skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's really interesting, I didn't know that. Does anyone know what the timescale is for phasing out paper? I seen that the website mentions parallel issuance for a period - in the last year I've visited Munich and Paris and only come across paper.

I'm genuinely interested to see how the logistics of rolling out a new material will work across such a large area with so many countries and banks involved
Are you willing to trust other people like myself with them?
You don't have to be sorry, it's just that systemd as integrated in distros asks for regular QA work by the users, which I don't want to spend my time on. I'm happy to QA certain applications I follow closely, but in the past a Linux system once configured just worked even across major release upgrades. The patch OpenSUSE integrated to work around coredumpd was funny and quite all encompassing, all the while looking like they're trying very hard to close all possible avenues for it to creep back in. It's somewhere linked in an ArchLinux forum thread as a link to an opensuse github commit. Considering OpenSUSE distro devs as informed and capable that commit convinced me that at some point the workaround of overriding kernel.core_pattern in /etc/sysctl.d/50-coredumpd.conf might stop working. I don't look forward to that day and might switch to another distro before that.
Perhaps we need error messages that include a Google link for searching that error.
I don't disagree, but I would imagine most base their view on the titans of each country. Apple and Sony got a lot easier to compare in the 2000's and Sony really did have bad software (friggin e-reader). Steve Jobs talked about Sony a lot in interviews. I would bet if we talk South Korean products, Samsung would be the archetype. Microsoft for their part makes nice hardware with pretty good software to back it up.

I haven't used a PlayStation in a long time so I don't know the current state, and I would guess Nest is not helping the US side of the equation. Apple isn't exactly covering itself in glory in the last couple of iOS releases (never mind the "California" series of OS X releases).
5€ bills were replaced several years ago, 10€ bills over the course of last year, and now 20€ bills were replaced already.

The old 10€ bills stopped showing up in the change I got from stores by end of 2015, and around march 2016 the old 20€ bills stopped showing up.

Obviously, they’re still in use in several places.

And regarding the rollout: Most banks have had to accept dozens of possible payment methods, for them one more type of bills is not an issue. Producing the money is more of an issue, but the link I mentioned before has an article about that, too.
BSD Now is the most intellectually stimulating tech podcast I listen to. As the name suggests they focus on covering BSD operating systems and related projects but you don't have to be a BSD user to enjoy the in-depth technical discussions. For example this week's show included an in-depth discussion of copy-on-write file systems and an interview about the CHERI research CPU.

http://www.bsdnow.tv
Ah! Thanks for that link and the clarification.
It's not centralized though. Each node is independently building and verifying the entire record, based on no criteria other than (a) prefer the longest chain and (b) use blocks you get over the P2P network from other nodes. You are using the word "centralized" incorrectly, or at the very least, in a way that is inconsistent with the way that everyone else in the space uses it. A semantic argument over a word doesn't change the way that things work.

The only centralized thing about Bitcoin is that the logic (i.e. the software rules) that all nodes are using is the same. If this weren't true then there could be no consensus blockchain. But there's a huge difference between thousands of different actors, all who merely happen to be running the same software that determines things by consensus, and then a single authoritative actor who controls everything by fiat.
Google has filed a patent for what sounds like a bionic eye
Interesting. I love the idea of this product, I work in finance and accounting and I'm already thinking of ways to apply.

However, the examples used in this video are awful for the reasons you outlined. Plus, there's already good software solutions for email management and social media monitoring.

I think this ad is pretty bad, but the actual product could revolutionize workflow in many business functions.
Feel free to quote an opposing piece of literature that has some facts and I will be interested in what you have to say, but the numbers quoted in the material posted are fairly stark; when you say things like "completely made up" or make claims that I sort of addressed in my original comment you should probably throw a link or two to try to back it up or it sounds like you just have a dog in the race.
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They have a "do not promote" list that you must request to be added to which solves the spam/marketing mail problem. That you have to ask is problematic but there is a solution if this was the only problem.
no tape deck?
Actually, that's not true. I've had situations where my configurations broke between major releases of Ubuntu. I reported the issue and eventually it got resolved (no idea how I'm afraid), but whatever the issue for me it must have been an edge case as it wasn't widely reported.

That seems to be the case for you as well. You have my sympathies, it's most frustrating when it occurs.
Which is why I posted a link to it, so people who are interested can read the comments.

