skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I agree that these things suck.

I had a very similar experience in a few startups/scaleups.

They were incredibly successful despite the horrible tech and horrible environment for development.

IME the reasons for that are often due a culture problem stemming from the top, so there's no way to really fix the problems as an employee.

One of those companies still has one of the founders in a "tech director" or something like that. Really great guy, great person, but he must be writing his 3th or 4th ORM now, and I'm not even joking. The first few iterations were in PHP but the new one was going to be in Java. Each time the backend needed a new feature that was difficult to implement on top of the previous ORM, he would retreat to design a new version of the backend (including a homegrown ORM) and gets green light from the CTO. He and the team are clearly not really good at producing a good design, and also not good at finishing, considering the messes left behind on every rewrite-everything implementation. When I worked there there were three "official" ways of talking to the DB.

The frontend framework was replaced a couple times (jQuery, Vue, another one which I won't mention since nobody uses it), even though the home page didn't really change for a few years. It was an e-commerce-like site but not even the items in the homepage would change (it started changing while I was there, though!).

The dev headcount was >400 IIRC, so it's not surprising that they had so many rewrites.

I got burnout pretty fast from all that. Adding a single button to a page was a two-to-four-weeks ordeal. My manager was a bit of an asshole, who said the problem was me and I should go back doing therapy and taking antidepressants (like I disclosed I had done a few years ago) instead of looking for a less stressful job.

Kinda saddens me because it's a company I liked, although I couldn't stand the tech culture.
Scrolling scrolling... Where's a pic of the actual bird??

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Hoatzin_...

(From wikipedia)

The hoatzin or hoactzin, also known as the reptile bird, skunk bird, stinkbird, or Canje pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco basins in South America. It is notable for having chicks that have claws on two of their wing digits.
I would also be surprised by something described as "pure HTML/JS/CSS" being built with Flask. My first question was, "How are answers stored?"~

Still, thank you for sharing!
Other cities have functional trash cans, but every city is unique and the set of problems they solve will be different. In SF the biggest issue is that people are constantly getting into the trash and creating a huge mess, so the cans that NYC or Seattle use won't work because they have an open top design. Many of the cans in London are the BigBelly or bomb-proof variety, but we already ruled that out because of the $3k per year lease fee.

From what I can tell most cities don't have a custom design: they just use whatever commercially available thing is available. SF is hoping this design will be better than those, and that they will be able to sell the design to other cities. I'd love to see how other cities address this issue though... I know that Amsterdam has a fancy underground trash system!
I did not know that. I've sort of always appreciated the python community, even though python leaves me cold.
I'm guessing it's irrational as in rational vs irrational numbers. Rational means a fraction of whole numbers, so irrational numbers are those which cannot be represented as such a fraction. A 1/4 turn is rational, a 1/pi turn is irrational.

I feel like the light has to be parallel for it to work, so sunlight is a better example than a table lamp. Although I can't imagine any rotation of a simple 3D lattice having a nonrepeating shadow. Perhaps a more complex 3D crystal is necessary?
> Good luck booking a hotel suite (w/ kitchen, common room, etc)

This seems like a huge luxury that is not needed for most travelers. If you really need the kitchen and entertainment spaces then you're going to pay a lot even with Air BnB ("alot" being super subjective).
> coalesce

Ok, but this is an international, multicultural forum, where it is supposed that different people come to exchange. Under the umbrella of the "intellectual curiosity relevant", all trades - here, you will meet the different, and many in the same page. Some people will think and write this way - it's the way they are, and very legitimate -, you know it in advance coming here, that you will interact with them.

Edit: possibly more clearly, if somebody writes in a certain way, and judges those formulations to be "properly working", do not expect stylistic changes just because. Joyce would not write like Proust - not just that they hated each other, simply that one would say "The formulations are or should be clear, why the efs should I write like somebody else!".

(Differences granted, I would call it a base that participants do not post replies like "I judged the language, hence BS", as some member took the liberty nearby - just saying. It is logically offensive.)

> cultured ... correct

It is not the same. There is no intention to appear "cultured"; "correct" instead is something that some may want to seek, for many reasons - to give the chance of interpreting correctly to anyone who wants to, for example. If "correct" stresses an idea of "cultured", that is a side effect. Surely many of us write this way (with more or less "care").

> engaging ... the medium of the internet

Ok, you (say) "will keep on chatting", but where is the exchange? Of what? We are dropping payloads here. Sure, «sometimes» other communicational factors prevail (stag party, whatever) but on HN... Mind you: flexibly, respecting a sense of community (I took the liberty of a rare off-topic joke just hours ago elsewhere, still curiosity-relevant hopefully), but this is supposed to be a purposeful environment.

