skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Eurgh for starters using `time.time()` is a bad idea because it calls gettimeofday which is susceptible to clock changes. `time.perf_counter` is what you want to use as it can never go backwards and it will always be from the highest granularity clock.
If night lights were mountains: Cartographer invents new way to look at Earth
Anywhere? Panama, Cayman Islands, bitcoin, foreign real state, gold... take your pick. Wealth is pretty fluid these days, even for people who live under Chinese-style capital "controls".
Yeah, I think this service is meant to fill that gap for Airbnb users. There's no added value here if you stay at a hotel.
> It does mean we all need to become proficient at using those data flows ...

Pretty sure that's extremely unlikely to (ever) happen for even a majority of the population.

a) People have their own interests and goals. They generally aren't going to put time into anything like this unless it seems like it'll help them achieve one of their interests/goals

b) Not everyone is "switched on" technologically. Kids, elderly, even just some people with non-technical personality types. :/
Why are people still using printers at all?

I cannot fathom any reason outside of art / photos why you would want to print a document when you can view it on just about every device available to you. When was the last time you were in a room without a screen? A room where nobody had a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or TV? Do you view Word documents in the shower?

It seems like from a financial and environmental perspective, printing out forms is exceedingly wasteful.
I’ve driven I-5 (N/S) and I-90 (east) and 90 is much, much easier and faster to get into Seattle. You can see it in the housing prices to the south of Seattle - towns that look close are essentially in-commutable and somewhat cutoff from the downtown job market and salaries.
If that is indeed the case, then I would agree. But then, the "everything is a file" mantra, which the whole USB example was supposed to be about, doesn't become relevant anymore. It seems like an entirely different problem.
I understand the reasoning, and agree that it’s not always abuse. At first blush it’s a good idea, but I’d maintain that it’s one of the things that balloons your repo size quite quickly. Plus, one have to draw a line somewhere on what to include (a Python interpreter? A Go version? awk and grep?), and third party vs in-house is a fairly robust one imo.

We host a private mirror for third party dependencies, so that “pip install”/“go get” fail on our CI system if the dependency isn’t hosted by us. This gives us reproducible builds, while allowing us to hold 3rd party libraries to a higher standard of entry than source code. For certain libraries we pin version numbers in our build system, but in general it allows us to update dependencies transparently. It also keeps our source repo size small, for developers, and allows for conflicting versions (example Kafka X.Y and X.Z) without cluttering the repo with duplicates.

It’s definitely a smaller gotcha than the others I listed, maybe to the point where it’s not a gotcha, but I stand by it :)
These standards won't be adopted by the market for at least 10 years, because it's not in anyone's financial interest to do so.

The hub manufacturers all want to lock people into a proprietary garden, even if they're using open protocols, so they can sell accessories and "Certified for X" marks.

The only thing that would really push adoption would be a killer paid service that ran on top of one of the open platforms.

Expect after 10 years everyone will be fed up with sunsetting and interoperability issues that standards-compliance will be a product feature.

But then again it took 20 years + the EU to nudge the market towards USB connector chargers?
The regenerative braking only works for light braking. After that it's standard disc brakes. And I don't think flooring it off the line at every block through a residential area is a very safe idea, please don't encourage anyone.
Ask HN: How to break down team Silos
Hello,

I work in a business where there is poor communication between teams and departments. It’s also a complex organisation which takes time to understand.

Has anyone experienced any effective methods or initiatives to help break this down and bridge the gap to ultimately improve business performance?
Not really. You often need to make extensive changes in those kinds of external dependencies, so you really do want them in your source tree.
Become a product manager?
To make it a bit more clear, libusb would be a closer comparison to the Windows/MacOS APIs OP is talking about being better.
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It https://nyti.ms/2NEbiJZ
Ah, yes, I misread. Interesting nonetheless.
“except maybe for setup”?

Surely you see the problem, right?
From my perspective, I think it works a little better.

There's less of an "ears are plugged" sensation but everything remains quiet (it's actually a little eerie to me when I first turn it on).
That's an argument that only works on logicians, along the lines of "every dice with enough sides is actually rigged to the first number it lands on". If a particular consequence is exceptional (the invention of Go), but some consequence is inevitable (the invention of a board game to pass the time of some people in China), analysis after the fact has limited meaning.
A little bit of both. The body shop outsources the risk of putting butts in chairs, and removing them when you’re done.

It’s crap work for crap pay. In the 70s and 80s when this stuff was new, it made sense to “grow” and train operators and more blue collar folks driven by runbooks and tight frameworks. Nowadays you just hire low skill folks “off the shelf”.
The brief history of the site is that for the first 8 years or so it contained many separate maps, each for a distinct region. These regions were comprised of places where people had contacted us and said they wanted a map, and that they would manage the data for. It just happens that almost all of those regions were in North America.

