skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There are plenty of people that would rather work with their hands than work with their minds. My brother included - he owns a successful blue-collar business (selling accessories he installs on construction trucks), but no amount of handholding or sitting down with him has been successful at weaning himself off of his paper bookkeeping system.

He spends hours every year at tax time, carefully collating his paper records onto a paper ledger that he shares with his accountant. If he'd enter the data into even the most basic of bookkeeping systems or even an Excel spreadsheet, tax time would take him a few minutes (and he wouldn't be paying his accountant so much to handle the paper). And he'd have a better handle on monthly expenses, revenue, etc. his system works for him, it's just labor intensive.

But he still makes a good living at what he does, he just prefers to do it with a welder while climbing on a truck. Even if he were offered free coding classes, he wouldn't take it -- he can't understand how I can possibly sit in front of a computer all day long, stuck in an office.
This has been known for since the 20s, Nazi germany used the process in WW2 but not by choice. There are inefficiencies with any conversion like that, from electrical to chemical. Whether or not that's better than the externalities from rare earth mining, I'm not sure.
I think the partners are all realizing the last thing they want to be involved in is a project with banking regulations / consequences and a partner that so far has thumbed its nose at government oversight.
In addition to everything else that's been mentioned - you can simple use PCA as a preprocessing step to other algorithms. For example, you can apply a linear regression algorithm using the principal components as input instead of the original features in the dataset.
It's better to give some rebate. Say the poverty line for an individual is $12,000 and sales tax is 10%. If you want to exempt 1.5x poverty spending from the tax, it is better to give everyone an $1800 sales tax rebate than trying to write exemptions.
> No, that is mainly because nobody knows nor cares about me personally.

I mean, they do care about you. I assume you have a bank account, or personal information that can be used to open a credit card under your name?

> However that doesn't mean i'd accept less performance in, e.g., my image editor, 3d renderer, video encoder or whatever else.

Most of that is specifically designed with security in mind. For instance the GPU has it's own MMU so you can't use it to break the boundaries between user mode and kernel mode.
Your last point is really relevant. You can actually get paid to learn all kinds of things at startups including which company destroying mistakes to avoid. Not to mention there aren’t very many roles at FAANG where you can work directly with the C Suite and see how the sausage is made.
Definitely apocryphal, I heard the same story told from a local car manufacturer's perspective (in Austria, so other country and other industry). But it seems back then Japan really made a name for itself w.r.t. quality control. There are more such stories like this going around, like: "Can your process work with such small drills?". The answer: They send back the drill. Drilled.

Except for stories about total engineering fail or borderline fraud, nowadays I couldn't imagine any stories being told about about manufacturing in Germany, US or China.
In my experience, startups care very little about what degree you earned, whereas more "traditional" institutions care far more. I would advise you to focus on networking and job searching within communities that have well-funded startups, or young companies in industries that haven't matured yet.

The landscape of remote work could be promising, but unless you actually WANT a remote job, I can't recommend that you pursue one just because of your lack of a degree.
If such mandatory "new platform features" dont have anything to offer for a program to make it better, updating it brings in absolutely nothing for the user but the ability to continue to use the program.

I think it is pretty unreasonable to require developers to rewrite their programs periodically just because there is a some new feature in some new API.

Also, software that gets updated just for the sake of it usually ends up worse than before.
I meant mechanical toaster that strays from modern comodity designs. Not the same brand, but Dualit e.g. still makes 50s still serviceable chrome-platted long running traditional toast making machines:

https://www.dualit.com/products/4-slice-newgen

You can still find the old Sunbeam units on ebay. And there are fan sites:

http://www.automaticbeyondbelief.org/

And even investigative pieces on them:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/10/who-k...
So people were more opposed to mass-murder before the 1950s?
If you’re joining an early stage venture backed startup and demanding only a salary and no equity, you’ll feel much worse if your startup finds any reasonable level of success because you demanded 20k more a year in salary over something that could be much more than that.

You’re not risking your life savings by joining a venture backed startup as an employee. In the worst case you write off a few thousand dollars you spent exercising some options while making a market rate salary (because you negotiated).
Credit cards still use the same system where the public key is the same as your private key and all you need is to copy it.

Things are improving with chips and online verification via BankID here in Sweden, but everyone still doesn't use it.
> Sequel Pro, though if there's a Windows equivalent my IT department hasn't found it yet.

TablePlus [1] has a Windows port.

[1] https://tableplus.com
Hey kardianos, first of all thank you for all your hard work with getting the golang community a worthy dep manager.

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As for reporting the issues, it's something I assumed is common knowledge from the fact that any dep I had an issue with on the first day of 1.13 already had a bug filled.

