skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Even if the claims in the article were correct, which they are not, the basic reasoning is still wrong.

The author says that we should drink diet sodas unless they are proven harmful. But the artificial sweeteners are a new artificial chemical. That means we should not drink diet sodas unless they are 1) proven safe and 2) proven to help in weight loss, neither of which even the author claims is the case.
It's a little bit more complicated than that.

Kodak was not a camera company as much as they were a chemical company. They made film, they made developing agents, glass, etc. Eastman Chemical was formerly a subsidary of Kodak, and they had even broader chemical expertise -- fibers, explosives, involved in the Manhattan Project, etc.

So transitioning to digital photography would have meant giving up almost all of their expertise and present business interests. It would have meant slashing their revenue and completely reinventing the company.

Of course, all of that happened anyway. But one can imagine how difficult it would be to pull that trigger yourself. Doing the long-term responsible thing might have even led to shareholder lawsuits...
Presumably they have all figured out that they don't need to sleep on the diagonal but that they can simply buy custom extra-long beds in every place they live... except hotels.
Any YC companies going after the robotics industry?
All things considered the committee did quite well, but sometimes I think that Bjatne might have abdicated his position too early and the language might have benefited of a strongly opinionated dictator with veto powers for a while longer.
What about forming an LLC using stripe atlas? Is it better to do it in Delaware or your own state?
Remember the bug / update that shortened (H)elp to Halt? :-) Some here for sure have to remember that one.
> Maybe we’re valuing the wrong thing. What if we look at Open Source values through the lens of moral philosophy, by applying Scanlon’s contractualist theory of morality?

Someone is trying far too hard to make their philosophy studies relevant.

Everyone is aware the model isn't perfect. Making a long list of things you view as issues is a bit meaningless unless you can suggest something better. There are some vague suggestions at the very bottom, but nothing concrete.
I plan to do exactly that.

It's vaporware at the moment, but uh: https://git.sr.ht/~sforman/Bladders

> Maintenance-mode fork of the officially-deprecated Python 2 interpreter and standard library. Bugs fixed, security holes patched, and maybe some performance improvements, but no changes to the syntax or semantics (for that see the Tauthon project, unaffiliated.)

- - -

Sometime between now and the end of the year I'm going to fork Py2 and set up build jobs to run the test suites. (Maybe later today, it's not hard, it just takes a few spare hours.)

Going forward I plan to work on things like improvements to the docs, curating additional packages and libraries (additional to the standard lib), and language tooling (I'd like to keep things like Nuitka, Snakefood, etc. working.) I also want to run fuzzers and other code quality tools over it all.
Real median personal income increased 14% between its low point after the recession in 2012 and 2018[1]. There are plenty of resources for consumer spending, at least in the U.S.

[1]https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N
Honest question: How are people supposed to cross the border right there? Clearly there's a maintained and passable road there -- there's a stop sign, and then a white line where the border is. Are you supposed to have some pre-approval like TSA pre-check? Call ahead? Stop and wait for a Border Agent to come running out of the library? Go by better to ask forgiveness than ask permission?
You have to be careful with "naughty" words, like if your description includes the name of a company on the Dept of Treasury's shitlist[1]

Some of them are fairly generic terms. I remember when this was posted[2] on HN (payment troubles caused by writing "Blue Sky" on the memo field in a check, because a company called "Blue Sky Industries" was caught doing business with Iran).

Supposedly Venmo will also flag your payment if you put "ISIS" or something like that in the description

[1]: https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnlist.txt

[2]: http://anildash.com/2014/02/21/here_is_a_thing_that_happened...
I've wondered this myself. It seems like one of the well-funded *nix distros should be able to create something as clean-looking and plug-and-play as Mac OSX. I've used several flavors of Linux in the last few years, but nothing ever seems quite as smooth as Mac OSX. I get there's a money differential there, but... surely they can hire some good designers and get some sort of consistent UI/UX in place...

