skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> The lawsuits around this are going to be amazing.

No. They won't. This isn't anything new. GitLab as a company does this. My company does this. US Federal Government does this. It's not controversial. HN is the one making it controversial. YOU are making it controversial by bringing race into it.

If you have clear salary bands ("SWE III makes base 100k to 150k") and clear location bands ("NYC is 35%, Westchester County is 29%, Monroe County is 8%) then it's completely fair.

> And how does Facebook decide what the cost of living in your area is, anyway?

You could use the same scales the US Federal Government releases. You could base it on the average cost of living. Lots of data-points. Every state and local government collects this data for various reasons. Hell, Walmart and other large Grocery Stores most likely do this as well to localize prices properly.
My village in Kerala, India. I got a house and I have a small patch of land which is very fertile and plenty of water (there are places with water scarcity). I get to watch the monsoon rains.

The beach is like a couple of miles away. The mountains are also quite close and its very beautiful and its very much untouched nature.
It's also very hot and humid but I am fine with that.

Also, they get fiber so the internet is faster than where I live in the Bay Area.

The only problem was that there were no jobs there but with the Facebook announcement, that hopefully will change for the better.
Hoo doggies I need management at work to read and internalize this.
DVD? Oh goodness, what do you store on there? Just text, config, and preference files?
Did you do the nomad thing in the PNW?
I'm not a FB employee but this doesn't faze me either. I would expect to be fired by any employer upon the discovery that I was committing significant tax fraud on my employer's income.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/either-o...

> used to refer to a situation in which there is a choice between two different plans of action, but both together are not possible

The actual state of affairs is that both are occurring.

One example is this recently popular story on Reddit:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4aydjg/somehow-this-wild-...

> A bonkers hoax video about Bill Gates has been making the rounds on social media — and it’s setting the anti-vaxx conspiracy world on fire.

> The video claims to show Gates briefing the CIA in 2005 about a vaccine to immunize religious fanatics. The video, which is obviously faked, is getting gobbled up by online conspiracy theorists who’ve latched onto the Microsoft co-founder as the mastermind behind the coronavirus pandemic.

A lovely narrative, but if one actually bothered to read the article with critical thinking skills engaged (as would be the case if the article was written by conspiracy theorists, rather than written about conspiracy theorists), it would be obvious that the author didn't even make an attempt to provide any evidence that substantiates the claim that this story is "setting the anti-vaxx conspiracy world on fire".

This is very typically the case with articles about conspiracy theorists, which insinuate (usually without saying explicitly) that all(!) conspiracy theorists believe <x>, and the "evidence" for these claims, if any is provided at all, is almost without exception a simplistic narrative, or another article of the exact same form.

An example of just such an article was even provided as evidence to answer a question in this very HN thread! [1]

If one was to actually do the most basic of fact checking on such articles (the vice.com one above for example), they would frequently encounter posts like this one[2] where the author, rather than "gobbling up the obviously faked video", instead clearly points out the obvious propaganda techniques used by the MSM.

You'd think someone would eventually catch on and say something about this obviously recurring technique in news reporting, but such exposes would occur you know where...in a conspiracy theory community, and you know [3] what they say about conspiracy theorists!

[1] https://nltimes.nl/2020/04/11/five-telecom-towers-torched-po...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/gpj202/bill_gat...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conditioning
I'm with you. If you've got that kind of yen Tokyo is as good as it gets. Working for Japanese as a westerner was and would be no fun, but other than that they've got life figured out.
This laptop is a Tongfang chassis and it’s basically the same laptop as the Schenker Via 15. Someone already linked to the comprehensive Notebookcheck review, but here’s a review of how the Schenker plays out of the box with Linux: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/fmzch5/schen...

Note, the internals are similar to the 14” (Walmart) Motile M142s that have been selling for as low as $300 since last winter. There’s a 4000H refresh of the 14” being released next month as well (Mechrevo S2 Air), see my previous post for links to the details.
I made a working Synth in Dreams (PS4)
If you’re freedom minded, check out the free state project in New Hampshire. https://www.fsp.org/

Great place to live too.
I found that when I first moved to the area, but it's not too hard to get involved with groups like Makespace, Cambridge Wireless or Cambridge Network, CSAR or the Centre for Computing History to expand your circle.
There are plenty of companies who have remote workers and don't use apps to track their location.
Take care not to conflate the "market" which applies when it benefits me over everyone else, with "fairness" which applies whenever it benefits me over everyot else.
Consider the "severe ramifications" that Facebook would be facing if they are reporting income for a worker in California when the worker has decided to move to Montana.
Take care not to conflate the "market" which applies when it benefits me over everyone else, with "fairness" which applies whenever it benefits me over everyone else.
Then it seems the factor here is being close to the office. I can get this benefit. So why not base it on distance to the office? Within 2 hours? No pay change. 6-12 hrs and in the same timezone? Small pay decrease. Need a flight to get to work? Bigger decrease. And adjust your decrease on how important it is that you be physically present/in the same timezone. If you never need to be in the office, no change. If once a week, big change. While there's still issues with this, at least it is recognizing the aspect that there is benefit to being in the office (though it is not always needed).
It still makes sense if you implement spinlocks and other lock free datastructures yourself and want to give other threads a chance to run. But that’s more of an expert use-case - typical libraries and applications shouldn’t use it.
it is absolutely precious to see software engineers wake up to the reality that they are, at the end of the day, plain ol' labor and are thus treated like labor when capital gets itself moving in a particular direction.

