jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
I definitely wouldn't say I am certain I have a foolproof answer, otherwise the solution would probably already be apparent. What I am saying is, certainly, the problem is a difficult one.

I think the idea behind '1984', the book, (before I understood what terrorism was) only seemed a flippant idea propositioned as the plot of a fictional book. Surely no human being would ever consciously choose to govern the world (or their nation) in such a way, and even so they would likely be cut off early in the process if they tried.

Now with more life experience and knowledge of the current state of the world, I can only reason that '1984' makes complete and total sense once the concept of "terrorism" is understood to be the catalyst of such a movement.

Here are some basic scenarios:

1) Terrorism scares citizens and thus, as a knee-jerk reaction, wish to empower their government with omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent powers. The kinds of powers that any subsequent (corrupt) government could easily take advantage of.

2) Terrorism scares citizens, and as such citizens decide to be proactive to collaborate with their government to help prevent terrorists from causing harm to their nation and to make them as effective as they can possibly be, while at the same time working to preserve basic human rights such as the right to privacy.

3) Terrorism scares citizens. Knowing that entrusting their government with the kinds of powers they would need in order to act against terrorism would be overreaching, as such citizens decide their government should have no such powers and decide not to give their government God-like powers, while also deciding not to collaborate and blaming all failures on their government, and so citizens continue to live in a world of constant alertness and fear worrying that their next trip to the city could be their last...

Just like the Goldilocks fairy tale, I think the world is not looking for a solution that is "too hot" or "too cold". Rather we're all looking for the solution that is "just right". The specific solution I can't say I have the answer, but with continuous iteration and improvement I'm certain smart people can come to a sane (but more than likely imperfect) solution that does not violate any single group and their goals / objectives / rights. And at the same time does not necessarily handicap future generations with rules and regulations that are almost insurmountable should they find themselves ruled by a corrupt / power-hungry government.
If there is anyone in doubt in NK about their glorious leader, seeing this film may just push them over the edge, knowing that the assassination of their leader is something that the world wants. Plus, there's more to the movie than just assassination - its also a reflection of the condition of the North Korean people, and the constraints placed upon their lives by a repressive regime. Sometimes all thats needed to push the needle into the red-zone of revolution is a reminder that things are not always as they seem; while I personally think its a stupid movie from a purile industry, my opinion doesn't matter here. The North Korean people have to decide for themselves if they can do something about their dire circumstances, and what to do.. perhaps this movie will plant some hints in someones mind, and something will get done about it.

(Disclaimer: I'm no fan of Hollywood being used as a tool for propaganda against us by our own imperial, authoritarian masters, either.. its a double-edged sword..)
Could give a few examples ?
I think that's a person playing back pre recorded sounds. AI isn't advanced enough to impersonate a telemarketer.
My emacs would have that feature in a few seconds if I thought it would be useful. But I don't happen to think it is so it (probably) doesn't.
The post-2009 economic expansion and bull market, in spite being the longest ever, has much further to go. A t least 8 years until the interest rate cycle peaks http://greyenlightenment.com/using-the-interest-rate-cycle-t...

Interest rates are at just 2%, versus in the late '90s, in 2006, and the late 80s , when the were at 5-6% or higher. It may be at least 5 years before rate bump against the upper-end of the cycle, around 5%, and then another 3 years for the market to finally crest.
People buried stacked is not entirely uncommon in the US though.
If you use any of their work then it opens you up to Facebook leveraging this against you. If they feel you violate a patent of theirs and they ask for a royalty or licensing fee - you can't even say it's not a valid patent or you void the right to use React Native, and anything else that has the PATENTS file in it (which is all of their stuff AFAIK) - that's why Google doesn't use it.
From the money I saved from programming I have bought an old shop and turning it now into an art gallery and a party space.

In the last few months I learned lot about plaster boards, concrete, garbage disposal, construction law, etc.

Today at evening is the opening.
My friend and colleague is a haykyo photographer.
He is exhibiting his photos, 40 people will come.
So you're saying that fewer cats are using e-mail?
Years ago we discussed the idea of penalizing errors more if they stick around. So a difference of +2 might be acceptable for a frame or two, but a consistent +2 over several frames should be severely penalized due to the fact that the human visual system is much more likely to notice an artifact that lasts 300 ms versus one that lasts 30. Whereas 10 frames alternating +2 with -2 would be acceptable.