So, we let the users decide what the map would show.

Additionally, we had a pact with findapinball.com that we’d stay out of Europe. We recently backed out of that because we merged all the regions together and wanted to allow people to submit locations anywhere.

We don’t really have the resources to load data for the whole world. But the code is available, and if you want to figure out a way to cluster data at that scale...!

Also, I agree that the website search experience needs improvement. Try the mobile app! We recently redesigned it, and it’s easier to browse the world.
It's true but I'd be surprised if it was a majority these days.
From the former director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.

https://www.washington.edu/boundless/earthquake-authority/
>From the customer perspective we have never launched a product and then killed it

Can you please deliver a talk at Google some time?
Tesla cars are in this category too
I would have loved to see Tesla provide us mail carriers with something like this. Maybe next cycle, those things get terrible mileage, and do a lot of braking that could be regened.
Don't worry, we can just drop a few strategically positioned and timed nukes in the mid Atlantic to counteract the waves.
> What I'm against is this idea that if X is okay as long as X is expensive, but the moment X becomes cheap, or democratized, or accessible, all of a sudden it's a problem, and we need a ban.

These kinds of things tend to increase attention given to issues, yes. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that people care more about things that are easily and practically abused, because, well, those are the things that are more likely to actually affect them. Plus it's a lot harder to argue against some formless "maybe people could be watching me" threat, but a lot easier to reason about a specific example.

> Example: it's already legal to keep tabs on people in public. There are businesses build on this idea, private investigators. A little sleazy? Expensive? Sure. But legal. If you want to be consistent, you should ban them too.

I'm not really a fan of private investigators, to be honest, but I haven't really given it as much thought as I should before I argue my case online.
What's the transmission power for those? Current RC transmitters transmit at 10 mW or so.
What's up with hired.com? When I was looking for a new job last year they posted a lot of jobs I'm very qualified for near me on sites like ziprecruiter yet when I actually made an account they said no they had no jobs for me.
i’m hoping this story prompts his company getting sued into oblivion. if i were running twitter or fb and suddenly there’s a strong incentive not to post personal photos i’d be rightly alarmed.
> However, its a model where companies use software to lock you out of being able to use your hardware.

To be clear: Anyone using HP Instant Ink (II) can cancel II and buy a non-II cartridge and be on their merry way. As noted in other parts of this post: The only thing OP was blocked from doing was using an II cartridge after he stopped paying for the II service.

Disclaimer: I do agree the tractor licensing situation is not good, but it's also not the same as this situation.
I was actually shopping for 2nd hand all in one wifi laser printer. Any good recommendations ? ~100 bucks (linux friendly would make it perfect)
This sounds great. I would compare it more to airbnb - using someone's stuff that would otherwise go unused. So actually extracting lost value. Uber might one day become that (I hear the typical personal car goes unused something like 90% of the day), but when everything is self-driving.
You’re right. It was first introduced with the PS2 in 2000. I do however have a vague recollection of early cartridge based systems where you could download games over cable.
Or any of the 10 biggest cities in China.
We do a few things to keep it risk free for store owners. For one, we are the ones providing insurance, so they're never the target of a claim. Besides that, we allow store partners the right to refuse service - or ask to inquire about what's being stored. None of our locations have ever had to do that, but it takes care of the scenario where a store partner fears people are storing something illicit.
JavaScript Clean Code Concepts
I don’t think so...

My techie friends are buying Sonos.

Also, Sony has made some serious inroads to the noise canceling headphones lineup with the 1000XM series.

Adding to their injury, my brother in law is in the corporate av business, and they have a saying: Go Bose - no highs - no lows. (Basically, no one gets fired for buying Bose, but they are no longer the best)
Being the 787 was a new type rating at the time of its release and its release happened before many of the major cutbacks in the FAA, I’m not sure that’s a fair statement. Do you have a source to back that up?
1) art/photos

2) sending letters

3) handing in forms to government services etc

4) paper is a lot more practical to just stick somewhere/hand around for whoever to use, e.g. checklists

5) making signs/labels for stuff

6) handing in homework
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> In that case you are the first trying to solve a problem, thus creating a new market.

Critically: No, in business, it more often means that the market doesn't exist. If it did, you'd likely have competitors.

My point was just to note that this isn't unique to startups or VCs--it's common to all markets. It is generally a worrisome indicator if you have no competitors, and it is easier to justify chasing things other people are chasing.
> airplay

Yes, because Apple is a company known for their commitment to longevity and compatibility.

