skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Number 2 is never ever going to happen. Do you remember all of the bugaboo about Common Core? That wasn't even the Feds getting involved in setting curriculum directly.
Agreed. I won't discount the benefits of infrastructure now, pay later, so long as the infrastructure being built is economically maintainable later.
> Worst case, it wants to "own" deep learning, so that nobody can really compete with them. Although I think that would be a little in conflict with their strategy to open source tensorflow.

Only a little. Releasing all the models and frameworks helps advance the field, helps with finding people to recruit, helps with integrating them into teams, and so on. This is why so many giants find it in their own self-interest to contribute to FLOSS these days.

Competition-wise, as is often said, Google has all the data. If for every deep learning advance they make $1 and the competitors make $0.95, they win. Patents here are quite helpful: you may make a neat translation app using some new tricks, and then discover when you go to commercialize it that oops, Google's patented 'using neural nets for translation'. Then you either quit, get sued, get bought, or give them most of your profits.
I love Firebase, but this is very exciting. Congrats on 1.0!
> I'm really not sure why you're still defending the actions of the police, who clearly did something wrong in this case, and dismissing the experience of a citizen who did absolutely nothing wrong and was threatened.

Because I don't think it's clear (or even true) that the police did something wrong in this case. A crime occurred, through their investigation they believed the author to be a suspect, they investigated him and found out he was not.

> What would you do, and how would you feel, if you were surprised and stormed by police and detained with weapons pointed at you while you were minding your own business?

Obviously it would suck—but that doesn't mean that the police aren't allowed to do that.

> Do you want that to be allowed and normal?

Do I want police to be able to investigate crimes? Yes, I do want that.

> So why are you arguing?

Because this article jumps from "this thing happened to me and it sucks", to "this thing should not be allowed to happen".
Recently I experienced a high profile site throwing some errors in Firefox, and their support rep suggesting me to use Chrome (of course I didn't). This brought the memories of "best viewed in IE" times...
Updategate Microsoft is giving specific time for 'compulsory' Windows 10 upgrade
Environmental puritan wackos hate genetic engineering. Fight for science. Fight for food security. Fight against this rising tide of ignorance and scare tactics posing as science.

http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-gm-corn-rat...
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Ha I actually logged in the ask that and it's the first comment. I think they were due to come out in 2012?
But could the same concept be applied to computer viruses?
The article makes it seem like fans bought his ticket because it was easy. I wonder how many tickets he sold due to his site decisions and how many he sold due to his popularity.
Why not just simply require people to sit through a fire safety class and issue them a fire safely license, which would be required for purchasing candles, matches or lighters? And to have an extended "cooking with gas fire safety" class as a requirement for having utility gas in your home?
I rather no company patent them than any do-no-evil company. Besides why do you think they won't use/abuse it? The whole point of spending so much ridiculous amount of money on a patent is to get exclusive rights to be the only one to use it. Isn't competition better than stagnation by a single company?
It's clearly because moneyed interests run a multi-pronged campaign to avoid that.
>matriarchy is more advanced

By absolutely no one with a critical minds metrics.
Cool story bro. And a PhD in genetics proves roundup is not a toxic and carcinogenic how?
Parent isn't saying Google didn't pay (I'm sure they paid per install) -- just that Adobe is guilty of allowing these sleazy auto-install offers which Google took advantage of.
> you haven't provided any links to substantiate your dismissals

Because it is the widely publicized scientific consensus. But if you insist.

EFSA : http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4302

EPA [PDF] : https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-06/documents...

NAS : http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/national-academy-of-s...

Safety of POEA : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15862083
But how can you show how proactive you have been in your quarterly performance review without testing out various user funnel strategies, optimizing conversion rates and paying consultants for A/B tests?
> Every batch is different and some of it has lots of heavy metals.

This part may have been confused with glyphosate's ability to chelate metals? [1] ... I doubt any large company that's strictly regulated, and who employs professional chemists/chemical engineers, would have toxic impurity issues.

But it's possible that it's concentrating metals in the environment.

[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945589/
It's in the national interest to have well maintained roads the military would be able to traverse. That's really why we have the interstate highway system in the first place.

It's also in the national interest to have a well educated population with a generally common knowledge foundation. Education is a cultural and nationalistic cornerstone.
I see your point, but like Louis CK, if you see the value in the content provided, we think you'd be willing to give more information: in Louis CK's case subscribing to an email when making a purchase, in our case getting a Stuck Score™ that can provide even more value.
For those wondering, it appears the author took it down: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11714346
imagine if ssds didn't actually exist as a consumer product but was just constantly brought up by large companies as the "next big thing!" that never actually came out.

i mean intel, and hp all have their own versions and they've been working on them for years and we've yet to see anything come of it. i'm not holding my breath for this to actually get released.
Its only "cheaper" because the proposal both made unrealistic assumptions about real estate costs and avoided much of the real estate costs by not terminating any place with useful transit access to the population centers at either terminus.