Perhaps that sort of logic is rolled into the rate distortion metrics of Daala? But if so, I suspect this bug would not be.
bzr. The CLI interface is much nicer and consistent. It has bound branches which is really useful useful when you are doing something small (see bsder comment above). You are not forced to use a staging area. There is no need to squash commits just to have a clean history instead you commit what you have and limit the depth of the log on view. Also, bzr is really easy to extend in Python. And so on and so on.

The git command line interface is the exact opposite of user friendly: some commands have options that fundamentally change the operation so much so it should be a different command: git reset removes changes from the index leaving your files intact and if you do not have anything staged then does nothing. Now, git reset --hard simply throws away your changes. This does not end here: git reset 'HEAD^' will remove a commit. How mad is that, git reset operates on the staging area but git reset something operates on commits??

git checkout filename is almost completely unpredictable as it might get the file from the index if it exists there or from HEAD if not. There is no indication at all what happened. And so forth.
Hopefully they approach this with more tact than they have the news feed. Since I can't be bothered to help their algorithm find the tiny bit of signal left there and it clearly values sponsored crap more than anything I care about the value of it is below zero at this point for me.

Messenger on the other hand is my most used mobile messaging service, almost everyone I regularly message is on there. It's useful and I actually care when I see a message - hopefully it'll stay that way.
Not trivializing the article, or it's point. Interesting though is that the subject (hardware) reminded me of an app I wrote that lets me quickly model system availability on my phone. My astonishment at the time was that such a simple modeling tool isn't available in any app store (maybe today, couldn't find anything a year or so ago).

There are sooo many tools, let alone basic productivity apps that just don't exist yet. And here we are, breathless and panting, moving onto the next big thing - hardware, biotech... Hey its all good stuff. Except for the part where I can't create a simple DB-like table on my phone and have that sync (securely!) with my other devices - without making me create a Dropbox account, or wanting to up-sell me in the app, or get all social on me. Basic, simple and honest apps. Like the Code Vault app I had on my Nokia Communicator in 2001.
> I agree with almost all of this, which is why I use Emacs' graphical interface instead of its terminal interface.

You can't be seriously saying this because Emacs' graphical interface lacks half of them. Here is a breakdown:

> Smooth scrolling is better than line-based scrolling.

I can't see any smoothness in scrolling of Emacs' graphical interface in Linux.

> A pop-up is better at alerting the user that input is needed than a small prompt at the bottom of the screen.

Only a handful of 3rd party packages use some badly-imitated pop-ups and I've never seen anything even resembling a pop-up in Emacs' graphical interface (maybe except the GTK+ open file dialog)

> The command palette, which is clearly visually distinguished from the surrounding text by a gui border, is better design than yet more lines of text indistinguishable from the rest.

I can't see anything resembling the command palette Emacs' graphical interface. Everything is either use the minibuffer or open a new window.

> Current selection highlighted in a bright, theme-able colour is better than just toggling the background colour. Little graphical icons next to lines indicating changes, breakpoints, etc is better than a random text character put before the line. Smooth animations are better at conveying change than instantaneous changes to text.

I guess we have those.

> Filesystem trees with pixel-wide connector lines and icons indicating file type, displayed in a smaller font than the main text are better than a file tree drawn with ASCII art.

Speedbar isn't even close.

> The fact that key bindings can interfere with your terminal emulator or shell's keybindings is an annoying restriction.

N/A
I'm simply suggesting people are good at filling in the blanks.

And yes, anyone with a manager like the one you describe should absolutely run for the hills :)
It's a shame, because the monetization on platform apps will drown out potentially useful systems that are local in scope.

Why do I need lighting controls dependent on a cloud service?
I have run into this problem as well. Manually modifying packages is not fun.
how about instead of 'mom' we use 'inexperienced user', and don't make a bad assumption?
Haha, yeah, it seems surprising at first, but Detroit has a HUGE Mexican and Hispanic population. Also (and due to) we have Mexican Town -- check your English at the door!
Whatever you're in the mood for (flautas, tostadas, chorizo), you can find it there.

Note:
I've been in Japan for 3 years now, and it's nigh impossible to find decent Mexican/Tex-Mex :-( ...
Ah. The host name on the root cert. I was thinking that the host name on the server's certificate was being referenced.
I'm fairly sure they don't. But more to the point, personal usefulness is subjective, your counterpoint is objective.
I have refuted those observations simply by showing that men are not ONLY individuals. That they don't exist in a vacum, that they are not ONLY autonomous.

That's all I need to do. I don't have to buy Rands observations if they don't fully account for the reality they are trying to make claims about.

