence.

One can only tap the 'entrepreneurial marketplace' if you have or have access to Capital. That marketplace has no room for low paid people, with low to no influence.

And another thing about starting on the ground floor of a company is being part of the culture and changing it from within. Whereas a "contractor" is just some 3rd party interloper that already has the skills and technique to be hired for a specific set of highly qualified skills.

And if you think a CEO would listen to a gig-economy'd janitor or through Manpower, try asking them.

> Crowdfunding and free marketing distribution platforms exist to aid your small venture.

To recommend crowdfunding as some solution is a joke. Again, you need Capital to make the 2 minute catchy video and slick marketing to get people. And those vids usually cost around USD 20k to 50k.

I guess you could go the beggars route and use a gofundme. But usually people are in the similar socioeconomic status as their family, friends and peers.
Sadly, there’s a fair amount of sniping[1] in parts of the Go community if you use “Golang” instead of “Go”.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18717303
it means upward mobility for the non-top 20% is way harder
Rust is more multi-threading safe than GC languages because of the borrow checker: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/04/10/Fearless-Concurrency.h...
> Was it worth it? Probably not, at least in the context of a side project. Reading pricing docs, planning Dynamo capacity, and setting up a local environment added days to what should have been a weekend project. That said, it was a fun challenge and the result is more robust than my usual vps setups.

I disagree! Learning experience and posting about it aside, almost a year later it's still running at $0pcm?

You, what, doubled to tripled the setup time? And cut annual running cost from let's say $5*12 = $60 (plus taxes over there?) for some cheap but not free tier hunting setup.

Seems that it was worth your while to me. Obviously increasingly so for as long as it can survive (the companies don't fold, or stop the free tier).
I’ve been burned by FP ideologues as well, I really don’t see a difference between junior developers cargo culting X vs cargo culting Y.
Nah, there's definitely an onus on VCs not to miss out on a super hot startup because they mixed up two months because of a bad comparison of two times expressed in relative terms.
The real hero of this story is the CEO who decided to take this guy _and_ his idea. He could have easily taken the idea and ran with it on his own, with Montañez spending the rest of his life mopping floors.

I wonder how likely this scenario would be in today's world. I have found personally that many companies are unwilling to take risks on employees who aren't formally qualified, even if they demonstrate the skills to operate at far beyond their current pay grade.

Second real hero of the story is his wife. How important is it to have people around you who will enable you do things you aren't qualified to do because they believe in you unconditionally? All of the importants.
You really think any cashier is going to read the microtext on every bill they get? You practically need a magnifying glass just to see the typo. It's an absolute non-issue no matter what way you spin it.
Thank you for this, the office and I are losing our minds over the AI generated riddles: https://iforcedabot.com/my-best-friend-is-a-monkey-terrible-...
Is the American pronunciation of "communal" correct there? https://forvo.com/search/communal/en_usa/
Email doesnt take 1GB+ of RAM when running.
Did you not watch the video?
Please don't lie.
> Seems like the main points are that they are not going to propose again the same rules which were ruled unconstitutional

It wasn't ruled unconstitutional, it was stayed by the Supreme Court while a lower court decided if the rule was within the EPA's regulatory power under the Clean Air Act. Then the Trump administration came into power and asked the court to put the case on hold while they rewrote the regulations.

Maybe that's causing the confusion within the rest of your post, because it isn't a question of constitutionality.

If the Supreme Court rules that the EPA "only has authority over environmental infractions at individual plants, like chemical spills and improper handling of hazardous materials", a rule from the EPA like this might not be possible again.
> There's nothing stopping you using slack for thoughtful drawn our discussions.

Nothing but the UI… limited formatting, poor suitability of threads to the purpose, and so on. It’s designed around chat messages.
I thought the Bantu expansion was both pretty uniform (until you get right out to the ends) and much more recent than Yamnaya. But that among non-Bantu populations you can find much older separations than among pre-Yamnaya europeans.

But not an expert! Would be interested if there are more detailed recent articles on this.
It may just look different now.

At my company (Mixpanel), the modern equivalent is our support team, which is filled with smart, hungry people who want to get their foot in the door in tech.

Now, we have former support folks all over the company (sales, sales engineering, services, software engineering, product - just to name the departments I can think of offhand), who are often our top performers as ICs or who have grown into leadership roles. Some have left to start their own companies.

