skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
TechCrunch had a piece on this today (http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/02/ar-startup-magic-leap-raise...)

I find it interesting that the top image (of the floating robot) has the text saying "no special effects" whereas the gif of the elephant in the hands (been available online for awhile) does not. This tells me that all the videos/gifs we've seen (the elephant, the whale splashing down thru the gym floor) are "aspirational" (AKA "bullshit").

Don't get me wrong, the floating robot is cool but this is doable on HoloLens (yet to ship but coming in Q1). Definitely seems like there's a real risk here of overhyping MagicLeap.

EDIT: Fixed the link to TechCrunch...If you saw the other link we're hiring :)
True, but there's a difference between not having started saving by 25 or 30, and not having started saving by 70.

There's still hope for the millennials.
I was, at one time very recently, very deep in the VR/AR space. It seems to me that there will be quite a bit of time before people accept projectors pointed at their eyeballs (or however you want to explain Magic Leap's "digital light field" technology).

$800M on $4.33B post- is a big chunk of a company, particularly one that does not have a working product demo yet. Maybe it'll all shake out positively, but I am of the opinion that this is not real.

Lastly, all of Magic Leap's demos are very clearly not using wearable hardware (and also not being demonstrated using any kind of light-accurate reproduction). For example, metallic effects usually require "black" as a shade and things like the Lumus Optical lenses cannot reproduce such an effect (despite being basically the cutting edge of lightfield reproduction).

In short, I am bearish on Magic Leap.

Also, I am super confused as to why Magic Leap is operating their own silicon fab... That seems crazy to me.

Edit: Fixed the $'s from VC-land.
> Sure there is, but it's not the purpose of companies to provide that, but should be done by the society (government) if the society decides there's value in that.

I like how this contrasts really nicely with a different view, where the ideal state of society is small government that leaves everything to the market, often mentioned in the same breath with keeping taxes as low as possible.

I think the whole basic income thing is interesting, but unless/until that's implemented, a society that mainly relies on companies to power and own the country should also demand from companies to ensure that people are doing well.

Anyway that's going off-topic, my initial point was only that the default move for companies without sizeable profits or losses doesn't have to be to wind them down. I care less whether you call the result a charity, a non-profit or something done by the government.
The real story here seems to be Trump's impressive showing, having both the most votes per $ AND the most votes per day spent there.
Even then, negative doesn't make sense as a market price. Give me X dollars, and I only have to return Y such that Y is less than X? "I'll have infinity, thanks!"
Looks interesting.

Typo here: "100% Shortened to much, press Undo!"
The fat-soluble vitamins are the ones to watch out for: hypervitaminosis A, D, E. Vitamin D can be frustrating because there's a long delay between when you take supplements and when your levels rise.
You mean, except for Marco Rubio who was the 3rd largest spend per vote, and a total spend of 11.8 million to Bush's 14.9 [1], and likely placed 3rd at least partially because of his ad spend. Bush is ultimately just not well liked by the new Republican base, and yes, no amount of money will change that. But among the candidates that resonate with that base, money has power.

[1] http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/and-the-total-amount-spent-campai...
> If the Federal Reserve follows through in its quest to raise interest rates and inflation, it will be relatively expensive to raise the $2.83tn in debt that we will need to fund SS through 2029

The Federal Reserve is not on a "quest" to "raise interest rates and inflation", it is raising interests rates not as a goal of its own, but as a means to restrain, rather than raise, inflation. (h/t to laurencerowe for catching the dumb mistake I made earlier here by reversing the effect sought -- the correction actually makes reality farther from "raise interest rates and inflation" than my initial response.)

And even with rates much higher than any that the Fed is likely to raise them to between now and 2020, new government debt has been fairly cheap. Not as cheap as it is now, but not particularly expensive.

Further, if it is more expensive to issue new government debt, than the returns on the Trust Fund will be greater, and it will not be exhausted as soon. (In fact, the "low cost" alternative scenario -- in which Social Security is solvent as far out as projections go -- is, compared to the intermediate projection, based on higher interest rates, higher inflation, and higher employment [the latter of which is one of the factors which lead the Fed to seek higher interest rates, since balancing inflation against employment is a big part of what they do]. So the Fed being on that "quest" is, arguably, a positive sign for Social Security.)

