skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This seems like a nod to python. :-)

I started using Perl in the late 80s as a replacement to complex sed and awk scripts, but switched to Python in 2010. I still remember the day that mod_perl hit me, boom! Scaling inside Apache.. 1999 was a lifetime ago.
Have you run the numbers on the cost of raising a family? I agree it’s the best strategy but I’m not sure it’s cheaper. I do believe it pays many psychic dividends, but I’m not sure it’s cheaper but I’ve not done the math.
There are several perks to paid software that is typically missing from just free software:

* Guaranteed updates/bug fixes

* Better support

* More polished product

There are free alternatives to basically everything, but people still pay for stuff.
We have this simplistic idea that if we put a huge roadblock in front of small businesses that they'll innovate around the problem, when in reality they'll just go out of business, and it will take the market a year or more to figure out how to deal with the problem - all the while, more small businesses shut down because they cannot stock their shelves.

I agree with the motivation, but the execution cannot be "simply" banning how these businesses operate.

These aren't high margin businesses that can handle disruptions like this. Small business owners have mortgages to pay, and they'll just close-up shop or "simply" choose to service a different area.
ITT: People have no concept of return on investment.
Because when I retire they continue pumping money into the same funds - I can't do that, my contributions stop and I enter "withdraw" mode - the company doesn't.

Yes, the plan can have problems, but I'm just saying why I think people still like it, and it does have definite advantages over your own savings.
Meh, if the proprietary software has a good UI, it's going to do well -- open source tends to suck on that front, quite often because it's cross-platform and that doesn't favor the OS X look.

Sure, for programmers and command line users there will be alternatives, but that still leaves a large market.

Y'know what's going to kill Apple indie development in our reality? Apple. A lot of the paid shareware has a long pedigree, and the upcoming de-Carbonization will put an end to many small-shop software.
I counted three, now you're telling there are five. But I believe you.

I didn't discard anything, I never said kidnappings are OK.

Neither are your violence and destruction. Stop justifying your own evil with China's.
I don't find pronunciation extremely difficult (as spanish has most of the 'sounds' already), but in most cases, as the word 'lead', can be parsed easily according to context.

What infuriates me the most of the english language is phrasal verbs. There is no rule and no context-parsing, and can mean completely different things.
I agree that no individual can reasonably plan for to have enough money for 0-30 years but I disagree that nobody has the ability to spread that risk around.

If your pool is the whole country then it’s very manageable sans the human problems that any large government / financial institutions run into at scale.
La foto, la mano, la radio. El dia, el mapa, el sofa. There are plenty of words that are exceptions.

English’s main issue is spelling, but every language has its quirks.
> you can use Microsoft as a mule to exfiltrate data from otherwise firewalled victims

This is actually a smart idea. Make your spyware collect & encrypt data into a (new and unknown) binary and execute it, relying on the fact that Microsoft will exfiltrate it for you. When that binary itself is run (within MS' premises) it will then reach out to you with its embedded data.
Thank you for writing this; felt like a breath of fresh air.
Don't take this the wrong way but you need to take some serious advice, DB pensions are far far better than a DC.

Look at the transfer values of some DB pensions they can be worth multiple millions and no way would an individual be able to build up an equivalent amount in a DC scheame
I agree. It was interesting to see this all come up with union negotiations. The union's push against switching to a 401k was that it puts them at risk when the market performs poorly. Unfortunately from a company standpoint, when the market goes down, their required pension contributions go up, a real bind in cash when you need it most.

There's more politics involved - like the automotive unions giving up numerous raises for better pensions, companies refusing to fully fund pensions in good years leading to them being woefully underfunded in bad, etc.

Personally I'm glad to not have a pension hanging over my head. I could leave tomorrow and have the full value of my 401k. I know people who are miserable and hate their jobs, but if they leave before hitting 30 years, they get barely anything. At my company, leaving at 29 years would yield less than half the monthly payout compared to 30 years. The pension and social security is the retirement plan for those who live paycheck to paycheck.