Anyway, I support the notion of a disruption in OS, but I agree with most of the other commenters that it's probably not going to happen in awhile, mostly due to money and resources.
I agree, generally, but that's ignoring geographic boundaries which are huge for cities like Seattle and San Francisco. It's not the main issue (regulation and zoning are) but it's still a big piece of it.
That’s not true. Federal agents have numerous armed standoffs that don’t result in anyone getting shot. In the recent Oregon standoff, involving 26 armed militiamen, just one person was killed. When someone does get killed, there is often huge public backlash.

Consider Ruby Ridge, where a US militant family had an armed standoff with the US Marshall’s after the father missed a court date for an unrelated charge: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge. In an initial firefight, one member of the family and one federal agent were killed. Later, a federal sniper shot and killed the mother, and shot the father. After the incident ended, the father was acquitted of all charges except missing the original court date. One of the sons, who had killed the federal agent, was acquitted of all charges. The government settled wrongful death actions for over $3 million. Several years later, the state prosecutor indicted the federal agent who had killed the mother (though the charges were dismissed after a different prosecutor was elected).
I may be extrapolating too much but it seems this is an aspect of American culture in general. We dichotomize things a lot it seems, from the two party system, to culture war. Even when trying to get rid of a dichotomy, like gender activist culture which tries to get rid of gender dichotomy, is ironically still putting people into two bins of being an ally or not.

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A related presentation from a few months ago which goes into some extra detail: http://vmssoftware.com/pdfs/webinars/X86_OpenVMS_V9_0_Update...
Marketing is not a banner ad or billboard anymore.

A viral tweet like this could land him 5 minute segments on any number of local-news stations that need a feel-good piece. He'll then have the opportunity to talk about his company.

And followers. As this tweet makes it's rounds through the media, he'll get more. He can then use that following to promote his business.

It opened the door for people to openly bash their existing bank or financial provider, and he (and his company) didn't have to say ANYTHING - their followers did it for them.

AND... a bank card without a name on it of any kind? A wallet without any identifiable information? No license, no other credit cards, no shopper cards, not a business card???? Nothing?
I would note that "foo IN (a, b, c)" can often be better done as "foo = ANY(ARRAY[a, b, c])" in Postgres - not least because you can shift to passing in an array of variable size without having to construct a special statement for each.

For sorting on the result of a function, consider using a subselect. "SELECT foo FROM (select fun(z) as foo from blaz) tmp order by 1".
Missed opportunity to put out a WiFi 6 device.

Would love one without the microphone, too.
Constraint layout is a delight for working, I wish there was something like that in css.
> Amazon naturally attracts people who want to accomplish big things. It just happens that many of these folks are assholes.

You could probably just replace "Amazon" with "Silicon Valley"
I see this a lot in the US: The "Good Guy" vs. "Bad guy" theme is very commonly used, and portrayed news, politics, film, etc.

I find this to be a dangerous oversimplification. I have never met a single "bad person".

All humans are driven by desires, fears within the constraints of their environment.
Some of decisions turn for the better, others for the worse.
All criminal activity I have seen comes from people who have manoeuvred themselves into bad situations, from which they can't entangle.
So they resort to violence or other kinds of criminal activity in order to bring themselves to a seemingly better place.
I don't want to make excuses for anyone, but the idea that someone is a "bad" or "good" person, just does not make any sense.
If it is international students that are applying elsewhere, that could lead to a drop in diversity at these universities. There have been studies that confirm students do better when learning with a diverse set of peers [1], but these studies were on elementary aged students. I'm curious if that applies to college / master's programs too.

From the article:

Students can learn better how to navigate adulthood in an increasingly diverse society—a skill that employers value—if they attend diverse schools. Ninety-six percent of major employers, Wells, Fox, and Cordova-Cobo note, say it is “important” that employees be “comfortable working with colleagues, customers, and/or clients from diverse cultural backgrounds.”

