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You're not lying, you're cherry picking cases that support your company's growth and ignoring the reality of bug volume on github and user reports of it not working well at moderate scale.

I have no stake whether you get it together or flop, so from this perspective I will cherry-pick bugs because that is what matters to users of a database which should be boring, stable, reliable, efficient.

With the change of direction on clustering, and I am skeptic of that being done well any time soon given the storage engine history, you have a hard road ahead of you. Until/unless you get it together, there are better choices, especially for pay, and the "everything is fine" message is infuriating.

Also, despite being mean here I do hope you get it together. I just wish you'd reconsider the marketing approach and hold claims of a production release back a long time until the bugs are under control.
Oh, the Turing test was suggested as a sufficient test, not as a necessary condition.
As was The C Programming Language 38+ years ago — at about the same time as troff was rewritten in C. Maybe it would have been appropriate to rewrite troff in Go for this one!
You can flip that on its head and ask the same question about an employee who blows all their paycheck in a casino.

It's just an utterly pointless what-if. In all seriousness, how many people do you think will actually go and spend it all in a casino? 0.01%? 0.001%? What's the point of asking a question about the 0.001% of people with such a bad gambling habit that they'd immediately spend all their money in a casino. It should be utterly irrelevant to the discussion.

It's a different problem. Some people will muck up their lives. UBI won't solve that.

Some people will still get hit by a car, some people will still have mental health problems and some people will still get pregnant at 14. UBI won't solve that. Some people will still get hooked on heroin. UBI won't solve that. Some people will get struck by lightning and need emergency treatment. UBI won't solve that.

It won't be the only social welfare program needed. There are some people who through accident or poor choices will still need extra help.
How are people able to develop on chromebook-like devices with 2GB RAM? I'm seeing a lot of such devices in this thread and don't understand it. Once I spin up a couple of database servers, a few Visual Studio solutions for the various products I work on, and a handful of testing tools I'm easily pushing 12GB ram or more.

Are these low-end machines being used as hobbyist or frontend-only web development? I can't think of any other explanation.

To answer the original question: Thinkpad X220. i7. Maxed out RAM. It's no portable workstation but I can push it just as hard without worrying about it overheating or failing.
As with any automation, I understand it frees people up so they can do other productive things.
MaxCDN to drop TLS 1.0 (used by 60% of Android users)
This is the answer. Disconnect the economic floor from the means to fund it - when you have a NIT, it tightly couples its revenue source to itself. One of the cornerstones of UBI proposals is to tie it to cost of living to avoid having to touch it, whereas with tax code you often want to change it all the time determined by how prosperous or stagnant the economy is.

In addition, humans are kinda weird animals. It is much easier to pitch much higher taxes and a guaranteed $1500 a month from the state to people rather than higher taxes and no state check.
What exactly should happen when such person get institutionalized?
"Negative" + "income tax" = poor political phrasing.

Hopefully UBI looks something like the phase-out you described in practice.
One of his tweets from several years ago is nearly identical to a message he emailed the woman suing him, which is included in the complaint.
First order branching factor is less important than you might think.

You could setup a game of Nim: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim with much higher branching factor vs Go, but because you can trivially separate a winning moves vs. losing moves those branches become irrelevant in Nim. AKA, if there are 2,000 winning moves then they are all equivalent.
They use the same key and locks to make it easy to access in case of emergencies. Firefighters and Police officers all have the same key. It opens up all sorts of boxes from elevators to lock boxes. Selling the key over the Internet to whomever can pay for it is asking for trouble.

If they use different keys it will cost money to change all of the locks and issue everyone a new key.
Voice based Security on iPhones?
It's a bit of an abuse of notation. Talking about the inside definitely makes sense. (Talking about the outside is a bit like talking about the empty set.)
The thing about vanguard charging too little in overhead wasn't at all ridiculous when you consider that vanguard is owned by the people that invest in its funds.

It might be wrong. It was surely a little bit weird and surprising.

But it was definitely not ridiculous.
But at some point we run out of productive things to do. And then what? Well, if we play our cards right, utopia. But what are the chances of that.
Sad. I'd argue that end-to-end encryption is one of the strongest principles of privacy in the history of mankind. I would have loved to see widespread adoption. It is obvious that the state pushes against it. But we must win. We probably won't though.
Or in the 1990s in the age of DeepBlue (IBM super computer), do young chess prodigies of countries that formed the former USSR have a future?
The US may not be getting paid for it, but it receives enormous political capital for it. And that can be far more valuable in a lot of situations.
here's a good counter point:

http://www.pragcap.com/passive-investing-isnt-hurting-the-ec...
Well, we're on hackernews, we like the tech stuff. For most of the world, this news is where people learn about Go and the human player's "humiliation" (whether or not the Go community sees it that way) is the story.

