skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I would submit that the brain differences are actually a byproduct of a larger dynamic.

Historically, pregnant women and women with small children faced much more difficulty capturing and maintaining adequate resources on their own. Predation, lower upper-body strength, releasing a scent for one week per month, not to mention the metabolic and time constraints created by nursing and mothering small children in general, all created huge, difficult barriers to survival for women.

Historically, men were able to gather more resources from the environment than they needed (primarily through hunting, but later through farming), so they could share their resources with the women and children. However, men didn't want to share their resources with the genetic offspring of other men, so they wanted monogamy in return for support.

At a high level, men gathered resources from their environment, and shared them in exchange for monogamy and adequate care for their offspring, and women, historically, gathered resources from relationships (with both men, for food, shelter, and protection, and from women for child care and protection).

This is the main cause for differentiation between men and women. Because of this division of capabilities, the brains of men and women began to differentiate and evolve because they faced different challenges in their environment.

Men needed to be able to hunt, to work, to go without food for longer periods of time, and to work as a group to hunt large game. Testosterone helps all of those activities. Those who were more successful at these activities had more progeny that survived.

Women needed to be able to successfully raise children, gather local food, process furs, and cook food.

Men would all go hunting together in groups to reduce/eliminate opportunities for philandering, and women would stay in groups to protect each other and to help care for each other's young.

This all got flipped around and mixed up by the industrial revolution, the world wars, antibiotics, vaccines, and birth control. IMO, this is the battleground of the current culture war, because for most of human history, resources were scarce and infant mortality was high. These arrangements have been in place for hundreds of thousands of years.

The recent change in access (and abundance) to resources I listed above (among many others) has fundamentally changed access to resources. As an illustration, the most pressing problem facing the poor class in America is obesity. This is unprecedented, and no one has a good guide for how to move forward.
Nice list of feature improvements. Still, it doesn't look like there's a way to support multiple accounts on a single device (e.g. parent and child with different configurations.)

Maybe I'm wrong and missed something? There's a long list of improvements and I definitely skimmed it.
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Yes. The origin of the flat-file database is fixed-format unit record equipment¹, predating computers. COBOL is essentially a language designed for processing fixed-format files.

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_record_equipment
Yup. Power user was the name we used back then. If you had a good one, (s)he could save you support time.
Ignoramus here, what does SO have to do with remote work besides being a distributed team?
China’s debt disease might wreck its housing market
> recruiter working very hard to convince me I'd be rich when they IPO

recruiters still do that? so unethical.
Math professor here, at a large public US university. I think that academia presents a large, but challenging, market. My university has recently purchased huge amounts of software, not all of it of high quality.

Two questions for you:

(1) Who are the people whom you hope will buy your product? What positions do they hold? Are they professors? Administrators? Something else?

(2) Of these people, where will the money to buy your product come from?

For example, if it aids research, then it might come from individual professors' NSF or NIH grants. These can be large, and they are at individual faculty members' discretion. But they tend to require a lot of advance planning.

If it aids teaching, then you probably need to sell to an entire university at once. Department budgets tend to be meager, and the money is often spoken for in advance.

In any case, budgets tend to be idiosyncratic. It might be that your target audience is willing in principle to pay for your software, but that there is no suitable pipeline of money.

I recommend this website

https://academia.stackexchange.com/

to get a further sense of how academia "works", to whatever extent you don't already know.

Best of luck to you.
It’s so much better to express your opinion when you at least have read the docs of the technology you are discussing.
"Unalloyed" is a strong claim - you are saying effectively that it is pure, flawless gold.
Put it this way a member of the Norwegian government has been widely reported to have had sex with a drunk 17 year old (I am not certain whether the reports are true since the teenager has declined to comment). If the age of consent were 18 then the minister would have been investigated by the police. Since it is 16 the minister continues to serve in the government without stigma. Big difference in outcomes but the teenager is the same age.

Of course there has to be a cutoff. 16 seems reasonable to me. But I would not have sex with any teenager.
Until Apple acquired NeXT, terminals were meaningless on Mac OS, developers were doing just fine with IDE REPLs.
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That requires app opt-in: it's not automatically enabled (your apps will need to update for this to work).
I think you are tardy to the party. Adam the CEO just stepped down.
Ignore the elephant, ignore the elephant, ignore the elephant,HOLY CRAP there's an elephant in the room!!
Why Greta Makes Adults Uncomfortable
Sorta, the actual browser chrome is provided by the 3rd party but the underlying rendering and JS engine are required to be the OS provided facilities (i.e. Safari)

Apple’s security model is that Apple has to be able to inspect and review all the code you’re app is going to run. There is a special exception for JS provided that you run it though Apple’s interpreter.

