skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Absolutely, very few CTOs in my experience understand double entry or know how to read a balance sheet. To their detriment, IMO, but there are all kinds of effective CTOs across all kinds of orgs.

But OP was asking for guidance in learning how to engage on those topics- as opposed to communicating about technical things to that audience. Hence the recommendations.

I agree about the value of NPV, tho I would argue that NPV without some accounting chops is tricky waters. "Value" in that context has an accounting meaning, not the largely useless goofy ROI calculations that tech folks usually create.
Are you on Mac or iOS? If so, then I developed apps for them which does OCR 100% locally:

MacOS:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/image-text-ocr-photo-pdf-scan/...

iOS:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/image-text-ocr-photo-scanner/i...
I still remember having to answer what my SAT scores for my DESCo job in 1997. It was odd, but I have to say that I loved working at DESCo and even our 10th percentile strongest colleagues would likely have been considered strong at most places. It is far and away the place where I had the most uniformly strong colleagues. Our receptionist, office manager, and lead recruiter (for a small satellite office) all had PhDs from very well-regarded universities. It was crazy.
I consider finance to be a subset of “business administration” (which I assume you mean in the sense that the MBA uses it i.e. as a catch all) and what a CFO does is an important subset of what a CEO is responsible for.

Finance is an important component but other MBA topics would be strategy, marketing, organizational dynamics, operations and so on.

In a business school you would learn many of these through case studies (to the extent the school is influenced by HBS which every school is to some extent).

These topics also have recognizable curricula. Operations courses will delve into queue theory (exercise: one oven bakes a cookie in 5 min but your constraint is the strainer which can only ... blah blah, or something to tell throughout from latency), a course in marketing might describe the 4 ps (price, placement, product, promotion). A course in strategy night talk about a swot analysis (strength weakness opportunity threat) or Porter points out that the pricing power in an industry is set by workers, customers, competitors, new entrants, substitutes and so on.

Most MBA courses have their class requirements online. You can even click through the classes and add the curriculum and the books required. The materials, quite frankly, are not technically difficult but you have to practice them in order to remember to use them when you need them.

Other important components of the actual experience inckude working in teams and presenting to the class.
You do realize that the scanning of bluetooth is already in place? For example http://www.libelium.com/products/meshlium/smartphone-detecti... or https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/04/tech/location-tracking-florid...

The contact tracking system does not add anything that is not present for tracking individuals. What it does provide is for two anonymous individuals to determine if they were in contact with each other for some period of time in the past.

The ability to do surveillance to see if an individual is in a particular place at a particular time is neither aided nor hindered by the contract tracing framework that Apple and Google provided.
Don't want to duplicate my comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23953456
"Its creator, Gary Larson (no relation!), retired in 1995, after having been syndicated in more than nineteen hundred newspapers and selling more than forty million books."

The Newyorker clearly cares a bit about grammar: "its" for ownership - no apostrophe. Then it goes a bit mad: an awkward comma between creator and Gary. There are multiple firing solutions here. You could go in with something like:

"Gary Larson (no relation!) retired in 1995. He was ... etc ...

I'm not asking for a return to the strictures of "Usage and Abusage" but I'd like to think that professional journalists are able to stick words on the page without them looking uncomfortable.

Prose should flow. When you write it, why not read it back to yourself.

[Cow holding a bow, wearing a 10 gallon hat and saying something unlikely to Rowland. Rowland is a chicken]
I don't have kids and never will so that's not an issue.

That's a good question. I honestly don't know. I've also tried to recently learn some machine learning/AI stuff and the motivation is just completely gone. It's impossible for me to open my IDE and not dread it. I feel like I have a mental block for learning and I just give so few shits about anything software related right now I can't focus long enough to pick up anything new.

Maybe I'm burnt out. Maybe if I take some time off then try to approach something new I will find some sort of joy in it. I think I am definitely struggling because I've done what I do (full stack web dev) for SO LONG. I've been making websites since I was 10 and I'm in my thirties now.

