skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Some college produces better outcomes than no college. I bet most people here that have "no degree" do have "some college" under their belt.

A year of college is enough to get an internship, and an internship is enough to get a job in many cases.
Not “good credit” just “not horrible credit”.

But, after you have been a customer for awhile for a carrier, they take your on time bill payments with them into account - at least with T-mobile.

https://www.t-mobile.com/customers/smartphone-equality-progr...
Ask HN: System Design] How to design a grid view with millions of records?
The requirements are following:
1. Data could be aggregated differently.
2. Filtering of aggregated data.
3. Underlying data is huge. Around 10 tables with millions of records.

Currently we load everything into memory and based on the filter and aggregation level prepare data on back-end side and show it on UI. It works but it has multiple downsides:

- Initial load takes multiple minutes, because we need to query db and load all required data into memory, but consequent queries load much faster because we have this data already in memory.
- Filtering logic is awkward and resembles "if column1.isSelected then filter" logic.
- To be able to show actual data we need to update in-memory representation if we have smth new in DB. To do it we are polling DB and reload the data if it's stale.

To me this implementation looks too overcomplicated and not scalable (e.g. the app is limited how much data it can store).

What is the best approach of implementing such thing?
1) EV's will not solve this problem

2) Price is only a very small part of the adoption equation, people happily pay $80k for ICE pickup trucks for instance.

3) You didn't add this but I will - it's not clear the EV platform is the preferred alternative to the ICE for consumers yet, as evidenced by overall global vehicle sales.
I've recently become interested in a can bus sim, actually. If you know of any resources I would appreciate any pointers.
Also, "please upgrade, then call back" is always the first point on any support call checklist.
Am really pleased you name dropped "advaita vedanta" (literally translated from Sanskrit as "non-secondness"). From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on advaita vedanta:

Brahman—the ultimate, transcendent and immanent God of the latter Vedas—appears as the world because of its creative energy (māyā). The world has no separate existence apart from Brahman. The experiencing self (jīva) and the transcendental self of the Universe (ātman) are in reality identical (both are Brahman), though the individual self seems different as space within a container seems different from space as such. These cardinal doctrines are represented in the anonymous verse “brahma satyam jagan mithya; jīvo brahmaiva na aparah” (Brahman is alone True, and this world of plurality is an error; the individual self is not different from Brahman). Plurality is experienced because of error in judgments (mithya) and ignorance (avidya). Knowledge of Brahman removes these errors and causes liberation from the cycle of transmigration and worldly bondage.

Modern indian philosophy has hitherto been focused on problems specific to the nation-state: modernity, integral yoga, etc. But it will be interesting to see how it grapples with new discoveries in neuroscience.

The references in classical indian literature I really admire always refer to "destroying illusion (maya)". Learning how to remove false cognition from pure sense perception. And seeing things with the vision of Brahman ;)
Multi-accounts or coincidence?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22001317
Unfortunately most liver cancer is metastases from elsewhere, and once its in the liver, its likely to have spread to other organs as well, so this will not affect prognosis as you say until the cancer itself is treated.
>This is particularly so because Python is widely used for scientific purposes, and being able to reproduce old results is valuable.

You can always download an old version and the respective libraries and use them to reproduce any results you want. That doesn't mean that old version should be supported anymore.
eBay and Paypal inaccessible from AT&T mobile for days
Some of them probably made the assumption that by the time 2020 came around, they would be long gone and it would be somebody else's problem. And they were probably right.
Ask HN: Y2038 Problem and SGI IRIX and Others
Not sure if anyone cares but its crazy to think about all the legacy operating systems that are going to be unable to work properly past 2038 because of clock issues. Is there a larger community project to patch OS'es where this is possible.

I know IRIX is a lost cause because its closed source and I dont see HPE making any changes to that...

Is there a Y2038 community website where opensource developers are all working as a community to patch this bug and certify software as patched for Y2038? Without a central clearinghouse where people can check for compatibility I can see a ton of panic as the rollover epoch approaches.
I mean, ALWAYS 9-5, in addition to whatever it takes to get the work done. One or the other can be totally fine but it leaves little room for wiggling with comp time.
Could look into an elastic search / Lucene solution
But you can't measure it objectively. You can't tell me that other people have consciousness, you just assume it is true because they seem to be like you. You have no mechanism for determining the limits of your assumption and indeed past societies have drawn the line in even narrower constraints than "human".
> Panpsychism gives us a way of resolving the mystery of consciousness, a way that avoids the deep difficulties that plague more conventional options.