I do really wish everyone had the same access to tax advantaged accounts. The administration costs of 401k's make it more challenging for small companies to offer. All else equal, having a 401k available versus unavailable is with a few thousand dollars per year to me because of the tax deferral.
>Alcohol : iMessage

What? Alcohol is high margin. iMessage has zero revenue and is a loss leader. Also, you can offer/sell any chat apps you want on the App Store, unlike with alcohol in Donaldson's food hall.
To be honest, the Tesla interior leaves me cold. It feels corporate, like being in a nice chair driving a 17" laptop to work. Feels soulless to me.

I really hate touch screens and have opted personally for a similarly expensive car with lots of switches and dials that I don't have to look at to make sure I'm on the right one. (Mini Clubman, with basically every option, literally months before they added a touchscreen entertainment system)
> Roads are cheap and not heavily subsidized when you account for how many people use them.

Your whole point depends on the fact that almost everyone uses roads and of course everyone uses roads when there are no great alternatives. If things were structured differently, the same could probably be said for other transit options.

Bike lanes. for instance, are ridiculously cheap from every perspective, have none of the externality costs you mention, but no one can bike safely as of now and therefore much fewer choose to do so than the infrastructure could support.
The Magna Carta
Working in an manufacturing/engineering consulting shop
I totally get this. I have a new phone after about five years and it is such a pleasure to use. Really enjoying it. Felt like an outrageous amount of money, but it truly is pleasant using it.

If I had the money, and needed a car, I would give it serious consideration.

Alas, I only buy used cars and The most I’ve spent is 17k.

I’ll pony up more cash next time just to be sure I have some of the driver aids/safety features that might help me from rear ending someone because I glanced at the gas gauge in stop and go traffic.
I'm an active member of the jb community and it's certainly not gone. A quick look at /r/jailbreak shows that this exploit has in fact reinvigorated not only the community but many old developers that had not been around recently. I'm not sure why you want to argue but ok buddy. Have a good day.
There are a lot of elderly people living in the city that cannot ride a bicycle. ...and what about when there's a foot of snow on the ground? Or pouring rain? Should everyone resign themselves to suffering?
That is the censorship of a political idea - that the government has no place censoring depictions of what is responsible for every human being's existence masking itself as "morality" and "community standards".

"But advocating it is still legal" would be no more valid an excuse than making displaying or depicting police misconduct illegal but nominally allowing advocacy against police misconduct. The point of censorship is enforced ignorance to maintain control.
Predicting the future is extremely difficult (if not impossible).
Most condos are in ultra-expensive-to-build high-rises. You don't see them as much in the 2-3 story buildings that are actually cheap to build.
Software is covered by copyright; if I write some program and compile it, and they copy it off my machine behind my back to run somewhere, it is copyright violation, is it not?
I agree, that happens and it's really bad. When to hold standup is definitely an important question. I like first thing when people get in or two hours after everyone gets in.
Nothing will break. Apps signed before will continue to work like before, apps signed now will required to be notarized. Unsigned apps will work like before.
I wouldn't worry at all about not being able to maintain it. Worst case scenario: they get acquired and VW/Apple/etc will service your car. The brand is too valuable to die at this point.
Don’t worry. You’ll realize how badly you’re being exploited once you get a few years experience.
What's even worse is how much dividends they've paid out to shareholders. $394 million this year and $3.23 billion last year, if my math is right. Before that they paid out $4 billion a year, but they reduced it in December, 2018.
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I am a hard core apple fan and have used every iPhone since iphone 4 and have updated my mac thrice in last 6-7 years. Currently owning an iPhone 8+ and macbook pro 15 inch 2017 edition.

I am extremely sad on how bad the hardware is on my recent devices, my keyboard is a NIGHT mare (I cant code without external keyboard) and iPhone back glass cracked with a single 1.5-2 m fall and the wire quality is very bad, with other issues slowly cropping up.

