skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Perhaps I can assist: Shaun King calls Jason Whitlock a "coon". He keeps his verified check and account. If that isn't personal, racial abuse and harassment, I'm not sure what is.

EDIT: Not being tremendously familiar with this spat, it took me a while to figure out what Milo got banned for. Best I can figure out, it was for calling a Ghostbusters actress "barely literate". Since that's a bit of a weak-tea insult, I imagine the real offense was not stopping (how?) his army of followers from tweeting other vile things at the woman. Is that our standard? Should we hold peaceful BLM leaders responsible for tweets from their followers promoting cop-killing?
Yes, and no, China is not that totalitarian. Chinese will complain about the government all the time, just they don't appreciate foreigners, even residents, doing the same. That would be like a Chinese complaining about the USA while living there....
My evaluation of Thiel's ability to think intelligently, critically, with reason, nuance and with empathy just plummeted.

You want to change the world for the better Peter? Don't support a vitriolic demagogue.

I hope other leaders of our industry are able to show some backbone and standup to this idiocy.
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/me counting down to when "Can it run Crysis?" appears in thread
The webshops where I've seen it say it will be available from August 9th, so hopefully it won't be long.
The point is that there is such complexity in your average smartphone, that strictly enforcing radio silence with software from within is practically impossible.

Let's forget everything aside from GSM for a moment.

The GSM/LTE/whatever radio runs very closed source firmware. This communicates with the very closed source CPU and other subsystems, controlled by the very closed source OS. On top of that you run various other closed source apps, opening potentially malicious documents and browsing potentially malicious links.

In theory nothing goes wrong. When you hit 'airplane mode', the OS tells the radios to STFU. In practice, anything could go wrong - maliciously or not. Your phone could have been "jailbroken" without your knowledge by a 0-day exploit, effectively negating the OS security. Once the bad guys are in your OS, they may as well update your baseband firmware to do whatever they want. Or any of the other firmware/drivers/ICs that they are able to access. Or CPU microcodes. Anything.

Ideally you would have a phone with a physical switch, powering off all radios. Not politely instructing them to please cease functioning, but actually power them the f... off. This almost never happens. I have a hardware switch on my laptop - this doesn't actually cut the power to the wireless radios. If/when the firmware is compromised, it is as useless as the Wifi LED indicators.

So, great, you'll say - implement that rather than build a whole new system to babysit your smartphone stack. Make a hardware switch that powers off all radio subsystems. Even if that were possible, your iPhone would not like a subsystem disappearing from existence. It isn't designed to handle that contingency and will surely fail in spectacular ways.

Hence, tapping into debug ports/buses/etc and trying to monitor traffic that way.

The analog way[1] may make more sense, but usability would probably be restricted. I'm fairly certain Snowden has heard of faraday cages.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/FawkesBOX-Smart-phone-Faraday-Cage/dp...
Sans Francisco – a boatload of design resources
>Instead of going to Mars, we have invaded the Middle East. We don't need to see Hillary Clinton's deleted emails: her incompetence is in plain sight. She pushed for a war in Libya, and today it's a training ground for ISIS. On this most important issue, Donald Trump is right. It's time to end the era of stupid wars and rebuild our country.

What? Isn't Trump for _escalation_ in the middle east? This makes no sense.
Passing a Python callback to C++ in Cython
>Personally, I think they should probably outlaw rent control (it'd probably have to be done at the state level). That's probably enabling SF to maintain itself this way, by giving lower-income people a place to live nearby. Eliminate rent control and those rents will go through the roof, pricing them all out of the city. Then the landowning residents can suffer without any services.

Ah, the FULL ACCELERATIONISM option. Just beat down the working classes until they revolt!
Your example strikes me as "exceptions in C++ are [yet another] high-discipline task to manage."

I think there are examples related to inter-library exceptions that might be much more subtle than this one, but I've never understood the subtlety.
Sure, BlackBerry and Windows Phone could've maintained Adobe's support for their platforms. But that would've been expensive, a poor user experience (like Android's version) and depend entirely on Adobe continuing to allow access to their source code and distribution of the flash player.

No matter who you want blame however doesn't change the fact the Flash isn't ubiquitous. It's ubiquity always depended on a single vendor supporting it on every platform.
Yes! By colleagues we assume both former and current workers. We try with three things:

1. Allowing coworkers to write anonymous private message to the user.

2. Asking user feedback though rating system on their technical skills. Rate users as beginner, intermediate, expert and advanced.

3. 4 simple questionnaires with 7 multiple choice questions in each to get reviewed on their qualities. These questionnaires review users on their professionalism, collaboration, leadership and interpersonal skills.

