skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The headline is supported by a single claim that Orwell would oppose being ruled by an unelected bureaucracy.

Such a claim is disengenious. Of course nobody likes "being ruled" - so on an emotional level the EU must be a bad thing.

Also, this makes no sense unless supported by a claim that such a condition is unique to living in the EU.

The only way to interpret "being ruled" in the context of the EU is that it means having a hierarchical civil service (the EU commission). So why would having a UK civil servant (instead of an EU one) decide how bananas should be graded be considered a liberation from bureaucracy?

In fact, Orwell hated this kind of weaselly, ambiguous and emotionally manipulatitve statement - particulary when use to advance a political adgenda.
> What do you mean by the 1700 in the phrase "1700 is the GB of RAM"

It looks like the 1700 is the Cache size for the command to use in MiB of ram - https://github.com/openstreetmap/osm2pgsql#usage

<cache size> is about 75% of memory in MiB, to a maximum of about 30000. Additional RAM will not be used.
If I were not clear enough, it is a problem of treating configuration files as like the runtime configuration. Not a problem of file formats (though some formats ease the job)---does this make sense?
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Messi  Cancels  Trip to  Turkey for Eto’o’s  Charity  Game After Attempted  Coup
> Does 1+2+3 Really Equal -1/12?

Of course not. It's a misconception propagated by ignorant people who stumbled
upon Ramanujan summation.
Now added - apologies for the confusion.
don't forget that the power available to the Tesla motors decreases as the battery is used up. Seems odd, but as usable stored power decreases you are not able to pull as much from the battery anymore.

then there is that whole bugaboo of battery weight.
Out of interest - and I'd really like you to answer honestly although obviously I have no way of knowing if you don't - have you read the article, or are you simply responding to the title?
As Daniel Hannan [1] (Conservative MEP for 17 years) says : "Uniquely, we have managed to create a system that is anti-democratic - you only get to go there when you have lost an election. Only when, like: Chris Patten, Neil Kinnock, and Jean-Claude Junkers, you have been expressly rejected by voters are you invited to sit as an MEP" [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hannan

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJcuKfcxo9w#t=6m50s
OSM wiki says "XML variant over 666GB uncompressed, 49.1GB bz2 compressed and 31.1GB PBF at 2016-03-20". Not sure where the 120GB comes from.
crontab -e is the way to edit your cron. A similar command exists for editing the sudoers file which is visudo. This will ensure your configuration is a valid syntax as well as do an atomic swap of the file.

Otherwise adding a file or deleting a file in /etc/cron.d/ is the way to go for automatic(ansbile, puppet etc) and package installations.
"Europe" isn't doing anything of the sort. The EU is. Europe is a continent on the western part of Eurasia. The EU is a corrupt, anti-democractic bloated bureaucracy where the wheels are continually greased by the interests and demands of multi-billion dollar lobbying organisations. It's good to see the article allude to this in the first paragraph. It's just a shame that it doesn't come under much scrutiny in general, as it's of huge importance to people living in Europe in areas under the control of the EU.
This is what you get when mathematicians start "hacking". Instead, they should have invented a proper notation conveying what is really meant by the sum and the "..." ellipsis. This notation apparently does not cut it.
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"Worse is better" is an oxymoron. You can also read it as "better is worse". In "worse is better", the "worse" isn't really worse in practical settings (considering all tradeoffs, giving appropriate weights to design goals, etc.).

Nobody argues that there can't be problems. What all critics miss is to show how to avoid these problems.

What can you do about jobs that make the system unresponsive? Not a problem for cron to solve.

If someone writes a crontab (instead of rename()ing another version over it), that's not cron's fault. Sqlite databases can be just as easily corrupted or lose integrity. Now which format would you rather repair?

Missing a cron job can not be totally avoided, and it isn't the end of the world. What if your machine goes down or cron crashes? The answer is that the jobs themselves have to be provided with some resilience against that situation.

This isn't a case of "worse is better" since there weren't proposed solutions to the "problems" at all, however unrealistic.
Seems to be the only approach that works with a lot of companies these days.
No need to invoke the Riemann Zeta function and analytic continuation. In high school they summed this series(valid for x < 1):

1 + x + x^2 ... = 1/(1-x)

Plug in x = 2 to get:

1 + 2 + 4 + 8 ... = -1

There's a million of these series in your dusty old Calculus textbook. Or you could look in 'generatingfunctionology' to find others.

Complex analysis makes it more interesting, because the additional Cauchy-Riemann constraints make the solution unique. And so people are more willing to say that the unique solution is the "true" answer.

Really, I say this is just another example of the complex numbers being weird. I took a couple different courses in it(one in college, 2 online) because it was clear something interesting was happening with them, but there was never a unifying theme. I can kind of spot a rule like "analytic functions preserve 90-degree angles" in the Cauchy-Riemann equations, but it hardly explains all the crazy theorems.