I have spent a good deal on these devices and I really expect a better hardware.

I have decided to move out of this apple eco-system, can someone point towards a BRILLIANT piece of hardware (preference would be linux based system for laptop) and a mobile device that is open in true sense (I can tinker with it and it has a good hardware). Price is not an issue, I am just looking for an open and robust device.
Audi’s four electric car platforms for the coming years
I think there is a dilemma at Tesla whether to go with a mid range ($20-25k car) with limited miles(limited performance,etc etc, you get it...)vs going for the mid luxury to full on luxury ranged cars.

Also 2020-21 would be the years where mass market car companies like Honda / Toyota might release their cars and my guess it would start with ~$25k range
I do not think historically this is what happened to the same type of hype for transitors/integrated-circuit startups a few decades ago (some of them failed, some of them reshaped both the technology and economy landscapes).

Certainly, the amount of hype and uninformed investing are damaging to the field, but coherent control of quantum states (whether for computing or not) is a "very big deal", that would create amazing technologies from sensing and metrology to (hopefully) computing.
The Cure for Toxic Positivity
I have no idea about Tesla's long term prospects, but the maintenance question reminded me of this story about keeping their original Roadsters running:

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a28819221/tesla-roadst...

>There are unique challenges that come with working on these cars. You might have to rebuild a circuit board one day, and fabricate a new hood the next day. Actually, if any body parts are damaged, you'll have to fabricate them. Tesla doesn't sell parts to anyone, so Medlock has taken to fashioning new panels out of carbon fiber himself.
That works for Opus Magnum, but SpaceChem has a very clear sci-fi presentation to it, so it's confusing.
Indeed, there have to be exceptions like this. Otherwise malware authors could sue AV companies for infringement, which don’t seem to fit the intention of IP law.
They are wonderful cars and I have never heard anyone not loving the driving experience.

The only concern that I think is preventing growth (Other than production of course) - is the concern about long term reliability.

If you buy a camry or prius you know almost for a fact, that your going to drive 200k miles without a problem, and if there is one, its recognized as an engineering failure and the dealership fixes it for free - and fast.

But with Tesla, there are lots of rumors that the queue for getting stuff fixed it really long, and that after warranty expires, really expensive.

What I am really scared of is another "BMW" style reliability experience, which I would consider to be a catastrophic failure on the part of Tesla.

Edit - also accidents "caused" by "autopilot" software, and liability is still a big question.
A successful startup maybe is a great way to foster a startup culture in the surrounding environment.

Three examples:

1. Skype excited people in Estonia towards startup culture.

2. Warby Parker inspired a lot of fellow graduates from Wharton ( I think ) to follow similar pursuit.

3. In many ways Flipkart created a lot of buzz towards startup culture in India. Similarly, Zoho had a lot of hand in making Chennai, "the SaaS capital" of India.

A successful startup compounds the number of startups around the location. Many early employees start their companies after successful exits.

My 2 cents.
Tesla has a market cap in between Ford and GM. Their share price most likely reflects an expectation of even more sales in the future.
This was mind-bending for me too. It seems like the author is just arguing that since the syntax is different it's worse? The flexibility in Perl is nice, and while references can be a real PitA, a weird assertion to just make.
> Employers are contributing money now, but have pushed any risk onto the employee, making it feel pretty worthless as a retirement strategy.

You seem to be arguing that saving for retirement is futile. You can invest is (almost) arbitrarily low risk to principal investments like US treasuries. I probably wouldn't advise that as the sole investment strategy for most people. But it is one way to reduce certain types of risk. (And most defined benefit plans have the same risk with respect to inflation.)
one more step towards a greater future.
"Gold rush" is a nice way to say "bubble".

It's just another field with some interesting (modest) applications but where 99% of startups are likely either knowingly peddling snake-oil or are total moonshots that have no chance of succeeding.

EDIT: Just to be clear: there are likely some interesting applications and some companies pursuing them might end up making it big, but the "gold rush" very much is mostly companies trying to ride on the hype until they crash and burn predictably.
No, he's right, he absolutely should be able to live anywhere he wants.

