skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I read it in a beach in Greece. It really opened up some new thoughts to me that are relevant to some of the problems that I am thinking about in applying ML in science. It made me want to go back and read some of his more technical work. It's not the easiest of reading, but I definitely found it worthwhile!
The GCP self-serving platform for certs is very welcome, but still kinda janky. You end up waiting hours for their batch jobs to run at unknown cycles.

Let's encrypt is awesome because it's instantaneous! You'd think Google would understand that aspect.

Edit: GCP people: Please give us a an explicit "retry" button to press when we've set up the DNS records. (I'm talking about the Google Cloud Balancing Service here. The UI was awesome up until the point it wasn't. The one thing lacking was a "retry" button.)
Not going to happen and not with that many people

You may have forgotten the "flash mob" craze, when people were sometimes rounded up en masse and prosecuted. This also happens when people get rowdy at bars, concerts, parades, political rallies, etc... It's a thing.
I haven't noticed that.
It seems to me that the nonreligious have somewhat the same idea of virtue. They just have different applications of the same virtues.

They both think that non-judgmentalism is a virtue. (So should a Christian - "Judge not, lest you also be judged".) They both do judge things that they consider overtly wrong, though. Some Christians consider certain sexual practices wrong; some atheists consider less than full acceptance of gay marriage to be wrong (and judge people for it).

They both think that self-restraint is a virtue. Some Christians think that in terms of not sleeping with everyone you're attracted to; some atheists think that in terms of consuming less to lower your carbon footprint.

The atheists are still thinking in terms of virtues, and of morals, even if they don't use those words. They even think that some of the same things are virtues. They just think they should be lived out in dramatically different ways.
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> Accel’s first API investment was in Braintree

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I don't think that's Google's job at all, especially for a competitor's product.

It's in their financial interest to do so. They don't want their users gmail data (or from other googles services) to leak, even if it's not their fault.
Eh, there are lots of malls in fairly dense Beijing, the one next to my apartment complex (when I was living there) was 4 stories tall, fairly huge by USA standards, and still felt like it served a purpose even with a fully featured urban community around it.

But yes, even urban Chinese malls are faced with the reality of e-commerce and focus mainly on things you might not want to or can’t buy online (clothes, shoes, food, entertainment). And even then, ghost malls are definitely a thing (for Beijing, Sanlitun soho is a ghost mall across the street from a very successful Sanlitun village). Surviving American malls have evolved roughly the same way, though there are high end and low end paths to success (eg compare crossroads mall to Bellevue square mall in Bellevue WA).
I feel like most US high schools have classes by 7:50-8am; not sure how it is elsewhere but this was true in the Great Lakes about a decade ago.
> towards wasteful ego-stroking empire building when not properly monitored

What is "ego-stroking empire building" exactly? I think I can imagine cartoon-characters who do this, but I'm having difficulty thinking of real world examples.
Perfect ^^^. I'll use it.
Reminds me of the "Infinite IKEA" SCP entry.
No, that is EXACTLY how probability theory works.

The probability of event A given that we observed B is the probability of A and B happening divided by the probability that B happened. Mighta, coulda, shoulda but didn't doesn't enter into it and can't affect the result. The fact that frequentist statistics does care and shouldn't is one of the major criticisms that Bayesians offer.

If you think you understand statistics and don't understand this fact, then you do not understand statistics as well as you think you do. But you can be pardoned. Most statistics classes are too busy cramming statistical tests into student's heads to bother them with bothersome facts about where the cracks in the foundations are.
Yup, exactly. I always use the form:

ln -s ../../a_fine_file .

With the added '.' at the end. That way, I can remember to change the period out if I don't want the same name (or if I'm linking in the same directory).
There is no work-life balance in tech. You can deceive yourself but the balance died out something like 7-8 years ago.

When the wave after wave of tech changes happening and new tools coming into existence, the only lifestyle you can have to stay gainfully employed is: work, work, work until some other commitment (sleep, wife, kids) eat up remainder of your time.

Personally, I think in next 5-10 years, IT workforce will (1) Be well known for burnout and people leaving IT due to burn out. (2) Be further concentrated in parts of world where work is main objective of life (China/India, etc.).
But amusingly enough, a spaceline costs orders of magnitude less than a space elevator. It might make sense as an intermediate step, where we launch a Spaceline using ol' fashioned rockets, and then use it to haul up the materials we're going to build an actual space elevator from.
One of the behavioral interview questions I really like is :
"How do you identify junior vs mid level vs senior engineer?"

