jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Sweet spot is more 'best bang for the buck' - you can go lower than that, but you'll have to sacrifice either latency or frequency resolution. Have a look at the comparison chart for some context: http://www.celt-codec.org/comparison/

32kbps is not the lowest possible, obviously, but it's still very very low. Like that's near-realtime encoding at quite high quality at a bitrate low enough to go over an old modem. Normal uncompressed 16-bit 48khz stereo audio (the most popular yardstick since the establishment of DVD) is 1536 kbps. Remember that's kiloBITS per second, and two channels of 16-bit audio are taking up 32 bits per sample. At 32 kbps without any compression you'd be limited to a 1 khz sample rate which about as smooth as a cheesegrater. Compressing audio in almost real time by a factor of 48 and still having it sound this good is astonishing, trust me. If you didn't do so already, find the picture of the spectrogram and look at the uncompressed and mp3 plots for a while. Then look at how much more faith the CELT codec is to the source material. Their insight about maintaining energy of each coding band at unity is extremely impressive, one of the cleverest things I've seen in DSP since perceptual coding (which is what mp3 does).

If digital signal processing and the like stimulates your intellectual curiosity then I urge you to learn more about it - it's a really interesting and very useful field of study, with all sorts of interesting applications and lots of territory still unexplored. The Scientist's and Engineer's Guide to DSP is a fairly basic introductory text, but has two massive advantages of all its competitors: it is available for free at the author's website, and it is extremely well written. Other books can tell you what you need to know. The DSP guide tells you why you need to know, and why the fundamental algorithms are so elegant. http://www.dspguide.com/
You might be right, in a sense. But on the other hand things like meals out and skydiving lessons hold little appeal to me. Half off veggies or vehicle repair could be more up my alley.
"jon18231 reclaims his right nickname, jon18230!"
Yes, of course you are right, I was just looking at it from a perspective of the x-ray scanners. I have no idea about the microwave based scanners.
What exactly do you think is more valuable than friendship here?

Do you want to grow up to be the kind of person who is upset by the idea that a friend has things easy?

Without your friend the $3k a few years ago would probably just be gone not producing monthly revenue…and it sounds like you’re getting 95% of that: $1900 versus $100?

Decide what kind of person you want to be. The kind who never has enough or a friend.

Good luck.
I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference.

Difference in what though? Satiety? Hunger? Weight loss? The underlying method for all weight loss is to eat fewer calories. How someone accomplishes that is up them and may come down to personal preference.
Most packaging systems are fairly easy to use. It only becomes a problem if you're doing very weird things, like using very old, or very new libraries, or spreading files all over the system.
Hello Hackers,

I'm Ujjwal Sukheja, Growth at Talkie.

Yes, you read correctly that talkie replaces slack from your workplace. We built this platform to help remote team so they can communicate efficiently with their co-workers without switching their windows or tabs.
Synonyms Deluxe (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/synonyms-deluxe/kf...) - Created this so I can express myself better in English. Now many people use it :)
I use a few free APIs with usage limits. Maybe I pay 10 cents a year. I’m always afraid to one time open an invoice to find out it’s way more than that for whatever reason.

The problem is that AWS markets itself as “pay what you use” and generally that’s extremely little for me, but if I screw up with Glacier I suppose I could get a $100 bill because I restored some backups the wrong way.
Sending bitcoin over the lightning network is instant and cost fractions of pennies.

Sphinx Chat and Breez (a bitcoin wallet) already support streaming sats to podcasters in realtime: https://medium.com/breez-technology/podcasts-on-breez-stream...
yeah, that's exactly what I'd expect from those types of people.
Because a Debian package doesn't magically work everywhere. It's not even guaranteed to worl on every Debian system, due to API/ABI breakages in Debian Stable versions and then people also use Debian Testing and Sid. Hence if you want to declare support for Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, Debian 9, Debian 10, ... you either need to rebuild for each of those systems, or monitor ABI/API compatibility with proper testing, or link statically all of the dependencies you use. None of that is as easy as preparing a Debian package.
The actual text also contains

> Findings of these studies suggest that the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection via the fomite transmission route is low, and generally less than 1 in 10,000, which means that each contact with a contaminated surface has less than a 1 in 10,000 chance of causing an infection [7], [8], [9].

How is that not only misleading, but "very" misleading? The headline appears directly in the text almost word-for-word.