He simply needs to take the personal responsibility to make it achievable vs capitulate to some strange reasoning of "it's not my fault I can't afford it, it's their fault because XYZ".
Marketplace of ideas? More like geopolitical power.

The most reasonable scenario change at the moment would be a world dominated by China and then Mandarin becoming the new lingua franca. I wouldn’t bet on either of these events, but it seems plausible.
10.15 requires signed apps that were signed after 1 July (or June, I don't remember exactly) to be notarized. If you were running a signed after 1 July app but not notarized, that explains it.
Even though you can run unsigned app easily, you can easily apps with a broken signature.
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“Global clean energy investment totaled $332.1 billion in 2018.” [1]

Compared to $1.9T/~3 years, $630B on fossil energy investments per year.

[1] https://about.bnef.com/blog/clean-energy-investment-exceeded...
Your outrage won't matter once a law even does exist. Do you really think China is going to give a shit about some Western law? Lol.
Yes, before developing the package, we were also using this great library for hash generation. There are a bunch of differences we have compared to imagehash:
1. Added CNN as you mentioned
2. Took care of housekeeping functions like efficient retrieval (using bktree, also parallelized)
3. Added plotting abilities for visualizing duplicates
4. Added possibilities to do evaluation of deduplication algorithm so that the user can judge the deduplication performance on a custom dataset (with classification and information retrieval metrics)
5. Allow possibility to change thresholds to better capture the idea of 'duplicate' for specific user cases
How AI is transforming education and skills development
Does anyone know if this has the same "rejuvenating effects" that young blood has on older patients?
Don't know how to verify what it was, but their current match is 100% up to 5% of pay, plus a free 1% of pay. It's good compared to most tech companies but not outrageously good.
My take:

Basically, because older people find it harder to relate to the music. Especially pop music, which is catered to pristine, insecure teenagers and youth. They're well past that stage of life.

As a consequence, they already have nostalgia embedded for previous music. Someone else already commented on the atmosphere (and whole zeitgeist) being part of that. Based on my experience with music (been an avid listener ever since I grew up) I believe it is also instruments (and certain patterns of genres) which can be part of that.

Another explanation is because older people have less of a hearing range (Hz). You can try a test to figure out where you're standing.
A lot of people buy bond funds and think they own bonds. Bond funds can lose principal quite easily, bonds generally cannot, but are a pain to buy.
And a 401k and IRAs is are very poor "pension" plan compared two other countries.
One of the reasons cells die is to fend off cancer. A hallmark of cancer is cell immortalization. The body has a multitude programmed cell death pathways for this reason. And if the cells themselves decide not to die, the immune system kicks in to help (so long as the cancer doesn't out-evolve detection).

We must be very careful here.

I am not a doctor, but my advice for those looking to live longer in an age where we don't have a magic pill :

- eat right

- get plenty of cardiovascular exercise

- avoid stess

- avoid inflammation, especially chronic
It depends on how much it costs and how well it works (in the humans), neither of which is known at this point.

A cost competitive artificial blood that works as well as whole blood would have a big impact on the current system. An expensive replacement that wasn't as effective for treatment but had longer shelf life or something like that wouldn't have much impact.
I didn't find any good open source options
Why would it be catastrophic? That kind of reliability works just fine for other luxury brands. Tesla's should naturally be better anyway due to the simpler drivetrain and lack of maintenance.
And a significant fraction of this goes into unconventional oil projects like the US tight oil industry, which is likely NOT EVEN ENERGY POSITIVE, considering that it has yet to turn a profit !
(Ditto for US ethanol.)

But driving your personal car is your god-given right, isn't it ?
$1.9T in financing (about $500 billion a year) plus $5T a year in government subsidies worldwide.

Investment in fixing our ecological crisis and climate change is minuscule to our investment in our destruction.