Searching for `"invalid pseudo-version"` in github results in around 80 issues in different repositories that all have to do with go 1.13 and modules. [1]

Similarly a search for `golang "checksum mismatch"` will result in over 130 issues in regards to the sum db complaining about broken builds. [2]

There will be more that are not been correctly reported in github issues, and there will be false reports as well. But the repos that show up will have caused cascade issues.

We couldn't use golangci-lint for a couple of days before it was fixed. There is a limit to the amount of mod replaces I can live with before deciding it's not worth it.

Don't get me wrong. I do like mod, but I just think that for a language that prides itself on "backwards compatibility" it's doing a pretty poor job at keeping the same promise when mod is involved.

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[1] https://github.com/search?q=%22invalid+pseudo-version%22+is%...

[2] https://github.com/search?q=golang+%22checksum+mismatch%22+i...
The danger of these things happening (could just be a regular fire) are why today every library with unique works should immediately copy them. Just take pictures of every page, put them on the internet.

Before today maybe you could take pictures. But they want to control them, or they have too many to get around to it. There's no excuse for not taking pics today.
Apparently the auto manufacturers are doing their own designs, and at first glance, it would appear that they need some of the same metalworking skills as ICE engines. Although in setting up new lines, they are probably much more automated. https://www.thedrive.com/tech/17505/the-secrets-of-electric-...
Elman proposed (and I think built) a model in the mid 1990s (see his book: Rethinking Innateness) that works in exactly this manner: A "wave of growth" moves across an initially highly connected "cortical" network, where parts learn (parcel out), and then become fixated, as other, nearby parts learn. You end up with what amounts to the end-result of what would happen if you built a stack of deep-learned transducers with higher order concepts built in top of lower order ones.
>We made sacrifices, froze our pensions, halved our pay and gave up benefits to save GM, the automotive industry, and the U.S. economy.

These people think they saved the U.S economy?
What are they smoking. They still us the government 11.3 billion dollars from the government bailing them out.[1]

>GM also chose to rip away our health care coverage in the dead of night, effective immediately and without warning.

This is a crucial topic that must be addressed. Should companies be responsible for employee health care? I do not know the answer, but that seems to be the trend.( Cut full time workers, hire part time works to avoid having to pay for healthcare.)
[1](https://projects.propublica.org/bailout/entities/233-general...)
> The only difference between now and antiquity is the fact we've standardized the model and the naming conventions.

The gospel of MBA programs changed to include financialization and outsourcing as two principal techniques that can be applied to every company and industry (they’re all the same, right?). This probably began in the early 80’s when the MBA began to gain currency as a respected degree.

Furthermore there is a hostility between management and labor In the US that does not exist in other advanced manufacturing nations such as Germany and Japan. Blame can be placed on both sides for this situation, but nevertheless the MBA worldview is one that above all treats labor and human capital as a commodity to be managed like any other.
and so random parts of them will be live?

Why on earth would you assume that?

This is the worst country on earth!

Could be, but we do know how to make appliances that are not dependent on which you plug them in. (Truth be told, I’m pretty sure a lot, if not most, other countries do, too.)
At this point I would actually prefer a criminal street gang to physically protect me. Because they don't care about my private life as long as I pay up. Government does care about my private life, even if I pay up.
I watched Commando and RoboCop as a kid, and was extremely overjoyed with them! John Wick would probably make me happy too, if it was around at that time.
> paid for

I think you mean "obtained a license to use" ;)

While you did purchase the license, (IANAL) I don't think Apple is legally obligated to produce the original software for which you obtained a license for, at least per the license agreement[0].

0: https://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/osx_snow_leopard_sec...
I haven’t written a check in over 10 years, but I do use my banks bill pay.
Not disagreeing but it’s worth considering that the app on a subscription is more likely to be maintained.
I have interviewed many people for programming positions. Some could write apparently reasonable pseudocode, but never actually convert it into working code, even in the language of their choice. A worryingly large number couldn't write the simplest routine to perform trivial tasks, even in the language of their choice.

Some of the above claimed to have 10 years experience in the field.

There's a lot of push-back against requiring FizzBuzz, and I understand that. So the approach I took was to say - "Let's start with a simple FizzBuzz routine and we'll discuss some issues that arise from it."

But you get complete jerks in recruiting, just as you actually get complete jerks everywhere. If you don't like the atmosphere the recruiters/interviewers are creating, would you want to work there? You need to assess how representative these people are of the company as a whole.

In the end, it's up to you. Sometimes to accomplish something you simply have to schlep[0], put up with the tedious and annoying for the sake of accomplishing your goals.

