skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Slack is great.

debatable. It is just a chat app after all. Don't get me wrong, it is alright, but I am not sure I would ever call a chatapp "great"

> The valuation makes sense

16billion? To me it doesn't. It is just a chat app. People and businesses can move off it when the next chat app comes along with a new UI
This is great work.

There are a lot of really impressive technology projects out there that focus on crowdsourcing data like this. ADS-B (for aircraft), $this->AIS, ATCS (railroads), radio communications etc.

What's even more amazing is how these project inspire new uses of the data for media, intelligence, politics, investment analysis etc.
>his knowledge is small compared to non-fiction. Rest of the book is for your entertainment. And fiction does a good job of presenting the idea. To absorb the idea, it doesn’t require a thorough reading of the book (sometimes it does). For the same reason, I find audiobooks are a better medium for consuming fiction. By doing so, you also save your time.

this is such a horrible take on fiction that I've seen popup in recent times. 'Consuming' fiction as a sort of pokemon card collection and to 'acquire knowledge'.

Better read a few works of fiction deeply and genuinely for their own sake rather than trying to vacuum up books in the name of some shallow self improvement. This post reminds me of the guy with the lamborghini and the bookshelf in his garage.
We've needed a solution like this for almost a decade. Thank you, thank you. Love the minimalist vibe to it, gets the job done, transparent + reduction in complexity for user = safety.

Would you ever consider creating a mesh network manager (to replace horrors like Hamachi)? It could allow people to generate the keys conveniently/safely and connect servers/clients in a distributed, non-centralized manner easily.
Yes... recently met someone who took out a $150K loan on a wedding. Blew my mind that anyone would think that was a good idea (mind you, the partner who did that didn't tell the other partner it was a loan, so the latter assumed it was their money -- that was a fun conversation to have a few days after the wedding).

I just can't fathom doing something like this (let alone spending anywhere near that kind of my own money on a wedding), but I just never grasped the need for an extravagant wedding so I might be out of the norm here.
Java Development Case
Techno Museum

Challenge
Being passionate about Augmented Reality in all its forms UNL Solutions assumed the role of a software provider within the project. The main customer’s requirements were to create several web and mobile applications for different parts of the museum, which would be implemented in the whole museum system. According to the request, the parts must be independent of each other and perform different functions such as simulating excavation, putting parts of an artifact together and showing Minsk archeological sites on the map. Our team responsibilities on the project were to implement customer’s ideas through modern computer technologies and then support the platform functioning.

Our Solution
All parts of the platform are based on IoT concept which allows devices to connect, interact and exchange data. RFID uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to the parts of artifacts. Leap Motion software has been implemented for hand tracking process and VR support. The above-mentioned technologies are embedded into Raspberry Pi 3 hardware. As far as the parts of the platform are independent of each other and perform separate functions, our team of developers has used two fundamentally different languages for back-end - Python and Java.

However, for the front-end development, we have chosen JavaScript with its main advantages in the face of language dynamism and multi-paradigmatic approach. AngularJS framework implements the MVC pattern to separate presentation, data, and logic components. Another framework that has been used in the development is Spring Boot. To build User Interface, React has been chosen as a perfect and fast tool for developing high-performance presentation layer. In addition to all these technologies TensorFlow open-source library, whose flexible architecture allows for the easy deployment of computation across a variety of platforms, has been embedded in the platform.
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"Shark fin soup was a status symbol for wealthy and powerful Chinese, who would consider a family who couldn’t afford to serve shark fin soup at the wedding banquet a family not worth marrying their daughter into."

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/articles/a-brief-histo...
London is not the only city in the UK. That's what I'm calling bollocks on.
Fred Brooks - The Mythical Man Month
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~param/quotes/man-month.html
dunno where you get that, for me Vivaldi is better than chrome and firefox, along with providing decent ux (ie addons firefox used to have)

fireefox is complete garbage now, its not any faster and the ux is absolute shit, and no more decent addons to fix it.

and I use vivaldi at work on a piddly 2core 2.4ghz laptop..so wtf are you running vivaldi on to be saying its sluggish.. total bs
> If a couple make a loss of $1m selling a house, then they may need to liquidate $1m of savings to cover the loss

This doesn't make sense?

Firstly, the point at which the capital was withdrawn from savings was the time the house was built - savings turned into a physical capital asset. That house has lost value, but that doesn't affect liquidity.

Secondly, there's a global capital glut to start with - that's why interest rates are so low and people are building McMansions.
JavaScript and AR Case Study
There's always a state in one form or another. Always.

