skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yep,and as an engineer that's hard to imagine people that don't think of the efficiency as a primary feature.

Efficiency misses the point, it's convenience: a 3 minute fill-up instead of a 60m fill-up.
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Voice detection.
But since the lockfile can be generated from the package.json, I still don't see a reason that the lockfile needs to be committed by a third-party contributor instead of being generated automatically post-merge, or by the repository maintainers during the course of normal development.
It is out in hardware, but not entirely in the UI. The UI for force-touch is replaced by long press on the icon or widget.
> Are you telling me the package manager that installs tens of thousands of files for a simple app is poorly designed?

I blame the tiny JS stdlib and the resulting culture for this, rather than the package manager.

It's true that the package manager enabled that culture to flourish, but a package manager would have come about either way. And if npm had somehow disallowed massive dependency chains and 14 line packages, a competitor would have filled the gap and been adopted as a result.
I think it's fair to believe them unless you have personal experience (or statistics) that contradict what they're saying.

I've never understood why "that sounds wrong to me, a person with no first-hand knowledge of it" would ever trump another, credible person's "this is what I've experienced".

Anyway, it doesn't seem like a make-or-break detail in the article.
Is it open source / free software?

These things should not be allowed to be proprietary software.. if I attend a public institution that surveils me, I want the surveilance software to be fully open source and I want to be able to know all the data points you would have on me.

Then, I would like to decide for myself whether I want to participate or not.
Fringe is an interesting case because the first season got one less commercial break per episode so there were five extra minutes compared to the other shows on network TV. That doesn’t sound like much but it’s amazing how different it feels from other shows in that first season. Also make sure you decode the glyphs: https://fringeglyphs.com :-)
Depends on the game: Counter-Strike, Quake and most casual games use the crosshair as bullet origin. More simulation focused games like Arma, PUBG, etc. use the actual barrel - some of them also show a bullet intersection marker when you'd hit something very close that your crosshair doesn't cover.
I have bern doing vigorous exercise for 51 years and still love it. Outdoor running up to 70 miles a week for the first 46 years, high speed walking 25 miles a week the last 5 years. The secret is doing something that is fun so you look forward to it every day.
Goals for 2020:

Sharpening the Saw:

- C# I haven’t kept up with the latest ASP.Net Core/Entity Framework Core over the past two years.

- Python: I first learned Python last year, but just enough for simple scripts and AWS lambda. I want to learn “Advanced Python” and at least do a hobby project with Django or Flask.

- TypeScript - I’ve worked with Javascript for years, but just started working with Node this year. I played with TS about 5 years ago but not since.

- ElasticSearch work projects.

Health:

- get off the soda and sweets and eat more fruits and vegetables.

- lose 10 pounds

- rebuild cardio and core strength

- add more workout days. I can work out at home on my gym equipment while watching educational videos to “Sharpen the Saw”

Relationships:

- More quality time with my wife. I spent a lot of time this year focused on work and getting a lot of practical experience with AWS and getting into shape (health reasons).

- Visit and call my parents more.

- Spend more time with friends.

Finances:

- spend less on junk food and eating out.
The computer doesn't roll a dice, it makes whichever option you select the safe one - taking all the chance out of the game.
Well, Sweden is 7th on the list and over 20% of the ppl here have foreign background (individuals either born abroad or having both parents born abroad).
Canada is 9th.
It likely has. GPU.
> I wonder if a small processor core could be stamped out on an fpga and hundreds of small processors can run simultaneously

I think it's very likely that this idea is well explored. CellBE, Tilera, Xeon Phi/MIC, GPUs, etc.

> Then I wish my c++ objects each ran in a separate (virtual) processor instance. They could have event signalling built into the language as well as the hardware.

You're right to identify that the challenge for this kind of design is to come up with a programming model and an associated IPC or I/O or memory tier/caching mechanism. The HPC space is a graveyard of accelerator concepts that never reached critical mass. GPUs have been the rare success. They can amortize their business across multiple industries. They're already built in to a lot of PCs, so easy to experiment with. OpenGL and later CuDA/OpenCL created an abstraction that was fast and somewhat portable (not as much in cudas case). The abstraction relieved you of the burden of having to know much about the device's internal design whole still being quite fast.

> Each object should have its own memory space.

