skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Oh they would be lazy, it's just that expressing something like that efficiently (i.e. something like "SELECT foo.*, (SELECT count(1) FROM bar where foo_id = foo.id") is usually really hard to do. Most ORMs I've seen would N+1 on that with a naive approach, and even the "optimized" approach will want to fetch all bars vs. just the counts.
The author [1] appears to have some substantial hands on experience

[1] https://mhausenblas.info/
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> If companies can figure out how to use a mostly remote workforce effectively, they can hire anywhere in the world with good Internet.

While technically true, you’re overlooking the tax, legal, and other issues this causes. A non-hurdle for Google, but a huge one for smaller businesses.
I save fun optimization problems that usually involve a lot of time waiting for builds and tests to run for a Friday or Saturday night with a few Manhattans and a movie; it's a nice way to relax and even if you only made inconsequential optimizations you can feel good about it.

Tonight I looked over at my wife and drawled "I just optimized away 200K of bytecode. Wanna make out?" Strangely she didn't not take me up on the offer but I think she's just jealous of the Amarena cherries in my glass.
Smart IT professionals specifically EXCLUDE working directly for Australian government organisations because of the dysfunctions and politics. Even being one of the consultants working 'for' them is bad but not as bad as being directly employed if you prefer doing IT to politics and bs.
See here

> tilt the uneven power dynamic between employer and employee towards the employee

With here

> unions seem to often go overboard with impractical demands and are more political than in Europe

Gives you Union Employee who grab the power from the actual owners of the company. The relation is now even worse: The Union leader have both power, and no skin in the game. At least the employers cared about the longevity of the company.

Unions don't solve the power dynamics. They just tilt it to a new side. Worse: They encourage the idea that force (strikes) can yield power/money; which is why countries with Unions degenerate.

Of course, someone here is going to get angry because of the "poor" employees and their work conditions.
My thought on taxes that compensate the best of is that you get an incentive on two sides: Both to not be the nosiest and an incentive to be among the quietest-- so for a given amount of money moved you get twice the incentive.
Not only that, but just looking at the graph I would not be surprised if the delta is well within the margin for error.
Why don’t we have the actual gems themselves contain a signature from the developer?
With podcasts at least there's a solid effort behind this with the podcast namespace (https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace) - unfortunately there's very little uptake on the player side.
Not-so-subtle threats of violence. Another reason not to like labor unions.
And those competent people would have to put up with career position squatters who can't be fired but are just obstructive, or political career squabblers as bad or worse than private sector.
There are quite a few PhDs in Economics who got it researching EVE markets.
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A small part of the problem that's I observed during my interview there is the person who interviewed me mentioned that the teams largely operate independently, and sometimes have competing ideas. First across the finish line wins.

Ultimately, this, I think, sets up a lot of perverse incentives. Engineers are encouraged to burn themselves out to beat their coworkers, and there's less value in maintaining a good product. Anyone who remembers the very early days of their cloud offerings could pretty easily see the results.
What's the advantage of Stackless Python over ordinary Python?
I don’t believe they were a part of forming or attempting to form the union, but we’re the management of the facility. Maybe I misread it. Maybe they have a claim because it’s highly likely they were let go because they did squash the attempts at forming a union?
That's a pretty absurd thing to say.

Each individual bodyguard has no reason to think they would have a higher rank after a coup replacing the "one person."

They absolutely don't need to believe that the person at the top is irreplaceable. Sometimes they've lived through a replacement or two!
> ...policy is to work wherever we feel the most productive and happiest

That is interesting. I like that idea, in theory.

In practise I find the promise I have made to an employer to work/be available certain hours very useful. My time off is off, on is on.
I’m 71 and can’t learn any. Typing cryptic commands? I could learn but would forget by the next day. Had the first 128k Mac. Why backslide?
I imagine calling them "killer robots" is frowned upon in your industry.
Seems especially weird considering motorcycles are naturally louder because the exhaust is shorter, the muffler is smaller, the engine’s exposed.

Maybe they went off of average engine size / power?

Funny thing is a smaller engine needs to rev higher to make any power. Small bikes are ridiculously loud in cities because they need so much throttle to go anywhere. A stock 50cc moped is way louder than a stock 1000cc adventure bike.
Is a drone aircraft a tank? It moves fast and hits hard.
That wouldn't be fatal: if you bring down the typical levels it becomes easier to lower the bannable levels.