Eh, not really. With panpsychism you end up with, e.g. human, consciousness often becoming an emergent property of complex-enough systems. But in reality, you might have systems that are quite complicated (say, more complicated than a brain even) that aren't conscious. I do think that consciousness is most likely a "foundational" property of our universe, but the argument that "everything is conscious" (even to a tiny degree) doesn't seem very useful.
I remember visiting back in 2000 or so, when I was considering a career in animation. I ended up going to MTSU for their animation program (and subsequently getting into tech instead), but I still remember how cool the Renaissance Center was.
The general consensus of many workers in the industry is that the FDA's regulation is about right, rather than being either too tight or too lenient.

It is willful or reckless ignorance to believe that the absence of the FDA will not have serious consequences. There already exists a segment of the drug industry that is nearly completely unregulated by the FDA, as a matter of law. I am of course speaking of the health or dietary supplements. And the experience here does not bode well: there are a sheer number of "miracle" pills and cures that come out of it, unhelpfully promoted by snake oil salesmen like Dr. Oz. And investigations have found that many companies can't even be bothered to put the active ingredients into their products.
Obscure or not, I think the latter part of this comment is the important part. If you don't know what it is, you are not the target audience and you won't become the target audience by suddenly knowing what a CAN bus is.

So no, I'd say it's actually not worth the effort to add an explanation. It may even give real users the wrong idea.
In these discussions, "subjective" and "objective" are jargon. "Subjective" basically means existing only from the point of view of an observer. "Objective" means existing independently of any observations or experiences.

For example, playing a video game, there is some kind of objective physical activity occurring in reality. Subjectively, you perceive a cartoon world with Mario bouncing around on koopas. If the CPU has its own subjective experience of the very same objective physical phenomena, it probably doesn't involve the perception of Mario and koopas.

I think there is probably tremendous value in figuring out what it is about the universe that enables these different subjective experiences, when and how they arise, how they're similar and different, etc.
Link to Irix.cc thread http://forums.irixnet.org/thread-1779.html
Well, then. You need to dig it out and report what you find.
> That's clearly irresponsible on management

It is not irresponsible to use temporary fixes in the face of a hard deadline - what is irresponsible is not going back post-deadline to deal with them with a long-term view. Unfortunately, bonuses typically don't get paid for long-term results...
FreedomBox v20.0 Released
https://wicg.github.io/ua-client-hints/

the proposed implementation leaves me questioning how useful the CH headers are for initial impressions of a web property if only the browser and version are sent by default, and more info is only provided on follow-up requests, assuming the user agrees to some permission popup they don't understand. it'll be the "this site uses cookies" nonsense / nuisance all over again. it'll finally push end users to install the native reddit app without those constant annoyances.

i have quite a few ux enhancements that need to know or guestimate the screen size, if the device is touch capable and OS (especially for form input styling). i dont see how it is possible without an additional delay, fetch request and some annoying permission popup to deliver a good experience in the brave new CH world.
Create Your Own CRM: How Much Money and Time Does IT Take?
My company moved to packet about two years ago, for about half of our cloud-based server needs. We loved the pricing and figured it was worth a shot.

Over the last 2 years, we've had ~4 major outages on their platform. The last of these was so severe we're moving everything back off and over to aws.
Tell HN: YC is hosting a Work at a Startup Expo in Los Angeles on March 7
Y Combinator runs its annual Work at a Startup Expo in SF each year (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20033551), and one of the biggest requests we’ve been hearing is to bring this to engineers in other areas.

To that end, we are looking to host more location-specific events in 2020, and the first one is in Los Angeles/Culver City on March 7th. We welcome engineers to apply to attend: https://workatastartup.com/expo

For this event: founders and hiring managers of 20+ YC companies (mostly from the LA area) give quick pitches about their business, their tech stack and why an engineer might be excited to join. After the pitches, we host an open house where engineers are welcome to meet directly with the founders/team to learn more. These events are an efficient and effective way to meet a lot of YC-vetted startups quickly, and to see what jobs are out there in case you’re looking for a new role.

LA’s startup ecosystem has been continuing to get stronger, and we’re excited to help engineers find great YC-vetted startups. This year’s companies cover the spectrum across software infra, AI, cannabis, health & fitness and more, and include both 5-person startups and bigger ones like Standard Cognition and Reddit (much larger, but still a YC-backed company and interesting to many people!)

