skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Don't you think that, even from a strictly scientific perspective, more exchange of knowledge between computer science and social sciences would be good? Isn't it a shame that, for example, social media platforms don't benefit from the decades of research in social science to create a platform that's more beneficial for society? They hit roadblocks and cause problems which could have been easily prevented with this knowledge.

I think it's similar to the relationship between computer science and statistics - both can live without the other, but both have a huge benefit of connecting their knowledge, working together, and even merging their curricula (into data science).

If you haven't read the whole article, I really recommend doing so - I was put off by the title as well, but it's an interesting analysis and makes some good recommendations.
I think we can agree on that. CRDT vs OT is a complex topic with lots of pros and cons for either side.
That's cool. The comic was about one year after the newspaper, so perhaps it got into the public consciousness during that period!
Yes, pumped hydro is a very efficient solution for long-term storage. Plus, it is quickly available when needed (on the order of seconds).

While the solutions seem simple, putting all the pieces together is the real hard part. It's pretty common to have no data available on the distribution grid and the sensors themselves are expensive and then you need all the related infrastructure.
Signal to noise ratio in build systems
Simple: use what you know best, ignore the rest and concentrate on the business side of your problem. The tech is the least interesting part unless you enjoy looking at blinking lights. It is all virtualized and packaged to the point that you really shouldn't be having any kind of emotional or functional investment in it anyway. Make sure that you have a good grip on your data, that's where the value sits, and that your code is maintainable no matter what stack you use. Ensure it is broken up into chunks small enough that they can be discarded if you feel the need to replace them with something else.
> If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic

This is part of the framing from the guidelines, this type of article would very much be covered.
Lush (OOP language for large-scale numerical and graphic applications)
The Rise and Fall of Blue Apron
I think the real reason for using microservices is so that people get to play with K8s and put that on their resume.

I get the "multiple teams" argument, but I don't think it's an architectural feature. To get multiple teams working on separate-but-connected code, you need to define the interfaces between those separate chunks of code. That's enforced by microservices, sure, but there's nothing stopping you from defining an immutable interface in the monolith too.
For anyone that hasn't used it, they literally have a discover tab for options with things like "I think it's staying the same" with the recommendation to create an iron condor and some possible positions you can open [0]. Although they may have changed it as my app only shows learn more now and does not directly show you positions you can open.

[0]: https://old.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/9bw90v/robi...
APL and J are similar but for a pretty fundamental difference: APL has nested array theory while J is flat array theory. In practice, this does not make them that different to the user, except APL's model is arguably more elegant since it's "turtles all the way down" (J array elements are not array themselves).

K on the other hand, is really different! K doesn't have true multidimensional
arrays, but lists of vectors. So it's ideal for its use case: finance (1d/2d numeric tables).
What if we could live for a million years?
Following the golden rule, I always post a link to a series of papers comparing the theoretical properties of CRDTs and OT – here's the latest one:

Real Differences between OT and CRDT under a General Transformation Framework for Consistency Maintenance in Co-Editors

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2020

Chengzheng Sun, David Sun, Agustina Ng, Weiwei Cai, Bryden Cho

It’s an evolutionary series, here’s the rest I believe: https://arxiv.org/search/cs?query=Sun%2C+Chengzheng&searchty...
Show HN: Search the text of articles submitted to HN, with live updating
Edit: I also want to point out, for those who don't know, that the broader concept of "ego" isn't the same as the colloquial usage, which tends to just mean "narcissism". The ego is the very idea of yourself as an individual, distinct from the world, with your own interests and goals and story. Some amount of this mindset is necessary for being a functioning person. But many people, especially in western cultures, have an over-inflated ego, even if it doesn't manifest as arrogance or blatant selfishness: we all care very much about our individual success compared to others in one way or another. Even insecurity and low self-esteem and identity crises come from the ego, because they're concerned with selfhood and the state of our selfhood. I think it often does us more harm than good.
I had to LOL, this is so true.

For one project I've spent considerable time trying to get the Azure IoT SDK going on a low-cost Wifi chipset, only to find out that it ended up not working after all the platform glue was in place because of inexplicable decisions from both the host APIs (no source code access, of course) and the Azure SDK, making most of the built-in functionality (eg https/MQTT/encryption) useless for Azure, resulting in not only code bloat, but also running out of heap memory with fantastic silent crashes.

After spending weeks on trying to fit everything into ROM in the first place. The end-result was ditching the SDK and re-implenting most of MQTT and websockets before the project was ultimately canned for other reasons.

