skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"I haven't done any work for Oracle in quite a while,"

AFAIK, he now gets paid by someone oracle pays (and strongly supports oracle), and before that he was getting paid by someone who strongly supports oracle and so didn't need oracle's money. So this is technically accurate but still not what most people would consider being honest.

"This lawsuit was filed not long after I had been fighting against Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems on the antitrust front."

This i know to be practically false from personal knowledge, having been involved in the review.

I'm sure, like the previous statement, there is some crazy view in which it is technically correct but not, again, what most people would consider being honest.
Easy for an adult, not so easy for a baby. Bilabial and coronal sounds don't take much tongue dexterity: you just need to be able to open/close your lips and leave your tongue in its natural resting position respectively to produce them. Velar sounds, on the other hand, require you to flex the middle of your tongue to touch your palate, which is as significantly more difficult sound to produce.

It's no coincidence that sounds like 'gaga' and 'kaka' tend to be associated with either more distant relatives or with defecation: the kid's going to be older when those things get introduced.
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No it doesn't, insider trading means using non public information; not getting information faster which is and has always been a thing long before HFT ever existed. Information takes time to impact the market and always has and there's always been and always will be traders fighting traders to know that information first.
For what it's worth, ISPs are definitely shaping traffic to try to game results on public speed tests.

I had an issue with Comcast last year where I would have large latency spikes for ~2 hours every night, and speedtest.net always remained at normal latency: https://i.fluffy.cc/kNCxLMbkF2wx7NHFJxbzcgX35Bsb5nvl.png

I couldn't find any non-speedtest sites where my latency was less than 100ms, but Comcast's own speed test, several other public speed tests, speedtest.net, and even ookla.com (the company behind speedtest.net) were perfect (the ~20ms you see on the graph).
Per Snowden:

"I worked @CIA. I wrote the Emergency Destruction Plan for Geneva. When CIA destroys something, it's never a mistake."

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/732991012340137988
Just noticed. They all wear Android smartwatches...

I don't know single person in Europe who uses his Android smartwatch after couple of months!
Google targets HTML5 default for Chrome instead of Flash in Q4 2016
> "no remotely sane person". Sane probably isn't the right word. I'd argue the hijackers were indeed sane by definition. They were more so misguided than insane.
The coolest part of the whole keynote (till now) has been developer tools.

Android Studio 2.2 . Improvements to the compilers, many X improvements to instant run, automatic test generation, C++ debugging and constrained layout editors.

firebase - very cool.

This is huge...
> Amazon's Echo doesn't have an owner concept. I didn't think Siri did either. My Echo can take commands from anyone, there's no authentication at all outside of initial set up with your Amazon account. My daughter and I have completely different voices and we use it without problems.

By owner I mean the voice that it's trained to respond to (not in an authentication sense). See [1] and [2].

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=...

[2]: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/83995/20150913/ios-9-inclu...
Yeah, the founder at the beginning of the story seems like a real jerk -- taking personal insult at someone for refusing to drink champagne for the celebration, since "this is really big for us"? As if being there to celebrate with them isn't enough? And flipping out at anyone who asked for the same?
Google also has it in receipt form (assuming Gmail)
Isn't "chemtrails" American-English for "contrails"?

http://xkcd.com/1677/

;).
I don't think Google ever manually reviewed, they've been adding more automated checks for a while though. And I think Apple still manually review.
but those requirements apply to the case where the attacker has unlimited classical and quantum computing capabilities.

Under those conditions, all classical cryptographic methods fail (except one-time pad), because the attacker can just brute-force any key. That QKD still works under these assumptions is amazing in itself, and in any practically relevant scenario the limitations will probably not matter, as long as the key exchange is fast enough such that no decryption & manipulation of the classical channel is possible. Also, the attacker not having access to the decoding device is a reasonable assumption IMHO, as classical encryption won't do you any good either if the attacker has full access to your computer.

