skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
To pardon Snowden seems like a very popular opinion around here. Can anyone help me change my opinion on this matter?

The way I currently see it:

- Snowden indiscriminately hovered up so many documents, it was impossible to vet all of them.

- The vast majority of these documents do not constitute whistleblowing, but are standard operating procedure for the NSA. The US expects the NSA to do this.

- Leaking standard-operating-procedure documents damaged the NSA, and thus the security / defense of the US.

- Snowden did not attempt to go through internal channels.

- Snowden leaked / whistleblowed these documents in an operation using his secret agent skills.

- Snowden fled to Russia, a currently not-so-cold competitor of the US.

- Snowden's documents ended up in the hands of Russian and Chinese intelligence agencies.

- Snowden's innocent leaks, such as the entire Intellipedia, damaged the intelligence community, causing them to "clam up", and place more mistrust on "outsiders", such as high-school diploma Snowden.

- Snowden gave the document cache to incompetent journalists. Greenwald send his boyfriend to smuggle documents through British customs.

If Snowden had given only the slides on the NSA spying on American citizens, and cooperating with US companies, that would have been whistleblowing. As it stands, to me, it feels like a Russian operation to inflict PR/diplomacy damage on the US.

I have a lot of respect for whistleblowers, and also for Snowden. What he did is nothing short of heroic. But I do not believe in a pardon for someone who misuses his admin privileges to download all the documents he could get his hands on, then flees to Russia. What's missing for me?
Since self-driving cars are still a new experience for most people, all of that visible topside gear might give riders a sense of security.
Car repairs are easy when you know what you're doing, but to many people cars are a black box. It's easy for you or I to walk up to any car and change the oil, but that's because we have experience & the confidence that comes with it.

There's also a lot of mistakes you can make even just in changing oil. I won't make them, but that's because I've already learned the hard way. John Doe has yet to put all the mistakes behind him.
I have zero experience with the latter part of this, but I wonder about mitigation methods based on your relayed experience. If the goal is to get them bored, would "playing along" help? What if you laughed with them at their insults? What if you immediately curled up into a ball at imminent violence -- assuming that that's roughly the position you would end up in anyway? I'm assuming that the control and perceived strife is where the fun is here.
I of course agree that you shouldn't ignore criticism. But that's not what quoting that comment is about.

That one particular dropbox comment exemplifies why a large portion of the tech crowd is generally clueless about UX, and about the impact of UX on a product.

It exemplifies why Linux is having such a hard time being relevant on the desktop. Why a technically-superior product will not necessarily win over a well-marketed one. Why ideas and implementations don't matter, execution is key.

It's beautiful and enraging at the same time.
Do you know any complete tutorial to build simple website in python?
Sorry, what is the "objective, logical, correspondence-based meaning" that you're referring to? Moreover, you've already laden a lot of interpretation in there, "1kg" vs "2kg", "counterbalance".

Let me put it to you a different way: suppose that I put two bags of some substance on one side of a beam attached to a fulcrum, and one bigger bag containing a substance that looks similar, on the other side of the beam. Suppose that the beam continues to tilt such that the bigger bag is resting on the ground. There are definitely some observer-relative ways to read this situation; but is there an observer-independent way to read it, which goes beyond what I have already said about it in this paragraph?
Do you feel that home ownership should be a money-making investment?
It's working fine in India as well.
Carelessness should have nothing to do with it. It's even more urgent to pardon her because she is already incarcerated.
How would a legitimate plan look like?

I think it's part of the state's mandate to provide security to the citizens, offline and online. Unfortunately I haven't really seen alternative plans that don't give the state more power at the same time.

It doesn't matter the "real" reasons behind this kind of decision, unless people are presented with a sane alternative.
Ah the Espionage Act. It's written by the organization that will penalize you if you speak out against them - but don't worry, they're dedicated to protect your speech even if you speak out against them.
Will and the team have thoroughly fleshed out the critical stages needed to launch a product. If you're building a startup - you've gotta check out their tool - and the articles are so helpful - even for non-tech co-founders.
Sure, I can sit on the train if I wait until after 7pm to go home.
hackinthebochs:

Right, but the parts of the abstraction only have meaning because they are given meaning by us from the reality we abstract from.
A lot of Germans had this attitude back in the late 30s early 40s.
Emacs org-mode. You can write capture templates that populate the file of your choice with boilerplate of your specification, and you fill in the rest, and it's all tied to the keystroke of your choice. Then another keystroke of your choice pulls up lists of any or all of your captures, sorted chronologically or by category or both, and it's single keypresses to sort/resort into new categories. As with all things Emacs, it's a learning curve, but feels like magic once you have it set up the way you like it. I have capture templates for work for Right Now, Today, This Week, Coming Up, Ongoing, Pending, Done, Daily Log, and Meeting Notes; I also have capture templates and another file set up for my personal diary. All entries automatically tagged and timestamped.

