skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You are not alone. This is one of those problems that we seemingly can't solve, mostly because there is no business in it. Ask anyone if they have a problem sharing files, and most people will say no (witness the responses in this thread), even though you are perfectly correct that file sharing is a complete and utter mess. And when buying a new phone, practically no one will consider "easy file sharing" as a feature worth paying for.

Apple was traditonally better at this sort of thing ("just works"), but a) it doesn't actually "just work", because their software quality is not up to par, and b) the lack of interoperability means this is only useful if you live in an Apple-only world.

In general, I'd say it will stay like this. Unfortunately.

Other similar examples: E-mail (yes, SMTP and E-mail clients, it all sucks badly, and we can't agree on how to improve it) and instant messaging.
Windows Phone doesn't have significant traction anywhere in the world.
This is utter nonsense. Unless there's some evidence of wrongdoing, pushing people out of your conference isn't acceptable. Especially if it's somebody with Crockford's reputation, who has influence, and both technical and social credit. This isn't an incident where people have come forward saying that somebody sexually or physically assulted them, and then they were banned (that's happened in some communities), it's somebody getting kicked from a conference for unknown reasons, when all the complaints about him boil down to, "some of the things he says can be rude or politically incorrect." That shouldn't be good enough. Especially if, like Crockford, the speaker has a reputation for providing valuable and relevant technical material.

Besides, if being rude was a reason to get banned from a conference, Linus, RMS, and countless others would have gotten lifetime bans from every conference out there years ago.
Google has at least 1 dog-friendly morning and evening shuttle to/from SF.
> If you want to work with some hardware, or on a test bench with lab equipment, you can always move over to embedded, as there are many jobs available; some even say it's less competitive.

My experience has been that the embedded jobs are controlled by companies that are very picky about experience. I am an EE that has been out of the game (professionally) for four years. It's like pulling teeth to get anybody outside the Valley to talk to me about an embedded job.
Entrepreneurs Need the Right Mindset Before Products
This subject of "inclusiveness" is getting out of hand, evidently. We should probably look into using "no exclusiveness" as a principle, than this hairy construct of "inclusiveness".
I'd expected a XML list of points but it's nothing that clear, it's a string of letters and numbers as an attribute of a tag

It's like they actually noticed how much more bloat would result from making each point an element, so instead they just decided to dump what is essentially bastardised PDF/PostScript path data into an attribute. The "language" also doesn't match PDF exactly, despite using a similar style of short 1-letter commands.

Compare:

https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/paths.html

http://www.websupergoo.com/helppdfnet/source/4-examples/17-a...
Another great one from Joel. Thanks, somehow I never read it before.
Unlike the controversies about Strangeloop (which uninvited Curtis Yarvin) and Lambdaconf (which lost the overwhelming majority of its sponsors due to accepting Yarvin), this --- based on the evidence at hand --- seems entirely stupid.

Unfortunately, there's no rulebook conference organizers (or their Greek choruses on message boards) can consult to say when rejecting a speaker is a good idea or not. It's a judgement call.

So when you've got a speaker with a reputation as a overt, 1950s-style racist in person, and a miles-long online track record of obscurantist racism, the kind of person who when accepted to talk at a technical conference about programming languages will write many paragraphs suggesting that science has established white people are smarter than black people (but maybe that shouldn't matter to us so much!) in his post announcing his talk, then yes, maybe you should avoid inviting that person.

On the other hand, you've got a speaker who used the word "promiscuous" as a pejorative in describing technology, and who spoke disrespectfully about someone else's favorite conference.

If you accept the irrepressibly racist speaker to your conference, you're going to lose most of your sponsors. But if you reject the person who implied promiscuity might be problematic in a metaphor, you're going to fail too, because anyone will be able to get any talk punted from that conference.

Maybe there's something else going on that we're not entitled to hear about. Those kinds of things also exist.

By the way: the implication that flexing and talking about "strength" is sexist is itself sexist, and not in the bullshit "it penalizes men and they have rights too" way, but in the "it reinforces stereotypes about women" way. There are women out there who can kick your ass.
"Lots of rotten prohibitions would have "beneficial effects."

Yep.

Outlaw sex -> fewer STDs (use artificial insemination with tested sperm for reproductive purposes).

Make everyone wear hockey goalie gear all the time -> fewer concussions and other injuries.
This is basically the whole point of the article. That people only remember the press release, not the details.

Their experts didn't agree that the video showed him pulling the gun at all. One said it showed him reaching for it, the other side it showed him jerking after he'd been shot. And personally, I'd have a hard time believing either of them can be conclusive - in one frame between we both his hands clearly, one single frame in dispute, and in the next frame he's already been shot.