The collected data from Point 2 and 3 above is then aggregated based on the colleague relationship (current has more weightage then former coworkers) and presented to the user in an easy to understand graphical format which basically identifies their strengths and weaknesses. In the whole, user identity who rated is not revealed in any step, we just tell user that he has been rated by one his coworkers in one of the companies he has worked and listed on his profile.

On top of that on each quality and skills, we have assembled list of articles curated from top sources so that user can improve these skills. He can also subscribe to other skills he is interested in learning and they are made available to him in his personalized feed.

Hope that helps!
Oh you can definitely feel effects from AC transmission lines. Search for pictures of florescent tubes lighting nearby, without being connected to them. There's plenty of ions getting shoved around to stand your hair up a little if nothing else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_coupling
They are probably talking about Milo Yiannopoulos being permanently banned from twitter.
1. Assembly Language and Computer Architecture Using C++ and Java , Course Technology, 2004 by Anthony J. Dos Reis

2. Compiler Construction Using Java, JavaCC, and Yacc, IEEE/Wiley, 2012 by Anthony J. Dos Reis

3. An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus by Greg Michaelson

I'm lazy now so just look on my previous comment:

[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12099943
It's now being reported that Verizon and Yahoo are exclusively negotiating. That's as close as anyone has gotten since Microsoft made an offer years ago.

Verizon is really doing a big transition with this acquisition and their AOL acquisition. They've acquired alot of valuable web space to put adds on/monetize. This is a probably good news for Yahoo employee's as Verizon then has a vested interest in keeping the company running and not splitting it up into pieces like a PE firm may be more inclined to do.

The one interesting thing I've heard is that Verizon isn't interested in Yahoo's patent portfolio, which means it could still be up for grabs.

Hopefully its bought by a Microsoft/Google consortium and very liberally cross licensed rather than a private equity firm who will look to more aggressively monetize it.

I also heard that Tim Armstrong, formerly of Google with Mayer will lead the combined AOL/Yahoo company, which means that Mayer probably isn't coming along as part of this deal. I think most people expected this.

If this ends up going through for the reported 3.5 billion, then Verizon has bought a significant portion of traffic on the web for roughly 8 billion (AOL was acquired for 4.4 Billion). This could end up looking like a very good acquisition in a few years!
Its not like I didn't have a great time living in California, because I truly did, and in many ways its a delightful civilization in which to participate.

Perhaps its just a cultural comfort I seek, in which the citizenry at least seem aware and prepared for total and utter disaster, any minute now, and live accordingly. I guess its exhausting to live that way, so if it happens, it happens; maybe that liberal and - lets just get out and say it, "Zen-"like mindset truly is just a part of the California love ..
That's absolutely tame compared to the level of abusive content from right leaning accounts on the site. A mean spirited name calling like the example cherry picked has nothing on the hordes of alt-right leaning death threats and personalized abuse laid against progressive figures on the site.
Seonostra
Verizon nearing deal to acquire Yahoo’s core business: Report
Snowden and Bunnies devised the Introspection Engine to avoid surveillance
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Yes and no. Yes the system is logical and systematic. However, there are tons of named groups and then there are groups of groups and they all have different and arbitrary priority rules. It's actually quite a clusterfuck for what it does and doesn't really have any real purpose on mildly complex molecules.

Nobody in it's right mind will ever call it by it's real name except maybe to sound more intelligent. Most important molecule have short names either based on the standard or given names.
If people actually supported preserving existing units/communities exactly as they are, with no change, then they would vote to expand rent-control to 100% of all rented units in the city, thus ensuring that anyone who gets an apartment in San Francisco will be able to stay indefinitely.

But actually, people only care about their cheap housing, not cheap housing for everyone.
Well, if they can manage to reproduce a phenomenon, however they stumble on it, it's pretty conclusively confirmed.

There's definitely doubt about their conclusion when they can't reproduce something and then declare it busted -- absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
>> I see, they always write everything from scratch.

Embedded developers, yup pretty much... :| Most projects just copy and pastes the OEM's sample code or previous projects driver code and work from there.

>> Then you need to wrap the Assembly instructions out* / in* into C functions or sprinkle all the code with inline assembly since libraries aren't used.

I have never seen that being done in the last 10 years except for the startup sections on processors setting up the ISR / clocking / co-processors etc.
> There's no logical reason for a US prosecutor to be involved.

US economic imperialism aside?
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also some times exaggerating == marketing
It'd be better if sodomy and slavery were legal for people who could pay the bribe, but prosecuted in the cases of poor people and racial/religious/political minorities (aka people the official doesn't like and can't do anything for them)? It's a legitimate point of view to be an advocate for kleptocracy, but it's honestly rare to see one in the wild. I consider selective enforcement and latitude in sentencing the constant lurking enemy of Black people in the US; I think you've already got what you want there.
The uniformity of comments here worries me, as does Lowe's article.