Answer to this question helps in leveling the candidate.
Most people renting have far less autonomy than even that choice whether to rent out their assets or not.
There's another comment that makes the same observation about the senior title on the resume. It's almost like the first thing you have to figure out when talking to a senior engineer is: title or talent? (I know talent might not be the best word, but it sounded neat. I also think talent doesn't refer to an inherent ability to do something but a set of skills developed over time to a high degree of efficiency)
Yes that is true, but there is a sense in which that just makes explicit a problem that already exists.
Careful of mixing up cause-and-effect. Plenty of hillbillies would love to live on the beautiful California west coast next to the beach, if they could afford it. Anyway, hillbillies was an obvious stand-in for all sorts of bad neighbors, whether that be the guy with the constantly barking dog, the drunk, the guy always playing his loud subwoofer, etc.

>as it doesn't involve me

When your neighbors are shouting at each other with you in the middle, it involves you.

>why should I be permitted to hate my lawful neighbors?

You absolutely shouldn't, for we should all love our neighbors. But you should absolutely be allowed to hate your neighbors' actions.

>use the force of law to force them to change

Have you ever dealt with invoking city noise ordinances? It's a long, tiresome process, and meanwhile your neighbors you're invoking them against aren't going to be too happy with you. Take it from me, I grew up poor and lived in crappy neighborhoods. Playing outside as a 6-year-old, it was routine for the neighborhood drunk to yell slurs at me and my siblings. First day we moved in, Dad called the cops on that guy, and the cops basically chuckled at my Dad over the phone. "Welcome to Los Angeles, sir."
They're soothing. Especially the "Miami Nice" video in the series. I could loop that all day if only it didn't have voice commentary.
I think 4G is really cheap all around Eastern Europe. F.i. in Lithuania we have unlimited 4G for 18.90eur/month
A good whiteboard interview doesn't require much outside of basic syntax/data structures, and will offer some form of help along the way (often in the form of a somewhat helpful interviewer).
Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but I think anti-trust in the age of tech and free services needs to be tweaked a little.

Sure, Facebook can buy any company they like, but if it presents a danger to its core business like Instagram did, then the sale should not be allowed.

Maybe Instagram wouldn't have survived without being acquired by Facebook, but let the market decide.
Wouldn't be much use if it wasn't.
No offense, but it is hard to care about the problems a bunch of 20-somethings making multiples of the median household income have finding apartments for prices they want to pay. Particularly if they don't live in the area they want to diddle around with.
Odd that in some ways psychology seems to be more informed, as a field, of these nuances and pitfalls and yet they have failed as a field to adequately police themselves. The problem isn’t on the statistics end of things, it’s the labor market and gatekeeping end of things. Another aspect of the inability to scale higher ed in the stupid way that many think is optimal.
What a delightful piece of writing! The three catagories really seem to fit. It explains the frequent arguments about electron vs native, new JavaScript libraries and battle tested C. Wonderful and insightful.
@nimbius actually keurig is now the keurig of mixed drinks: https://www.drinkworks.com
Ugh! Was the fix committed upstream?
It seems like an interesting business opportunity to open a Hide and Seek venue, maybe in conjunction with a theme park or something of that nature. If it is that popular. Shrug.
It finally clicked with me when I read about it as ln -s real fake

Real is always better than fake, real comes first.
Co-living is total nightmare and the absolute end of human dignity since it reminds me having flatmates (I have plenty of experience with that) but in a way worse style
Google misleads restaurant customers with a big blue “Order Online” button
Not only that, you should subject your automated tests to mutation testing. No link coz wikipedia seems to be down for me.
> the whole interview process is based on the idea of doing stuff for the company that you wouldn't actually do

The process for successful interviewing at places that use whiteboard testing for interviewing involves digging in and putting in a lot of hard work studying previously unknown concepts-- work that most people don't consider very fun.

To me, this sounds like exactly the kind of thing that a person will need to do to be successful in their first few months in a big company. Learning about their particular systems, authentication and authorization methods, security audit procedures, deployment methods, how they do dependency injection, logging, diagnostics, troubleshooting...
What about the basephone firmware sending tracking data to China?
Could you clarify what you mean by "equity as the form of compensation doesn't qualify"?

Do you mean:

- He/she would not be able to get a second TN because equity does not count, and they would require a cash compensation in order to qualify for a TN

OR

- Equity does not qualify as compensation, therefore the developer is not compensated, and therefore he/she does not _require_ a second TN in order to work with the individual in question
There usually is some relationship, but does not have to be.
Do you think the Vancouver airport is the best for TN entries? My partner has had the exact issue you described where she already has an approved TN but has had border agents deny her entry and she has to try again the next day. Normally Toronto is very tough, not sure if Vancouver is easier?
Half of those things either don't affect rural populations more than urban populations or are benefical to them too, the other half is just pricing in externalities that we need to get rid of no matter what.
Your assessment is based on a feeling of doubt derived from behavioral queues rather than an objective analysis of the available facts. You have better information now because of this statement from Apple, there is no rationale for thinking less of Apple because of this.
That may well be part of the problem, but I don't think that's the full story. I was buying bud and grinding it myself.
Maybe they should advertise their dead mall as a fun hide and seek venue :)
I got the point now. Updated the correct question to my father. I will make sure he gets in touch with attorney next week over this.

