skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If homeowners insurance in the UK is anything like it is in the US, I'd advise you to cancel the claim and pay for it yourself out of pocket. In the US, if you ever make a homeowners insurance claim, you basically get blacklisted from getting a new policy from any provider anywhere in the country on any home you own for some unknown number of years.
Poor deflection.
Please no Kardashian on HN.
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You need a large amount of capital for it to do enough good for others (e.g. via investments into companies) that the returns you receive are enough to live on.
If you move to a non tax state then you might come out ahead. Cali taxes are killer
Yeah I'd really love to see an analysis on this, that'd be really interesting to me.
I also hate all open source Remote Desktop solutions, but I ended up using SPICE with Proxmox. Nothing else will forward audio and handling Remote Desktop at a virtualization level is the most reliable and flexible of everything else that I have tried.

Only downside is that it doesn’t work with LXC containers, but that’s not a big problem considering only five or so machines need graphics.

EDIT: another downside is lack of client support on iOS. I’d love to work on my iPad with a Magic Keyboard but no client exists that handles SPICE AFAIK.
From under the noise floor. If anything that is the impressive feat.
I understand your sentiment. But the highest marginal estate tax rate is currently 40%, for amounts above $1M (after deducting applicable exemptions). That seems high enough. The problem is that the estate tax system is so complex, so full of loopholes and tricks, that no truly rich person with 2 brain cells and a competent estate lawyer will pay a fraction of that 40% tax.

I don't know what the solution is, but it seems to me that the estate tax system is overly complex, too open to abuse, and needs to be simplified. It is unfortunately intertwined with Trust laws, Probate laws, Income tax laws, international tax treaties, etc. As far as I can tell, the estate tax exists only because of the "stepped up cost basis" feature in the US tax code, where all capital gains is zeroed out upon death by increasing the cost basis of the asset to the current market value. (Does any other country have this?)

I think it would be simpler to eliminate Stepped Up Cost Basis, and replace the estate tax with something like a "deemed disposition" tax, where the capital gains tax is paid upon death (above a certain exemption amount, say $5M/couple), or paid upon transfer to another non-pass-through legal entity (e.g. an irrevocable trust). Oh, we should also eliminate the long-term capital gains tax rate, and all capital gains should be taxed at the same rate as earned income. I think this would eliminate the "carried interest" loophole. Oh, and we should eliminate Dynasty Trusts, which can last as long as 365 years. It's hard to see how allowing a Trust to last 365 years is good public policy. Oh, and so many other loopholes need to be closed.

Unfortunately, I don't think there is much political will to tackle these issues. Estate tax law is a very obscure part of the tax code. Very few people care, except for the small number of ultra wealthy people and their lawyers who are taking full advantage of the current system.
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If you are interested, the draft for the pattern matching can be found here: https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/8213076

If the final version ends up working as explained in the draft, it is going to be a fantastic addition to the language.
Isn’t this Apple loosening the rules? That seems to make the opposite point you are
Let's liquidate all US billionaires and spread that money to every person in the US. Let's also set aside the question of how one could legally liquidate the billionaires.

Per https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/05/21/the-net-wo... the combined net worth of every US billionaire was 3.4 trillion in May of this year. Per https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/3-ways-that-the-u-s-popu... there were 331 million Americans in January of this year.

Dividing that out: $10,271.90 per person. Not enough to live on the passive income even in the cheapest parts of the globe.
The parent comment suggested that the conditions tightened, when in fact they loosened.
Agreeing to provide a service on a specific date, then offering the same service to others, and withdrawing from the first agreement upon receipt of a better offer is wrong. You might not agree with that, but it's how I see things. What would you think if the companies and individuals you interacted with were constantly backing out of signed deals?
No, I don't use the bike or tread, I just stream their exercise classes. I guess I could convert from my phone to HDMI, but Peloton works in the browser and that's a great deal easier. If I had bought a $2000 bike that only works with Peloton then I doubt I’d even be looking at Fitness+ :)
Why name it after anything? "UCSF Children's Hospital" tells you everything you need to know.
The industry and their advocacy groups reduced their costs by switching to packaging, proceeded to lie to consumers and government that all this new packaging was going to be easily recycled and not to worry.

I don't see where consumers are on the hook? We were told that plastic was better (e.g. the switch from paper bags to plastic).

As a comparison to electronics industry in many jurisdictions there are recycling fees paid at the time of purchase. Those fees are paid to recyclers to tear down equipment into raw materials to be re-used. The electronics industry didn't mislead anyway suggesting recycling could pay for itself nor add recycling symbols to suggest you could drop a TV in your blue recycle bin.
+1 to Groovy.

Can be very simple and elegant, like a better Python, on the JVM.

But also very rigorous, as a Java superset, with powerful features like mixing dynamic and static compilation in the same class.

