skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes, that'd be the obvious thing to do, but I think right now it doesn't (I could be wrong; I haven't looked at the code for ages).

I did at one point try to specialise everything. The results were hilarious...

var a = cons(cons(cons(cons(empty, 1), 2), 3), 4);

As the left-hand-side of each cons was a slightly different type, it ended up generating four different versions of the cons function!
HTTPS coming with Let's Encrypt Dec 3. There is a background image there if you have JS.
Probably not more so than all the existing tree farms, the scale of this would be much lower than the tons of engineered wood we're already using.
May I ask what you've used as an antenna?
when all the intelligensia spend almost all its brain power in obscure religious debates, you get very few results.

What's great about this sentence is how it brings the whole narrative full circle, back to fascism and Germany.

The Papacy in the middle ages was basically a fascist institution - ridiculing and condemning anyone that didn't agree with it.

But it wasn't till the 16th century that a German named Martin Luther dealt that fascist regime a serious blow by nailing some thoughts to a Cathedral door.

Luther wasn't the first to have those thoughts, though. He was simply the first credible mind to have those thoughts outside the sphere of influence of the Pope. The German politics Luther lived under enabled him to contradict the Papacy without fear of punishment.
If you're paranoid, you can always encrypt before uploading.
Your statement is very misleading, as is the whole, "kids these days have stronger strains" argument that other people try to use. Potency collapsed as a result of prohibition. Before prohibition, only poor black people in the jazz scene smoked. They did this because it was cheaper (people would steal the flowers off hemp plants). Most everyone else in the country took extracts. 1 dose was commonly the equivalent of what a heavy user today might go through in 2-4 weeks. Prohibition may cause stronger strains to be selected, but in the case of cannabis, prohibition caused the strain to matter, and to be smoked in the first place. Additionally, legalization and regulation does not touch dabbing and edibles which are much more potent than smoking.

source: "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer
> Let's suppose our AI must chose, in a flurry of combat, between sacrificing the life of a friendly soldier, or killing two other people, likely to be civilians.

This question of programmatically determining "friend" vs "foe" is highly problematic, to say the least. The only reason why humans make such distinctions is because they rely on them in order to ensure their own physical survival, so they can successfully propagate the species.

In order for a lifeless machine to make these kinds of distinctions, there must exist some kind of objectively verifiable calculation procedure that decides what exactly makes another human friendly or not. If this calculation procedure is simply meant to mimic the subjective calculations that are made by human military strategists, then this technology could not properly be considered the kind of interesting problem that AI researchers would want to work on. But if it is indeed meant to be objectively valid, then it will surely need to initiate a deep learning function that can very easily come up with a conclusion that finally determines that the so-called "friend" as determined by the human military strategist is actually a foe that needs to be eliminated.

So I think that the entire concept of developing highly sophisticated autonomous agents is inextricably wound up in the interesting, objective question of what it truly means to be human, rather than the more prosaic, subjective question of what it means to be a certain type of human that happens to judge another type of human as friend or foe.
I'm not saying they're equivalent, I'm saying that it's difficult to blame someone for his voting if he's bound to it for 5 years and can't change it.
Also see this 2010 paper which cites this http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ss/1294167961
If anyone wants to dig into this further start here:

https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~tracy/talks/SITE7.pdf

I find it to be a very approachable paper.
In my experience you can change an element with a Mutation Observer before it is rendered.
He's more of a symbol, especially in atheist circles, than a great scientist. His "bout" with Wilson is pretty depressing.
I used ANT500 [1] that came with HackRF One. I had to play with the angle a little to get a clear signal (horizontal worked for me).

[1]: https://greatscottgadgets.com/ant500/
Thanks to music industry, it is illegal to make private copies of music–again
Expensive in this context refers to compute capacity needed to determine a path, not monetary cost.
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> Thanks for nitpicking my spelling

I didn't write that, you did, I did upvote the GP, and my thanks were sincere. To expand on that I'm more than happy to have mistakes corrected so at least I don't end up propagating wrong spellings or ideas or to have them further ingrained. Actually, I'm stupid for not looking it up.
I would never quote Sweden as an example of democracy. It is bad case of "political correctness terror", if anything.
there's a kinda funny part in the Daodejing (or, Tao Te Ching, by the old Giles-Wade latinization of Chinese):

(3) Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves; not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to keep their minds from disorder.

Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bones.

He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without desire, and where there are those who have knowledge, to keep them from presuming to act (on it). When there is this abstinence from action, good order is universal.