[1]: https://tcf.org/content/report/how-racially-diverse-schools-...
What if carbonated / acidic drink removes the fat/sugars from your tongue and make your body think you haven't eaten?
How much does it cost to switch from C-Corp to LLC? What are the Pros and Cons of moving to LLC?
Evergov: Find All Government Services in a Single Place
"There must be some detail not reported to the public that made it make sense."

Is something people say over and over to try NOT to accept bad things happen a lot to innocent people. It's not always in bad faith and I am not saying it is for you (though it increasingly IS online especially), since we are generally taught as long as we are "good" that it will all be ok and that authority are the good guys. But real life proves that not to be the case much of the time and this disconnect is hard for people to accept so they say things like the above...blame victims...call it fake news etc.
Not who you asked, but it's almost guaranteed to be lower. It's extremely rare to be both remote and get paid at the prevailing salary of the company. That only works for companies that generally don't allow remote, as they don't have COL-adjusted salaries to worry about.

As an Amazonian that works remote, I have the same payscale as everyone else in Seattle.
Developed stopped 2 years ago, despite the successful Kickstarter. :(

https://github.com/upcoming/upcoming-www
If that! When I visited northern MN, the boundary waters area, I could have very easily strayed into Canada on the back roads I was traveling. They weren't even paved, there were no ditches, it's mostly water/marsh/swamp up there.

There's just some small road signs here and there notifying of the need to cross into Canada via the checkpoints on the main roads, but they're often posted where you enter the unmaintained gravel road - not right at the border. These back roads were established long before we cared about crossing the Canadian border. If you happen to be camping or canoeing in the area for an extended period, it's very likely you'll get turned around and accidentally go north instead of south on one of these back roads and find yourself in Canada when you get back to driving.

Furthermore since they're not really well maintained, it's possible you'll be taking turns to avoid washouts or other obstructions like fallen trees. You might stray into Canada just to reach your destination because the preferred route is out of service.
I don't know about all anime (I'm not a fan) but here's a Ghibli movie in 4K HDR: https://www.amazon.co.jp/Lupin-III-The-Castle-of-Cagliostro-...

Akira is coming in 4K HDR too.
Interesting observation that men in CS tend to avoid women. Author believes it's non-malicous behavior and I agree. I'd also argue that many men in CS avoid partnering or interacting with women out of fear that those interactions could be misconstrued as sexual harassment.
Bro, 2600 meetups never stopped happening, you just stopped attending.
Breaking Tesla Model Y Production to Start in Q1 2020 (Unofficial Leak)
Alexa Skill Development with ButterCMS
Amen. You could also consider starting a small business if you want to stay lower key.

Corporate ladder does seem a bit... sad? But maybe some people like it! More power to them!

Cool thing about a small business is you can create a long term sustainable lifestyle that suits you. I like the philosophy of TJ Holowaychuk with Apex (created expressjs and a million other amazing things), super cool. At one point it was referred to as a “non startup”. Love that dude :-D

Nothing wrong with building a company up to an ipo either, that could be a blast depending on the people and context.
That's a classic Geico commercial, one of my favs.

https://youtu.be/jWPlfWwgFKI
In Czech Republic, during presidential elections, one of the participants (winner, Milos Zeman) opened a transparent as part of their marketing. That meant that every transaction was visible along with donor, amount and a short message.

Because Zeman is controversial person, it turned out badly. People started spamming it with lowest amount possible (about 0.01 CZK) and wrote funny messages. There were people selling their bike or computer, sending messages to their mother from a trip. Two people even played boats there [1]. Even ASCII Pikachu picture appeared there apparently [2].

[1]: https://1gr.cz/fotky/bulvar/19/041/anime/KIT7a6caf_imgbauer_...
[2]: https://1gr.cz/fotky/bulvar/19/041/anime/KIT7a6caf_imgbauer_...

EDIT: Transparent account was apparently mandatory for every candidate by law.
That's what someone who does this kind of thing would say.

