skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"All that you need then is a human avatar that the kids can connect to and take as their role model."

Already in production. See Hatsune Miku in live concerts.[1][2] Not only is the performer an avatar, the singing is synthesized by Vocaloid software, which you can buy.[3]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhYaX01NOfA
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyTmXLWCazw&nohtml5=False
[3] http://www.vocaloid.com/en/
I don't think the future is "totally" AI generated music. Rather, I think that AI will provide tools to enable humans to make music more easily. For instance, taking a basic riff and "jazzing" it up, maybe suggesting a drumline, providing lyrical "autocomplete" suggestions based on the song's subject and rhyme structure, etc.
About the co-founders: Kevin (me) and Tom met in 2010 while working at Bridgewater (a large hedge fund) as a senior developer and technology manager respectively. As well as becoming close friends we often discussed startup ideas and committed to finding the right opportunity. We believe utiliz is it. It solves a personal pain point for us and we think there are many people like us. Kevin is writing the software and Tom is handling the business side, though there is a lot of crossover. Kevin previously founded and sold two successful brick and mortar companies.
Sure they are. They're a CA, the clients are just for users' convenience. Anyone who wants to can write their own client against the LE rest API.
Fun fact, in some northern european countries "aa" is sorted last in the alphabet :)
I know it's not kosher to say "me too" in the comments, but "me too"; I like using semicolons when the previous independent clause doesn't seem substantial enough to be its own complete sentence.
Yeah, there's an awkward boundary between freedom of speech and private property, and it's very, very hard to decide where that lies. At what point does it become wrong to decide what people are allowed to say on private property? A lot of people will say individuals can choose what's allowed in their own houses, but what about businesses? Does the small corner shop have more of a right to shut down discussions than the large private university?

It's also a massive problem with the internet in general. After all, the internet doesn't have public property, ever. Every site is privately owned, so theoretically every site can choose what to allow. But without a public platform, that also means perfectly valid ideas can be basically banned from public view by way of large gatekeepers and popular communities banning them, regardless of their legality.

Either way, it's a tricky thing to answer, since any 'solution' wil cause a lot of problems in one case or another.
Seminal Papers In Software Engineering: The Carnegie Mellon Canonical Collection [pdf]
This is awesome news.

Should we be worried that LE is sponsored by the big players (cisco et al.)

Not implying that we should. Just genuinely wondering if we should be wary or if it means anything at all, for the future of LE I mean.

ps:might be my misunderstanding as im not sure what sponsored actually entails.
You've been able to setup a US debit card with your Messenger account and then use that to send friends money, so you can use that payment info with the Messenger platform integrations too. I'm guessing that FB processes the payment versus sending the partner your payment info.

Here's more info on payments in Messenger, but note that this doesn't include info on the platform stuff and how payments interact with it since it's brand new:

https://www.facebook.com/help/messenger-app/750020781733477/
Why America Cares About Elite Schools
Another cache link: https://web.archive.org/web/20160412111637/http://www.joshba...
Thought vs. Thought
I was the Owner of the SMALL Label. My friend from college I worked at is a professional acoustic guitar musician. He makes 100% of his money playing guitar. He makes next to nothing from streaming, he says 1% from Pandora, Spotify and others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo9kGHYn_bI
Ask HN: Help with backups
So with the article that is (currently) sitting on the front page about the new version of Arq, I've started to think about setting up backups for my computers again. So I figured I would ask the knowledgeable folks at HN for some advice.

My current situation is this: I have a desktop computer on Windows 10, a Surface Pro 4 on Windows 10, and a Macbook Air on some version of OS X. (it's my wife's main computer, and she hates updates because they usually change something about the interface. she's probably on at least Yosemite) We each have an external USB drive for storing data. Mine is a 500GB spinning platter, I don't know about hers but it's also spinning platter. My desktop has two hard drives: 128GB SDD and 1TB spinning platter. We also have a Drobo 5N NAS on the network, attached to a many year old Airport Extreme. My wife's computer has Carbon Copy Cloner set to run a clone to the NAS every day or every other day or something, but it fails all the time because it takes so long to interact with the NAS, so actual updates to the backup usually take at least a week, sometimes a month, to actually finish.

This is all a bit of an ad-hoc setup that sort of evolved as time went on with no real planning, and I'd like to put together something nice that isn't quite so rickety. I'm also open to updating the router to something else to promote faster backups across the network to something in the house. (I've been thinking about building a computer that acts as a router for a while based on an Ars Technica article, so now might be the time!) I'm also open to changing out the current NAS for something else if it'll help backups run faster, or for whatever other good technical reason. Don't be shy to suggest hardware. If I need to make something fit in my budget, I can cut out bits until later, or find something cheaper, etc.

