skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The fallacy here is assuming that because it does all of those positive things, it must therefore holistically be optimal.

Like a software system, it's extremely naive to think that complexity is a sign that a system is rotten.

Why would such an assumption be naive?

It doesn't seem naive to me at all. I was reading a 1994 paper that I posted recently called "A Uniform Name Service for Spring's UNIX Environment" which made me think how simplified a modern Unix could be if it adopted the name service primacy described therein from its onset.

It is just as naive to assume that all complexity is intrinsic and not incidental or the result of inadequate abstractions.
What people find disgusting differs from person to person though, that's why it's the other way around, if you don't ever want to see anything you find disgusting, you have to stay at home or plan your routes extremely carefully, possibly wear blinders.
When I worked with docker containers, I noticed that they seem to present a full OS, with a FS that you had to manage.

I had to change /etc config files, mange where logfiles went and how they were handled, all of this is described on a diffing filesystem.

I might be misinterpreting what you mean though. I have no experience with OpenVZ and little with Docker.
Always three sides to every story. My side, your side and the truth

:-)
does PEX still have value?

https://pex.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
I have no clue what Alan Kay did, except to foist the horror of Object Oriented programming to the world.

But here, I conceded, I don't know. Please enlighten me.
I don't think it's that bizarre.

I'm no psychologist, but I can well imagine that someone could feel considerable cognitive dissonance if an institution that they had considerable trust in was unexpectedly and obviously subverted like this.
Thanks for the reminder, dang. I'll rephrase:

...are supposed to be pretty broad beyond tech and startups. But, I still think this is still reeaaaalllly stretching... It's a nice human interest piece with nice commentary on local customs and mouth-watering descriptions and pictures of food. But, not much else. Maybe I'd reading it too quickly, but I don't see much content that makes me think about much beyond "Those people seem really pleasant" and "That food sounds really yummy". Does it at least mention some unusual social aspects? Maaaaaybe a just bit...

I guess I'm in the minority here. But, I'll still occasionally reiterate my concern whenever I see lots of votes for material that feels like it's pushing HN closer to /r/MildyInteresting. Lots of easy upvotes for easy, no-topic, snacky links and stuff...
It doesn't matter. Objecting on the basis that it smells horrible is just as valid a concern as long-term health effects.
But can the USG be trusted to keep their word?
When the only tools you have are a pen and a gun...
There's not much in the way at all of video demonstrations for it, but I did find this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTIJaKO0iqU

It might be of help.
Given that March 27th is my birthday, and my daughter's birthday (my best ever birthday present), I was very interested in this. Too bad it's total crap.
most of the juice is in predicting the move before the public announcement
The Greek people have paid for the errors of the Troika
This statement makes no sense. Besides the fact that literally everything works by manipulating your brain, no one has ever measured a quantum of pleasure, so it can't be “added” to your brain like a unit of flour.
Nobody is saying they shouldn't be allowed to sell it. This is about warning labels. They don't want to have any warning labels on the product.
Yeah, I totally disagree. There is a lot of biology that are in the 'trivial' and 'straightforward' problem sectors. (btw, the halting problem is provably intractable, not suspected intractable) A large reason why these have not been commercialized is because of the strong IP culture that permeates biology, and the chilling effect that has had. It's so much so that, for example, Hastings has an "IP garage" where you get a freedom to operate analysis on your biotech idea. This also creates a bias towards intractable problems. The more difficult your problem is, the less likely it is to have been patented, so there is an incentive to work on those problems.

And, while the design cycle for biology is longer than CS, it's not that bad, especially now. Given that I have decades of computer programming and wet biology in my background, I guess you can 'trust' that I'm not one of these guys that thinks progamming a cell is as easy as programming a computer. But I do also frequently lament that the approach to biology is often the 'script kiddie' approach.

Among academics and in industry, I OFTEN see that the operator's understanding lacks depth (not the field). We were having a problem with DNA shearing once, and I asked all of my coworkers if they could explain to me the chemical mechanism of DNA shearing and not a single person could even postulate a testable experiment that could have a positive effect on both what we were trying to do and our global understanding.

In another case, I asked around if anyone knew the mechanism of electroporative transformation into E. coli. Looking it up (the answer had been known for about two decades) resulted in a small change in our transformation procedure (at no extra cost!) and a reproducible 20x improvement in the transformation efficiency of 500+kbp DNA.

Yeah, maybe "we just don't understand it well", but it's often because the scientists don't understand it well, not the corpus of humanity as a whole. Now: I'm not saying we have a comprehensive understanding of biology, I'm saying it what we the culture have is enough that simple, useful, garage operations are really in striking range.
Sweet, will it be added to CPAN?
How is this different than Patreon?
*If you life in a first world country and come from at least a lower-middle class background

> I'd say this used to be true, but now ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy) hurts any class of savers first world et al
Cat 'o 9 tails?
Why does the idea of having frontend guys directly query the db without any kind of interface scares me ?