All in all, I think that the critique is justified but it is not something that will keep QKD from being useful in the field (I could be wrong of course).
The fixedness requirement is really fundamental. It defines the scope of copyright. That's why a live music performance is not copyrightable, even though it's creative.

A BIOS API has purpose and intent and structure and design choices, but all that is implicit in the code. You can write up a specification describing those conventions, and that is copyrightable. But you can clone the BIOS without copying a single word from the specification.
Drinking is not a moral issue. It's a health issue. If I am an alcoholic, have other health problems that prevent me from drinking, or just don't want to drink because I value my health, I certainly shouldn't have to go along with it because it makes some people uncomfortable. Those people are the ones who should be taking a look at themselves and their problem with someone not drinking. It is not my responsibility to make others feel better at my own expense because they can't deal with their own insecurities.

If I had a peanut allergy and someone offered me peanuts, should I just not rock the boat and go along with it? No peanuts for me tonight. Then they'll ask again and again. Why not just set them straight in the first place? If that doesn't go over well, it's probably a good idea to not be around those people anyway because those people obviously have no capacity for respect.
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Those of us with Google smartwatches have had this functionality for some time. Its very convenient to just whispers, "OK Google remind me at 3pm tomorrow about the dog's vet appointment." Or "What's the weather in Reykjavik?" Having this functionality on your phone, tablet, or computer is very different than having it right in front of you at all times. Its hard to quantify, but there's an inconvenience of pulling out a phone or a tablet and even then muscle memory dictates that you'll probably just start typing and swiping instead of speaking.

Having this all tie in with various smarthome appliances will be interesting as well. Sure, I can open my garage door by using an app on my phone but I'd rather just say, "Open the garage door." I think ultimately we prefer to do things like we're dealing with other people, not machines. Amazon's Alexa was a good first step towards this. I'm glad Google is chasing Amazon as Google has become a Microsoftian organization that only does well when they're chasing a competitor or having one right on their heels.
They are put in office by property owners that are big fans of these laws.
ask.com, weather.com, dictionary.com - but point taken :)
Firebase expands to become a unified app platform
I suspect your anecdote is just that. Around here (Texas) I tend to suspect unfriendly driving from large trucks and "cheap" sports cars and am more defensive in my driving when I 'm around them. What is the actual distribution of unfriendly drivers? Many mercedes I see are older folks who drive slowly and safely (perhaps too slowly...)

As for why buy a luxury car, it's much like why buy an apple laptop? It tends to be a completely different user experience compared to your early hyundai, low-end mazda, <insert budget models here>. As for my luxury car that I got a great deal on used, even considering repair costs, its performance and ride quality is anything but ho-hum...
WWBM to the rescue!

https://web.archive.org/web/20160518172856/http://home.googl...
if we view things at this depth then this whole discussion is pointless :)
The problem is that most of these things are hand-rolled. It's not like ads, where you can just block iframes that point at blacklisted domains. The ids and classes of those annoying things will be specific to each site, so it's hard to target.

You could probably remove anything that had onscroll functionality defined, and just accept that it would break some websites.
I missed that! Maybe it was subconscious.
Odd -- SSL URL of https://home.google.com/ seems to work
I don't think git is complex. It has a load of features for doing complicated stuff, but that's for those who need them.

In any case, one could create a set of shell aliases to perform the operations needed in any way you see fit.
It totally failed to keep crap out of the store. The population of apps still fell to Sturgeon's Law. There was more opportunity for reviewers to do arbitrary crap to look like they were doing a job. Perhaps they did keep some of the more obvious violations out.
I can understand people who don't drink, but I don't understand people who have never drank. It feels like an obvious personal flaw, a sign of cowardice, that you would not have even tried something so routine and common in our society. If you have tried alcohol, and decided it wasn't for you, then that it all the more courageous. But it feels like you just aren't exploring all that life holds. Or, you don't have faith in yourself that you could get away from it.

