skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
They changed those apps to normal packages in 19.04 or 19.10.
This. I've been thinking about this for last few sleepless nights. I am at a start-up which has grown to 61 person. The tight connection of everybody's everyday contributions to company survival has declined. A rigourous accountability and incentives framework is still missing and there's no time and resources to build it now. Most of employees don't know what is more or less important and by how exactly much.

I found interesting the concept of Internal Market. This book appears to be describing exactly what I got in my mind: "Internal Markets: Bringing the Power of Free Enterprise Inside Your Organization
".
Close to “Perfect UX” is when technology is acting on your behalf, and you don’t even know it’s there.

A good example of this is the Nest thermostat. After a few weeks you just forget it exists, and it does its thing in the background.
SnapDrop a simple Apple Airdrop replacement built for the web
A poorly managed company can spend money internally on inappropriate things as well. It's not like IBM doesn't spend on R&D:

* https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/IBM/ibm/research-d...

AAPL spends on R&D, and dividends, and buybacks.
Having done a few of them, they are actually great. No idea if I’d say the same thing outside of lockdown though. For now watching a tango concert from Argentina or baking with a Swedish chef has been fun. They haven’t all been great, but so far I’m happy with at least 60-70% of them.
I don't quite get why "entry level" products are being made. In almost every conceivable category, if your budget is limited, buying used premium products is most likely the best option. A few years ago I would consider myself rather poor (think ex-eastern block), and me and almost everyone I knew was buying used stuff - be it cars, phones, computers, tools etc.

If you aim at the entry level market, you either make something that will soon be obsolete, or cut corners on manufacturing - both options lead to the landfill rather soon.
And I rowed in college, and yes met a few Asian people who played lacross in HS. All of these generalizations are true at some point in time. As people pick up on these criteria and start competing for them, the admission office will change the "measure of well-roundedness" again. That's the point I'm trying to make,"wholistic" judgement is arbitrary and well within their control, that's one source of power.

And not it doesn't define your life, but in some parts of the world it does give you a leg up.
It is a product. It’s ok if you don’t like it. And I agree that it often has negative effects on the surrounding community, but I don’t see why that means it’s not a product.

I don’t think it makes sense to say that a product is something that never has those sort of negative externalities because that is certainly not the case.
The last plastic Mac laptops were the original MacBook (circa 2006-2008 or so?) rather then the toilet seat ones.
> FYI they probably don't have the capability to do a whole lot with location data anyhow.

I thought before that Hungary won't be able to implement a survaillance state that fast, because the government doesn't have any IT capability, but what's happening is even scarier: they started outsourcing it to Chinese companies, and I wouldn't be surprised to see that trend continuing.
Really though? During that time, you occupy a space, and the spaces afforded you by the society you are born into define the constraints within which you can apply your time. That is, all of your "currency you are born with" is really "futures".

Even the time on Earth you are allotted at birth is constrained by the environment you are born into.
“The Shining” is perfect quarantine viewing
>Forget games, they still don’t have a UI that anybody wants to use or any software that businesses need.

A lot of businesses have relatively little desktop software that runs natively these days. And many of the key desktop apps like Office (though even that's less important these days), Adobe Creative Cloud, etc. do run on Macs.

Yes, Windows is and will remain the standard at the majority of companies. But increasingly the laptop OS/chip doesn't matter as much. I have a couple Macs but I often just use my Chromebook.
The comparison I’m making is that you could rip out internals of chromebook, fit the iPhone inside and have a ton more spare space for other crap. And no fans.
set -o vi to use vi on the command line.
Personal information is a fair point, though that goes for any loyalty program (which I presume you also don't use), but what do you mean by "won't work as advertised"? The function that's advertised is that you can scan items as you walk through the store and once you get to the checkout the only thing you do is pay, which is exactly the function that's provided.
Titanic was a mainstream movie, but the attention to detail is on another level entirely.
They just didnt develop the concept enough and think though the consequences. There is a great plot in there somewhere
Only with scissors - from what I've seen online the newer larger grey ones are removable, but it's possible you can't put them back on after removing them - don't know for sure.