My employer is kind but boring. I don't have a personal relationship with anyone there and have been 100% remote from the start for my past couple jobs, which doesn't lend itself well to building relationships (for me, anyway).

I would love to transition to doing something more team oriented, more social, doing something cool with cool people. I'm in Seattle and have applied to a couple Bungie jobs, and I would absolutely love the chance to just help build some video games as a project manager, even if I was getting paid a third of what I am now.

Unfortunately the job market is horrendous, cool jobs are hyper competitive, and trying to transition to something new while also changing employers is super hard. It's all working against me.
You don't think it's interesting that snails make the list? [0]
Or that deaths by mosquito top those of the current pandemic?

How do you 'estimate' danger? Sure, the recording is an aggregate. What's a more suitable format? Shouldn't this already exist in Science rather than Wikipedia?

Besides,
> This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[0] Perhaps they knew something already? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-were-medieval-...
If only battery life/processing/machine learning were that good. It's possible companies would do things like this if were technically feasible, but we're a long way away (I work on camera ML at IG).

The correct answer to what is going on is Facebook's official response in the article.
For me, a lot of this is driven by wanting to know how things work.

For example, I can go to Digital Ocean or Oracle Cloud or Azure or AWS and get a VM provisioned in a minute or so. I know some of the tools involved, like cloud-init, but I'd really like to know how the rest of it works and to see it in action.

Honestly though, the number of times I need to build a new VM is very small. The time savings that come with each individual VM build will never recoup the time spent building out the pieces required to make it happen. But knowing how that all works will be worth it.
The Ozymandias referred to in this poem is the Greek name of Rameses II.

He was arguably the most powerful and successful Pharaoh in all of Egyptian history. He became Pharaoh as a teenager, led an invasion of the Levant against the Hittites, and almost single handedly through great personal bravery turned what would have been a crushing defeat into a stalemate at the Battle of Kadesh. He also extended the Egyptian power south into Sudan. Egypt probably reached the pinnacle of her wealth and power under him. He is thought to have lived into his 90's and reigned 66 years. He fathered roughly 100 children (~50 sons and ~50 daughters). His whole life, he was treated as god on earth.

The reason I bring this up is that the person Shelley is referring to is not some obscure person. In our wildest dreams, none of us could ever hope to reach the level of significance of Rameses II. In terms of reaching the pinnacle of success, Rameses did it: famous, powerful, rich, huge family, beloved by everyone around him, long life, etc.

Yet he died. His accomplishments decayed. His kingdom eventually fell. His statues fell over and went into decay (though some are around and his temple at Abu Simbel is still amazing).

Remember, all our greatest accomplishments and any fame we could hope to accomplish are all ultimately fleeting. In our quest for significance, we should not forget to enjoy the moments we have now.
I don’t think the sentence is awkward at all.
I was reading a bit about Voyager 1 a few days ago and the possibility that in hundreds of millions or billions of years it, and I suppose probes like it, might be all that remain of humanity and all our works.

It’s a sobering thought. We are incredibly lucky enough to live at a crucial inflection point in the story of our species. I suspect we may not be far from achieving close to the limits of what is technologically possible, within the next few centuries. What will our statues be, and how shall we write our civilisation’s epitaph?
But what was the vulnerability? It's not mentioned in the post.
> This is an easy mistake to make. Note the word distinct:

> each message in the set to be stored is hash coded into a number of distinct bit addresses

Good point, You are right that our correction does not address errors in Bloom's original definition, but rather in the definition of the Bloom filter that is typically used - I'll add a note to address this.

> My broader point though was about your "guarantee that there are no further hidden errors", because a theorem prover is just a tool, tools are used by people, and people make mistakes.

