skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There was a report released on the conditions of working with Konami from Nikkei: http://kotaku.com/report-konami-is-treating-its-staff-like-p...

Likely won't be able to gain insight on exactly what happened inside Konami, and even those are personal anecdotes. I'm sure everyone has a good reason for what they did.
A typical woodhead's thought. "Accelerate your business's growth". Hahaha. Hard things have to be done solo because explaining to others is slowwwwwwww.
"What if a Twitter account and Hacker News account have the same id? According to this protocol, they are equal."

Maybe that's the desired behaviour?
If you read the article, it says he gets money from hacking competitions.
It leaves me wanting. I don't only want to see how its applied. More importantly, I want to see how it is used. It's responsiveness, touch gestures happening and what not. I get it, installation is easy, but that's not what I'm here for.

Also the shadow of the person just freezes instead of leaving entirely from the frame, I believe this is the reason why it looks so unnatural and abrupt.
>He has implemented the happy case.

I could probably do this using ROS, opencv, and pcl. At least on a level where the car could recognize the road well enough to drive on it, but I imagine both my car and his car are nothing that any sane human would want to sit in. That last 20% focusing on safety and edge cases is going to be 100x the work/innovation/testing/staff/code/talent/smarts here.

As a side note, I am intrigued by the idea of a FOSS self-driving car. Its a little worrysome we'll never see the code Tesla, Mercedes, etc are using.
Your post is not very thorough. A study of twins raised apart done by the University of Minnesota found that 70% of the variance in IQ can be associated with genetic variation, with the remainder associated with environmental variation.

http://web.archive.org/web/20120227061723/http://www.psych.u...
I don't doubt it at all. Keep in mind that "simple" is relative, we have to ask "simple compared to what?" For lots of people, I be that the math involved in these neural nets is the most complicated math they've ever done. They would never say it is simple, because they themselves barely grasp it. But in my experience, topics in mathematics have a funny way of becoming very simple the moment you "graduate" to thinking about a slightly more general mathematical framework.

Someone who has digested enough of the AI literature to think about the methods in aggregate is very likely to be in a position to see any particular method as a "simple" implementation of some more general set of principles.
They didnt really admit the decision was bad for the audience. They said "well, we were just looking out for you, and highly recommend you doing what we want, but I guess you can do that too, but you shouldnt."

The tone is very much "we did nothing wrong." I don't expect more, but I was hoping for it.
I went into a B&N store and found a book that I was going to buy. They wanted far more in the store than they did on their own online bookstore and offered no in store pick up on the web. I would have bought the book from them then and there if they had matched the price or met me somewhere in the middle. Instead of buying from BN.com I just went to Amazon.com and got it in two days all this while I was still in the store.
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Side comment: Excellent use of the .bar domain extension.
Disclaimer: I'm a civilian. I just use Linux on a couple of laptops.

Arch is a rolling distro with fairly recent applications. Updates most days. Applications and system files stay in testing for a period then get pushed out. Very occasional breakage. Installer is bare-bones and uses linux commands a lot.

Ubuntu is a 'staged' distro as you well know. I imagine you were using Long Term Support versions of Ubuntu on your servers (10.04, 12.04, 14.04 and so on). The same applies to desktops so 14.04 has pretty stable packages. Ubuntu have announced application upgrades within the LTS period recently. The intermediate releases are supported for 9 months and will therefore have applications nearer to the most recent stable. Not too many updates once you get out of the immediate release period.

You might want to have a look at Debian. Unstable is not as quick as Arch with updated applications &c but pretty close. Stable is pretty stable for a couple of years at a time. Repository is huge.
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I've found the following people on Twitter are willing to talk & offer what they know about the industry:

@SaucyStartups

@JennyPurr

@cindygallop
Meh.

Commenter is telling the answerer that (a) answers should not be comments, and (b) there's a comment barrier to prevent abuse. Your suggestion would be what? Not explaining anything?
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Maybe this is another reason he isn't joining a corporate entity for his project. The insurance and legal liability will prevent him from testing and gathering "in-the-wild" data. Very risky and dangerous process that, i think in his mind will give him a faster improvement curve, compared to indoors and confined testing.
Said a person who probably spends 10 hours a day staring at a computer
That even already exists. You can run a built-in XP virtual machine on some newer editions of Windows, and I think it even has seamless windows.
we already have enough laws. responsibility doesn't change because a computer does some thinking for you. Besides, how many people are actually writing their own self-driving software?
> Proprietary platforms run by untrustworthy companies are bad and dangerous.