You are confusing what seems to be the case with what is the case. You take one interpretation of phenomena and makes it the only interpretation.

Then you (or Rand if you like) take that an try to make universal claims.

That is exactly what is wrong here. That is only one interpretation not very well thought out and certainly not grounded in any deep thinking on the matter.

Humans are not only rational animals they are also irrational animals. Sometimes that irrationality actually have benefits for survival. And then we haven't even looked at the problem with claiming that something is rational outside of it's context as you are fundamentally arguing.

No I didn't misinterpret it I understood very well what you said.

To boil it all down. The problem that you find yourself in is that every time I give you examples of where Rands universal claims don't apply you simply exclude them from the claim. You don't need to think about this very long until you realize that this is not what constitutes careful thinking. That's sloppy thinking.

There is nothing well defined about reality. No slam dunk easy peacey way to get to certainty in these matters no matter how many words you use to describe it.

Listen you will grow up meet the woman in your life, perhaps get kids. Then you will realize just how wrong Rands thinking is.

And don't get me wrong. Rand did have some clever things to say and sure did inspire many to do better. But a philosopher she was not. That requires careful thinking something that she and the whole objective school that came after her so sorely miss.
I think he means that he's not going to learn it himself independently because he doesn't use it for work, and he's learning/using other technologies for his personal projects. And all technologies are more useful to him currently than the one's for building billion visitors/month sites.
That's me. And actually, it's ok. I never expected this revenue stream would last forever, and it's the core business --- the app recommendations --- that's crucial. That's going well. We've got tons of happy users, a few great engineers, some cash in the bank, and several interested investors. In the long, in fact, this move by Apple will only accentuate the need for a good app discovery engine to help find everything outside of the top-50.
UIMA (http://uima.apache.org/) was donated to Apache by IBM in the first place, and they continue to contribute.

I doubt any core changes would have been need to Lucene for this application.
Found few interesting points as discussed in the following blog: http://vitalfindings.com/advanced-analytics/market-entry-str...

Which consumer segments are most price sensitive, and which are more likely to pay more for advanced features?
Is improved technology enough to counter the advantages of having a dominant brand?
How can I tie my consumer segmentation closer to actual feature preferences?
Consumers say they're "very likely" to buy the product I want to develop. What does that really mean?
Rock on. If I were looking for a co-founder, I'd reply to this.

I'd be a bit worried about you, though. If you're in the the startup biz, why don't you have a rolodex full of tech co-founders who want to work with you? You'd probably score extra points by saying, "I have 5 hackers who I've worked with that'll swear by me-- happy to connect you so you can chat" or somesuch.
If you hate the code that much and you've been working on it for 9 years, why haven't you gone back and "fixed" the ugly broken bits?
"You don't have time for me not to do it. I'm a rockstar. Listen to me."

Yeah, I know that it's not likely to work...
> You can't simulate a brain without considering the quantum effects at atomic levels.

That's wild speculation. At the very finest level of detail, we can simulate a brain in this way. At the very coarsest level of detail, we can simulate it as a thermodynamic heat bath. The correct level of detail for the emergence of intelligent behaviour is likely somewhere in-between.

> You can't simulate quantum effects.

What? Of course you can! Classical computers take an exponential amount of time, but it's still a finite problem. The whole field of Computational Chemistry is based on simulating quantum effects!
>Why is it that as soon as someone says "AI" everyone turns off their normal scientific/naturalist worldview and starts going yippity-skip-de-doo in fairyland!?

Despite claiming to be rational, people are still uncomfortable with the idea that they're meat machines.
It is more to do with volumes of product, hardware is costly and the margins are thin if targeting less than 1000 per year. The problem is the product is not versatile to be adopted in a more general sense. The Engineering accomplishment of the company are great, but it does not have a broad enough market and hence reflected in the cost of the product. Similarly, you can compare that to technical books and why they cost so much as the expected sales volumes are not high enough unlike a fictional character book, prime example Harry Potter, it also became a big screen hit with fans.
I mean the advent of business computing was very literally the systematic eradication of 6 million Jews.

IBM's custom designed punch cards and the absolute openness of census records (church books are rarely encrypted) was the only reason the third Reich was ever able to census all European Jews and then systematically deport them in any reasonable time frame.

That is obviously very different from new WhatsApp TOS, but this incredibly prevalent opinion of "Well, nothing really bad regarding privacy and tech did actually happen, right?" irks me a lot.
I completely agree with everything you've said. My main point is that I suspect this is a natural development even with all economic incentives and Algorithms set aside. Facebook et. al. are capitalizing on social psychology that would be there even if they weren't. You can see the same sort of echo chambers taking shape in other fora such as 4chan, Reddit and Mastodon. These do not incorporate the Algorithms that are often solely blamed for the outrage cycle.