Browsers are caught in the crossfire of a much broader rule that applications can not run code that Apple can’t see. They don’t sign anything that allows for arbitrary or semi-arbitrary code to be downloaded externally and run in principle. Apps get around this by using JS but you aren’t, as a rule, supposed to expose native API’s to your JS code.
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One thing which has increadibly annoyed me on the iPad so far was, that even if you had music files in your iCloud drive, there is no way to add them to the Music app. The same applies to videos and the TV app. There doesn't seem to be an iPad based flow to add your content to those apps.

Also, while I love the ability to play video as picture in picture, I cannot grasp, why the video size is limited to 1/4 of the screen size - if something interesting comes up, you cannot enlarge the video beyond that limit.
I recently watched his Excel tutorial on Youtube: "You Suck at Excel with Joel Spolsky" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c

Didn't intend to spend an hour on it, but we all know how these things often go.
I think it's great that Apple is attempting to design an OS for a specific form-factor and the use cases that go along with that. I worked on Windows 8 and the idea of putting the same UI on every device regardless of its size or inputs was really abhorrent to me. (If I've got a keyboard and a mouse connected to a big screen then I want something keen to that.)
Makes a lot of sense given developer-centric strategy.
That’s kind of what I was driving at—there is a need for good clear communication regarding what to do about climate change. Maybe you feel like there is a clear channel to you—I don’t, and I’m guessing that’s true for most Americans. Maybe I’m just thick skulled, but it’s hard for me to determine what things are bonafide and what things are environmental fashion (do I need to eat organic? Vegan? Do I need to stop using plastic straws? Etc). I’m guessing that I’m more tuned into science journalism than the average American, and I couldn’t give a ballpark estimate as to the carbon savings various initiatives and lifestyle choices would afford.
"Parle denies reports of 10,000 job losses, calls for rational tax structure on biscuits"

"The facts have been hyped by the media. The condition of job loss is actually an eventuality if our demand for lesser tax rates is not met," Mayank Shah told ANI." [1]

[1] http://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2019/aug/27/parle-d...

This is how bad the "factual" NYT media coverage about the whole thing is.

BTW, consumption of higher value biscuits/ cookies have gone up.[2]

[2] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/...
>Is it insane luck that they hit the mark so often?

No, its money.

All these "tech unicorns" backed by VC money are the same.

Spend Billions to obtain "growth metrics" until such time as the spending can no longer be maintained and you have grown your "valuation" to a point no VC/private investor will save your ass, then dump the company on the public.

The marketing doesn't even change just the company, "at any time we can turn off the spending and growth, and make pure profit."
Pretty much all of this. If I could have sandboxed dev environments, a terminal interface is all I really need since I do most of my dev work in a terminal. I suppose some nice-to-haves would be the ability to spin up local servers that I could access from Safari.
1) Is a false dichotomy. First of all, you're presuming that Tesla repairs will take 3-6 months. Secondly, you're presuming that non-Tesla repairs will take 0 minutes.

I don't doubt that Tesla has more issues with parts availability than other manufacturers, but if you need a car every day, you should have a backup plan -- eg, rental car add-on to your insurance policy so you have something to drive while your primary vehicle is being repaired. I've had gas-powered cars that were in the body shop for a month or more.
I can't believe they haven't already. Is there any bigger .NET app running in the world today?
I genuinely have no idea what she meant; if I didn't think it would be a waste of her time I would act like I'm interested to find out.
Thoughts behind project: https://timothycrosley.com/project-6-cruft
The big difference here is Windows XP and Windows 7 had nearly static feature-sets over their lifetimes (or in the case of XP, SP 3 quickly became the baseline). For the vast majority, Windows XP that shipped with your computer was the same for the lifetime of that product. iOS changes features every year, often quite significantly. The challenge is whether the next version of Windows supported your hardware and this was often not the case. If your OEM had funky components and didn't want to update the drivers to the new version of Windows you were SOL. Windows has changes a LOT since XP/ Windows 7 and their update model is more like iOS than XP now so it's hard to use the old model as a baseline.
What will happen to residents? Can we end up locked out of our offices?
That sounds almost vindictive in its desire to make sure no one uses a mouse for anything important while still checking off some legal accessibility requirement.
So they're all dumber than the naysayers, or.... ?
https://twitter.com/MichaelJFoody/status/1022521010078273536

>it says a lot that when confronted with an objectively dumb rich dude like trump (no working memory, can't apply grammar consistently, childish vocabulary, shallow concepts) people will choose to believe he's secretly smart rather than that wealth isn't a result of intellect

Trade Trump's name for Adam Neumann and I think you have the answer to your question.
This is good to hear so thank-you for writing that.