I don't think I know what advantage this provides. Can you share more? What do you do about composition? Nested memory spaces? Sounds challenging and potentially high overhead.
The British thought that India suffered from the same casteism as Christianity (& Abrahamic religions) in other places, so they tried their best to retrofit Indian society into that model. But they could find no evidence of casteism, so they were forced to artificially make up many "castes" & grouped people based on occupation etc. The people who could not be fitted into any castes were called a tribes, which are now known as scheduled tribes & castes. Otherwise there should have been just 4 castes according to every tenet of Hinduism. Unfortunately, Indians & the GOI have formalized that artificiality & that is the genesis of the caste system. Caste system is nothing but an invention of the British. Caste itself is a Portuguese word, nothing that correlates to Indian / Hinduism.
I wonder how they get the "actors in this scene" data. I suspect mechanical turk but maybe they have the movie scripts.
Good readers more likely to give up on maths
> As a developer I would expect to consider a wider scope than a revenue split

Rev split was the best thing to happen to the game industry. Previously, game engines required ridiculous six figure contracts to even get started and meant a fixed cost regardless of the success of the game. We've had no shortage of amazing games thanks to this arrangement.
Wonderful article. Lots of interesting observations and studies cited.

The last paragraph -

> So, if you want to know the secret of a long and happy life, money is not the right answer. Get rid of the takeaway in front of the telly, and bin the hasty sandwich at your desk — the important thing is to take time out with people you know and talk to them over a beer or two, even that bottle of Prosecco if you really must. There’s nothing quite like a convivial evening wrapped around a pint to give you health, happiness and a sense of wellbeing.
Now that's flat out ridiculous.
But "C has a bad effect" is a lot different from "C is not low level". Maybe C had a bad effect because it's low level and they should have been emulating the lisp model instead - for all I know.

Edit: I seems like it's really the flat memory model with single processing that CPUs and compiler-designers have been trying to preserve and that's not C-specific. Indeed, I think higher level languages are effectively more wedded to that.

I mention in another reply - Nvidia GPUs, complex memory model, programmed with Cuda, a C++ system. It really seems like C as such only enters here as something to beat-up on to make other points (whatever the validity of the other points).
> “One of the sad issues is this: We expressed on every platform since the first day that the process of blocking access to the whole of Wikipedia was unlawful,” Gonenc Gurkaynak, a lawyer representing Wikimedia, wrote on Twitter.

Huh? So does this imply that blocking access to specific Wikipedia articles would be lawful?

That would not be such a reassuring concession by someone representing Wikimedia.
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people have always had that mobility though; there's nothing special about the current US job market. want to become the king in a feudal society? just raise an army and take over
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> Wait; what? If C is not a Low-Level Language, then what is a Low-Level Language?

Assembly, actual machine code. (Contrary to the article, C was never a low-level language, when it was younger it was literally a textbook high-level language because it allows abstracting from the specific machine, and while it's less likely to be what a textbook points to as an example today, that hasn't changed.)
Think it is more about living in a society that takes care of it's citizens.
I would not advertise until you have 1000 cold calls under your belt and a product. You will waste money advertising an alpha product. Your 20/80 customers won’t come from an ad. Press releases are your friend, Ive lost track of how many companies I’ve found with potential by simply watching the news wire the comes through my investment account website/app
Turkey is a weird place. (Context: Turkish person living in the US). It is autocratic in a very specific way — it elects its autocrats. As in, Erdogan legitimately wins his elections, and he is as popular as the votes indicate, which is around 51% - an unfortunate fact for those of us at the remaining 49%.

For comparison, it’s not like Russia at all - Erdogan is very vulnerable to just getting elected out and while he does have more leeway in doing what he wants, he ultimately has to do what the population wants him to do or risk losing the next election.

For the things that Turkish population puts less immediate value on is the places where he gets the most leeway, and rule of law in the western sense was until recently one of them. As of now though, he is bleeding out votes because of various issues, like this one, which I would speculate as the everyday person in Turkey sort of discovering habeas corpus is actually kind of important.

I’ve always thought it’s a cultural remnant of the sultans.
But even if the hardware is designed for C instead of the other way around, getting away from C is going to be hard, indeed, if the hardware is designed for C, it kind of makes C the lowest level you can count on.

I'm just saying that the authors group together a variety of claims under "C is not low level" but while the claims themselves might be reasonable, they don't support the base point.
64bit XP in classic UI mode was purty good as well. My Mate desktop is still not as good but one of the closest modern options.
Neighbors paying vastly different tax rates for similar properties is unjust. Their consumption of public services isn’t different...

Couldn’t you make the same argument about any form of progressive taxation? (Perhaps you would?)
Add in how their humor generally doesn't amount to much more than bad faith descriptions of real world issues, senseless comparisons accompanied with a bad Photoshop and it's no wonder people use a second screen at the same time! John Oliver especially ran this sort of thing into the ground.
Is there any reasonable alternative to just blocking India. It might be the 5th largest market but how much does it contribute to Wikipedias financial well-being or to content read by those that do?
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I really want to understand what you're saying. Can you try to rephrase?
My experience is only with J, but I imagine it carries over to APL and K as well.