(Anyhow, the most recent -- 2015 Trustees Report -- intermediate projection is for exhaustion of the Old Age & Survivors Trust Fund is in 2035, not 2029.)
Good question. Yubikeys only support HOTP because of the lack of battery, so I'm guessing they are referring to HOTP. Google Authenticator is TOTP.
WebExtensions in Firefox 46 and AMO now accepts Webextensions
An inheritance tax?
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Does anyone else jump into an editor to write emails or essays?

I find myself wanting simple, distraction-free plain text with no UI cruft for any writing more than a few sentences.

Personally I'm using either the Write Space extension for Chrome or Sublime today, but it seems like the author has the same use case, and with the added convenience of auto sync.
I think this was a face saving publicity move by DC mayor.

I guess I missed the free or $1 a day parking info since I was working from home.

It certainly feels unfair to all those people (including me) who took enough pains to ensure they planned their days in a way that the cars weren't on the Snow Emergency Routes.
So sometimes we find that bearing the full cost, including the cost to safety, to be too great but we find a solution with a different cost (maybe not always lower as there are multiple dimensions of cost) that we are willing to enforce on people.

But even given emergency services, there are still limits where they are unable to provide help. And in those cases, while we are free to judge a person regardless of what they choose, we do not force them to render aid.
The floating robot is not doable on the hololens because metallic effects require black, which is not reproducible on the hololens display... Yes, I have seen the photos of hololens output that show black. I don't believe that's a reproducible effect on their wearable.
Yes, the "princess"-comment was harsh and I see how it violates the guidelines. I agree with that.

But as I understood dang, additionally to the warning he/she made a judgement regarding my general tone. And I don't understand why it's "pompous" of me to make fun of ridiculous content that dang him- or herself concedes is bad.
Rockwell Automation did some work to modernize this with the ironically named retro-encabulator [0]. It follows the same principles, but uses the off-the-shelf parts we've come to appreciate from RA affiliates. GE was the main supplier of this updated version [1], and reviews show that its performance was excellent in the field.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w

[1] http://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/humor/ge-turbo-encabulator....

EDIT: There's quite a lot of controversy convering this area of reseach in the following decades. A more technical overview [2] on the turbo-encabulator's operations is discussed in an article covering Chrysler's tulmultuous efforts to apply it to their automotive line. The short of it is that despite being an impressive leap forward in technology, if mass produced it would generate dangerous quantities of DHMO [3]. It just goes to show how a small unexpected side effect can derail even well researched technical solutions.

[2] http://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/automoti...

[3] http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html
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The AR-15 is almost certainly the most-used gun (not a majority, just more used than any other model of gun) for hunting in the US, though it's more common for varminting than for medium-large game. Hunting e.g. whitetail deer with .223 is fine even, though you're somewhat restricted in shots you can take for a humane kill vs. other calibers.

Also, it's a perfectly reasonable gun for home defense - compared to e.g. a 12 gauge shotgun which is commonly recommended, a typical AR-15 length (with extendable stock extended) might be around 37", whereas a typical 12 gauge shotgun even of the tactical variety (I.E. with an 18" barrel instead of a 24 or 28" hunting barrel) would be at least that long, but usually a bit longer. #00 buckshot has about the same drywall penetration as .223 FMJ, but using JHP (preferable anyway for defensive purposes) instead significantly reduces that.
To summarize: end-to-end encryption is making online surveillance harder. However, standards for end-to-end encryption are still fragmented and companies have incentives to not adopt it. Besides that, connected sensors, 'the internet of things' and unencrypted metadata give new surveillance possibilities.
Ah, suggesting that cold boot cpu hacks next?
Lay people dont understand exponents. Just say its small.../s
I don't think that's quantitative easing.

To my understanding banks go to the Fed when they need money as in dollar notes instead of money as in credit balance. The Fed does not buy the house, it just takes it as security. Meaning it takes the right to physically get the house if the terms of the credit are not fulfilled but it won't actually do anything physical as long as the terms are ok.