I'd argue, though, that this is merely a proof of deep learning being able to solve "hard" problems. There's headlines everywhere about deep learning solving previously "impossible" image recognition problems, for example. Fields that are much more interesting and relevant in their real-world impact. AlphaGo, in comparison, seems like a PR/pet project. It mostly exists to play Go really well. It's a sub-branch of uses of the technology, not a start.
>Printers (for consumers) need development.

I don't see why. If you want a better printer, you just have to pay more money and get one aimed at the SOHO (small office) market, which isn't subsidized by ink cartridge prices as the guy above notes.

The home printer market is like this because it's highly profitable. What you're probably thinking is that these printers need to be more like SOHO printers: cartridges that last a long time, ability to print tens of thousands of pages without any reliability problems, etc. They already have these printers: they're sold to people who have small offices and small businesses or workgroups.

The problem is people who seem to think that they should be able to get a business-class printer for $39.99. There's a reason they're that cheap. This is one of those cases where you really get what you pay for.

>I'm still looking forward to seeing a printer that's really useful and user friendly. Silent. Easy to replace cartridges. One that doesn't jam paper every second page. we need the iPhone of printers.

We've had those for a long, long time now. My HP LaserJet 2300 is mostly like that, except maybe the silent bit (you're never going to get a printer that's totally silent; mechanical contraptions that move things around with motors are going to make noise), and I think it's about 13 years old now. But that printer probably cost around $600 when it was new. You're not going to get the "iPhone of printers" at feature-phone prices.
You're also behind two NATS and the wireless signals interfere.
Can we remove anything in brackets in the "MaxCDN drops TLS 1.0 (and 60% of Android users on" title? The article doesn't mention Android. The submitter should have added that as a comment, preferably with reference, instead.
Here's a related and possibly more interesting question nobody seems to be asking -- in the age of robotics and artificial intelligence, does exploitation of workers and environmental catastrophe at the point of extraction of the materials we use to build computers and robots have a future?

And if the answer is yes, why isn't anyone trying to use robots for that purpose?
I enjoy designing RF/Microwave hardware and I am paid well to do it. I plan on doing it till I keel over. I have a state of the art lab at work, and a nice lab at home. I'm passionate about electronics and really wouldn't know what else to do.
Innocent people usually don't pay millions in extortion money though
The title of the article is completely misleading.

http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/budget/ontariobudgets/2016/ch1e....

From the Budget:
>One area of research that will inform the path to comprehensive reform will be the evaluation of a Basic Income pilot. The pilot project will test a growing view at home and abroad that a basic income could build on the success of minimum wage policies and increases in child benefits by providing more consistent and predictable support in the context of today’s dynamic labour market. The pilot would also test whether a basic income would provide a more efficient way of delivering income support, strengthen the attachment to the labour force, and achieve savings in other areas, such as health care and housing supports. The government will work with communities, researchers and other stakeholders in 2016 to determine how best to design and implement a Basic Income pilot.

I find it quite interesting they are presupposing a Universal Basic Income, will strengthen attachment to the labor force instead of decreasing it. Human Nature suggests other wise.
This article is trying to answer a question no one asked. Of course Go prodigies will always have a future regardless of how well computers become at playing Go. When we start handling out championships, officially ranking computer programs and awarding prize money to them then we can have this conversation.
Force is the ultimate form of influence against which there is only force to stand against it. I can stop using Google products tomorrow without the need for a gun or explanation.

The article is sowing some serious FUD. Everything is engaged in behavior modification. That's the basic point of products and services. Watch more/better/less/no TV. Exercise more. Eat healthier. Stand up at work. Reward yourself with a candy bar/bottle of wine/vacation.

I don't know. I'm not sold on fearing Google. The government I do fear.
> Work is virtuous and builds character. Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

The only difference is people will get to work for themselves, not for others. Re: the overall tone, I already have two parents and do not need another.
I had a similar idea, but I would have started from the Android side. What timeframe do you think you will expand into the non-iOS app stores?
I wish I wanted to work a lot. I just kind of force myself to do it, even if it's something I'm excited about.
Hm, is this something that can be shaped?
Money management education, of course, remains a gigantic problem in the way of adopting UBI schemes. Any country considering trying them needs to accept that they need to also give these people pervasive access to education on how to manage money.