(see my first comment for the last bit of this)
Of course, any suggestions have to take into account that both Windows 10 and OS X are being run, so I either need software that runs across both systems (such as Arq) to backup to wherever, or different software for each to achieve the same effect. Preferably, the least hassle I have to go through on the software end the better. Setting up hardware is kinda fun, but I don't feel like messing around with bash/python scripts in my free time to get things running. (I will if I need to for whatever reason, just not my preference)

Also don't be afraid to suggest cloud services such as Amazon's for backing up to multiple locations. I'd prefer having the multiple locations, even.
Even though it is life saving, there is more to it than just the transportation cost and believe it or not $3000 is often too much even for how important it is - people just can't afford that. See the youtube link above - you often have to prove that you can pay for anti-rejection drugs, local housing etc... after the procedure.
I wonder what plans they have for communicating with a probe light-years away. Consider New Horizons. It has a power budget and antenna gain way beyond something that can be crammed into a few grams. Yet, the bit rate is so low it's still sending back data it gathered in 2015 from an encounter mere light-hours away.

Even if the laser propulsion aspect of this works out, I think communicating with something that far away is fantastically beyond state-of-the-art in wireless communications.
I feel like this is going to be huge in terms of how much money starts flowing through Facebook Payments
No; 999.99% uptime.
Ugh. Never have I gone so fast from "this is a great idea!" to "this is a fucking terrible idea" as I have with named/marketed vulnerabilities. Heartbleed was a perfect usage because it really was ultra-critical: the patch needed to be applied ASAP and people really did need to STOP signing into servers until it was fixed, and then generate new keys afterward. But now it has become cheap marketing for infosec hucksters trying to get attention for their crappy firm, and used on bugs that are really no big deal. Stop, stop, for the love of god please stop. You're making things worse.
Since the CIO (and another employee) are here. Why are you not offering support for Google Authenticator? Last time someone asked for it was 2 years ago[1] and still no sign of the feature. Cheap prices are good to have but combining that with more security can only add value.

[1]: https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx...
Jury to decide if “Stairway to Heaven” riff stolen from Spirit
How to Build a Better Job (For Yourself): Hidden Brain
I'm always amazed at how little thought seems to go into these questions.

My wife filled one out a few weeks ago where both the questions and answers were selected from popup menus. One of the questions was "What's your favorite summer activity?" Her answer was, "Swimming." Yeah, that's going to add about one bit of entropy to most people's accounts, you idiots.

Another favorite is "middle name of your youngest child." That answer can change over time!
Rest assured, there are American accents I can't even understand. The most recent example on American TV that comes to mind is some of the characters in the first season of True Detective. Some of those Deep South accents, particularly from the bayou in Louisiana are beyond my comprehension.
I agree the water usage is a huge concern. However, don't modern designs not require massive amounts of water for cooling? I honestly don't know.

To be fair, I think the cost would go down if we started constructing a large number of plants again.

We can not go 100% renewable without nuclear. Here's a great talk on the reality of going 100% renewable:

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_mackay_a_reality_check_on_re...
Kaitai Struct: binary format parser generator targeting Java/JS/Python/Ruby
$49/mo is more than just a bit excessive!
That a man entering a women's restroom is something to be feared of (!), that a woman's loyalty depends on somebody shielding her from strange men and that a husband's duty is to shield her

By the same logic, mixed restrooms are dangerous.
Yes, and like I said, money makes the consent given questionable at best. Threats of violence can also be used to negate consent. Social pressure applies as well. These factors do not disappear in so called amateur pornography.
Having lived in Singapore for several years, I have sympathy, but truly the "problems" described in TFA are entirely those of the "first world". Yes, when a nation becomes wealthier than 99% of other nations, its economy will grow more slowly than it did before. It's fine to encourage growth anyway, but one knows at the outset that returns to such efforts are limited.

The demographic concerns, too, would be no surprise to e.g. Europeans or the Japanese. Economies in which all the slots have been filled by previous generations, are not encouraging the current generation to procreate. Older generations are concerned, but not enough to do anything.

Ultimately, the voters of Singapore seem content with "the deal". That is, the Lee family has ruled for 37 out of the 50 years that Singapore has existed, and as the most recent elections confirmed that's exactly what the voters want. LHL is an impressive man, but are there really no other Singaporeans capable of serving as PM? If his health fails, it seems likely that his wife or brother would step forward as "regent" while one or two of his sons undergo the careful grooming and seasoning required to differentiate this dynasty from e.g. the Kims of North Korea. Any significant change to Singaporean society will only take place after its voters decide they want a change.
UPDATE:

As promised here is a video of the status update. I was waiting for a good hair day :) https://goo.gl/s5I8Cx

This is running at 30 FPS with the highest iSight resolution on a 6s. HN orange for the tracked features ofcourse.

