skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The idea that 4chan (and similar imageboard forums) are all racist is such a tiring and false trope. It's easy to get that impression, but there are jokes and actual racism and people who are indifferent. Part of the effect is that some users there have managed to trick most people into thinking 4chan is some scary, racist hellhole that no civilised, "mature" person would ever go to.

Rather, I find that 4chan and similar places (8chan etc.) dependent of the board, are very good sources for unrestricted discussion. You don't get your post hidden or deleted people it's abhorrent or people disagree with it. You don't get reported or "flagged" because you used some profanity. People don't coast along on high score points. If you screw up you can start again, because you're anonymous anyway, and nobody will care. Nobody will know.

If you don't believe what I'm saying, I'd suggest taking a deeper look at imageboard culture. I've helped people with programming problems and I've been helped by others. I've learned new things and commented on the news. I got into new hobbies. I discovered plenty of music. I discuss my religion; all on 4chan and 8chan.

And before you may be influenced to think I must be a racist or misogynist or "immature" etc. or have such tendencies by virtue of being a user, I will say that I'm a hard-left supporter of equality and rights for all. And I came to that status via debate and learning on the "worst" parts of 4chan.

Take from that what you will, but please do not spread misinformation or unknowingly (if it is unknowingly) perpetuate this culture of fear for 4chan. It's tiring and is one of the causes for 4chan's decline - people are turned away without having ever used the website.
Pixel ‘phone by Google’ announced
I don't think GCS is a terribly useful metric for evaluating your own quality of life... You may place more or less value on certain functions, so a '13' might be totally fine, or not worth carrying on, depending on which points were 'lost'.
How to Get a Fit and Healthy Body… by Exercising Less
Paperspace raises $4M for enterprise virtual desktops
Obfuscation is one approach, but it typically gets cracked pretty quickly or gets bogged down in trying to improve SNR.
Here’s the Google Pixel
Current discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12634577 (6 hours ago, 189 comments)

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12628921 (1 day ago, 134 comments)
We don't have a lot of confidence about curing cancer near term (next decade or two). What we are really working on is turning it into a chronic condition, beating back recurrences occasionally with different therapies (and we hope with fewer less bothersome side effects)
2016 European Software Development Salary Survey [pdf]
Procore is hiring software engineers
This speaks to a broader issue with abuse and ethical violations by public officials protected by union contracts, and civil service procedures. It can be very hard to fire someone who is toxic and even breaking the law. Has anyone seen anything written on reforming that part of the police force?
The cost of running Vuvuzela is dominated by bandwidth, and the paper used AWS prices to estimate the cost; purchasing IP transit directly would lead to about an order of magnitude reduction in costs (still non-trivial, of course).
They seem great so far!
Erm... I _use_ BazQux Reader, but I definitely don't own and operate it, if that's what you're asking :)

Used to use Google Reader before it died. BazQux was by far the most similar tool I could find as a replacement, and I've been incredibly happy with it. It Just Works, and is totally worth every penny of the subscription. (Ditto for Pinboard.)
The DNC Leaks made wikileaks a huge part of the counter culture. I was in Phildelphia when the DNC protests happened. I couldn't believe how many Bernie supports said "wikileaks" at least once.
It amazes me how many people will favor putting a suffering animal out of its misery, then fight tooth and nail against offering that same mercy to their fellow human beings.
> Must be a terrible fate, being a straw man living in a black-and-white world where personal property of vehicles is completely outlawed just because it's less convenient for the majority of people.

Seems like you've missed the point entirely.

> I'd ask the people who figured it all out for public transit systems several decades ago. We already manage to have enough trains and planes, how hard can it be to model the same for cars?

Good joke. This isn't even close to true in the U.S.

> What.

What's so difficult to understand? People fear being trapped by their lack of a car. If they want to go to the beach for the weekend but there are no cars available Fri-Sun, they're stuck at home.
http://www.dcldc.org/

>The DCLDC will advance its important mission through pro bono attorney referrals to those who cannot afford legal services and the submission of amicus briefs on key issues.
Ask HN: When did mobile Google start loading clicked links into an iFrame?
I noticed recently that when I click a Google search result in mobile Safari (latest/iOS10) that the page loads with a white box at the top saying whateverurl.com but the safari url box still says google.com. all of my long-press options are disable as the whole page has one giant overlay. i do not like at all that google is loading the pages I click inside of itself and overriding my browser controls. was there any news that they were starting to do this? any way to stop it?
> Assange says he plans to release amazing, controversial, perception shattering documents, yes? ... the seeming pathological need for attention by its founder.