One interesting sociological change I imagine would happen if you had a UBI is a shift in cultural treatment of destitution. Today, being homeless is often being down on your luck - bad circumstances beyond your control can leave you on the streets, and you get sympathy for that. That sympathy can, and often does, reduce due blame for poor money management that got someone into that situation.

Under a UBI you have no excuse anymore, assuming the allocated funds are proper to afford cheap poverty-level housing and food, if you are not able to live sustainably on that income that is entirely your fault, and you would correspondingly get much less sympathy.

People macroscopically usually act in self interest. If you are poor, it is often rationalized as being a net positive to blow what you have and appeal to others for handouts using a mask of bad luck. Systemically, it can promote cultural absolution of responsibility for money management, which combined with the current welfare system (and its well documented extraordinary flaws) promote poor money management.

We would have to see how a society adapted to basic income performs, but I imagine the incidence of poor money management would dramatically decline when social acceptance of it evaporates.
A font size that looks great on desktop is not often optimal on mobile devices.

You can change your base font size with a media query and have the rest of the website adapt accordingly because they're all sized relative to the base font size.
IMO the analogy is correct for Go players as that's mostly a "sport".

There's real cases of similar technology putting people out of jobs, for example I recently read that more and more finance firms more or less completely automate a lot of processes, even those where you'd traditionally would have counted on people's "gut feelings". Deep learning is eerily good at simulating "gut feelings".
It's not worth it; you'll never be able to make it cheaper than a good small-office printer.

If you want a nice printer that is reliable, has ultra-cheap cost-per-page, is rated for 50,000 pages per month, uses Postscript, etc., they're out there, but you're not going to find one for less than $50. But you can find one for $300-1000 (depending on if you want color or B&W). Your kickstarter project isn't going to be able to beat that.
San Francisco owns a big chunk of the bay. They could fill it in. With proper construction, earthquake-induced ground liquification is of no concern. (build like a boat)

If you really want "green field" space, of course there is that too. Golden Gate Park is huge. The Presido is huge.
RF/Microwave hardware isn't work, it's sorcery. You just enjoy being a wizard.
For a sane comparison, you should look at the most laudable goals

I don't think this is self evident. One cannot understand the current state of copyright without also understanding the less than laudable goals of some of the media conglomerates.
And a trained human + computer with internet access (Google search!) could beat the best humans in Jeopardy for quite a while now.
Actually it probably went more like this:

"Daddy, could I be a princess?"

"You're my princess."

"I know, but could I ever be a real princess? With a castle and a kingdom?"

"You know what, I'll tell you what I'll do, I'll go on Craigslist and see if there are any kingdoms available, honey. Now get some sleep."
UBI can be a dramatic economic stimulus. It is not a black hole like military spending, and it is not an investment like social security or healthcare. It is immediate wealth transfer towards the bottom, and the economics of the last 30 years have well demonstrated how wealth concentrating near the top will stifle economic growth. Increased demand for necessities and wealth moving from investment to consumption is an economic accelerator.
Tubemogul is changing that by refunding money back to advertisers for non human traffic from click fraud.
The only reason I work hard is to surround myself with people I respect.

When I find myself pushed into situations where irritating people have crept into the mix, and no one seems to be willing or able to do anything about that, I look for an exit.

Boss' nephews. Obnoxious assholes who constantly talk about getting laid. Bitchy careerist ladies who constantly demand bullshit, and seem to foment panic with every breath they can muster. Narcissistic retards dumb as a bag of hammers, but smug to the core about everything they do, which usually turns out to be sitting on their asses all day, looking up trivia about sports. Weirdos who can't seem to bathe themselves, even though they're like 40 years old?

I work hard to separate myself from these people.
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Most nations already have a progressive income tax (higher tax rates for higher marginal incomes). Adding basic income on top is effectively what you propose, but much simpler (cheaper) to implement.

It's certainly true that the basic income needs to change over time, but it should probably increase at the rate of inflation, rather than at the rate of the GDP. I suppose the latter might have some advantages, though, as long as a depression doesn't reduce the basic income, which would be completely counter-productive.
I got my printer for something like $100 on Ebay, and it's ridiculously reliable and the cost per page is dirt cheap. Why would I want to waste my time driving somewhere and paying to print stuff when I can do it in a few seconds at home?

The home printing market is only going to get more and more expensive if consumers are so stupid they can't go buy small business printers on Ebay that are a few years old and off-lease.
All those professors in undergrad brushed it off as "black magic".

All really boils down to problem solving and intellectual stimulation. I suppose any job that has that is good.
This is a really interesting article, but I still haven't heard a convincing argument why people will suddenly want to share/rent rather than own cars.