I think i'm shifting towards a MSQRD clone. The app is in no way affiliated with MSQRD i used the name just for motivational purposes.

The next step would be to align a 3D object using Metal.
Note that there are still several high impact vulnerabilities released today:

Hyper-v guest escape[0]

Local privilege escalations[1][2]

DOS for IIS/http.sys[3]

Also, there is a different MitM that allows dumping the SAM database[4]

[0] - https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-045

[1] - https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-046

[2] - https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-048

[3] - https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-049

[4] - https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-047
Any specific reason why $HOME is not good for a git repo in this specific case ? AFAICT, the repo is tracking only what is mentioned in the .gitignore.

As for symlinks, heh, yes I do know they are not silly and actually extremely useful and yes I know how to use them. I simply think they are silly for managing dotfiles. If your intent is to version your dotfiles and have different 'profiles' across your systems, using the tools at hand -- well, in theory you can write a bunch of script to create the symlinks and 'manage' them as well -- but I just find /that/ silly.
I know we don't currently have the technology for this, but it makes complete sense. Get small things moving really fast instead of big things moving slow.
Most of the times I've seen fonts break like this, it's because people have outdated local versions of the fonts installed on their system.

Can you check to see if you have the font installed locally, and if uninstalling it (or updating it) changes the behavior?
Very much this. As a long-time Namecheap customer, this thread caught my attention, but my layman's conclusion is that it doesn't really sound like they did anything worse than any other host would have done.

As someone who forgets his passwords on a regular basis, I'm kind of glad that there's no such thing as perfect security...
Sounds like Blum-Blum-Shub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blum_Blum_Shub
Home office desk of a graphic designer
Better link: http://badlock.org (https version doesn't seem to work)
Facebook Bets on a Bot Resurgence, Chattier Than Ever
I've heard similar feedback, and it's entirely possible the pricing is wrong and I may have to adjust, however for a certain type of company I think the value is there. Based on the number of companies signing up for the trial, it's looking good.

Something I wrote earlier to explain the thinking behind the price:

An hour of work of a salaried Senior Software Engineer costs on average $56 across the US [] (and quite a bit higher in Silicon Valley for example). If you're a consultant selling your AWS expertise, based on my own experience you will be charging at least $200 for an hour of your time. If Cloudcraft helps you do your job better, helps you coordinate with your team (for example by you creating a Green-Blue deployment blueprint that everyone will finally understand), win you client as a consult, impress your boss in presentations, it's great value for you. If it saves you more than an hour, it's only good value. And I'm absolutely sure we can save you more than an hour if you work in a team on AWS every day!

Let's compare that to some other SaaS costs that my small business pays:

We pay $75 for a performance monitoring agent per host (with MANY hosts) through New Relic, because it helps us pinpoint performance problems better than anybody else, and saves us engineering time.

We pay $49 per month per team member to PagerDuty to send us an SMS if the site goes down. So far it has happened exactly once. I'm a very happy user of this service!

We pay $40 per team member for a shared email inbox (also known as help desk software :), because it helps us coordinate who is answering a question, keeps a record, and saves us time.

Cloudcraft is currently priced the same as a single m3.medium instance in AWS. We think we'll be able to create you more value than that. If you disagree, if you're just learning AWS, if you're on the free AWS tier, etc. I think the Free plan is pretty awesome: you can create the exact same thing as with Pro, only with a smaller scale.

[] http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Industry=Software_Develo...
There's Nothing Clickable About the Color Red
Just for those of you who don't keep abreast of vulnerability research: the overwhelming hot-take response to Badlock is that this is a candidate for the most over-hyped vulnerability of the year, and that the underlying issue (that SMB was pervasively vulnerable to MITM) is well-known already..
Facebook disregards your rights as a creator, user, and individual.

I've read enough history to know what sharecropping looks like. Tell me how this is different than sharecropping. Why should I build something I don't control on Lord Zuckerberg's platform so I can play the startup lottery? We did this almost a decade ago. Facebook introduced their developer platform and people started giving up their freedoms. This isn't a conspiracy theory, this is something you can observe by yourself.

Facebook has already broadcasted loud and wide how they are going to screw you over. It's your choice.
CTRL-ALT-DELETE?
There are a number of Windows/IIS clients[1].

[1]: https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt/wiki/Links#window...
Usually the burden to approve an Ad is on the network that hosts/serve the Ad. Google does require approval for all Ads you want to serve to Google Search or Google Display Network, as well as Ads you want to sell through Doubleclick Ad Exchange.

Doubleclick is actually a suite of different applications.