If people both
A) Enjoy to be part of communities of like minded people
B) Cannot stay objective and keep perspective once immersed in one

then the current situation (and worse) seem to be inevitable. Regardless of actions taken against (or complete elimination of) the big commercial players.
Whoa, this was a point about syntax (non-Algol vs. Algol) being overstated. Haskell and Idris absolutely fall in non-Algol languages that make people do a double-take.

For the record I like lots of languages - dependent types are awesome. I find that the language I reach for will mostly be a function of the problem space.

Just an FYI, certain Lisps have static typing as well.
> sold tshirts with "Civil War 6 Jan" on

Selling offensive t-shirts isn't even remotely close to a problem. I too doubt they will experience any consequences.

Hopefully the violent looters and lawbreakers in the protest get prosecuted. But there are recent precedents on this issue; most of the protesters will have been peaceful and shouldn't suffering consequences for exercising basic freedoms.
You can think of it like email.

Maybe you started on AOL and later realized AOL is terrible. You could export your address book and move to a client/server you trust more and notify all your contacts from the new location.

This is the same story on Matrix and what I mean when I say it is a freedom respecting decentralized service.

You are also free to run your own DNS to a dedicated EMS instance then later point to your own self hosted server later much like the freedom you have using your own domain and MX records on Google Apps allowing you to later move to a new email provider without having to update your social graph to change your address.

On Signal, there is no such option. You use their clients and servers forever, or GTFO.
How can you guarantee this? And how about received messages? How can you retrieve all your old messages/conversations when you install the app on a new device? Don't they come from WhatsApp servers? Just curious, not doubting that you are actually an ex-WhatsApp employee.
T. Pedophile
That's www.likealittle.com
No question about it being "over the top" creepy.
I've used Teaching Textbooks (http://teachingtextbooks.com/) for math up to Precalculus. It's a self-paced, rather engaging math program with good word problems.
For elementary school, their curriculum has a more interactive program with word problems, quizzes, etc. and in middle school and high school it becomes self-paced lectures with problem set / workbooks. Another good, similar program for high school is k12 which I've heard good things about too. There are some good / new curriculums out there for homeschoolers.
If it was a real check, legally, then the bank should've been able to collect from the get-rich-quick company. So if he had kept the "bank's" money, wouldn't he really have been keeping the spammer's money, being that the bank would just have collected from the spammer?
Perhaps we find the writing valueless, ergo, the tip jar is obnoxious.

What's less noble, keeping the bank's money, or asking for some of ours?
the Texas Interconnection (operated by ERCOT) is not fully isolated. They have 3 interconnections from Mexico (one of which has only ever been used once), and two with the eastern US.

It is not clear to me if these interconnections are normally used, or only used in Emergency scenarios. I think they are used both. However I have no idea what sort of capacity these have, and if that is enough in cases like this.
Boolean interactions are piecewise functions as well. He seems to be arguing to use functions for modeling and considering the whole process or interactions between the functions but has not described an actual approach to doing so in this article. How is picking a set of booleans really all that functionally different from from drawing a surface over the intersection of all of his functions and just treating them as booleans on each surface of that hypercube?

I don't find it particularly groundbreaking to use a set of ad-hoc functions as interactions. He seems so focused on the idea of functions and complexity that he's missing much of the point of why people play games and solely focused on strategy games. In my opinion, a lot of the best games are the simplest games because I play them to take my mind off of other things. It's not about having a lot of complexity, it's about having interesting complexity.

This was written with such self-aggrandizement that it is not super enjoyable to read. It is easy to see why the ideas of someone who projects themselves as a genius is having trouble relating to people who may not believe him to be one. The usefulness of ideas seems to have some respect to how well they fit into the way other people want to use them. He's not focusing on how other people would use them but rather on how he wants them to be used. He seems to have missed the transition from systems-oriented design to human-oriented design.
Beautiful damning with faint praise there.
I don't see Bitcoin as currency, it's a store of value. You're correct that there are better coins for currency.
All the major industries are built on people consuming and buying more, from clothes to phones. They give power ratings for electronics themselves but that is for that one unit not how they expect you to keep buying more and more. We could ban tons of industries if we wanted to and life would go on, it's difficult to say what deserves the energy spent and what not.