The noise pollution we experience doesn't just come from the loudest cars at their loudest times-- though that has an outsized effect-- it comes from all but the absolute quietest.
It’s all fun and games until the drone battery overheats and starts a forest fire.
There's a ton of lab work, reverse engineering, validation, prototyping, measurement, the list goes on forever. CAD and simulation are just the beginning.
Um, > running the company into the ground

how so?
If that mastercard is prepayed and anonymous, there's not really a problem with that. Similar how festivals use "credits" on NFC bracelets.
Then don't provide the attestation. No sites I've used (Facebook, GitHub, login.gov, Google, and so on) require attestation. It's unfortunate that the WebAuthn standard requires it be possible for them to ask, but you can just say "No" and I do.
i think Steve Job said that, it may have been part of his clever marketing. He was very good at it.

He probably had to think differently when he got in charge of a big corporation...
If I was going to try using something new it would be Flutter/Dart.

If I was going to use something (old) that might be Qt, or something that I know from way back straight up Java Swing. For something big a framework like Eclipse RCP. Should be able to use Kotlin for these now at least.
Who said anything about advice?
At the risk of drawing the ire of folks here and conducting some informed generalization ... but this kind of thing is exactly why regular people cannot stand, even hate people like that. It's the kind of frivolity and decadent nature of things that when future generations (if there are any) look back and say "of course the outcome of that would be {future calamity}".

It's interesting in some ways, but man, it just feels like that kind of thing that is symbolic of the pull away from norm that causes breaks.

Just some thoughts, be they wrong or not.
Is it really illegal to fire managers who failed to prevent unionization of the employees? Because that is what seems to have happened here.
I'd try pushing back on it. Most contracts (including this one) will have an NDA plus a declaration that you aren't making an agreement that will conflict with existing contracts you've signed. Your clause above will then cause a conflict to your next work contract as you'd have to violate the NDA to disclose your "future innovations"?

I'm not a lawyer but the majority of times I've pushed back on a contract clause via a polite email with some common sense about why it's one-sided, unreasonable, or doesn't make sense there's been some fair changes made.
Two users don't need to use the same STUN server in order for udp hole punching to worj, so choosing randomly from a list might be a good way to go.
HFT firms are re-applying a lot of techniques that worked a decade or more ago in regular markets, except now there's way less competition and way less regulation. They are making a killing right now in crypto.
>definitely classification systems (especially in math) that don't have counter-examples

Come on now, I want to get in an argument over the sorites paradox.
This is very useful, so useful that I can't help but think that the compiler actually should say what you said.
Fossil Fuel Growth Doesn't Mean We're Not Making Progres
I'm very upfront when I schedule the interview, give them a range when we set the time and if they're still interested we proceed. It's education analytics, so there's a little bit of "doing it for the mission" that gets people who are willing to make a little less because the job really has a very direct impact on students' success and lives. My work reduces student debt and increases success rates and identifies those individuals most at risk of having difficulties so others can make proper targeted interventions.

The work environment is laid back, 40 hour weeks & rarely any expectation of going over that so there can be a very good work/life balance. Benefits are pretty good too: very good retirement plan matching contributions, above average health insurance, 37 days PTO each year. So I need to find the right candidate that appreciates those things even if they could easily get 30%+ salary somewhere else. TCP where I work isn't to far off from other opportunities if the candidate considers & values those other benefits.

And again I am very upfront about that, and even explain these factors to them before interviews. I want people who know what they're signing up for, and not waste each other's time. It's a position that will give them lots of hands on experience to easily get the next step up in their career after doing this job for 3 years or so. They can grown from a basic analyst as described above into creating more sophisticated predictive modeling, bringing them up closer to my level. I view my role as managing someone as 1) to keep away from them as much as possible so they can do their work and I can do mine instead of sitting in meetings. And 2) to prepare them for their next job, their next step in their career. Because that's what a good manager does, and because by preparing them that way it means their last year working for me will be at a very high level of productivity, making my life easier as well.

But the candidate really has to be the right sort of person at the right stage in their life, someone looking for these things. And if my organization would ease up & recognize the job market requires at least a 15% increase in base salary I'd probably not have so much difficulty finding such a person.
Assume everything is compromised and construct internal architecture accordingly. The best you can ultimately do is try to limit the impact.

Proper firewall, TLS, strong crypto, secrets management, 2FA and regular audits. Zero trust stuff
> it is really hard to find a company that doesn't try to cram you into an open plan office with at least half a dozen people

exactly

I'd be fine to go into the office but don't be under the illusion I'm going to accept materially worse working conditions in order to do it. I guess it isn't the same for everyone, but my home office is a very high bar to beat and it makes a real difference to my productivity and mental well being to be there.
Noise is quite objective. And these systems don’t just instantly hand out a fine. They usually mean you have to bring your vehicle in for inspection. If hoons have to constantly swap out the exhaust on their vehicles it would likely be enough to get the to stop doing it. Or to avoid all areas with automated detection.
Why do enemies attack tanks, if tanks don't dish damage? ("Tanks are used in games because game AI is dumb" is not a very good answer for extrapolation and metaphor.) How is a tank not a shield?
Yes, of course this protocol can't somehow prevent sites from having a password (as a last ditch backup, or for any other reason) but it's intended to be used without passwords and, if you choose and have a more capable device, even without usernames.
Do you know if there is a page where you can guess whether a given poem is GPT-n generated or written by a human?