That series is just another example of someone taking a well-behaved series, analytically continuing it into the complex numbers, and now it's clear something interesting is happening but it's not clear what.
FYI, demo link doesn't work with Firefox on Android.
Yes, seems like a very misleading or even outright wrong comparison to me as well. Combustion engines are not much heavier than electric engines if you only count the motor block. And if you look at motorbikes (which have probably the most compact engines) their power/weight ratio should be even higher than that of an electric engine.

That said, the limiting factors in terms of power per unit of weight are probably the conductivity of the wires (as the generated heat must be dealt with) and the magnetic force that acts on the motor during its operation (actio=reaction). In a combustion engine it's probably the ability of the cylinder walls to withstand the explosion pressure.

Concerning high power densities, I'd look at electricity generator turbines as well, as they are basically reverse motors and should have a very efficient power to weight ratio (e.g. several MW for a few tons).

Would be great to see a detailed comparison of these factors, which the article does not provide unfortunately.

And, like other people have already pointed out, what really matters in most circumstances is the combined weight of the motor and the energy source. Here, gasoline unfortunately still beats battery-based energy storage by a large factor.
I think a good analogy to make this seem less mysterious would be the various methods of determining an average. E.g. we have no problem saying the "average family" has 2.4 children despite the impossibility of any family having 2.4 children. The number is just useful in other calculations for income, expenses, etc.

From there it's not hard to imagine that the -1/12 result could be useful and justifiable as an intermediate step in other calculations despite being an "impossible" destination on its own.
Even that is slow I really don't get why banks are allowed to keep your money for 2 days for online payments. Here I transfer money it is in the other persons account in a few min.
Contributors do not save time
Even easier- typescript or flow
Just Say MNo to Hungarian Notation
Full text:

Since you can be forced to unlock your phone with a fingerprint, Apple and Android Manufacturers should let users set up a "killswitch" fingerprint.
Maybe because he drops some info from the file (he keeps only the roads) ?
Well, we can only vote for candidates. If the main parties select these from the dead wood pile what can we do?
Only responding to the title. Such titles annoy me, and I happen to have this bad habit of complaining in such cases.
Cisco gives you two nasty bugs to fix before the weekend
2 other things.

I found it tough to swipe back/close the menu screen in chrome on Android.

And I don't see a way to specify "today is not a day I work" in the settings (for example, for weekends).

Other than that, I could see this being useful. I'd pitch it to Zapier, the teama at buffer, the basecamp folks, and any other high profile remote companies and see if they have feedback.
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I know the feeling, in my eyes excessive display of religious affiliation in clothing tends to come over as a certain kind of smugness: "according to my values, i am infinitely superior to you godless crowd". Hardly the most respectful message to send, a bit like the difference between a vegan and a preaching vegan.

Still, if you'd want to put up legal barriers to displays of religion, you'd certainly need to find better reasons than "it makes people seem very arrogant" ;)

Schools, being places of science, might mandate non-religious clothing in the same way monasteries and temples should be free to set clothing regulation inside their premises.
I'd start by asking yourself what your honest goals for doing a project are; something for fun, something to up your skills, something to show/help you find new jobs, etc.

I personally favor a "pull" approach to doing things that are "good for me". I don't "exercise", I "play" (biking/kayaking/skiing). I don't force myself to learn "X", I do something fun that happens to use "X" and learn it that way.

Of course, if you're not lazy like me, there are probably better approaches that require self discipline and such but that's not much fun. ;-)
https://blog.codinghorror.com/was-the-windows-registry-a-goo...
Who says it's only valid for |x| < 1? That series isn't just a cute bit of trivia, it is the basis for signed integer mathematics in your CPU. "True" enough for you?
Turkey: failed coup
> I know that you want to sell your support, but I really find that your website and your open source documentation is lacking documentation.

There has to be a way to present HN with a gift without someone going to extremes to make it come out negative.

I'm not sure if you're doing this on purpose or not but this open sourcing of the plans seems to be in response to the original launch of the product where people were complaining about the price of the kit, and could they please have the plans instead.
I want to follow up that whole discussion by stating I really appreciate someone with actual experience in this area chiming in. NASA code attracts a huge amount of bikeshedding here.
Thank you for your honest answer. The article has a discussion that is good, careful, nuanced, and quite complete. It also has lots of links to related discussions, including talking about why - although this specific claim is "obvious nonsense" - there is actually some sense underneath it, although deeper than most people ever go.

If you're going to complain you should probably have an opinion on how to improve it. What title would you give such an article?
Saving weight anywhere on an airplane is a win. The new engine claims to have more power output than other engines of the same weight.
> Get a Yubikey

Easier said than done. Import restrictions on any cryptographic devices in the country I live. :( Russian government genuinely hates civil cryptography.