It's supposed to be an alternative to a short airplane flight, so the latter assumption isn't so bad.
Dystopia is Russian past. In a lot of ways it is so much more free country than the US. Imagine no tax on private software development as a business. This is what Russia have!
> Talking about "riding dicks" doesn't help your cause either.

Yeah, whatever else is true in his comment (and I think most of it is), I didn't care for that at all.

I think people get riled up about this stuff because Monsanto is a particular bête noire of some leftish anti-science people.

BTW, the guy in question is very definitely controversial and has an Agenda with a capital A.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9ralini_affair
I agree with your suggestions for human assessment because of problem posed by food calories varying significantly due to different preparations.

Take for example soda, if I gave you a picture of soda in a glass could you tell it was diet or regular? You might scoff at such an edge case but it quickly becomes more common when looking into food perpetration techniques. This is why caloric estimation is a really difficult and causes restaurants to not list their calories as the calories of a meal do not equal the sum of it's parts.

All these solutions are common as people want a signal to tell them to stop eating, but these are insufficient as people will simply ignore it due to hunger cravings (as happens on diets). Any nutritionist service in addition to detailing calories would need to incentive the patient to recognize the need to lose weight or setup a helpline.
Legalize, standardize, tax, repeat. Why is it that difficult? People will do anything to keep their grip on (perceived) power - even if it means destroying someone's life.

Gov't doesn't really want jobs, or tax revenue at the expense of their jobs. What would cops do if they weren't locking up kids for a joint?
I don't know what Google's reason is for this patent, but defensive patents are really common these days, and I think just about any big company has lawyers saying "patent everything you can, since you need a big patent portfolio for defensive purposes". Point is, just because Google is filing this patent doesn't mean they intend to stop others from using this approach. A link to a patent application isn't enough context to know.
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That's possible, but it's rather expensive to pay someone to read for most of the day.
$25K/year on perks, and AFAICT Dropbox still has an open office plan. Keep your sodas and laundry service, and give me a door that closes.
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The irony in CCleaner, a tool to help you get crap off your computer, doing auto-install offers..

For those looking for an alternative, try Bleachbit [1] (works great on Linux/Windows, open-source).

[1]: https://www.bleachbit.org/
>> an estimate most agree is extremely conservative.

> I'm pretty sure that should say "extremely optimistic".

A conservative cost estimate is essentially an optimistic cost estimate. A stronger statement might be that it is unrealistic.
Polyethoxylated tallow amine is also used in toilet bowl cleaners, lubricant's, hair coloring, and hand degreasers.

I believe it it listed in OSHA database as non-carcinogenic.
All people are immature. Maybe we should stop trying to hide that, acting all proper. I talk that way as well, it's better than censwhoring your thoughts 24/7.

All people are also racist and those who say they arent usually are the most racist. That's a different discussion, but similarly applies.

It does no good to be afraid of being human. We are simian. We are an immature, racist, justifying species. So what? Embrace the grease. It's going to get worse before it gets better. Or maybe your precious AI will save you?

Good luck my rational human friends.
I would suggest that you attach these to your top comment with an "EDIT" flag since primary source info substantiates your comment.
He was in jail for seven months for the contempt charge under discussion -- it's not like he didn't know that's what they wanted from him when he went in.
If you want to be taken seriously, take on the best of the GMO skeptics rather than the worst. Going for easy pickings like these is a waste of everyone's time.
1) Yes, you can restructure/destructure variables at each step, but you're just unifying the control flow and data flow by hand. Yet another flavor of human compiler.

2) catch's entire purpose is to be a catch-all for unexpected errors. For expected errors, it's better to have explicit error values. Bluebird.js at least lets you differentiate .catch from .error, where .error handles the explicit error values generated from traditional Node.js callbacks.
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To provide some examples for others here. My dad has been doing truck driving for around 8-10 years so I've heard at least a few stories from it.

1) There are really 3 kinds of truck drivers. Each of the types of truck drivers have different problems. Local drivers will be the last to have any kind of automation as they have lots of stopping. The other 2 are both mainly highway driving, so at least that part can be partially automated.

(a) You have the long-haul drivers (which is what I think most people think about). These guys spend around a week at a time on the road and away from home. They are probably bringing stuff across the country, maybe with multiple pickup/dropoffs through their trip.