Didn't he already do this? And not just once, but many times. In fact his releases have been so controversial that he has the "privilege" to live in an embassy while hearing via media politicians (mostly Democrats) calling for his death or even "droning" him. (Hillary suggested that)

Could it be that you are just a Hillary supporter that is afraid he could release something damaging about her?
Can you really look at the circus Assange is creating, and the way he plans to dribble out documents starting a month before an election, and conclude he is acting ethically and altruistically? No.

Yes wikileaks has done very good things for the world. No, Assange is not the moral actor he claims to be.
Interesting points. But while such a civilization would be energy rich, wouldn't planets in the habitable zone still be scarce? There are experiments showing a "behavioral sink" in mice when given everything needed but space. And who knows, humans could even be of interest as a "model organism" for scientifically inclined alien species...

[1] http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/22514/
So, when is it going to be considered misconduct for Dana Boente and the (not so) honorable Theresa Buchanan to tack on gag orders for no good reason? How do we change that? Calling our representatives in Congress won't help. Signing petitions is laughable. I'm at a loss for how to change this as a regular citizen.
Step-by-step guide for getting a productive Python and Sublime Text dev setup
Itna kyu darr rahe ho bhai? Gaand phat gayi kya?
That really should have been my clue.
This usability thing has been fascinating me recently.

I've been re-playing the Metal Gear Solid series. The second and third game are better than the originals because of a control scheme update that was part of a bigger 'HD' update. But they still suck compared to the controls of the fifth iteration of the game, 'The Phantom Pain'.

MGS5 has some of the best controls I've ever used in a (third person) game. For lack of a better description, it made me feel almost like how I felt when I first played Mario64.

And I can't help but wonder why 1) it took three iterations to get here even though 5's controls could be realized even in earlier iterations of the game, 2) why other similar games don't just use the same controls instead of more dated approaches.

I mean, I get why, but it feels strange. I understand how the development of graphics, physics, AI, etc. is limited by technology but as long as you don't need a controller update for your new control scheme, such a limitation shouldn't be there. And yet it is, apparently.
Precisely, if it's a problem of trying to get the vehicle to stop, perhaps focus on areas that can increase that probability first (i.e. running flat tires would be a great one to immediately get the car to slow down).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oXEsbnOJQI&list=PL58VN51OpN...
pushing "smart devices, dumb users" into the future
Massaging what? Which agenda? Don't they just usually release a dump of whatever information they have which is as close to transparent and impartial facts as you can get, but it's also exactly what most people criticize about them.

Generally, people prefer the leaker-journalist relationship, where the journalist is careful not to release info that would be damaging to individuals, or not relevant to whatever story they're trying to cover.

Your particular criticism doesn't apply here and it seems like you just don't like Wikileaks for one reason or another so you wanted to write a disparaging sentence about them.
Sounds like it was inspired by Listen to Wikipedia.

http://listen.hatnote.com/
Show HN: Distributed locking and syncing in Go
Blockchains can do this. But they create relatively absurd systems of who can/can't send messages based on how much they've mined. Block chains are HORRIBLE for encrypted messaging. Since your message is PERMANENTLY part of the chain. So if a encryption is broken, or your password gets leaked. ANYONE can read your messages.

In most cases a DHT is far simpler. But naturally some nodes can be evil and log metadata. This is just a risk, but it also exists in block chains. Furthermore DHT's are lower latency then block-chains.

Blockchains aren't a magic fix all solution for network consistency/privacy models. Outside of currency transactions it is a horrible distributed system model.
Net Neutrality: BEREC on the Right Path, Let's Keep the Pressure On
What an amazing answer. Systems are weird.
USV Officially Endorses Clinton
In the future please don't blank out the officer's email address, especially when they (as explained in the reply) overstep their bounds in terms of what they are allowed to request, thus essentially abusing their position and the trust we as citizens have provided to them.
Dendrocnide moroides a.k.a. the suicide plant
Check this iPhone case with 16MP selfie camera
It's your own life to take and as long as your brain still works and you have some freedom of movement, nobody can actually stop you from doing it if you're so determined.

And granted, when talking about mental illnesses that are considered treatable, like depression, you can't expect assistance for suicide. But when talking terminal illnesses, like cancer or dementia, then not legalizing assisted deaths is not only dangerous to others, but also an act of extreme selfishness.

We're basically condemning people to suffer extreme physical pain and/or insanity until their last breath. And as a non-practicing Christian, I suspect the reason has less to do with God and more to do with not wanting to take on some fucking responsibility for others.
Google Pixel and Pixel HD: their technical data disclosed
Can't read the article at work but I'll just add this anecdote: Uber is so aggressively adding promos in my city that it's actually cheaper for me to to take a 15-20 min ride in an Uber in a suburb than using local transit.