[0] http://paulgraham.com/schlep.html
Not sure if that answers your question, but I currently work at a company based in Helsinki and we are hiring, but we use .NET. In my opinion I would say that whether you are a team player or not is way more important here than an IT degree, so if you are open to starting as a frontend and willing to learn .NET please reach me out at konrad.bartecki@mash.com
It is an open secret that Tesla has been working on manufacturing their own batteries for years, and especially since Maxwell acquisition. This is the more likely explanation.. that Tesla is developing their own in house... and they don't need or want Panasonic's help.

https://electrek.co/2019/06/26/tesla-cells-in-house-secret-b...
China has over ten different companies making EVs under $14,000.

If EVs were more like commodity electronics products and less niche, if there were broad competition, things could change faster than anyone expects.

There are a lot of entrenched stakeholders in the US though. UAW, dealerships, policy will control the outcome more than technology for a while.

https://wattev2buy.com/china-ev-price-list-rank-chinese-elec...
To be fair C# is probably the best choice for the majority of desktop developers.
True, and (so far for me, anyway) it's usually been a slow-motion transition so there's been enough time to get ahead of the wave. Or at least keep up with it...as long as you're paying attention.
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I open sourced my Serverless MERN Stack template. Let me know what you think
This feels a little misleading. The starbucks drip coffee they keep talking about has a shocking amount of caffeine. The more typical 2 shot starbucks latte has 150mg (vs the 400 mg daily limit suggested in the article). I assume the machine in my office that makes a latte has similar amounts. I have two a day, "only" 300 mg!
Toasters like that are still for sale. I have one I bought at Target -- hard to get more mass market than that.

I recently moved into a smaller space so put the toaster in my garage and just use the oven like we did when I was a kid. My watch tells me when to pull it out!
> Those 300lb engines would be a poor replacement for a model 3 competitor.

Are you saying a 300lb engine can't compete with a Model 3 in terms of driving performance? Here's a 5+ year old engine that weighs 290 pounds, makes just under 300 hp and lb-ft of torque in a stock vehicle.

https://media.vw.com/en-us/releases/96

With a mild tune (software upgrade, about $1000) you can turn a Golf R into a 11 second 1/4 mile car (you can do the same with a GTI, but it's a lot more work because it's FWD). It will literally run laps around a Tesla at a racetrack because the Tesla will overheat.

https://jalopnik.com/here-s-what-happened-with-the-tesla-mod...

Anyway, back to my original point - OP made a comment that seemed to me like the weight of gasoline engines was really important in comparing efficiencies - it's not. Right now gasoline vehicles are lighter, have longer range, and for many people are more convenient. I look forward to the day electric vehicles have improved enough that they are lighter, have longer range, and for many people are more convenient. But right now battery storage density is a real limiting factor in making that a reality, and the weight of the gasoline engine is nothing more than a second order effect.

If you feel I am wrong, please provide numbers/calculations in your rebuttal - it will make for a much more data-driven discussion.
Maybe but the Japanese capture of the memory market was just as much about low costs of capital. Semiconductor manufacturing is about as capital intensive an industry as exists.

I'd note that the Koreans now own this market. Same strategy. Commoditized industry thus barriers to technological entry are not high - and low costs of capital.

I lived and worked in Japan for 6 years as a software engineer and left speaking and reading Japanese well. However I was in a joint venture quantitative investment mgmt firm and not manufacturing. Finance has its own particular views over, actually, all industries. You'll note that an important measure in the paper is stock prices.

I might add to the author's analysis: with all these countries (Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China) you have to watch the demographic curve and in particular see just how many new university graduates arrive in the economy each yr. That curve is now declining for all them - but did it start declining for Japan earlier than Taiwan and Korea? Or is the time frame involved (since the GFC) too short?

Traditional economics saw inputs as: land, labor and capital. Current understanding is more nuanced but that doesn't invalidate l, l and c. Less labor, less growth.
From a practical point of view, it's really in the name: Independence. PCA is great for finding a lower dimensional representation capturing most of what is going on (the basis vectors will be uncorrelated but can be hard to interpret). ICA is great for finding independent contributions you might want to pull out or analyze separately (the basis vectors are helpful in themselves).

PCA is very practical for dimensional reduction, ICA for blind source separation.

You wouldn't usually use ICA for dimensional reduction unless you have a known contribution you want to get rid of, but for some reason have difficultly identifying it.
I've never done it, but you can store binary blobs in redis, and a sqlite db is a binary blob.
Agreed, this so called society is rotten to the core. Even our official history admits several incidences of the same scenario. Once all possibilities have been explored, the corrupt end result dies in no time; since there is no substance left holding it together.

