skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The English language Wikipedia is great. Some other language have big problems with certain admins that prevent new articles or any additions at all (e.g. German language). WikiMedia should do something and "fix" those administrative issues.
But you didn't even mention the biggest difference - the way they do positional tracking.

The Rift uses a camera pointing at the headset to track it, which means you have to be in the field of view of the camera. It's designed primarily for seated experiences.

The Vive uses two laser "lighthouses" and phototransistors on the headset to triangulate its position. It's actually really clever and allows room-scale VR.

I somewhat suspect that the Rift will be more successful - not many people have an entire room to dedicate to VR, it's cheaper, easier to set up, the dangling cable problem isn't so severe when seated.

I'm going to predict that Vive-style VR will be most popular in dedicated VR venues - i.e. instead of going to laserquest or paintballing, you go to a VR place. There are actually already some in the UK in shopping centres. I think they're called VR Zone or something like that. They're seated though, and I haven't tried them.
I vastly love being in a world where you can get answers. That said, I've noticed one trend in my younger co-workers and friends that is a little sad (to me).

I will often try to find concepts I don't know. Simple things like "Why do we say 'deceased'? Aren't they 'ceased'? If they are 'de-ceased', that leaves US as 'ceased'". I'm moderately curious, but mostly I enjoy finding the little perversities. Maintaining a sense of wonder, if you will.

Amongst my younger (I'm mid-to-late 30s, they are mid-to-late 20s) friends and co-workers, though, I typically get the response of "I don't know, what does google say?". Then they look it up, and stop wondering. (Sometimes the answer is pretty good, often it boils down to 'no one knows')

On the one hand, I'm glad to see people moving past the "I wonder..." stage towards GETTING answers. On the other, even when the answer is inadequate, they then stop wondering.

I'm curious if this anecdote is generally true, and if so, if it's a temporary fad in our relationship to information, or if this represents one step in a path of "permanent" change in our relationship to information.

I suppose I could google that...
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> Please don't "Show HN" something that is neither complicated nor interesting.

The bar for Show HN doesn't have to be that high. It's ok for people to post projects that they're working on while learning something, for example.

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
I've met very many peaceful Salafists. Saying that Salafism or Tablighi Jamaat is a gateway to terrorism is like calling marijuana a gateway drug - the overly literalist and gullible types might gather there but if they're trying harder stuff, that's on them.
There would not have been such a uptick of ad blocking software if advertisers had "self policed" just like the consumer ISP market so I have very little sympathy for them. You made your bed, deal with it.

So I'm all for the FCC to come down much harder than before and advertisers to feel the pain, the lack of good privacy protection in the US will hopefully improve as a result of these events.
Probably. But in the end, HTC's recommended specs are pretty much identical to Oculus's. I think the only difference is Oculus wants "3x USB 3.0 ports plus 1x USB 2.0 port"

http://i.imgur.com/AtpFAbk.png
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Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
Yep.

http://www.htcvive.com/us/product-optimized/
The Vive doesn't use cameras to track.
Can't their servers contact the mothership?
And cache potential ads?

I don't even mind the ads so much as the delay.
You could have made it better by using protocols for the actions. So the methods for adding routes would ensure that the methods for new and update exists using a where clause checking protocol conformance.

There is potential here, I like a "full" package like "Omakase", granted its built using Swifts strength and a pipeline model like Express.js and/or Rails and its rack middlewares.
Seems like most people singing the praises of remote want to use it for cost-of-living arbitrage. I wonder how many still support it when they're still required to live near work?
These things evolved, piece by piece, over millions of years.
> the lack of good privacy protection in the US will hopefully improve as a result of these events.

Nope, it will be not. Facebook, Twitter and Google depend on lax privacy laws for their business, and the NSA/FBI/CIA/... depend on private companies mining and analyzing the data for them.

Two very politically powerful entity groups that will do everything neccessary to prevent proper privacy on the Internet.
The biggest reason is that most publishers completely lack the ability to set up and manage an ad server.

Next would probably be that the advertisers, fearing fraud, want the publishers to use a third-party ad server with reporting that they trust.

Only after that comes concerns about behavioral targeting and tracking, and the absence of that affecting ad revenue.

Finally, if they thought about it, they'd realize that ad blockers would just switch strategies and carry on blocking, so it hardly seems worth the effort.
Thanks for sharing.

There is no doubt that Uber is have great effect in some countries. The question become whether it's replacing one evil with another.

Keep in mind that Ubers goal is to not have any drivers at all which is why they are actively investing in the development and research of self-driving cars.
Discussion from 4 hours ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11144477
Newer android releases use the SD card in a much cleaner way that allow pretty much anything to run off of them.
You can watch video of Notch live-editing Prelude of the Chambered from a few years back.
You've got to be kidding me. How in the homeruns of fucks have you melted your mind into comparing torturing and killing animals to harvesting lettuce. You my friend, are carnal, absolutely warped denial.
So, write data-backed applications without calling a database?