Last news I've heard, late this spring, some company had managed to negotiate and obtain the necessary certifications and permissions, but they're still setting warehouses and logistics.

Thought of getting an ATECC508A or alike Secure Element IC and make a DIY HSM, but had no luck either. An acquaintance why runs an electronic component retail business said he'll try but these are rare find here, and usually out of stock.

(I wonder if there's a way to buy a Yubikey or Nitrokey token, visiting EU as a tourist... Customs probably won't care checking what some USB stick in luggage is - everyone has flash drives.)
> This is what you get when mathematicians start "hacking".

I.e. physics.
Dear Turkish friends,

This is arguably not the best place and time for what I am about to say, but I am going to do it anyway.

Please know that if things continue the way they are, you are all welcome to Bulgaria. There is some scare mongering by local right-wing parties on the verge of the political spectrum, but we have about half a million ethnic Turks and over 98% of the population are positive towards them since they have been the most unproblematic and hard-working minority that is loyal to the Republic for our last century of independence. We are not paradise on Earth either, but at the very least you should be able to integrate well into our society and have a relatively hassle-free life in no time.

Of course, I don't wish you to be forced to leave your homeland and no normal person is interested in having an unstable and/or unreliable Turkey, but unfortunately things haven't been exactly improving with your current leadership… :(

Be safe!
Animated gifs made me ill. Couldn't read article :(
ζ(s) has been in use since 1859, when Riemann introduced it. Riemann's paper isn't as thorough as it could've been, but it seems clear he knew exactly what he was doing, being one of the founders of Complex Analysis:

http://www.claymath.org/sites/default/files/ezeta.pdf

This series is ζ(-1). I don't know about the Youtubers or Scientific American, but mathematicians studying Complex Analysis know exactly what it means.
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> I found it tough to swipe back/close the menu screen in chrome on Android.

Is this because of the drop in frame rate or some other reason? I've noticed this happens on the dashboard, but I haven't dug into trying to fix it yet (it's a smooth 60fps on other pages).

> And I don't see a way to specify "today is not a day I work" in the settings (for example, for weekends).

It's kind of hard to find right now but if you go to your profile and try to change your working hours for a particular day you should be able to set those to "Off" on any day you like. Configuring your workdays/hours is definitely janky right now (especially on mobile), but it's something that I'll be improving very soon.

Thank you for the feedback!
I would have an opinion if I read the article, which I do not intent at the moment (I find my own code more interesting than mathematical concepts I have no use for).
He imports only Europe from geofabrik.de dumps, not whole planet.
Tremendous work as always from Rich Felker, Rob Landley, & co.
Well, ish. AIUI the President of the Commission is still nominated by the European Council; the Parliament can veto that nomination but can't propose their own. (Rather like their role in legislation.)

Your "Moreover, countries can leave at any time, as the UK has just done." sounds a bit odd in the context of this argument. "It's silly for countries to leave the EU on the grounds that it's not democratic, when it's obviously democratic because countries can leave the EU".
I don't understand what you mean.

The original comment was that it's ironic that Ergodan who is against social media (and thus block as much as he can) was using the very social media to stop the attempt.

How does that turn into "it's easy to talk about free speech technologies..." ?
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But it's only Europe, without being able to update in real-time and only for serving bitmap tiles. Not much fun (although still useful for lots of use cases).
What are the credit notes backed by?

Hahaha, what are Euros backed by?

Or are they effectively running a ponzi

What is the ECB running? You have to remember, this is exactly the same thing as how our official money works. Someone just gives it out and creates it from nothing.

Frankly, private currencies are the solution if the state-backed currencies fail, and they seem to fail more than they should. Not to mention, the Euro is dictated from outside, not even from a central bank in the country but from the ECB who has no clue what's happening and needed in South Italy. A classic disaster of centralism.
a) This is only Europe

b) This is only roads

OSM is global and covers much much more than just roads. As it is this is a clickbait title.

If you want more of its data displayed in client maps, check out http://www.osm2vectortiles.org which is preprocessed data at 50G global. This also has many omissions and as far as I know a limit to detail in terms of your maximum zoom but if roads is all you need this would probably be a much better choice.
> Who says it's only valid for |x| < 1?

Anybody who understands the definition of convergent series.

> That series isn't just a cute bit of trivia, it is the basis for signed integer mathematics in your CPU. "True" enough for you?

Eh. That's only half true. It's related, certainly, by means of a similarity between 2-adic numbers and two's complement representation, but I'd hardly call it the basis for signed integer mathematics.
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Adding a build step adds complexity.
The line of reasoning only attempts to make sense if you're talking about population mean. If you're talking about individual mean, it could still be a win to hire such individual of he's still above population average.
Tl;dr: No it doesn't. Under some unintuitive definition for infinite summation that is useful in some physical calculations it does which is surprising.