The question is who controls it and who benefits from it, not whether or not it exists.
I was replying to somebody who was annoyed that somebody was surprised there was a photo uploading and sharing feature. It’s a surprising feature because it isn’t a major mechanic.
Didn't fail, they got a global login to all their systems.
And yet the tech scene in Leicester is awful in comparison :(
We have a similar one -- a Cotoneaster. Turns out bees love it in May.
Whenever you're ready. Many existing users in Futureland are students in Uni. I encourage you to try and figure out why you failed in the past. I'm always around to help in any way I can.
- They always told the truth (to everybody).

- They knew their stuff (tech, system, user domain).

- They figured out the right thing to do.

- They communicated often and flawlessly.

- They did whatever it took to get the right thing done.

- They smiled almost all the time.

- They made each other person feel special.

- They made work fun.

- They were always teaching something.

- They called bullshit instantly.

- They protected their team.

- They inspired us by showing how good things could be.
Prominent Uighur Writer Dies at Chinese Internment Camp
We have a few hives and honestly it's just fun watching those guys work. Every single bee has a very small role, but in unison the operation that these dudes run is absolutely amazing. And spotting the queen is fun every time.

It's also amazing how different "races" of bees act completely different. We have a few hives with very calm bees, they never sting - I can operate on these hives with no protection. We also have hives with very aggressive bees who start stinging on even the slightest disturbance. They also differ in the way they collect nectar - the calm bees are a bit lazier and take their time, building up their honeycombs over time, whereas the aggressive ones send out a massive fleet of bees to collect absolutely everything there is out there early in spring. The aggressive ones also like to attack the calmer ones and steal their honey. Assholes.
I was thinking the same thing - I realized that when I say this word, it is always slurred. Your pronunciation is much like mine, and I'm not even sure it would sound correctly if it were different as it would put too much emphasis on the middle "r".

However, I'm sure there is a name for that "there but not there" letter.
> I think they do a good job for the free version too.

They did but, imo, no longer do. Features like passage details are now restricted with a link to paid plans (which are absurdly expensive for occasional recreation usage).
You can already build small form factor PC's but there are two major issues.

First is that you need a gpu, so the chips just announced aren't going to work.

The second is heat dissipation. It's easy to think any heat sink and fan will work, but the reality is that an integrated gpu and dynamic clocking can generate a lot of heat. The computer will still function, but can end up laggy and much less capable because it is being throttled.

Then there are bios options to be aware of. Dynamic overclocking generates a lot of heat for little gain. The defaults also throttle too soon. Relaxed temperature throttling runs hotter but gives a much better experience. CPUs run just fine at 50C anyway.

This is all to say a small PC is possible now and a NUC might be possible later, but they are still tricky to really get right.
> Mattermost is a fantastic open source alternative to Slack, nicely integrated with Gitlab.

> We used Slack on a few projects, but the thought of using a third-party to host corporate development discussion was an absolute no-no in the long run.

> It's staggering how fast people are to pay for something when there's a cheaper (or free) alternative out there, these days.

How can you characterize the price as free? Do engineers at your place of work have so much free time that they can spend it setting this stuff up? What happens when chat goes down? Are you going to invest in becoming experts in running the app? All these are considerations that factor into the total cost of ownership, which oftentimes is far higher than the posted sticker price.
Why not just disallow free porn? Require everything available in the UK to be paid, for at least $1, via credit card. This will exclude children most simply.
Thank you for the feedback. The key addition that you get with the Explorer is access to bulk prices and bigger maps, but I probably don't say that clearly enough... you can actually buy and make maps with a free account.
Not worth considering these benchmarks because there’s no effect, or because the system requirements for browsing the web are too low overall for there to be a perceptible difference?

In other words, of you were to actually measure page load speed, are you saying the measirements would correlate with the benchmarks?
Talking about quality of life is usually a coded way of talking about not really living in a city. Yes, London is relatively noisy, dirty, cramped, etc. The only way you can get less of that in the UK is to also have less of the benefits of living in a city. I mean, there's no other city in the UK that even has a proper public transit system. Not liking cities is, as I said, a personal preference, and perfectly fine.
> There's value in everyone, everywhere

I’d say value can be found anywhere. It isn’t everywhere. And not everyone has this man’s ability. (Regardless of background.)
Persistent Reinforcement Learning Environment with Real-Time Configuration
What does "well deserved" even mean? Does it just mean not evading your privacy to generate income via ads? Does it mean not being too aggressive / abusive of customers?

Personally, I would just call that normal / decent behaviour. Alone, it doesn't mean you deserve a ridiculous billion dollar evaluation
It'd be ironic if this dumb project was the last straw that triggered regulators finally getting tough with Facebook. Talk about killing the goose that lays the golden eggs!
> ‘why do you charge twice what the neighboring council does?’