Somebody comes with the idea that "reading is secondary", he will get the reply that Woody Allen joked that "women are secondary, breathing comes later" - and what comes first must then be cultivation. That books are a most respect deserving creation - the preservation of wisdom -, hence his perspective some will label "blasphemy", not just "disagreeable". That he may be missing a perspective, and that it may be better if one notices - just in case some inner gears start moving (very respectfully). That if he arrives to comparing books and a social website which, posts-wise, typically reveals civil devastation, he may be reminded that "books are selected company" - shocking that nowadays some may call this "smug", because normally the framework would be to make optimal choices!
I'm in the same boat, been staying in Airbnb's 100% of the time and haven't had a bad experience yet. But I'm always worried that one day it'll happen to me. Until then, I'll keep risking it I guess.

I'm guessing at this point, the savings I've made will cover the eventual problem where I need to book some super expensive hotel in an emergency.
In what country are you located? In France there's a "médiateur" https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F14373
It might apply in your case...
Apple had a blank slate for a new naming scheme and already botched it
>Take on tax burdens before they ever see a payout.

That is not a given. First, it only applies to one type of equity compensation (Incentive Stock Options), other types of options do not trigger any tax upon exercise. Second, if there is a tax burden, it is only due to timing, it is not a permanent difference (is netted out when stock is sold). Third, exercising ISOs only triggers U.S. tax (AMT) if exceeding the AMT tax threshholds, which are currently very high.
Here are a few videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e_JGTbAg2U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIB6npHBL2M

However I did not follow a tutorial, I wasn't planning to mod that one but since I had leftover thermal pad, decided to give it a try.

Remember how YouTubers made a big deal about the "heat sink is not connected to a fan"? Well, they simply didn't know what they are talking about. The air flows from that heatsink even if the fan is at the other end of the laptop. Which means, you should be careful not to block the airflow when doing the mod. I put a thermal pad that is about half of the size of the heatsink.
Discworld MUD plug

http://discworld.starturtle.net/lpc/
Presumably a user who has gone out of their way to "permanently" turn off that connectivity doesn't need that connectivity to access their devices.

Edit: Also, I went into this awhile ago on another topic, but what is "click-bait" about this? How would you suggest the author titles this blog post about Apple re-enabling Bluetooth on OS update, other than titling it "Apple re-enables Bluetooth on every OS update on purpose"? Is the "on purpose" part the click-bait part?
surely they are testing sewage to see if there is more of the polio virus in the drainage. I thought the CDC had started using that a lot more often. On the left you have nuts who think vaccines are unnatural and therefore awful, and on the right you have nuts who say the government is injecting nanites for 5G mind control. It's a crazy world out there.
This really illustrates how poorly the chips were named.

‘Pro’ is overused to the point of ambiguity.
Kinda funny UI thing: I’m on my phone, and it took me longer than I care to admit to realize that the triple dash next to the logo on the top left wasn’t a fancy hamburger icon to open mobile nav. =)

I actually thought there might be a bug preventing my touch press from being captured, before realizing that I was just being a bit of a doofus.
I've seen The Mom Test enough now that I need to read it, also, thanks for Build by Tony Faddel!

I'm trying to be as active as possible on IndieHackers. It definitely can be a good resource, it's just finding the posts which are actually good advice vs marking their own startups.

My current project is https://feetr.io which is a stock discovery algorithm, currently averaging ~4.1% daily increase per stock. Please feel free to give as brutal feedback as possible. You can message me here, through twitter (at twitter.com/feetr_io) or email at smcn@feetr.io.

My current understanding is that the "Maximum potential returns" just seems too unrealistic, despite it being the compounding interest of buying the best performing stock at open, and selling it at the highest point of that day. It's unrealistic that anyone could achieve that on a consistent basis but I personally have achieved over 1000% returns, and some of my beta testers have achieved much better than that.
Archy and Mehitabel are kindred spirits as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy_and_Mehitabel
And on a laptop?
No, the other one on crowdsupply that the other person below was talking about. I didn't link to it as it was already mentioned in other places in this thread as well.
I'd suggesting budgeting about 80 hours for the course given that background. That should get you to a place where you can work on practical projects that are reasonably well within standard applications of deep learning.

Most practical deployment is done to cloud environments rather than local notebooks. The deployment exercise we do in the course is designed to show the key components you'll need for deploying simple models in practice.
A potpourri of interesting links – Sudopad
For some more of Herriman's work: many editions of Archy and Mehitabel[1] were illustrated by him[2].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy_and_Mehitabel

[2]: https://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/1064044254
If you define “racism” as “treating people differently based on race”—a pretty typical definition—Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren and most other Democratic politicians would count. It’s a different, more patronizing and paternalistic racism, but it’s racism nonetheless.