There's also this societal concept that everyone has vices. And people would rather be able to recognize and see your vice, rather than have it be unknown. Bill Cosby comes to mind.
Android 2.2 is out with sweet sweet features. Dying to get my hands on it.
> EDIT: Speaking of Maciej, if you're not already following him on Twitter, today is the day to do that. He's having a field day with this keynote.

Is he? Last tweet I can find of his is from yesterday. Could you provide the link you're using?
> Feels like that would reduce accurate pricing.

Nope, exactly the opposite, it creates better pricing. HFT is a bidding war to see who can create the best prices and still make enough profit to survive, this reduces trading costs for everyone else by reducing the spread.
Google turns Firebase into its unified platform for mobile developers
I have absolutely terrible Netflix quality on my Samsung TV sometimes, but it shows 68MBit here. Makes me wonder whether the firmware is to blame..
Ask HN: Should engineers be hired in pairs / teams, and not as individuals?
Last month, Stripe kicked off a "Bring Your Own Team" hiring initiative, essentially encouraging people to apply to Stripe in teams of 2 - 5. You can read about it here: https://stripe.com/blog/bring-your-own-team

My question is this - is this how recruitment should work across the board? Did Stripe stumble upon a disruptive way of hiring engineers that should be applied across the entire industry?

I would argue yes, because the company ends up with a team of engineers who get along well, and don't need any time getting in sync with each other. The teams applying benefit, because as a group you have greater leverage.

What do you think?
Amazon does sell ads, actually. A quick search would have shown you this[0], and they show up for Kindle users, on www.amazon.com, and elsewhere. It is highly likely Echo will be involved at some point.

I think the rest of your post is conjecture, but does this change your opinion? Amazon is a diverse business that wants to sell many things, including your eyeballs (or ears in the case of Echo) to others via advertising.

[0]: https://advertising.amazon.com/
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And correct, as it happens. Though long-running cultural associations with certain consonants (such as 'm', 'n' and 'b' and mother or grandmother, 'p' and 'd' with father or grandfather, &c.) to play a huge role in it too: the parents need to be culturally primed to mistake the babbling for actual half-formed words, and subsequently build that association in the child's mind in return.
> In Davis and its progeny, we have established a general reasonableness test for airport screenings. “An airport screening search is reasonable if: (1) it is no more extensive or intensive than necessary, in light of current technology, to detect weapons or explosives; (2) it is confined in good faith to that purpose; and (3) passengers may avoid the search by electing not to fly.” Torbet, 298 F.3d at 1089 (citation omitted); see also Davis, 482 F.2d at 913; Pulido-Baquerizo, 800 F.2d at 901. (U.S. v. Marquez, 9th Cir. 2005)

You definitely don't have to agree with the correctness of this line of cases; you should just be aware that the courts have looked at the question and have a theory they've been pursuing for about four decades about why totally suspicionless searches are "reasonable" and hence constitutional in this context. A tricky thing about the fourth amendment text is that it talks about what the requirements are to get a warrant, but doesn't explicitly say whether searches without a warrant are exactly the same as "unreasonable" searches. Courts have interpreted this for a long time to suggest that some kinds of searches without a warrant are nonetheless "reasonable", although Davis was a pretty enormous expansion; I wouldn't be surprised if searches pursuant to it are an absolute majority of all the searches performed by the government!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United...
They're not actually begging you to come back. They just pay someone shit wages and commission to engage in real-life spam. If they really gave a shit, they would not have lost you as a customer in the first place.

Why improve business fundamentals when it's cheaper to manipulate human emotion through marketing?
Yeah, so use shared_ptr and weak_ptr in those cases. Shared_ptr is basically equivalent to C# and Python garbage collection (loops never get collected). So that should be "good enough" for the generic case.

unique_ptr is supposed to be used in a very limited fashion as I described. Its more efficient than shared_ptr, but much much more limited.
The man who created the head on Guinness
Why? Why do you personally care what I do? Why do you think forcing someone to do something against their will is to be desired? What do you get from it?