It turns out that most council costs are things they are statutorily obliged to do, and rate rises are capped by the government, so council tax rates are largely an indicator of the ratio of taxpayers (including businesses) to service users.
I am very open to whatever will make this useful to others. I would love to hear your suggestions. Feel free to share them here if it makes sense or if you want to message me directly, @internetVin on Twitter.
> some big Toyota Crown sedan already

No, it's not that great nor that comfortable, but most of the time a Taxi ride is less than 10 minutes so it does not matter very much.
> Federation prevents experimenting, iterating and developing the protocol forward.

How so? Nothing prevent versioning a protocol and having experimental servers.
Lots of people care. It is only that big multinationals like Bayer also care: They want to fill the world with pesticides, because it is in their own economic interest.

Those multinationals have concentration of power and influence. The power of the people is way bigger, but it is distributed.

In Europe neonicotinoids were restricted or forbidden. It is a never ending fight.

The war will never end until we manage to create food cheap enough without insects competing for it. This will be hydroponics, electrically creating ATP Adenosine triphosphate or whatever, but until that time comes they will try to exterminate bugs. The already have in a big way.
Airbnb likely removed 31,000 homes from Canada’s rental market, study finds
Anyone has non-paywall links to the papers?
But the grams.
This problem is widespread throughout the Rust Belt/Midwest and very costly to fix. Because many of the repairs fall on local governments, poorer neighborhoods struggle with this. So you can point to the water in a poor black neighborhood in Michigan and say it is proof of racism. But why are you ignoring the poor white neighborhood in Appalachian Pennsylvania that has the exact same problem?

To paint this as racism is either dishonesty or ignorance.

Many of the neighborhoods with this problem have been areas of severe deindustrialization. When a city like Flint shrinks because the main factory shuts down, they no longer have the tax revenue to support their own infrastructure, let alone build new infrastructure. They are stuck in a slow decay, and would need Federal assistance to get out.
QuadrigaCX CEO traded millions in fake funds to fund luxury lifestyle
but then, anyone with a recent(ish) Macbook is up-to-date for web-browsing and playing video (on the internet). Any post-Lynnfield Desktop-Process is quite a bit faster (starting at 3GHz) and since Haswell, even the video-playing is no problem (in higher resolution).
Yes, I have come across her project and her story - it's amazing. Thank you for sharing.
amen. ads are pollution that are hazardous to your health.
>Property taxes would be levied on the owner, and be directly tied to house value.

That is awful, why would you ever want to introduce such a regressive policy? Higher density construction generally costs more than low density construction. Each floor adds more cost because you need proper ventilation, elevators, stairs, etc. Therefore an apartment will be taxed more despite having the same number of square feet/meter. Despite this, apartments still make sense economically if the land value is high but if you're burdening them with yet another heavy tax then people will shift to single family homes instead.

Then there is the fact that you should never tax someone for improving their house. Oh you installed solar panels on the roof for $30,000? Lets tax that! The solar panels are no longer a net gain. Homeowners no longer have a reason to improve their homes. Imagine someone working on his house in his free time. At that point you're taxing someone's free time. How backwards is that?

Stop taxing property value. It's regressive. It's a moral hazard. It doesn't work.

If you want to tax something, then tax the land those buildings are sitting on.

Bonus content:

And since for some reason grandmas are the most important members of a gentrifying city we can even take a look at what happens when they get priced out from a property tax vs a land tax.

Grandma sells her overpriced home because she can't afford the property tax: She can't move into an apartment because the apartment is taxed even more than the home she left.

Grandma sells her overpriced home because she can't afford the land tax: She can move into an apartment because the apartment is taxed less than the home she left.
Bump for Trello. I use it to manage my team (who work remotely) and personal life, too. We use it for vacations, long-tern house projects (gardening, building things, etc.)

I've tried Slack in a few different contexts and have always found that the chat-based interface encouraged users to do just that: chat.

A combo of Trello + email work better for keeping communication focused on the product/project, in my experience.
Using violence to collect taxes is monstrous but using violence to protect the property of rich people is right and just? In nature, a person cannot have infinite wealth. The idea that someone can have as much wealth as they want is a creation of the state and is enforced by violence.
It would be seen a nice symbolic act by some, but as an admission of guilt by many others. This would not end well.
> If we had a PR voting system and the PM resigned. What would happen?

Ireland has a form of PR (single transferable vote), they've had plenty of instances of the Taoiseach (PM) being replaced and not going to a general election straight away.
Not now but eventually they are recalled, notes even plastic ones usually only have a decade or so in circulation in most countries until they are issued a soft recall.
> the government wants to disincentivize car use in its bigger cities

No need to do that, most people don't use cars to commute already - It's probably fair to say that car usage is only for the weekend shopping or driving out of the city - that's why car rental is a thing in Japan for a few years now, you don't need a car every single day of the week.
Funny that antivax is always portryed as a far right christian movement, but clearly there is another group promoting it more.
It works, but does it “work”? As in, does it error correct? Supposedly errors are so rare I’m not even sure how you could test this.
In the previous discussion thread linked below, somebody claims WireGuard is subject to DPI. An examination of the White Paper and of real packet captures does not reveal any obvious opportunity to "inspect" WireGuard if you aren't in possession of the keys.