---

I think our elites most of the time do a good job at the "empty their minds" bit. Spread a lot of confusion, FUD, and nobody dares to do anything. They are failing on the "fill their bellies" front, that's something to work on.

I find the passage kinda funny, since eastern philosophies are very popular nowadays mostly because of a hippie outlook on what they say. This part is in a way very cold and calculated. Daoism is pretty level-headed, my favorite of all eastern schools, along with some elements of Zen.
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Chomsky is obviously strongly influenced by Russell, he's usually on the mark but takes 25,000 words where Russell takes 500 or so to make the same point and much stronger.
>it is really just the use of violence to achieve certain political ends.

That's not terrorism, that's just war. All wars use violence to achieve political ends. Terrorism is the use of the fear of unpredictable attacks against a civilian population to prompt a high-impact political response, like war or revolution. Not all violence is terrorism.
Try to do anything where each struct is represented as an Object... oh wait, in Java, it is!
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It probably is, but it would have been better to say why: The attempts to link cannabis to psychosis have been ongoing for decades. This theory is literally "reefer madness."

There are volumes of discredited research and researchers in this area, many of them with dubious funding sources. So now we are to believe that high-strength cannabis is qualitatively different and this previously discredited theory can be redeemed? Not very likely.
Do not be held hostage by anything other than money.

Demand for engineers is still so high right now that unless you have some form of golden handcuffs you will be better off leaving if you don't like your current situation.
> I don't think this is going to help anyone lose weight any more than a therapist, salads, lentils, etc. etc.

Why are you putting it in opposition to those? Konjac is already being used thus, and is more flexible than other options, providing e.g. noodles ("shirataki"), seafood substitute, gelling for culinary uses and fruit jellies, etc…, surely more options and variety is a good thing?
> And quite a number of low marks in terms of industrial production, technical knowledge, public health, collective wealth, individual freedoms and so on.

What makes you claim this? The growth of population, economy and individual freedoms continued through the Middle Ages. Ancient Rome was not a particularly "civilized" place if you look at it by, say, medieval English standards.

And lots of technical innovations were made during Middle Ages (both through interaction with Middle East and Asia, and through independent development). Technical knowledge accumulated. Public health learned some lessons - yes, some of those very slowly, it took 200 years to fully recover form the Black Death - but the population and economy grew, except for this plague anomaly which the ancient civilizations would hardly have handled any better.

Throughout Middle Ages, agricultural output grew and new tools were brought in and new crops were introduced, as well as crop rotation in farming (from just farming to fallowing and then to three-field rotation).

New scripts were developed, e.g. Carolingian minuscule enabled faster writing and producing of books (prior to the printing press which is seen as the starting point of Renaissance but was developed by medieval people).

Regarding individual freedoms: slavery, common in ancient civilizations, was largely abolished in Europe during medieval times. Magna Carta is clearly a medieval document.

Medieval times were not dark. Development was not as fast as later on, but it existed, almost continuously, with some (mostly local) setbacks.
Ask HN: Is the UK's Ministry of Defence Still Using Windows XP?
I've just had to deal with the following request via email, regarding a website that has a banner encouraging IE6, 7 and 8 users to upgrade:

"Do you have any idea how irritating this message is? We are on windows XP and outlook 2003 as probably thousands of other people are - why do you block them?

I am not allowed to upgrade any software or browser so I feel really disappointed that I cannot book any events on line, or even by phone in your case. Come on, we can’t all afford to upgrade every time MS or IE upgrades."

Does this mean the MOD are still on Windows XP?
Fixing Education with Technology
This is my idea for fixing education --- It has been bugging me and been at the back of my mind for many many years. Thus I just wanted to post it here to get some thoughts on whether this is a feasible and workable proposal.

Let’s Fix Education with software and technology now ! Using technology to make education interesting through entertaining(but challenging) quizzes, games and videos, combined with ways to help users (students and tutors) communicate and collaborate more efficiently and elegantly in real-time. The truth is , alot if not most or all of the material taught in traditional colleges today can be learnt free of charge on the internet. At the moment, software companies mostly require individuals to have a college degree to get a job in them.(correct me if I am wrong) But for the often exorbitant amount of money spent on college education compared with the free alternatives offered online, is it possible to create an online system where users can learn exactly the same material offered in the best colleges in the world. And once they pass the course, they get offered an equivalent degree that is legally recognized by global governments and software companies worldwide. Isn't that a more efficient way to get things done?