I'm not sure why you chose to see something negative in a plain link.
The DC Bikeshare app always starts me there too before moving me to the correct location.
Haha. I thought of that and posted a sub-reply, according to timestamps, just 5 mins before you posted this. I read your whole comment, and just intended to clarify that the very act of choosing a framework does not necessarily mean increased productivity, if the devs don't know the framework in question. A tangent based solely off the quoted part, for something I've seen time and time again over the years (new framework, no time to learn it, rushed deadlines).
You mentioned "hotel-branded". So is adoption dependent on getting interest from hotels first?
There is much more to PL than these topics, of course, and even PL theory is more dominated by a long tail. But then, when everything is niche, what do you cover in a course?
Thanks! I enjoyed the comments the last time this was posted. For example:

- YKK anime: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8658920

- riri makes good zippers, Corozo makes good buttons: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8659176
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Yes, exactly, and the primary purpose of a computer is not for causing damage to people and/or property. I find the argument that a gun is not primarily designed for causing harm to be disingenuous.
Eh, that Ackerman McQueen allows even that is a major thing.

(For those who claim the "gun companies" run the NRA, no, more than anyone else, it's run for the benefit of its PR firm (and of course the current entrenched executive leadership, who have made sure another Cincinnati revolt is impossible).)
It isn't even confirmed that he killed himself, let alone by apple. He was using potassium cyanide to electroplate spoons and could have died by inhaling the fumes. The apple was not even tested for cyanide. I'm glad that they at least omitted that because we genuinely have no idea what happened.
I knew about the name change but not the reason. I had always chalked it up to hubris on his part. Thanks :)
the repo wasn't public before?
Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11599465
Uh, that wasn't forked because udev can't work, it was forked because it fit the needs of Gentoo...

Have a look at Devuan, I think you'll find that they use the same udev as Ubuntu and Debian.

It's not hostile if someone forks a project to meet their requirements but the old software is used by everyone else!
It depends. There's some business units that just don't make any sense to keep funding. They may have become uncompetitive, technology could have made their business model obsolete.

There's a whole host of reasons why it would be smart to lay off a big part of the workforce.

Mostly, it just comes down to getting a better return on invested capital elsewhere.
Well the West bought it way before the US invasion of Iraq. After the WWI the Ottoman Empire didn't exit gracefully, but it was kill -9ed. Now people are in a quest for identity and peace, and they have to deal with vultures who want their petrol and gas and whatnot.
>>our product is designed in a way that can easily adapt to varying needs of different businesses.

Can you elaborate on how you'd do this with a fast enough go to market strategy? Fragmentation is one of the biggest barriers to entry for anyone doing a restaurant related start up.
Humanoid diving robot hunts for sunken treasure in French shipwreck
In regular warrant proceedings, warrant requests are granted at a very high rate. Is this because the judge is a rubber stamp? No. It is because the prosecutor doesn't want to get a reputation for wasting judge's time with requests that are likely to be rejected.[1]

I suspect the same thing is not operating on the FISA court. Why?

Normal warrants are used to collect evidence. That evidence is then used in criminal prosecutions. Less than 10%[2] go to trial but before trial, there are pretrial hearings. Here, the defense can challenge the validity of evidence and have it excluded because, the warrant under which it was collected is invalid. Furthermore, after the initial trial, the defense can to to the appellate court to have a decision in a pretrial hearing reversed. If the Supreme Court decides to hear the case, they can appeal to them. All of the argument and reasoning here is openly available. At the cost of dealing with a truly awful user experience, you can read the details of a warrant and the decisions around it for free[3]. Law schools can debate both the validity of the warrants and their execution. Judges errors can be corrected.

This appeals process does not occur with FISA warrants because they are not used for criminal prosecutions. Therefore, they are not challenged and debated.

[1] Nathan Burney, http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=1664

[2] http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/types-cases/cri...

[3] yes, this is PACER. Under a certain number of documents, PACER is free. The interface and payment system are both awful and state-of-the-art.
Except when you have them on a motorcycle jacket and they touch something hot.

I know that wasn't your point but it certainly surprised me when I found my zipper melted when I carelessly laid my jacket over my seat...
thanks , your links look way more reasonable than pure theory and mathematics for new comers who just want to implement simple programming languages and compilers.
Has anyone actually asked them what they want?
I'm going to have to disagree with you, I think thumb break retention holsters (that have been the standard forever) are just fine. The usability problem for holsters comes from the loss of fine motor control following an adrenaline dump, you go all thumbs. Of course nothing beats boring old training - where even very complex behavior can be ingrained. I blacked out my first fire fight, but I was later told that I effectively performed three magazine changes, manipulated the radio, called in a SALUTE and fired a signal flare. I'm confident that if I spent several years training to not shoot myself in the leg with a serpa holster, I could, but it would be a waste of time as better holsters long predate that silly design.
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The one thing that's tripping me up on Rust from doing everthing in a purely functional way is the way closures are dealt with. I really hate the idea that I'm going to need to Box::new() every closure I pass around if I want to return it from a function or store it. Even simple move closures can't be cloned and makes some things that are simple in Haskell/Elm/etc much more painful.