Most likely that poster uses DPI sloppily to include simple blocking strategies, like hey, if we see two packets in a row between two (ip,port) pairs starting 01 00 00 00 going on way and then 02 00 00 00 going the other way, that could be WireGuard, let's block the rest of the data on that (ip,port) pair for a while.

However, am I missing something and actually there is something meaningful to inspect without having the keys?

If I'm not, what's your preferred way for people to sidestep that sort of blocking? Tweaking WireGuard to use different values would obviously work but it destroys the point of having a single specification.
But you still have to support the old stuff, which at internet scale, is never upgraded. So you have to support a really long tail of old versions.
When Social Recruiting Tries to Replace Job Boards
> But as another post has mentioned, objections include "think of the old people who are worth $1m+ in property but would have to move out because they have low income"....boohoo...

Cruel. There are plenty of old people that are able to keep living in their existing home because it is familiar but would be unable to live independently in another home.
grow plants pollinators like

https://thehoneybeeconservancy.org/plant-a-bee-garden/
And I absolutely cringe whenever '2' is used for 'to', og '4' for 'for'. Just stop it, they sound nothing alike.

I'm a native english speaker, and I pronounce those the same.

Two = to = too, but "tool" sometimes nearly has 2 "o" sounds, depending. For = four, and the sound in "four" is not the same as in "foul", which is two sounds.
Packaging and ecosystem has changed a lot recently, so On Lisp or ANSI Common Lisp would both be outdated quickly (as would Seibel’s PCL; PG does not have a book with that title). Most of that you can find online: practically everything is available through Quicklisp and it’s a very intuitive piece of software. Concurrency is harder and Bordeaux Threads might be too new for detailed inclusion in On Lisp or PCL.

I would highly recommend On Lisp once you have gotten the syntax down. I ordered a printed copy of the PDF (legal since PG released it) and have been working through it. On Lisp won’t show you things that are easily done in other languages; its goal is to teach the power of CL. Certainly by the time you’re done you’d be comfortable with many types of macros, closures, the REPL-based workflow, and other strengths if CL, able to find more about how one uses it in practice without much trouble.
The couple sells the house and then wants to do something else with the money they get back. Maybe they buy another house or give money to their children or both. They still want to do those things, but they have $1m less from selling the property than they expected, so they liquidate $1m in savings which they wouldn't have otherwise needed to do. Alternatively they spend $1m less, or invest $1m less, which is $1m less revenue or capital for people and businesses in the rest of the economy. Either way it's not good.

It's a bit simplistic, but the point is there is a real loss of wealth in society. If the house is sold the new buyer got a bargain, but they probably just got more house for the same money spent on their side. That's good for them, but on that end of the transaction it's likely to be roughly economically neutral, in terms of the whole economy.
The FX-60 from 2006 I think was the last AMD CPU that held this crown. 2.6Ghz and it beat Intel's top chip at 3.5Ghz. The only thing on the market with higher single threaded performance was their own FX-57 which was single core with a slightly higher clock speed.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/1920
1. Yet the industry still refuses to stop forcing honeybees to have abnormally long and large growth, which is the main factor in death by varroa.

2. Not really. None of the temperatures we're recording anywhere around the country are special. We've had extreme variations in seasonal temperatures forever.

3. Commercial bees aren't africanized.

4. And just like with #1, the industry refuses to make any changes to accomodate the fact that bees are bees. They want to continue to treat them as machinery and then complain that they keep "mysteriously" dying.

5. I have to be fair to the beekeeping industry here in that they really have no say in this. Industrial agriculture is a disaster.
If you live in a place that already has a good number of bees around: have pollinating plants, trees, bushes in your yard, possibly a (small) stream of water; know how to spot a swarm and have a bee-friend that you can call to collect the swarms.
Microsoft explicitly states[0] that they do not support Monaco on mobile browsers, since it's just too much hassle to maintain and, frankly, nobody codes on mobile.

[0]: https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/
So basically like Ecoin from Mr.Robot, what could go wrong
At 26 He Brought His First Company Public and Now Built a $550M Business
You can't use nouveau for CUDA, which sort of negates the whole point of having a GPU in a server in the first place.
Still a much better bet than that you will.
My mother was a librarian for 30 years and I gained a love of books from her; I just I wish I had more time to read.

Between my day job in Fin Tech, my sideline business in my handmade leather goods and with two children at primary school, I basically have ten minutes before I fall asleep in bed at the end of the day to squeeze in a few pages.
Serverless Architectures with AWS Lambda: Overview and Best Practices