skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think the problem is that housing is exclusionary and people want to live in some locations rather than others. Typical housing doesn't scale well. This creates an effect where people are effectively bidding each other up on the price of housing, because the winner gets to live in that location and everyone else doesn't. This means that the cost of housing scales with how wealthy the people who want to live in that area are.

A 2000 sqft house in the middle of nowhere in Wyoming might cost $200k. In SF you'll get far less for the same money. People want to be in SF, because there's more to do, but also because the better paying jobs are there. This uplifts the entire area, but also makes things like housing more expensive.

In a lot of ways I think the cost of housing is dependent on the housing density vs job density of the area. If job density is much higher than the housing density, then the price of housing goes up by a lot.

I think a similar idea can be used to explain the high costs of higher education. Every university has a limited number of spots, so people are willing to pay more and more to get a spot. Loans mean that everyone's capable of paying the money to the university, regardless what they charge.
anything that's not actually involved in computation.

This doesn't seem like a very easy problem to solve.
> Clearly dollar-denominated asset holders lose by first order effects

I don’t think you understand how this works. There are more dollars chasing the same number of assets, the asset holders are standing still while the dollar holders are falling behind.

> We benefit because otherwise those jobs would be lost entirely

If those jobs are lost due to decreased demand, the null hypothesis is that they should be lost, because they are no longer required. Its fine for you to feel otherwise but that’s why you would argue in favor of your alternate hypothesis where, despite the decrease in demand, we somehow know better than all those consumers, and decide that keeping a few apparently useless jobs around is more important than all those workers having stable incomes.

> along with the associated production which is worse in first order terms, but because it both reduces output and contracts demand, has second-order effects that would result in more job losses and production cuts.

If people aren’t purchasing those goods and services its entirely possible that we don’t need them to continue to be produced and propping them up with inflation is a bad idea.

> If the workers individually prefer not to be employed than to be employed at reduced real wages, they of course can voluntarily choose not to work (which by contracting supply will drive up wages for the remaining workers.)

This would be a good argument for asking them to take a pay cut. Inflation is a bad answer to this because it doesn’t result in a predictable or easily measureable decrease in wages. Btw this also has implications for the decision to use such a coarse-grained means to affect the economy.

> Yes, naturally if demand decreases both market-clearing price and market-clearing quantity should decrease. Wage stickiness pushes that all into quantity and not price cuts, which is more disruptive than smaller quantity cuts with some price cuts (both for the produced goods and the labor to produce them.)

If wage stickiness is a bad thing, then perhaps a cultural change towards accepting some variability in wages due to market conditions is indicated. However, its not clear that wage stickiness is even a bad thing, and its not clear that the guys who manipulate policy in order to deceive workers about the real value of their wages are doing it for the workers’ own good.

> Inflation doesn't prevent manufacturers from noticing demand cuts,

It absolutely can, what do you think this whole discussion is about? If they didn’t inflate the money supply then businesses would notice decreased demand and fire some workers, thats what you said.

> it just makes it more possible for them to cut prices as well as quantity in response to demand fluctuations

Not necessarily, in fact by increasing the nominal price of inputs it can make it more difficult for businesses to even survive.
Absolute value of assets doesn't matter. What matters is future appreciation potential of those assets. That's my point. You can infinitely subdivide them and see the same appreciation potential recognized over a greater number of units.

Yes people who got in before you may have done better than you. They may not have. But the absolute price isn't relevant since owning AAPL shares isn't a necessity for life. On the other hand the absolute affordability of elements of the CPI basket does matter, which is why the CPI basket includes actual apples and not AAPL shares.

Remember when you invest in something what you want is for it to become less affordable. That decrease in affordability is called an "ROI" or return on investment.
The real link should be https://about.fb.com/news/2021/02/changes-to-sharing-and-vie... as that's where they have posted the update. But submitting it will just link to the original submission from 5 days ago
Given choice though people will go for what they consider more efficient. So they'd rather wait it out until more vaccines from other pharma are available. This is because if they take the AZ option and turns out to be insufficient there's no guarantee they'll get another chance to get vaccinated.
So what advice / sources of information do you give to those naive startups that don't know the mechanics of fundraising and would like to learn how to do it right? And not be mislead by those other less useful sources of information online?
Another example from France: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35210572
It sounds to me as though you're saying that Spotify's loudness normalization is affecting the audio quality of the records. I don't believe this works the way that you may think it is working.

While Spotify IS applying file compression (ala mp3) to every one of their records (and this affects the sound quality) I have not heard any reports of them applying any additional post-EQ or volume compression in the way that, say, a radio station might. I believe you may be mistaken as to what the Loudness Normalization feature is doing.