This would be a really interesting experiment to create if we could get the rich people (people with money) and governments to fund this idea. Politicians and government officials often discuss how to create a world where everyone is given "equal opportunities in education and business" --- A system like this could go a long way towards creating true equality for everyone in the world because the internet is freely available to everyone in the world ...

Just my 2 cents --- let me know your thoughts ...
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"civilised world" is kept together by midddle- and working class people. What people need is hope and predictable outcomes from their personal efforts.

The Great Depression of 1929 struck America hard but Weimar Germany much harder. Incremental changes and hard work did not produce improvements. Life was uncertain and critical amount of people felt that life was unfair to them. They were ready to try stupid and unorthodox.

I find it unlikely that radical and stupid ideas alone can rock liberal democracies. They are always present. What is needed is personal uncertainty and fear of the future that resonates with the society.
>people who have no clue what they're doing will probably ruin their health in new interesting ways.

What makes you think that?
The Docker for DevOps course is now up (the one that was on Kickstarter)
Hi guys,

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It's much more than just a basic intro to Docker, as it goes through an end to end example of developing a Flask and Rails app with Docker and then deploying it to a staging and production server on DigitalOcean with a custom domain name and SSL.

If you're interested, here's a 20% off coupon for anyone on Hacker News:

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The above link includes a full break down of the curriculum and a few free videos that you can take a look at.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
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The article mentions the different chemicals favored by palates in different regions, so maybe you're just accustomed to the NL chemicals rather than the US ones.
> Complexity and complacency kill.

Clearly it's not as simple as "complexity is bad." Ask any engineer: complexity often enables performance and efficiency. A modern V6 is far more complex than a 1960's car engine, but smaller, lighter, more powerful, and more fuel efficient. Complexity is just a fact of life that needs to be managed.

Indeed, the story of our civilization is progress driven by ever-increasing complexity, facilitated by technological innovation. Amazon is far more complex than a local mom-and-pop. It's also far more effective at getting products to people quicker and more cheaply. Going back in history, Great Britain's financial system was vastly more complex than what contemporary countries had, but it enabled the tiny nation to build and control a vast economic empire.
I foresee alot of NFL and MLB team owners in the next 10 years.

Especially when that bubble bursts and the price of a major sports team comes crashing down.
CMU Binary Bomb meets Symbolic Execution and Radare
Someone is taking these researchers for a ride, selling them mids for the price of highs.
So...is HTML really a programming language?
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While many historians do consider them significant, take Wagener's memoir with a pinch of salt, the author was writing the hagiography of a man he was infatuated with:

"Hitler turned his large, unfathomable eyes on me; once again, as they had in Nuremberg, they impressed me with their deep and infinite goodness, as if they constantly wanted to give something without saying anything."

Even Hitler never painted as rose-coloured a view of himself as Wagener does.
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Stephen Pinker. Just about the only person from a humanities field that left me in awe of his intellect when I saw him speak.
Not unlikely, quite a few government agencies in multiple countries still are on XP (and paying tons of money for security updates)
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HN -- Why you trim the word "Essential" off the title here? It's a keyword to the title of the post. Bummer.
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More linkbait with a substantial lack of information and an obvious headline.

Legalise it, do real research, help humanity - vs - fear mongering and locking people up with problems.
having 2G didn't hinder their incitement attempts: http://www.timesofisrael.com/20000-israelis-sue-facebook-for...
just think how much more effective their attacks will be with 3G !
$100 monthly income puts a person in the top 52.40% earners worldwide.

That's misleading without considering numerous other variables - cost of things? It seems to me to be the kind of statement aimed at deceitfully triggering emotions, by the likes of charities. Charities are like police - there for good reason, but along with the good intentions they have a slightly seedy side. Of the countries I've lived in, the one where I was paid least had the highest standard of living.
Light therapy effective for treating depression, not just winter blues
See this article: Building the Infinite Matrix of Tamagotchis

http://hackaday.com/2015/11/24/building-the-infinite-matrix-...

A limitless network of Tamagachi has been created using some amazing tricks to feed, socialize, and monitor the beast now known as the Tamagachi Singularity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_-e_cJ1-Gs
I'm a former Marine myself (Royal Marine, not USMC). I never heard explicitly of it during my service, but reaction to events is integral to frontline military ops.