I'm not after revenge, it just leads back to square 1. But I have an idea how far out the truth will appear to most once fully revealed, and I don't claim to know half of it myself. Truth always finds a way. The natural tendency then is to find someone to project your pain on, someone to hang for it.
Quite. I spent the first 15 years of my adult life learning to be a microbiologist. I can't say I found any of that process being "fun", though a quite a bit (but by no means all) of it was interesting.
You are being mean. Picking on a guy's website because it's not shiny and new for you.
Seconded. Their exploration of failed technology is particularly interesting.

This two part video on CEDs - which I didn't even know were a thing - is absolutely fascinating. The depth of research rivals any educational program on TV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnpX8d8zRIA
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That's fantastic! Being a lecturer at one of the universities I am very grateful to this research. It changes my perspective.
The odds of winning the CA lottery is 1 in 42 million. There are fewer than a million residents in SF. I don’t know the exact number of startup winners (both founders and employees who made more than $1m) living in SF at this moment but I would conservatively estimate something in the 5k range.
I'm wondering if the snow cushioned his fall.
What you are saying is sadly the reality today within most product categories.

For example, go to a totally different category: clothing.

In the great age of US sports clothing, tees were slowly knitted by machines called loopwheelers. E.g. tees from Champion.

These days, they are crap. If you want a nice tee that will age well and last really long, you need to buy from some Japanese brands that try to imitate old Champion tees. The price is really high, and you'd most likely need to import or buy from a high end shop.

I try to buy good stuff that lasts ages. I don't care paying a big premium. I try to live with around 100 items. But its really hard.
I received a toaster as a wedding present 7 years and about a week ago. We’ve used it almost everyday since then(when we are home). It’s a breville, we have a lot of their products and they all seem to hold up really well. I bought a breville coffee grinder 10 years ago that I still use every morning.
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But it is a trade that was once taught by employers. They would teach the type/style/quality of welding they needed for the job.
Please explain. Hurting our fellow human being by torturing them in different ways like 'stress positions' as discussed on around this article is pretty different than mystical space ships coming. Yes, the us gave lsd to people to see what would happen. It's terrible. Also the us kidnapped teenagers all of the world who were accused of being terrorists and tortured them in black prisons, on my behalf, and I hate that. So what is the next step you forsee happening know that more people know about this?
Getting promoted to L6 at Google is a winning lottery ticket! Most people at Google never reach level 6.

I got options priced at 12c that were valued at 35c by the time they vested, $1.50 when I quit and exercised and paid AMT, and $5 at IPO.

This transpired over a span of about 5 years.

This company was successful but not clearly profitable when I joined.

Maybe I got lucky picking a winner, but I'm not a famous (or highly talented) engineer and I didn't cast a wide net when job hunting.

OTOH, I got another job offer years earlier where the employer tried to match a $15/yr gap in salary with an offer to buy $15k strike price options! The clear deception in how the VP presented the economic interpretation of the options was a factor in my decision to decline.
Ted Kaczynski himself said[1] it wasn’t a big deal:

> Actually there was only one unpleasant experience in the Murray study; it lasted about half an hour and could not reasonably have been described as “traumatic.” Mostly the study consisted of interviews and filling out pencil-and-paper personality tests. The CIA was not involved.

> About 15 or 20 years ago a TV journalist named Chris Vlasto … looked up some of the other participants in the study and found that nothing had happened that was worth reporting in the media…

[1] https://www.wildwill.net/blog/2019/10/01/henry-murray-psycho...
Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated?
Things like drones, e-bikes, vapes and 3d printing have already received varying amounts of regulatory attention - I'm curious if anyone can think of very early trends that aren't regulated now but may be in the future.

I'm asking partially out of curiosity, but also to get ideas for interesting project areas to brainstorm.
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21153224.
It's tough. I still read the NYT too, I just try to be critical about its biases. I also like to read blogs like

https://marginalrevolution.com

https://slatestarcodex.com

And in general, finance journalism is good too (e.g. bloomberg/wsj/economist). It has its own biases, of course, but they're often more transparent. The bias of finance journalism is in favor of money. Anything that threatens people's money, they're against. But that bias is fairly easy to understand and correct for.
The average age is up to 11.8 years for the 278 million car, SUVs and light trucks in the US. The market shift to SUVs was also a shift to more durable vehicles, as was the shift away from US cars to foreign cars. As more and more stringent government regulations make new vehicles less desirable and more expensive, drivers will maintain and retain their existing vehicles until we look like Havana. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/average-vehicle-age-incre...
It'll be cool if we can get electric aircraft like this as cheap as some of the somewhat homemade ultralights people make today. Battery and motor prices have a long way to go though
I learned everything doing problem sets, and was completely lost during lecture. For every gifted undergrad who can integrate in real-time the lecturer's material, there are dozens if not hundreds of us normal folk who need to work things out at our own pace. With the advent of AI feedback systems, hopefully the western european notion of lecture becomes a thing of the past.