> tv/line in

Many of their devices don't have any line in ports.
DHL has their own project in Germany:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StreetScooter
The West (4 corners) doesn't really get disasters although the typical weather is pretty bonkers.
Looks great for testing with my private cluster. Thanks
Why is lisp still so uncommon today as a practical, business-needs language? Everyone I know who uses it loves it, but it’s virtually nonexistent in today’s enterprise.
If you are already using AWS perhaps you can take a look at AWS Lambda, that enable you to run one-off batch jobs without having to containerize any application.
I think I prefer the plan9 approach of "everything is a file/filesystem" rather than the unix "everything is a file" as typically seen. Actual usage of files, filesystems and namespaces under plan9 was more consistent than the file approach under linux. It was a lot of fun playing in plan9.

Regarding the video, of the three examples the windows approach was shown as more succinct. I thought the linux version was messy. The mac version seemed overly complex. Whether these were actually representative is another matter. I can't say how but I'm not convinced - there seemed to be some artistic license / suspension of belief required.

The remainder seemed to be meandering but I sense you had to be there.
> if you could confirm the problem is fixed

Yes, it's working :)
I think the days of Airbnb being "rent out a spare room" are gone, whenever I look, most Airbnb properties tend to be used as dedicated short-term lets and has supplanted the old holiday letting market.
> basically there's only a few new major models in a year?

Depends on how you define major, but there’s really only a few new major models a decade. Even if you count things like 787-800, 787-900, etc variations as major, there’s still not a few models every year even if you include all major commercial aircraft manufacturers.
Racket is not Common Lisp. It's not a bad idea to learn it, but the questioner specifically asked about Common Lisp.
I wonder why ultra-elite companies like Google don't swap to a model where they reach out to people they want to hire, rather than accepting random applications?
Exactly! First you notice its a bit dusty everywhere, then that places that are not regularly swept seem to accumulate dirt a lot faster than normal - ant then you put one and the huge volcano next door together and bam! :-D

Nice touch how the city runs ash collection points or how people living on Sakurajima itself (the volcano) cope with it. They have roofs over gravestones, transparent tents over fruit tree plantations & ash sweeping equipment on every bus stop. Oh and those flying rock shelters every ~600 meters. :)
Hi thanks for responding it's a good site.

I was actually inquiring for a friend of mine who's a social worker and has a small Private practice.

I think a major issue you might encounter is HIPAA type regulations. Medical practitioners are extremely risk-averse when it comes to patient information.

I didn't see anything on the site about this.
religion is a choice

That's true for both sides. Why someone would do charity but leave a well-defined group out of it is a mystery.
Stockholm recently had to shut down a huge new train station for months, because it turned out that the escalators would break down and start going in reverse.
Very cool! I was just wanting this last night, will test it out.
I guess Cory Doctorow got no input in what his article said?
If by west, you are just referring to the west coast of the US, then yes, home prices are outgrowing inflation. If you mean the entire US, then no, it is not as "In 2017 the price per square foot of a new home was only 4% more (about $3) than in 1979" [0].

[0]: https://www.supermoney.com/inflation-adjusted-home-prices/
If there's an oversupply of talent in tech then are H1Bs no longer being awarded?

Seems like a constant gripe about talent shortages but then conflicting stories about how to filter an overwhelming supply of talent.

I'm honestly curious how both can be true. Who's lying, or is it simply unwillingness to train local talent?
Say Woof? AI in Animal Language Translation
This is a good point, but isn’t the US skewed towards trucks (both big and consumer) over vans? I’m guessing from my experience living in the US and EU. (And those stats are likely counting consumer trucks into the passenger category). This also explains why Tesla is doing a big truck and passenger truck, but hasn’t announced a van yet - it’s building primarily for the domestic market.
Agreed. Read Graham's books after you're somewhat comfortable with the language, to learn advanced techniques. Norvig's books on Common Lisp are also a good place to start.
You're absolutely right. In Europe a lot of ski trips are done by travel agencies, with busses and housing in apartments. And you almost always have to check out at 10AM. So it mostly takes away a day on skis (which is awesome for the few that do make it out on the "travel days" )
That appears to address the 'occupation' part but not the 'at war' part.

Is that settled? Just because they didn't use it in the past doesn't mean they won't try in the future.

Things are going on right now in Washington that are completely unprecedented up to this point.

What caselaw defines 'at war' as it pertains to the third?
Wow. Everything you wrote reads like a HP PR piece distributed to employees to "help" them articulate the changes... Do you work for HP?
I guess that would make the Guardian a “smart website”.

And what an excellent excuse for dismissing all critisism.
Not to worry: once there is sufficient regulation in a given product category, said regulations may eventually mandate that products refuse to work without server connections and kill switches. You know, for consumer safety. Or to combat wrong information. Or whatever it is that decade.
I don't get the hate for that movie. It was a perfectly adequate action movie and I loved the HFR (60fps, unfortunately missed out on the 120) 3D. The CGI face at the end was horrendous though.
This is a good point. While Alpha Zero etc. are much stronger than humans, they may have weak areas. Actually we know one: ladders.