The code ends up reading a lot like an algebraic sentence after a while:

x (1/u + 1/v) = x/(uv) (u - v).

Spot the error?

Once you are familiar enough with the orthography that the symbols dissapear and you see the concepts, once you have some familiarity with the common ways these concepts interact, then J/APL tend to feel refreshingly clear in their expressiveness.

This is similar to how an algebraic equation feels a lot clearer than its rendition into "more readable" prose. Take the above equation and contrast it with this:

The sum of two inverses, when scaled by some factor, equals the difference between the two reverted numbers, scaled by the quotient of the original factor with the product of the reversions.
Lack of sleep increases insulin resistance[1]. Insulin resistance can negatively influence weight loss AFAIK.

[1] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100505091632.h...
Could you comment on the cost of this?
Drugs are fun. But have nothing to do with honest friendships imho.
I am amazed at how many of my friends watch movies while playing video games. It's like they need to make sure something is ready to stimulate them the moment the game fails to.

A particular friend will have the game, youtube playing, and also be betting on online poker on his phone.
I do think it's worth knowing why we dance.
> The original idea of prop 13 is to protect home ownership.

No, the original idea of Prop 13 was a Norquistian “starve the beast” approach to government.

The big original sales pitch for Prop 13 was to stop old people on fixed incomes from having to sell their homes because of taxes, but if that was the motivation rather than the sales pitch, it would never have applied to anything other than owner-occupied primary residences; instead, it applies to all real property regardless of use or ownership.q
Erdogan will probably try to fix it by setting up more agreeable judges or by changing the constitution itself, like Putin is planning to do.
I'm a little surprised that you would say this about the recent season of the expanse. I found it to be quite the opposite: mostly character development with not nearly as much plot movement as I had hoped for. I didn't like it as much as the third season, but that's a pretty high bar to meet. the main conflict with murtry was pretty contrived, I'll give you that. holden has been sent personally by chrisjen, literally has a warship parked outside of town, and the guy is going to push his buttons over a single person he wants to kill?
Seriously cool!
I don't expect a university advisor to have surveillance data on me, I expect them to be busy with their own work, and that I can come to them for assistance when I need. It's up to the student to communicate the situation.. this should be a human interaction and not automated.
Fitness is not simply cardio.

There's a great Men's Journal article, featured a few times on HN, "Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie".

Read it. Several times.

https://web.archive.org/web/20110130195636/http://www.mensjo...

(Earlier discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4971196 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2287213, particularly.)

Your body is an adaptive system, it responds to stimulus, given nutrition, rest/recovery, and other parameters (of which stress is a major element).

Cardio works your heart. That's useful, but there's more to your body than that.

Strength training works your muscles, building strength, endurance, power, and mass.

There are skills, fine-motor control, coordination, and other exercise modalities, with their own specific results.

Training is a stimulus which achieves a specific result, preferably one you've identified as a goal.

All said, 20 minutes of daily walking ... isn't a lot. It's better than nothing. There are other things you can do. You don't need a lot of equipment or space (though as with many things, the right tools for the job help).

Understanding how your body responds to what stimulus, under what circumstances, and roughly how quickly or slowly, helps a lot.

A modest, consistent, balanced, and goal-appropriate programme can be absolutely life-changing. It's valuable at any age -- what you do when you're young will deliver returns in your old age (the more so if you keep it up). Training as an older adult is also a major quality-of-life determinant.

There's no One Perfect Exercise. A balance of modalities (cardio, strength, flexibility, skills) is generally preferable. Starting out, virtually anything is better than nothing. As you advance, you'll find you need to make more specific tweaks to continue progress (should you want to).

And once you've gotten yourself beyond baseline, a small amount of work goes a long way. Clarence Bass, now well into his 80s, maintains an impressive physique based on two workouts a week -- one lifting session, one cardio.

https://www.cbass.com

There's a ton of bogus advice, but also quality information readily found. The basics are simple, though the work isn't always easy.

Reddit's /r/fitness (or /r/XXfitness for women) is actually quite good, both in discussion and its wiki. Strongly recommended:

https://old.reddit.com/r/fitness

https://old.reddit.com/r/fitness/wiki

https://old.reddit.com/r/xxfitness

https://old.reddit.com/r/xxfitness/wiki
Yes, you will be able to do your work after your chemo, just as well or better. Focus your will and energy on getting better. Go above and beyond what doctors and nurses tell you. Don’t be passive! Ask questions; do your own research; take charge of your recovery, find in you the mental strength and positivity that you have underused until now. Believe me, half of the battle is in your mind.