The whole point of the commander's intent, and everyone knowing it is to be able to react to localized change but still move towards the desired end state.
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"Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point." - Eliezer Yudkowsky

On a long enough timeline, we're probably screwed by Fermi's Great Filter regardless, but a self-improving machine learning singularity can certainly accelerate the process!
> Potent for England? Sure, but American cannabis is on a whole nother level.

Even in England, I know many weed smokers, but nobody who would buy "bush weed". Strains might not be as strong as the west coast in US, but something like skunk is a fairly typical thing to get, not a shockingly stronger surprise like the UK press paint it.

(Admitedly I'm going of anecdotes - albeit lots of anecdotes, but doesn't necessarily mean there aren't huge numbers of people in England who are happy smoking shitty weed... I've no idea, but I've never met any of them.)
I think a billion dollars is reasonable when you consider that these new businesses pretty much sell either products or services to the entire world, the market is not limited to the united states.
So true and painful to read. I wonder if humanity will ever evolve and leave behind its selfish, egocentric, and brutal ways.
>it appears they did exactly what you suggest to do

well that is entirely subjective, given that the following line states that it was a false rumour that started online it could have been started by anyone, including these armed militants, as reason to wander round intimidating people.

Also a moderate amount of research online indicates that not only was it an unsubstantiated rumour but it was debunked in July of this year. So had these individuals done any actual research they would not have protested this venue for the reasons they said they were protesting.

http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/jul/16/chain...

Thats just the first link I clicked which gives the date of July. 3 or 4 links down is the snopes article.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/shariatexas.asp

So defending them by saying they had legitimate reason to protest is untrue and anybody wanting to check this could have done so in a few minutes on the internet. They either checked and protested anyway because it was never really about protesting (but about intimidation) or they did check, found their claim was false and protested anyway because protesting was always just a cover for intimidation.
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I appreciate the correction.
I might have to finally try it if so many people are claiming life-changing effects!

I don't create or edit code for a living, for the most part, but I do use vim to edit workstation/server files and side-projects as well as a fair bit for notes and todo lists. I share the notes with an always-on raspberry pi via syncthing, which I can SSH into to check in a pinch.

There isn't much incentive in this case to switch to emacs, then (although the idea of a wearable rpi with emacspeak instead of a HUD has always intrigued). My current todo list for keeping organised, after recently moving off of Trello, needed to be reasonably smart to replace it.

I think the solution is smart yet simple enough to work long term. It has been OK for a month or two now, at least, but I'm still open to improvements. It's basically a vertical kanban board, instead of the usual horizontal one. I don't need time tracking, as I don't bill that way (but if it were automated, again, I'm open to it - could be interesting) but it would be nice to have alerts and reminders. For those I set reminders in tkremind for the important stuff - also copied and synced to the pi. The workflow is this:

- Tasks are entered into the relevant folding section, prepended with a timestamp [F5], with a #tag.

- As tasks complete, I delete/paste [dd/p] into the invoicing section, if required.

- Then [key binding] moves the item to 'the last line of the file' where a log has built up in roughly chronological order, returning the cursor to the same line.

This basically replicates Trello locally, but with the advantage of speed, grep-ability [grep -m 10 '#projectX' todo.txt] and privacy. The other open source kanban options looked good, but I am a big fan of text files, as org-mode users probably are too.

I'm now wondering if org-mode would be an upgrade or an over-complication... acutely aware of the irony of spending all this time on getting organised in order to be more productive.
There's something to the idea that a website which can't handle older browsers gracefully is a design issue not a user issue. Cars from 1953 can still operate on today's roads. Why should the information superhighway be different?
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Yes (except Turkey - Erdogan wants to become what Putin is).
1911 is about half way between the rise of modern democracy and present day, and the pace of development is faster in the beginning. Parliaments and political drama had been around much longer still.
Yeah really, those pop-ups were obtrusive as hell on mobile, and forced horizontal scrolling.
Not necessarily true.
Baidu was popular even before Google was blocked in China. Taobao is more successful than Ebay and Amazon in China, even Ebay and Amazon have never been blocked in China.

My personal experience of buying a book from amazon.cn is much worse than from Taobao. It took Amazon a week to deliver the book to a small town in the rural area but Taobao a day.

Many successful enterprises from outside fail to succeed in China, even they are not blocked.

For businesses, understand your customers' needs is essential to the success. Sadly many of them, both from western and China failed to realise this.

The same business model or user experience might works like magic in a market but fails horribly in another.
Has Betteridge's law of headlines failed me?