And the conclusion I drew from the headline seems about right. At worst, I think someone could miss the context of "each contact" with a contaminated surface, but I still wouldn't call this very misleading.
So basically if your SSD is faulty, you have to find a new mac to fix the one you already have. Oh well, Apple is being Apple indeed. Arguably you already needed a Mac given how hard it is to download a macOS image without a Mac already.
ssris are often used to treat anxiety alone in the uk.

i personally found that aswagandha helped a lot in reducing my anxiety enough to start to handle it. it also totally destroyed my motovation to do anything (i took too much too often for too long). now i take 500mg ever 2-3 days but i started on 500mg a day.
I understand that position, and there are nuances to to the matter, but I am coming from the position of my personal principles - which are far less nuanced.

I am 100% unequivocally against the NSA, the USGs position on this and the entire world that supports this. It is not the reality I want for anyone to live in a reality with absolute surveillance and no freedom of thought. I refuse to accept this.
Gitmo?

We tortured those poor SoBs. We never torture PoWs. You know why? So that we have a reputation of never torturing PoWs, so that when our soldiers are captured, they stand a good chance of also not being tortured. That reputation has been obliterated, and for what, exactly? What accurate, actionable intelligence ever came from Gitmo? We have put our soldiers in very real danger for absolutely no gain whatsoever.

I hope to hell whatever real power we end up tangled with next can overlook our crimes and summon the basic human decency to treat its captured American soldiers with decency and respect.
I think you misunderstand what I'm trying to say.

What I say is that it's very disappointing that this demo goes 95% of the way to create something AWESOME, but those 5% it goes short are very stark and unfortunate. It's like a brand new Ferrari with a scratch. Wouldn't that be disappointing? Even though it's a Ferrari which is awesome.

The problem is that feelings are 95% positive and 5% negative, but my comment is 50/50. So it may seem that I'm being negative, when in fact I'm 95% positive. Hence those missing 5% are so disappointing.

Great job though, it's really neat (this goes without saying...).

Edit: The reason I talk about the negative is because it can be made better. I find it less useful to talk about positive because it's already good, so there's nothing to be done.
When I started my career I was in the UK civil service. One of the best things I took from that experience was the formal training they gave me in interviewing.

The UK civil service used interview boards consisting of a manager of the role, a subject matter expert and an independent person from outside the organisation. It is an inherently high-stress situation for the candidate due to the numbers involved and and usually due to the room layout.

I was trained to account for the stress reactions and see past a freeze due to the situation and focus on clear demonstrations of skill and experience. If anything we were trained to try to make the candidates perform at their best in the board rather than probe to see their worst sides.

It was complicated by the fact I was employed in a highly technical specialist team (It was a military research agency) and few people we interviewed had any experience of what we were planning to employ them for.

We also consciously went beyond a general knowledge test and focused on how the candidate thought about answering questions rather than if they knew every technical detail. In that role technical detail was only a man page or a conversation with a colleague away if you know what you didn't know and were prepared to ask for help.

Any interview that stresses the candidate, quizzes the candidates memory of detailed technical facts and doesn't work from the premise that it is a high stress artificial situation is not going to provide a valuable outcome for anyone involved.

Edit: My best question to identify general technical competence starts with "Can you describe the TCP handshake?" and if they know is quickly followed up with "Why is it like that?". Unless there is role specific reasons to know TCP then it doesn't really matter if they don't know, if they do know I am really interested in their answer to why it is the way it is. Many even quite senior candidates have never considered it before and watching their process of thinking about it is very instructive about their ability to think about technical details in the abstract.
> I can promise you Google interns don't die from overwork.

Hah. Overeating and binge drinking, probably.
I think shurcooL's comment probably came across differently than s/he intended it. I think it was intended not as an expression of disapproval for the author, but rather as a description of how it feels as a user to scroll to the edge and not see it react in the satisfying way anticipated.

Interpreted that way, it's fine constructive feedback. But it's easy to see how it would be taken as a self-entitled complaint.
> you can now reverse a SHA1 into plaintext

I thought that all hash algorithms were lossy. Would I be able to reverse a SHA-1 of a git commit back into the contents of the git commit with enough computing power?
It strikes me as a pretty clever idea, and I'm surprised at how reasonable the price is, considering the niche.

The free iPad template PDFs are a nice touch: http://apps-on.com/?page_id=178
Whenever I read stuff like this, it's painfully obvious that browsers were not designed as the universal application runtime.

Why are we using technologies designed for displaying documents to write applications? Because they're there, I suppose.
Would it be possible to get some figures of how much you pay amazon for this? And also db-size and queries per day or something?