Would be a cool small experiment to check if people can tell the difference, with actual data
The thing about those gov departments is 'many' people are there for secure jobs with low effort and actual work. They actively work against change.

So yes upper leadership support is required, but you also sometimes need to pull things out root and branch, at least enough to scare those people into changing their life when they have a psychology of never needing to change again once they built their public service fiefdom.
If two components generate events in the same cycle, they get queued, and the corresponding callbacks are run sequentially, each time with a mutable borrow of the app state. This seems like the most correct and ergonomic approach to me.
The analysis is interesting but "not a tank" is a distraction.

Names are boring. Names are useful after the thing is defined in a useful way, not before.
... or give it back to residents in the areas that have the most noise pollution? If the motivation of the tax is that this behavior is harmful, shouldn't the people that are most harmed be first in line to receive any benefit?
Vehicles in stock configuration can't be forced to comply with newer laws. That's why you can drive without seatbelts in a car that's old enough. Same with tire pressure monitoring and backup cameras.
It's ad copy, AFAIK.
Rinzai struck them both with his fly whisk.
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Every time there's a news story about someone at a big company with the title "Director", headlines phrase it as if it's a much higher title than it actually is. Apple surely has many Director-level people working in ML.
I’m not sure you’re using fascism appropriately here. I think you’re meaning “bad and I disagree with it,” but fascism does have an actual political meaning. Sorry to nitpick, but over using fascism as a word dilutes the actual meaning which is limited, an actual movement, and very scary stuff.
Rebels with RSUs.
Partly, it's a matter of volume. You're getting more wayward seeds spread on your lawn by a couple orders of magnitude, than what a drones will be sprinkling in coconut coir pucks or compacted dirt balls.
> There is nothing inherent about wealth that grants the owner power over many other people. The owner, if very skilled in combat, might be able to physically defend their wealth

In order to even have a concept of "owning wealth" there must be a physical defense of wealth already set up.

It's "inherent" in that sense. Owning the thing means having some means of physical militaristic defense of the thing.

The underlying fact you're referencing here is simply that the means of defense is never an individual's physical power.

What it is instead, is their position in a social graph of interests. Other people in the society have their own lives structured so that it's in their interests to serve and protect power.
No one is getting near an enemy bunker with an intact tank unless they’ve already lost now.

But keep believing tanks are relevant. It’ll be awhile before they get phased out regardless, same as a bunch of other kit.
What about clothes, bedding, consumables, etc? Don't forget the stuff thrown away while producing that stuff.

Also, you should figure in depreciation on things like the apartment itself, vehicles, and transportation of the stuff you buy.

100% renewable energy is great, if true where you are. Most places still use natural gas peaker plants, at least.

Consuming electricity during the day is cleaner than at peak, but even if you're producing your own energy (or your utility is 100% greenhouse free, regionally), the electricity you use could have displaced dirty production elsewhere on the grid. (Also, even solar and wind produce pollution -- they have embodied carbon and finite lifespans).

I'm not arguing against reducing household plastic waste, but the idea that you see most of the pollution that's created by stuff you consume is optimistic.

Anyway, according to the EPA, US municipal solid waste is 12.2% plastic (excluding construction waste, sewage sludge, etc). The US is likely higher than most places:

https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-...
By putting the former head of Pepsi in charge, letting him push out Jobs, and then putting the company in such a dire financial situation that when they rehired Jobs, he had to go to Microsoft for a bailout.
Partly disillusionment honestly! I was in a self-driving car six years ago and it all seemed imminent, and wasn't. Turns out getting the last 5% of the way there is much, much harder than hoped.
High frequency sounds will bounce off your walls and windows though. Especially if you have double glazed windows, it’s only the low rumbles that get through.
I wonder if this is in-house development or are they just riding on NVidia stack? Traditional car companies don’t have culture in place to create necessary AI infrastructure and attract the talent pool.
1) Unfortunately yes, I have seen some of that. I mean both the companies and the sideline quarterbacks.

2) Of course, but I’d hope most companies would be smart enough to be paying for productive output, not for bodily location.