I think you are building a very tall wall.

The gist of my article is: From my experience in my area, developing in a complex environment requires the most investment not in the speed of processing, not in the algorithms used, not in the amount of memory - but mainly in ensuring constant progress.
I was deeply curious to learn what is the equivalent in the drug development field.

Yes the theory existed long before Computer Science and Engineering ever did - but the experience did not.

> “Clearly I’m smart and successful, so clearly I have something to offer in this other field over here”

Interestingly enough, I did not speak of my successes, or my reputation, or other people who could say how great I am or even my current role. No, you did that.

> You'll notice the lack of success, and HyperChem is a dead product.

How ironic that you've stated one fallacy (success in one field -> success in another) and then immediately used a similar one.

> letting the submitter (that is, you), know that it is a poor fit for HN.
> Why is this linked-to from HN?

I don't need to post anywhere to know that this is destructive criticism.

Perhaps the ideas in my article are completely wrong - I can live with that. What worries me more is the culture which exists in your field, the notion that you can dismiss so easily an outsider's look into your field instead of trying to see exactly how it relates to it, why you think that the idea is already implemented or should not be implemented and instead - spend so much energy on trying to convince me that I should never even think about proposing anything to any other field except my own.

Us and them - I think this saddens me most - I'm them, you're us (and vice versa from my POV).
I have seen students get very confused by the ^-1 arcsin thing. Imho that one needs to go away and just use the word arcsin or develop a proper symbol for "inverse"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_(informer)
Ways to Enjoy Writing
No, the law means "effective" in the sense of "has the effect of controlling access" not in the sense of "does a great job at it." CSS clearly does have an effect of controlling access to people trying to copy DVDs even if the encryption is weak.
From what I've read, they're buying the core business. I don't know what that includes or excludes.
This is largely true for someone who already knows the framework(s), probably less so when you're learning. There's less to do to make "a thing" that works in Flask than in Django. That said, many of the times I've reached for Flask I've realized, eh, it's going to be just as quick and "light" to do this in Django. At the working, production level, I wholly agree with you.
> Developers have a moral obligation to not waste their user's resources, dammit.

Where do you draw the line to define 'wasting' on the expansive scale of efficiency? Past a point it doesn't make business (or technological) sense to optimise. How do you define what level of bandwidth is 'necessary'? If you're suggesting that apps should not release with obviously stupid practices then I agree with you. Past that I'd find it difficult.
The Gartner Hype Cycle appears to be accelerating...
What Brexit teaches us about building software
Due to underpowered graphics adapters, many laptops allow only one external screen, even if they have two or three video connectors.
Multiple monitors are typically an option only with fixed computers, which might or might not be a good sign.
I actually wrote a short tutorial on this (geared towards enterprise though) a while back[1].

For open source, I would amend it by adding that you should hang out in the chat room -- you will pick up some answers to easy getting started questions by osmosis and be a better known name when you are ready to submit a patch -- and read any contributing guides that outline procedures for contributors. You should do this if you ever want to contribute even if you don't think you have the understanding/skill level to do so yet.

Over time I've begun to understand that what really causes issues with junior devs and established codebases is at least 50% psychological -- young good coders think code should be like a math problem, there is a number of formulas they know, they identify the problem, apply the formula, solve everything. When faced with a lot of code where the problem is not well-characterized, they start thinking they are not smart enough for the problem and the ensuing anxiety spiral usually makes them _actually_ not smart enough to see the forest for the trees.

[1]: http://arandr.github.io/2015/01/17/how-i-learned-to-stop-wor...
A checksum is an integer. Stating an integer is fair.
The rotation is the gyroscope. And the meaning of your last statement (the movement of gyroscopes) is unclear. The video is cool, but well understood by the same physics that is being applied to the understanding of the galaxies.
Easy Analytics: When Do People Buy?
> "Nice game, but a bit too predictable"

Same feeling here :) . Grab a friends PS3/PS4 and give a try to Beyond: Two Souls, it's a hell of a game. Similarly story-driven, but IMHO deeper and more adult.
An entire movie can also be represented as an integer.
> esoteric mainstream

Is this slang for hipster?
Youtube can be a significant revenue steam for the users through so it's not a good example.
Ask HN: When you feel stuck in life
Hello,

I'd just like to give my two cents where I know no one gives a shit ever. I'm 29 years old. I finished with my Business Administration degree(major) and now I just feel completely LOST! Has anyone ever felt that way? You have the drive and motivation to get to your destination but once you are there -- you're left wondering -- "what else could I have done? What else is there to life? Because if this is all there is then I'm not happy." And, truth be told, I am not happy. I'd like to be something -- more than just an office person. More than just someone who works that 8-5 shift. I feel like a complete wreck. Has anyone ever felt this way?

