skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The answer would be something like "Increasing the money supply has been very successful at mitigating previous recessions without causing inflation."

Unfortunately, previous recessions were caused by demand-side shocks. So increasing the money supply increases demand and mitigates the deflation that usually accompanies a demand driven recession.

It's not clear whether the upcoming recession is supply or demand driven. Shutting down factories in China causes supply shocks; laying people off because of social isolating will cause demand shocks.

If it's a supply shock recession, they usually come with significant inflation and more money will make it a lot worse.
Why do people always ask him the same questions? Is it the easiest way to get an interview with him these days, promising that you'll clone previous interviews?

Someone needs to sit him down and do nothing but ask about programming languages for an hour or two at some point.

On the other hand, the question about his homepage was neat.
Theory says that the moon is sapping energy from the Earth's rotation because it's moving away from the Earth -- angular momentum decreases as moment of inertia increases, all else being equal. I suspect the friction between water and Earth's crust also plays a role, since the tides are drawn to and fro by the moon.
The Uncanny Keyboard (On the MingKwai Chinese Typewriter)
Funny enough, I know someone who has an auto immune system disorder, and recently found out this person is a lead figure in setting up Covid-19 response systems for major healthcare systems in the US.
I've used Draw.io over screenshare successfully, when needed
Seeing shell in the title and then going "haha computers have shells too, such comedy" is a pretty low bar for "hidden gold".

I prefer we leave such knee-slappingly advanced humor on r/funny where it can be truly appreciated.
Unless you're a bidet user.
Not an expert but I think the argument is that this is just swapping one asset (government securities) for another (central bank reserves). So, the working monetary base is not necessarily increasing.
Shampoo might be best. Most shampoos contain sodium lauryl sulphate, also known as sodium dodecyl sulphate, which is the gold standard for destructive protein-unravelling detergents in laboratory work.

Might!
> Stiens;Gate is the only time traveller story that I know that establishes rules for time travel early on and actually sticks to these rules till the end.

There's also Primer, but Stein's gate is better than that movie.
> Earnestness. This seems a rather Victorian quality to care about, but the founders who end up doing the best are all earnest. They’re not starting a startup because it’s the cool thing to do, or to make a quick buck, but because it’s how they want to work.

Ironically, PG accidentally helped create today's phony Silly Valley culture, because after YC's first few big wins with earnest founders, people started smelling money, and gold-rushing douchebags colonized the nascent startup scene in its infancy.
if you have the symptoms for the cold, and don't have the symptoms for covid-19, then why would they test you?
Interesting. I certainly wish her the best, too!
Sort of related, I’d love a service or option that makes your git repos public after you die. Like unfinished projects or ideas you never got to work on etc.
Yeah but they use protections like masks, gloves. I think it's reasonable to assume that a dentist's office likely know better than you about how to minimize the risk. They have motivation in not ruining their business by being a source of local outbreak.
I’ve opted out 3 times so far, without incident. Twice in LA, once in Seattle. While heading to the door to board I didn’t look at the scanner and told the gate agent that I’d like to opt out. They said okay, I got on the plane, and that was it. Not even an alternative screen.

Not to say that your experience is invalid, but it’s not universal. Tho I am fundamentally against the technology in the first place, hence the opt out.
> I usually buy a put (option) just in case 2008 repeats itself. I bought a put last week for 2k (CMG) and now its worth 18k.

Chipotle Mexican Grill? Or is that something related to Chicago Mercantile Exchange?

Cuz like, the terms of my RSU package expclitly forbid dealing in related derivatives. I cannot offset downside risk like this with options.
Personally I think that's a bug, not a feature. If the language aspires to be declarative, but features imperative constructs, it should have a syntax that reflects the distinction.

I work with these kinds of things a lot, having that clear divide between declarative and imperative operations on whatever being expressed isn't only easier to learn and read, it's far more expressive and powerful for complex systems.
Human Computers
I think the average company should and does trust the physical security of Amazon's datacenters more than their own. If I had a nickel for every unvetted janitor allowed to clean an office alone near an easily pickable hardware closet...
I haven't run the numbers on giving every employee 2 weeks of paid sick leave and 3 months of paid medical leave.

But I find it really hard to believe this adds up to only several billion dollars, given there are over 150 million employees in this country.
You do understand that lawyers just write the patents that reflect what the INVENTOR invented, right?
Bleach is not a detergent. Soap is a detergent.
As the joke goes, a trillion here a trillion there and pretty soon you're talking about some real money!

But in seriousness, the next week is a critical time in the world. I remember sitting in an airport when news of Lehman Brothers collapse was flashing on the TV screens. I'm reminded of that time.

We learned later about how Hank Paulson got down on one knee and begged Nancy Pelosi to go along with is plan to save the economy. In retelling of that period, it's clear that the world's top economists felt we were perilously close to a full-blown disaster – trucks not bringing goods into cities, things grinding to a halt, etc.

