skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yet, if it was at least 'take, take and give' model, we would already be at $40,000 in 2019.

Give your hunting dog so it gets the energy to chase down more game. I mean planet/society contribute to value creation but during wealth sharing they get meatless bones.
Has it ever been different?
Ditto a few years before that - we had a Meiko box in the visuals R&D dept of the flight simulator company where I was doing my electronic engineering apprenticeship, although I didn't really get hands-on with it.
I must admit, when travelling I sort of accept a lower level of privacy. Other people who probably have location, purchase, or photographic data about my trip

All the governments and airports involved of course
Star Bucks saw my credit card appear for the first time across HK and Japan, hopefully the last time
JR Rail Companies, all of the train stations
NaviTime, the transit app company
Google would know pretty much everything about my trip, GMaps was very helpful.
My Bank would have a bunch of data
The 7/11s, Lawsons, FamilyMarts and their payment providers/banks
My Bank knows everything I did
Instagram probably has more location data than it should
SoftBank wifi saw me travel across the continent, there was almost nowhere safe from a SoftBank SSID and I'm sure they keep track.

The list likely goes on. It's almost futile, but not quite. I did my best to be cognizant, but unless you become a hermit in the hills I don't think you can avoid it.
Almost none of my family members understand the implications of the voice assistant let alone know how to turn it off. You’re a techy type and are thinking my uncles or grandparents operate at your level.
Everything Criteo says is just terrible. They're about as borderline legal as it gets. I'm 100% expecting them to get massive GDPR related fines in 2020.
the airline should already know exactly who is sitting in the seat for personalised ads.

Engagement and sentiment in what they are watching would be another thing though
Avast profits through sales of users’ web browsing habits
Communism at its best.
I think that people just take too seriously the part of "hash tables are O(1) and trees are O(log(n))". But you have to consider complexity of hash generation (in real life sometimes it's worse than tree traversal), rebalancing, order lost and programmer issues (some just ignore at all that hash collisions do happen).
At least in my case, I have found that skipkists have similar performance than hash tables (ops/seq for real life loads, not infinite items), and use less memory (at least the Open vSwitch implementation).
Of course, that just moves the cost from the allocation side to the GC side. This means that the GC must maintain data structures tracking the type of each object (to know which fields are references), the root references, and several others (like card tables) for an efficient implementation. For malloc/free, releasing an object can just add it to a free list (a pair of pointer writes), while a compacting GC has to update all references pointing to the live objects it moves.
Their compiler isn't ready and they haven't started working on an FPGA implementation yet. I personally expect they'll never launch a product.
It goes both ways. The other founder dropped him and left him with nothing but a useless codebase, he can’t even get any kind of recognition because he’s expected to not release the code he wrote. He’s been fucked.
How to Spot a Hack on Your PC (Windows 10)
A 5k-Year-Old Plan to Erase Debts Is Now a Hot Topic in America
I have a smaller than average head. The 2 vertical side folds are too wide to prevent my head from sagging off to left/right, not to mention forward of course.

Lack of static head position is the biggest hindrance to sleeping seated. Back-Inclination, Leg-Space, Arm-Rest are all secondary. If you're tired enough, a head-harness is enough to catch a solid 4-hr nap.
> In your opinion was is far easier to gain traction and scale in the early 2000's compared to now?

Looks like it was but a lot of goodwill has been burned since. PG writes "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. And more to the point, nobody knows you're 22. All users care about is whether your site or software gives them what they want. They don't care if the person behind it is a high school kid." But today every sane person would ask "Why should I depend on your service? Where is the guarantee that you won't go out of business or get acquired in six months with your service sunsetted?"
Clothing signals who you are, period. There is a difference when you wear a suit or a hawaii shirt or a "Fuck Trump" t-shirt.

Why don't you think it's a factor of who you are? That thin fabric over your body completes a person. It's one of the no-brainer way for self expression.

And people do judge you by your clothes whether they admit or not.
How can an allocator optimize the layout of a dynamically sized structure that's being changed without compacting?

Now, compacting is an O(n) memory move plus additional calculation to figure out optimal-ish layout.

(Can be amortized, but it's same as amortizing hash table resizing. Optimal layout cannot be decided without profiling, and that's expensive.)
> Or are you saying the ttyrecord files are more accessible?

I do. You can edit them like if you made a typo. They are common, so there's an ecosystem of tools if you don't like raw edits.

Next to that, asciinema looks like reeinventing the wheel, except it's no longer round, so it requires special tools and roads now. But what's a few extra dependencies? It looks better and it's new!

> I have nothing on my system that can read it. I do have a web browser, though.

In general, I prefer a standard format supported by many free software tools that lets me create a file in another standard format that I can put on my website without requiring various other dependencies, like javascripts. Especially if I can pacman / apt-get install the tools.