Under the normal rules which hold for direct use obviously the answer is positive infinity just like you would be expect, you're not stupid and you could be a mathematician if you wanted to.

edit: For fun, a short story:

If Muhammed is on top of a strangely shaped mountain that with every step down gets one step wider. The mountain is so high he can't see the bottom yet Muhammed wants to move this mountain. So Muhammed starts fetching horses and ties them to the mountain with ropes to move it. That's a direct use of this equality, and you can't stand from afar and look at the scene and say "my, I think that's about -1/12 horses Muhammed is fetching". You'll see Muhammed taking an infinite amount of time fetching an infinite number of horses, and you'll definitely seem him do it more than once.
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I had found this YouTube video before that explained it in a way I can understand - http://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DjcKRGpMiVTw
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Don't see the point of Nancy today with the latest MVC6 that can be made really light weight when one needs just a few end points without bloat. You're app can basically be a single class in your project.
What's the point of culture in Brexit Britain?
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Can anyone find (confirm) flaws in it?
For example, this gives me the same result for

0/5 * * * *

as it does for

*/5 * * * *
I think there's something wrong with the link you've provided:

> Our systems have detected unusual
> traffic from your computer network.
> Please try your request again later.

Perhaps this is the video you intended:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcKRGpMiVTw
I wrote a library [1] and a babel plugin [2] (bonus point: is Flow compatible) in order to deal with those cumbersome runtime type checks.

[1] https://github.com/gcanti/tcomb
[2] https://github.com/gcanti/babel-plugin-tcomb
Being severely allergic to peanuts, this headline give me more Terminator associations than anything else ("Couldn't they just use normal bullets, this must break some laws about cruel weapons?") :-)
No, I didn't know they worked together. I'll have a look!
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Man in New Zealand quits his job to play Pokemon Go full-time
Vector maps for augmented reality applications
The 2D one doesn't work in Firefox for me, because instead of the balls I just see blue rectangles.
Sine was basically implying the religion was nothing but a tool of social climbing in that particular case. That's just an incredibly nasty, low and personal thing.
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The arrogance here is breathtaking.

Have you ever considered that maybe people who know more than you have come to the conclusion that what you consider the bad definition is actually the good one, by the criteria that matter, and vice versa?
draw.io has become unmaintained and unsupported.
32 bit windows XP was an RTOS. This is one of the reasons so many people where reluctant to leave it.
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Turkey's EU negotiations started in AFAIK 1958. My country does not consist of Erdoğan. Let aside membership, if sincerity and welcomeness was shown, fundamentalists wouldn't be able to do more than dwell some mosques here.

And, Orban?
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And the Reichstag fire was not a false flag operation, it was just exploited afterwards as an excuse to finish up German democracy. The perpetrator had a criminal record for arson. Maybe you should read articles that you link to?

From the Reichsbrand Wikipedia link:

The responsibility for the Reichstag fire remains an ongoing topic of debate and research.[3][4] Historians disagree as to whether van der Lubbe acted alone, as he said, to protest the condition of the German working class. The Nazis accused the Comintern of the act. Some historians endorse the theory, proposed by the Communist Party, that the arson was planned and ordered by the Nazis as a false flag operation.[5]
as an italian student living on 12€/day which covers rent and bills (6€), food (4€) coffe to study after dinner (0.5€) and unexpected expenses i wonder how those 35€ and for the first time i understand why people are angry at immigration.. (we didn't get scholarships for 2 years because of the lack of money)
Yes, but you still have to take backup even though they are clustered and that is what I did want to trust myself with :P Else good idea!
>> "
Open source hardware can be manufactured cheaply (about 3 cents per processor) audited for NSA backdoors or vendor backdoors or decade-old exploitable firmware bugs, and built without hidden extra processors in things like storage devices and USB controllers easily repurposed into spyware."

Anyone familiar with J-Core able to expand on the how an audit would be done end-to-end?

Seems like it would be much harder to do in practice than in theory.
As soon as I see people dropping GIFs and image macros into intelligent discussions like this, I can't help but immediately become sceptical of what they're saying.

It happens a lot in fairly serious technical computing blog posts and I've been trying to wrap my head around why people do it.
Review of 8 Linux file managers to try (2015)
>how can we get rid of you?

Well, you could try voting for national politicians and EP fractions that doesn't like the person in question. It's unlikely to succeed, for much the same reason that voting to get rid of national politicians is unlikely to succeed, but that's more of a tyranny of the majority kind of thing.
Interesting that's still and nommu system. Maybe as soon as the patents expire we can get the mmu system.

"Numato provides a GPL-licensed python3 tool to flash bitstreams onto their board. [TODO: port to python 2]"

No, please. Don't even bother
No. Using a weak, dynamically typed language adds complexity. Using a compiler isn't adding complexity.