Yes, you are right, that's probably too strong a claim, my aim was to emphasize that there is more certainty in the proof, making it unlikely that there are no further hidden errors, but that was not clear.
Meanwhile, simple food recipes are accompanied by narcissistic ramblings and videos that take a good 10 minutes to get past just to get to the point.
You are, of course, absolutely right.

No one likes to admit that they screwed up, though -- and we all know that the truth can hurt sometimes.

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Unfortunately, you were (likely) downvoted mostly because your blunt, honest statement comes across as condescending and rude: "Maybe you're right, but you didn't have to be such an asshole about it."

What those people are either not realizing or conveniently choosing to forget is that, just as you said, we've all been warned about this exact thing* for decades! Apparently, though, the message isn't geting through. When that happens, this type of "tone" becomes necessary in order to get people to pay attention.

Unfortunately, most will still choose not to heed the warnings. Evntually, when it (inevitably) happens to them, they'll say something like "Meanwhile ... users (like me) are wondering how it is that [this could happen]" and, of course, they'll avoid admitting any responsibility for their choices. They would much rather play the part of "completely innocent victim who could never have imagined something like this might happen".

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It reminds me a lot of a small child that is told, repeatedly, "don't do 'X' because 'Y' will happen" and, later, is absolutely SHOCKED when they "learn" -- the hard way, typically -- that, when they do 'X', 'Y' happens.
> Then it goes a bit mad: an awkward comma between creator and Gary

That's not awkward at all. The comma separates "Gary Larson (no relation!)", a subordinate clause, from the main clause: "Its creator retired in 1995 […]".

Edit: As jcfields so kindly pointed out, it's apposition. Specifically, it's the use of a restrictive appositive.

To my eyes, the real awkward comma is the one after '1995'. However, The New Yorker is known to have its own, fairly specific punctuation style.
Assuming the specialised help isn’t just worse facilities somewhere else, maybe (or maybe not). In practice - who is going to ensure the other facilities are of a good standard? The abusive parents?

If you don’t help that kid, the other 30 will spend their whole lives sharing a society with an adult who didn’t get help. That’s an unfair drain on their life too (increased crime, policing costs, etc).

Putting the disruptive kids in the same place as everyone else means the incentives are right to do something useful to help them.
I'm all for faster software, but input lag measurements need to be put in perspective. Just because an editor can process an input in 3ms doesn't mean the pixels will change on your screen in 3ms.

If you're using a 60Hz monitor, you're only going to see new frames every 17ms at most (1 second / 60Hz). Your graphics pipeline might have some additional buffering, adding 10s of milliseconds of lag. Your monitor likely has some input processing as well, adding anywhere from 10-20ms before it sends the frame to the physical display. Add a few milliseconds here and there for input processing and even the response time of the physical pixels, and you're looking at something like 50-60ms minimum for total display latency before you factor in the software.

Using 144Hz FreeSync or G-Sync monitors can shorten that update time, but you're still looking at 30ms end-to-end latency in even the fastest setups, and that's before you account for software processing lag.

The difference between Sublime Text responding in 11.4ms average and Atom responding in 28.4ms average is difference of almost exactly 1 frame of latency for a typical 60Hz monitor. Add up all of the other sources of lag (buffering, monitor input lag) and you're looking at something like a 5 frame latency instead of a 4 frame latency. Still less than the blink of an eye (literally).

From another perspective: If you really believe that you're sensitive enough to feel a difference between something like Sublime Text's 11ms processing latency vs. Atom's 28ms latency, then you might want to invest in a proper 144Hz gaming monitor with low input lag, as it would improve your experience by the same margins. A gaming-specific keyboard might also help, as average keyboards can have 10-20ms of input lag before the keypress registers with the OS (Source: https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/ ) Realistically, though, I doubt many people could A/B test the difference between a 1ms and a 30ms latency editor under ideal conditions, let alone while typing out some code.
New Englanders Went to Manhattan, Kansas, to ‘Put an End to Slavery’
For those commenting that IG may be secretly and nefariously using data from the camera for business purposes; IG has a "download your data tool". It includes all the of your data that IG stores. Spoiler Alert: silently-recorded feeds from your camera are not in that dump.
The Apple 2 did have a machine-code monitor in ROM.
Sure, but you’re seeing the effect of earning a bad reputation, which is that all of your actions are interpreted uncharitably.
> I was working on military prototypes and aerospace projects.

