skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> ...I’m hoping heads roll at Boeing.

None of the heads rolling will count unless they are from the very top. Make no mistake, there was a willful and calculated structuring of incentives and punitive pressure that originated from the top that had a decisive hand in establishing the culture that enabled all the combinations of poor decisions to pass through, like many air vehicle accidents. If only middle management heads roll, this will simply eventually repeat, with even more deniability accruing to the top as they vaccinate themselves from lessons learned out of this.

It is long past time that Henry II of England-style management ("Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?") by euphemism-laden punitive measures be scrutinized for their actual effects as structured cultural edifices, and not the legalistic interpretation of words designed for maximum deniability while indirectly pressuring for ridding the corporate body of turbulent priests.

Go to where the real power sits, and change why and how it is wielded to make lasting cultural change. Into this group I also lump in major shareholders who share in the accountability of crafting and maintaining a culture.
Yes, and they can ignore that information using holistics.
> economics are nothing more than the ideology of politically advantaged humans.

“Nothing more” is quite a serious stretch that you won’t be able to prove, and that destroys the rest of your argument
So, this is an interesting exhibit. When people complain about postmodernism, this is what they are complaining about.

Personally, I strongly disagree, though of course there are plenty of huge obstacles in the way, most of them bake in our "human hardware". It doesn't mean we shouldn't strive to get past them.

But make your own (rational :)) opinion.
That reminds me back when WoW was still 32 bits and people discovered the gold cap was 2 147 483 647 copper coins.
What VC Needs to Learn from Uber and WeWork
Highest prison population in the world by both per capita and total number, and people get thrown in jail because they can't pay their medical bills. How much more corrupt can this country get?

What do we do when voting doesn't make a difference?
One one hand this is probably the most scrutinised plane of this generation, on the other hand its the wrong sort of attention... If they can convince people that the scrutiny is an asset, then maybe it will still be viable.
You jest, but it’s totally possible to screw up loading a dish washer. In the best case, you just wind up with dirty dishes. In the worst case, you end up with damage.
And they can be printed.
This makes me want to try a version where you control two snakes at once.

The steering interface is much harder than the traditional 4-direction version. (Not saying that's good or bad, just saying it.)
Some Volcanoes Create Undersea Bubbles Up to a Quarter Mile Wide
We learn through experience.

I've found that when I answer what I did or offer suggestions, which I've done hundreds of times, the answer is almost always, "Oh, but that wouldn't work for me," followed by their reasons for keeping doing what they've been doing, with an air of "Ha, checkmate! Your special case doesn't apply to me."

By contrast, when someone acts, they find answers for themselves.

You described resources and constraints almost identical to mine except I didn't yet have a pressure cooker, which made everything easier. If you challenge yourself to go a week without food packaging, you won't die. You will figure out solutions that work for you. You will answer your question better than I could.

In my case, I took about six months from conceiving that challenge to taking it on. I planned and analyzed but didn't actually act. When I acted, I did what I couldn't plan for lack of experience. Specifically I said I would buy no packaged food for a week but could finish what was in my cupboards. I made it 2.5 weeks. Now I find answers for new challenges everywhere because of my experience.

If you take on the challenge, I'd love to hear how it goes. I believe you'll be amazed at what you can solve beyond your expectations.
It's based on the arguments of McLuhan, who was active in the 1960's.
>only need to be solved once per type of car. A manufacturer could make the end design, new parts, a plan for mechanics, certification, etc...

This is extremely costly to do. Why would a manufacturer ever do this? They want you going to the dealer for servicing. No way would they support DIY gas to electric conversion kits.

There also isn't enough money in converting econoboxes for performance parts manufacturers to do it, or if they did it'd be so costly that it wouldn't be worth it for most people.
My life was ruined by badly done, and even worse ultimately unneeded surgery. That privilege initially cost me many thousands, along with career and insurance going away, and the subsequent struggle to survive since has cost multiples of that. My entire future billed away. For a time I was able to avoid collectors because of a significant savings a frugal life had left me, but as time goes on you have to choose between medical care and other basic needs unless you want to go into a deep financial hole at a time you have MORE financial need like the people in this article. As a former provider, as a patient advocate and activist, and now as a person on the edge, I never saw anyone get out of that hole and it terrifies me every single day.