Seems like going the nosql to sql route once again( nosql is great until you realize query language and schema constraints are actually a good thing).

Having some kind of pipe structure and interface between your db and your GUI that can be used as a contract,or as an intermediate level to do data rearranging, and can be documented, without having to know all the db schema internals really seems like a sound approach. Now of course some people tackling very special problems may reach the limits of such an approach, yet i hope it won't become mainstream too soon.
Lebanon’s forgotten space programme (2013)
Yes, I understand that the means may differ significantly but the variances are fairly large so there is lots of overlap between sexes, just as the article linked by OP discusses. Although, there are many characteristics and they all aren't going to exhibit the same spreads. I wonder if some have significantly smaller variances. The characteristic I keep noticing is how rough young boys are when they play compared to young girls. My small sample shows a very tight variance; young girls are much softer in their play compared to boys. Is that cultural conditioning at such a young age?
previous discussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9841219
Animal spirits are game theory

Human behavior is a large part of the complexity because we try to use things like game theory to predict how someone will act based on a confined set of conditions which totally ignore the very long game which has been playing from long in the past and will continue long in the future. There are too many factors to account for which can make an actor appear irrational given the posited conditions, however the truth is there can never be a rational actor until we map every input and interaction in someones life. This is why the idea of a rational actor is horseshit.

Nick Szabo did a recent post that covers this:

A small-game fallacy occurs when game theorists, economists, or others trying to apply game-theoretic or microeconomic techniques to real-world problems, posit a simple, and thus cognizable, interaction, under a very limited and precise set of rules, whereas real-world analogous situations take place within longer-term and vastly more complicated games with many more players: "the games of life".

http://unenumerated.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/small-game-falla...
Regarding the actual questions, I just like to talk about the actual CV / past. There's got to be something exciting in their previous job. Or outside of job. Or during studies. If there isn't... depends if you look for someone with creative solutions, or you're ok with average coder to type out standard CRUD.

Otherwise, I really like small tasks without limits. For python job it was something like "read csv, write to database". It can be a 3-liner and take 10 minutes. But if you say "no limits, make it production quality code", there's so much you can learn about the candidate.

It can have error reporting. It can have documentation. It can be a proper module. It can handle encoding issues correctly. It can care about SQL injection or not. It can have configurable paths and backends. It can support py2/py3/both.
So tax land rents, not labor.
Running a Dark Web pedophile honeypot
Some people just can't understand what it's like to have a worthless human being in the family. You don't start out thinking they're worthless, out of callousness - they prove it to you, over and over and over again.
There is a principal agent problem between managers and shareholders. Managers get paid out of shareholders' pockets. If the shareholders are over-focused on fees as a metric, which they often are, managers have some potential tools (which I went into) to launder part of the fees into poor fund performance. I'm just throwing it out there, I'm not saying it is actually going on.

---

As for proxy voters choosing the management, proxy vote research usually doesn't make sense. You see strategies amongst large hedgefunds like this: keep their valuable proxy vote research private, make a vote based on the most predictable-to-them-but-not-to-you outcome based on the research (positive or negative for the company, doesn't matter unless it will be picked up by others immediately, even then they can do things like exiting their position through an obscure hedge), and then hold or sell their shares based on the overall vote outcome and its implications in the research.

Researching and making proxy votes out of naive benign interest of the company is often just doing altruistic work for a greater collective, something markets frown on and usually punish.
Mixing C/C++ and x86_64 linux assembler, SSH Chat Server
> I much prefer each service having an IP that is registered to DNS. This means that I can hit up service.datacenter.company.com and get a valid service. (using well tested dns load balancing and health checks to remove or re-order individual nodes)

There are docker-backed service management tools that will automatically this for you(assign public/private dns per service cluster inc load balancing), like Empire https://github.com/remind101/empire
TypeScript Primer – Superpowers
Most states provide a state backed deposit guarantee. It's not guaranteed by the banks.

Plus regarding "funding" education etc they do no such thing, this is funded by the state. The post you reply to is littered with incorrect statements. Well done for calling some out.
"""
The input to the RPerl compiler is low-magic Perl 5 source code. RPerl converts the low-magic Perl 5 source code into C++ source code using Perl and/or C++ data structures. Inline::CPP converts the C++ source code into XS source code. Perl's XS tools and a standard C++ compiler convert the XS source code into machine-readable binary code, which can be directly linked back into normal high-magic Perl 5 source code.
"""

That is some magic right there. Similar kinds of craziness (like the Inline module itself) is some of what gives Perl so much charm :)
Or, some investment decisions resemble Keynesian beauty contests:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_beauty_contest
Nice try. With a headline like that, you certainly can keep trying to write it into existence.
I've had several GPs check me and they each said I just need more sleep than "average". They've given me the standard spiel, about going to bed and waking up at the same time, keeping the bedroom dark and quiet, only engaging in subdued activities for an hour before bed, etc - each of which I've done for substantial periods. As life interfered with each of these, I've learned that –within reason– none of them noticeably effect the amount of sleep I need or the quality of sleep I get within a period of time.
Are there any benchmarks to be posted beyond this tidbit I found in the FAQ?