A pi zero w, otoh, costs about $20 (with a reasonable SD card) vs $5 for something like the ESP32, and makes life easier with unlimited storage and open source platform code, but it is impossible to mass-produce anything for under about $120 retail cost due to the high price of the rpi alone, which is a real bummer in a competitive IoT market.
OT doesn’t require a central server, just a tie breaker. You could just do leader election over webRTC using raft and offload OT to the client side as well and have that node push updates to the server for durable saving every x seconds and shift RTC off your infra.
while this works for some businesses, there are plenty of startups that could not have been formed this way
Matt Covalt[1] posted[2] about his brilliant https://hndex.org/, a "full-text search engine of articles submitted to HN" last week.
This is basically the same, but the results update as you type, in real time.

Thanks to arc-in-space for the idea[3].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mcovalt

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24079592

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24089763
This is wrong. People (Citadel) buy for only one reason. They can make money off of it.

Take a look at this link. Trade execution improved in the UK when they made PFOF illegal.
https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/advocacy/policy-positions/pa...

Robhinhood cancels decision to enter UK.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/21/robinhood-scraps-launch-of-i...
Here are my rules:

* Stick with what you know. I personally know Python best, so if the solution can be achieved in Python, I go with that.

* Avoid fads. I don't use a language until at least two years after I've first heard about it.

* If you've gotten this far in the list, you'll have to learn a new language or brush up on a weak one, so look for one with a strong community and a lot of libraries.

* Old usually means stable. If it's an old language but still in active development, they've probably found most of the worst edge cases by now. Also there is a lot of best practices.

* Everything is a tradeoff. Nothing is the perfect solution, so know where your solution might be deficient (or learn).

* Doing cool tech is cool, but make sure you're solving the business problem (or personal problem) you set out to solve.
iPhone or iPad on Ethernet
yes, I live nearby and used to visit SF often. But now my wife is afraid to even drive to Cal Academy of sciences with kids.
Fairfax, VA tests EasyMile's autonomous shuttle
Nothing "cunning" about this. He simply knows that his supporters are okay with it.

What he is doing, though, is setting the bar lower and other politicians will do similar in the future. His supporters will then be all up in arms when a Dem does it.
I highly recommend as an introduction Alan Watt's 'The Way of Zen', that covers, in great detail, the cultural background, history and practice of Buddhism, in its prominent forms, and its roots in India / Hinduism -- all of which are necessary to comprehend even basic 'traditional' buddhist literature, after having become so institutionalized over the centuries as to have obscure many of the original, and plain to state, insights with now archaic ways of thinking but nevertheless have been maintained essentially untouched.

Then, follow your nose through the bibliography. =)
According to mail carriers, the actual result is an ever-growing backlog of undelivered mail. The first mail to be delayed may only be one day late, but as the backlog grows, the undelivered mail gets later and later on average.
I forget where I heard this the first time but it shows up now and then and it's held true for me since the first time I heard it.

If you have a big work/production project, go with what you know, whatever that is. When there's a deadline or someone will lose money with a delay, it's irresponsible to use that project to add another line to your resume or play around with $NEW_TECH.

If you want to learn a new technology, do it on a project where you can afford to throw your hands up at some point and scrap the whole thing, because you very well may end up in that position.
From a product managers perspective - very wise words! Not many engineers get this (or they do but would still rather work on bleeding edge tech for $/CV kudos).
I hope for the founders this ages like the Dropbox comment.
Use frameworks.
Thanks, I missed that, didn't read the PR all the way to the end.

I wonder how they got out of their deal with Global Foundries.
Interesting. If there are two objects with fields a, b and c, and one object initializes them to 1, 2 and 3, while another - to 1, 2 and 4. Does it make sense to derive the second object from the first? Or the other way around?

I thought business can be viewed as a specialized service. But both approaches are possible, so the choice of "default" says about our preferences.
No, no advantage. Just variety. You used to occasionally see bugs where things would work fine on little and not big, or vice-versa. Usually due to assumptions about data.
One place where it does not work is when the user has to do something to update, e.g. flash a device.

In that case, you quickly get update fatigue from the user.
From experience, every couple of months or so is a good trade-off.
Thank you!

Re: ragtag in-house solution that is complicated

^ That's exactly what we're talking about. These systems get complex pretty quick and you end up with duct tape in more than a few places.

As for demo - yeah, our plan is to open up registrations for accounts soon which will allow you to pump data into us for free with a low retention period.