I am constantly getting third and fourth party bills for huge amounts re things I did not consent to be sent away or billed externally. That's AFTER asking up front AND paying huge amounts for the primary service up front. These things come many months later and I can see one easily getting lost or not sent properly and me ending up in a massive legal battle over debt and summary judgements behind my back. Even with paranoid checking of old accounts and services they continue to mess it up and debts show up later. I was ruined by this country's medical business and ultimately it's going to be the cause of my death as I am at the limit of what I can handle in all regards. I tried to get out of the country for good to places I have lived and can get better healthcare, and have at least some quality of life with my remaining health and years, but ironically since I am so broken because of this experience it severely limits my options. I feel trapped and hopeless.
If someone pushes you, and you start swinging your arms wildly to balance yourself, but end up falling in a different direction - why did you fall?
How to Make Friends as an Adult: 5 Secrets Backed by Research
US Army and UFO research group team up to study exotic UFO material. Seriously.
Project Trident Ditches BSD for Linux
No idea why you are getting downvoted, automatic inspection is obviously where we are going.
The world’s top economists just made the case for why we need English majors
Where are you from that you think avocados "became a thing" recently?
Get involved. Support local and regional elected officials or candidates that share your views on healthcare, the progressive movement is growing rapidly in the US for this very reason.

One of the biggest problems in American politics is that everyone is caught up in the blood sport that is Federal politics while not paying attention to what's going on in lower offices. Yes, healthcare is and will always be a Federal issue, but it's never too late to get involved in politics at any level.
This product is intellectually exciting in the sense that hobbyists and tinkerers are excited about how they might use it.

I don’t think it’s exciting in the sense that it’s opening up a multi-billion dollar market, or some sort of “new way forward”.
I think that's a mischaracterization, because it assumes that it was ever designed. At each point in time it was assembled from the notation conventions familiar from the previous generation of music to record the current generation. As you go back in time you find a nice, continuous progression back to about the 9th century.
Making Maps with Noise Functions
Due to regulations like MIFID you can’t hide trades behind a brokerage all the parties involved in the trade including the actual individuals (as in their passports or other government identifications) are recorded for each trade and reported to the regulators.

You can’t have a broker issuing orders on your exchange without knowing who they are for and who were the individuals involved in requesting and approving the trade.

JPM has also a responsibility in ensuring the trades it issues through its brokers aren’t tainted with insider trading.
21st-century lobbying: how big data lets big businesses get the upper hand
It seems like either (1) Google fears getting in legal trouble, or (2) Google wants to tax the transaction.
It’s pretty well debated throughout history that society is ultimately free to put whatever constraints on behaviors that it decides are infecting it’s organic agency. John Stuart Mill is the first name that comes to mind. Paulo Freire discusses being forced to “import” a model of culture as authoritarian in nature.

I don’t owe billionaires my emotional & political deference to some notion of “in an objective vacuum”.

You can point at a method for counting that you agree with. I can still tell you to get fucked.

That this is even a question of being within the purview of a society to mitigate spooky action at a distance potential for telling the species “what’s real” if you have the $$ to buy enough ads is absurd.

The tech scene is acting like the Boomers. Entitled to control of our work and the problems we align to.

That’s not a politically defensible position. That’s exactly what religion does. What a shock a culture with deeply puritanical origins continues to feel we’re just a flock to be is emotionally curated. So much for objective views of reality.
So the pendulum is swinging back the other way.

It used to be standard practice to replace the founder CEO with someone more mature / experience. Then they saw Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and it rebuilt confidence - actually your founder has the strongest vision.

Now with Uber and WeWork, well...not always.

I think the lesson here isn’t “replace your visionary when company gets to a certain point”. I think it should “look at the fucking business fundamentals of today”.

Those companies above were profitable or (amazon) not profitable due to investment, but the investment made sense.

Uber never made sense to me - the story was once they achieved “scale”, they would be able to raise prices. No, I’m sorry. People will just revert to whatever transit they were using before. But hey I’ve been thrilled with 7 years of subsidized rides (think I started using them in 2012 or so).

WeWork I’m not so familiar with but given the immense backlash with IPO, clearly their board and lead investors shit the bed and believed the hype / potential vs what is real now.
Why is it 2019 and I have a laser guided robot vacuum, we're sending flying robot drones other other worlds, the entire knowledge of humanity is accessible on a wireless handheld device, but I can't require a password to be used when withdrawing money from my bank account or my credit cards?
I think of it more like comparing running a marathon to taking a single step. I've run many marathons, each a single step at a time.

Or maybe it's more like comparing one post of mine to my strategy. This podcast episode describes a lot of my strategy: https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episod.... It might give you more context than just one response to an article. I'd appreciate your thoughts on it.
As I read the OP they get thrown in jail for not appearing in court. Isn’t that very different?
Genetic or upbringing? Not clear which is accounting for the Salmon study here
> I have become convinced that, if our Silicon Valley overlords are to help solve the informational crisis they’ve created, the first thing they’ll need to lose is their blind faith that they can go on releasing new products, and profiting from them, and the net result will surely, in the long run, tend toward the good. This has always been a convenient self-justification. There has never been any solid reason to believe it.