(b) Round trip drivers. These guys will move cargo between 2 hubs, but it's done in a single day. Start at one center, haul that to another center (where you unload and reload), then return back to your starting point. My dad does this. It's around 950 miles every single day (250k miles a year), doing the exact same drive.

(c) Local drivers. This tends to be delivery/pickup through some area. This covers Fedex/UPS drivers, various food delivery, and so on.

2) Weather. Weird shit happens on the roads. While some driving will be in good weather, dealing with rain, snow, and all the craziness that can come with that adds lots of complexity to an automated system. Example: ice fog. Driving through this can create a buildup of almost an inch thick of ice all over the forward facing parts of the vehicle. I'm sure this would cause problems for sensors and who knows what else. Ice fog result: http://imgur.com/xWWTC0S

3) Tires. Tires on trucks blow out a lot more than on cars (mainly because they can be made of patches, plus run tires at 110 psi). This is something that just has to be dealt with more regularly on trucks while on the road.

4) Brakes. Due to their weight, brakes on trucks can go out. If you've ever driven in the mountains you know about truck runaway ramps. And even beyond that, brakes on trucks lock up. Example, my dad's truck caught on fire due to the brakes on the back of the trailer locking up (but it wasn't something reported on, and you don't notice it from the cab). If you drive for a long distance with a locked up brake, the pad will get red hot, then eventually catch up fire.
Did it help you realize that you didn't have problems?

Something like that. This is actually a pretty common sentiment. I know a lot of people who experimented with psychedelics in their 20s who in their 30s have said some variation of, "I don't think I'd want to do them now. I have too many things on my mind."
Why did you write a per year number, and not the 5$/hour from the page or a minute price?
Since many of us fully expect AI to accomplish all programming in the future, I don't think so. Unless a licensing regime is humankind's last stand against AI.
Put rocks in your shoes, like the characters in Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother" stories.
That is simply false. Independent claim #1 does mention neural networks.
Industrial chemistry doesn't have to be that clean. Especially if you are just spraying it on the ground and selling it cheap. Makes sense to me.

No, I don't have any links to back it up.
Inflation adjusted costs are not going up 2.5% a year. Further, I don't think there are many easy ways to save 2+% of total tuition spending.
Skin irritant != causing cancer.

Poison Ivy is a skin irritant but that doesn't make it a cancer agent.
I need a raspberry pi that can monitor parking spots so I know if I have a spot waiting for me when I get off of work. Of course I don't know how to code so it will probably never happen.

edit: I meant parking spaces outside of my apartment.
The right of a parent to indoctrinate their children trumps the right of the child to have an actual education.

I don't know the answer, but it's a gross feedback loop.
It seems odd that an autonomous truck should look like a normal truck. I would imagine going after specialized types of trucking, like moving containerized freight, first.
Hey guys, Slava @ Rethink here. The team is really excited to launch Horizon -- it's based on a lot of feedback from users of very different backgrounds, and we think it will make web development dramatically easier.

I've been up for about twenty-four hours, but I'll be around to answer any questions for the rest of the day.
I was going by this statement:

"Hair stylists work with extremely sharp implements extremely close to major blood vessels."

Which implies something more than a knick on the skin that the injured customer then refuses to treat resulting in an infection.
If Google intends to patent defensively, they should immediately pledge on this patent. One thing I find very unfortunate, is while Google claims they're only really intended to use their software patents defensively, they've pledged not to with only a tiny number of their patent library.

One quick change in business strategy could turn Google into the world's largest patent troll.
This doesn't seem to prove it's unsafe unless you consider irritated skin a safety issue. In that case don't go outside as there are many things more irritating like say the sun (which actually causes cancer).
> Don't like someone, encrypt a zip drive with drivel, toss it in his car and call the cops.

So data has become new drugs ;)
Because he is trying to make a point of how expensive it is.
OWL was already quite good. It was quite sad that Borland mismanagement eventually pushed most of us into MFC world.
That looks very similar to Intel's Optane technology which is supposedly getting released to consumer this year.
Also known as the scamworld, The Verge wrote a great article about this four years ago:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/10/2984893/scamworld-get-rich...

Sadly,the writer of that article has since left tech journalism and Salty Droid, one of their main sources for the article and a blogger who writes to expose the scam that that industry is, is now considered to be "an extremist" for his work by The Verge.
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"Its not like the courts put convicted murderers under contempt orders for failing to say where the body is buried."

I (can only) presume that this is not something easily comparable to a murder. This is more like catching someone with illicit drugs, where the possessed quantity can be essential to establishing the due penalty.
Flagged solely for the editorialized title
Perl "0 but true" counts as a magic string, probably.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/129945/what-does-0-but-tr...
> > Its only "cheaper" because the proposal both made unrealistic assumptions about real estate costs and avoided much of the real estate costs by not terminating any place with useful transit access to the population centers at either terminus.