Edit: upon entering HK you are put in to mandatory quarantine for two weeks - it's during this period the wrist bands are used.
"...that has consumed my life" - is that supposed to make me _want_ to use it?
Safe Blues: A Method for Estimation and Control in the Fight Against Covid-19
I suspect Tim Cook is old enough to remember "The Osborne Effect" quite keenly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect

That being said, like many urban legends, there is quite a bit of doubt as to whether the company's demise was caused by the pre-announcement, rather than by the fact that Osborne was trying to leverage its lead into bigger margins, without offering more computer for the dollar.
Someone need to make an app that removes ads from apps that remove watermarks...
Our* guidance has been HFNC only in negative pressure rooms because of the aersolization risk.

We've converted a huge number of beds to negative pressure in order to maximize use of HFNC. Anecdotally, I feel like it works, but would be great to see a trial.

*major nyc health system
It’s certainly the most valuable natural resource a person is born with, by far, but I’d argue there’s also technically space and energy there, too. The space a baby consumes is almost
valueless, and the energy output is also (though thoughts of babies being harvested in The Matrix come to mind).
Coronavirus exposes America’s broadband problem
Imagine if this was written to another race besides white or asian. Why do you think this ok to say to a fellow asian? Do you not think it's ok to complain about social problems and simply ignoring them if you cannot fix them yourself is the solution? This stereotype you're pushing is the exact problem.
I've often wondered what the world would look like if languages were actually theoretically different not just practically.

I.e. what if you actually needed Fortran to write a program designed for scientific computation, or Prolog for GOFAI etc. Maybe some cases would fit into several languages ("I showed that SimCity is a special kind of database so you can write it in SQL") but you would have proven gaps in capabilities.

Language disputes would be way more fun.

P.S. After you finished thinking about this, think about what model theory would look like if Lindström's theorems were false.
Ooh, what study showed that?
Even better would be randomized experimental data that this was better than an alternative... 'It works' can mean lots of different things...
But iPads and iPhones have. The existing library of already ARM-optimized software will make the transition easier.
I would have absolutely loved it! I'm not opposed to something that looks silly or cumbersome, as long as it delivers on the functionality and is comfortable to wear.
> that would mean the money still enters the economy via the workers doing the research and development.

How much is it IBM's job to have more money 'enter the economy' versus for it to make money for its owners at a good ROI?
Another issue. At Safeway, Heinz ketchup is the real deal. No duplicates.

Amazon, on the other hand, has allowed duplicates, cheap reproductions and false reviews to proliferate. Now the only way you are assured a product is what it says is if it is an amazon brand.
Exposing the Cost of Performance Hidden in the Cloud (2018)
That sounds stressful...
Hard disagree. Better games make affordances for players of differing skill level (like Go for example), but in games where this is not possible, the ethical calculation is more complex (although I would argue the ethical calculation isn't really relevant in a game, as the whole point of most games is about creating a safe place for the mutual exploration of systems).

Whether or not the specific examples constitutes cheating is up for negotiation by the participants.
The Hololens is still the best I've tested, but admittedly haven't tested the Hololens 2 yet. None are reasonable consumer devices, though; between the terrible FOV and the lack of useful software, none justify their price tags yet.
Agree, PlantSnap is not bad either but I still prefer PlantNet
You can't influence the result of a coin toss, unless you're using a manipulated coin.

I'd put rock paper scissors more into the poker category, but actually there's less of a luck-component in rps, because there's no drawing of random cards. You're only playing your opponent, and unless your opponent hast figured out a way to be completely random, you can "read" them if you're good enough. But that's very hard and impossible to do perfectly, so we call it luck.