But do proprietary platforms run by trustworthy companies exist? If so, what happens when a new CEO, product owner, etc takes over and makes changes that could ruin existing relationships? Seems inevitable for every platform to evolve to some degree; what if the evolution is simply not compatible with what you built? Does that make them untrustworthy?

It all seems kinda nebulous to me and I'm not sure I'd want to put all my cards in one basket :)
Maybe you are right, but I do enjoy going to BN and I do buy stuff there from time to time. My gf is more willing to buy in store than I am, probably because of the nature of books she purchases (kids books for school) versus my books (Tech) which are significantly more expensive.
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See http://hyperallergic.com/261496/uk-affirms-that-photographs-...
> Out of curiosity, can you point me at a significant case cryptolockering of NAS data?

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2358733/synology-na...

> I have nothing on my WD MyCloud that isn't duplicated somewhere else (either it's a backup of google photos/videos, or dupe'd to a USB drive)

It sounds like it doesn't apply to your case, but a potential issue with Dropbox/ownCloud/Google Drive is that the master server can instruct all copy-holders to delete their copies. You should have off-site backups, but I suspect many people don't.

> I assume one could not run off of the WD box and the Raspi/Owncloud base is too small to target.

This is not really an issue - there are multiple router-based botnets as well. You can't really mine bitcoins, but there are tons of other stuff you can do, e.g. DDoS is usually not constrained by the processing power.
"“Hold this,” he says, dumping a wireless keyboard in my lap before backing out of the garage. “But don’t touch any buttons, or we’ll die.”"

Quality.
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> It's like complaining to your PC manufacturer that a program you downloaded doesn't work. Most people would blame the program and look for another one.

I gotta disagree. I tend to find "normal" people will blame the manufacturer or microsoft whenever anything goes wrong regardless of the actual cause.
> Upgrading your hit-rate from 80% to 96% takes epic customer insight.

Well, no. If you cut the number of books you ordered down to 1, it wouldn't be very difficult to get 100% hit-rate. (Until your store died, of course). You need more than just the single statistic.
I've had exactly this idea before, but never pursued it because I couldn't get past the problem of shadows. It looks like this doesn't either. ie, if you are making a vertical pinch gesture and you happen to get it precise enough, it's possible that the top finger will be left in the dark and thus undetectable. Maybe because depth can be sensed, software can compensate.. I still imagine this will be a problem though, as well as resolution

Also, how well will this thing work in daylight and direct sun?
> We still live in a very racist society, how is that helped by pretending otherwise?

No one is pretending anything. You are the one that brought race into this. And your evidence of the problem is to post studies that didn't even study the actual industry we are discussing?

> These are two narrow examples of course

This is the first relevant thing you've said. So narrow, they don't even touch on the subject at hand.
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> I also don't define people as "winners" or "losers" depending on whether they get cool jobs.

Normally I don't either, but in my post above I was using it as a shorthand.

You can't win them all, and you probably won't lose them all, but there might be someone out there who does.
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Who cares about how many people built it? What matters is the end product, which is something that existed in the 80s.
He does a bit of interesting projects, hacking the iPhone, Android and even the PS3 to the point of being sued by Sony [1]. Geohot has potential, so it will be interesting what we see him accomplish, hopefully some company doesn't swoop in and ruin his progress.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iUvuaChDEg
I'm not disagreeing, but it's in bad taste to make a personal judgement on someone without meeting them personally. The guy could be cocky, or the writer of the article could've just made the guy appear cocky.

Anyways, wouldn't you agree that it is better to be empathetic rather than thinking you're an idiot?
Not exactly, I think it was a poor choice of words as I was referring to my build/deployment tooling.

If I have an idea (e.g. a "ES2015 to ECMA6" converter), I'd look for a library to do this (if there isn't an open source one, I'd consider building my own as a learning experience).

Setting up the webpage up (converter/form) is trivial since it's really just one page and a few settings.

The really cool part is I've built laravel commands to do the hard work for me. They can:

- buy domains based on a keyword search with some common regex-like patterns

- set up a git hook to continuously deploy to an AWS micro instance via codedeploy/CircleCI

- manage different adsense codes across properties

So, if you're wondering these are things that have utility. I'm optimizing the pains of setting up each site, though.