For example, US spends about $600 billion a year to subsidize the fossil fuel industry which is $6T in 10 years.

For comparison, Elizabeth Warren wants to spend ONLY $2T in 10 years on climate. Andrew Yang wants to spend ONLY $2.5T in 10 years. Bernie Sanders is the only one serious about climate and wants to spend about $10T over ten years.
Problem is Tesla is losing billions of dollars selling these cars currently with no real profitability in sight. Tesla also has $11bn+ of debt on its balance sheet. Elon keeps promising profitability but then misses it badly.
This is really interesting.

I wonder whether it truly is compatible with every single person, e.g. even RH-null etc?

I also wonder whether religious groups who don't accept blood would potentially accept this.
You don't. But even before you couldn't sign an app without paying Apple, because the only valid certificates (Developer ID) are distributed by Apple (with the $99 Developer program).
Bear in mind the base rate of acceptance is single-digit percent low: https://supremecourtpress.com/chance_of_success.html
> "Where's Dave?"
> "They're in the garage, I think"

I am born and raised US, have lived all over west coast and midwest, and have traveled extensively throughout all regions of US. I have never heard people use the singular they in this pattern.

Where are you from? Wondering if perhaps it is a regional dialect difference.
"They" has been used continuously for the singular since 1300. It has literally never died out, despite protests from grammatical prescriptivists beginning around 1795. Even Shakespeare used singular they, but this would have been considered unremarkable by his audiences.

The only thing that seems relative new here is usage to refer to a specific known individual, of known gender. Historically singular they was used definite but unknown individuals, or at least individuals of unknown gender.

In any case, "They is" is wrong for singular, just like "you is".

"You" always takes "are", for both singular and plural "you". Indeed singular "you" differs from plural "you" only in the reflexive: yourself/yourselves.

Singular "They" is exactly the same. It uses "are" and differs only in the reflexive: themself/themselves. The only difference here is that the plural reflexive can be used for the singular, and indeed that has been standard for several hundred years, but feels extremely awkward with respect to a known specific individual.

Fun fact: "themself" actually predates "themselves", and was originally used for both singular and plural they, although around 1450 "themselves" became standard for plural, with "themself" remaining standard for singular. But eventually "themself" almost completely died out.
It's currently free and will stay free for those who signup now.

I'm working on adding a $5/month subscription.
Pretty sure by you having this malware submission feature enabled you have given a limited license for them to execute the binary. You're barking up the wrong tree.
What dealership is going to fix for free the problem you run into at 8years/150k miles?
Hong Kong Protests, the Dark, Silent and Hidden Side of Hong Kongers
Indeed the only instructions rely on Xcode tools. That sucks.
> This could change the face of medicine if successful.

Why? Is blood shortage a serious problem in medicine?
I immediately mentally inserted “Netcraft confirms” before the title of this submission. Glad I’m not the only one afflicted with this meme.
PG actually wrote an essay[0] about this a few years back. It also happens to be one of the few available on youtube[1] if you would rather watch than read.

[0] http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpfdtgW6_oI
This is more about factions and power than religion.
rasengan posted about DHEA, a compound often found in Fish Oil, not the steroid hormone DEHA.
I sold a 2017 Audi TT convertible for a 2019 Model 3. I've previously owned an RX-8, a BMW M3, and an MX-5, and the Tesla is my favorite car just barely squeaking past the M3.
And yet few have ever heard this Larry while Millard Fillmore maintains the distinction of being the president with the coolest name.

If only Spiro T. Agnew would have made it.
Angular Binding Updates Basics
If you bind an HTML element to a property of a reference to a singleton service with a getter #Angular keeps track of updates BUT If you bind to a simple public member don't.
Keep in mind to use the basics before using things like observables for simple bindings.
#learntocode

https://twitter.com/nilsandrey/status/1179439002761535489?s=09
Dialects should not die! That would be a shame in my opinion. We should just all speak a „common dialect“. I guess what the speak on US TV (Friends) is the most likely candidate.