This makes an interesting situation for the banks. When you have a house (or the rights to one) to use as security, you can give it to the Fed and get free money for it. Now you have more money and can do stuff.

If you don't have the house, you might actually want to get one in order to get the free money. This makes the money not so free because with a great house come great responsibilites.

If the Fed bought those houses outright it would have many houses but the Fed does not need many houses, so that wouldn't make much sense. It would work financially to some extend and increase the money supply and give incentive to build houses but it wouldn't actually directly create anything beneficial to anyone.
Some use cases? Seems cool, but I'm having trouble thinking of how I'd use this... thanks.
My startup is a leader in cloud based turbo-encabulation.
Election Result Signaling (1922)
PS - According to Pitchbook, they did $827M on $3.5B pre, $4.33B post.
Why rent control in San Francisco is awful
If I need to edit outside my browser, I would normally just press Alt+Tab to switch to my text editor, type the text, then Ctrl+C, Alt+Tab, Ctrl+V. It feels about as fast and works with all web browsers and text editors.
This is a great beginners introduction. It takes a very short time to go through, even while doing the examples and afterwards, you can feel the productivity increase in the command line (if you where a beginner)

Am looking forward to his GIT book
The AR-15 segment of gun culture is essentially cosplay. For example, the AR-15 is impractical gun for both home defense (Too long to for hallways.

All those who advise and use shotguns disagree, and a short carbine is certainly more manageable than a 20ga or greater shotgun. And they're certainly easier to aim under stress than a handgun, and ideal for bunker tactical situations (e.g. you stay in your bedroom waiting for the police to arrive, too bad for the intruder if he tries to break into that room ignoring your warnings).

Too powerful for drywall.)

I'm told this is most certainly not the case, or, rather, handgun bullets and heavy shot loads penetrate a lot more. I don't know because I prefer a 1911 for inside the home self defense, but I would most certainly use a rifle outside the home if opportunity allowed. Plenty of people have used AR-15 pattern rifles in self-defense, inside and outside the home.

and actually illegal to hunt with because the bullets are literally too small to bring down game.

They're fine for anything hog sized or below, and as far as I know legal in those domains. With the right modern bullet selection would be OK for white tail deer and I believe legal in some states (but I hope not for bigger game), but the laws from before the revolution in hunting bullets obviously weren't written with those in mind. I mean, it was derived from this successful varmint round: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.222_Remington

ADDED: So, given all the real civilian world civilian utility they have, for a lot of men you could view them as modern versions of accessorizing a car.
Credit card charge back?
GoFeather: Alternate Go Mode for Sublime Text 3
Guess the reason is because some site failed to implement CORS.

But, on the other side, it's a TRUE PITA to debug.
It would be so great to have that for Jira and its obscure formatting conventions.
Being a .info site, it's surprising this site has zero information on /why/ USB dongle authentication is important to have. The tweets it helps you make just say "it's important" and link to this website.
How do you hack finding Groceries?
Wow, techcrunch has gotten really bad lately. Now, they are just showing job postings instead of doing hard hitting journalism.
Very nice. Would be nice to somehow feed back to other viewing devices -- e.g. Netflix app on the PS3 or "smart" TVs. Suppose that requires integration from the company Netflix.... (there isn't an add-on marketplace for TVs, right?)
There's an addon for that: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/u2f-support-a...
Advanced Specification Design Pattern
Rollup isn't linked anywhere in this article and I had only dimly heard of it, so here's a link: http://rollupjs.org/

I guess it wouldn't be JavaScript without at least three choices, one of them still in its infancy but with features the others don't have, just to make those crucial decisions that little bit juicier.
A browser extension I didn't know I wanted. Keeps history of textfields when I navigate away, and gives me an option to restore.
Cram: It's test time
People are understandably wary of having a de facto monarchy (this hurts Hillary Clinton as well).

Also, W was not very popular by the end of his second term.