It is simply turning down the volume of tracks that have been mixed/mastered to excessive loudness levels so that they match the average loudness of more sensibly-mixed/mastered songs. Turning the volume of the louder track down has no effect whatsoever on it's audio quality. The meta-effect, then, is that the normalization disincentivizes the practice of mixing/mastering songs too hot; something which DOES have a negative effect on the audio quality of a song.
...I should’ve known better than to ask :)
I started using fountain pens again last year when I started journalling. As a side effect my hand writing is so much better. Later I shifted to a dip pen since I wanted to write slower and think more before I wrote. I had shifted to a ballpoint in school for exactly the opposite reason.
From today's Reddit AMA with the NASA team, they use pyrotechnics to set off a guillotine like device to cut the cables. Possibly something like https://psemc.com/products/pyrotechnic-cable-cutter/

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/lpzbzo/were_scientist...
ISO-8601 not good enough for you? It’s a standard, human readable, has every datetime detail, every language that supports JSON can read it.

What’s missing?
Who is to say what to legitimate use and what is misuse of a creation if not the creator?
Regarding 3; are there examples of stimulus causing run-away inflation? Or has it usually been a political event, a complete loss of trust in the system?
It genuinely surprises the shit out of me that people haven't created a "middleware" layer that treats GitHub as its backend / source of truth, but everything gets routed through a custom domain. E.g., spin up this glorified reverse proxy on Heroku, and now example.com/bugs is really just example.github.io/bugs, which is a page with all its form actions pointing to the Heroku service acting as a go-between for managing github.com/example/whatever/issues with full backups, etc.
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Go projects using modules are permissive about where you put them (e.g. they don't have to be inside a GOPATH at the right location). It does still use a GOPATH for caching directories though, which seems normal enough. They have to go somewhere, usually declared in some env variable, or they have to have a default location and silently spread files all over. `go get` is not a binary installer, it's a go-project-downloader that happens to also be able to install binaries, so this is IMO expected as it doesn't toss the intermediate products (i.e. a temp folder is not a reasonable choice).

As for multi-language projects and conflicting layout needs: oh yeah, that's still terrible. Maybe try Bazel? It can break `go`(the CLI binary)'s rules and build any package from any source files, regardless of their locations. None of that is part of the language spec, `go` is just opinionated and inflexible (probably for simplicity).
So could wormholes.

The problem isn't investing in exotic technology for NASA, it's about fixing a culture that's gotten to the point where they've lost the advantage of scaling out manufacturing and execution to rapidly iterate through an approach.

It boggles my mind that we have private players like Neutron, SpaceX , Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin pushing the boundaries of what was thought possible in a unit of time.

Personally, it feels NASA doesn't feel accountability to goals.
The only positive use case I can think of, is self taught developers using this to avoid wasting hours being completely lost learning something new for the first time.

Once you're working, you have peers you can ask who will answer any beginner/intermediate questions.
Shamelessly copied from sracer [1]

Here's the typical cycle for problems reported on Apple products:

1. A few members post reports of the problem, report it to Apple
2. No response from Apple
3. Increased number of people report the issue
4. No response from Apple
5. Apple apologists dismiss the reports as very rare, the result of trolling, or exaggeration by drama queens
6. Even more reports of the problem
7. No response from Apple
8. News of the problem hits blogs
9. Apple apologists dismiss the blogs as simply engaging in clickbait
10. No response from Apple
11. Those affected by the issue threaten a class-action lawsuit
12. Apple apologists decry the "sue happy" nature of American consumers
13. Apple acknowledges the legitimacy of the problem
14. Apple apologists are silent
15. Apple release an update to correct the problem
or
15. They set up a "program" to address the problem.
16. Apple gains some positive publicity
17. Apple apologists applaud Apple for doing the "right thing". (for an issue that they said from day-1 was not actually an issue)
18. First hand experience with the “program” reveals very strict guidelines and restrictions that greatly reduce the number of affected customers that can participate in the program.

[1] https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-faces-another-cla...
The researchers tested for this according to the article. Pretty interesting read.
It’s out of control.