I'm not saying I think it's fake, but I think it might be. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and posting a defense isn't evidence.

Edit: I wondered if I got this slogan right, and it turns out to have a name - The Sagan Standard! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagan_standard
author context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Altan
https://outline.com/hVy68n

http://archive.is/RlUdP
The central conceit of the entire essay is that the goal of being an open source provider is to make something that everyone wants to use and in doing so are allowed no choice in how the code is provided and licensed.

That's all demonstrably false so the entire essay beyond that is a pointless thought exercise which appears to be becoming common with the rise of Internet intellectuals.

Most code is not opened with that goal and everyone is free to share on whatever terms they like. Moreover the 'corporate pillaging' of open source is rarely if ever unrewarded; it often comes with sponsorship, senior positions with good pay or similar benefits.
Corning Pyrex used to be made of borosilicate glass (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borosilicate_glass) and was similar to the type of glass used for lab equipment. The Chinese manufacturer who bought the Pyrex brand switched to cheaper and more prevalent soda-lime glass, which is arguably more drop resistant.

There are manufacturers selling borosilicate glass cookware; just look for "borosilicate" when searching. There are at least a couple of brands that sell this on Amazon. Though thickness and overall durability is a different matter and perhaps even the modern borosilicate items still pale in comparison to older products.
I think full merge is scheduled for the next release.
My top 1 is this one:

> Oracle: uses IS NULL to check for empty string; in postgres, empty string and null are different

Any programmer who doesn’t distinguish NULL and "" has not passed the 2-year experience. Being generous. How did this make it to production?
Free speech includes hate speech. Ban that and you may be next.
Some Difficulties with Open Source Software
Backwards compatibility is there, but minor changes and patches might mean different things for certain users. One can never be sure without sifting throug changelogs and maintaining test suites. And that is for stuff you know you are looking for.
Wouldn't it be much easier for the finder to just get in touch with the bank and ask them to notify the owner?

I once got a call/mail from my bank giving me the contact details of someone who had found my lost keys that had an RSA SecureID token generator thing on them and the finder called the hotline imprinted on it.

I don't remember much details around it since it happend in the mid 2000s.
NZ expat here :) Venmo doesn't charge for sending or receiving money like this to or from people. They make money through other means; from the top of my head one is paying by credit card - they take 3% if you use credit card. Another way they make money (1% per transfer) is by doing an "instant transfer" directly from your Venmo account to your bank (the other option is ACH transfer which is usually next-day delivery.) I tried this on a Sunday night which was also part of a long weekend and the money instantly appeared in my US bank account and I got a push notification from my bank that a deposit was just made. It was awesome and makes NZ look out of date.

Venmo is amazing. It's so fast and practically everyone has it. It's the Google of payments. I wish New Zealand had something like that. Sending money to friends in NZ is slow and painful - not terribly so, but compared to Venmo they really are.
Voyager probes work together to measure shockwave from sun
Not sure everybody will like this answer. Since tensions have increased, I just took the blame and said that how I handled this engagement was not professional (communication and management) and for me to just take "hit" and not get paid.

I took this option so that relationships are not severed and just a learning moment for myself.

Honestly I'm now at my lowest point now since I never had negative feedback on my work even at times where I winged it. To give some context, I also have a side project that a 100k daily users, and some open source contributions to add to that. So technically I can assure that my technical skills are on point. Just unfortunate that this happened.
Over the air has the newest stuff. Streaming is for yesterday's hit.

Uber exists because taxis suck.

Cheques are safer and more portable than give me your bank account because you choose where to deposit.

Paypal is for websites no stores accept it and doesn't replace a cheque
Best? Stability. (In my opinion and experience) I never saw OpenVMS crash. I was never paged for an OpenVMS / Alpha system being offline.
> Sadly, in California most theft is merely a misdemeanor, and busy PDs do not have time to chase down criminals to give them a ticket.