Not sure what you are getting at here.

If you are talking about the raw scalability of your database, yes, you are correct. The speed with which you are able to get info from your DB will be a limiting factor.

But that's a totally different point than the one I was making, which was about how to scale Python, not your database.

If I understand you correctly, the time spent in retrieving stuff from your database will be a limiting factor no matter what language you are using. The DB I/O will eventually limit C# or go or node.js or whatever. I really don't see how this is relevant.

But since you brought it up, you can really cut down on data access times by relying less on ORMs and getting your fingers dirty with stored procedures and building tables that make sense to SQL instead of pretending everything in your RDBMS is a class.
These came up last week:

https://etscrivner.github.io/posts/2014/10/building-large-fl...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11121355
Why should others control my monitor?

If they detect my software and don't let me on their site, that's their prerogative, but my computer is my property, not theirs. If their business model requires them to control other people's computers, plenty of other entrepreneurs will be happy to overtake them in the market.

Once they feel entitled to control my monitor, they start lobbying for laws to support them, making their readers their enemies, trying to force their business plan on others.
i think a change of pace would help. this doesn't have to be an "all or nothing" deal. you can take a comfortable job or freelance, and still do side-projects all you want, without so much pressure.

also, the fact that you have a saas that sells is fantastic, you are way ahead of the curve!

there's a bunch of stuff you can do on that front too: lower the price and put it on more of an auto-pilot, make it free and use it as leads to your next product, etc

failure is necessary, but maybe work on failing faster. just don't neglect your life for your saas. it doesn't have to be like that
The lack of cross-site tracking makes the ads far less targeted, losing a good bit of the amount advertisers will pay for ads. Additionally, advertisers don't trust the logs of the site publishing the ads in the way they trust Google, further reducing the ad price. And adblockers already support hiding specific elements of the page, even if they don't involve making an HTTP request to a designated advertising domain. So people would stop using hosts files and start using proper browser extensions or HTTP proxies, and the ads would still be blocked (this could fix the iOS 9 content blocker problem, but not for long).
I think everyone who programs in C++ has had their terminal scrollback buffer be wiped by a giant and entirely useless error message from the compiler due to some template substitution error.

Even if you don't define templated types yourself (very common), you will use them all the time, and if concepts lead to better error messages, then it'd be a win for everyone who uses libraries like the STL or Boost.
Why not just use SQLAlchemy with Django and ignore the built-in ORM?
Steve Jobs on Privacy (2010)
I'm really interested to see what the gap will be once you include the Touch controllers into the Oculus's price. Under $100?
I love working from home but it makes problem solving some times a lot harder. Issues that can be dealt with by all going into a room for a while now take much longer over other mediums.
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I know only what I've read in the article re:this case, but I don't see enough to know the merits.

In particular, if YOU import something, you are responsible for ensuring it doesn't violate a patent, as I understand it. (See: recent Dollar Shave Club lawsuit).

That the German company did this "first" is relevant for overturning the patent, but that doesn't invalidate the case until said patent is dead, regrettably.

I can't tell from this article what's going on with enough detail, so it may or not be egregious behavior from either party, or just a "reasonable" legal dispute.
There are indeed competing standards but Valve has introduced OpenVR which is what Steam games will use, which is sure to be an important factor for VR studios. I suspect OpenVR will be the common choice going forward.
Maybe he was also an Airbnb host ? Using an iPhone ? Saving money for a Tesla ? ;-)
ycombinator: n. a person who is designed to deceive or show hostility to acceptable situations.

Best possible outcome.

http://lexiconjure.tumblr.com/post/139734312765/ycombinator#...
As a father, I find that kind of brushing off the needs of people with family decidedly distasteful.
The Vive's tracking does not magically get around the constraint of having to be within field of view of the tracking devices. The lighthouses also have FOV.
It seems that, outside of what's used in Cocoa, the Swift language is pretty volatile right now. I would hesitate to commit to a large project that didn't involve the App Store.
If the police actively helped the murderers, I'd certainly blame them.
I think the younger generation is realizing that the gravy train can't last and that they'll need legitimate skills in the future. An interesting article on the subject:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/world/middleeast/young-sau...
Wake me up when Aamir Liaquat loses his show for calling people wajib-ul-qatl on air, or when people stop felicitating and distributing sweets for what Qadri did to Salman Taseer. None of those things happened in KP.
This needs to be a bit more nuanced. I do see new articles popping up in the German Wikipedia.
digikey hardly sells everything, but they do sell various 555 chips from 12 manufacturers, at least per the parametric search.