Remember that when you see bold proposals in the coming days.

As I've commented over the past few weeks, I think we've missed critical steps in fighting coronavirus. The lack of testing will maybe turn out to be one of the biggest scandals of my lifetime.

My personal belief is that – at least in the United States – we did everything we could to prevent a short-term economic slowdown and instead we're on the verge of something much longer, much deeper.

But if there were ever a time for us not to be partisan and tribal, it's now. We blew the past few weeks. We can't afford to blow any more. We really do need to come together, globally, but particularly here in the US to try and agree on the right next steps. We need to act boldly, now.
The Preamble states that one of the purposes of the Constitution is "to provide for the common defence".

Article 1, Section 8 specifies that Congress shall have power to: punish piracy, declare war, raise and support armies, provide and maintain a navy, provide for calling forth the militia to repel invasions.

Article 2, Section 2 specifies that the President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States.

Defending the nation against foreign threats is integral to national security and definitely part of the US Constitution.
I heard WeWorks CEO did pretty well for himself. Boy, was he earnest.
You need also to have the code to do the conversion. If you store, in a byte, the years since 1900 (or 1970) then every time you load and/or process a date to be displayed you need to add 1900 (or 1970) and then convert from int to str which takes time (machines were slow) and code.

And the code takes space.

You may think the space is trivial, but I remember working for nearly two weeks on a commercial system to save around 15 bytes on a system, and it was worth it.

Then the culture was embedded ... you worked to save bytes, and didn't do things that would cost more bytes. And the systems worked, and didn't need updated, so they persisted.
Why don't you counter the narrative by explaining why not?
Some people can't get over Rogan having certain guests on. It is an opinion based ideology.
That sorta depends. The energy companies are getting squeezed by the oil price war, and they are heavily leveraged and dependent on high prices. A lot of companies loaded up on cheap debt, so the banks are screwed if liquidity issues mean defaults.
Yeah, that was only half a joke. At some point, the only things that are worth anything are things that have utility. Money isn't intrinsically useful, it's only useful in what others will trade for it.

The Postman, while it was resoundingly mocked as a movie, was a really chilling book that dealt with what happens when you get to that point.
US Capitol closed to visitors due to Covid-19
You make a reasonable argument. In 2003-6 I helped out Viet Cervical cancer project on screening models for Pap smears to detect cervical cancer. Vietnamese incidence was high. Vietnamese public health organization was well organized and effective. Some lessons learned were published in Systems Analysis of Real-World Obstacles to Successful Cervical Cancer Prevention in Developing Countries

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2004...
Not OP but, it is my understanding Amazon Web Services is their biggest money maker, that's where I think that claim comes from.
It was a simple question. And you didn't answer the rest of my post. Are you asserting that China would've had the same outcome if they had done nothing?
The normal course of action, which has become almost unthinkable in recent years, is that house + senate leaders would quickly bang together some bipartisan legislation that gets the crisis addressed that is voted through and rubber stamped in no time by the president. Instead you have a president playing anti migration sentiments via Twitter while not listening to his advisors, a very hands-off republican senate that defaults to saying "no" to just about anything, and a democratic house calling their bluff. None of them are looking particularly good.

I think it's a reasonable expectation to still see that happen eventually. There are only so many casualties most elected representatives, senators, etc. will be able to have happen on their watch before their electorate calls them out. They sure are taking their sweet time though. But it's an election year too and absolutely nothing is out of scope for when it comes to that.
My Updated Plan to Address the Coronavirus Crisis
Bitcoin is a call option on governments going down but the Internet staying up. Gold is a call option on everything going down and society reverting to how things were done in the 1600s.

They reflect different threat models. If you believe that governments will get swept away by the global market-state, Bitcoin is your asset. If you believe that society will crumble and we'll be back to trading with other villages, gold is your asset.
> If it's a supply shock recession, they usually come with significant inflation and more money will make it a lot worse.

Surely in the beginning, with just China impacted, that was the case. But right now with a global pandemic it's not clear if its a supply shock, or both.

Curious, if supply is lower and the demand lowers more, then what does it mean. A depression??
Heat, humidity and sunlight all reduce infections during summer.

Humidity seems to reduce infection multiple ways.

1. Testing shows that there is less virus particles in air after it has been humidified. Stuff like droplets, dust and micro-particles fall down faster.

2. In dry air viruses may have more direct way into lungs and other tissues when the protective moist layer is evaporating away.
Just being cute. It's WalMart Stores, Inc.
Not sure what context you're referring to, but SVG is heavily used for displaying scalable logos and charts on the web. It's also heavily used for vector-based graphics and outputs to machines (ex. laser cutting) due to its relative simplicity and openness.
Learn to write. This is a widely applicable skill, not just for engineers of course. You'll be writing all sorts of technical documentation, code comments, bug reports, proposals, post-mortems, blog articles, architecture descriptions, random emails, etc, etc. This should really be a skill you learn in school, but I don't think it's stressed enough in engineering schools.