It's actually been one of our most effective hiring channels!
Intelligence may be seated in an immaterial soul and function as a halting oracle. Turing doesn't disprove such an idea.
What major interest groups in the US oppose Nuclear energy? Curious what Nuclear is up against, since it seems like the logical choice to phase out coal in 25 years or so.
People get tons attention for stuff without capital.

And the means to do so, (any smartphone and a tiktok account) are closer to the hands of a poor person than a phone call to a CEO ever was.

It may be unlikely, but no more so than the incredible story told in this article.
Betteridge's Law of Headlines[1] definitely applies here.

TL;DR: No.

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[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
Does this site violate YouTube's terms of service for putting banner ads/advertising on the same pages as the YT embedded videos?
How to Do Distributed Locking (2016)
Why bother innovating when its not needed? Expensive bicycles are in the same market as fancy watches. Its all just wealth signalling. Nobody needs 10% lighter frames, or 5% more aerodynamic shapes. If you want to drive faster or burn less energy you go electric, If you want health benefits you buy the shittiest heaviest bike you can find and pedal harder.
One dilemma is the tariff is more a tax on imports, paid by consumers ie citizens. It complicates trade form China and may convince suppliers or buyers to purchase goods from an alternative source, if available, but has major up front costs. In terms of diversifying supply, tariffs may have an impact over time but due to no preparation by US firms to set up alternative supply chains or sourcing before implementation and considering how many goods come out of China, the US probably will lose a lot more long term than any feasible gains. Without an alternative in place, China can mostly wait it out.

For example, US agriculture like soy beans lost the China market, but China has alternatives able to pick up capacity like from Brazil. Soy Beans aren't a highly refined or engineered product, just a crop that can be grown in bulk in many places around the world. Although the tariffs may now be pushing Apple to source for other countries, there is no in place alternative for a refined, highly engineered good like an iPhone. Short term Apple is hit hard and long term may move to be impacted less, but at the end of the day consumers see higher costs due to the import tax and long term price increases as Apple has to make back their investment in a diversified supply chain. Meanwhile, Us farmers won't get that soy bean market back for many years which will have serious repercussions in that industry.

As a geopolitical tool for trade negotiation a tariff is not great, especially if misused or over used. In this case, targeted tariffs could be an extra straw on top of negotiations to push through a final deal or late stage negotiation. Instead it has been a hammer/nail situation without complexity. Think of it more as the flashy dinner with open bar to seal the deal and less a first time around the table tactic. With the Mexico tariff being a bluff given Mexico had already agreed to discuss or take actions before the tweet was even made, it is feasible the current administration could be smarter about their trade policies or at least try to add nuance to benefit their cards in negotiations. There are better ways of getting someone to the table namely targeted sanctions that don't tax you own citizens or wipe out agricultural exports. As others have said here, there is more than enough material to impose sanctions in many sectors like stolen IP/technologies, human rights violations and concerns, military posturing, and more. Simplifying trade negotiation to tariff this and tariff that is not only a poor tool and negotiation tactic but also damaging to our economy, directly and in the short and long term. We come out behind pretty much regardless of what deal is made, if any.
I was in Shanghai last year and can confirm that China is far more authoritarian than even the US under Trump. Cameras every 400 Meters on the street, digital ads showing photos of debtors,etc. Great food, architecture, and ancient culture though. Overall made me appreciate the 'freedom' of the US a lot more, since I've been pretty bearish since 2016
Does anyone know of a site for fixing low contrast. My blog has v.pale grey (like #EEE), on a dark-green background. To me - normal vision - it looks high contrast

Automated tools are a good start, but they're not the be-all and end-all. They aren't always right because they're mathematical approximations of reality.

For a site I'm working on the art department specified a set of colors that validate perfectly in the automated a11y tools, but are a visual disaster.