Its fun to look at the weird options available. A UFBGA-8 package is available... weird, never used one of those before. TI sells chips that go up to 3 MHz. TI will also sell bare dies if you have a wire bonder. Supply currents are available down to 30 uA.
Just like I don't believe violent video games create homocidal sociopaths. I don't think software industry creates depressives.

We are born that way. I would be depressive no matter what I worked in. Probably even if I was trust fund baby and didn't have a care in the world. Which, of course, never is true. My depression makes my life stressful, makes it lonely, makes it "hard" to live. Depression is the source, the root cause, the disease. Not a symptom. [to be clear the word depression is broadly used. You can be depressed (and I imagine everyone has been at one point or another and this is caused by external factors, say death of love ones) without suffering depression. Big D Depression is like a phobia, in that it is irrational. One is depressed for NO reason. None. Not a hidden one, or misunderstood, etc. (I mean no external reason, it's physically probably brain chemistry). And there may be other kinds of Big D depression. But this is the one I'm an expert on. And the problem is with me, not you/inustry/society. Although, you can help with symptoms such as not firing me after spending a week in bed not answering phone.

Also, using Turing as evidence of author's point about Software Industry is disingenuous.
Does Lyft not exist? Did yellow cabs not create an app for themselves in certain cities? What exactly is anti-competitive? They are literally dealing with an industry that is thug-entrenched.
If you are feeling this sad, look up a ketamine clinic near you and get some infusions going.

I haven't myself, but I have heard amazing turnaround stories.

If you are this depressed, your brain has atrophied, your dendrites look like deciduous trees in winter.

After you get infused, and ketamine activates the mTOR pathway and you feel a sense of joy again, you will be really grateful you didn't kill yourself.
Online advertising is a perfect example of the tragedy of the commons, where that commons is the general public's attention. Any individual publisher or advertiser can do a little bit better by surpassing what the general public finds acceptable, but when enough of them do this some of the general public resorts to ad blockers - causing overall ad revenues to decline, which causes more publishers and advertisers to push the boundaries in search of higher revenue, which causes more people to install ad blockers...

No matter how or what you feel about advertising and tracking, this cycle is well underway, and I believe it's no longer capable of being stopped. There's still short-term wins out there, but I'd be long-term bearish on anything involving ad tech or analytics, and structure your career accordingly.
I jokingly enforce a no-googling-at-the-lunch-table rule on my millennial coworkers (I'm gen Oregon Trail).

This allows for the type of fatuous speculation that makes for decent conversation.

Occasionally I even give in to the need to know.
To elaborate, the base stations project infrared in a way that can be picked up by the HMD. The HMD then sends back position and orientation.
I am not a lawyer, so please take this for no more than what it is: an amateur commenting on his opinion of the law, not legal advice which it would be illegal for me to give you.

If, indeed, foam arrows existed (and were publicly known, not some sort of trade secret) before the date that the patent was issued then that would make the patent invalid. There is a point in the legal process where the defendant is allowed to argue that the patent was invalid. Unfortunately, in many cases that point comes AFTER the defendant has already run out of money and been forced to concede the case.

Using the courts to bully a competitor out of business is perfectly legal. For instance, if the competitor is illegally selling a product that uses your validly patented invention, then putting them out of business (and/or requiring them to obtain a license for the patent) is exactly what the law requires. Your application of the word "bully" simply means "to demand something which I think is unfair". Now, if the patent is NOT valid, then the whole argument falls apart, but as I mentioned, that comes up at a later point in the legal process.
Can you give an example for a thing where with the Django ORM you have to resort to raw SQL?
If you want to talk about "enablers of authoritarians", consider that Apple has built a system in which they are the sole authority, that is opaque to all introspection by third parties, and against which Apple -- and only Apple -- must protect their users against all comers, for all time.

In addition to which, our security relies on Apple themselves never changing their business priorities and choosing to exploit their position of absolute authority.

The fact that they have that authority is why the government can compel them to do anything in the first place.

If you want to talk technical specifics, then no, your assessment is incorrect. The Apple ID password was changed, but that doesn't affect the on-device keying.

PIN numbers are the weakest link in the iPhone crypto chain. Apple strengthened that link through non-cryptographic means: tamper-resistent key derivation software that either runs on the main CPU, or in later devices, on the secure enclave CPU.

That software enforces a limited number of retries, essentially strengthening the PIN number. However, Apple also retained the ability to subvert the owner's lock on the device and install new key derivation code that does not include those security features; this applies to both the 5c and later devices with secure enclave.

If Apple hadn't retained that backdoor, the FBI would have nothing to ask for. Apple has, however, and has consistently made themselves the sole authority and gatekeeper of these devices.
If anyone can tell me how to embed this particular DNS query into a firewall appliance ACL, please let me know. I have customers with Watchguard and Cisco gear who have intermittent trouble with Google's mail relay (formerly Postini). The solution is always to perform that record lookup and add the new IP address blocs.
What's the threat model here? Is the potential adversary able to do MITM?