I suppose you mean DFP (Doubleclick for Publishers). This is a google product but it doesn't necessarily display ads from Google Network. With DFP you can show ads from Google but also other networks or even your own negotiated ads. So in other words even though it's a Google Product it's designed to give publishers freedom on which ads will be displayed. If you use DFP to only show ads from Google Network such as adSense you can rest assured these are reviewed by Google for such social engineering tactics.

I suppose they might block sites that use DFP to serve ads from other networks they can't vet and don't go through good review and were detected to contain bad Ads.
Given the rise of ransomware in the recent months, what protection does Arq offer against that? That thing alone would easily tip the scales for me versus the Time Machine.

I see that the AWS S3 IAM user has both read and write access, so if the ransomware authors ever bother with it, they can kill the backups.

Would that help if I setup versioning on the bucket? Will Arq be able to restore backups from the older version of data, before the attack takes place?

Any other ideas?
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Junior level developer in Software Engineer. Eager to learn and ready to participate. Let's chat and see if there is a fit! :)
A few notes on why I'd stick with CloudFlare personally: In my experience the NS transfer takes 20 minutes tops. Part of the idea with CloudFlare being nameserver on down is that DNS is a great thing to hit if you're performing a DDoS attack.

Also, CloudFlare does offer the offline mode feature, it's called "Always Online". It's also free for more than 1 page, unlike the Kloudsec one.

It also seems weird to me that they bill for their "webshield" on a per-attack basis... someone firing an automated scanner against you could be costing you money big time.

These guys also don't have the same reputation as CF for being bulletproof (though I haven't heard bad things about them yet either) and they have some limits on their free plan which CF does not have.

Interesting though - always glad to see some competition brewing. I know where I'm taking my business if CF steers me wrong somehow. This looks a lot cheaper than other alternatives.
Use the same tech you used to send the first probe to send relay satellites to Alpha Centauri to create an Alpha Centauri-Sol bridge.

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-642-274...
Story time: I have been trying for 3 years to figure out what I wanted to hint at with "If it's not this one then it's the other one" as a secret question. I thought I was a clever boy not choosing the usual predetermined "what's your mother's name ?".
I was thinking the same. But in that case, maybe move to a provider that does support it?
This is what I had in mind, but you explained it much better. Now, how do we get it implemented?!
> It was easier code to work with and write

This is the part I'm still having trouble with – hitting ";" at the end of a statement is harder than having to look at the next line and reason about it? I mean, we're talking about a single character on the home row of most keyboards – just how fast are you cranking out code?

EDIT: just to be clear, I don't see this as a huge factor either way – a formatter can easily add or remove to your preference – so I surprised by the way ASI proponents talk about it as a big deal. To me it seems like a minor aesthetic preference on the level of “2 spaces or 4?” which doesn't meaningfully change the way you're writing code and is significantly outshone by something like switching to ES6, etc.
The People and Tech Behind the Panama Papers
It's quite a bit for an individual. It's hopefully not too much for company that employs professional software developers or for someone working as an AWS consultant.
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Why Cellular Agriculture Is the Next Revolution in Food
Was that perhaps the Mandalay Beach resort in Oxnard? It's not the Hotel California but as you noted, it would do in a pinch.
One thing you might be subconsciously catching on to is that Max Martin is committed to "balanced lines" when it comes to vocals. It's obious in "Hit Me Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears and his fingerprints on "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry. Here's a great review and comment piece featuring 30 songs by Max Martin, in order to better study the guy's techniques which seem to work so well:

http://www.stereogum.com/1788251/30-essential-max-martin-son...

Also, I forgot to mention that the weird thing about music is that it follows trends just long enough to want a new one. Thus, whatever formula might win out for a period of time would likely be usurped by a variation or counter-intuitive trend. A funny thought in this line is that a hit-making, successful "Hair Metal Pop" AI would be going great until the "Grunge Rock Pop" AI started getting traction. Humans are fickle!
That text is impossible to read for me. It's all light grey on white and patchy.
That's not the point. Even trivial meaningful data manipulations are not possible at such speeds. Maybe on some 18-core Xeons, and even then I doubt it.
You go where the money is. Unless you are on a quest for butthurt, this is neither surprising, or a travesty.

You want prosperity, stop voting in the rich guys' candidates.
Also if you want shared sheets.
I'm not talking about the bathroom issue, but responding to your question about physical gender. I'm in favour of permissive laws about this and similar scenarios.

The bigger problem here is things like so-called TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminism) in which high profile feminists who display contempt for transgender people are unfairly lumped in with innocent people who
are merely aware of the limitations of current medicine. That discussion (the TERF discussion) is a painful one to engage with. But maybe bringing that problem up is a non-sequitur.