Can anyone sketch the logic for me?
Four years ago I replaced my desktop and laptop with a maxed-out Thinkpad W series(W520). I7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and nvidia quadro graphics card. I keep it docked 99% of the time but I can throw it in a bag and take it with when the need arises. Still working great today.
> What happened in the past is not an indication of what will happen in the future,

The definition of change.. but some people seem to believe change does not exist. Is it possible to reach such a person/
Didn't the Minds manipulate culture to channel their charges in various directions (ie, against war-like tendencies)? Maybe ascension was one of the thought-patterns they engineered out.
I'm sure there are some legitimate points to be made on this front (indexing methods and such), but this piece reads to me like a giant justification for active brokers and their fees.

> But perhaps we shouldn’t be shocked if an investment method that encourages us to use as little discernment as possible ends up being too good to be true.

... are we just not going to mention that no one beats the market forever, so the intentionally simple, though counter-intuitive, decision might be the right one?
Like draw unemployment.

Edit: ok smart-asses. You're an OTR trucker. This has been your sole career for 25 years. You're laid off because self-driving trucks have eliminated demand for your profession. Now what? Get a job as a Social Media manager?
I made my own clear plastic tooth aligners and they worked
Work on the debugger is underway, it should be in the 0.5 release in a few months.
Can anyone elaborate on how they would teach it from scratch? Would this mean only giving it the ability to play valid moves (and against itself) and give it access to the final score?
This is a very commonly repeated assumption, and it has been true in the past. I wonder if you and the other people repeating it really can't see any possible differences between washing machines or bulldozers, and humanoid machines that can walk, drive, win complex games, operate machinery in real time, and communicate with relatively nuanced written and spoken human languages.
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In 2011 517 visas were issues to Spain, in 2013 it was 469. I'm sure if you look at further years it was simply more people applied for visas in 2011.
No mention of Cairo. :-(
Shameless rebuttal: it's 2016...isn't it about time people stopped polluting the Internet with content written for search engines?!
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AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol Match 4 Live Stream (starts in 30 Mins)
Contribute should really be "save" as most of the contributions $563 Billion from auto-accidents and $422 Billion in "efficiency gains" are merely taken away from Collision and Auto Repair shops as well as the Millions of Professional Drivers which are never mentioned in the article.
I pulled a LaserJet 1160 out of storage today because my wife's inkjet stopped working. It printed ~75 pages without a hiccup, and I don't even know how old the cartridge in it is.
Buy the concept of taking data offline or to another network applies to this.

For example, while banks are required to keep tons of data for legal reason, the ones I've worked with have procedures where, for example, tellers are required to shred everything and send it for incineration. Then, the digital copies, once they can only be required if theres legal compulsion going on (ie after x number of years), are transfered by batch jobs which encrypt everything with a key generated by a CA that is offline most of the time, to a tape library which is only online for batch writes and can only be brought online manually by physically going into the data center. Then, after a little more time, but still within legally required reporting periods, the tapes are moved into a warehouse which very much resembles a bank vault.

And as soon as theres a reason that the data isnt mandatorily kept, the tapes are destroyed.

Honestly the security around those tapes is higher than bricks of cash, and they're destroyed even more readily.
> Sedol should have been allowed to play against AlphaGo for a few months

It's not whether AI can outperform human, it's a matter of when.
I moved to SF in 2008 as a poor college grad. Since then, I've spent all of my time in startups. It's an unhealthy addiction and it's going to kill me.

I was the third engineer at Eventbrite, and I spent years working many extra hours. After 4 years, it felt like I worked 10 years.

I quit and moved to Europe to try to leave the startup scene, but a month later, I found myself the CTO of a startup in London. The addiction continued. Eventually I found myself back in SF. I'm on my 3rd CTO role now. We're about to raise a series B.

More than I'd like to admit, I want to stop this madness and just enjoy life. Hang out with my family. Perhaps move to Denver or Austin to maintain some semblance of tech life, but get out of the madness. I've been looking at houses in Denver for over a year. And it depresses me.

I know that it can't happen. I know that I'll be working like this until my health prohibits me.
The computer will be able to give you an Elo number just by looking at all the moves you did in a few games.

Since the computer can tell for every single move whether you played perfectly or if not, by how much you decreased your chances of winning against perfect competition, you'll be able to get a hundred signals out of a game into your elo calculation, instead of just one win/loss condition.

They already do that for catching cheaters in chess. In essence, you treat the positions that occur in a game not as a logical sequence, but as a series of multiple-choice questions.
That's already underway. http://sf.curbed.com/maps/26-high-rise-projects-changing-san...

It helps, but it's not enough units to make much of a dent in SF's housing shortage.