This is an interesting point. I haven't been exposed to much advice on when and how to start thinking about the broader impacts of a startup. Is that just because I haven't looked hard enough or is there a general belief in the invisible hands of the market being the best guide for how a business should operate?
Except that Twitter allows and fosters interaction and participation, which makes it, at least in that regard, cool.

I think the categories McLuhan used are too limited to describe the media we have now. They conflate user participation with information density and with intensity of attention. Just too many things to represent with 'hot' or 'cool'.
I don’t think employers want that. They like 4 year college degrees not only because they demonstrate a modicum of intelligence but also because they demonstrate conformity and conscientiousness, as well as the ability to delay gratification. Employers like conformist workers who will put up with boring work without complaint.

A person who does really well in high school and aces their SATs but refuses to go to college sends a signal of nonconformity and a lack of conscientiousness. This is the type of person who may be very smart and highly skilled and also likely to get bored and leave for a different job.
Since invention is 1% idea and 99% hard work, just hire enough people to do the hard work.

If they're smart and they also come with good ideas ? that's even better. You saved yourself some work.
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Debtors prison is back folks
> Ex professor here. Faculty have the power to end this bezzle if we admit students are learning nothing and we'd all be better off with real jobs.

I learned quite a lot in most of my classes in college; if your students weren't maybe that's not an indictment of the education system so much as their particular institution & instructors.
At the core, every sentient being loves being alive, and every mind wishes to be immortal, and not be lonely.

All the icky crap comes from knowing that can't be.

The subconscious dread of death is also a form of the Fear of Missing Out. How much cool tech and new discoveries will there be after us? I for one cannot cope with the possibility that I may never get to see a proper ending to Game of Thrones or a good Dungeons & Dragons movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out
I would just like to observe that all these sorts of belt or vacuum powered accessories (A/C & Heat, power steering, power brakes) now have all electric alternatives that can be mounted anywhere they will fit so packaging becomes a much more flexible proposition as compared to belt driven accessories.
Very excited about hosting code coverage reports (with line by line coverage) for developers.
If you dont have the money to pay bills how do you afford to get to court ?

Being poor is illegal ;)
Are you not beginning to struggle with the contradictions of your political ideas? You want a central authority to ban the spread of "blatantly false" ideas that you fear may cause plebians to vote the wrong way, yet you support affording plebians with the full right to vote? Would it not be simpler to bans plebians from voting, and therefore remove your worry entirely that they may vote the wrong way when hearing "blatantly false" ideas?
Awesome+Sauce
You can’t link the trade the public data that CME publishes for free or under their paid service is an aggregate they will never disclose individual trades other than through their mandatory regulatory reporting.
Yes, generally freight trains are not allowed to be longer than 740m, because there would be few sidings or loops long enough to put them in. So in practice the axle limit is unlikely to be the actual limiting factor.
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Does a function index somehow eliminate the need for RBAR evaluation? I don't see how it's functionally any different in this context from a computed column
Because of the cost of labour a lot of effort has been put into minimizing labour at the cost of capital (resources, automation etc). This again puts a negative pressure on wages as one would otherwise be automated away. By making labour cheaper there is less incentive to minimize labour at the cost of resource use (e.g. disposable products vs reusable ones that need maintenance). More demand for labour should increase wages for lower skilled labour. Less people would "drop out of the ratrace" so to say, as there is more demand for them. There is already implicit recognition for this in Europe. In the Netherlands it is very acceptable (albeit illegal) to not pay taxes for a cleaning lady. In Belgium there is asystem where everyone can get a few hours of subsidised household a week that negates the tax pressure, etc. But instead of all these small adjustments to make the tax system workable I would love there to be a wider debate on what the grounds for taxation should be. In my proposal you get taxed for what you consume in resources and land use, regardless what you use it for. I think that would be a pretty fair premise to start with, and perhaps a few exemptions are needed to make it work.
I think you are right. Looking at a new EV is probably going to set a Canadian back about 30,000$. That is a lot of money. But I do have a 2005 AWD Hyundai Tucson in my back yard with a blown engine but otherwise in really good shape. It would be a lot of fun to dump the engine and replace it with this. Something I could do in my spare time as it is just sitting in my back yard anyways. I don't think this will be huge that everyone will be doing it but I do think there will be a large enough market of backyard mechanics and the likes who find ways to use these.
It's perfectly intuitive to me. Taking things further, anxiety could be seen as inflammation of the mind and social unrest as inflammation of a society. Each, in the right amount, serves as an important corrective mechanism for dealing with threats. But in excess, each becomes a gradually destructive force.