This will make you an even better professional after you recover.

(Source: I have witnessed my spouse fight, and beat, leukemia).
I really enjoy complete pin drop silence, but when that isn't available (like when working at a computer that just can't be completely quiet) it's far more preferable to have some sort of conversation or music blocking out the sound instead of the whirring of fans and hard drives.
> they'll just never find it

Why not? People always complained about accidentally activating Force Touch when trying to long press. Long press has a precedent in iOS; 3D/Force Touch never did.
Can you show example? I believe you can use TypedDict to express that.
There are different definitions of "low level language", but I think a charitable interpretation of the one in this article is that they view processors as providing a virtual machine, and count "levels" from what's more efficient for hardware (that is, the bits below that virtual machine). Though maybe a somewhat strange/confusing title was picked to attract attention.
>chief advisor to PM stating that UK civil service should be entirely abolished

Citation? The original article advocates reform, and possibly abolishing permanent secretaries, but nothing like entirely abolishing the civil service

https://dominiccummings.com/2014/10/30/the-hollow-men-ii-som...
Why would I want to pay monthly for something like this.

Put another way if I use this for a decade why is your product worth $600 when entire operating systems, programming languages, browsers etc are available for free.
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CloudFormation

Really? I mean, I get you want to recommend an infrastructure as code tool, but I really wouldn't consider it in the category of "[features] which you almost never need to consider alternatives."
I have no doubt Erdogan has won elections.

I do wonder how free and legitimate they are when he gets to expel those who oppose him.

And of course the big question is would he allow a result where an election would mean he is removed from power.
For the developing perspective it's so much better, but consumers needs fancy login buttons and infinite scrolling instead of UI consistency and accessibility.

Also deliver binary executables has a huge attack surface of virus. Web is considered "safer"
Citation needed.

Cursory googling indicates hours weren't all that different.

https://www.lostkingdom.net/medieval-workday-working-hours/
I used to work at a startup where the founder was a cancer survivor. I didn't know him when he was struggling with it. 10 years later he is still running the company.
Not sure if your "feed the rats" comment was intended to be cruel, or just careless...
The reason it’s easy for Western men to impress women in third-world countries has to do with the inequality between those countries which is itself linked to an ugly legacy of colonialism.

Exploiting the income gap between America and Vietnam is, in a real sense, getting laid because of colonial history. And that is bad.
The iPad touch screen device was intuitive for a while, until featuritis took over. Explorer too for that matter.
I think they realized around season five that they weren't going to be able to hold onto the whole cast for long enough to finish the show properly so they sped things up a lot. they also caught up with the books around here so they had to start making stuff up themselves.

this is a classic problem with long running tv shows. it's hard to get the pacing right when you don't know in advance how many seasons you're going to make.
> Imagine a retiree living in their own home sees a sudden increase in property tax bill due to the rise of the market prices in the neighborhood. Without prop 13, many people in that scenario will be forced to move away from their own home.

This is a red herring by the anti-tax zealots. Somehow in the 49 states without prop 13 this doesn’t happen.

Worst case, the retiree can downsize their home and cash out their equity, freeing what is most likely an oversized property for a younger family, or they can take out a home equity line to pay the taxes.
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> it’s a real pity the media machine is so obsessed with Apple because there are genuinely some really interesting earphones and headphones out there from independent companies making real innovations in audio tech

This is exactly what I’m talking about. Other people aren’t like you. They care more about what Apple is doing with AirPods than about what other companies are doing with their headphones.
Yep. I had ABVD chemo just over 11 years ago, followed by (exceedingly rare) bleomycin lung toxicity that nearly killed me.

First off, don't shirk the Chemo. It works (I had hodgkins lymphoma, in case you have the same), and the cure rate is very good. I wouldn't hesitate to do it again if I relapsed.

Next; yes, chemo-brain is a thing, and you'll be a bit slower for the duration of the chemo. It was especially noticeable when trying to keep multiple ideas in my head at the same time. Navigating more complex codebases was definitely a challenge.

It'll also take some time afterwards to get back to normal. I felt like I was back to "normal" about a year afterwards, but was at 90%-ish about 3 months after I finished chemo.

The closest thing I can compare it to is a medium grade concussion (having had a mild-medium concussion while mountain biking). It is a slower recovery than a broken bone, but you do recover.

In the years since, I've been lead architect, and head of engineering for various cloud infrastructure software projects. It definitely hasn't held me back in any way I can identify.
I agree with the other response, well written entertainment would retain the viewer's attention consistently. I can binge 24 episodes of a well written show without looking at my phone at all, but something that doesn't require much attention will have me immediately reaching for the phone to catch up on other things.