And just two days ago, my friend took an Uber from the suburbs to downtown (25-30 min ride), which only cost him an extra two bucks compared to taking public transit (1.5 - 2 hours commute).
at least on Hacker News

This community's #1 member by karma holds a conspiracy theory that Assange works for Vladimir Putin. Most HN members uncritically accept this member's opinion on everything.
> It is referred to as if science is a tool.

Science is a tool, especially when used in such a directed investigative manner.

> I mean is there an alternative to science that we question in that way?

Historical research in this case. Though in a less polarised view of reality both such research and science go hand-in-hand (science questioning the sources, the sources suggesting things for science to test, new sources being found (via archaeology or dredging libraries and other meta-analysis?) perhaps with the help of directions from the science, and so on.
I'm not convinced one way or the other on whether Assange & Wikileaks are making the world better, but there's no denying that they've released some pretty surprising and/or significant things in the past. I find it strange to question whether someone can do something they've already done several times over.
There is too much fear, and too many people trying to take advantage of that fear, for there to be a political solution.
I didn't know we were going to live on it. If so good point.
> On an unrelated side-note, if you've played Half-Life, Freeman's Mind is a must-watch: it's an astoundingly funny bit of comedy that is just so brilliant.

Likewise, if you've played Half-Life 2, you owe it to yourself to read Concerned: The Comic of Gordon Frohman
God. God created science. God created the world, and science is the effort in understanding it.
No unlockable bootloader for Verizon. Dang...
Sorta, but not. The only similarity would be that you download global state. But you could continously throw that state away if you don't need archiving of messages / long history.
If you can only live with evergreen browsers, you don't even need jquery. Plain ol' JS will be just fine. No extra bullshit.
>I believe/hope that my contribution as a insignificant CS-student helps somebody develop tools that help somebody researching etc.

I somehow ended up in a academic Genetics lab, writing software. We use a lot of languages here (Php, python, perl, java, R, javascript and even some C) and various web frameworks to let people use our tools to do science. I don't know if the creators of these tools imagined they'd be used for science, but they put the tools out there in the public and they were used.

You contribute, because its the right thing todo, that makes you significant. You never know how significant what you put out there will end up being, but it helps you grow too. The open source community inspires and you by contributing are part of that. Every little bit helps.

"Bioinformatics" is a general term of the use of computing in Biology. Its an interesting field.
I'm curious how many times this wheel is going to be re-invented.
Cutest Ever Recycled Mini Walking Elephant
That would backfire economically and politically I think, especially long term. Let them ban it if they are so foolish.
> In fact his releases have been so controversial that he has the "privilege" to live in an embassy

That seems to have more to do with his refusal to face the music on rape charges than his releases.

> while hearing via media politicians (mostly Democrats) calling for his death

For most of the time since WikiLeaks involvement in the publishing the Manning docs, the calls for his punishment, including by the most drastic means, have been bipartisan but stronger on the Republican side. The Republicans changed their tune after Assange participated in the release of the DNC hack recently, but its somewhat revisionist to pretend that history started just a few weeks ago.
Because science! I love your response and creativity in making that page. It resonates with your audience.
compare this launch to a SpaceX launch, or an Apple event.

it looks like a required university course at 8am. the background is not of the greatest resolution. the presenters are deadpan. the crowd is, less than enthusiastic.

last thought, google just went all in on the business model of "eroding personal privacy" to "capture value to increase shareholder value". the presenters are continuously driving home the point that the "google assistant is at the center of it all". there is zero pretension of your data remaining your data. HN is constantly having spirited conversations around Snowden and related revelations, but then seems to give a pass or benignly ignoring google's steady erosion of user privacy.
> buy a white Lamborghini Countach

Entirely off-topic, but I find it interesting and amusing that we can fairly squarely date ourselves with references like this. I grew up with a Lamborghini Countach picture on the wall by my bed. I suspect later generations of children (mostly boys, to be sure) had Diablos, Gallardos, Aventadors, etc, or some representative equivalent (Lamborghinis just make it easier with defined names for model types).
First I've heard of that. Can you provide a reference?
TLDR as the facts in the article were hard for me to divine at first glance:

- People ride the train in Summit NJ to work in NYC / elsewhere
- It's a pain to park at the train station and wastes a lot of time in the AM
- It costs $4 to park in the lot currently
- Uber will offer $2 each way rides to 100 residents within the city
- Summit will reimburse Uber for the difference between the flat fares and the true cost of a ride, which drivers will receive up front
- Summit NJ is about 6 square miles
I was being glib, but not that glib. There are plenty of ways to make discoveries without "science," even in the broad sense of scientific inquiry.
next time try using anchore.io ;)
Spot on, that's the idea behind bitcoin as well.
For a "threat to Apple's iPhone" article the content is pretty low on camera specs. Not to mention a comparison to the rest of Apple's extremely integrated and streamlined hardware/software.
The redacted letter was provided by the court, so I assume that they weren't willing to disclose it and revealing it would be a violation of the court order.
I think the last ten years, unfortunately, accentuated the need for reasonable men to actively distinguish themselves from the openly, violently misogynistic people online.