Make voting easier and accessible for those who want to vote? Sure, great. Coerce and force those who choose to opt out? Unacceptable and unamerica.
Yes, Google Spaces:

https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/introducing-spaces-t...

It's roughly analogous to Facebook Groups.
>these devices only listen when they hear the wake word

I can't tell if this is satire.
Why is the state using birth as grounds for a search?

edit: If the answer is "will someone think of the children!" why isn't the state randomly drug testing all parents?
Google, Please Deal with the Explosion of Lock Screen Adware in the Play Store
I agree with self driving cars. I almost forgot about them watching this keynote.
Competition in this space is welcome! Can't wait to see what their difference / what sets them apart from Echo. Given Google's propensity to sell Ads, it will be interesting to see if customers are willing to put a device like this in their house.

Reminded me of a humidifier for some reason - http://www.amazon.com/Aromatherapy-Essential-Oil-Diffuser-co...
after looking at it you are right it is higher for node
Yes! I find it so hypocritical of people who seems to be extra careful about their personal information. I understand this makes sense for some people, but for most of the others, Google using your meta-data to show things which might interest you and by also helping you with great applications is cool. Not everyone wants to pay for things to get privacy.
Can you buy a Watson and put it on your shelf?
Please don't post snarky dismissals here. Perhaps the article is that bad, but making HN worse isn't a good reaction. We're going for thoughtful discussion here, not bile.
> (Thunderfoot seems to be a feminism/politics/atheism channel?)

That's why the GP is saying Thunderfoot's science stuff.
Siri learns your voice if you activate the "Hey Siri" option. AFAIK it doesn't affect normal [manual] commands.
So take my comments to the other extreme? Why can nobody see any middle ground??

The pushback experienced for wanting quality, well-written, doesn't-need-to-be-patched code is mystifying
Another article:

http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/201405/the.water.below....
@Pinboard on Twitter, not his personal account.
I have only two wishes:

> Please, please, please be a completely open, extensible platform...

That's one. The second one is, please make it self-hosted. No cloud bullshit.

I know I'll probably never live to see the second one coming true.
The belief that PRISM is targeted is 1. in contrast to the leaked slides, and 2. the determination of the PCLOB, which was appointed by . . . the executive branch of the US Government. The findings of the PCLOB are about as useful as lung cancer studies commissioned by Phillip-Morris.

PRISM partners' denials are, of course, standard and expected PR moves.
This is such an odd statement as it's already been proven false. The Echo is already quite popular. I gave one to my 70 year old technophobe mom and she uses it in the kitchen all the time. I use mine everyday.
Natural language processing of Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes [pdf]
That might be more the fault of the advertisers than Amazon. Amazon knows what books you will like with a high degree of certainty, but they don't always have ads available that are a close match, and some advertisers set their targeting very broadly because they don't care (they want a wide reach, e.g. for rank boosting) or don't know better.
I also get to keep my shoes on while I drive.
Todoist Android app runs a WearSync Service all the time, despite I never went past one. After 6 months and two emails, they still didn't manage to fix that.

Strava Android app runs a GoogleNowAuthentication Service 24/7. I stopped using the app last year, installed in in April 2016, saw it's still happening and hit them an email to support. I never got a non-automated response.

I'm very enthusiastic that apps include various Google additions that are no use to me, but run 24/7. /s Maybe that's how we're going to "need" 6GB RAM phones.
Sounds like your friend's fault for not using two factor auth.
Those are pretty good points. The big appeal for fast.com for me is that it measures the connection to Netflix's services and ISP's can't game it, but I still wish it gave more information than a single number.
man, i'd love to see something like this for twitch streams. i feel like i have problems with twitch streams at specific times per day.
Pretty much. Which, on its own, isn't a bad thing. A lot of innovation can happen that way. But see Wave, Talk, Hangouts, Spaces, Allo, G+ [0]: Many communication apps, some mobile, some defunct. They've each added something, they've each lost something.