- The DHT does not anonymize the poster ipaddr, the post contents, posting time and other metadata

- same for the reader ipaddr, what was reading, and when
No problem! As a VR developer I'm pretty bummed that Vive isn't including integrated headphones. It's such a pain to put on headphones and the headset at the same time.
Uber driver kills 6
The fact that the kind of artificial arrangements exist proves that the laws are meaningless.
Insurance salesman...for Zenefits.
yeah, meat and milk, insane too.

I'd rather not filter all that food through an animal, I'd gladly get the cheap quality nutrients up front.
At the end of the day, we all agree that shining shit is their job.

Media/Ad buyers and sellers need to realize that there are 2 issues (intrusive ads and tracking) at play, not one. The IAB can't deflect on "bad actors" too much longer and they know it - that campaign has run it's course. They have to correct their own behavior and not modify ours as they're naturally inclined to try.
I'm no lawyer, but...

Prior art COULD invalidate the patent. (remember that patents tend to have broad descriptions ("foam arrow!") and narrow specifics ("with a head in this shape, attached in this manner")

But invalidation that doesn't magically happen the moment prior art is found. Someone (Judge/USPTO) would have to rule that this IS prior art AND sufficient to invalidate the patent)

So even if the judge in this case decides this is prior art and kills the patent, this isn't "using the courts to bully a competitor out of business", but instead using the courts as legally correct. (sadly)

In recent history, we've seen a lot of cases where the courts trust and rely on the USPTO to rule correctly on patents, and the USPTO trusts and relies on the courts to test patents, so we end up with a lot of patents, a lot of cases, and a lot of lawyers getting paid.
Arguments seem to glaze over the ethics of advertising and imply that it's a benign, acceptable practice.

Yet the more I read psychology, the more I am aware of ways advertising can manipulate the thoughts we have towards brands when we're not aware of it. So to protect myself, I try to avoid ads in any circumstances (ublock, minimal usage of ad-supported apps).

Quite frankly I'd rather have more subscriptions. I pay for Spotify, ad-free magazines on my Kindle, and local journalists (through Patreon). And that's good enough for me.
Not which; if any, I think.

Node's tight coupling to JavaScript seems like more of an exception than a rule — look at Java, Ruby, Python, etc.
At least in the part of the States I'm familiar with (NYC), there is this whole business with taxi medallions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City which seems pretty dubious in the modern age. Registered taxis have to basically rent a medallion as it's too expensive to own one outright anymore (although that market has been all over the place). Uber drivers obviously don't.
I never claimed they could operate as Taxi, but in the way they planned to operated.

And a Personenbeförderungsschein is the only thing you need for that.

In some cities even the only differences between a hired service like Uber or a Taxi is that Uber may NOT use Taxi-only spaces, and may only pick up people who have arranged the journey before pickup.

Which is exactly what uber wants.
Because the Admin and other features won't work?
Apple has provided the FBI with decrypted copies of the iCloud backups. But the phone only backed up "intermittently" so recent activity would not have been included in those backups. (Well, it COULD have been, except that the FBI told San Bernadino County to change the password, which messed that up.)
This is my own opinion here. I think if you increase the price of H1B significantly then jobs would just move to Bangalore, Dublin or Vancouver. There is a higher limit to how much you can jack up the prices of a H1 visa and that higher limit should be set taking into account what the companies are willing to pay and still keep employing people in the US, assuming they have an option to hire people elsewhere in the world. If its too high, you might just have incentivized a behavior that stops companies from hiring people in US and instead hires them in other countries, these are the reasons why this will happen

- Companies increasingly have a global presence, almost all Tier 1 (AMZN, MSFT, GOOG) and Tier 2 (CSCO, JNPR, HP) firms have an office in Bangalore, Dublin and Vancouver these days.
- Work can be done from anywhere really. At least the kind of work that H1B's are hired to do. A majority of these roles are not client facing. And you can always fly in and back on business visas when you need some face time with the team in US.
- And you don't have the hassle of dealing with a non working immigration system. I can hire a guy from anywhere in the world and have him working at my Dublin office in a month. It takes a year of planning to get the same person in the US if I am lucky. I won't even consider it if the prices are too high.
- As a precedent, Almost all of the Tier 1 companies and most Tier 2 companies, move workers from US to India, Ireland and Canada routinely if they cannot secure a H1B visa in the US. If the prices are dramatically increased this will just become the default behavior.
How is this connected to jballanc's comment that the rest of the world considers South Africa's or Pakistan's declared reasons for acquiring nuclear weapons as a regional defense to be nonsense?
This actually doesn't seem that accurate...
Is it me or is Uber being dragged into this the same way craigslist was dragged into somehow being a breeding ground for serial killers who were trolling the "adult services" section, which ultimately resulted incraigslist shutting it down.