Ladder is a fundamental technique that is easy for humans but hard for both monte carlo and neural network static analysis. It is plausible that an equally strong but more ladder-aware player would have very different tactics from the current best computer players.

The original AlphaGo actually had a hand-crafted ladder feature input layer. It was removed in Alpha Zero. We know from Leela Zero and ELF Go game records that they don’t understand ladders very well, so likely Alpha Zero didn’t understand them either.
I live in Oakland, CA. Internet is definitely more reliable than electricity. My smart home devices send me an email when there's a power outage.
I'm did not become trad by a choice. I unknowingly grew up not caring about what people thought of me. I was a middle aged adult before I realized that this is a very uncommon thing. One of the moments was when I said that I hardly ever look in a mirror and if I do it's usually for a specific purpose like checking a particular spot on my face. I also described someone as very unphotogenic in their company with others present because I didn't realize that how you appear to others had much significance.

Being that and living on the internet I do realize that I respond and react to feedback so am aware of the experience as well as in real life. Where I disagree with the article is that being trad isn't an all or nothing deal. There are certain areas where I really don't care what people think of me and there are other areas where I will take it to heart. It basically boils down to how much of an expert I feel I am in an area. The lesser known areas I will either respond more or less to feedback depending on whether it's an area I choose to grow in at the moment. The only case where there's some conscious effort is when having your expertise in an area questioned. There you have to evaluate everything you know about the conversation and other person and yourself and figure out if there's value in continuing. As long as we're talking objectively it's fine, if there are logical fallacies being thrown around it's time to let it go.

So I am both as are many others if you consider areas separately.

Edit: Here's a concrete examples: If I'm trying to impress you and you don't approve, I've failed. If you are unimpressed but I wasn't trying it doesn't matter. I find that the technical folk here are mostly quite confident in their respective areas but also recognize that there are those more knowledgeable here. I am trying to write intelligently and get confirmation/approval but I won't spend many minutes if I get the opposite. I mostly use the feedback for 'rough guidance' rather than a point by point match.
Germany Breaks Korea’s Six-Year Streak as Most Innovative Nation
One difference is that using unused space is free (other than the transaction cost/effort). Whereas most of the cost associated with using a car is mileage rather than time based. So while there's some cost associated with a car sitting unused, there's even more cost associated with putting miles on it.
We are barely out of the dark-ages of medicine and there are fundamental shifts in perspective every day. (Like the new link between viruses and everything from Alzheimer's to cancer.) Even "folksy"-seeming perspectives like the linking the gut to seemingly unrelated areas like the brain turn out to have been correct. And as for the "anti-vaxers", I had dismissed them out-of-hand until I spend time with several neurologists (both researchers and practitioners) that were staying at my hotel for a conference, and after a few drinks and stealthy nametag removal admitted they are in general not willing to administer most vaccines to themselves or their own children. (I can do into a few more details, but I do not wish to start a anti-vax flamewar...)
Well, we thought so as well when we initially entered the space. But if you're checking out near Fisherman's Wharf in SF and you want to spend the day in the mission, commuting back to your hotel to pick up your things become a lot less practical. The majority of users are Airbnb customers, but do see quite a few hotel guests use us as well
Actually if anyone here follows current go bot development, I would like to know if they currently have some specific ladder features to address this weakness?
Is there in fact an Apple program that amounts to renting? I'm only aware of the iPhone upgrade program, where you pay monthly and can get a new phone once a year after turning your old one in. But if you pay for two years, the phone is yours, outright.

I'm a buy-with-cash kind of guy, but the above isn't rental and shouldn't be described as such. It's a payment plan with some incentives designed to keep iPhone sales up.
All they have is correlation and they paint a narrative of "causes", ugh.

> In addition to the links between levels of internet addiction and poor study motivation and ability, internet addiction was found to be associated with increased loneliness. The results indicated that loneliness, in turn, made studying harder for the students.

While they don't use the phrase "causes", the in turn definitely suggests that they think internet addiction causes loneliness. Since we're apparently free to interpret correlation as causation, here's my interpretation:

Loneliness makes studying harder and is major contributing factor in internet addiction.
I believe you need a `--recursive --level 1` in there too, so overall:

wget --no-parent --accept pdf --recursive --level 1 http://worrydream.com/refs/
> I mean lisp is mostly tree recursion everywhere.

Two things:

1. This isn't true. Common Lisp style emphasizes looping; Scheme emphasizes recursion.

2. What's wrong with tree recursion anyway?
The 3D fad seems dead, again. A few years ago, 3D was a feature advertised on every new TV and many came with shutter glasses. Today, no sign of that. The main features today are picture quality, like black level and HDR.
am i the only one who thinks it’s a good thing that his Linux example was shorter than the other two and required less calling into hyper-specific API functionality?
The Lowest-Scoring Jeopardy Contestant of All Time on How It All Went Wrong