However, would you please advise on how long it would take for me to get my GC, in your fair estimate? An approximation would do. Also, any political change that might affect my application?

I am born and brought up in India. 30 years of age. Bachelors of Engineering degree with 3 years of work ex in IT. Unmarried yet for GC.
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I believe if the parent bothered to look up any HTML documentation, the name of the elements would be obvious to them.
Good point. The very fact that we even have an elected President owes a lot to him.
This article isn’t about working in the tech industry
I've been mixing a shot of whiskey, bitters, and club soda with a splash to a few glugs of ginger ale/beer, still playing with the mix. Would be nice to start seeing better ready-to-drink options.
Essentially, the definition is providing a service/benefit to an entity or person in the U.S. while in the U.S. and receiving something of value in return. So, broadly speaking, this appears to encompass what you describe. What exactly are you doing when you are in the U.S.?
In the old days, if you tirelessly worked away at something for years, you at least had the option to set it up as shareware or give it away. The terms were up to you.

These days, even those options are gone. You can’t sell it or install it in any normal way if the platform vendor doesn’t like it. You will even need to “notarize” side installs (which will kill truly free software because no one should need $99/year to distribute what used to be free).

And the only thing worse than all the rules is the brutal inconsistency of it all. Had this person lucked into one of Apple’s “meh, sounds fine, Approved!” reviewers, there would have been no rejection and no blog post. It is really a crap shoot, where lots of crap gets into the store too.
Right, but theoretical computer science also deals with provability and goes into various areas of topology, reasoning, and proofs. These are not useful to engineers, or are only slightly useful, while a course on systems programming isn't useful to a theoretician, because a universal turing machine doesn't have hardware interrupts. Different specializations for different roles.
Yeah, and it was apparently prone to breaking (I learned this from Googling just now). I was pretty sure I drove a 2-speed Roadster back in the day, but wanted to confirm that actually made it to production -- it did. (The Roadsters I drove were Tesla-owned but I'm pretty sure they were full production models).

The more things change, the more they stay the same. I remember Tesla being laughed at for this whole overpriced roadster thing, then because their transmissions were breaking, then because the 'fix' was to produce a "crippled" 1-speed car because they couldn't figure out how to make a transmission that didn't break.

And now, 10 years later, I own a 1-speed one, and, miraculously, the whole thing works on a real sedan, not just a kit car.
LXD is fine. You can run K8s on it.
I think it's useful to point out that your Reddit and HN are curated too.

I found Reddit's /r/all and logged out experience draining. The defaults on Reddit seem similar to other social media now.

I found the frequency and filter quality of stories on HN to be better during weekdays and working hours. I think HN has better curation with more active users. It feels less like a News source during downtime.
Mutation testing can expose weaknesses like these in your automated tests.
I find it interesting that you try to answer for the millions who are "living in the slums".

There is enthusiasm for space in general (many are glued to their TVs or radios because the landing is going to start soon; one could say it's a point of national pride). I can say that because I live here, see the poverty in front of my eyes every day and talk to some of the people facing it. Sure, quite a few have opinions similar to yours, but they are across the economic spectrum, not just amongst the poor.

This is an argument which pops out frequently when there's a scientific success coming out of a developing country, and especially when India tries to do high-end science. The development in India has been insane, and many have moved out of poverty in a relatively short span of time, mainly because of multiple efforts by the people, the government and with the help of other countries, and this is going to continue happening. Meanwhile, space exploration will continue, whether some people like it or not.
The box got unloaded off the cart outside my cube. It got left standing on edge, which is not how one should leave 600 pounds of steel. (This was a kit, not an assembled desk, so "on edge" was maybe eight inches wide.) When it fell, the cardboard box caught the cart, but none of the steel inside did. The steel then proceeded to slowly rip the box.

The net result was that this 600 pounds got slowly put on my foot, rather than slamming onto it. That was the difference between minutes of pain and months of rehab.

(And, yeah, it falling may or may not have been my fault...)
Na, Target doesn't have nearly as many hiding spots.
I take issue with him blanket categorizing Rich Hickey and clojure (spelled closure by him none the less) in the first category along the same lines as haskell. These languages are quite different in almost all respects minus being functional. While the focus of clojure is on simplicity and expressiveness as the author does mention, it was fundamentally created to be a builders language and for getting stuff done fast with minimal complexity and headaches. I think it is actually a perfect mix between the first category and the third category, which is why I love it so much.
Bah, I love Lisp (particularly Clojure), have used (and rather liked) Ada in the past, but I'm not sure I'd consider myself in the first group: "Applied Mathematics."