Tennis is mostly a matter of the body, rps or poker are games of the mind.
What’s superior with VMWare? I’m a virtual box user (via vagrant) but would switch for a compelling feature set. Performance, IPv6?
According to the OED and paraphrased from the 1989 edition — arguably before spellcheckers were widespread; the use of -ize, for instance, is dependant on the root of the word. Words that stem from Greek, with the transitive sense of ‘make or conform to, or treat in the way of, the thing expressed by the derivation’, or ‘to act some person or character, do or follow some practice’. Words formed (in French or English) on Latin adjectives and nouns (esp. on derivative adjectives in -al, -ar, -an, etc.), mostly with the transitive sense. Words from later sources. Words formed on ethnic adjectives, and the like, chiefly transitive but sometimes intransitive. Words formed on names of persons, sometimes with the intransitive Greek sense of ‘to act like, or in accordance with’. From names of substances, chemical and other; in the transitive sense of ‘to charge, impregnate, treat, affect, or influence with’.
> The best gift my age group can give is build herd immunity.

Careful with that. There have been a number of deaths in younger age groups, statistically not as significant as those in older and at risk groups, but the risk is there.
That 88% number is pretty misleading. They only looked at: (number of patients who died) / (number of patients who died + number of patients discharged alive). And didn't consider the other patients on ventilators who are still alive, but still in the hospital (many likely no longer on ventilators).

Don't get me wrong, the fatality rate for intubated patients is going to be high. but probably more like 40-60%.
I’d agree with “it’s fine to take advantage,” but “unethical not to”?

Would that line apply when playing your young child in a game?
I'm a founder of a startup[1] that works in the podcasting space and my personal favorites are TigerBelly, Exchange Invest Weekly, JRE, The Indie Hackers podcast!

[1] useCastup.com
I was taught double spacing when learning how to write. The teachers specifically mentioned to write using an extra space between sentences.
This does not hold true for the appellate court's decision:

> While it found the game may call up a certain measure of skill, "it seems evident … that the game also involves a large part of chance, so that it does not take 'only skill or bodily exertion on the part of the parties,'" the court concluded.
The Macbook 12" was pretty clearly targeted at someone like me, who during normal times was traveling something like 1/3 of the time and really isn't very price sensitive. To be honest, I'm not sure why there isn't a bigger market for a premium 11" to 12" laptop. A 2 pound 13" laptop like the Pixelbook Go isn't bad for travel but I'd still probably go with something a bit smaller if a good option were available.
1979 CA – Present Canada 1 Oz Gold Maple Leaf .9999 Fine (Random Year)
That's not what happened in that episode at all.

What actually happens is Jez accidentally runs over his "girlsfriend"'s dog (hard to really car her a girlfriend when they had only just met) while backing up the car, then hides the body in a messenger bag to conceal the incident. Later in the episode, he tries to burn the corpse but fails at that. Toward the end, they're on the girl's father's boat, and the girlfriend asks what's in the bag. Jez replies that it's barbeque chicken(?) and reluctantly takes a bite. Shortly after, they find the dog's collar in the bag and discover the horrible conclusion.

Jez may be a lot of things (selfish, lazy, etc.) but he's no murderer.
I hated that movie, it showed only the very poor and the very rich, while showing that they don't make up the whole world. I couldn't empathize with anyone.
What does the 'rc' in `.bashrc`, etc. mean?
- be efficient at doing stuff

- automate stuff

- avoid time sinks

- be pragmatic about technology choices

This isn't article isn't about currency, btw.
Daily Crunch: AT&T CEO steps down
A somewhat less fancy version of this is $CDPATH.

export CDPATH="/path/to/my/projects:$HOME/Work/Projects"
# From anywhere.
cd andr<tab><enter>
Here's some anecdata:

I have a 2011 MBA whose battery still lasts an hour and it can do all the "daily driver" tasks except gaming.

(Meanwhile I replaced my other laptop's battery 3 times in that time!)

THe MBA's mobo finally went out so I'm in the market for a new laptop NOW and want to justify buying an EIGHTH GEN i5 MBP for over $1000 when there are laptops with TENTH gen i7's and >1tb hdd's for similar money.......
The purpose of college applications is to get admitted. So stop doing things that prevent admission.