It's far from clear-cut.
Probably because they're calculating the offset of the gradients at each step, resulting in a lot of array calculations.
because everyone insists on managing their own files by hand instead of storing them in a version controlled database with client caching
it's definitely still a hassle but there is this great free solution that is not very well known, at least for when there's internet on the devices: https://file.pizza/
AirDrop is Apple device only...
irc.freenode.net ##politics or ##<other subjects of interest>
Breaking Through
Oops. Maybe I don't understand "contrarian" as well as I should.

Wikipedia says "A contrarian is a person who takes up a contrary position, especially a position that is opposed to that of the majority, regardless of how unpopular it may be", which to me reads like a reactionary thing. People with different views, that's just how they think. They don't do it for kicks to antagonize people. Right?
White is statistically the safest car color in regards to collisions
Are+You+In+a+Happy+Barbecue+Place+This+Labor+Day?
> No disrespect, just trying to understand your point here.

To me the point is pretty clear: Copyright law is also used for chilling effects on recalcitrant projects.
As the author said, the files violating copyright are easy to replace. Let Skype ask for it, it will be 2 more days of work.

The reason why people want to see a clean room implementation is because they are afraid of patent and anticipate US-like silliness like Oracle claiming copyright on an API. Now that this is a very US-specific issue. If you don't plan to market to US, you can just ignore the issue.

I used to work for a French AR company. We were successful and at one point we planned to open offices in the US, but even without having done that, we already had received two frivolous claims by people based in the US (one who claimed he patented the idea of replaying the video at a varying speed). This delayed a bit our opening to the US and the first US employee was... a lawyer.

Do you realize that patents and copyright hell is the reason why, for more than a decade, VLC, a project made by French students, was better at playing videos than Microsoft's player, even when this was seen as crucial? Because France did not have to care for patent litigation.
Copyright applies in Russia too. There are bits and pieces straight "reused" from other software - by his own admission.

So his claim that he is a sole copyright owner is patently false - this code could be trivially attacked as a derivative work. No sane person would touch it by a 10 foot pole.
So what would be the lessons you've learned if I may ask that are you didn't know when you started your current position?

Things along the line of: it's better to make other person think they've come up with the idea so they are committed to it than to show off how intelligent I am.
Unless you go nutso and drink stupid amounts of water, you' re not in any danger. The danger is that everyone tells you "oh you could get dehydrated, drink as much water as you can" and some people follow this advice literally when pinging. Drink 500mL-1L per hour and you'll be fine. In my own experience you run hot but your thermoregulation still works so you'll naturally seek cooler spaces when you start overheating - this is why clubs/raves have "chillout zones".

I can't speak to long term effects, I only took it a few times at intervals of a few months. In my experience, MDMA is the opposite of addictive - if you've had a good night on it, taking more will do nothing for you for a few weeks.
Sounds like a lot of fun! I'm a Clojure user feeling queasy about leaving s-expressions, but am very interested in the type safety. Signing up now...
Ask HN: How did you make passive income?
DNA is also compressed in a very spectacular way. I wonder a similar compression can be applied to data.
https://github.com/mafintosh/airpaste
> Disassembly by a team that results in new code written by the same team is not legal in any country that enforces copyrights.

It's not illegal in itself. But you are easily opening yourself up to claims that the code you have written has been "tainted" by the disassembled code you have read and has therefore become a derivative work, which is going to be very to defend hard against.

Also note that even if it is decided that you have made a derivative work you might still successfully launch a fair use defense on the grounds on interoperability, see e.g. Sega v. Accolade[1].

That said, doing a proper clean-room reverse engineering with two teams kept separate is a much safer approach.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_v._Accolade
Reverse engineering yes, straight reusing of the reversed code (as the code author did in some cases, by his own admission) no.

You can't take a piece of someone's code, decompile it, use it in your own project and then claim you own a copyright on it.
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> As long as you didn't use any of the original Skype code, you have nothing to fear (if you're based in Europe)

The original Skype code is clearly not available to anyone outside the original Skype team or some team inside Microsoft. What is publicly available is a binary that is produced from this code.
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Directive 2009/24/EC has very similar implications, however.
I find it worse that San Francisco would possibly give 0 years to someone dealing heroin.
I think you're right it's always a hassle. Personally at work (we make hardware) I take photos of our product or other products in thr market, want to highlight interesting design choices, and put the pictures on Slack.

So I taka a photo via iOS, connect to Wifi so Dropbox uploads the photo, open the file on my laptop, highlight and tag the feature, and put it on Slack. It's way better than a USB cable but there's so much more technology involved in the chain.