3) Agreed. I personally prefer remote work, but I know many people who prefer going in - either to better structure their day, or to see others, and they should be able to do that. And I believe a competent company structure can support both of those work patterns. (At companies large enough for that sort of complexity)
Same. I had been casually talking with a Meta recruiter via email (no interesting opportunities discussed). This week I got an email telling me they were stopping contact because there were no jobs available anymore that fit my "experience and qualifications". I knew they had a hiring freeze recently, so I assume that is why I got that email.
There’s literally no expectation, promise, or protection of privacy in public. That’s why I’m more than entitled to hang a camera on my front door and record everyone walking down the street, or for that matter take a photograph in public that might capture other people. There are literally no rights infringed, and if police were stationed and handing out tickets manually it would be entirely equivalent. The only difference is the automated solution never tires and doesn’t give tickets to people of color only.
Their revenues and profits are in a historical low. Remote work is a scam. The company must return to the office, otherwise they'll go bankrupt in months.

Tim Cook is so wise to save Apple with this move.
> The Corps says heavy ground armor will still be provided by the Army.

That sounds more to me like the US Military decided it'd be more cost-efficient to only have the Army be responsible for tanks, and have the Marines be more focused on an amphibious role.
Turbo makes a car faster and increases air intake -- yet make an engine quieter, not louder https://www.torque.com.sg/features/turbocharged-cars-why-qui...
Not bad. It reminds me of MASM. It's rather surprising high-level assemblers are so rare now.
This showed up a few months ago, but I never got over the "activation cost" to actually try it out: https://blog.zkga.me/announcing-darkforest
Acually ... no, but pinterest provides results that are relevant and satisfying to the general search (and the SQR - the Search Quality Rating, see link in discussion). Hence Pinterest stays in good standing even if most people like me (you, too?) hate it for its login/content walling tactics.
> For some positions it is just required.

Typically the positions for which work is "just required" are lab and hardware positions. These don't tend to have the shoulder-to-shoulder squeeze of humans and desks that I always see in open-plan offices.

Any time I have worked in a lab or on electronic hardware, I have had around 10 times the amount of personal space compared to the tightly packed "collaborative" open-plan offices that consist of programmers sitting at desks with monitors with their headphones on and desperately trying to focus.

I'd be much more enthusiastic about returning to the office if I had a private office with a door, Fog Creek style.
Driving without a catalytic converter is already illegal and for good reasons. It makes more sense to crack down on theft than to allow people to drive around pumping out cancer causing pollution and huge amounts of noise.
Are the tanks useful or should they just not bring tanks at all? Or are the tanks the best choice now because they utterly failed at preparing useful vehicles?
I think the confusion for people outside of industry is between a director of the company (eg. board member) and a director-level employee.

When I was there, Apple had 1 director for about 50 engineers (though certain people like Jordan Hubbard were director just because). 12,000 engineers gives us 240 directors of engineering. I'd say given the breadth of the software and hardware needed at Apple, maybe five of these are in ML.
I couldn’t avoid cuts even with those gliding-smooth-precision-etc razors so I just use a Philips beard trimmer. As quick as it gets, doesn’t give that weirdly smooth look during the first day after the shave and facial hair remains mostly soft now; during shaving days they would grow to be very hard. No soap, no after whatever splash et al needed. One purchase runs for years literally. I have used them without a mirror. I shaved my head with it once and it was a perfect shave.
In my opinion this is the real root cause of the gov org dysfunctions - so many workers go there who actively resist change and improvements. They want to be mediocre/lazy at work and don't want anyone showing them up, and they don't want any change because they just want minimum effort for stable income and a pension.

Not everyone maybe it's only 10-20% or whatever, but a higher percentage than in private sector, and the percentage is that high that it ruins the workplace and actively drives good workers away.
Oh, he said the most profitable business would be to buy people for what they're worth and sell them for what they think they're worth. The joke being people think they're worth a lot more than what they actually are.

Honestly, I think it's a bit much to call that "endorsing slavery" since the intention isn't to say that buying and selling people is good.
Amen.

Corollary: all you conformists who like rules and structure, you are the useless peasantry.
Great technical article as always, and apologies for not responding to the meat of the article, but I tend to look at declarative UI with some degree of skepticism. Raph, do you think this general approach can eventually be scaled up to develop complex and highly interactive applications such as DAWs, video editors, and graphic design software? At least based on my experience with SwiftUI, I find the paradigm easy and satisfying to get started with, and great for prototyping and widgets, but quickly run into roadblocks whenever trying to build creative software that's not just a view around a database. Or do you see this as just another tool in the UI toolbox, and not necessarily mutually exclusive with imperative and immediate mode UI? Curious to hear your thoughts!
Just one, and it was elective. Few enough to realize this stuff is tricky and I should tread with care. Not enough to know all the loopholes of what you can get away with and still be ethical.
I do mean Modi. Just my uninformed guess of course, and Xi is a surer bet on the China side. 2030s are going to be a gerontocracy for much of the world. (I rather hope to be wrong on this!)