"A: Early tests show the potential to run RPerl apps about 7x faster than normal Perl 5 when using Perl data structures, and up to 170x-350x faster when using C++ data structures. This does not include any fancy optimization techniques which could add even more speed in the future."

On the damper side, I'd caution against too much "fast" (usually in the "as C" context) excitement. There have now been many different efforts to speed up the 1990s-dynamic-scripting languages now, most notably Javascript but they all have fairly similar issues when running at speed, and as near as I can tell, on general code all of them have plateaued at roughly 6-10x slower than C. "Just compile it as C++" has been done.

On the "get excited" side, it's about time somebody may have some success at getting Perl to this performance level. Perl's really been left out in the cold by its fellow 1990s-dynamic-scripting brethren lately, between PyPy, all the JS efforts, all the various PHP engines and Hack.... It and Ruby have been left out of all the action, and there's a ton of code out there that could use the improvement.
As long as smokers can smoke freely in their own homes and cars while their children are there and unable to escape it, the second-hand smoke nuisance has not been eliminated.
I agree. Land value tax. It would cut the banks down to size in no time as it would cut down land speculation which makes up the bulk of bank lending.
>* Allows you to get a mortgage

Simply the base artifact of modern finance. Why do I need a mortgage? (hint: to supply interest payments to banks AKA the institutors of the world of modern finance)

>* Allows you to protect yourself with health/car/life/home/title/etc insurance

See above.

>* Pays for your highways/stadiums/schools and other public works

"Pays". A meaningless word.

>* Protects your deposits

Only through magic. If deposits are lost, they are merely re-created as modern finance is an arbitrary mathematical construct.

>* Pays for your retirement

"Pays for your retirement"

>* Funds the college fund that paid for your school

"Funds the fund" that "paid". Again, meaningless except insofar as your school depends on magic numbers being circulated.

>* ... Or the student loans that allowed you to attend school

Ah, yes, the loans; again, the foundational unit of modern finance, without which the "world of finance" would be radically different.

>* Supports the global supply chain that brings you your iPhone, stocks the grocery store/your favorite restaurants with food, and puts the clothes on your back.

Supports in name, but is curiously not actually involved in any physical aspect of realizing any of those things.

>* Funds the growth of corporations large and small, giving you the job that allows you to buy an iPhone

"Funds" ... "giving [me] the job"

>* Funds the massive philanthropy expenditures that help those in need everyday

"Funds", because the actual work is done by real people.

>* Pays the pensions of the elderly

I guess the system isn't complete evil.
This presentation doesn't go into detail of how thats going to work between Om and Clojure, but if its going to be similar to GraphQL, then there is no problem.

Every field request in GraphQL [1] maps really well to a method invocation on an object (GraphQL even supports arguments). Its not necessary that those objects in turn map directly to actual database entities... and you can of course do many things with methods, like authentication / authorization, or perhaps even (with async servers) delaying get() requests in order to aggregate them into a single IN query

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQLzZf34FJ8&feature=youtu.be...
Show HN: Georing – localized phone mode
Candy doesn't poison the cardiovascular systems of all of those around you.
More commentary from an ex-index arb trader:

http://kiddynamitesworld.com/where-bloomberg-discovers-that-...
Time Warner Cable owes $229,500 to woman it would not stop calling
I don't think this is fair.

Modern society expects universities to act in loco parentis. We expect them to prevent (or deal with the fall out from) school's alcohol culture. We expect them to prevent sexual assault, or respond to it with some kind of judicial system. We expect a fully staffed career center to help students revise resumes and draft cover letters. We expect them to have a full time staffer dealing with diversity issues, and another with Title IX, and another (few) with financial aid.

These are all new positions, and many are actually required by law.

If you want to argue against middle management, I'm not at all clear the schools are to blame. They're responding to clear demands from the government and from parents.
Lee Deng Says Deep Learning's Low-Hanging Fruit Is Gone
Windows 10 – store apps pointing to remote websites
Dear friend,

your message show that you haven't even read my message.

I appreciate your reply, but next time, please, take time to read the message you are replying to.

Best.
Other than the huge list you can get from Wikipedia, the one that blew my mind recently was STEPS, a research project he was involved in a few years ago:

http://www.vpri.org/pdf/tr2011004_steps11.pdf [PDF]
Nvidia's Deep Learning GUI
A comprehensive guide to content
Good article, healthy level of skepticism.