I had been using org-mode for years before I started using custom capture templates and agenda views, and now it's clear to me that they're the magic that makes org-mode worth learning.

Compromises: no pictures, no phone. Other people make these things work, but it hasn't been worth it for me.

Oh and for reminders: Apple Reminders at 9:00, 12:45, and 16:00.
Or have their cars drive them across the Wall, or to the nearest detention centre.
No, aid cuts where not due to 2008. eg in WI, which I'm familiar with, they started in approx 2001 and were cut by 50% over that decade. Eg in 2000, students paid about 30% of the cost and by 2010 60%.

https://badgerherald.com/news/2010/04/07/as-state-funding-fa...

and the cuts have continued, eg a further $250m in 2016

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/...
Maybe not the end of the world, but surely a fire hazard?
True -- very similar tone to the parent. conrad24 appears to have been a throwaway account, maybe bo1024 is the author of both?
All the while the three major expenses in real-life:

1. health care premiums -up 15%/year,

2. college tuition -up 5-7%/year,

3. real-estate/rentals -up 6-10%/year (varies depending on the market)

Nice spin.

Get ready for more "positive" news about the economy, only to be "adjusted" after Nov's election.
But any module with a dependency on a module with top-level await will have to wait for that dependency. As will anything depending on that.

It's not difficult to imagine some code nested deep in some NPM module completely changing the load behaviour of your app without you knowing.
They use Python.
I'm not familiar with Indian current events, could you elaborate?
The solution to that is not to not sign the petition, but to lobby for proper whistleblower protection, so the whistleblowers go through the proper channels to expose the crimes without retaliation.

If the answer to that is "well, they'll never agree to that", then leaking will happen regardless of whether Snowden is pardoned or not.
Writing async jobs in VIM 8
> There will be people who "hunt" autonomous vehicles

This. There are people today who "hunt" cyclists and Prii and roll coal at them:

http://youtu.be/C_5h4CKRZO0
Actually the ethnicities you named where officially targeted. See for other posts in this thread.
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12495376 and marked it off-topic.
I'm wondering what the potential will be for increased crime/theft of the automated cars. I'm sure there will be a security fallthrough to track cars that have somehow been overridden off of autopilot.
It may be hard to believe, but it's typical of surveillance programs. They aren't run by cunning Men in Black, they're just another government program with bureaucratic directives and clueless people in charge.
That's not my argument, and I don't claim she is. I'm trying to point out the parent's logic carries some implications that are worth exploring, to see if the logic is sound. (my opinion is that the logic is faulty)
I see your point.

(from the article)
"... the whole point of the flâneur’s wanderings is that he does not know what he cares about."

There is definitely a theme to the articles that show up here. However, I've been visiting this site for a fairly long time and still find it a good starting point for discovering new sites and information I haven't seen before. It is still rather like browsing the windows of shops.

Maybe reading HN alone doesn't make a flâneur, but I don't really see the variety of it as being a problem. Old web rings used to have topics or themes in the same way. Even so, HN is not the only site I browse in this way and I assume the same is true of most of the people here. As it is with this site, the others provide convenient jumping-off places for exploring, even if the kind of content that shows up has a loose theme to it.

Does that collectively build a very similar experience? I think it does. The format is a bit different, but the effect is the same.

Maybe the trouble is that places like HN have a less exploratory feel than browsing used to? Now you have a decent idea of what you're going to be seeing when you click a link. A web ring's "Next" button might have a more exciting or adventurous feel to it, but people used to use BBSes for the same thing as we now use HN and others.

Maybe its that the kind of links that flood the web today are seemingly mostly to websites operated by businesses? Personal webpages seem few and far-between now, and that gives the web a different feel. People still "surf" or explore what's out there like they have in the past, though.

It seems that the thrust of the article is that more people are doing things like never leaving Facebook when on the web. They get their content embedded in a Facebook frame. This is true. People like my mother are on Facebook and are likely not going to be doing any flâneuring. But this is different from saying that nobody does anything other than that.

In fact, I'd bet there are more people than ever doing actual surfing. They just make up a smaller percentage of the overall web user population than they used to because so many people are now on the web.
Are you sure you're not thinking of Assange or Manning? Snowden and his team have been much more careful and restrained with what they release than, say, WikiLeaks.
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Undertale is a good game. It's not a really great game. Comparing it to EarthBound is ludicrous.