I have a plan to do a bicycle tour from Canada to Mexico sometime in my retirement years (or sooner). Part of that included a 'Wouldn't it be quaint/interesting' desire to bring along an old sextant I inherited and see how close I could chart my progress to my actual location.

If the charts change that much over time, then this might work the way I was expecting.
I posted a comment about this a few days ago and got downvoted into oblivion. Seems like hn doesn't take the climate refugee threat seriously.
It's incredible to me that graduating college students, many presumably with student debt and little savings, can even consider taking the financial risk of starting a company (e.g. forgoing a salary).
Ehh, I'm kinda on the fence. I'm not bothered by certain kinds of ads. Anything static and non-moving, or advertising that's done tastefully, gets a pass in my book. For example, talk show hosts verbally running an advertisement in their natural voice; that doesn't bother me one bit. Neither do static images on websites, or anything in print media. I'm not that bothered by blog articles that are clearly sponsored reviews, provided the reviewer is still giving their honest opinion. These are, understandably, harder to pull off than simply sticking an iframe on the page and calling it done, but I think it's worth the effort.

Where ads starts to bother me is when they get invasive. If it moves, dances, or otherwise gets in the way of the content I am actively trying to consume, then I'd prefer to block it. The third party tracking is a little creepy; I understand the need for analytics, but most ad networks go too far. Even in the real world, when advertising becomes too saturating, like the billboards that blanket my city and blot out the skyline, in my opinion that's crossed a line. So... balance in all things I guess.
Agreed. There is certainly an overlap between SO jobs and Linkedin, and then also the SO teams product and existing MS knowledge bases. Not to mention MS already has "Microsoft Teams", so that might be confusing.
I am using Blink as it seems to be the best terminal app I could find so far and would recommend it, but it does struggle a bit in some corner cases, as split-screen and switching between apps.
Sure thing! In all honesty, that was something that I heart from my mother. (She works in psychology, but she is not an academic. So I should probably retract the "well" in "well-researched") But a quick research turned up these two sources:

General info about Victims, Bullies, Victim-Bullies

https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2010/07/bully-victim

More on point: In-depth about who is more likely to become a victim

http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/98783/E9...
I’ve always thought answering the “where” part is more important. Especially with cell phones where they probably don't have a clue where you are. At least that way if the call got dropped or something they’d know where to direct some kind of help.

I could be wrong.

In the several times I’ve called 911 in an urban area the dispatcher I get is most interested in where to route the call. If medical or fire, they transfer to fire and for everything else they transfer to police. It is almost like they serve as a quick triage and then route to the appropriate place.

Once the actual dispatcher answers they ask a bunch of questions. They waste very little time and can almost seem rude or impolite as they don’t really let you deviate from the “script” but I assume it is because they need to gather the most info in the shortest amount of time.

Thankfully I’ve never had to call with something that requires both medial and police (eg shooting, etc)....
I heard from someone who worked at Rackspace that Chandrasekar was a Senior VP, not CEO.
Different folks, different strokes. I'm also adblocking and I started way before it became a privacy thing, because I don't. Want. Ads. In my content.
It would be interesting to see it integrate with GitHub. Not sure if that's a good thing, but it would definitely be interesting.
Not parent, but having a distributed team generally makes people less likely to reach out to coworkers. Instead, they search the web for an answer, likely stumbling upon a SO thread.
Their criticism of just about anything rings hollow since two of the hosts basically hate just about everything associated with money and capitalism, despite their staggering ignorance of many corners of it. Their guests and Anna Szymanski are the only non-embarrassing parts of the show for me, but I still eventually just gave up and stopped listening.
He should have tried westworld.com
>He truly believes he is destined to be president of the world and revolutionize.

I am not sure. He has been pretty methodical in siphoning the money out of the company (privately leasing the real estate to We, charging them for the trademark, etc), so he probably knows very well what he is doing.

Somehow, if you act this way, investors will perceive you as a charismatic and energetic leader and buy in even if your business model doesn't make much sense. IIRC, similar happened to Juicero, albeit on a much smaller scale: countless talks about expanding consciousness, changing the world, raw water bollocks, a completely unsustainable business model and questionable transactions to some external consultants.
It's strange not to see Valve's offerings referred when people talk about holding out on Oculus VR. The original Vive is a great device, and the Index is the current king of the hill, in this area (pricey, though, unless you compare it to an iPhone).
Good writing is lean, clean, and easy to read
If there are any of chronic pain sufferers in here that have not yet explored the connection between emotions and pain, if you see this then now may be your lucky day.

There is no correlation between structural changes in your body and the level of pain you have to endure, and you can be fully cured from your chronic pain within months.