Besides that, Jeb is not super charismatic, and is at odds with the base on immigration.
Somewhat, but we are only talking about Republican voters here. The problem with Jeb is he got slammed with Common Core (a big no-no with Republican rank-and-file) and his dumb attack on Rubio. He is not really regarded as a conservative and really doesn't know how to energize voters. It doesn't really help that many of his backers are regarded as "establishment" and that is really ticking off the local voters since they seem to squander every opportunity given. You can see some of this split in the opinions about Fox News and the, hell with it, Trump voters.

His child on the other hand will probably do very well when he runs for national office as he has the charisma his father lacks.

One thing about watching this stuff from the outside, understand the media is primarily coastal-based and their opinion of either President Bush probably is not reflective of the voters in Iowa. Look at a county election map of the US for some insight. I would also say Nate Silver is doing a pretty good job of it again.
New Oxford fellowship wants to train the next Elon Musk
Right.

Carrying a firearm = self defense. Fine. Someone might attack you, you can defend yourself.

Occupying land that is not yours = protest action. Fine. You'll probably get arrested or at least sent on your way, but fine.

Occupying the land AND carrying a weapon to defend yourself isn't just like "oh man, if someone tries to rob me during my protest operation, I'll be able to defend myself!" No, it's tacitly admitting that people are going to come and arrest you, and you expect to put up a violent fight.

Nobody's under any illusion that the police are going to march in there, put handcuffs on everyone, and walk out.
Mind explaining what's so terrible about their design?
Safe Harbor replacement agreed upon
Thanks for the response, and practically speaking - also philosophically - I am in agreement with you. I frankly don't understand why we don't make compassion and care a higher priority! With this noted I hope we can both work towards it in our own small ways, cheers.
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Another benefit is being able to use Sublime snippets as email templates.
I wonder if there is any work going on to go back to Chess and try these same techniques that were used in AlphaGo.

It would be interesting to see how well this more generalized approach fairs against the hand-tuned final position policy code that you spoke about.
It's the fact that there are three components that causes the problem, not integers per se, since even one bit RGB (for a total of 8 colours) would not allow xor tricks.
Damn, I thought this meant Atom support on Chrome OS :(

There still isn't a good text editor that does regex find and regex replace (caret doesn't).
More than one factor must have contributed to his lack of popularity, despite his pedigree.

But one that I know for sure contributed, is he's not conservative enough in the eyes of the Republican base. In other words, he's viewed as being closer to liberals or "too soft" on a range of issues, including but not limited to immigration, willingness to use American military power abroad, and not religious enough.

It has also been said that "Bush fatigue" contributed, but I think if he had been spitting conservative fire from day 1, he'd had been the right candidate for the extreme right of the Republican base.
I'm doing fine right now, but I'm looking ahead 5 years.
Shorts and polarity reversal aren't the same thing, and the protection circuitry is different.
Decoding Russian Meteor-M2 satellite images in real time
“Send me your data, PDF is fine”
Yes, gradient-based hyperparameter optimization is one option for taking the human out of the loop to some extent. Of course, we can't avoid having to specify hyper-hyper-parameters!

More generally, automatic hyperparameter tuning (without gradients) is already a standard part of many researchers' pipelines.

It's also part of good scientific practice, since it makes it harder to bias the results towards a particular method.
> The last remaining parameter to SGD is the initial parameter vector. Treating this vector as a hyperparameter blurs the distinction between learning and meta-learning. In the extreme case where all elementary learning rates are set to zero, the training set ceases to matter and the meta-learning procedure exactly reduces to elementary learning on the validation set. Due to philosophical vertigo, we chose not to optimize the initial parameter vector.

Comedy gold.
Maybe they are building something like those in eye projectors that were featured in a couple of episodes of Black Mirror.
An "interesting" video on Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8J5BWL8oJY
> I tell them pick one: Really, really prestigious or cheap and decent

In reality, there is really only one criterion: affordable.

The really elite universities will make themselves affordable if you can get in, and if you can't then you're better off going somewhere cheap. There's no point in paying for the expensive middle.

Hopefully, this will do more to eliminate degrees as a (useless) hiring signal.
Squall: convert vector animations from After Effects to code for iOS
Edinburgh Time Gun Map (1861)
Says it supports LaTeX, and then admits it won't do anything but math mode. That isn't LaTeX, that's TeX. The "La-" isn't there for nothing.