Some grievances:

The combat system works great on the first playthrough, but once you've figured out how to beat an enemy, the challenge is gone. The fun part is figuring out the puzzle of how to beat an enemy without attacking. For a game that emphasizes multiple playthroughs, it's quite weird that this wasn't expanded upon. If there's a sequel (I expect one, lots of money there) then that will definitely be improved.

The characters are one-dimensional, with one or two exceptions (and fantastic exceptions at that, credit where credit is due).

The writing isn't that good for a game that places so much emphasis on the story. It has its moments, and great references (Final Fantasy VI opera scene, anyone?) but others are cringey (Anime is [Not] Real).

(Biggest one for me) The only way to get the good ending is to "spare" or pacify enemies. But they're attacking you. Seriously, I would have no moral qualms with killing an obviously hostile monster in self-defense. I know that's the point of a pacifist ending, but there's a difference between being a pacifist and having a death wish. The player character in a pacifist run is the latter. There's a serious cognitive dissonance here... it's okay for them to attack you, but not vice versa. No one bats an eye.

Despite this, the game is a treat, at least on the first playthrough. Also, the music. Jesus the music is amazing.
Self control vs £bns of advertising to give us new hangups and solutions.

How's that working out for obesity?
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12495526 and marked it off-topic.
That's not what I found creepy. It's the perfectly still faces with the hair blowing and whipping around.
I still don't think referring to it as (un)favourable makes sense. It's simply the cost of doing business. If Spotify can't convince enough people to pay them enough money to cover the costs of acquiring the content that's their problem. If I can't afford rent on my shop because not enough customers are coming in that's my problem not the landlords. I can try to renegotiate a lower price as can Spotify but given how much competition they have it'll be difficult and if they can't get a lower price it's not unfair.
However, their cars are primarily for personal use, not on demand travel
I forgot to link to what I was thinking of: https://www.quora.com/Were-the-Neanderthals-smarter-than-the...

Although I had heard speculations of the sort through more reputable sources, I just can't find it at the moment.
Ostracism is used as a method of bullying, so the title does match the content.
> But at the same time we have a inherent need to not be the lowest man on the totem poll. In order to climb the social ladder without being forceful and fighting for position, we end up doing weird desperate things. We want others to willing see us as better/more deserving, rather than forcing that opinion on them.

Really? I don't feel this way at all when meeting new people.
Damn, can't believe South Park has been around for 20 years! Feels like I was watching the 1st seasons as a kid yesterday.

At first, I just thought it was funny to hear "motherfucker" and "asshole" on TV. Then I understood that SP is actually much deeper than that.
> What did she release that made this country "better".

The truth. You deserve to know what crimes are committed in your name.
There's absolutely nothing scientific about that article. It's entirely cherry picked examples. I tried similar queries and got completely different results, often negative.

And he lacks basic understanding quite often. In one example, Google pulls a Hillary image instead of a Trump (or both) when referencing the 2016 election in a fact card. He doesn't even think that image is simply the first to appear on that page.

Heck, I type "next president" into Google right now and I get a fact card with Obama as the image and "5 Reasons Why Trump Will Win" by Michael Moore as the top result.
This means they'll be able to collect statistics information only to be stored onto your household web history list. This is just another attempt at mass data collection.

It's not like it wasn't being done before by intercepting DNS requests but this way its legal.

This also paves the way to ISP 's requiring to conform and building an infrastructure to associate an subscriber id to a given DNS request.
I just want to say: I wholeheartedly support you and any and all research in this direction. I think AI is and will be hugely important.

You think I will be surprised how "general" the AIs are. I think you will be surprised how similar to human bodies you have to make them for them to approach a human definition of "general".

This is the only sense in which I think AGIs are impossible... not that they couldn't be fabricated, but that they would be functionally indistinguishable from a human with access to some good subroutines.

> Seeing will eventually be believing. Once made manifest, you won't be able to deny its plausibility.

I look forward to it. I say the same thing about my own work all the time, of which many people are incredulous. But still, you must admit that doomsday prophets say the same kind of thing. Again, please don't take that as disbelief, just not-yet-belief.

Regarding the specifics of the models, I would humbly submit this (as old as I am) paper on Ecological Psychology as a good, usable alternative to the information processing model of cognition: http://www.trincoll.edu/~wmace/publications/realism.pdf. If you don't want to wade through the high philosophy stuff, pages 194-209 get into more concrete specifics of the model they are proposing.

To me it seems fundamentally different than the I/O based picture my OP proposed. I would be interested to hear your perspective. And hit me up if you ever feel like coming out to Oakland to chat with a fellow crazy person with a passing knowledge of cognitive science and quantum mechanics. I would love to buy you a coffee.
Thanks!

(and hi everyone, I'm one of the co-founders, 'happy to answer any questions.)
Now we just need asynchronous imports and all is well again.