all of the attempts to rationalize this as fair or unfair are not useful - i'm guessing most SWEs will accept big salary cuts to work from wherever they want in the country. hell, a large portion of the SWE crowd is willing to distribute their labor /for free/ in the form of FLOSS, so i have no doubt that they will not hold the line in any sense if big tech starts implementing this in earnest. add to that fears of another tech recession (e.g. VC money drying up) and mean big tech SWE salary may drop a fair chunk.

anyway, on the plus side, there may be a large cadre of talent available on the cheap - seniors willing to work remotely on a more mission-oriented project from their bungalow in Ohio. so it's probably a great time to start a software company, or might be shortly.
I would definitely become a nomad if I were single. I tried to do it when I was single and first starting out in '99, but it was just too hard. The tech just wasn't there yet.

But now? I'd probably stay right here in the Bay Area, only because my wife's family is here. I wouldn't want to take my kids away from their cousins.

Although my wife's brother has been pushing for the entire family to move somewhere cheaper. He keeps pointing out that if we all sold our houses in California we could buy a mega-compound in Oklahoma.
Sounds about right. You'd have to pay me at least $150k extra before I'd consider living in the 8th circle of Hell, Spokane.
Or IBM. Or so I heard.
if they deliver me same coffee through email then yes, I'd expect both coffee to cost same since i don't really care where they make it, i just want coffee same as employer should care only about productivity of WFH employees
ZBooks usually feature them. I've got two of them now, they both have it. Personally I still prefer the feel of the Thinkpad ones.
Here is a prior discussion of this issue by dang: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23286685
Ask HN: Is your employer paying for your new office space, your home?
Since the beginning of the pandemic some of us have seen some of our economic perks disappear, in some cases these were a significant part of our income. The main reasoning in many companies is that we are not using the company office so we don't get the company perks.

But we are in fact using a new office, that many of us have had to isolate from the rest of the family and house, effectively removing this useful space from our homes. Is your company paying part of your rent to compensate for it?
Bangkok, Thailand. One of the 3 digital nomad meccas of the world (along with Chiang Mai and Bali)
Ask HN: Are you having fatigue reading too much during Covid-19?
I see that the ostream comparison is cooked. On each iteration they trigger a memory allocation.
FWIW, early signs are Linux worked well on at least one 4700U thin-and-light (after upgrading the kernel for support for the iGPU): https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ryzen7-4...

One 4700H(S) machine with a dGPU (and other parts without drivers) did not do so well: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/linux-on-laptops-asu...

Some of the 4700U laptops perform better than you'd think from the nominal 15W TDP. Partly just to be expected from the spec (still >4GHz single-core boost and 8C), and also seems most of these run at a 25W TDP-up when plugged in (often noisily so, under load).

Would be nice to see these put into better designs; right now I'm mostly seeing 14-inch 1080p machines. Previous gens of AMD chips had the same issue, but it's especially annoying when, in terms of performance, battery life, and weight, you can see the elements for a great laptop are there.
The difference is that those companies typically can trust that their employees will tell them the truth about where they're living. Facebook has set up perverse incentives given that disclosing your actual location might end up dropping your salary; that means that an employee might end up being taxed incorrectly because they don't want to disclose their location.
I expect you would feel very alone in the hard core book club. The socializing aspect with book clubs and any other hobby clubs are very high. Some people just looks around to find anything at all that helps them find someone to talk to, be it hobby train modelling, sewing or whatever. Book clubs are nothing special in that aspect. And most clubs are happy to get anyone, not just hardcore enthusiasts. Much like the church, they see it as an opportunity to sell their services.
In Rome, where I was born and lived before I had to move for work

But only if I can find a house in Rione Monti.
I had a theology course at university like that. We got a list of 2-3 "suggested readings", of which any given student read 0-2. Then there was loosely structured time to discuss in small groups, then a more structured class discussion.
I just write
I may be the only person left who loves San Francisco. Just got back from biking from my house through Golden Gate Park past the De Young and Cal Academy to Cliff House and down Ocean Beach. There was sunshine and people were outside. In different circumstances, there are people dancing on roller skates, learning tango, and skateboarding. Near our house there is a great Russian Bakery, tons of Chinese restaurants on Clement, Green Apple Books, Irish Bars.