Or even deep, with run-time metaprogramming and compile-time AST manipulation capabilities (giving tools like Gradle, Spock...).

And you have of course multiline interpolated Strings. And so much.
FYI if you're on a Mac using a Virtualenv, you might need to do 'pip install pyobjc' to get the music to play.
Almost every successful streaming service has been launched by companies with big archives of content. Netflix was lucky that they landed some sweetheart content deals before the studios and networks realized the value of online content. As far as I can tell, Apple TV+ is the only network to launch with a clean slate this way.
More than just their UI, fundamental parts of Apple's OSes are written in ObjC, including very new components like ARKit, CoreML, and the Metal API. Apple continues to write tons of new Objective-C code every day. Of course Swift is making inroads inside Apple, but Objective-C has to be well supported for a very long time to come.

I've been writing Objective-C for 15 years, and continue to do about 60-70% of my work in ObjC (the rest is mostly Swift). I'm not particularly worried about my code being unusable anytime soon. When Apple starts making a real effort to wholesale migrate away from ObjC, I will too.
In Civ 6, Normandy in WW2 would be a couple of units in one tile. The Battle of Stalingrad would be another couple of units. Same with Iwo Jima, and every other major battle in history.
Assuming you're a different person to the other poster, you also haven't actually told us what you think this means and how it relates to the article being discussed.

You seem to want to give the impression you're making a clear point but you seem a little cautious about explicitly stating it.
Agreed. The iPad 3 was the best feeling iPad to me. Easy to pick up, easy to hold.
From the article:

> And he gave it away anonymously. While many wealthy philanthropists enlist an army of publicists to trumpet their donations, Feeney went to great lengths to keep his gifts secret.
You can't become a billionaire through honest earnings. The degree is variable but the presence is inevitable, becoming required more the more billions you amass. Of course, you can take the ethical route, but those people don't get the billions.
>huge externalities that have negative consequences for the world at large.

What are these negative consequences? The only ones I can think of are related to improper disposal (eg. littering), and would be present regardless of whether the material was recyclable or not. ie. if we replaced all the non-recyclable plastic bottles with 100% recyclable aluminum cans, the littering problem would still be there.
All the date libraries have different APIs. The only one that is currently standard (the Date object) is full of footguns and hard to use.

You either ship without any date support at all or you pick a library and go. Very little comes close to Moment for i18n and timezone support, so lots of libraries go with that.

The Temporal proposal to replace Date can't happen fast enough.
No need to set a reminder.

There is if I don't want to do it right this second, yet stand a chance of forgetting before I get to $DEVICE_WITH_WHICH_TO_CANCEL. Or can I do it from a browser? Or from my Mac? Oh, screw it, I'll do it tomorrow. "Hey, Siri, remind me tomorrow..."
I'd be interested to see an analysis trying to track down the exact lightning bolt that started a fire. 100% of lightning bolts are now mapped by various open source websites to a precision of hundreds of yards. That, combined with lucky satellite shots a few hours afterwards should be enough to confirm the fire started in the same place as the lightning bolt.

Using that, it should be possible to identify what percentage of fires were in fact started by humans who were never identified (due to there being no lightning bolt within a few hours of the fire starting)
"there’s a distinctly asymmetric power relationship that you inevitably end up in if you use proprietary software."

Yes, all proprietary software vendors are stereotypical mustache twirling villains.

This is the kind of overheated rhetoric that causes people to tune out open source advocates.

Also I don't need open source software to see that vendors have tracking code. I also don't have to use their software. I have yet to hook a smart TV up to the internet and have zero intention of ever doing so. A lot of people hook up smart TVs to the Internet because it's the easiest path to get to the Netflix app. You think they are going to swap out the code on their TV even if it was a choice? That's delusional. It would be far easier for them to just plug in an Apple TV if privacy is a top concern - but sadly for most people privacy isn't a concern.

As for VR headsets they are such a niche case, other than us nerds it's not even on the mainstream radar. And once it gets to a point where it is more mainstream there will no doubt be companies like Apple making a big deal about Privacy being a key differentiator for them. So yeah, you might have a quicker path if everything was open source and you had the capability to do it yourself, but open source is hardly the ONLY path to get these results.
Is there a glucose monitor/sensor that works from the wrist without puncturing the skin?

I've seen patches on the the upper arm that have to be replaced every week or two, sensors that clip on the ear or the skin that stretches between fingers, and things that have to be surgically implanted under the skin, but my understanding is that all of these, even the non-invasive ones, have to be approved by the FDA as medical devices, and come with a pretty substantial legal responsibility.