Working for a startup may not be for everybody; Justin Kan has a great post on why NOT to work at a startup: https://www.atrium.co/blog/work-at-a-startup/. I’ve been through my fair share of startups and large companies, and will be the first to tell you what you’re getting into with either. I’m also happy to chat 1-1 with anybody who might be interested or have reservations: ryan AT ycombinator.com.

For any engineer in Southern California who is interested or curious about working at a YC startup, apply to attend the LA event here: https://workatastartup.com/expo
> Everything is a system. The economy, society, relationships, nature, traffic.

This very much screams "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" to me.
You can now enter manual account and routing numbers with Plaid and they will handle micro-deposit verification. They also now support 2FA for many banks. Plaid is definitely not great in some areas, but there really isn't a good alternative if you want to aggregate your banking and transaction data. Not in the U.S.

Very few banks have publicly-accessible APIs, and when they do, they likely won't return consistent data. There simply isn't a standard in the U.S. There are literally thousands of banking systems in this country. As someone who helps run a fintech app, I can assure you there are significant numbers of people who are simply members of their local credit union with very limited technology.
And even offer REPL and Jupiter notebooks, so..
Take pity on those of us who collect retro-ware http://forums.irixnet.org/thread-1779.html
Will test this out tonight on my site, want to move away from google analytics.
Thank you for the quick reply! Currently our routing needs lots of flexibility, and we are wondering if it's possible to have something similar to OpenResty-style [0] config where builtin directives are Lua functions, and users can handle requests by dispatching them in Lua with a function call.

[0]: https://openresty.org/en/
It looks classy as hell and I think the verbiage on the front page is very strong. There is a back button issue on iOS that needs to be resolved. When you visit the Open Diary link, you can’t get out using the back button. It might be just me. My iPad has been acting wonky lately.
Requires some complicated conversations about how client hints should work in a privacy-respecting way, but this is still unquestionably the right move.

The arguments we're seeing are around what the replacement should be (or if there should be a replacement at all). But either of those scenarios are still better than keeping user agents as they are.
i meant the user who isnt expecting the phone to have what they want gets the experience.

otherwise why allocate disk space to be read only and have apps on it people might not want? (as far as user experience is concerned)
And to think that I used to have great respect for Scientific American magazine. This article is the worst sort of pseudo-intellectual tripe. It uses fancy-schmancy academic language to dress up silly ideas and wordplay. Masking itself in the facade of reasonableness to make hand-wavy conjecture and baseless assertions. Moreover, many of the supporting points made by Goff are simply wrong, betraying his ignorance of our current understanding of nature. I'm saddened that SA has published this.
For some of Plaid's partners it is the point. Others are only using Plaid for a simple bank account verification.

Here is the list Fintech companies which use Plaid as published in the Visa Acquisition presentation. Many of these (like non-lenders) have no legitimate use for all that info.

Stash
Dave
N26
Monzo
Acorns
Chime
MoneyLion
Rainist
Transferwise
Robinhood
Circle
SoFi
Revolut
Etoro
Clearscore
Toss
NuBank
Square Cash
Mint
Coinbase
Venmo
Credit Karma
I love that someone followed through and got it done. I bet a lot of people thought about it. I bet that there's even someone seeing this right now pissed off that they didn't finish first.

Great design. Where'd you get your little illustrations?
Someone on HN reading the article? HAH
The current focus No Code will create a large number of tools a skilled technologist can use to improve productivity. The new tools will open up problem domains where the time and budget wasn't there before. It's clearly not going to replace code, for reasons that everyone has enumerated here.

The reason it's getting VC attention right now, though, is because No Code is a way to discipline the market for programmer salaries. Even if the effect of it is more glue code over more protocols, the goal is to shift jobs from engineers to technicians.
Is there a non-paywalled version of [1] ?
> promote privacy-oriented tech to users

Like what?

> every website ask for permission in order to enable basic functionality

I don't believe that purely functional cookies require GDPR permission - that's covered by "provide services to the user". It's the ones which are functionality to third parties not the user which are the problem.
Dollars aren't used for any transactions you or I would make, people do still like making cash savings in Dollars or Euros if they can get their hands on them.
Thanks for putting this together! What a huge effort. Ignore all the haters here, they'll complain about anything.
Why is it manipulation, if they say they are going to shut down strip clubs, and actively work towards it, why should I care if they WANT to shut them down, vs doing it because it is a campaign promise.