Walk North and you are in the Presidio and see the Golden Gate Bridge. Walk West and you are at the Legion of Honor or Lands End and watching the sun set over the Ocean. Walk East and I can hit up a hip hop or funk night at the Boom Boom Room or go to the Fillmore. You can dance at Madrone Art Bar or see an indie rock show at the Independent on Divisadero. Walk a few blocks South and you are in the Panhandle walking by some beautiful Victorians, then stop and catch some jazz at Club Deluxe. Walk a little more and go up Corona Heights or Tank Hill and you have breathtaking panoramic views of the city. Or head down to some of the pubs in the Lower Haight. And that's just within a 2 mile radius. For some reason, everyone focuses on the Tenderloin and SoMa though. The city has major problems, but there is also so much to enjoy.

I have made many interesting and creative friends here who are from all over the world. I get to work on mobile games, but there are many other opportunities around. Among my coworkers are digital artists and painters, musicians, engineers, hip hop dancers, drag show performers, people who party all night in the Castro, a muay Thai boxer, mixologists, and more interests than I can list.

I lived in Seattle, Portland, and Austin over the previous 2 decades -- all great places -- but still find myself happier in SF.
West coast of Ireland.
Seems like the Uberization of white-collar workers, shifting costs to employees.

And if not shifting those costs, then seems like a windfall for accountants to deal with all the tax implications.

Or, an opportunity for a new wave of politicians to figure out how to implement tax and labor laws in such an environment.
Not far north of Auckland - Tawharanui peninsula, Mangawhai, etc. On a large rural mansion (preferably with ocean view). All easily achievable with about $1m USD (interest rates are great atm to). The thing to watch out is "rates" aka taxes and maintenance (ocean water does etch a bit). Downside is NZ is quite boring from cultural perspective (but super fun for boating, fishing, hunting, etc - I think most city dwellers don't realise how much of it's here). The other problem is visiting family in Europe means it's nearly 10k a year for business flights. Plus winters here aren't particularly pleasant either. I'd rather be in northern hemisphere for longer days mainly.

Right now we're a in a similar situation, albeit renting sharing with flatmates. Auckland/Airport is just 20-60 minutes away if need to. Marina is just 15 minutes away. Internet is not excellent but 60mbps VDSL is enough. Maybe 5G will change that.

On longer term - offshore cruising. I recon there might be a boom of that once Starlink constellation is operational and finally sat net is affordable for smaller boats. Big decision here is whether it's catamaran (2.5x living area, 3x cost, 2x speed, 2x maintenance, 2x comfort) or monohull (2x safety, 1.5x versatility).

Japan is out there too. They've recently announced visa programme for startups so immigration options might be more feasible. That said I've got spoiled by rural living and Japan is incredibly dense so no idea how big of a house I could find there. Also I'd move far north as summers in Tokyo etc seem unbearable.
Sit home masked, medicated, monitored and vaccinated, never go for a walk, never travel, avoid physical contact, work remotely, report hourly, wash your hands every 15 minutes with hard antiseptics, following the prescribed pattern. Wear protective gloves. Obey. Self-censor and suppress any thought of dissent. Vane into the wind without a squeak. Never ask questions. Automate. Get automated. Be more effective. Be more tolerant. Be happier. Let the planet breathe freely. Let the universal love and unity flow through your self-isolated mind. Seal your windows and doors and install military-grade filters, as viruses and pandemics are here to stay forever. Dedicate your CPU cycles to transhumanism@home, mine tokens of Eternal Digital Life and you'll transcend this miserable human body! But once at the Network, don't forget to self-isolate again at your personal memory block, as unfettered propagation of pure thought between corporate servers in under a few milliseconds is a recipe for another swift pandemic. Be responsible, don't make the Network fragile.
That's odd, I'm not a daily Divoom user myself but I do use it often, and I have never seen any nazism or drug symbols in their galleries. Where exactly did you see this kind of imagery?
That’s a straw man. The real question is why do they have to lower your salary if you move? Is your work less valuable?
That's SNI for the article, but not Significant New Discussion in the comments.

I always wondered though, why not let these flamebait discussion topics stay up as a Honeypot to keep the other threads cleaner?
Nope... RAID 10 or RAID 1+0 is 2 or more RAID 1's that are RAID 0'd together

RAID 01 is 2 or more RAID 0's that are RAID 1'd together
This definition you have concocted isn't real. Just because everyone stops what they are doing and starts bailing water out of a boat doesn't mean the boat isn't flooded.

You can't hallucinate some new definition for being overwhelmed and then say New York hospitals weren't overwhelmed. That is not rational.
I don't see Starfleet Battles table-top game on there, is it just video games? (Fun fact: it includes Kzinti who are technically part of ST canon!)