In college admissions check any race you want, but don't pick the one that deducts points. And for your last name put CONTROLGROUP. Done.

This applies if your family is White or Asian (my family is both).
The End of the Harvard Century
Be careful with that number. It's 88% of the cases that had resolved after ~4.5-5 days, which was only 25% of the cases included in the study.

If there is some bias in the study population, the overall rate can change quite a lot (for example, a possibility is that the weakest patients succumb in that period, with stronger patients coming off the ventilators after a longer period...).
Go read Baltasar Gracian's art of worldly wisdom.

https://sacred-texts.com/eso/aww/index.htm

xxi The Art of being Lucky.

There are rules of luck: it is not all chance with the wise: it can be assisted by care. Some content themselves with placing them-selves confidently at the gate of Fortune, waiting till she opens it. Others do better, and press forward and profit by their clever boldness, reaching the goddess and winning her favour on the wings of their virtue and valour. But on a true philosophy there is no other umpire than virtue and insight; for there is no luck or ill-luck except wisdom and the reverse.

xxxi Select the Lucky and avoid the Unlucky.

Ill-luck is generally the penalty of folly, and there is no disease so contagious to those who share in it. Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. The greatest skill at cards is to know when to discard; the smallest of current trumps is worth more than the ace of trumps of the last game. When in doubt, follow the suit of the wise and prudent; sooner or later they will win the odd trick.

xxxvi In Acting or Refraining, weigh your Luck.

More depends on that than on noticing your temperament. If he is a fool who at forty applies to Hippocrates for health, still more is he one who then first applies to Seneca for wisdom. It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it. For something is to be done with it by waiting so as to use it at the proper moment, since it has periods and offers opportunities, though one cannot calculate its path, its steps are so irregular. When you find Fortune favourable, stride boldly forward, for she favours the bold and, being a woman, the young. But if you have bad luck, keep retired so as not to redouble the influence of your unlucky star.
This is debatable because it's a matter of taste (or habit), but one thing they got right is optimizing the interface for Touchscreens.
No. I'll read them sometimes if I'm standing in a hallway for some reason.

The only value that matters to me: Do the right thing, as best as you can determine that, as best you can.
> Buybacks and dividends are not equivalent, buybacks are tax advantaged in ways that dividends are not.

[citation needed; location specific]

Here in Canada both capital gains and dividends of Canadian companies have special tax treatments.

Also remember: in both cases the money leaving the company are profits, which are (should be?) taxed at the corporate tax rate. So the government should be/is getting a cut already. The recipient of the money (either buyback or dividend) is then getting taxed again(?) potentially.
20 years ago my friend made simple RPS computer game that always won iterated games against human player. It was relatively simple Bayesian algorithm (not naive Bayes exactly).

Humans really suck at producing randomness.
The Manzin quote isn't appropriate. The experts themselves have stated they're still investigating the virus and potential solutions. Trump wasn't suggesting they experts missed something.
It's an excellent point. Learning is not the same as science, and we need randomized trials to actually be sure of anything.

Unfortunately, in the middle of a pandemic, that's not going to happen with enough speed to prevent a lot of people dying.

The perfect can be the enemy of the good enough. We don't have to guess or learn about the mass of an electron; that's been well-established through great lab work. But not all decisions are like that. Many times the hardest decisions are those you make with incomplete and contradictory information ... and not making a decision is, in effect, making a decision. This is one of the things that's so interesting here. If it were simple yes/no, what's science and what's speculation, there wouldn't be much interesting learning or decision-making happening.
Yesterday, I didn't know what Snaps were. I'm returning to Linux from years in Microsoft land. Used to use Solaris back in the 90s. I'm running big servers in a coloc environment (not desktop) but I want nice things like, oh Python 3, by default. Now, I know way more than I ever wanted to.

