therealgimli

As an urban dweller (nyc) who would love to see fewer autos on the road, I view this as a positive development.

But I can't help but wonder if there is an automakers lobby in Denmark. If so, why wouldn't they oppose/ shutdown such a measure?

I can only imagine the insane backlash a similar ruling would have in the US, in spite of the long term benefits to society from having fewer cars.

[edit: should have read the article in full before commenting-- I see now it is about _lowering_ the tax rate]

It seems like a big deal at first, but just go ahead and delete your account(s).

In my case I noticed the benefits within a few days. Surprisingly I never felt like I was missing out on anything, though it takes a little more effort to stay in touch with friends (a plus IMHO).

In my opinion as someone who works in the field, including interviewing and screening candidates, yes and no.

Yes in the sense that I don't think the field, such as it is, will expand sufficiently to accomodate everyone.

But no in the sense that I think the sorts of skills and problem solving approaches that one acquires while training for data science will become important in other fields.

So in my opinion even if everyone studying machine learning and statistics etc. doesn't get a data scientist job title, there are going to be increasing numbers of ways to apply that knowledge to existing jobs.

I experimented with lucid dreaming many years ago and found it to be quite intriguing. I highly recommend trying it.

It took a few months of practice to be able to do it on demand. For me that meant keeping a dream journal by my bed and diligently writing in it every time I woke up.

The trick I used to transfer control of the dream to my conscious mind was to "touch my nose"; I had to keep reminding myself while conscious to do so.

I eventually stopped doing it because oddly enough I started feeling not as rested as I would have liked after active dreaming.

It was not so much the case that I could choose what I would dream, though I suppose that might be possible. It was more like I would be in a dream setting determined by my subconscious mind and then I would take control and do whatever I wanted-- fly, use magic, take the story in a new direction, whatever. But it was always clear that I was dreaming.

For me, I started the practice of writing tests when I got to the point where I was applying for senior level positions and failing to get past code reviews with feedback like "looking for someone with more experience". This motivation could be described as external.

My internal motivation for writing tests came from doing a lot of parallel/distributed computing. I had to write tests just so I could know what the heck was going on in my data transformations. I couldn't run my code on the full dataset while developing but with tests and small subsets of data I could develop with more confidence that my code would run efficiently and correctly on the full size set.

Though it took some time to really sink in, the end result was that I began to write code naturally that in addition to being easier to write tests for was clearer and more easily understood by colleagues or even my future self.

I was in elementary school at the time. Many of the teachers brought TVs into their classrooms to show the launch. It was horrifying to watch the shuttle disaster like that-- from what was supposed to be a celebratory, fun thing to watching a live tragedy.

I am disappointed by this decision, but I don't love HN any less for it.

Many comments have pointed out that there are plenty of places on the web to have discussions about political topics, so let's keep the HN about tech.

I see the merit in this sentiment, but for me reading the political discussions within this community is something I value greatly. For one thing, there are a great many non-US based people here. In my experience I have been exposed to a relatively balanced set of perspectives, and generally commenters are thoughtful and un-troll-like.

In short, I learn many things from other folks in this community, and that includes political topics.

that was quite a read for a HN comment, but I'm glad I took the time. well said.

Then again, it's common to claim an accident while cleaning one's gun.

You want something like phantom.js

http://phantomjs.org/

There are other ones that do well also, but phantom will likely do anything you need to do.

there's an interviewing technique among senior execs to take on an aggressive, rude tone to interviewees to "see how they respond under pressure." One way to spot it is if they respond in a contrary way to everything and generally try to pick on you to find chinks in your armor.

the first time I experienced it I was pretty shaken up.

either that or the person you spoke with is just an asshole.

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