Low visibility into how the sausages are made coupled with high incentive to juice up the 'headline valuation' make for a sketchy situation.

I agree with the conclusion(s). One thing I wonder about is how a company like this will fair any downturn in 1) easy money injections (no more private capital to burn) or 2) the general stock market (unfriendly environment for IPO). Presumably they would only be left with selling the company at a firesale if they get into trouble as you point out. Five years is a very long time to project growth, and we haven't had a meaningful downturn in financial markets since 2008 so it seems unlikely to me that one won't happen before 2020.

"In one sense, what you want in a bull market is a kid who is too young to know that what he is doing is foolish. You want a kid who will race into a bubble and leverage it higher and higher. Guys like me not make nearly so much money because we see what is going on. The kid does not know why he is making money, which is why he is making money. The rest of are experienced enough or smart enough to know that this is going to end badly. What you want is a kid with very little experience and just enough brains to be very dangerous. But you need to be smart enough to know when to pull out, to save yourself from his lack of knowledge and experience, and that, of course, can be hard to do. When things go bad,. you certainly do not want that kid around - and the kid is probably not going to be around by then anyway."

-- "Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets", by Jim Rogers, pg 63
Furthermore, it looks like both of them provide PFS
It's not just direct stuff and financials, there is a huge knock-on effect with suppliers to other suppliers. (Just about every consumer good from cars to phones to computers has bits and pieces in it sourced from China if they aren't made there whole).
Marchiver: Converts iOS Message Backups to HTML and JSON
Paris Wants to Make Its Craziest Intersections More Bike-Friendly
Not shocking at all to anyone interested in sports science. Bodybuilders have a high BMI because of their higher weight relative to their height, but they are not actually obese.

BMI is only used because it's easy to measure; it's a proxy for Body Fat Percentage, but not everyone has the equipment required to measure BFP.
Note that the BSD system calls do not cover the full functionality of OSX, and the mach interfaces are necessary. For example, sleep() needs to use the Mach message interfaces.
http://www.qemu-advent-calendar.org/ has a qemu image for download if scrol down to day 12
Well, my understanding is that one of the primary goals of Apple Music is to provide human-curated playlists in contrast to the algorithmic playlists offered by servies like Pandora and Spotify (in addition to the Beats 1 stuff). These playlists aren't listed under the names of the individual curators, nor is there a way for new curators to become part of the system. It's all by Apple. So no, not "gatekeeper", but maybe "tastemaker".
Algorithmic curation is in fact very good at analyzing things you like or habitually listen to, watch, read, or buy, and present you with other things you may like.

In the case of Apple Music, the curation is there primarily to take advantage of the trust factor to push product for business partners. It's not about exposing exemplary art, or presenting you music to your particular taste.
Not just trust, but also social proof. Humans are hard-wired to find interesting what other humans seem to be interested in, regardless of whether it's a positive or negative interest.
I wouldn't call it lack of imagination, and it was all quite viable. Senior management simply punted on listening to anyone.
Because you are a human being. Why else? Do you think some people are born as subjects?
Your link only says it doesn't cause cancer, not that it is harmless.

Asthma sufferers, for example, have all sorts of additional breathing difficulties when forced to breathe smoke (of any kind).
According to http://rperl.org/ that's already done.
Enforcement of nameConstraints is inconsistent at best.

I experimented with name constraints a couple years ago for a private CA project, with the idea that I could restrict the private CA to issuing only names within a chosen subdomain.

I remember being able to enforce nameConstraints on the subjectAltName, but I was never able to get it to enforce anything on the subject Common Name. In theory new certificates should always have a critical subjectAltName extension, but this makes it worthless in practice.

It's also possible that my X.509 foo is not strong enough, or that I was testing with an older version of OpenSSL that doesn't implement it.

http://blog.codekills.net/2012/04/08/adventures-in-x509-the-...
Well, maybe they can, but I haven't seen it happen, and it has never been truly indistinguishable in the past when people have made similar claims. Cross-platform UI tools have been coming and going for years, and "write once, run anywhere" has always been a goal and not an accomplishment. People said the same thing about Java apps, but you could always tell - there was always something that didn't fit right, and the "uncanny valley" effect makes it hard to respond with anything other than revulsion when you realize that you're working with an elaborate fake.
Alyssa, if you want to know what happened, just look at state budgets. Public universities have seen their budgets cut at the same time that private universities have been able to gorge on low-interest student loans (whose collection is backed by the force of the government, and not subject to bankruptcy).
TLDR: Some algorithms sometimes provide output that is offensive to some people. Maybe the programmers are to blame? Who knows!
How about a tablet computer concept in 1968: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynabook & http://www.tomshardware.com/news/alan-kay-steve-jobs-ipad-ip...