skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Find ~10 normal people and ask them what an autopilot does on an airplane. They're all going to say something along the lines of "it flies the airplane" and their intuition lines up with reality for about 90%+ of flights that are done with autopilots.

Ask those same ~10 people what an autopilot does for a car. They'll say something like "it drives the car". Given what the Tesla Autopilot (tm) is capable of doing, their understanding of what the name means and what the software can actually do only has maybe a 20% overlap.

So yes I would call that torturing language. It's an autopilot that can drive the car under a very limited set of circumstances AND it requires that Jesus (you, the driver) is always 100% alert and ready to snatch the wheel the second the car starts to do an unsafe thing.

It's a totally different control problem in cars than it is in airplanes, and it's impressive that they're doing well enough to where people will trust the system enough to get into this kind of trouble. But right now it seems like Tesla's in the uncanny valley of self-driving. Good enough to make people say "huh, it works" but not so good that it works 100% of the time, always, forever, no matter the conditions, other crazy drivers and all the freak occurrences that are literally 1 in a million, but given that there are 1.1 billion car trips per day in the US will happen 1100 times a day. Even at 1 in a billion it'll still happen once per day.
I wouldn't be surprised if this code is actually auto generated from a macro, higher level script, or something. I do driver work and this kind of thing is very common in that space.
Yes. The matrix is stored. In fact, there has been a number of visualization tools for neural nets to help track down which weights contribute to which results.

Additionally, the weights are constant in production, which makes analyzing production issues just a matter of logging the inputs and the outputs. Of course, for most convolutional nets, the inputs can get quite large (for example, a camera feed).
The Driverless Car World in 2050
> Do you test the Autopilot feature? Wouldn't creating a much safer vehicle be real progress?

What you don't understand is deploying a driving assistance feature is probably the fastest and most efficient way of improving the system because it is the fastest way to collect huge amounts of data. When used properly (As the machine reminds you each time you use it), it should always be a safer option than regular driving with the added benefit of providing valuable data to improve the system.

You should rephrase your question to: "What value is an Autopilot if it kills you when you use it in a way it explicitly told you not to?"
We rely on many layers of more or less leaky abstractions.

Components have always a set of intended behavior and some, often unknown or poorly understood, set of unintended behavior.

It's very important to understand that abstractions mask both intended and unintended behavior.

You deal with unintended side the best you can, with sanity checks and so on. But some of it inevitably leaks through.

Those outcomes that result from multiple systems being individually in good state but collectively causing undesired behavior are often very tricky to understand. On the flip side, when you do understand them, you tend to gain new surprising insights into the whole system.

Also timing makes understanding hard. When it comes to a complex network of systems, it's hard to concurrently reproduce the state where the effect occurs.

> So in a high profile case, like the Tesla Autopilot fatality, if the behavior was traced back to a specific micro-controller, it might be just as hard to determine why the system behaved as it did, as with a complex neural network?

If Tesla has good, exhaustive, event logging facilities, a "black box", I guess they'll be able to figure out what happened by analyzing all of the available data with the systems knowledge they have.

Anyways, if it's not systematic, why should Tesla autopilot mistake be handled so differently from a human being making a mistake?

You can't analyze why a human being caused an accident either. The best you can usually do is to develop scenarios "theories" based on the available evidence, but that's it.
We're at the place with self-driving that air travel found itself at in the 20's.

From here on in each new technological update and safety regulation will like likely be based on some unfortunate and unforeseen event.

Like they say when you study the rules of aviation: Each one is written on a tombstone.
Yeah, but I like the DO per hour billing, design, and API. Other than their insecure-by-default SSH key thing, https://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocea... that is.
Fatalities per 100 million miles driven is not a great metric for measuring the reliability of Autopilot.

That number is influenced not just by Autopilot avoiding accidents, but also by the overall safety of the car. Teslas are incredibly safe in accidents. The current 25% lead that Autopilot has over the average is probably not attributable to Autopilot at all, and instead to the overall safety of the vehicle.

* Fatality rates vary by make/model quite a bit (up to 8x). Some of this is surely attributable to the relative driving skill of purchasers, but most is probably the safety of the cars themselves. Given the spread seen in this IIHS report I would guess that Autopilot performs worse than the average human. http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/driver-death-rates
I like to approach this from a perspective of if I save y many hours by buying some service or product, then if my time is valued at x per hour, am I making a profit? Once that is considered I also consider if I can make that money back. So instead of cleaning the house myself, I might hire a team to come do it. During the time they are cleaning my goal is to do some kind of work that helps me earn that money back ideally.

There was a time I bought a Mac book pro. I felt it would save me developer time and focus compared to my old HP laptop. So I set out to earn that money back in 6 months (did it in 4). I feel like this complete approach helps.
Beyond continuing to dominate the indie/pro game dev space, and slowly but surely expanding the scope and capabilities of the Unity Asset Store (devs selling code and assets to fellow devs), they're firmly on board the "democratization" train: make game development available to everyone [1].