Example ledger: “service fee”, “tip”, “taxes & fees” (hidden) which, when clicked, reveals the tax and another two dollar fee. Which means the service fee is actually $2 more than it seems and the tax is $2 less than it seems. In any reasonable legal system, the business would have been forced to show you just one “service fee” with the right amount. Furthermore, there is no guarantee whatsoever that the “tip” is broken down the way you would expect; for all you know, the company can take a huge cut of that and not show you that breakdown at all. Just utter crap.
Airlines charge progressive luggage fees because they have discovered that flying air freight on passenger flights is highly profitable. Air freight rates generally range from $1.50–$4.50 per kilogram. Airlines typically price airfreight at 4–5 times that of road transport and 12–16 times that of sea transport. 1st Bag: $30 · 2nd Bag: $55 · 3rd Bag: $180 · 4th Bag: $200 · Each bag maximum 50 lb/22 kg. Companies shipping cargo like smartphones that are very valuable when priced by weight (a kg of iphones is worth thousands), don't care if they have to pay 15 times the ocean transport rate, if they can get them to market much faster and securely by air transport. Airlines don't want to lose space in the cargo hold for that business because their passengers want to check 2 bags and their golf clubs on vacation with them. The baggage costs are as much about discouraging checking baggage and incentivizing carry-ons as they are about makeing extra money off the passenger business.
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But that I understand, the problem in democracy is that you can take bad decision that you glorify because it's made by the people.

It's fine, people can make collective mistakes, but I think we ignore several facts during a referendum like that:
- People misunderstand the question
- People understand the question but vote to answer another one
- People are divided in groups with very different agenda that sometimes are shorterm good for a majority and long term bad for a minority (the elders might vote against the interest of the youth, then die leaving them with the mess)

I vote, and enjoy it, but I also recognize I'm as big an idiot as anyone else, and I don't think this worked in the Brexit instance. The PM proposed the vote for the wrong reason, people voted at a time they were not thinking of the Union long term, people voted massively divided (cities vs country side, England vs the others, old vs young), so what answer did they provide exactly ? That "the people want rid of the EU" or that "British society is so divided it barely even exists" ?

I guess at least in a democracy, mistakes can be reversed, but we seem to do so many I wonder if it's not better here where at least we stick to one single side and pursue it to the end rather than girouette around (in the EU, but with not everything, then out, then surely in again because out was stupid, etc).
It actually works in a very similar fashion. Both vaccines and allergy drops change the immune system and create antibodies. In the case of vaccines, your body creates antibodies that bind to the virus to prevent them from causing symptoms of the virus (sickness/illness).

For allergy shots/drops your body also makes antibodies to bind to the allergens and prevent them from causing symptoms of the allergens like sneezing or nasal congestion. So both work in a similar mechanism. The challenge with allergy drops and allergy shots is the clinical data shows that it takes a much longer time for your body to create an immune system change that decreases your allergy symptoms than it does for your body to create antibodies to block a virus. Does this make sense?
While many raves are like that, many others are not. I do agree that the ones that are like that are annoying. But I wouldn’t not go to any rave-like scenes just because it may end up that way. I’d lose out on too much, personally.
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Thanks for sharing, I apparently missed the story the first time. Unfortunately, Twitter suspended the @shitoberfest account (https://twitter.com/shitoberfest/) Would have loved to have a look.
I was in a hurry when I typed my message, and re-reading it, I can see that it sounds a bit like babble.

I wanted to say that the tools we use impact how we behave, and that impact alone can have moral consequences. The "medium is the message" link I posted earlier talks about how the tools we use influence how we behave and experience the world. For example, if I want to tell a story, I might film a movie, or write a book, or record a radio program, or tell the story around a campfire. Each of these tools will impact the tellers, the receivers, and the story itself. This logic also applies to other more boring forms of communications. For example, using complicated software to say who gets to leave jail makes a difference in how the "tellers" and the "receivers" experience the world. To make a comparison, what if the jailer recorded information on a clipboard and paper calendar?
You misunderstood my comment.

> if you'd exchanged it for assets in the year of issue like you were supposed to

like you were supposed to This is exactly how the central bank policy is set up for the wealthy.

> You willingly took the haircut.

Alas, most Americans (and all the poor ones) do not have the same access to investment opportunities as myself.
Just curious, as you seem to be an enthusiast in this space - what do you see as the ultimate goal of this form factor and/or platform? Is it for emulation in general, for specific consoles, is the hope to play Steam games that don't demand powerful computers? I get that it's a general purpose PC and people can do what they want with it, but I assume there is a leading reason to develop this. And reading the comments there is an entire world around this space I am woefully ignorant of.

I'm genuinely asking out of curiosity, I know my first comment was dismissive but that mostly means I'm not the target audience.
What's the hack to get something like this in the US? I don't want to drive my kids around in it, but I have a short drive on 35 mph roads to my co-working space and I would love to go electric.
Yeah, geology often seems self-similar at many different scales. I also was completely surprised when it was suddenly so close to the ground.
The article says they told their customers to switch away. What it doesn't mention is that this was over a weekend, and many people couldn't manage the switch before the weather hit.
> Brains still operate as brains after severe trauma

Well, except when they don't, but since a brain functioning as a brain is part of the operating requirements for the body that lets the brain operate at all, when they don't, they ultimately fail entirely in short order.