I fancy myself more of a maker (I like making useful software) who happens to dislike like Python and Javascript. And also Java. Because the lot of them are inelegant and I hate reading and writing them.
When I first entered the workforce I remember someone pulling me to the side and used this exact metaphore. Told me there were adults and children and I needed to start treating certain people as adults rather than equals (more or less, I'm paraphrasing, but this was the meaning).

I was blown away that anyone actually had that attitude toward others. I was probably 21 I think?

I mean, I get it on one level with respect to politics, but screw that.
That's fine, we didn't really need those anyway.
I'm not sure about the higher speeds vs lower speeds thing. Anyway, Tesla knows the gear ratios in both units, they can apply power as necessary to get the exact torque split the computer wants.
I'm saying there are 11 million Uighurs. I'm not claiming they are all in "training center". I imagine only a small portion of them are.
Japan is reversed - beer is taxed much more than spirits, so gas stations carry $2 highball tall boys. Plus, public drinking is legal..
2022/2023
Well, have you really asked opinions of people living in slums? Forget India, how about asking people living under bridges in LA about their opinion on NASA.
The title processing logic is surprisingly complex, just as the whole issue of titles on HN is surprisingly complex. That means the code runs on the server, which would make it awkward to run during the data entry process, which of course is browser-side.
I like how "woman shouting at cat" is not explained at all.
Beijing tried this with a dead mall across the street from Microsoft Beijing. It felt like a dank place to run a business though. This isn’t the only one, Chinese cities have made a huge effort in trying to turn ghost malls into incubators so much that it has become cliche.

Google is currently converting the Westside Pavilion mall in west LA into office space. It doesn’t look that bad from what I’ve seen, but the lack of natural light would bother me.
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Porsches have never really been about straightline speed. Always about overall performance and a sports-car feeling.

I'm guessing they optimized things like power, gearing and weight placement to offer good acceleration through a range of speeds with amazing handling and decent range at speed.
This is a really good idea. I bet the people on scambaiting forums would be eager to collaborate and provide convo logs etc.
Why not Yahoo?
> I don't think that's Google's job at all, especially for a competitor's product.

If they want security professionals to pay attention to them, it is.

I accept that maybe P0 just didn't carefully think through what they were saying; they've been straight shooters in the past. But the definitely gave both a misleading impression about the situation they described _and_ downplayed other risks.

If that keeps happening, I (for one) will end up treating them more like Oracle's security/marketing department. And that would be a serious loss, because P0 has been doing really good work.
A minimum payment would set a floor on the effective interest Stripe earns, but still doesn't seem to solve adverse selection entirely if they are expecting the average payment to be much higher.
This kind of centralization is not good. Even thought let's encrypt is non profit and has a very good service record. We desperately need more like it spread around the globe.
The main advantage of the eCVT is the ability to seamlessly combine the power from two motor-generator units and an ICE (as in the Prius) while holding the ICE in the RPM range you want it. Here, there is only one electric motor and keeping it at a certain RPM range (other than below it's max) isn't really important. While a CVT will get you smooth ratio changes, you are still constrained by a minimum and maximum gear ratio, a range which is relatively small compared to this kind of two speed (in this case you can have two gear ratios that are super far apart, as an electric motor makes the same torque regardless of the RPM, unlike an ICE, where you want your gear ratios close to help stay in the powerband). As for CVT's being universally hated in performance circles, they're only universally hated by the same kind of people that hate flappy paddle dual clutch transmissions, i.e people who don't care or know what is actually faster, more reliable, and more efficient in different use cases, but only care about a clutch and an H-pattern shifter.
Ha, I knew putting that in there would be contentious, but I suppose that's my fault for doing so in a comment specifically calling out the vaguery of "regulations".

In any case, I think it's obvious that someone currently in a single family home doesn't want a 40-story highrise going up right next door to them. So in the absence of explicit zoning, perhaps there could be some formula like limiting new construction height to no more than 50% taller than the median height of buildings within a 1km radius or something. This would still permit triplexes and low rises in established neighbourhoods, without having existing homeowners be completely taken advantage of.

Lest my sincerity be doubted, my downtown neighbourhood in Kitchener is a total jumble— it's mostly century homes, but a bunch of them have been duplexed or triplexed, plus there are the occasional chunky multi-unit buildings and townhouse strips, and even a few larger rental towers. I think it's great! Take a look:

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4550536,-80.4917221,331a,35y...
so what do you get when you click on this link?

https://www.wikimedia.org/

everything works fine for me
You mean the banks who wanted to make gobs of money fleecing investors.
You still my schedule :) It works well for intermittent fasting. 5pm is the first and only meal.
> how to create a symbolic link under Linux. I just can't figure out a way to remember what comes first

Remember it like this: It's the same syntax as "cp". To copy a file you use "cp source dest". It's the same for ln: "ln -s source dest"