We've still got some pieces to tighten before we can open the gates fully but we'll try to make it happen soon (within next few weeks?). In the meantime, if you want a demo, ping us and we'll make it happen.
Apparently the guidelines even explicitly say:

“Off-Topic: Most stories about politics”

I would certainly classify this as such.
Be careful to not challenge people’s beliefs too much, they’ll get upset and start screaming about censorship
Hi, This is interesting. Also, just realized that it has about 24K users already. Good work!!
There does seem to be something special about the 1920s, even ignoring the claims for philosophical greatness here.

It also saw the flowering of both modern literature and modern physics (perhaps only Einstein's great achievements are particularly notable by omission for being slightly earlier).

I don't know enough about art to comment on that.

Certainly it's hard to think of a more obvious recent period of intellectual brilliance than that of the time between the wars, the 20s in particular.
I rode my motorcycle through Death Valley just last month and it was an unseasonably cool 105 F. The average for that time of year is 113 F.

"Climate change" used to be more commonly referred to as "global warming", but my understanding now is that climate change is actually causing more volatility in the climate, meaning larger swings in temperatures, which has other impacts on things like tornadoes and blizzards.

Is this assessment accurate? I'd love to have a better understanding of the effects of climate change.
By that criteria Denver/Boulder, Seattle, Portland, etc. are way superior. Any kind of nature activity (hiking, backpacking, skiing, paragliding, cycling) is better and closer, except surfing perhaps.

With density that I until recently used to consider as an unquestionable positive becoming at least temporarily moot with covid (and frankly becoming permanently soured by the out of control protests - I realized I prefer my density Singapore style, with CCTVs and harsh sentencing), I can see why people would move out. I'd probably be out of Seattle, at the very least to the burbs nearby with the same access to everything and few of the downsides, if it was just me making the decision. Same applies to SF (I've lived in SF and Mountain View before, I'd say it's even more acute in SF, quality of life is just terrible even for someone who loves dense cities - might was well move to peninsula or east bay for better access to nature in essentially the same place).
Analogies in Product Management
That is due to their financial structure, not simply a cultural expectation.

The USPS isn’t funded by taxes at all, so of course they need revenue from operations.
I don't mean to sound pointed, as these links may seem, but honestly just reading the wikis for genetic engineering and genome editing is a viable way to learn more in my opinion. Just make sure to remain in the general sections and click the hyperlinks of unfamiliar topics, and venture into the weeds of the topics once you begin to feel comfortable with the jargon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genome_editing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering
Again, the argument is not to do nothing. The argument is use masks where they help, not enforce usage where they don't, and further study the in betweens.

The point of my comment wasn't to argue for policy however. It was to point out the inaccuracy of the statement that "we know masks work, therefore making masks mandatory is objectively good (for public health)". There are several examples where this reasoning have turned out to be not only empirically false, but actively detrimental. Bike helmets and infant mortality come to mind.

The comparison with bike helmets is apt. They are great, it is easy to understand why they work, but still enforced usage damages public health. One theory is that lesser people bike, and those that do take more risks. The facts are that areas with the least cycling risks have the least helmet usage.

Enforced masks everywhere all the time has the obvious risks of more people going outside even with slight symptoms, and taking more risks by not avoided crowded places.

These arguments are not mine, look at the meta studies WHO made. I simply parrot what little articles I can find, and compare with other similar public policy, including bike helmets.

The relevant question to ask before making masks mandatory by law is not whether they help reduce virus spread some of the time, or even most of the time, but rather if there instances where the enforcement actually increase spread. Judging from published literature, that is far from unlikely.
> Windows, on its own, is not aware that the file represents executable code outside of the validated sections of the MSI.

I think Windows is aware of this though, it's called JAR and explorer says the JRE should open it. Furthermore, should there be any sections in a signed MSI that aren't signed? Could that serve any legitimate purpose? No, it entirely defeats the purpose of signing it.
I was pretty depressed when Kodak discontinued Kodachrome. There was one place that still developed it for a long while, but then they shut down also. Luckily, Fuji still makes Velvia Fujuchrome. They had discontinued Velvia 100 in 2005, and there was an outcry, and they brought it back with Fujichrome 50, redesigned the original coatings to work with the new base. Actually, I always preferred Fujuchrome to Kodachrome or Ektochrome, colors are more saturated. Velvia 50 tends to make people look a little red, so find and use Velvia 100 for people, but for anything else with color, Fujichrome Velvia 50 is sick.
The back ends tend to be a bit kick-y.