G+ introduced "Circles". I really liked that concept, it was a smooth way to organize the people I wanted to communicate with. Post a message, only my gaming buddies could see it. Post another, friends and family (and most gaming buddies fell under friends) could see it. And it was under my control and invisible to other users.

Talk: Adds nothing, it's just another messenger.

Hangouts: ... video and audio chat. Screen sharing.

Spaces: Seems like a more socially oriented Wave?

Wave: Neat, got stuck in performance hell and was hard to sell. The invite system didn't help. Collaborative documents. Integrated chat bots with the document much like this @google thing in Allo seems to be.

Allo: Talk - gmail account + (end-to-end encryption OR @google chatbot). It's WhatsApp meets part of Wave meets Google Talk.

Take G+, integrate Spaces into that. Make Hangouts part of that. Make Allo a part of Hangouts. Move Hangouts to end-to-end encryption model (broken with @google chatbot present, but not if you leave it out).

[0] I'm excluding GMail because it, at least, has a fairly well established place on its own and is, fundamentally, an email platform. The accounts are tied to the other services, but GMail is easily its own standalone product with a very large user base.
"It wasn't exactly optional" was that there was an implied request that everyone would attend. It went on everyone's calendars and was during work hours, not after.

I'm not arguing alcohol should be removed from office functions. I'm saying [a] they shouldn't be the focus and [b] maybe we don't need to have fridges of beer where it is acceptable to grab one and go back to your desk.

My wife's company (a nationwide outdoor retailer) does have alcohol occasionally at events, but those are semi-regular BBQs at the end of the day, and are absolutely optional. My friends work in healthcare where there is zero alcohol. Other friends work in the government, also zero alcohol. My mother works for a shipping company, also no alcohol on premises. In fact, outside of tech no-one I know has alcohol kept on premises.
"OK Google", Google Now, their voice recognition tech, and NLP recognition are far far past Echo's version. So if the hardware is that easy this should have been out yesterday. The even mentioned earlier in the keynote how they've been training it Google assistant with background noise.
You said:

> Sure. But music sharing didn't kill the industry then; there's little reason to believe it'll be the reason for its death now.

To me that translated to: "Sharing some songs between a handful of friends once every few days didn't harm the music industry; hence being able to share hundreds of songs with millions of people in a few seconds will harm it now."

The second statement sure looks like an extrapolation from the first, and given the mind-boggling difference in scale, an invalid one.

As for lack of data, music industry revenues have been decimated since the turn of the industry. Sure, there are several factors involved, but can you really pretend the terabytes of copyrighted music being torrented every month has nothing to do with it?
For real. Glad to see someone with a level-headed response in this paranoid thread.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204389#hey
Maybe Google did too?
This may be a stupid question, but: What do you use it for? Cannot everyone basically edit the client code and do whatever with your data? I've only used Firebase for prototyping.
Some people like to take responsibility. Others like to be powerful. But everyone wants to be important.
> Resisting new development doesn't stop people from moving here, nor does it remove the need to build out new infrastructure.

Sure it does. People aren't living in tents (generally speaking). Population can't grow unless the housing supply does.

There might still be a growing demand for Bay Area housing, but without supply growth, the effect of that demand is to push prices up until current residents are forced to leave. NIMBY housing policy has a lot of shitty side effects, but it does succeed at the basic goal of maintaining low population density.
Reference: http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/18/11699122/google-allo-messa...
Oh I think the TSA is in inefficient and somewhat laughable, but I don't consider someone a victim who is not prepared to get on a plane and wastes everyone time. I consider that just rude. If someone gets their lotion confiscated, I consider them part of the problem that slows everyone down.

Edit to include I also think the TSA is making things slower on "purpose" but that's a whole other topic.