A blood oxygen sensor helps literally everybody, even the diabetic, while a glucose monitor--assuming it can be made reliable from the wrist--benefits a smaller set. A large set, to be sure, but still a smaller set than "everyone."
What are good answers to your question that you have heard from hiring managers?
So, they lied when they didn't even need to. Doesn't that make the lie that much worse?
I highly recommend the book on Chuck - https://www.amazon.com/Billionaire-Who-Wasnt-Secretly-Fortun...
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The premise is that GPT-3 has a certain style, but it doesn't. It is almost defined by its ability to readily adopt linguistic idiosyncracies. That includes the OP's example of using colloquialisms like "dang."

GPT-3 will reduce the premium on style compared to substance.
You have set up a strawman -- I didn't say go hire people who haven't seen code, I didn't even say don't do skill testing questions. The question is: at what point in the interview process do you start dumping skill testing questions at them? And I think as the first gate to pass, this is just awful.

Further there's also a question of what kinds of questions, and how the question is asked, but that is a separate topic.

In any case, as a tangent: Most of the questions asked in these interviews have little to do with the day to day tasks of software engineers. So I'm not sure they give much insight into the performance of software engineers doing software engineering. But they do give preference to the skills obtained in CS algorithms courses, so there is an intrinsic bias towards hiring new grads.
Not to be confused with Let's Encrypt's ACME client testing CA server project (the "scaled down" version of Boulder), Pebble: https://github.com/letsencrypt/pebble
The Peloton app already does this (you don’t need their fitness machines). Their digital team is pretty great.
Limits on property ownership are a very different topic than taxation or crime.

They are treated fundamentally different in law, economics, and philosophy.
Why is his strategy of giving away money so uncommon? Rich people certainly do not need their wealth.
Did they end up adding anything that would be interesting for a "gamer"? I checked the launch lineup and they were mostly casual stuff.

Anything more complex now?
I once used it for an embedded expression evaluation language in a Java application.
You say that like that as though you're not just uncharitably describing what's basically a libertarian paradise.

There are tons of people who want exactly what you find so abhorrent.
Thank you! I do like it
I think it is virtuous to plan and prepare for your own security and the security of those who depend on you. But beyond that (like if you are rich enough for financial security to not matter much) I don't think it is inherently virtuous to save.

People used to argue that saving (investing) is better for the economy than spending (consumption). That's an argument for a lower capital gains tax. But you could argue the US has gone too far in favor of investors, at the expense of consumption. Presumably more $ in the hands of the 1% = more investment, more $ in the hands of the lower 50% = more consumption.
This reminds me a lot of Chinese. Many of the words are 2-3 character descriptions. Eg the word for machine is used as a suffix for flying machine (airplane), thinking machine (computer), washing machine etc. For historical reasons related to steam engines, the word for train roughly translates as fire machine. Another good example is how ying can be combined with the character for land to describe England (ying guo), further combined with people to describe the English (ying guo ren), or combined with the character for writing to describe English (ying wen). The same thing works for France (fa guo), Germany (de guo), America (mei guo) etc. It also works with the generic word for foreign. Foreign country (wai guo), foreigner (wai guo ren), foreign language (wai wen). My personal favorite is the word for faucet translates as "water dragons head".
I think this is a wonderful idea and I'm gonna sign up for it. I don't think I'm going to head back to my gym any time soon, so using this in tandem with the exercise bike I just bought will be fantastic for my wife and I.

I'm not talking about the technical or monetary parts of this: I just miss my gym and think this will be a good idea
I think the frugal living they're talking about is not in the venn diagram overlap of those accumulating Billions of Dollars.

My understanding is that the point would be to not tax someone leaving a much less significant amount to their children, in the case of either an untimely or expected death, and rather using more targeted methods to prevent the accumulation of billions, like taxing those who accumulate billions.
Apple did a massive push to get the tv app and airplay into a variety of smart tv’s in order to launch TV+. So if you have a newer tv it may be supported.
Is there an example of this? I might have seen that recently.
Your definition of freedom is just anarchy. The obvious question: What's to stop somebody from murdering you and taking your wealth?

The same objective (or subjective, take your pick) morality that discourages robbery-murder can effortlessly extend to the distribution of wealth in society. An objective moralist once said: "Render unto Caesar...". A subjective moralist could say: "whatever minimizes human suffering and maximizes human opportunities" which leaves policy-makers with a broad canvas.

Personally I don't think this is a particularly moral issue, except near the extremes; but even if it were, the answer isn't what you're hoping for.
I do the voices. And also dynamically reduce vocabulary level, or add in exclamations or slang expressions. Reading is fun when you've got an appreciative audience!
I am constantly surprised at how many Brillant Paula Bean [1] developers are out there successfully interviewing, getting hired and BS-ing their way through jobs. I've always wondered if this is as prevalent in other industries outside of software.