Anxiety and physical inflammation are even directly correlated, and social unrest and anxiety probably are too.
So much then for basic Math problem solving.
Yeah, a simple token-based search/replace is certainly realistic to implement in level 1. The questions for me are:

a) Does it really make the code easier for newcomers to read? On the one hand the names are familiar. On the other hand it may make cross-referencing with the Intel manual harder. And you do still end up needing to do that to a certain extent. My online help refers to the standard names in parens: https://github.com/akkartik/mu/blob/3a2d36a93680f2e9eb2bd2a3...

b) Is it useful in enough places to be worth the lines of code it takes to implement?

In any case, this seems worth exploring. Perhaps we should continue on the project site? I've opened a ticket: https://github.com/akkartik/mu/issues/39. Perhaps the first step is to just hand-translate some function (say https://github.com/akkartik/mu/blob/master/apps/factorial.su...) and see how it looks.

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One final word on 32-bit vs 64-bit. I didn't realize when I wrote the comment from a year ago how easy it is to run 32-bit code on 64-bit machines. The reverse is obviously impossible.
Out of topic but they seem to be using film photography to illustrate that article. Medium Format if not large. Very nice to see.
yeah it is :)

im not a frontend person so i was just trying to get up and running as fast as possible. this has been on and off, nights and weekends for ~10-11 months
Feedback Noise
Google did that! It was called Android Things. It was discontinued due to being unpopular.
> no one on Hacker News would win it.

That might be true, but it doesn’t seem like a thing you could know.
Why more expat workers say they’re happy with their jobs than those local
That's a decent starting point, especially in CS.

If you wanna disclose your area of interest I may be able to point you to some departments. Contact information is in my profile, if you prefer email.
> See eg. https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/educators/higher-e....

Quoting the company that sells you those tests to tell you those tests are predictive is quite fun.
Both of your assertions are inaccurate. First of all the economics prize, while not an original prize, is recognized by the Nobel foundation, and that 'Swedish bank' is the central bank of Sweden.

Secondly, the idea that modern academic economics is driven by ideology and linear regression is demonstrably false. Take a look at the latest edition of QJE, the highest impact factor economics journal (link: https://academic.oup.com/qje/issue/134/4). Most of those articles are use empirical evidence to answer questions with obvious policy importance (e.g., causes of food inequality, effectiveness of workplace wellness policies). And modern econometric methods do not amount to linear regression, they include things like regression discontinuity design, instrumental variables techniques, panel data methods, that can provide convincing evidence of causal effects when only quasi-random variation is available. The Nobel prize your commenting on was awarded to researchers carrying out RCTs to assess the impact of specific interventions, how is that mere ideology and linear regression?
They're interesting, hypnotic, and beautiful!
Projet+Justice+en+Action
Might as well just get a used Nissan Leaf, probably cheaper than you will spend on an econobox conversion. I bought a 2 year old one, at 19k mikes, for $8,500.
I opened this expecting an opinion piece on how microblogs artificially limited to 160 characters contribute to the ever diminishing signal to noise ratio in regards on the information quality on the internet and perhaps some reflection into the eternal september of all things; not to say that i was disappointed, but it briefly touches a single, very technical aspect (a single plastic straw if you like in an ocean of garbage). Digital pollution is so much more than optimising SVGs and not including 20 megs of javascript - it is the global decline of the noosphere, where truth is buried under mountains of trash, antivax propaganda and the echo from your own AI-crafted hypercustom echo chamber.

This is what matters, in my humble opinion.
One day the Master [Joshu] announced that a young monk had reached an advanced state of enlightment. The news caused some stir. Some of the monks went to see the young monk [Kyogen]. "We heard you are enlightened. Is that true?" they asked.

"It is," he replied.

"And how do you feel?"

"As miserable as ever," said the monk.
> It’s all bullshit.

And it's terrible for most upper (middle) kids because they end up thinking they're better than everyone else and that they deserve what they have.
If you've got a database you can fit in memory that's got very sporadic access pattern it could be a nice boost even on SSDs. My biggest personal project has a 15GB database on disk, all of it a single table of 7.5M comments and a PGroonga full text search index. The queries are very disproportionately searching for low frequency terms so the index will largely cached, but most of the rows will require disk access. Since I can spare the ram to get the entire db in memory it's a clear win for me even if it's decent speed without. My users are basically a font of random accesses and being able to treat PostgreSQL as an in-memory db is convenient.
It doesn't have to be the same authority. You could have an independent ombudsman.
We have directly tested the MediaPipe one and it's less accurate than the Leap. Like it's completely unusable in practice, especially when the palm is not facing the camera. Also there's an HCI problem, which is that people often go offscreen when interacting with objects (your brain assumes things can happen outside the field of view), but even a moment outside the field of view breaks the interaction.
Their result match everyone else’s, so I see no reason to not cite them.
China already steals what they want.