Good post!
> That's incorrect IMHO. It's also completely different how people use them.

It's not. You're just confusing what it is with what it does. A car and a 18-wheeler have a completely different purpose, but they are both vehicles. They both operate on the same basic principles (driving on roads).

Edit: I just want to clarify. What I'm saying is that they are the same at the base level. Their are difference, but at the core, what they are, are the same. How people use something is at a higher level.

> If I want to ask my wife to get something extra from the shops, I won't email her. I'll SMS.

But you aren't actually SMS'sing. You're using an application that handles the message protocol for you and it get's the message to your wife. Intent and purpose are not important in terms of centralizing real-time messaging.

Basically, you fall into a trap: you make the assumption that anything you know now needs to change. A service like what Wave or Facebook are trying to do wouldn't supplant what you are doing. You'll still SMS your wife. However, you'll also be able to "email" your wife, who will get it as an "SMS".

Each medium carries with it it's own urgency, but each medium is also beholden to it's UI. Their is nothing special about email or SMS or comments or messages other than context, and context is not defined by the content.

I'm probably doing a piss poor job explaining this. But the problem is real, and the solution has a LOT of potential if done correctly. People just have a hard time differentiating form from function.

I think Facebook is going to solve this by slowly demonstrating all of this over the long term. You'll see them implementing the system into things people already know. Essentially, you'll still SMS like you always do, but the backend will have additional tools that centralize content without you doing anything different.
Please don't assume that I'm referring to the US Government. I'm not referring to any specific government, just the concept in general.

The major powers have particularly good access to kit and people. There's a significant number of countries for whom this is actually more than they have (in fact I know of two or possibly three countries where the full capabilities definitely supercede existing ministry of interior type capabilities).
Well, free speech through the First Amendment of our Constitution is only protected from interference from the government. Nothing is protected about private platforms. Google is free to implement whatever policies they want. Thus the point is kind of moot because this isn’t the government interfering with free speech at all.

If it were though, I think it would indeed be a tricky can of worms. Some aspects of “talking” about criminal activity are considered illegal: for example, Conspiracy to Commit Offense [1] makes it illegal to conspire to do criminal activity.

Freedom of Speech was really meant to protect people from being able to criticize the government without fear of being disappeared. Great article on the history of that clause here [2].

[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/371

[2] https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt1_2_1/
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> Desktop UIs are hardly mature, but for the last 15 years UI innovation has been about putting lipstick on a pig rather than deep-diving subsystems and figuring out how to graphically represent and control them.

I disagree. To various degrees, the last "15 years of [desktop] UI innovation" have been trying to push trendy touch UI concepts into places where they don't belong.
There should be criminal charges to, otherwise, its just money. Take away your business license etc.
And what really make this a 5th modality is the required CVV (card verification value) printed on the backside of the card.
> As far as I know, the front camera on the recent Pinephones still doesn't have software support.

It works well since October: https://www.pine64.org/2020/10/15/update-new-hacktober-gear/.
To nitpick, while for non-EU companies GDPR applies to individuals in EU (and their data) as per GDPR article 3.2, any EU companies have to apply this for all personal data as per GDPR article 3.1.

So while foreign companies can decide whether they want to apply their GDPR policies (which generally should not require "cookie banners", though it is a popular choice) only to people in EU or all their users, an EU company does not have a choice, they have the obligation to treat personal data of Americans and Iranians and everyone else in a GDPR-appropriate manner.
There are many ways to look at the problem we're discussing. One is to think about what the effect on the world would be if people follow one strategy over another.

The strategy of "help those around you" results in rich people who live in rich areas with multi-million-dollar-homes helping those that live in merely million dollar homes (because that's what's around). And if they venture too far geographically, they end up feeling alienated, apparently. Furthermore, these people, rather than taking the tremendous power of their wealth, do something "with their own minds and hands" - which is presumably serving some soup in a soup kitchen.

My observation is that it's really unfortunate that many people feel the need for a personal connection, and therefore do less good than they could otherwise. My response is to ignore the ill-fitting kluge that is the evolution-installed software I have.

When you know that a $3 donation protects 2 people from malaria for about 3 years, can you really think you can do more good with your hands and mind than to just protect those people with $3 you have?

You can get your warm feeling of having done good through doing something, and then use your money to give to cost-effective charities regardless of how "alienated" that makes you feel.
One reason I can think of is that the hardware from those vendors is less appealing.
> The FDA clearly has a goal of not tarnishing their reputation.