> seq2gif makes a GIF file. How does this "support all

asciinema #1 use case is to show a recording with color, unicode, etc. I think that's a bad idea for accessibility. You want to show features, not look cool. Still seq2gif gives you that, and the output in a standard format. You can replay the original in a normal term, copy paste etc.

If you think copy & paste from the browser showing an animated replay of the terminal is an important use case #2, huh, we have different use cases, but I don't see how it couldn't be done as another target (seq2something_else, maybe seq2svg?) from a well known and accessible format like ttyrec
I managed to extend my elbow into the aisle just as a flight attendant was rushing forward and the poor lady doubled over in pain from the impact. As a large guy, I felt pretty bad, and it's not the first time someone has made contact with my passing by.
That looks very cool, I will give it a go! I particularly like this feature

> Rendering of recordings in asciicast format made with asciinema

I quite like there being an intermediate file like there is in asciinema that you can edit by hand to remove your typos or speed boring bits up.
Don’t feel you can’t release an open source project because you don’t want to maintain it. The way it usually works is one person starts a project by making the huge initial effort and releasing it, and then interested maintainers will come out and provide updates where they see fit.

The guy with the open source always has the higher ground. No one loses reputation by giving free code to a larger community.
Brutalist Staircase in London
Unless you ban cars completely from streets, no matter how good the asphalt is I would not want to be around cars. I actively avoid cars if I have an option to go longer path, but with less car nearby me. I have no driving license, but I'm sure that as a car driver I would also prefer to see cyclists away from me.

I don't see how someone would want to go on main street if you have an option to drive on a separate road.
Up, an Open Source Serverless Framework from TJ Holowaychuk
I think you've made a very good call-out. Not everyone enters parenthood with the same degree of willingness, and not everyone who was initially excited to be a parent continues that way indefinitely.

But I think there's a danger of indifferentism here:

> What gives you a sense of purpose could easily be someone else's tedious drudgery. That shouldn't diminish your happiness, or demonize their boredom; it just means that you and some other people are different.

I don't deny that there are different strokes for different folks, and I understand that not everybody is going to make the same choices as a parent as I do.

But from the point of view of the welfare of the child, I think it's pretty clear that having a loving, stable, attached relationship with an engaged parent is going to be better for that child's overall well-being and future success than a relationship with a parent who loves them but can really only stand being around them in small doses.

I'm painting an extreme there, and I'm not suggesting that a person who drops their kid off at daycare and breathes a sight of relief must be a bad parent or a disengaged parent.

But I do think that rather than treating engaged parents and disengaged parents as just normal human variations of likes, dislikes, desires, etc. we should recognize that it is better for the child to help the disengaged parent become more engaged. And fortunately, there are a wide variety of ways we can do that!
Headphones as a Service
now i can pretend i am hiding something with my shitty dress code
Man sentenced to prison after assault of domain name owner who refused to sell
had this in Uni. I was the annoying student who asked questions all the time. After a few units, I had other students thank me for asking all those questions, because they also didn't understand but were too shy to ask.
I Am the Final Question on Your Calculus Exam
Let's rephrase that

> I fail to understand the fuss about cookie based targeting

...because he...

> worked in ad tech for half a decade,

To continue

> It's not like cookie based targeting is very effective either

Then why's it being done? Because it doesn't work, or because it does?

> Instead most companies do the bare minimum and try to make a guess that is slightly better than a coin flip

Uh huh. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_advertising

"In 2016, Internet advertising revenues in the United States surpassed those of cable television and broadcast television. In 2017, Internet advertising revenues in the United States totaled $83.0 billion, a 14% increase over the $72.50 billion in revenues in 2016"

That's the bare minimum. Right.
malloc implementations often involve some kind of a search to find a free area that can satisfy the request. See http://www.gii.upv.es/tlsf/ for an O(1) implementation - use a large number of free lists, one per size, using bit scan instructions on the block size to select the list to use. To malloc, grab the first entry, and put any remaining portion on the appropriate free list.

To free, add the block to the appropriate free list. Assume blocks participate in a doubly-linked list of all blocks, used and free alike, in address order - adjacent free blocks can be coalesced at this point.
Sadly, I feel too users have a bias towards trusting services provided by the FAANGS of the world, which are now more vertically integrated, than startups.
3rd party browsers are forced to use a webkit engine instead of their own. By any definition, this adds a severe limitation => crippled.

I also think (I could be wrong) safari has access to a slightly different webkit engine than third party browsers.
I went to university but I didn't study CS, I studied mathematics. I don't think I'd be a better programmer if I'd studied CS. Am I glad I went to university? Yes, but frankly it's nothing that you couldn't learn out of a book for a lot less money.
> The point of modern gender freedom is not to deny there is a strong nature influence,

Are you sure about that?
script unfortunately messes with SIGWINCH for terminal resizes - asciinema seems to work better in that case.
Well at least they pretend to have their marbles together to have a clean outfit.