1: https://thedailywtf.com/articles/The_Brillant_Paula_Bean
This is more-or-less what I figured. Hopefully we're wrong about that, or if so, maybe that's a good 2nd release feature. Can't believe I'm the only one interested in doing workouts with my spouse.
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I don't think there is a single "point" where that crossover occurs. However, there are definitely times where you can confidently state that it has occurred, and I believe that we're living in those times.
If you think the right choices are more at the extremes I'd suggest living for another 10 years then getting back to me.

Heaven help you if you ever start a family.
This kind of work is what keeps most of the small, local marketing agencies you've never heard of afloat. The town programmer, town UI designer, etc all generally work at a place like that with the town's small-business salesperson.

They'll ususaly do anything from helping you claim/manage your Google Maps listing to publishing your restaurant's menu online to creating your Shopify store or Wordpress marketing site, alongside your print media or whatever other needs.
Those who "invest in companies" need somewhere to put their excess money. That demand for credit is likely responsible for downstream financial crises. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40854-019-0136-2

I like Milton Friedman too, he had a cool show on PBS, but history isn't going to be good for that guy.
Fair enough, I was being inflammatory in my response. I would not fail fizzbuzz.

But I'd probably want to, just to piss off this person (the throwaway account who came on here to argue...)
This looks very cool! I wonder how close it is to the method that Boston Dynamics uses to control the their version. Did they simply train a machine learning algorithm for way longer than a hobbyist can or is there a ton of manual tweaking?
>These things are not at all equivalent.

That's why I didn't say they were. I was challenging you to explain the moral difference and you haven't yet answered that. Worse, you're not pretending that your coffee shop meeting isn't an interview, and is for their benefit:

>How else will they know they want to live with my family?

It's fine if you want to argue against the standard background check, but you need to actually articulate what is objectionable about it, and have some awareness of the similarities to the screening that you consider necessary.
Is there something virtuous about not creating wealth?
Yes - Pratt embedded in a recursive descent parser is hard to beat. I say this after writing parsers on and off for years. Like the author, I also went through a cycle of tools but in my case it was recursive descent, LR (Flex/Bison), parser combinators (Haskell), LL (Antlr) before returning to recursive descent.

In the end the recursive descent (+Pratt) beats them all, in my opinion:

- you can easily provide properly helpful error messages

- best general performance

- the parser can be debugged directly using normal debugging tools

- flexibility - all the tools and features of the host programming language are available

- zero dependencies, no build tool integration required.

The only issues I could see that the author has regarding recursive descent are excessive boiler plate and the complexity of handling precedence and associativity but:

- there should be no more boiler plate than there is for any other programming task - you write functions, methods, classes, etc. just like normal dev to reduce boilerplate.

- using Pratt provides the structure to handle all the operator rule complexity.
I asked for evidence. Rather than providing any you went on a diatribe about science. Until you can provide any reasonable evidence of your claim, you are nothing but a crank.
To be frank, with that attitude, we'd never make better decisions ever. We'd always see that things get complicated quick.

Things ARE complicated. Teams spend time navigating the questions and coming up with their best answers - the poster who started this thread posted a site that has done that exercise https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/giving-recommendations/

They have a model, and they can iterate on that model as they get new information or insights. It's hard for me to think that their model is worse than my lack of model.
I did address your question - I ask them to write code first. It may waste your time, but it saves time for my team. You can't code? Ok, the interview is over. Thanks for your time.

There's lots of debate on what kind of coding questions to ask. My questions are more fizz-buzz and less CS textbook. You'd be amazed how many people apply for senior level software engineer roles who can't demonstrate basic programming skills.
It solves the problem of excess consumption by humans as a whole. If this creates a new problem, such as allowing some humans consume disproportionately more than others, then that can be solved separately. The easiest and least corruptible solution that comes to mind there is wealth redistribution.
The PDF file format specification has 971 pages.
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> extreme concentrations of wealth should already be heavily and unavoidably taxed

Unfortunately, government is already the most extreme concentration of wealth in the history of mankind, spending $8 trillion dollars a year in the USA alone, of which $1 trillion (that's 1,000 billionaire fortunes, or bankrupting Jeff Bezos 5x over, every year) goes straight to the military.
I would prefer the market be more diverse.

I spend a fair amount of time on fitness and haven't found any tracking app that floats my boat -- Apple's being especially awful from a UX perspective in my opinion -- and I'd really like to think that if I come up with a better idea, I won't have to subsidize Tim Cook's latest vertical takeover with 30% of my indie revenue, or worse: my customers' indie revenue.

At the risk of veering off topic, I think Apple is making a huge mistake trying to capture as much app-related revenue as possible. Passionate developers are a big part of what enables their industry-leading margins on all that shiny hardware. 30% is fair, or at least "normal," for some things, but trying to get it from my personal trainer is beyond the pale.
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I think that's a shame. I have never heard of him. How many could he inspire if he was more vocal? But, to each their own.