Don't get me wrong, great language but I'm a but dubious of the 1:1 porting story here.
Becket Hitch – for attaching things to eye hooks
No bullshit. Ego plays a huge factor here. I have a high ego and I work competitively, so I am going to be extremely upset if I can't deliver my promises when I sign up for the job. If you are the kind of person that doesn't have high ego for anything you do, be my guest. Would you rather have people mention all the greatness of your accomplishment behind your back or would you want to hear rumors of you getting fired and all the shit work you did? How would you feel if your boss has doubt about your performance? She probably should take a pay cut because she's doing a poor job but I am arguing that some people aren't all about money.

Please don't call my point bullshit because that's horseshit plus we aren't her, so everything here is simply personal perspective.
It wasn't just that. Ultimately I decided that there were more effective 2A organizations that I preferred to support.
Everyone in my family nordic skis from the first snowflake in winter to the last slushy ribbon of snow melts in the spring. We would love to get into biathlon, but the rifles (which are amazing pieces of craftsmanship, to be sure) start at around $3,500, and used ones are hard to find. This is a tough barrier to entry for people new to the sport.
Because somehow, some way, the 12 billion (yes, thousand million) plus rounds manufactured in the US every year, plus more imported, somehow manage to cause harm as they're shot???

No, unless you consider punching holes in a piece of paper or a "tin can", or busting a clay bird to be "destruction", most are "not primarily designed for causing harm", and when it comes to self-defense, the resulting harm is praiseworthy and not to overall be deplored. Hunting, well, I only debate that with vegetarians.
Very nice idea.
This. I can't believe someone approved removing the use of "+" as a search operator. It was at the very core of searching Google. It took months before I found out you needed to double-quote "every" "single" "damn" "individual" "word" to force searching by inclusion.
Simulated killing, good example.
Because the coffee is not as good quality as the smaller independents.
BTW, these people problems are the result of Democrat's policies in gun-free cities such as Chicago, St Louis, Oakland and Baltimore.

I don't know about the other three cities, but you can concealed carry in Chicago and that has been the case for almost three years now.
I understand what you are saying. I guess not all of are are affected by this. I guess at this point it's subjective. I understand why you might feel it's creepy.

As for the study, I believe you are referring to this: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/friends-or-not-laughter-re...
I have not read the article but I listened to the sound clips. They are definitely different. But I do not associate either with friends or strangers. If it were just these 2 clips I would probably identify them correctly because one is more involved and energetic and I know there is one of each kind. But I would probably find it more difficult to identify the type of each clip from a set without any extra knowledge.
The zipper is a component. If the component works as functioned, there's little reason why you would risk trying someone new.

For new companies to figure how to perfect the component takes time. They could probably try to innovate the zipper but that depends on whether designers would be willing to pick up on it. Even then, it would probably cost a lot of money to set the process up and mass produce those new, untested zippers. The risk/reward is just not favourable to an investor.

For competitors, producing the perfect zipper is one thing but maintaining supply whenever is needed is another issue. Your logistics have to be in place. And then there's also the relationship. Reliability counts when it comes to being a supplier.
Could you recommend a good tutorial on writing init scripts with systemd? I'm moving over from using upstart.
Funny how nobody can answer this question!
Where's the original Lavabit?
Heck. I have to mount my USB sticks. I have to run some Gnome apps. What part of that you don't understand? I don't want to have to load my drivers manually just because I don't want to use systemd. Udev is the thing that probes devices at boot time, isn't it? I don't want to fork Emacs, on which my life depends, because dbus becomes a hard dependency, which becomes coupled to systemd. Are you paid to not understand?

At the end of the day, I've left GNU/Linux behind anyways, I'm not talking for myself but for the community.
Are you really telling me you couldn't restock a Ruger 10/22 and get started???

E.g. https://www.google.com/#q=ruger+10%2F22+biathlon
I don't think the US general public as really understood what war is, what the consequences are, or what it takes to win, since before Vietnam.
You're being generous calling it PR. It's pretty much just an advertisement.

To be fair, that's pretty clear upfront.

My main problem is that they don't provide any references for all these layoff numbers. That would have been nice. Of course, they didn't do that probably because the numbers are BS.
Maybe add a .kiteignore then?
Obviously I did not read the article the whole way through. Thank you for setting me straight.
It may actually be a success. Although it causes this to happen with passengers, most probably won't attribute it to Zappos. They will attribute it to the security practices of the TSA, if they even think about it at all.

The whole point was to remember the Zappos name, like on a billboard. Even this article got you thinking and talking about the brand.
> I reported the issue and eventually it got resolved (no idea how I'm afraid), but whatever the issue for me it must have been an edge case as it wasn't widely reported.