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/StarFlee...

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekTheAnim...
How would that possibly work without a world government?
I'm not sure that the example is similar to the current topic: rent is cheaper than Morgan Hill largely because it takes an hour to drive to lots of workplaces. People are choosing between paying higher rent in Mountain View and paying with their commute time in Morgan Hill.

It's arguably a different scenario from someone attending VC from their $400K, 5-bedroom mansion in Raleigh, NC.
The India ones are the original. Asshole Nazis took that and flipped it...so what you see in India is NOT the one Nazis use. Look closer at their differences.
For some reason Chromium 81 is not able to handle this PDF. Works fine on MuPDF, though.

Could somebody in the know please say if this BURS stuff is used in, e.g., GCC or Clang or LLVM? Or maybe something else that might be familiar?
In this case, the core of your position seems to consist of 3 fairly conventional libertarian axioms/tropes:

* government policy/law is always one-size-fits-all and that never works
* government is incapable of nuance or intelligence when deciding policy
* government preventing harm preemptively is oppression

I have 500MB of transcripts from rec.politics.theory during the first half of the 1990s that consist of discussions between libertarians of several stripes and other non-libertarians (including me). Some of those folks are still floating around online (hi, Perry Metzger!)

So far, I see no evidence that you have any arguments that were not a part of that usenet group from 25 years ago. I feel fairly comfortable with the way these were debated and shot down back then, so in the absence of an actual new argument, it doesn't seem worth continuing.
I live in a van. Does that mean I'm working around compensation adjustments?
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has an ending you have to hack to see.

The premise of the multiplayer game is that you can choose to build a nuke as a form of deterrence. Similarly, you can choose not to and also invade other people's bases to disarm their nukes.

If the total nukes reaches zero, you achieve the "world peace" ending. It's unlikely to ever occur. The cutscene that plays was found in the game files.

https://youtu.be/a8pdVKkATPE
Deno Manual PDF
Jump on the Deno hype with your Kindle and PDF version of The Manual.
Also we're not flying anymore.
I haven't seen it mentioned, but Boulder for me. I'm really into outdoors sports all year round, but winter sports in particular. To be able to work in a cool locale that is built around that lifestyle, but also where there are a lot of good coffee spots and restaurants, and where there is a sizable tech population with many major tech companies having offices there, sounds like the best of all worlds. Having a tech population is good for me because I'm social, enjoy tech meetups, etc and don't think I could just live isolated and work from home all the time strictly. Plus a major city, Denver, is right next door.
What if I work in San Jose but life in a van? Why do I get a high salary but someone in a house in Ohio gets a lower salary?
I would point to https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn itself as an example of a modern codebase. We try to adopt and use all of the new language features there as we write them to try and determine if the ergonomics are good.
Even in the case of just the US, how would that even work without a unitary, as opposed to federal government?
I used to use http://flockdraw.com/ for that, but it uses Flash. There's been a lot of other similar things that have come and gone over the years.
Knowing FB, probably. You only get to keep your high salary if you're spending most of it.
If you can afford to purchase 2x the disks for RAID10 you will certainly get better performance and availability. RAID5 is an approach that gives you lower cost in return for slower writes and less fault tolerance. Everything is a trade-off.
I think they should be categorized differently. As I said, "The effect a manager/skip-level-manager has on the psychological safety of an environment heavily outweighs any contributions an IC makes (or even a group of ICs)." The influence they have on psychological safety is so much more important than the rest of the team. To the point that it doesn't even matter at all what the team does if the manager isn't going along with it.

It's to the point where referencing team is kinda meaningless. It gives a sense that it's a group effort when it's usually bottle-necked by the manager more than anything else. Yes, group effort in the end but if the manager ain't going along (which is usually the problem) then it's a non-starter.
Paying remote workers based on the market rate for that work done remotely rather than arbitrarily applying location-based adjustments when the location is not germane to the work would not create a financial incentive to misrepresent location that would require the company to threaten severe consequences to gain compliance. The compliance problem Facebook is using dire threats to mitigate is wholly a consequence of their own arbitrary and irrational pay policy.
The main problems I've seen with cooperative threading (aka fibers) are threefold:

1. You need to decide how much stack space to allocate to a fiber beforehand. If you go over this limit, you will segfault.
2. Thread local storage doesnt exist anymore since you're potentially swapping between different kernel threads (and different fibers are using the same thread and will share storage).
3. Certain types of locks can now fail because the lock isnt transferred to the new thread upon being woken up. Other locks run into rentrancy problems here.

Does anyone know of good solutions to these problems? Is there a library that takes all these things into account?
Wait. Facebook pays 400-500k a year? I saw $155K average in NYC

Show me the links to the job openings lol
I am curious
The 7490 (14'') model has trackpoint.