Fortunately it's not hard to get good at this. Mostly find some good examples and copy their general format. You'll go far if you just commit to writing good documentation for whatever project you're working on currently, then it just gets easier with practice. But you have to commit and never skimp on the docs - even if you don't enjoy it. It ain't done until the documentation is done.

Oh, and learn to touch type.

And vi. You'll be able to use vi for the rest of your life on every computing machine ever built :)
VMware embraces Kubernetes in its biggest product blitz in a decade
Barcelona's car-free 'superblocks' could save hundreds of lives (2019)
They pushed the button that makes the ecomony go. Why doesn't it go?
Right. Up until last night the president just kept comparing it to the flu. I'm glad we're getting serious, though since the coronavirus is already wide-spread in the US I'm not sure how much a travel restriction will do now. Hopefully it will slow it down, which would help.

We really need massively expanded testing now, though we've known that for a while and somehow it hasn't happened yet.
> in a country without property law big mean farming operations with security staff will just come and park themselves where you were farming.

That's exactly what is happening in a country that does have the corresponding IP law and the IP law is enabling the practice rather than fighting it. In other news: war is peace, ignorance is strength, and freedom is slavery. Carry on!
Q: "What is the most promising startup idea you’ve heard that didn’t succeed?"

PG: "Maybe Pebble. It could have been the next Apple. But hardware startups are a bitch. External factors can kill you in a way that doesn’t happen with software, and you can’t do things as gradually as you can with software."

This answer stood out to me the most since many of the other questions are answered somewhat in his essays already.
I just reread your quoted passage and noticed the reference to the OS's file cache. Ok, this is outside my knowledge :)
Former addict of opiates here, I've attended a lot of AA/NA meetings in the long ago past (8+ years ago).

They may not claim to be religious, but every single step mirrors the idea that you are to give up to a 'higher power' and to 'faithfully' follow the steps...etc...etc.

It's as religious as it can be while still trying to claim otherwise...in reality its a thin veneer for a truly religious/faith based system. It's got religion all up in its business...the claim to irreligiosity is a fig leaf, in my experience.

I also truly hated their angle of making you feel like you are forever a victim/failure to addiction...that is not how you promote a prosperous and good outlook on life. In fact it's a good way to make you feel like shit and use again.

What I learned later on is that yes, you can let your past be your past...no I don't want to take opiates...but I also am no longer an 'addict'. I am me, and I don't consume addictive pills anymore.

Also, as an anecdote, over 8 years clean here...and that didn't happen till I gave up on AA/NA.

Edit: After reading a few more messages, this one in particular was on point and stated things better than I can: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22553896
i think that AV1 will take over the h264/h265 due to licensing.
So cool, it's perfect tool i was looking for it
That's a bingo. I wasn't particularly trying to obfuscate.

I'm curious how you so quickly figured it out though.
Do you develop apps targeted at China, India, etc? Once you ignore developing countries, the market share of iOS grows a lot higher. If you target North America for instance, you’re close to 50%
I would believe that there are legal precedents for unilaterally detaining someone for an indefinite period of time.

But I also believe that it is a clear violation of the 6th and 8th amendments to indefinitely detain someone without a trial.

These sorts of extreme and unusual actions erode the credibility of the entire judicial system in the eyes of the public.
AWS Launches Open Source OS for Containers
Indeed. There are two views of employee compensation - you can have people that you compensate as a share of value added/profit share (this is very common for sales:its easy to record who sells what;selling more means more revenue - giving a share of that revenue to the seller aligns goals. In theory, and for commodities; in software you also get sales people that overpromise and lead to developers working themselves into an early grave, never having a hope of satisfying any customers..) - and you can have "wage slaves": people you pay wages to for a share of their time.

In the latter case, from a strictly economic standpoint, you'd prefer workers to pay you (eg us prison labour...).

In a strictly value-add/profit share the more value a worker produce, the higher the compensation and the higher the company revenue.

Now software business (knowledgewwork) is typically somewhere on the scale between these two.

I'd personally say that given gitlab's product and business - they would probably be better off leaning a bit more towards the latter - allow a great softare engineer in rural UK or eastern Europe get (locally) silly rich;and allow those that feel like it to move to less crowded locations without docking their compensation. As long as they only get a share of generated added value, this should be a win-win.

But I am not the owner of gitlab.
> Chelsea is being fined an additional $1,000 per day

Wow, I didn't know that. It's not enough to ruin her life while she's in prison, but they want to ruin it if/when she is eventually released.
Excerpts:

4:43:

"As many of you know, I'm from Illinois, and it's the SuperBowl of corruption... In Illinois, our #1 manufactured product is corruption..."