Looking to the horizon, post VR hype, they're trying to take this further with experiments like Carte Blanche, which is creating VR from within VR itself for non-technical users [2].

But a consumer-oriented approach isn't in their DNA and isn't well aligned with their core business. Meanwhile, VR/AR startups who are entirely focused on this view of the world will evolve the right DNA and could build significant consumer-oriented value over the next few years. A war chest will come in handy if Unity wants to acquire that value and inject new DNA.

[1] http://venturebeat.com/2015/11/13/unity-has-democratized-gam...

[2] https://labs.unity.com/article/carte-blanche
I was able to get in and add Newslines. Thank you!
That's correct. Your employer might give you a talking to or fire you, but they could not charge you with a crime.
Totally broken for me (after writing "Register"): http://imgur.com/a/cYtZz

Browser: Firefox 47 (default browser)

Extensions: AdBlockPlus, LastPass

OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
It should be about that, but really ends up being big players stealing common words from the public vocabulary.
"It's possible to walk into a dealership and buy a car that drives itself on the freeway about as safely as you would if you were driving the thing. "

How did the author arrive at this conclusion?

"In any even remotely sane universe, this achievement would be celebrated in the most hyperbolic fashion possible by every man, woman, and child on the planet. "

So everyone who doesn't do that is not remotely sane?

"Americans would be as proud of the Tesla Model S as we used to be about the moon landing or about winning the Cold War."

It's a car.

"Note that the harshest critics of Tesla and its products are not affiliated with Nissan, General Motors, BMW, or Ford. Instead, they are gadflies who rarely have any industry experience whatsoever. "

Not sure why this article did ended up on the frontpage, it doesn't really add anything useful to the discussion and does not address the main criticisms people have about the autopilot like the limited number of sensors, wrong expectations due to the name and lack of strict enforcement of driver engagement (hands on wheel).
You know -- you're right.

Music is incredibly complex, and I'm so glad to have a conversation about it. Perhaps I've been too strenuous in my objections to the article, but at the same time, music to me is an intersection between theory and practice; science and art, and I just hate to see it simplified on one side or on the other side.

I look forward to the day where theory and practice can be brought together. It will take someone smarter than me to do such a thing.
Yes exactly. Also, unity is the de facto development environment for Hololens and MS is pushing it heavily.
Not true. The officers weren't in danger at that time. He was hemmed in, and bleeding.

They killed him because they were mad and didn't care about the consequences (unfound bombs) to civilians.
Q&A with Aaron Levie
How I Used Traveling to Slow Down Time
>The strength of each of the editions of DSM has been “reliability” – each edition has ensured that clinicians use the same terms in the same ways. The weakness is its lack of validity.

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2013/transforming-dia...

Time for a new book.
Another project from the author which is now abandoned, but might have provided the spark for gluon: https://github.com/Marwes/haskell-compiler

It's a partial Haskell compiler written in Rust.
In Unity, you have the option to script in a javascript "like" language. It has quite a few strange syntax variations.

You can also use a (as far as I can tell) standard C# and a couple of other languages including one called Boo which is sort of similar to Python.

I learned C# to work with Unity rather than have to confuse my brain with strange syntaxes of languages I use in other places.

edit: Here is a link http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/UnityScript_versus_JavaScr...
Given the large error-bar on the Tesla data, you have no idea if Tesla is less safe or more safe than the average American driver.
'Massively complex' -- ok I agree on that part, you want to avoid that.

But as far as microservices, its totally possible to do that in a way that doesn't add a bunch of complexity.

As far as new databases versus relational, a new database can make it easier to iterate (no/easier schema migration) and hire (can't prove this but I believe there are many people like me who got sick of relational dbs after many years and are just happy to deal with different types of problems.)

Something like kubernetes if done correctly can really help smooth things over because many apps have specific external dependencies which without a tool like that are hard to automate 100% and so create drag for new hires especially.
Announcing ag-Grid v5 and Pivot
$2mm isn't actually a huge amount to test out a potentially valuable idea without having more than a vague business model -- if successful, this would be directly hard cash valuable to a lot of people, so it's not unreasonable to hand-wave "find a way to charge people later". I've heard of plenty of projects (inside larger companies) that probably cost more than that and were unceremoniously shut down when they didn't work out.