I do build adservers for a living, but never once have I created a crappy content-farm click-baiting blog -- they are the scourge of the internet >:{

[edit] lastly, I'm not sure if you have a problem with google ads (doubleclick/google publisher network) but I think they're pretty sensible in what they allow... no reasonable person would take issue with that.
> They should have made an agreement with the publishers YEARS ago: When you buy a physical book, you get the Nook book included.

It's not for lack of trying, but publishers have to play ball. They've had a few programs where you could buy a physical book and pay $x extra for the ebook, but the process has been cumbersome and the publisher-set additional cost too high.
It's not just Amazon - you can find the books at Barnes and Noble's website and order them way cheaper than the store!
> ...the presence of wifi and bluetooth stacks and cameras and microphones means that you are living with a long list of vulnerabilities...

No, you just turn those off. I bought a TV recently and didn't have any option (for this particular model line) of getting a "non-smart" version. I simply turned off the TV's networking. The only cables attached to the TV are power and HDMI, so it's effectively a dumb TV with zero attack surface.
I'm sure I'd forget about it them slam shut my laptop…
Until a week ago, the only reason I needed to know Javascript was for my own side projects. I have never done anything requiring the web professionally until about 4 days ago.

I've been in software for over 20 years!
This is a much better question than I initially thought. I started out listing things, but I'm not sure any of the cases actually include AI as opposed to general IT/Robotics/Globalization.
I have interned there (obligatory "this opinion is my own" etc etc), so if you believe that disqualifies a discussion which actually has nothing to do with Palantir (one of NGO stat inflation), then that's fine.

I guess it comes down to this: you have the same question as I do. I'm curious to see what the actual evidence for the alleged manipulation is. Has the commenter who put forth the allegation re: stat inflation provided evidence for the claim?

The question of definition is fair in principle. I'd be glad to discuss whether or not the definition is fair. I'm of the opinion that it is, and if you're of the opinion that it's not then I really do want to know why.

Not sure what this discussion is, to be honest. You seem to be saying that we should be able to criticize these stats/categories/definitions. I agree with you, and then I'm asking you what your criticisms actually are. So far you're still pointing to "definitional flaws that can negatively affect certain populations." If there are such flaws with such consequences, that would be really problematic, I agree.

What are the definitional flaws, and how are they negatively affecting which populations?
Nifty idea, but I imagine it's going to get back to the same problem of putting a touchscreen on Windows to start with: Namely that most of the applications people want to run on Windows (Metro apps excluded) are not optimized for touch. The widgets one would want to use are too small to accurately be clicked on with a finger.
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> The brittish are naturally so onservative, if not outright reactionary, that the new buisness models haven't had the same impact yet.

Wut?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesco#Internet_retailing

> In May 1984, in Gateshead, England, the world's first recorded online home shopper, Mrs Jane Snowball, purchased groceries from her local Tesco store in the world's first recorded online shopping transaction from the home.[50] Tesco has operated on the internet since 1994 and was the first retailer in the world to offer a robust home shopping service in 1996. Tesco.com was formally launched in 2000. Grocery sales are available within delivery range of selected stores, goods being hand-picked within each store, in contrast to the warehouse model followed by Ocado.

> As of November 2006, Tesco was the only food retailer to make online shopping profitable.
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They need foot traffic, not car centric locations that people aren't going to go to just to buy a book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iUvuaChDEg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment_Am...
My company did this back in 2000 using StarOffice which was the precursor to LibreOffice (via OpenOffice). Some screenshots[1]. What's interesting is that the numbers don't add up - it's hard to make a profit even at high subscription rates when you have to pay for all the hardware involved. Anyway, I hope they know what they're doing.

[1] https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/officemaster/#content
Most likely the detectors/emitters are in a diagonal crosshatch pattern, which would also greatly simplify detection and resolution on the axis perpendicular to the air bar:

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It appears you're a stones throw from saying any poor who don't go on to become successful are just lazy and unmotivated.
I'm not sure how to respond to this without end up with both of us talking past each other, but I do believe you missed the point.

> If you honestly think about committing suicide even for a moment (as in, seriously consider it) because you didn't get a Big 4 CS job,

You're reducing what I was describing (which was a prolonged series of rejection and failure over years without any acceptance or successes, and every company that seems promising slamming the door on you almost immediately) to a single event.

A one-off let-down from a "Big 4 CS job" opening isn't the same as years of emotional duress from really shitty circumstances.

Please keep the difference in mind.
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I don't know if I'd be comfortable completely giving up control to a driving computer, even on a straight highway.