I think it not thoroughly conscious choice how we dress, but a mix of how we see ourselves and how we want to be seen by others.
When dealing with lock free algorithms the amount of bits that you can do a compare and swap on are limited. For x64 it is 64 bits unaligned or 128 bits aligned. Needing to use all of these bits as efficiency as possible is common and bitfields are a big part of this. Whether you use bitfields frequently in your work is irrelevant.
Apple has ‘deep concerns’ that ex-employees accused of theft will flee to China
If there is a chance to work with a mentor on your coding skills, grab it and start engaging in it. Having a mentor gives you a platform to sound out your techniques, doubts and ideas. Also a platform for you to received the right questions.

The velocity is only important to managers when they are using it for comparison against other engineers when doing performance reviews. Focus on getting it right the first time.
There are a variety of fuel programs (CAA, Colt, UVAir, others) to lower JetA prices significantly. It’s much more rare to be able to discount 100LL.
Ask HN: Is Philosophy any different from fiction?
Can you formally verify philosophical concepts? What would it mean to verify Idealism, for example? Would love to hear peoples thoughts on this. Been racking my head for ages on it and can't come up with something sound and complete.
The argument against that is that if sellers cannot increase prices in times of crisis they have no incentive to stockpile for such events. This leads to shortages and even higher prices on an unregulated black-market.

I'm not saying that I buy this line of reasoning, but there's the counter-argument.
Given the angle of the original Consumer Reports study that the USA Today article is about, it wouldn't appear as simple as your comment suggests.
For their woes they get an extra 0 at the end of their payslip.

I am not really too concerned with those type of people.
People outside of HN and similar circles usually get impressed with shiny things. "Regular people", most often in business situations, or with business minded people. I run my own businesses and deal with a lot of this sort of situations, but also with some family and acquaintances, normal folks.

Like it or not, I've most likely been referred and/or gotten deals through due to my Omega Speedmaster, my Burberry winter coat, hade made expensive leather shoes, etc. That sort of clothes and accessories. Because it makes me look successful in the eyes of Others, and people wants to be friends and partners with other successful people.

Shiny things/expensive clothings/etc = Seen as I must be competent to earn that sort of cash.

My friends couldn't care less about what I wear, but they understand why I do it.
Classic Australian-style oilskin jackets and dusters can be had for under $300 for a really nice model, or under $150 for an ordinary one, made in Australia from high-quality 10-12oz oilskin fabric. The fabric and design with a rain-shedding cape have proven themselves over generations of people making their living outdoors.

It will be heavier than a modern Gore-Tex design, and perhaps not quite as breathable. On the other hand it won't delaminate after a couple of years and become useless for bad weather, which happens to all Gore-Tex jackets I've owned, even nice rainjackets from Helly-Hansen and similar brands. You can repair and re-impregnate oilskin/oilcloth/waxed cotton with new wax yourself, and keep it for decades.

If I was going on a serious trekking/hiking/mountaineering trip, yes I would buy the modern lightweight technical clothing. But for use in ordinary rain and snow and everyday life, I'll stick with the oilskin coat and hat.
At best, price discrimination is a waste of time and resources. The buyer loses as much as the seller gains, making it a zero-sum game. But since price discrimination requires more effort than setting a single fixed price, the sum is actually negative.

Aside from that, "charging the highest price the customer is still ok with" means to eliminate the consumer surplus. Which is bad for consumers, i.e. everyone.

And aren't prices supposed to be signals? How are customers supposed to compare the costs of each good if you don't tell them? All you tell them is how much they're willing to spend.

They already know that. But you (probably) don't. If you did, congratulations: you've solved the economic calculation problem. This should raise red flags.
Chinese photo agencies shuttered, undergo “self-inspection and rectification”
Pink used to be a boy's color.

I don't think your child is interested in jewellery and fancy hats for the same reason as a grown up. My children of both genders enjoy that stuff too, to the point where my none of my wife's jewellery is in one piece.

One thing I've noticed is that I can't look at them without a cultural confirmation bias. So I've completely lost faith that anyone can judge these things without a stringent experimental method.
Under a different comment he said his email is "leisenming AT protonmail DOTcom"
Wut?