Indeed, this sort of racism is pervasive among at least progressive democrats. See: https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/white-liberals-presen.... It’s been wild to me to realize how many progressives I know would hate Bangladeshis if they were white. But as far as I can tell they don’t think non-whites have moral agency.
Very cool Matthew, thanks for sharing
Its a hard problem. My understanding is the phylogenic trees isn't as an exact science as you would think. Its "NP hard" so they use heuristics to get a good estimate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylogenetic_tree#Construction

Its a hard problem. Its like using genetics as a road map to look back in time, but the previous species don't exist.
There are a few in https://news.ycombinator.com/lists (that is linked at the bottom of the page).
It is indeed very nice, I would just really want some kind of wireless connectivity for any of the usecases I could come up with :) Otherwise I'd have bought one for sure.
SpaceX just broke its annual launch record – and it’s only July
It sounds like an absolutely terrible idea. How could you possibly plan for any future with that much constant upheaval? Businesses couldn't function, since contracts across complete rewrites would not work. You may not own any of your property across a rewrite. Maybe things you did today become felonies tomorrow, and you get jailed, buy then maybe get freed in the next rewrite....

Having stable long term laws is a pre-requisite for any modern economy to function.
read the room buddy
Ask HN: Why does YouTube scale down quality automatically?
Hi friends,

I have noticed that since maybe a month ago YouTube has been scaling down video quality for EVERY video played. It doesn't make sense because I have a pretty good network that can play at highest quality so I guess the only reason is to scale back output.

Have you experienced the same? Any solution to force 1080 without manual intervention? Thanks!
Nice timing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32196081

Edit: Not sarcasm, just to make sure I'm not misread! I'm glad someone else on HN knows Archy and Mehitabel!
> they only really believe other devs when it comes to tech

I have an issue with this one. When it comes to tech, I've found other developers to have opinions as strong as their actual knowledge is weak. It's been a hard thing to learn from some for this reason, given how over-agreeable I am in real life.
No, the book is continually updated for each reprint, but there isn't a separate edition.
Fishtank water filters work really well, I used to have one setup in the sink for my kid.

Fill the sink (or a tub) up with 2-4 inches of water, put this filter in it and turn it on. You'll have a small, never ending waterfall on your hands

https://www.amazon.com/Aquarium-Filtration-Reptiles-Waterfal...
It varies from church to church, but outside of extremes like arson or murder, is probably not something that most would endorse. We do not endorse retaliating against violence, or holding a high value on money.

However, it would be nice if there is a means to recoup losses outside of a court system, whether it be through a system like the BBB, or similar.
When I am in pain I want it to go away. This is what I found works best over the years. Last time I used it getting Covid vaccine after effects fever. So awhile ago.
You're struggling to visualize this? "You're just not thinking fourth dimensionally." --Doc Emmet Brown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUcNM7OsdsY)
You're right that you'd have to use clion for C/C++. I'm not sure why they don't have plugins for that.

As far as Go, I've had a great experience with the Go plugin for IntelliJ. You do need the ultimate license for that though, iirc.
The article says this advice has been met with mockery, but provided no examples. Can anyone enlighten us?

I've traveled quite a bit, and have always had a name/address tag on my luggage per airline guidance, and have found it super useful to put a colorful bit of tape on my checked luggage so I can spot it at baggage claim.

> Schulte told German media his advice to passengers was to wherever possible bring hand luggage only, and failing that to use suitcases that would be easier to identify.

I'm guessing the mockery is more based around the fact that the delays are due to being understaffed? Either way, there's nothing wrong with this advice.
I really wish GitHub/GitLab/CloudFlare would have added some sort of form functionality to their Pages feature.
I don't know the word for this specifically, and can think of many examples I've witnessed throughout my career. A related concept is "scope creep."

It isn't just about getting "tweaks" and extra requirements (usually left undocumented) tacked onto a deliverable, but also the acknowledgement that allowing any amount of scope creep inevitably makes a huge complicated mess in the end.
Yeah, it reminds me that as a student I always felt that it's "cute" that a hyperbola can be considered as a 2d section of a double cone, but that this property doesn't really help me in any way when working with them.
Not claiming they do it, but it seems quite possible to triangulate a coarse location via Bluetooth using other phones with their location services enabled. I tinkered with something similar in college, just using little BLE beacons intended for this kind of thing instead of phones.
My father in law, mid Boomer American of rural upbringing, got polio as a child and sustained some muscle weakness which led to him swimming for physical therapy and later becoming a competitive swimmer. It was an interesting conversation to have when COVID was a concern and vaccines were just starting to get deployed
Literally just calmly persuade people on the benefits of nuclear energy.

Regardless of whether or not people are super-concerned about climate change, every viewpoint should be able to find something to like about this.

If you're scared of climate change, nuclear energy is the only feasible solution without cutting off power to the majority of the planet.