I am totally for a computer telling me when I'm driving dangerously because I'm distracted or tired.
Because a practicing engineer and an anonymous person on the internet that seems like the "engineering type" is the same thing?

There is zero reason for an engineer to have "anti-sentiment" to an open platform because it's moot. Most likely, an engineer would be completely indifferent to a decision like this.
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That might make sense, but why the difference between Europe and the US, if in fact it exists as the grandparent claimed?

It's true that it's costly and hard to test one's skills. The trouble with grades though is some people cheat brilliantly on their tests and others, some of them really good, test badly (if they're bored they don't prep, screw the grade average, etc) and some of the latter are actually extremely pragmatic on the job. I don't quite understand it but it's there.
Congratulations!!! It can't see a better use of technology and open source than this one. I'm really touched.
Sounds like a chicken and egg problem to me.
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> I know everything there is to know.

If only he knew about the Dunning Kruger effect...
Hard things have to be done solo because explaining to others is slowwwwwwww.

A million times this. I never really understood how hard it was to explain a (in my mind) simple new technology to the lay person until I had to do it. This is even after spending years as a technical briefer for high power executives.
The article mentioned Elon's delaying tactic. I wonder what would happen if Hotz's idea/project was bought out by Tesla.
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I think the relevant bit is that we're seeing this without GC which makes it applicable to a whole set of problems that weren't previously relevant(which is also why I think Rust is so interesting).

Yeah, we get it that functional languages came first, but rather than looking down on C++ why not celebrate that functional constructs are making it into places where they haven't been before.
> The stores are too big. 1/2 of a B&N store is tat, reference books, niche stock, a Nook display area, and other nonsense. You could cut almost all B&N stores in half and not notice as a customer.

> They place them poorly. B&N is perfect for foot traffic. But B&Ns are typically located as drive-up "out of town" shopping. Somewhere you need to go to intentionally. They need to be in malls.

The smaller, mall-located brick and mortar bookstores were unsupportable even when B&N was doing well -- B&N even bought several of them and continued to operate them under their old names for a while, attempting to leverage connections to B&N's loyalty programs, online presence, and other relevant strengths to make them viable.

I think the theory here has been fairly well tested and proven false.

> The children's area is really nice, but poorly leveraged. No classes, no reading groups, no reason to come in. Stay at home parents WANT a reason to get out of the house, you offer a free reading group for small kids, the parents will buy the books after the group.

Most B&N's I've seen have events in the children's section; I just checked one of my local stores, and they have children's storytime weekly.

> Atmosphere in the coffee shop is bad. Waterstones feels like a nice little swanky coffee shop, somewhere you'd go and work on your novel, B&N's coffee shop feels like a generic coffee shop at the airport.

IME, "coffee shop atmosphere" varies considerably among B&Ns (for those that even have coffee shops).

> B&Ns has no brand, and keeps making it worse. 3D printers, toys, Nooks, what is it that B&Ns is? They're all over the place, and now when you go into a B&N store you'll never know what they'll be pushing this week.

I think B&N, like many stores, has decided that focusing on a narrow product range is less viable than targeting interests of a particular demographic. This is not a completely insane idea, but do I think Waterstones' strategy of keeping the book focus and letting each store target locally is better.
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>The way the industrial revolution reduced manual labour, and made thinkers and tinkerers much more valuable

Didn't the opposite happen? Suddenly artisans were out of business as nobody wanted beautiful hand-made luggage, or whatever, that would last decades, but instead we'd get some engineers and maybe consults an old-school luggage guy, get some specs, and toss that data into cheap mass production and be done with it. Sure they're uglier and last only a few years, but they're cheap and plentiful. Now those artisans had to close their shops and either go work in the factory or retrain for something else.

The I.R. was great for making things fast and cheap, but it was pretty much a full frontal attack on "maker" culture that has only rebounded in certain areas fairly recently, namely computers, because you can own the "means of production" trivially, namely a computer with a compiler.

I see AI going the same way. It'll be shoddy, cost jobs, and work "just good enough." The question is is "just good enough" appropriate for 5,000lbs death machines speeding at 75mph? Think of all very serious development protocols and standards aerospace and NASA use. And that's for machines that will never have to worry about poorly painted/paved roads, kids running into the street, snow covering everything, etc. I think the AI-guided future will be far off and hit a lot of practical limits quickly and the bullish attitude behind AI is more than a little unjustifiable.
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