As an aside, Bitcoin's best (and still the only major) use case is crypto trading. It even isn't good for that (fiat-denominated crypto currencies are much more useful). That has nothing to do with libertarians.
Would I be the first here to say that I like that idea that there even IS such a thing as an American factory floor in 2019?
Siri is not enabled by default, they use a different approach to get users to opt in. Step 8: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202033 has a much bigger button to enable Siri, but users are given a choice and skipping Siri takes less time so it’s easier if you’re not going to use it.
I really like the idea, thanks for providing the background how it all came to be and good luck with the product.
> a generally poor understanding

Probably this. Adtech (ironically) do not advertise what they do. Most people read and think that e.g. google literally sells personal files on themselves.
Now there's an understatement for you.
Show HN: I build a webextension that forces me to track my working hours
If you want to formally verify a concept, you need a framework, or reference concepts: axioms.
If this is supposed to be negative criticism.

It is only negative if you choose to do negative things with it. It gives plenty of insights on human nature. If you choose to do bad things it is not because of this book.
> Some people in precarious financial or social situations have to navigate this world to live, and understanding these biases is helpful to them.

I'm reminded of low income people I've known who struggled to save for a suit to wear to a job interview for yet another low paying job at a factory. Privilege indeed.
> That's the bare minimum. Right.

That's not addressing the argument. Advertising follows eyeballs, so naturally it went online. There is no evidence that its effectiveness has increased however, despite all the claims about high ad tech.
I never used flash, but if this is what it was like I can see why flash was so popular. I'm loving it. Reminds of the time I spent doing WC3 maps when I was younger.

Don't listen to the naysayers, just keep at it. You got something here.
Review your own code before asking for somebody else to review it.

My personal routine: before pushing code on the repo, run git rebase -i, review all your commits and change them if anything looks wrong (the commit message, some random crap being mixed with the actual content of your commit, silly mistakes, etc.). It will cost you around 2 minutes per commit maximum, and your pull request's quality will increase dramatically.

Also, git add -p when committing to review your work as soon as possible.
> I totally agree that insisting it MUST be social conditioning is close-minded and silly.

Isn't it somewhat likely though? Kids are born with all of their genes and they can't do anything straight out of the womb. What has zero impact at that point is nurture though.
Nurture therefore seems to have a huge influence, this somewhat downgrades genes to only push what's already been established by culture.
Why isn't "e) targeted ads don't work as well as ads agencies want you to believe" a possibility?
Hahahah, no way, I never thought I would live to this day :D
Last time I checked, the only option to login was using a phone number. And at least the web client only has the phone number as login. I do not want to give them my phone number. Full stop. They can tie my account to my email, to my domain, to a chosen username, whatever. But if your service requires a phone number to use it, it’s not something I will use.
I can only confirm, since I started buying more expensive clothes (and hardware), people seem to have a better impression of me. (Both in professional and private life) It's kind of a waste though...
It's nice that there's a study that confirms this, but it is pretty obvious that people do judge other people from the way they look. Clothes is only part of the mix. Skin color, gender, face shape, eye color, hair styling, general posture, micro movements, smell, sweatiness, etc. also alter the way people will categorize others.

And then once they speak, the way the voice sounds brings another massive layer of pre-conceived judgment. Add social background, education, occupation, sexual orientation, etc. In the end, all these elements will form an idea of who a person may be.

Then this image erodes as one gets to know the other person.
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No-one is immune to beauty or respect, nor to feeling safe.

It bears rewards to respect people's senses and perception of the world, and to carry beauty with you. Beauty does not have to be grand or inflated, and there's no universal judgement; It doesn't have to be a pretty face in an expensive suit. Any form of expression or presence we carry with us can carry beauty and show respect, whether it is clothing or hygiene or handwriting or choice of words or depth of thought - anything. Anything can hold symmetry and consistency, can be suitably asymmetric and interesting - can hold beauty - and can show respect for other's continuous perception of the world and connection to it. And it make people feel safe. This can be a question of you being literally easy on the eyes, in other words your presentation in the world is energy-efficient to read and parse. But we must be careful to have this opt-in only, to be aware of our own bias, and practice non-judgement based on external appearance.

A raggedy coat can make some people subconsciously worry if you're OK. They have a slightly easier time in your presence if they don't have to filter out those worries. Especially if there's a dissonance with them knowing that you're perfectly fine.

And truly, for some the most beauty is found in people who present themselves as not caring about raggedy coats and for those their impressions probably won't change.
Lots of good advice in this thread but I would add something: your designs will almost always be wrong in some important ways because without implementing them you almost certainly don’t fully understand the trade offs. It’s better to have a culture where going back and rewriting things as new learning happens is accepted and expected, with an eye toward reducing complexity.
Most people get the partition algorithm wrong on their first try if they write it themselves.
A smartphone is more transparent than a device explicitly designed and advertised to record audio in entire rooms? Or did you mean the smartphones signal more system status?

In my experience a lot of people have privacy concerns over the speakers, and underestimate the smartphone.
> The only time anyone ever saw the name Coke would be when they saw it on a shelf.

Or, when it was posted/mentioned by people who liked Coke.