So far, there have been two real pain points:
1. Netplan is a mysterious friend who occasionally rearranges my furniture when I'm not looking.
2. Snap is a young kid who wants to make help me get groceries but borrow my car to drive to
the store.

I'll leave netplan aside for a moment and focus on Snap.

I got 20.04 to fail badly under KVM using either the just released version or the nightly build because Snap fails. I can see exactly where it fails thanks to Python (cool). It's in an error handler for a UI view that's reading a property that doesn't exist and it hoses the install (ouch). It appears to be triggered because I was testing an odd network configuration.

Once something goes wrong, after that, every change just results in a one-line "apt-get fails" error message.

But consider the implications...

Canonical apparently doesn't have an automated testing system which checks how Snap behaves under failure conditions but they put it into the install process without protections around it. This feels pretty half baked....
It's basically the same technology that's used at the register. You pick up a barcode scanner, you scan your items, and the scanner produces a hash of your items that can be scanned at checkout to reproduce the list. Super simple technology.

The store could gather how much time it took you to scan between items and in which order, but you can pay with cash if you're worried about personal privacy.
Yes, absolutely virtualization works so much better. In fact you can boot Mac and run VMWare Fusion, or boot into Windows 10 and use either Windows Subsystem for Linux or VMWare Workstation, and you will have a pretty great experience with Linux.

OTOH if you try to install Linux on any recent MacBook Pro, you are in for hours and hours of googling weird shit with like only 2 comments on forums you have never heard of, and you will still never get Wi-Fi, sound, and sleep/hibernation all working at the same time.

It's just not worth it. If you are so hardcore about software freedom that you demand to install Linux natively on the metal then you should absolutely not, now or ever, buy a Mac.

OTOH if you just need to like, build some shit that only builds and runs on Linux, and you have $200 — VMWare. I don't like VMWare in theory (the Monsanto of tech companies) but I sure like them a lot in practice.

I have needed a Mac/Windows/Linux laptop for my job for the past decade. In former times, I installed Windows and Mac OS X, and ran the latest Ubuttnu in either VMWare Workstation or VMWare Fusion.

But since 2016 I just use VMWare Fusion for both Windows and Linux. If you want to use a Mac, I am confident that's the "best" approach.

(For me, that means "runs all GUI and CLI programs reasonably well, with the minimum hours per year spend fucking with shit just to make it work. But if you actually need efficient GPU acceleration or real high performance (like not a web app or GUI app, but some kind of computationally expensive whatever) under Linux — well, then get something other than a Mac.)
Nice documentary on schiele

https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/073077-000-A/egon-schiele/
Our favorite boardgames that model the natural world
Not at all. All moments are not created equal.

If you're stressed out, hungry, got the low-blood sugar, tired, distracted, etc. your attention is much less valuable (to you) than if you're relaxed, well-fed and -rested, focused, etc.

One of the greatest forms of "leverage" we have in the world is the capability of developing and focusing the quality of our attention, "concentration" or "one-point mind". That's why meditation is worthwhile (one of the reasons anyway) because, paradoxically, sitting and doing "nothing" for an hour makes the other 10~12 hours way more productive, due to the improvement in Q-of-A[ttention].
There is another type of application where Elixir/Erlang really shines. The most obvious example of this type of application is a web based game where you have thousands of instances of the game running at once. The concurrency and isolation model is pretty much a perfect fit for this.

I was trying to hack something together in Java that wouldn't kill the database. Queries to table x would bottleneck, then table y. Add some caching here and there as each problem cropped up. But the obvious design in Elixir just removed most of the problems - each instance of the game works as its own set of processes and each instance holds what it needs in memory. It's not that I couldn't have arrived at this model with Java eventually, but it doesn't exactly lead you there, and a language like Elixir/Erlang was basically built with this in mind so everything is a lot easier to accomplish than with something like Java.

I really think everyone should learn either Elixir or Erlang. There are certain applications where OTP and BEAM just makes everything so much easier than the alternatives. If you have the right problem it can be an insanely productive language.
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