I agree with this statement, but I think there is more to it. The FDA is not only concerned about its reputation, but also public trust.

Don't get me wrong, my _gut_ tells me that a single dose of the vaccine would be beneficial to achieving "herd immunity" more quickly.

But if the FDA goes down that route and they are wrong, then they will have demolished the trust associated with many future decisions.
judging by other open source reverse engineerd GPU drivers its a massive undertaking.
i also looked at a shot of the chip and see lots of neural networking functionality, i wonder what sort of special drivers stuff like that needs. i just feel like the hardware is so specialized without apples help it would take a lot for it to be a killer linux laptop.
>One could 's/Islamic Republic/KSA' here and it'd be pretty much the same stories.

KSA is smart enough not to openly shout 'Death to America'. Nor does it have a nuclear program or keeps hostages or refuses to join anti-terrorist transparency treaties.

>The rest of the story: Because South Korea is effectively stealing $7B worth of oil from Iran.

OK, lets have any country which has a financial dispute with some other country takes hostages. That would be a nice world, right? That's the world we'll be at if Iran keeps being rewarded for its behaviour.
It is rather stupid to equate the degree of media manipulation in the West vs. China and Russia.
So, the real question is how should we, the tech community, react?
Also here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1835460
The problem is that when a forum like Hacker News loses its focus, it loses its value.

I've observed this as Reddit has expanded. /r/programming used to be a good source for learning about neat new technologies and programming techniques. Now, in part because it's one of the default front-page subreddits for an expanding user base on Reddit that mostly aren't programmers, the programming content gets buried beneath jokes, general technology or computer related articles that aren't about programming specifically, and the like.

If Hacker News loses its focus on programming and startups, it risks this happening as well. The detention conditions of PFC Bradley Manning may be interesting, but they are not on topic for a site like Hacker News. There are many other places you can read about and discuss that topic. There aren't many places where I can read about and discuss a broad range of programming and startup related information like I find on Hacker News.
While I'm at it, here's that bakery tweet thing:
http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/04/baker-tweet-service-alerts...

Maybe there's more to that niche than we're giving it credit for.
I was kind of curious about this, too. If I wake up in the middle of the night to deal with a sick toddler, will WakeMate know I'm fully awake based on the fact that I'm walking around? I suppose it would be much like waking up to go to the bathroom, for those without young kids.

Obviously the alarm's only going to help if I set it for a window I know is before the kids wake up. Otherwise it's their voices that'll wake me. On work days, that would suit my usual routine. On the weekend, I'm not sure it would be worth it to forego a potential extra hour of sleep by setting the WakeMate alarm.

But it's still tempting, just to chart my sleep during the week and be able to measure the effects of caffeine, exercise, etc. I'll probably wait until there are reviews and testimonials from people who have used it for a few months.

I was tempted a couple years ago by a much more expensive product whose name I can't recall. I think it was $300-400. In contrast, it's pretty easy to take a chance on $60. Cool product, guys. I hope you're wildly successful.
"Come on dude, everything the bank does is legal"

Apparently you haven't been paying much attention to the news lately.
Previously posted here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1953919
Wait... the Lambda School that's constantly on HN for its disgruntled students, questionable success rates, and murky financials? What possessed beej to associate his name with them?
It means lots of competitors will be upping their Mbps sometimes double while they get their own Gb services in. Cox here in Phoenix doubled speeds and since Google Fiber announced Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe they all are the focus for Cox's new Gigablast service.

Google Fiber not only brings Gbps broadband they are encouraging it elsewhere in those cities and surrounding areas. I just wish Chandler was in the announcement as we were one of the first 4 cities to get cable broadband in the 90's largely due to Intel. The cities that Google Fiber picks are getting better internet just by being announced from Google and competitors alike.

Broadband cable during inception in the 90's was such a big leap it was almost magic from 56k to up to 6mb down when you were new on a node. It was unreal and the cable companies were heroes. They could have kept going, there are still only a small percentage of channels used for data/broadband. They can compete now but haven't, all that wasted on channels noone watches.

Now it feels like cities are winning the Google Fiber bandwidth lottery because broadband providers have been throttling in their extract phase for so long with no competition. Google Fiber is spreading competition and better internet almost as magically as the cable companies did with broadband in the 90s.
There are exchange traded funds (ETFs) that short. You can probably find one for the technology sector. You'll probably have to short Intel along with Facebook, but that's the safest way to do it I can think of.