One thing that helps, though, is to make sure your computer and monitor(s) are all in the same color space. I discovered a few weeks ago that my main preview monitor wasn't set to the same space as my computer, and changing them to match made a world of difference.
That's fair, although those boundaries are pretty foundational to day-to-day life in America.
In this context (ie subletting against the terms of the agreement), I'd say it's a direct interference with the property rights of the owner, which to me is a problem, although I accept others might take a different view on that. But it also often comes with all the usual issues with gray markets - subtenants might in practice have very few enforceable rights, tax evasion can be common, etc etc.
These people pronouncing just that word pronounce it the same: https://forvo.com/word/triskaidekaphobia/#en
I'm building a 160,000 core cluster on GCP right now. It took a week to get the quota increase approved, but GCP can definitely handle it.
What, you don’t like pedalling a tank on 2 non-pneumatic wheels when you have to get somewhere?
What if he's a Chinese agent sent here to sow discord?!
Threads, history and quoting support. I've never really seen an email client support them all well (usually because someone is using a not-so-good email client and it butchers the formatting)
Google defeats shareholders on ‘Dragonfly’ censored search in China
Bolting is an ethical issue that is discussed at length in the climbing community.
The ethics are very strong in Yosemite and therefore there are almost no bolts and all the climbs are done using removable gear. (also called trad gear).
I'm also baffled that you compared a couple micro pieces of metal to the disruption that a road provides to the environment. Or even compared to skiing resorts, mountain bike trails etc. In my experience climbers are some of the most ecologically respectful people out there.
How easy is it on Slack to contact a person outside of your company? My impression is that it's fairly convoluted compared to email, but we don't use Slack extensively at my org (only for casual internal chats), so I don't know if that's actually the case. I don't see it ever replacing email without a way to conveniently communicate with people in a different workspace.

I think it'd be nice if Slack was setup more like Discord, where users have unique IDs that they can use to contact other people directly.
Hmm, that's a fair question. The way I see it, monetary policy is essentially managing the supply of money. The US creates and follows its monetary policy to manage its currency, the USD. This is effective at doing things like regulating inflation or easing recessions because we have one currency here: the USD.

But if Libra starts challenging the USD even just in the US, let alone in the rest of the world, suddenly there are two dials to turn: one for USD and one for Libra. As more value is held in Libra rather than USD, US monetary policy becomes less effective.

And this is just the money supply issue. Others have raised all kinds of issues about fiduciary duties, privacy, regulation, confiscation, security, and so on. While I wouldn't at all argue that the US approach to these issues is perfect (far from it), there are at least some laws and so on. Nothing would prevent Facebook from freezing your wallet, or freezing your account, or banning you from their platform, or tracking metadata on your purchases. I would also assume (perhaps incorrectly?) that law enforcement doesn't have to jump through the same hoops to get your payment/account information, so there's potentially more loss of rights there.

This is exactly what Facebook's vision for Libra is: an alternative currency to the USD shared internationally and controlled by their consortium. They say it will be pinned to the USD and other stable currencies, but there's nothing holding them to this (and in fact most cryptocurrencies play with this). I deeply believe allowing this to happen would be a grave mistake for all of us.
Even back then most janitors did not rise through the ranks. Montañez specifically went above and beyond his job responsibilities to network, learn about the business, and be the best janitor on staff. His success still required luck and maybe that kind of luck is hard to find these days, but he was also prepared to take advantage of that luck when it arrived. Most workers, no matter their level, just do the bare minimum to get by.
MongoDB Charts
It's as if different people want to use different tools for different tasks or something.
I'm not that clever.
I used to lament there were folks who insisted on talking on the phone, when I needed requirements written down to refer to later. Both approaches have merit at times.
You clearly haven't used Outlook for Mac
Whoa! Was he Uzbek?

The Khivan khanate thing sticks out at me. I lived a year in central asia, I'd love to hear more.
Good catch! Among my friends, though, "1.21 jigawatts" is still a funny joke.
> Oh boy do I agree about the noise. I absolutely love Rust, and I definitely don't think it's noisy (in normal examples) but before I first learned Rust generic code feat like syntax soup.

What's the alternative? Text-based syntax ala Pascal/Ada is actually noisier than symbol- and short-keyword-based, because you don't ever get to file the "syntax" parts away as you become familiar with them; you have to process them visually every time you read that code. There may be a case for that sort of overly-verbose syntax as a form of literate programming - an introduction meant for users who are as of yet unfamiliar with any given system; but as an everyday practice it's quite painful!
The bunker was dug, but they had to go through a ton of work to reinforce it, pour a foundation capable of holding server racks without disturbing the existing structure, waterproof it, and more.