I feel like I should go back to school but do I really want to rack up all that loan? I am already struggling right now. I just wish I knew where to start as a push and motivation.

What would you guys do if ya were in my shoes?
That's a lazy meme. If you spend significant time with a site you can see through the superficial qualities and learn what makes it unique.
Lack of support from normal unicode text files, particularly with the frequent use of subscript and superscript.
Recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12132849
What’s in the Basket of Goods? 80 years of shopping history
So what's the solution?

Because attacking people for beliefs you don't like doesn't exactly make things better.

A lot of the people that seem to be trying to attack those they see as facist would be just as bad in the power as those they oppose. Except you know, with different targets.
Super Fast Numeric Input with HTML Ranges – Part 3
Genuinely curious on this reference. Do you have the reference to where/when Stephen Fry made this call/suggestion? (I'm interested in reading it.)
This is one of the best examples of how Github nails collaborative document development I've seen.

It is striking how valuable much information is retained in negotiating the material here, vs email arguments with word documents and embedded content, where the app-seperation of submissions makes it too difficult to consume.
NSF Data Center Power Outage
Marketing fail. The name of a site actually matters. Who wants to be a quitter?
Rapid Web App Development  –  App 2 – Front End Weekly
Pokemon Go isn't the solution to Nintendo's problems
Calculate ROI of digital prototyping
The biological definition is not real. Binary genders are a trend, not a certainty in nature.
Especially irrelevant for apps which take privacy as serious as possible and don't run tracking, analytics etc. Thus adverts will definitely not be happening.

We've had that challenge with Umbrella App and have done out best to try to also have it on Google Play, Amazon App Store, F-Droid, direct .apk
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.secfirst.u...
> not (data computed from) the entire length of the movie.

I guess we shouldn't publish the running time of movies either.
The Evolution of a PicoLisp Programmer
Going by the specs, I would expect that training current models on the new Titan X will be be 1.3x to 2.0x faster than with the older Titan X. In practice, this means deep neural nets that now take four weeks to train will take two or three weeks instead. That's great news.
China issues edict to ban ad blockers
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5 Fantastic Ways of Personalizing Your Email Outreach
Using Chicago-based NS was not ... smart. Also having no Jersey LLC for handling the money without disclosing beneficiary trust. Ah, and no using UK trust. Like Tony Blair alike persons do. Lack of business culture will often lead to confinement. If you are a pirate, rob like civilised robbers do.
Edward Snowden codesigns a iPhone case that alerts user to surveillance activity
Steven I'm managing editor at Packt. Thank you for publishing your book with us.

If you want to publish your next work yourself or with another publisher just mail us and ask. I'm sure we wouldn't enforce that clause against your will.
The Tech Boom Has Gotten into Our Whiskey – The Ringer
"fire, brimstone, salvation" sounds like you grew up in Northern Ireland alright :)
I would definitely say that there is a strong overlap between the two groups
Dark Energy Measured with Record-Breaking Map of 1.2M Galaxies
I really hope that all open source documentation quality will increased by adopting such kind of tools. The fact that SO is used an informal documentation was a strong signal that there were much improvement to be done. I am just sad because I wanted to work on project like that :'(. Great job SO !
I feel the same way. As time has gone on, it's tending to be more and more reddit-y
> Twitter's problem isn't quite the same as Reddit's. It's because the site is incredibly inconsistent with its moderation.

If Twitter gets consistent with moderation, any profits that they could ever have will go puff! It takes real people to do consistent moderation.
Shame on them both.

I was glad to see KAT bounce back so swiftly. I don't have any emotional ties to the site, but it was time 10 years ago that big media corporations wake up and realize their business model is _dead_. They need to stop trying to force the world to play by the old rules at the barrel of a lawsuit, and find ways to adapt to the technology instead.

They have failed so far, and so piracy has filled the gap. The lesson here is people don't f'ing care about the laws when nobody is getting hurt, they're going to do what they want. That's what freedom is about, and it's never going to stop, and gestapo tactics will never ever defeat it.

Shame on Apple, shame on Facebook, and shame on anyone who assists in attacking torrent sites. It used to be that you had to actually host files to get in trouble. Next they'll want to make saying the word 'torrent' illegal.
> Going back to the '90s and even the '80s it was common for, say, usenet newsreaders to have tools built in for ignoring posts from people you wanted to ignore, and the modern tools for such things are barely at that level, if they exist at all, despite the problem being even more difficult to tackle.

I was a post-September usenet user, so apparently I never saw the glory days, but what passed for flamewars back then seems pretty tame in comparison to today. And I recall having much better (plonk) tools for ignoring stuff I didn't want to see.
I know you don't agree, but to make my point further, this great article just came out today: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/why-demo...
It already is - SwiftKey has been doing it right on my phone for a while!
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