If you're not scared of climate change, you still want cheap and plentiful energy to power industry.
No single web page I can point you to I'm afraid. My climate folder got clobbered and I haven't had a chance to go and snag all the pages that were in it again. Plus they were mostly from alternative sources.

I understand (better than most!) that my position is contrary to the prevailing wisdom but then I'm the right age to be a curmudgeon about all this:

- the sun is what gives our planet warmth

- its long term cycle can be very accurately measured by sunspot activity

- we're currently entering a grand solar minimum

- this will trigger the mini ice age

- previous example: the Maunder Minimum which triggered the last mini ice age

The Maunder Minimum would be a good thing to search for.
I enjoy that the neural net learned how their arms have to clip through their skirts, pretty incredible. Wonder what sampling times on this are.
We know the redesign _preceded_ an increase in sales. More info is needed to know how/whether it actually led to sales.
Is this a US specific thing, or is this kind of advice also valid in the EU? Excuse the ignorance...
Toujours gai...
Something like this has been done before:

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/11/an-aerial-laser-displ...

Not sure why there don't seem to be any practical uses of it (at least I have not seen any such displays anywhere in my life or for sale anywhere.) Maybe because the brightness of the lasers is a public danger. Seems like otherwise we would have laser video projected onto the sky by now for advertising.
What is the background style here called? How's it made?
Yup. We started usi the term "Development Molasses" and the non-tech people started to grok what was happening. I think the product people grokked it since our discussions about what's in the backlog and code quality were much more in-depth. So you can teach marketing people things, you just have to use jargon they can understand.
PR guidelines - Git best practices generally - are one of those situations where you must provide concrete guidelines but also never, ever make them a hard rule. If you don't have any you'll get endless "fix" "oops" +9876/-1234 changes, and if you make them a hard rule you'll never get anything useful done as people spend all day trying to please the aesthetic preference of a team lead who probably hasn't written a more than a single two line commit in years.
There was a similar project at the University of Minnesota, called MAPS: http://aps.umn.edu/about/ where plates like these from the Palomar Observatory were digitized and turned into a catalog of space objects. These can be very handy if you are curious where things were back in 1958 compared to today.
I'd suggest reading the NY Times article on him [1], as well as his rebuttal [2]

I don't think the Times was entirely fair in their coverage. But as a long time SSC/ACX reader I've often felt a subtext of racialist beliefs lurking in the corner. He never comes right out and says it, but e.g. praising Charles Murray is more than a dog whistle.

To be clear - I'm distinguishing racialism (which believes there are large, measurable, genetic differences in traits like intelligence and aggression between races) and racism (which carries an extra connotation of emotional hatred). I think of racialism as racism masquerading as objective science.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/technology/slate-star-cod...

[2] https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/statement-on-new-york-...
1903 Emil Kraepelin started studying depression--founded the Department of Psychiatry

You would figure that in the intervening 119 years more progress would have been made....
> The C-130, for example, is probably one of if not the greatest aircraft ever designed.

I don't think I've ever read that before, do you know of anywhere I can read more about why that is?
To be clear, that isn't my own view. My whole comment is speculation about someone else's state of mind.
What happened here is theft. OVH abused your connected service account to steal money from you, then claim you ordered a service that you did not order.

The correct proceeding from this point is legal restitution.
That's not an option in a professional context, usually. If you are coming to me asking for an opinion about a project, say, what is the point of walking away? In those cases I won't let it go, since I'm here to build a product, not play mind games.
I guess I don't even watch techtok content ha. I'm just a normal joe that watches dumbed down videos of ppl doing stupid stuff on TikTok
Yeah. I have heard that there will be a "Season Two" of Good Omens. Apparently, Gaiman and Pratchett were working on a sequel, when PTerry goot too sick to complete it.
>Ha, I don't even have a pager ... [trackable]

I use a one-way pager with a receiver-only module.

The downside to this is there is no error correction/receipt.confirmation.

>I simply schedule time with them when they want it, and set a 24 hour response expectation.

This is how it has to be done. I also require minimum billing hours if they don't meet this expectation (or don't show up within 15 minutes of scheduled start time).
I wonder if one of the reasons more advanced physics can be intractable to understand is because of all of the clever interpretations. By abstracting raw empirical results into an analogous interpretation that defies ordinary logic, we are introducing gates to understanding by some cleverness test.

I see this for instance in the difference between elementary quantum explanations and something more like the Standard Model. One is concerned with indoctrinating some kind of belief or interpretation of phenomenon, even introducing philosophical and unfallsifiable elements, and the other is a useful index of known bits and pieces and their interactions found through empirical digging.
Teens are rewriting what is possible in the world of competitive Tetris
That could go away too. It requires resources and specialization. Also, literacy rates, mobility, and access could be limited. It's a gradient, it could be completely lost or revert back to some priest/scribe higher class within the social system.