I think for me it's difficult to imagine a better solution though. So what's the ideal experience? Does it fit into the existing computing paradigm or no?
> and most certainly does contain non-free javascript

You do not have to execute any javascript for the article to be read properly -- maybe it's what matter from his point of view.
I don't see the hypocrisy here, they're not taking a principled stand in favour of immigration by threatening to boycott the UK if they stop allowing immigrants, they're warning the UK that their business there may be unprofitable if they no longer have access to cheap labour.
Police Seize Two Perfect Privacy VPN Servers
all propaganda, much like any dictator run projects. if you go to any of them, you'll see run down buildings with barely any startup activities. just street hawkers selling stuff in the front.

this is like the talking points about 7% gdp growth (fake number if you look at how poorly electricity,freight,luxury sales,real estates,stock market are doing), one silk road (no progress), increased trade with Russia (no progress), asian bank (now that they've militarily threatened their neighbors for SCS, pretty sure none of them are up for it)
Bringing Home the EXTRABACON
> Money is life time.

It is not and it does not become it by you repeating that claim. Lifetime spent working is not gone. You still live while working, thus it accounts to your lifetime. There are even people who very much enjoy their time spent working. Lifetime spent dead, in or near a coma is gone.

> How money is introduced into the economy is a red herring.

It is not, it is the explanation, what money actually is (not lifetime, by stating that central banks cannot create lifetime for you). You are just claiming what you think it is, I was describing what it actually is. You are welcome to back up your claim, too.

> you just switched to talking about violent crime, which has nothing to do with our conversation.

Since you originally answered to my comment comparing the punishments for violent crimes and embezzlement, yes it has everything to do with our conversation.

I am saying life is more valuable than money, so punishments for violent crimes should be harsher. You then first claimed that crimes involving money are actually about lifetime (and thus life). I argued against that point and now you have gone full circle and claim that we aren't even talking about violent crimes. Why do you try to pull misdemeanor theft on a level where it can be compare to violent crimes then, by introducing lifetime as a currency?
It sounds like the article is suggesting defenses under the equal protections clause in the Constitution.

Does anyone know of cases where it's been applied in this way? It seems like this would be a new way of showing bias, and possibly reducing harsh prison sentences.
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http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/04/28/microsoft-turning-d...

Microsoft is already initiated towards this.
> Your experience seems to have made you conservative, for better and for worse. Of course people with traditional experience will have learned a lot, and that's useful

An architect can disrupt with a new building design, see Frank Lloyd Wright for example, or the Citibank Tower in Manhattan, and so on. That doesn't mean one doesn't use engineering design methodology. In order to disrupt, one needs the design methodology.

Nuclear power electric plants and nuclear powered naval vessels were disruptions. But still one needed well trained engineers to design and run the systems. Even for disruption. Putting nuclear power in naval vessels was a huge disruption.

Admiral Hyman Rickover, father of the nuclear navy, had a MS EE Columbia University (one of my other schools, BTW). Read what he has to say about engineering education.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman_G._Rickover#Early_naval_...

In computing, Seymour Cray was a huge disruptor who managed to build a computer far more powerful than IBM (CDC 6600) with "29 people including the janitor" according to then IBM President Thomas Watson, Jr. Cray had a MS EE. He was the Genius supercomputer designer. A huge disruptor, but only able to disrupt by applying engineering education and principles.

A third example, is Joe Sutter, chief engineer of the 747. He has a BS Aeronautical Engineering and died a few days ago:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman_G._Rickover#Early_naval_...

Was the 747 disruptive. Absolutely. Still, the designers of the aircraft were educated and trained as engineers.

Solid engineering and training is not obstructive to disruption, but absolutely necessary having the background in order to be successful at the disruption.

Hyman Rickover, Seymour Cray, Joe Sutter. All engineers. All huge disruptors that could not have achieved the disruption without their engineering backgrounds.

Sometimes there are no shortcuts.
What's the meaning of a knife, then?
For the government being transparent you have to know what the government collects. But for that it doesn't matter what a single person earns and pays.

This might be more relevant with corporate taxes (where authorities make deals to keep a company in one location), subsidiaries or donations to political parties (which aim for influence)
This argument, that "higher math" is only for those few who are interested and capable, is infuriating.

I detest utilitarian arguments, that something is worth learning only because it is useful in my day-to-day. I haven't had the faintest use in my daily life for knowing anything about igneous rocks, sorghum, golgi bodies, Chandragupta Maurya, black holes, playing hockey. Yet, it would be singularly depressing to not know it or something to this level of detail.

Second, regarding the argument that only a select few will be interested in ascending the peak and that the rest are content in the plains. While that is true, it takes a whole community of people interested in an area for there to be a star. A Messi or Usain Bolt comes out of having a sporting culture, in addition to athletic and soccer academies of a high enough standard.
It's the flux in solder fumes that are toxic, you shouldn't be vaporising the lead. A well ventilated room and a small fan to
blow across your work area should be enough for most hobby work.