Recently there have been major regressions in the kernel due to DRM atomic modesetting with bug reports with many confirmations and zero action from the maintainers while not being able to go past kernel 4.1 which is fortunately one of the long-term branches. 4.2 is also okay but there's no 4.2 lts branch.

I never used Ubuntu as my workstation OS, so I cannot talk about their QA standards or how well it would have worked for me, but I've observed sloppiness in their packaging and integration work on others' systems. I mean, it's also important to remember that the advertised number of Ubuntu packages is not truthful if you're honest, because it's a snapshot of Debian's repositories and thus anything in Universe is probably unmaintained when compared to the repository in Debian. That means, the curated set of packages is quite small in comparison. I hope the situation improved in the last years.
A fast and modular approach to building powerful web and mobile interfaces
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Really like the concept; I do something similar with a tab groups extension. Would be great if we could store little snippets of text/images within each task, and perhaps sync with a note taking app like Google Keep. What underlying rendering engine do you use?
Spacex landing 360 video
Sorry, there was no paywall when I posted it yesterday, must have been temporarily waived or something. Frustrating.
Berkshire investors reject climate change report
This is exactly what it says on the tin.

A path to enlightenment.

I've read a lot on these subjects already, but I am certainly saving this for two reasons:

* Including papers and sections of books in my weekly reading

* I find it quicker to understand if I can grab a handful of explanations and critique them (often rewriting the confusing parts of several explanations once understood)

If you want an easy list, or a minimal list, this isn't it - and I am glad.
I don't have any particular preconceptions about how dangerous it is to be a cop. But I do know that car accidents are one of the most common ways to die. So when you tell me that cops are more likely to get shot than to die in a car accident, my perception of the danger goes up.
Fremont and Berkeley drive tech scene growth
One thing that is sorely missing here is a section on motivation, which is arguably the first step on the journey. Because I can see that learning PLT will be hard. Yet most people are not going to learn PLT just because it is hard. There must be something more that makes it worthwhile. But I struggle to appreciate why any programmer would want to learn PLT.
Hey, if you're simulating killing Communists in Finland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War), it works for me, although per Wikipedia it was started by the Norwegian people.
and anyway most of the arguments against it are the same copy pasted critics from day one

The age of an argument doesn't negate the argument, especially if it has not been effectively addressed since it was first proposed.

Those arguments are copy and pasted because they are still solid arguments and they have been pretty much ignored or handwaved away.

That you're tired of hearing them doesn't mean that they shouldn't be addressed. Those making the arguments are getting tired of having to repeat them—just like the tech industry is tired of having to continuously debate the government on cryptography: the arguments for liberty still stand, despite being codifed two centuries ago.
Fast Text Compression with Neural Networks [pdf]
Why would you need to do that? A change to the init system isn't going to break that. Are you actually using a system that has switched back to SysV scripts?!?
Someone traveled from the future doesn't want those calorimeters up there?
Firefox already has the tabgroups feature.
Read the Nine Billion Names of God, by Arthur C Clarke, for a reason why they might have been counting.
http://www.sffaudio.com/podcasts/TheNineBillionNamesOfGodByA...
And yet, we still have to tell the JVM how much memory it may use, and then watch as it consumes it all, regardless of what the program actually needed. I'm sure there must be reasonable sounding reasons for this, but I doubt they will explain why this was necessary only in Java, and not in any other cross platform VM (V8, compiled Python, etc)
I have never, once, heard anyone utter "LGBT lobby".
"So you did a workaround"

I always answer my own questions if no answer was given and I found a workaround/hack to solve it. Not for myself, but chances are that in few years, if I search for the same question I'll find my own.
Well deserved and absolutely couldn't happen to a nicer guy. After giving a talk at PLDI when I was a grad student, Simon made a point of walking up to me and saying "Nice talk." That had me walking on air for quite a while (if you watch the videos below, you will understand why).

Now, Simon got the award for his (fantastic) research and for his impact on CS education in the UK, but everyone in all of computer science should set aside a couple of hours this weekend to watch his talks on "How to Give a Good Research Talk" and "How to Write a Great Research Paper." Go ahead, I'll wait.

http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/default.aspx?id=168...

http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/default.aspx?id=168...

Also, Simon's home page is here:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/simonpj/
One thing I didn't mention is that I sometimes make dozens of queries for a particular problem before I find the right formulation of words that will give me a useful result. Often those words/phrases were ones I encountered in previous unfruitful searches. In many cases finding the answer turns out to be easy, but figuring out the right question was hard!
They are run by Democrats and have been for a long time.
This is really cool. Totally can see a way where the algo would adapt based on object getting compressed
Yeah, frustrating. But not really something you can pin solely on systemd...