But they sure do like camping out all the time to give people speeding and parking tickets. Priorities!
It’s theft because you get thrown in prison if you don’t pay. It’s little better than the mafia, only we’ve been brainwashed to think it’s okay by being forced to attend public schools. I wouldn’t consider it theft if paying taxes was voluntary. Maybe the fire department and police shouldn’t show up if I don’t pay, maybe I can’t drive anywhere, but they shouldn’t show up and steal my home then imprison me. Prison for unpaid taxes is just modern day debtors prison.
And 10-100x the number of lines of code.
remember folks most diet soda has no sugar but has phenylalanine to get body to produce more dopamine to want more soda..hence no weight loss
I mean - I haven’t worked at any other large tech company so I don’t have any data point to make that claim.
The amount of cynicism is too damn high!
A few weeks ago I found a working iPhone X on the side on the sidewalk. I thought about using siri to call a recent contact and try to get it back to the owner, but I found the language was set to Chinese (which I cannot read or speak) and I gave up and put it back on the sidewalk in case the owner came back.

In retrospect, I don't think I could have done anything even if the language was English apart from wait for the owner to call their phone. That said, I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions about how I could have been a better Samaritan.
Oracle would have the set of tools for providing a interesting opinionated cloud/onprem platform for microservices architecture.

Something along the lines of JavaEE, deployed on something derived from WebLogic, bound together with reliable messaging bus (Tuxedo), backed by Oracle database.
If you continue to break the site guidelines when posting here, we are going to have to ban you. Would you please review them and stick to them from now on? Specifically: no more snark, name-calling, flamebait, and ideological battle. Most importantly: be kind.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
One of the first multi-user systems I worked with ran OpenVMS, so I have a fondness for it and related nostalgia... DECnet, VAX BASIC, etc. I've run it at home on Alpha and VAX emulators.
> Cheques are safer and more portable than give me your bank account because you choose where to deposit.

Maybe it's different in the US, but I have a different account number for each of my bank accounts. So I can still choose where I want to deposit someone's money when I give them my account number, by choosing which account number I give to them. And no-one has to go to a bank.
Stay tuned! Actively working on that...
free speech is bad when people i dont like say things that make me uncomfy :)
This wasn't too bad. The first one was the worst - figuring out the difference in the syntax. But after that it was fairly simple to convert all the rest to Postgres syntax. It took a few days to convert all of them in our system (about 500).
You don’t have such laws in Washington DC?

Funny you should ask. A few years back my wife and I were stuck in Reagan (an airport in D. C.) for a super-long layover. As I'm watching my first ever episode of Archer, I notice the family a row over gets up and walks down the concourse, leaving their bags. Now, I've heard a bit of their conversations as I've sat there, and I gather they're American and probably self-centered and clueless. Or maybe that's what the terrorists that just walked away from their explosives want me to think. Regardless, we're sitting at the gate and there's a gate agent right there, so I put this in the "not my job anymore" bucket.

It's been a few years, but I'll bet it was at least ten minutes before the agent called security. It was long enough that I was about to get up and ask, "ya know, I'm not the super-paranoid type, but don't you think you ought to give the dog a little practice sniffing bags?" The dog and an agent or two show up, give the bags a sniff, and wait for the owners to return. I was disappointed that there wasn't at least a little ass-chewing. I mean, what U. S. resident doesn't know not to do that? And if they don't, how about driving that lesson home?

But anyway, we don't get too worked up about a random bag lying around. Because in the U. S., thus far it hasn't been shown that it stands much of a chance of blowing up. My sympathy to countries that have not been so lucky.
> There was no sign of me not doing my job well until I started to bill, all the issues came out.

For what it's worth, I really don't enjoy sending the first bill for a new contract because I worry something like this might happen. Usually at the end of the first week, I'll do an email or a meeting with a summary of what's been done and where things are going to reassure myself they'll be happy being billed with the work so far.

I'm guessing you don't feel great right now and keep thinking about this. I find it best to just write down what you would do differently next time and try to move on because there's no point overthinking it.