So, assuming that a brain generally operates as a brain after severe trauma is a pretty serious case of survivorship bias.
What can I get for $30?
Curious about whether you're looking at silicon carbide as a replacement for IGBTs for your inverters. Is the technology practical yet? (I'm a big fan of IGBTs but there's always room for improvement.)
Alternatively, just use JSON as a low-level data interchange much like a CSV file. Put all your human-managed content in a configuration language that emits JSON, like jsonnet, cue, dahl, etc. These languages add comments, function, variables, and much, much more (like fancy data cascades, validation, schemas, imports, etc.) to make managing configuration at scale easy.
I agree with you all’s sentiment. But, I wish it was a simple as letting things get ‘back to nature’ but it’s not unfortunately. I live in a rental, halfway through our second year lease.

We have a really large, fantastic yard. It is landscaped nicely with mostly ’native’ plants. Rhododendron, azaleas, among others. Also full of large, old growth trees. Many probably 150-200 years old according to the arborist who came out and surveyed recently.

Due to the large tree canopies in the neighborhood, we have an unbelievable bird population. Numerous small birds special, huge seasonal flocking birds passing through, hawks, even a couple resident owls. Huge amounts of squirrels and small mammals.

Unfortunately, we still have a horrible mosquito problem in the summertime. It’s really almost unbearable. I strongly considered having the yard sprayed last year, but resisted the temptation.
Does the claim about emissions factor in the production and distribution of the fuel?
I admire your patience here.
that not a good analogy or apt at all. The medallion system was basically a local monopoly or like a guild that only allowed themselves to say make candles in the city. It really didn't make any sense whether with uber or not why the cities should be restricting or handing out the medallions in the first place.

Sure perhaps there could have been a national taxi license like how truck drivers receive it if one is talking about safety and other regulations but per city never made any sense beyond rent-seeking by both the city and the taxi companies
Looked at a few products I'm familiar with, and it appears you're doing pretty damn well at summarizing the high and low points for them. Nice work, bookmarked. It's pretty rare to find an affiliate model type site that actually adds value.

Edit: You'll want to watch out for people scraping your work and hawking it as their own though. I did something kinda similar by taking poor OEM images and cleaning them up, adding some rotation/depth, improving product descriptions, specifications by hand, etc. Scraped and copied by competitors pretty soon thereafter. Then a whack-a-mole DMCA game of getting rid of the ones that didn't bother to even change the copy.
Truly representing dates would make the semantics more complicated than JSON, Javascript, CSS, and C++20 combined.

The practical approaches are to represent it as time since the Epoch (in floating point) or a string where both sides somehow agree what "03/04/05" means.
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Not really, it escalated towards the police being violent then died with a poof when teenagers realized they fucked us all.

The Chinese gov doesn't care and doesn't want to care, they are being bamboozled by the true winners of the situation: the DAB party using the communist paranoia to consolidate their local power acting as good little patriots (when every law they passed is anti-communist, really, and pro-status quo).

So the DAB suspended the legislative election after they lost the district one, for one year. They can act like that with the blame being directed at China by constantly looking the other way when asked to give an opinion about China and acting as if they were under order. But it serves 0 chinese interest, it makes the entire population hate China and China hate the population, with the DAB cementing itself into the only barrier still there before the army intervenes.

It's so obvious yet so missed by everyone that it's painful to watch. I hope there's a masterplan in Beijing, but I doubt they even understand what people think in Beijing, let alone in Hong Kong, so ...

And the DAB represents a large class of the population, too: the elders, the rent-owners, the large corporations, the traditional post-colonial Hong Kong. That's the people you see on the sideline shaking their head and taking picture in mass when the kids burn a metro station. The journalists don't film it, but I'm there with everyone just commenting at the monkeys while the western media stream them with a close angle as if they were fighting China or for freedom... While nobody is communist in Hong Kong, not even the metro station they hate so much !

I saw my entire family switch to the DAB during the protests so maybe I'm under bias thinking this produced exactly the opposite effect all sides looked for: Hong Kong is not more independent, Hong Kong is not more Chinese, but the DAB sure is more powerful - we'll see what happens if they restore the election, but at this point they can get away with not doing it and say "oh but without us it's the PLA so calm down"
Since there's no censorship occurring, this foaming-mouthed rant is simply more of the same.

Tip for idiots thrown out of pubs: yelling at the bouncers isn't going to get your name off the landlord's shit-list, and you don't have a right to make everyone listen to your drivel.
> Unfortunately I know this first hand as my wife slowly died from malnutrition due to a medical condition that prevented her from being able to eat.

JFC I am so sorry.
Banks are bad
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