So comments and jokes that were never before conceived of as having any serious import, even subliminally, now map so closely onto serious threats and harassment, that they seem completely inappropriate.

People in relationships killing each other has always been a subject of humour, exactly because it really happened. In a way that hasn't really changed. What's changed is what is OK in specific mediums: especially in online written form (twitter, comments, blogs) where the context is full of the real hateful deal.
> That, to me, significantly damaged the remaining credibility of the organization.

WikiLeaks is a media organisation so it will crave for attention as all media does. But please name one single case in which data released by WikiLeaks was bogus.

On the other hand I could bring up hundreds of cases where main stream media has released fake information.

So how exactly do you decide who has credibility and who does not?
If I had $100 to donate - ACLU or EFF or a 50/50 split?
Would love to know how that played out
Genuine accountability. Rules that are enforced against the elites.
I'm waiting to be convinced this is a better approach than leaning on AWS autoscaling. I'm not super familiar with Azure, but it looks like that have availability sets which may offer the same basic abilities as autoscale groups.

This could be an interested bare-metal solution though; would need to write a connector for a bare-metal providers provisioning API though. I'm guessing profit bricks and Rackspace would be good places to start..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caSX4Mao9Iw
I agree, and in my opinion it's a sort of climb further and further down in which people decide what is offensive and not, what is acceptable or not, and they don't require evidence for it - they just legislate the problems. And it's not rare that it's done by the people who have good intentions. They want society to run smoothly and nicely - but by trying to ensure that with law, we lose individual liberties.

I've noticed that people think of speech in the same way as "you should be allowed to say that" or "you shouldn't be allowed to say this" rather than in the way of "you should be allowed to speak" or "you shouldn't be allowed to speak". This kind of "particular" reasoning leads to examining the contents of speech rather than simply the right.

A magistrate who ruled in a case about the cartoons I mentioned mentioned that "society has no need for these materials", or words to that effect. This really proves my point about taking society's use for something over the individual. Most laws usually considered to be unjust we find are related to protecting people from themselves or inadequate consideration for personal liberty.
To clarify, a Gleason score is not from a PSA test, but from a biopsy of the prostate. So, several steps removed from the initial PSA test.
"smart phone, dumb user"
I hear rumor of social engineers getting paid by the number of comments posted to maintain public image of their clients.
>CoD started out as an authentic (or, authentic-seeming) WW2 shooter

I seem to recall the draw of CoD vs MoH was that you weren't one lone soldier vs the axis of evil. You actually had teammates! And scripted events!
I've always been of the mentality to use a tool only when the efficiency gains outweigh the learning curve. This is, of course, impossible to judge without spending a lot of time understanding exactly where your efficiency bottlenecks are.

The truth is, a complex application is going to be complicated no matter what tool you use. I look at application programming like this: the more complicated it is, the more likely it is that you've missed key requirements early in the process. This means you will likely need to refactor, rearrange, add/remove features, etc. Choose tools that make this inevitable process as quick and painless as possible. For me that's the number one goal.

I reject tools that make picking a project back up a week or two difficult because of dependencies or weird hacks, syntaxes, or configurations that worked fine when they were fresh in your mind but required an hour of your life to retrace how you got there using the tool.

For example, I chose to use a library that used generators to eliminate callback hell in a screen scraping project of mine. I did this for no other reason than it was too hard to modify the scrapper when everything was nested 8 levels deep. I didn't know what generators or coroutines were before that, but I had spent enough time with my problem to know that I was going to hit a serious maintainability wall unless I found a more clear syntax to write my app. In that case, it was worth the inital overhead of learning new parts of ES6 and programming language concepts.
SpaceX Rocket Blast Probe
Ex post facto laws are unconstitutional, and something like this (where millions would instantly be in violation) would absolutely, 100% end up in front of the Supreme Court.
Bu then how does the fact that the drop is on officers with cameras and officers who don't have cameras? The spurious complaints would continue on officers who don't wear them.