How does one get into that? And is the money better or worse than software? I've been looking at switching to welding and machining for a while now, but the pay in my area isn't great.

The rest doesn't bother me. I even hear my local pastor is a racist now[0]!

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zkL91LzCMc
It’s called apposition.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apposition
The control group was doing the following:

> Each session included three different units: endurance training, strength-endurance training and flexibility training. Each unit lasted 20 minutes. The endurance training was performed on bicycle ergometers with the intensity adjusted to the individual training heart frequency. The strength-endurance unit implied training with equipment such as barbells, rubber bands, Redondo balls, gymnastic sticks and fitness balls. We avoided combined arm and leg movements in order to keep coordinative demands low.

So ya, they did try and keep coordinative movement to a minimum by avoiding full body movements. That said, I'm not convinced that that any weightlifting, which can be administered to elderly people, would ever reach the coordinative demand and sensory/cognitive levels that dance does.

Also, something that doesn't improves an elderly's brain plasticity doesn't mean that weight lifting or other more repetitive form of exercise are not beneficial in any other way. Brain plasticity is not the be all and end all of health. I think strength training has an already well established level of other health benefits, brain plasticity might not be one though.
I am happy to hear you enjoyed working there, but personally I consider it a failure of recruiting to hire PhDs for reception and office management. I can see a vague case for the lead recruiter to have one if they're recruiting PhDs, I guess, but even that seems like overkill.
Well that Depends on the books and depends on the articles.
What books are you looking at and what blogs?
A more accurate analogy is a company policy that strictly prohibits driving.
I’m sorry someone ripped off your post ... I wish there were more consequences for doing so.

FWIW, it’s a cool idea that I may implement.
Per capita it is still less than France, Italy, UK, Sweden and plenty others - did they all have systemic failure too?
It would take one hell of a teacher to handle a full class of misbehaving students. I think most teachers would pass on that opportunity.
agreed.

this policy applied as dogma does more harm than good on a frequent basis here. especially given the clear nature of this article where there's no debatable nuance.
Thanks for pointing that out. I added it to my comment, credited to you.
The title is regrettable but I’ve learned a lot from the CFO Thought Leader Podcast https://cfothoughtleader.com/

I am not a finance person but what, to me, this series gets right is that (a) the technicals are just a tiny part of what makes someone “good” at finance and (b) what seems to make CFOs “good” is very strong discipline around measurement, a deep understanding of the product/market and ability to lead people.
My experience with various donation-themed money collectors is they don't go far without active promotion. The problem I had with Ko-fi is they run right through to your PayPal account, and PayPal likes to flag payments through Ko-fi as requiring shipping. After a while I had to manually set "doesn't need shipping info" on every one, and it wouldn't release the funds for weeks. It's easy to get people to send by PayPal because PayPal is easy, but Stripe requires getting a card out. Donations cratered the moment I turned PayPal off.

As much as Patreon frustrates me for a long list of reasons, it's low-pain on both ends since it handles the link between payment and your bank account. The numbers are smaller, but people stick around and don't expect anything extra from you. Even if they pick a benefit-having tier.

I made an account on Buy Me A Coffee, but it seemed like a less refined Ko-fi and I wasn't sure if I missed something.
The republicans had their chance. They fucked it up. They are the Washington Team Named To Be Determines of policy makers. All they did was piss people off. Unfortunately we now have to fall into the lap of big daddy government.
Apparently the "friendly" warnings of the last few decades have largely went ignored.