> It's supposed to be an alternative to a short airplane flight, so the latter assumption isn't so bad.

It was pitched as an alternative to the actual HSR proposal, which both connects the population centers and includes connecting improvements on both ends to regional transit. So, yes, as an alternative to HSR, it was comically unserious.

(Even as an alternative to air travel, its still comically unserious for the same reason -- while the major airports are farther from the population centers than the proposed HSR termini are, they are much closer than the termini for hyperloop that were proposed, and do have significant transit connections into the population center and the surrounding region, so terminating in place without either that proximity to where people would want to come from and go and without including the cost of transit improvements to make the termini useful in the cost of the proposal is ludicrous.)
You're right, I don't react better at all. They should stick with saying "THC and related compounds" instead. Its basically the same argument I have for the thorium folks, do not use "reactor" or "nuclear" in any naming or marketing.
>Do you have any facts to back up your claims?

Because it is the widely publicized scientific consensus. But if you insist.

EFSA : http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4302

EPA: https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/glyp...

NAS : http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/national-academy-of-s...

> Seralini is a fraud according to who?

Every scientist I've ever talked to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9ralini_affair

>And why should I trust your judgement over WHO on carcinogenicity?

Because they don't have proof glyphosate is a carcinogen, just general harm classifications. Glyphosate is in a class of carcinogens similar to dietary meat, and other everyday minor exposures.

>You come off as immature and it hurts your credibility

Sometimes you have to be crass to put a spotlight on bullshit.
Clickbait.

This is a patent on a very particular form of translation model that handles rare words, i.e. this paper that all the authors are on: http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.8206
You'd be well advised to, too.

Couple of hours ago I created a throwaway account and commented here how Xorg held onto 1.1GB of memory after viewing the PDF with the github viewer and/or Atril. Tested and reproduced within a disposable Jessie / MATE VM.

I offered an opinion that this wasn't entirely usual behaviour.

The comment vanished. Not modded away, not "paled", just vanished.

Nothing to see here, move along now.
What about "YAM" - Yet Another Measurer?
You mention tactics. Instead, focus on metrics trends. Optimizing the customer experience may include the tactics you've mentioned, but if you walk into a review and show that your customers are happier (net promoter score, or clips from user testing, for example), conversion rates are up, and online revenues are up... that would be pretty darn good evidence of a job well done.
Respectfully disagree.

We are what we strive to be. Hacker News was, once upon a time, almost purely respectful even in the face of stark criticism or blatant dismissals. That, sadly, has changed.
I think your point is basically correct - this is an economics question rather than a technical question.

My conclusion isn't that society doesn't value human lives; it's that the government isn't very efficient, and 911 dispatch is usually in the realm of government rather than private industry.

I wonder if there are any examples of privatized ambulance/emergency response service outperforming public services.
> Scientific American

My wife got that for a year, and I was quite unimpressed. It's not that detailed, mostly, and there's a lot of not very rigorous editorializing, from what I recall. Also, their 'please renew' campaign was quite deceiptful, sending us some kind of "you owe $$$!!!" notice that was really "you owe $$$ if you want to resubscribe".
Hard to say anything, as it's paywalled.
Their goal as it seems up to this point is to get a monopoly on the framework and technology with opensourcing of their framework. Good for hires and keeping the competition in check. A patent will tighten their grip on ai.
Real science is actually hard to find on the internet. Yes, mostly wackos dominate Google results on certain searches.
I agree with you, unfortunately I used a bad analogy and didn't make my point :/
It's less dangerous if you hire mortality guards to keep an eye on people using it.
> The law currently treats call content and metadata separately and makes it easier for government agencies to obtain metadata, in part because it assumes that it shouldn’t be possible to infer specific sensitive details about people based on metadata alone.

This quote from the Stanford News article is incorrect. The reason metadata is carved out is because there is Supreme Court precedent carving out metadata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_v._Maryland. And that case has nothing to do with what can or cannot be inferred from metadata.[1] It distinguishes call data from call metadata because the latter is routinely recorded and used by phone companies for various purposes:

> First, we doubt that people in general entertain any actual expectation of privacy in the numbers they dial. All telephone users realize that they must "convey" phone numbers to the telephone company, since it is through telephone company switching equipment that their calls are completed. All subscribers realize, moreover, that the phone company has facilities for making permanent records of the numbers they dial, for they see a list of their long-distance (toll) calls on their monthly bills.

[1] Because that's totally irrelevant to the 4th amendment.
so, how do you ensure no company patent them?
Congrats! I remember seeing someone from your team doing a demo at an SF JavaScript meetup. Looks very interesting.