Is that a quote?
Yes. I should have an MVP ready in 2-3 weeks
DjVu
This is an interesting idea, are you suggesting that sometimes what manifests itself as decision fatigue is actually stemming from lack of a deeper understanding of the problem? I will try to apply that.
Presenting meditation as something you can do every once in a while when you are feeling bad emotionally and want to feel better is like telling somebody that if they wake up feeling tired and out of shape, they should go for a quick three mile run and then they'll feel great for the rest of the day. It only works for people who are in decent shape already, and not only is it terrible advice for people who are looking for help, it's also presented in a way that makes people feel like something is wrong with them if it doesn't work for them like it supposedly does for other people.
Isn't dying to self a central tenet of Christian teaching?

" Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." John 12:24

"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. " Galatians 2:20

" For whoever strives to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. " Mark 8:35

Lots more.
Without wishful thought, how can one make wishes?

Standards compliance is good for customers. What is good for customers is ultimately good for the company.
I’d love for something like this to be more standard. Writing complex stuff in PyTorch reminds me of writing assembly, except instead of constantly keeping track of state you have to constantly keep track of what the axes mean. Ideas like named tensors will have to become standard if “differentiable programming” is going to be more like regular programming.
My general belief is that these languages would be far more useful as embedded languages; occasionally there is a need for the core of some complicated system to take advantage of their power, but the same design that makes them good at math makes them horrible for writing APIs or database access.
I want to know why and how Queen agreed to do the music and the story of how the theme song was created. Would be super interested to hear that oral history.
Don't you think connecting the field more closely with computer science would help it mature, though? Both sides could benefit from this: Both get methods, challenges and insight from each other. It might bring both a bit closer down to earth - computer science gets a better idea of possible social challenges their work could face or produce; social science gains new perspectives from more technical and practical students.
I have added a link to the main post for all other viewers.
> The new policies create more side-effects...Repeat Until ... the majority of people can’t compete in the economy ... they either start living off the government, or ...they live on the street. New policies are introduced ..

Sorry if I perceived incorrectly, but you are making it sound as if economic system before income tax was all hunky dory and people lived satisfying comfortable lives. From what it seems, system before income tax had much worse lives (on average) than the system after income tax.

So can you please clarify if you indeed claim that pre-income tax economic system was superior? If so, any citations?
A knot that's obviously a noose is not just a knot.

> A "noose" big enough for a cat, maybe. Certainly not a human being.

A small noose is still obviously either a threat or a sick joke in very bad humor.
From Idea to Release: The Story of Indie Game Mixolumia
95% of the time, the best tool for the job is the tool you know best.

If you don't know any tools, pick one and learn it well.
If you haven’t already, sign up for early access and I’ll keep you posted on the progress.
Article 1 Section 8 gives congress the power to collect money to provide postal service it does not require that they do so. This is opposed to Article 1 Section 2 which states a census shall be done and how often.

This isn't to say I'm against the USPS or anything of that matter just that lately I've seen "postal services are mentioned in the constitution" turned into "postal services are required by the constitution".
I imagine your comment is being downvoted because a significant portion of your comment is a statement, not a question, and that statement is something that people disagree with.
Mindfulness meditation is not about negating ego, but about observing, seeing what is in front of you, not judging, it is about perspective, about patience (sitting in silence, not running after every thought or desire you have), about learning to be gentle and patient with yourself and others. It is about waking up to your current reality, to the present moment. About coming from an illusionary state of mind to an accepting, seeing-current-reality state of mind. It’s also about realizing that you are not your thinking mind (alone). Your thinking mind is a tool, and your thoughts are notions and models about the world. But there is also a level of perception that is meta-mind. A level that is beyond that. A mind that observes your thinking mind. When you don’t equate yourself and the world with your thoughts. Call it intuition if you will. But it’s more than that. Not dichotome as the thinking mind makes it. But holistic. - The Western notion about mindfulness practice is very distorted. Sometimes simplistic. Sometimes negative: „Buddhism is about killing your ego“. No it is not about killing anything. It is about observing it, in a non-judging, patient way. - Mindfulness meditation is about practicing being in the present moment, nothing more than that. And about a set of principles that‘ll help you practice being in the present moment: Being patient, being non-judgemental, perspective, breathing, sitting in silence, observing the breath, observing the thoughts that come and go, not attaching to them, letting go, being in the present moment.
Pleito 2020
The Zen Work Pod
For sure, the word is duhkha and has a lot of alternative meanings and explanations beyond just “suffering”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duḥkha
Unfortunately in the UK, it is well known that this government (The Conservatives) is extremely incompetent and have failed on everything.

I am confident that Labour (or any other party) would have handled this better.

What a shambles.
Im not OP. How do you measure level of essential-ness? How soon someone complains about that work not being done? Janitor would be pretty high up there.

-Mark