1: at $100k, it's 20 engineers for a year, and that's without office space, desks, computers or servers
The hacker who makes sure 'Mr. Robot' gets it right
Adversarial examples in the physical world
It already has been - GamerGate were the ones who originally broke this story almost two years ago. (More specifically, TotalBiscuit broke it and was officially a GG supporter, and most of the initial coverage came from GG circles. The mainstream gaming press only noticed a week or two later.) Though I think a lot of the interest was in an aspect that isn't mentioned here: Warner Bros also refused to give review codes to YouTubers outside of the paid promotional scheme, so essentially all of the initial YouTube coverage was by people with paid contracts that forbade them from saying or showing anything negative.
> And risking his life - his roadmap includes colonizing Mars, and he's serious about moving to that colony

Thanks for that laugh. I hadn't heard that one.

Let us not assume Musk gave up his fortunes and marriage out of the goodness of his heart. He stands to benefit heftily from Tesla's continued success. Assuming he is all good by himself would leave the rest of us as bystanders which isn't the case. We're all interested in contributing towards systems, both technical and social, that foster autonomous vehicles.
At least the people behind it is gone. I was discussed in HN at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10978672
In modern music, "audio production" is arguably more important than any other aspect. If we judged your average top 10 hit by the same standards (melody, harmonization) that we did a Bach piece, no modern music would be considered "good" (le wrong generation, I get it). But these songs are popular and drive a multimillion dollar industry, so they must be doing something right. I would point straight to production quality and technique. Why is Dr. Dre so popular? He's a decent rapper but he doesn't really have much content volume. He's who he is because he's one of the best producers in hip-hop. He made a career, a legacy, and an industry out of just being really good at production.
The antibiotic “apocalypse” has been happening for years–we just didn’t notice
Yeah, some other users are reporting issues with Firefox. Putting out some other fires at the moment. Hang tight! Thanks so much for your patience and for trying it out (and reporting the errors)!
Pretty surprising to see Alamofire above AFNetworking given that AFNetworking is the Objective-C variant and Alamofire is for Swift. That almost seems to indicate that there are more Swift apps in the top 200 then Objective-C apps. Of course one can use Alamofire in Objective-C, but that just seems like making your life harder than it needs to be
My assumption was that tostitos1979 wanted to invest in Unity, not cash out.
How is Uber socializing the costs? Uber is directly providing Uber drivers with knowledge of the area (via maps), and requires maintenance of cars.

Assuming I take an Uber, exactly what costs are paid for by someone other than myself, the driver and Uber?
I don't know why you got down voted. You're absolutely right. Most everyone will tell you, "Its about maxing total compensation as much as you can to boost your overall earnings!"

Good luck with burning out at 35 with no passive income streams. I'd rather build equity, and even have a couple of rental properties from being a top 10% earner in a smaller area. That's a million dollar piggy bank being filled by someone else AND a passive income stream on which to retire.
Trademarks aren't domain names. If you're not actively using it, you lose the legal protection.

Moreover, if you allow your trademark to become "public vocabulary", then you lose it. "Aspirin" used to be a Bayer trademark. "Xerox" and "Kleenex" have to work really hard to discourage writers from using those brand names in a generic way, etc.
This is true, but there is still a rampant hyperbole in the ad-tech industry that firms can simply write a check to Google and be handed raw data to mine against. This simply isn't the case.

Plenty of firms will sell you consumer data if you are looking, but it won't be anything near the granularity of what google collects.

Google is not the "big scary player" in town, Verizon and ATT are.
In my experience as a software developer... Technical diligence, and technical debt, only matter in the way they affect revenue & growth. Technical people are usually more acutely aware of how they will be crushed by the current debt they are accumulating. Business is more acutely aware of how the business will fail when growth goals are not met. Both things should be everyone's concern. Striking that balance, and communicating serious pitfalls and shared goals should help give perspective.
God I love that game
That dynamic is exactly why it is unattractive - rather than having a single government responsible for running the country, you get organisations that resort to passing the buck whenever anything bad happens. In the US and Germany, this was eventually solved by putting all the power in the Federal government, but this is fundamentally impossible in the EU, because there is no agreement on how government shoukd work between the different cultures in Europe. The EU should have remained a customs union, in a better world.
> The system gives multiple warnings that it's in Beta.

We're now in the world of software and users. "Multiple warnings" aren't enough. Chernobyl had multiple warnings. The car should quit if the driver doesn't have his hands on the wheel during a beta test.
We'll see if it sticks.

Will the arrests stand up in court? Or will (as I expect) the police get thoroughly slapped down by courts for their over-reach? My money's on the courts pointing out to the police that they can't actually do this.
> The reason why Twitter has took a turn over the years is because of their treatment of developers and their murdering of top apps instead of letting them flourish.

Oh how I wish this was true but sadly this is usually never the case. If it was Facebook would be long dead by now.
as an anecdote many programs are way faster under wine than on real windows due to linux filesystem handling
I found myself enjoying a beer at a bar near my house the other night. Most night's I'd watch a movie, study, or something similar indoors. But it made sense for me to stop and grab a beer if I was going to be sitting there anyway.