Politicians actively working against their own interests to do what they feel is truly better the country should be held in high regard. You may agree with their policies or not, but you can't fault a person for enjoying something they are against.

I smoked pot as a teenager, and enjoyed it, and fondly look back on those days getting high with my friends. Your view point would mean I couldn't actively be against teenagers smoking pot, and if I were a politician, I should not back anti-smoking legislation for teenagers.
Ring theory in general was founded in large part via her work. I always find it funny that everyone only makes such a fuss about one physics conservation law/symmetry correspondence she observed (for physical theories that happen to be phrased in terms of Lagrangians/Hamiltonians), while the immense mathematical achievement of her extensive work on ring theory goes largely undiscussed in these kinds of conversations.
It is not the 2%-3% inflation, which is healthy. It is the stagnation of wages.
He makes it sound like some back room coup when in reality she maintained her executive chairwomen title, so his whole thesis made no sense.
I see this any time some fresh tech person claims AI will end music as a career. They think it's as simple as generating some nice melodies. Maybe some harmony, if they even know what that is. They don't consider all the sound design, concept, and personality that goes into making and selling music.

You might persuade a computer to generate a set of passable songs for a discerning and skilled musician to choose from as a starting point. But I think I'll be dead before they're good enough to be better than just banging a few chords and presets together to see if it sounds good.

Melody and harmony are what most of these efforts focus on, but that's the easy part for any experienced composer.
Pretty sure you don't understand that pols have in-call services. What do you think Epstein existed for (other than blackmail)?
Human Intelligence, Computation, and the Universal Machine
My point exactly. Why is Mercury a planet and Pluto isn't? Because we arbitrarily decided on the threshold. Universe doesn't care, there's nothing in the laws of physics about Pluto or planets it's just a special case we focus on.

Let me try another definition:

Consciousness is a feedback loop we can empathize with.
In the case of the FBI claiming they needed Apple's help to retrieve encrypted data from an iPhone, it's reasonable to suspect that it was simply a ploy to pressure Apple into making concessions in the face of public pressure. A third party firm was quick to assist the FBI, but I doubt the technique used to bypass Apple's security on the iPhone was entirely novel. I would guess the firm was surprised the government didn't have enough resources to overcome the obstacle themselves long before anyone else. The San Bernardino shooting was a low stakes case of terrorism that may have been classified as a normal workplace shooting, and the FBI didn't have to make haste nor use all of the tools at their disposal. At the same time, the FBI's request to Apple can be considered legitimate after some hand waving because most of the FBI was probably told that it was technically impossible to crack into an iPhone because the necessary tool is classified and kept in reserve.

Also, I don't think any number of people believing to any extent that a corporation may have been compromised removes an important incentive for that corporation to maintain its integrity. For a security-conscious company, reputation and trust don't go that far so it would be safer to assume that Apple can be or has been compromised maybe even without their knowledge. That company would have to look after its own security and use custom protocols / devices. If it was forced to trust Apple, it would have to find an ingenious way to ensure that was not at all in the interest of Apple to betray them.
This document [1] describes the rationale for developing GoatCounter, its goals, and a comparison with existing solutions.

[1]https://github.com/zgoat/goatcounter/blob/master/docs/ration...
> Well apples to apples would be

I don't think so. This is again making the big assumption that you get the same outcome and the same jobs coming out of Lambda School. Might be, might not be, but so far you just claimed grandiose properties without any argument behind them (and changing from comment to comment).
This seems like a perfect solution for a portfolio, blog, or new project. I like that it's open-source, lightweight, and has a self-hosted option!

Elevator pitch from `rational.markdown`

GoatCounter aims to give meaningful privacy-friendly web analytics for business purposes, while still staying usable for non-technical users to use on personal websites. The choices that currently exist are between freely hosted but with problematic privacy (Google Analytics), hosting your own complex software or paying $19/month (Matomo), or extremely simplistic "vanity statistics" (Fathom).

GoatCounter attempts to strike a good balance between various interests. Major features include a free hosted version so people can easily add analytics to their personal website, an easy to run hosted option, an intuitive user interface, and meaningful statistics that go beyond "vanity stats" but still respect your users' privacy.
Negative durations are clearly impossible. Just take ABS of the duration to be safe....
Thank you a lot, I got the illustrations on https://craftwork.design
Great point, I'm certainly not perfect. I sometimes find myself thinking, "why would you do that!?" and that's when I realize that what that really means is I'm the one who's not understanding something. I should be asking myself, "why would they do that?"

In my marriage and in life in general.