Unfortunately, a much stronger tone is often needed in order to to get people to pay attention.
I don't find it awkward at all - it's just an apposition.

(Admittedly also reversing the clauses makes for a complicated sentence structure. Depending on the level of literacy of the target audience, it might not be appropriate.)
> America is objectively doing terribly with covid-19

They’ve had fewer deaths per capita than Italy, UK, France, Sweden and plenty others... not doing great but also in plenty good company.
You guys are missing the point. I’m saying the general public is too unhealthy for this not to be extremely costly going forward, whether it’s for profit or non profit.

The only thing we solved is making sure you can live with the ailment.

We didn’t solve the cost of continuous care. Whoever is born today, will enter the demographic of questionable health in just 40 years. That means in our lifetime we’ll have almost 3 generations with garbage health inundating the healthcare system.

Try to flatten that curve.
How old are you, and when did you start saving?
Okay, but how much you find it addictive, and how much you feel you need to concentrate doesn't mean it'll improve brain plasticity in elderly people. In this study, they did a form of strength training and it didn't improve brain plasticity nearly as dance.

So I mean, it's hard to have someone just come in and say: "nope the data is wrong my opinion of this activity I am biased towards as I practice it myself is right", and not be somewhat skeptical. Yes, this is a small preliminary study, maybe the type of strength training was responsible for the failings, etc. But it's still much more substantial then someone's opinion.
Maybe that's all that's left of us in thousands or even just hundreds of years.

We have the tools to destroy civilization in a matter of days.
Weirdly enough, this is one of the things I like most about the "old media". When they screw up, they're on the hook and have enough resources to be worth going after.
>The difference between Sublime Text responding in 11.4ms average and Atom responding in 28.4ms average is difference of almost exactly 1 frame of latency for a typical 60Hz monitor

That is looking at the average latency for Atom. If you look at the max latency Atom, it is 60ms compared to 15 ms for Sublime text. That is basically 3 frames of latency difference on a 60Hz monitor, and would definitely be notable for the average person.
I think I've got a good example of a tool that I created that comes with a good story about a problem and a solution.
Would love your feedback as I'm a recent CS grad struggling along.

https://www.gfrom83.xyz/
Curious, if you can explain without going into any sensitive details:

1) Why are you getting tested so often?

2) Where/how are are you getting tested and getting quick results?
GPT-3 applications (20 examples)
Good point, You are right that our correction does not address errors in Bloom's original definition of a Bloom filter - which uses distinct bit vectors, but rather in the definition of the Bloom filter that is typically used (and referenced) in practice (Knuth's version) and in the literature, which functions in the way described in the article. This version is easier to implement as the hash functions are independent, but which does use incorrect reasoning in it's correctness proof. It's wrong to attribute this to Bloom, so I've added a note to address this.
Why proxmox over ESXi?
Reminds me of the “wear a mask or go to jail” from 1918

https://www.history.com/news/1918-pandemic-public-health-cam...
How about the fact that the US deaths per capita is lower than France, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, UK and plenty of other countries... I consider those to be developed nations so I’m not sure their point really holds.
And even many Garmin devices sync via the phone and app: My Edge bike computer connects via Bluetooth to the Garmin app, which uploads the file to the connect website and then downloads the analysis again. There is no technical hindrance for doing analysis in the app (I wrote my own decoders for the fit file format some time ago for building my own archive) except that this makes it simple to have consistent state and defined usage of things like altitude correction.
> "You're still on the computer all day, you might as well get paid for it".

I took a year off a while back and pretty much did the same thing. If I ever take that much time off again, I'm going to go someplace that has no internet.
Whenever I looked at them last year, they were always slightly higher yield than the online savings accounts. Perhaps it was just a promotional rate.
I think it's mostly the subscriptions I have/the content happens to be 1080p.

Skipping ahead/forward works out of the box on my harmony remote, long press on the <- or -> button.

I'm not sure what it would be on the default shield remote (mine is broken).