It is hard work, and you will have to deeply examine your life, but if you are ready I encourage you to check out Dr. Sarno and fall down the Healing Back Pain rabbit hole. Nicole Sachs has some excellent youtube videos that I recommend. As well there is Steve Ozanich's incredible book.

I suffered for a decade with debilitating back pain, arm pain, neck pain, headaches, arthritis, knee pain, jaw pain, tendinitis, all of it, every day, all day, my entire life was my pain for a decade. And like thousands and thousands of others before me, once I discovered the real source of my pain I could actually work on healing it, and within months I was fully cured, and now have a toolset to interface with stress and pain in a healthy way that will last me forever.

You don't have to suffer, but you will need to work at this.
Any company's valuation is completely divorced from their actual ability to generate revenue, their efficiency as an organization, or the value they provide to their customers.

Valuations are meaningless boasts. They're a con in the literal sense; it's a confidence game. The company's officers craft the best BS story they can, and see if they can convince any investors that the investors will make money off giving them some funding.

It works a lot of the time!

EDIT: the "thing that's wrong" is that money is not tied at all to innovation, growth, or productivity. It's just complicated, highfalutin horse betting.
Well my point is it should have been obvious the shares were absolutely worthless.
I consistently have a similar response to the parent. I used to consume a lot in college, but since slowed down to very infrequent usage, primarily because I found I started having anxiety when using it. It started with a vague sort of "is that the cops" kind of thing, but quickly evolved into panic about my health, and overpowering existential dread.

I can still enjoy a very small dose, preferably in the company of others, like at a party or something.
India's GDP per capita = ~$2,000 . India is a $2.6 trillion economy with 1.3 billion people.

In comparison:
* US GDP per capita = $56,000 . US is a $18 trillion economy with 325 million people.
* Mainland China GDP per capita = $8,000 . China (supposedly [1]) has a $11 trillion economy with 1.3 billion people.

[1] "Supposedly" because China's GDP and other economic numbers are reportedly inflated and no one knows what the true numbers are.
Surely you have statistics to back up your assertion then?
I suppose though I pay $18 to go to the movies and they show me 5-10 minutes of ads followed but another 5-10 minutes of trailers. I generally look forward to the trailers but the ads drive me nuts given I paid (guess I should stop going)

Disney back in the 90s threatened to not allow theaters to show their movies if they ran ads. I think that died though

https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/10/business/disney-bans-comm...
Yeah - these institutional investors have a lot riding on "the market was responding to weworks governance structure" and I don't think that is really representative of the facts.
Nim 1.0 Released
I've been using CouchDB for the past few years on new development so I've not used them, but I might if they offered CouchDB as an option.

I like the idea of it. Right now I make a snapshot of a server with CouchDB installed and mostly configured when I want to spin up a new one. I have it on a $10 per month vps so I can scale up from there.
The wikipedia article for the origin of the word 'dude' is interesting as well:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude
That does not shift focus reliably.
Why? First of all, why must there be a dichotomy here? Second, why must I give each site my credit card number directly? Why can't we do that differently?

The conventional wisdom is that ads are more convenient. I hope that, sooner or later, this will stop being true and we'll have a variety of better ways of supporting content.
I agree, it definitely is sustainable for certain types of content. However, even NPR has donation campaigns where they are running ads for themselves and they also run ads for other companies that support them. I guess if they were forced they could change this habit.
> In theory, yes, but not in practice. For example

All of those are examples of unresponsiveness..
That's, kind of, a prenuptial agreement. However, these are frequently contested in court. The ejection plan probably will have the same issue. A contract is only as good as your ability to defend it in the court. And if it costs more to defend it than to pay the person off...
hate to be yet another shill but i spent about 20 hours learning emacs org mode basics and came up with mostly the same setup:

- .org files are plaintext, easily backup-able

- what he has in categories, i have in tags for easy consumption across a few files (reflections.org akin to his); this is important to track multiple things e.g. sex + romance easily

- doing a daily/weekly debrief really showed me how slowly i was moving on allegedly important things, so it exposed that i have an integrity issue right smack in the face and caused me to set observable goals and reflect on pass/failure

highly recommended either via his method or org mode though
Related to the logical view, it would also be great to include deductive databases:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deductive_database

Deductive databases derive logical consequences based on facts and rules.

Datalog and its superset Prolog are notable instances of this idea, and they make the connection between the relational model and predicate logic particularly evident.

Codd's 1979 paper Extending the Database Relational Model to Capture More Meaning contains additional information about this connection. For example, quoting from Section 3 Relationship to Predicate Logic:

"We now describe two distinct ways in which the relational model can be related to predicate logic. Suppose we think of a database initially as a set of formulas in first-order predicate logic. ..."
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