That being said, you should wash your hands after dealing with leaded solder and consider some disposable gloves if you're going to be doing a long session.
In terms of judging if the police committed a crime, it's sufficiently clear cut, the standard comes down in favor of the (potential) defendant's side when if it's not "conclusive" like you and some of the experts claim.

Assuming, of course, their testimony was credible, sufficiently consistent, etc.

And my memory error wasn't "from the press release", but from the fact that he was pointing it at people prior to the police showing up.
How (Not?) to Use Python's List Comprehensions
Norway has zero transparency when it comes to children rights. Some governments (Slovak, Czech, Romania) recommend not to travel there with children.

EDIT: Some explanations.

- In Norway social services (Barnevernet) can take children from family without any explanation.

- Parents are under gag order, and can not talk about their case. Talking to press means you loose parental rights.

- There is no appeal, proof, or any oversight.

- Barnevernet does not release ANY details about cases. It is to protect children.

- No details are released even if child is already dead (suicide) and does not need protection.

- Bernevernet has zero oversight, it does not even allow foreign social workers to look into their materials.

- People who work for Bernevernet can also work for private companies which provide child care (unique in Europe). So person who decides on child removal may have direct financial benefit from doing so.

- Siblings are often split and placed far apart (8 hours drive).

- Removed children must speak Norwegian, mother tongue is suppressed (siblings are split). Foster parents often do not have common language with children.

- Relatives of children (grandparents, aunties, divorced parents) have zero chance to get custody.

- Anonymous surveys (parents are under gag order) indicate there are thousands of such cases (Norway is very small country). Mostly immigrants.
evolution IS 'just a theory'. like relativity and other scientific theories. it is just a coherent framework to explain observations. today it is our best theory, tomorrow it may not be. you cannot say that evolution is Truth. Truth exists only in mathematics, logics etc.
Please correct me if I am wrong - as I understand, the referendum for the BREXIT is not binding.

As such, there is a lot of fuss and hot air about things that will possibly not materialize. Not to mention all those speculative business affairs..
For me this is only fair - why do it in their back if you do it anyways. The more relevant question is: why at all? The granddaughter could choose herself ...
Nice idea, but doesn't work on iOS (Safari nor Chrome)
> If they are going to insinuate things about what he said, they should mention exactly what he said or did.

> The fact that they don't somehow tells me there is not much there to go on.

FWIW organizations will often refuse to disclose the precise nature of these kinds of accusations, because it would (a) impinge on the privacy of a victim, (b) start a circus trial in the Court of Public Opinion (which this thread is already becoming) or even (c) further shame the accused, and it's a favor to everyone involved to stay mum.

As external parties whose involvement probably extends no further than commenting on HN, we're not entitled to an explanation nor should we expect one. It could all be a big screen of plausible deniability, or there could be serious accusations at the heart of this.

Use your own intuition to decide if their behavior is in earnest, but speculating what happened is useless (and distasteful besides).
Do people who keep talking 'trade deals' and 'single markets' actually know what they're talking about? This video is instructive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leKEUT1TiLU
Getting Real: The bestselling book by 37signals
No doubt DRM has a part in it too. In fact I'd say file sharing has gotten more difficult precisely because of those business desires to ultimately control how people share content. The fact that locked-down platforms like iOS even hide the concept of a filesystem from the user is a good indication of this trend. Android isn't quite there yet, but you can see it in their gradually degrading support for removable media.

--> You spend 5 minutes finding someone who still carries a USB stick and transfer the files.

I still do, and perhaps 5-10 years ago, when file sharing as a whole was more... healthy, almost everyone did. MP3 players (except Apple's) also doubled as convenient portable USB mass storage devices. Before that, floppies and null modem cables (remember those?) were pretty popular.
The warning itself, over concerns that their investments will suffer is totally fair. The hypocrisy however as I see it is that Japan is asking us to make a specific sacrifice for economic growth, that it absolutely will not do itself on principle.
Valid point, but don't forget that the UK has a much stronger bargaining position than other countries.
Indeed. Copyright law is more often than not abused (instead of used) by large companies. If you are careful + understand the law and what you're doing, 99% of claims turn out to be bullshit.
The Swiss still try to find a compromise that is compatible with free movement.

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/immigration-vote-_sommaruga-admi...
Its output.

Here's an interesting conversation about extending humans with technology in general:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGPuUQsDjo
Bluetooth used to be common until vendors started implementing their own file-sharing or just focused on sharing files in the "cloud", which is really inconvenient when there's no internet connection (not to mention, even when there is internet connection, it's really an inefficient process, bandwidth-wise, to send someone right beside you a single file over the internet).

Maybe we should push a standard for local file-sharing so that all vendors will implement it in their mobile operating systems.
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