Anecdotal evidence to be sure but it was fun on so many levels for me.

EDIT: The bar has a gym, and a stop all in one.
I have a theory that papers seeking a true break through in music theory should be exploring Christopher Alexander's work 'The Nature of Order'. We need music thoerists / scientists / programmers to be fleshing out Alexander's thoeries in relation to music. Shouldn't the scientific spirit take us where we haven't looked yet?

To illustrate my point with a musical example I'd like to refer to Keith Jarrett's recording 'Hymns / Spheres'. This is a musician who has become as intimate as a human can with classical and jazz. In a C. Alexandrian fashion, Jarrett takes all of these elements and applies them on an ancient cathedral organ in Germany and trancends both genres and his usual way of playing. The lowest hanging fruit in terms of understanding what's going on here more completely is not in music theory or acoustics but in Christopher Alexander's 'Nature of Order'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXymPInuMkM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nature_of_Order

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Jarrett
Since when was computer child porn ruled constitutional?
That was a thought I had the other day. I wonder how long it will be before a business can signup to be a Pokestop.
Unity Technologies, Maker of Pokémon Go Engine, Swells in Value
King: Here's some land for you to work on.

Serf: But we don't own it.

King: You need to improve your soft skills.

Serf: Sir, we don't own it.

King: You need to realize that you're going to starve if you don't start farming now.

Serf: Sir, how much of the food will you take for working on your land?

King: Don't worry about the agrarian debt or vendor lock. Think of me as a land-as-a-service provider.

Serf: But...

King: I already have deals with farm tools to offer you at a discount! $40 a month with $0.01 per pound of food created! Also, friendly reminder of soft skills..

Serf: Well, sir... I... I guess my farm has yet-to-be-proven...

You can't differentiate your product if you are the product. Tech service startups are just renters of digital property they can never own. They're the street shops of the internet.
I'm using the same data Tesla used when they made their claims.
Unicorn from Europe (Copenhagen, Denmark). Oh wait, they moved to San Francisco.

It looks like there is a lot of talent and founders around the world, but still there is not enough VC and ecosystem to support them outside of Bay Area.
Top Tricks to Go Viral in Social Media Platforms
Perhaps. But the inability to verify or predict output is a real concern, especially in the nascent stages of applying the tech to an increasing number of critical situations.
Title is clickbait — the reality of the article is more like "How to Use Pokemon Go to Drive Sales at Your Small Business". Which is still interesting! Just not the topic promised by the current title. Can dang or OP change it?
Because they just took $181M of other peoples money and those people are going to want a return on that investment. If you want to be company that just makes modest profits year after year selling good tools to people you can't accept large bags of outside money.
The world very soon is going to be the opposite of it, where you just release software and wait.
An anonymous person launches a company without any capital, registration, employees, marketing, sales, which is ipo from day 1 and the founder is a billionaire just by releasing a piece of code. With blockchains it is possible to do so.
Generally nothing, which is to say that the value of the company is higher so the options are "worth" more, but since there is still no way to sell them you cannot capture any of that value.

It also makes it more expensive to exercise the options for employees as AMT will be assessed on the difference between the strike price (what the options cost to exercise) and their new higher "value".
It could be handled properly and still be fruit of an unlawful search.
Pulses and waves compounded in whole number ratios form periodic and stable, i.e. consonant, waveforms.

But oh yeah some people just play all random frequencies or like a dog. A dog can be music. It's such a huge mystery, music.
Given that humans all recognize that there is a bed, it's almost certainly the case that humans also looked at the bed when first scanning the image. We don't require a human show the breakdown of it's visual processing cortex for every decision, why do we want to require it of a machine?
By many accounts, the Mexican Drug War has involved very little of the Government fighting on one side and "the Cartels" on the other, and very much of elements of the government (including the military, especially units of the Army) selling exclusive rights to particular regions to particular cartels, and fighting against that cartel's rivals in the region.

Which is not to say that actually fighting against the cartels would actually produce good results.
I didn't found the pricing info either until I played around in the terminal, which gives us this:

$ pricing

Polybit offers pay-as-you-go services.

Action | Cost

---------------------|---------------------------

API Request | 1 Credit

Database Query | 1 Credit - FREE in Beta

Project Deployment | 10 Credits - FREE in Beta

Create New Project | 50 Credits

Create New Database | 50 Credits

Package | Credits | Price

---------|-----------------|---------------------------------

| 1,000 (x2) | FREE - Received on Registration

1 | 10,000 (x2) | $9

2 | 100,000 (x2) | $49

3 | 1,000,000 (x2) | $249

4 | 10,000,000 (x2) | $999

Limited time - purchase now with `purchase <package>` while we're in beta,
receive 2x the credit

Edit: Well...formatting sucks since I just copy-pasted. But it's somewhat readable I hope
Oh. I feel a little silly.
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