I can't even tell whether I'm being sarcastic or not.
It doesn't support ad-hoc networking, so although it would be technically possible I imagine the only way for a third-party to implement it would be to record & store on one; download & play on the other.

That said, I think the bigger problem would be triggering it to playback the recording - unless I'm missing something, they just respond to spoken commands.

Which would mean at best you could use it like a voicemail service: "Alexa, play me any messages sent from downstairs".
By normal people? I think you are greatly overestimating people's knowledge of economic theory. Most probably only know of trickle down because it's mentioned in the news.

There was a recent article by NYT about the Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card. Look at the comment section, most don't know how to do cost benefit analysis. All they saw was a $450 annual fee. A good amount still talk about paying with cash only.

This doesn't mean I'm much better off. When you mentioned debt super cycles I have no idea what you mean. I'm only starting to get into economic theories. I'm 27, can be considered upper middle income, and given millennial income calculators in top 1% of earnings (not saying much since most people in the valley can get that, ~$70k income for that level). These theories does not have a perceived effect on people's day to day lives. So a lot don't know about them or don't care. Example, every few weeks I see an article in the front page about negotiating salary. This isn't a gauge of knowledge, but of interest. Everyone goes through negotiation situation, value is obvious, more people learn about it.
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"My sister one day took with her the ball of her mouse (remember those?), and when the kid stole her food, she waited the kid to turn around, and then promptly launched the ball against the back of his neck, knocking him immediately to the ground."

That's some mad skills.
> Now someone is stilling there holding the phone and looking at it, taking an extra ~15 seconds to respond is not a big deal.

Meetings should be short and to the point: 15-30 minutes should be normal, an hour abnormal. 'I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention' is rude, and so is wasting every other participant's time while context switching back to the meeting.

> Also, there are more and less formal meetings, but in a technical meeting checking some point online with a laptop or phone occurs on a regular basis.

Sure, but people shouldn't be programming, working on their personal blogs, reading reddit, checking HN, catching up on the latest Wikipedia articles, browsing Google News or whatever when they're in a meeting.

Participants in a meeting owe one another their attention.
I noticed that you mentioned Toronto in your title...however, the career page does not seem to mention Toronto at all.

Would any of the position be located in Toronto?
+1 for A&A. I've used them for years.

The owner's blog is also worth a read:

http://www.revk.uk/
This one, of course. Bookmarked.
Anyone have personal experience with either Triby [https://www.amazon.com/Triby-portable-speaker-built--Service...] or Nucleus [https://www.amazon.com/Nucleus-Anywhere-Intercom-built--Serv...]??
You wouldn't happen to live in Santa Monica, would you? That's exactly what we're seeing around here. I drive by the airport on my way home and see all the signs complaining about the noise and all I can think is, "then why did you buy there? It's not like it's a secret!"
Don't forget to add at the end:

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I'm not having someone alter the web page on the server. I'm declining certain files. The original analogy is much better than your version. At most I have an assistant declining for me. But I didn't damage the displays or affect anyone else.
These figures are already inflation adjusted. From the article:

> inflation-adjusted incomes for the mass of Americans have finally started to rise in a meaningful way

Now, we can have a nice technical argument about whether CPI truly represents the cost of living of your average American, but I suspect that wasn't the point you were trying to make.

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm

What goods and services does the CPI cover?
...
HOUSING (rent of primary residence, owners' equivalent rent, fuel oil, bedroom furniture)
...
MEDICAL CARE (prescription drugs and medical supplies, physicians' services, eyeglasses and eye care, hospital services)
...
EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION (college tuition, postage, telephone services, computer software and accessories);
I haven't used Spotify free in a long time but originally the only difference between free and premium was ads and offline mode. AFAIK there are many more limits on free now.
Aren't people already doing this with REITs?
I think one of Apple Music's main strategic points is to sign a lot more upcoming and big-name artists like Drake, DJ Khaled, etc. and push toward more exclusive content to draw subscribers
I love F1, but driving on a closed track (or highways, for what matters) is many orders of magnitude easier than dealing with traffic, people, bikes, other drivers, etc. BMW created this many years ago, and the car was better than most drivers already. Advancing track days doesn't really help much on bringing cars to cities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBwhz33CkA
The fastest way to learn anything - do it to learn, not learn to do it.
Human brains are only capable of maintaining so many relationships. As children, most of your "relationship slots" are still open and your brain may even be plastic enough to add a few more. As an adult, your slots are either already occupied or have atrophied from disuse.
Yeah, I don't know where all these people have worked where they think that OOP is dead. OOP is very well suited to many problems that businesses face and until something comes along to change that then OOP will be used heavily.
Or for further quarantining high- and low-income populations.