Maybe the seemingly advanced building techniques they described in the blog post are also required to build an above-ground datacenter. Or the cost of doing it (and doing it below ground) isn't drastically greater.
Slack would be a lot more bearable if people in my office made using threads a habit.
> If minimum wage were $15

... then low-skilled candidates would NOT be able to find any job at all, because if low skilled candidate's expertise does not support $15/hour salary, and employers who could, potentially, pay less (e.g. $10/hour) are legally prohibited from employing people at that lower rate -- then there are no other jobs available to that low skilled candidate at all. Which means forced and hopeless unemployment.
I live in Montreal, where it all started, and they are everywhere.
Yes.

...go on?
Oh, I agree with that: most people who have cats have them for companionship, and they don't think about the things that said choice externalizes. However, the same can be said for people who have dogs for companionship. Some dogs routinely lunge at people passing by. In addition, despite the best efforts of those who walk their dogs, there are smears of dog feces on sidewalks. Both situations are examples how keeping a dog has externalities.
Thanks for the information and i agree with your last point about freedom. But an adult shouldn't have the freedom to endanger a ten year old's life. On the other hand, if El Capitan has been tamed to the extent that the climbing of it has become safe and routine then I think there's an argument for putting the climbing of it to bed and instead preserving it in as pristine a state as possible.
Fascinating story on one of the two people who will be the next CEO of Ford. Most car execs are bean counters and it's hurt the industry.

Here's a guy who can restore a car by hand. Someone who has rebuilt an engine and raced at Le Mans. Even worked in Phil Hill's shop as a kid. That doesn't mean he will ultimately get the job but he's from the old mold that built Detroit.
"well designed email client" is almost a no true scotsman argument. I could certainly imagine an email client better than slack, but I don't know of any that currently exist.

I like slack more for what it doesn't do than what it does. the text formatting options are useful but limited. this means there's no way for people to inflict their horrendous HTML signature on me. in fact they can't use a signature at all unless they manually paste it in. slack doesn't allow arbitrary inline images. random people from outside my organization can't just contact me out of the blue over slack.
Realtime conversations, to begin with (which is the entire reason people use Slack)
Don't get a shitty bike if you want exercise. Shitty bikes are unpleasant to ride, making the experience not fun, and discouraging you from doing more (and longer duration) riding.

Also, safety is important, and shitty bikes are less safe.
Intellectual curiosity is good to have and always welcome but when you start your intellectual exploration by labelling people as "charlatans" then the term loses its purpose altogether. The reason being that you have already made up your mind and are not actually curious; even though you claim to be.

Provocation cannot be a foundation for intellectual exploration. Intellectual exploration always begins with your desire to know and understand things you "do not know or understand". If you come to a debate with opinions already formed then it transforms from being a debate on points to a fight of opinions. With the former, you leave with a better understanding (or not) but with the latter you leave with nothing but the opinion you started with coupled with wasted time and energy.
Nope, it's real: that snippet is just that hilariously on point. To be fair, that's one of the best snippets out of many thousands. Few are anywhere that amusing.

The images & snippets are 100% uncurated & unedited by a human, other than as described in my page (primarily: I feed in a long prompt to give it keywords to work with, and I postprocess them to drop at '<endoftext>' tokens to keep them on a single topic rather than, as the default generation process does, force starting of a new topic to fill out the character count).
Shout out to 010 Editor Binary Templates (they rock)
> "Will we see consulting firms in the future offering "we will find your competitors' obscure GDPR violations and help you form nonprofits to report them to authorities and lobby for the prioritization of those cases"? Is this the world we want to live in? "

You mean industry policing itself? Sign me up. I'm skeptical it could work as well as you describe though.
Yeah right. Where do you live? Here in Australia Visa / Mastercard debit cards are very common.
That's the way to work in my opinion. I worked at a place where just because I had an engineering degree I was around 25 years old managing a manufacturing plant full of 40+ year olds that have been working the lines since they graduated high school. It makes absolutely no sense. The best I could do was just make sure they had all the supplies and everything they needed because they knew every machines and issue inside and out and there was absolutely nothing I could help them with in that regard. Would have made 100x more sense having one of our maintenance guys or line workers promoted into a managerial position.