9:28:

"When candidate Donald Trump won for President, Here's what we found at the federal level: We did an oversight report called "Mapping The Swamp, A Study Of The Administrative State", and we found that the federal
bureaucracy is very expensive, it's $1,000,000 a minute, it's $500,000,000 dollars a day. We found a new minimum wage in 78 of the largest federal agencies, and the minimum wage, the average pay, is $100,000 today for a
federal bureaucrat.

But it's not even about the salary, they get performance bonuses! Our auditors found that the agencies gave out one million performance bonuses to bureaucrats, costing taxpayers $1.1 billion dollars! And that shocks most people, they don't know how a million federal bureaucrats can qualify for a performance bonus - most people don't think government's running that well!
So we dug deeper, and we found that 99.6 percent of the federal bureaucrats are rated "fully sucessful"! And that's actually impossible! The advertised purity
of Ivory Soap is only 99.4 percent!"

Related:

https://www.openthebooks.com/

https://www.openthebooks.com/about-us/

https://www.openthebooks.com/assets/1/6/AdamAndrzejewski_Bio...

Article I, Section IX, Clause 7, U.S. Constitution:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Article_One_of_th...

"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a
regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time."

Mission of Open The Books: Capture & post online every dime taxed and spent at every level of government - federal, state and local across America. Simply stated, "Every Dime. Online. In Real Time."

Note to future self: I need a transcript of this man's talk... it's that good.
Deciding to Ship It
Application #1: Personalized real world interactions, aka 24/7 tracking of real world behavior, putting online tracking to shame. Motion detection is one of those technologies where malicious use outweighs positive use by such a large margin that it deserves an outright ban.

Google is always afraid that someone else would overtake them as the #1 global aggregator of user behavior. They always acted swiftly to be on the forefront of new user tracking technologies, with more or less success. From Analytics to Doubleclick to Android to Maps To Plus. Sometimes they even tell themselves they are the good guys. I just wish they'd sometime realize the proper good guy behavior is to prevent the genie being released out of the bottle, not rush to be the ones releasing / acquiring the first / largest one.
I've built a library of guides, all public in the GitLab handbook. http://allremote.info/

The one below seems most germane for your particular question.

How to adjust to remote for workers: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/remote-w...

Remote work emergency plan for leaders/companies: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/remote-w...
this is more about the chipset on the motherboard.

to backdoor this you need to saddle a chip or a connector onto the PCH chip and win the race to takeover the bus.

or if your intel and you send a firmware update to modify the ME behaviour /state.

it would be fairly suspect in most cases but if this was done at the factory, it would be hard to tell for most people.

What really matters is just how much of a target you might be for someone to take the effort to engage in what really amounts to industrial/corporate espianage.
Picking an example disconnected from modern politics...

Suppose that every year the federal government gave each family a baked goose to celebrate our acquisition of colonies via the Spanish-American War. You can think this is an offensive celebration or a crazy waste of money, but why not accept the goose when it is delivered? It's still a tasty meal, even if you think it shouldn't be given out.

That is what is going on. It's not hypocrisy, hate, or inconsistent principles.
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To me the explanation is straigthfoward

Take any disease that kills 99% of those that get it. You are going to be a lot more scared of it, than one that kills 0.1% of infected targets. It does not matter if the overall death number is the same.

People will act far less logically in the first case than the second.

This is not about "math" it is about emotional responses and how that affects everything. As I said, you are more likely to be trampled to death than die in the fire that caused the panic.
I really like programming in C++ and don't write a lot of classes. They are a useful tool in the toolbox but hardly the only one.

Well, looking again, I do use a lot of structs (or their moral equivalent, using 'class' to define a struct with some protected state) but don't use inheritance much.
You just made their list.
Counterfeiting is creating something that is fake, but presenting as real. Counterfeiting has nothing to do with quantitative easing and you shouldn't conflate them.
Yes. I worked for a COBOL vendor at the time and we had customers and colleagues tell us how many things would not have functioned without the time spent remediating it — not planes falling from the sky but, for example, someone at a household-name credit card company saying they wouldn't have been able to process transactions.

This was victim of its own success: since the work was largely completed in time nobody had the huge counter-example of a disaster to justify the cost. I'm reminded of the ozone hole / CFC scare in the 1980s where a problem was identified, large-scale action happened, and there's been a persistent contingent of grumblers saying it wasn't necessary ever since because the problem didn't get worse.
Lol. I thought you were being kinda literal too. I obviously didn't mean eradicate all mosquitoes - just the species that hurt humans. So I felt the same way as you. That's kind of funny.

Anyway, take care my friend.