skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This article was near the top of HN a few days ago http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/opinion/sunday/am-i-introv... (discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12573173). I find myself giving in to those tendencies all the time :(
Because machine learning is one of the most important tricks they're going to be able to use to make their devices even more intuitively usable. There should be entire teams at Apple salivating at new ways to extend powerful functionality to users _without_ making the interface to do so gross and complicated. And they probably are -- they've acquired several ML startups lately. (Hi, Turi friends!)
They were ruling the world until smartphones without keyboards became cheap. The demand for a tactile keyboard shrunk to India and a bunch of old men and women running the government. Now they don't even use them anymore.
One of my favorite college courses was a translation course.

One of the key points repeatedly hammered home (I took the class twice) was that languages do more to constrain what must be communicated than what can't be communicated.

Consider gender in Romance languages vs. English as a simple example.

Additionally, each language gets it subtleties in different ways. With English, it's vocabulary by and large. Supine, lying down, flat on his back, prone, recumbent ...

Even with my own poor language skills in Russian, I can say that the subtleties are different. You must be more precise with your verb tenses, for instance, but in exchange you can communicate quite a lot more about the status of an action. Getting that into English can be unwieldy: prochital = something like "we totally and completely talked it over." Of course, that's horseshit as a translation, and here we have the problem of rating translations.

There will always be quibbles from translators because the languages have slippage between them. I don't think "perfect" translation exists for anything but the simplest of sentences in rare circumstances.

Another awesome example: "i-e" (pronounced "ee-ay") in Japanese = "No" in English. Except not really, because in Japanese it means something more like "contrary to your expectations". In English "no" can be the affirmative when we ask about a negative. "You didn't go did you?" "No."

In Japanese that would be "Hai" as far as I understand it.

As a nerdy sidenote, even worse, English does shit like turning double positives negative but only sometimes.

"That's a good essay isn't it?" "Yeah, Yeah."
>Who's benefiting from urging caution about potential bad outcomes for AGI?

Every single person working in a position on the cusp of automation.

The same thing happens with any new technology that threatens massive industries. (automobiles, airplanes, electricity, heating oil, etc)
Cool, I'll have to read. Thx! I too feel that there's some missing knowledge as to what time is.
Lead in with a free month, if you provide value they should hopefully convert.
> best of breed product company focused on a great user experience

somehow i put them in the same category as LG, Samsung and Sony, albeit 100x better at what they do.
Well, (English) Wikipedia have an extension to make revisions of certain pages appear only after review. It's only targeted on several articles, and its main purpose is to suppress vandalism. See more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes
No need to apologize.

With an authentication app, you seed it with a key which only you and the service use. Each successive PIN is generated by doing a complex mathematical operation on the initial key, and then dropping most of the digits, so it's basically impossible to infer the key by seeing even dozens or hundreds of the responses. Typically, the key is only good for a minute or so, and/or is only good for one login attempt. As long as nobody else has that key, it's virtually impossible for anyone to figure out what the next token your authentication app will offer up. The data only exists inside the app, and a copy lives on the host that authenticates your login.

For someone to impersonate your authentication app, they would have to:
a. Gain access to your phone and somehow extract the key, which probably means getting past the phone's native encryption as well as the authentication app's encryption. You do have a passphrase on your phone, right?
b. Find a leftover copy of the key. Don't leave one of these lying around for someone to find ...
c. Hack the authentication software used on the server side. If hackers can do this, then it's pretty much game over anyway.

So, basically, if you never give someone your unlocked phone (in a context where they could take a memory dump, not just casually so they can type in their number), and you don't leave copies of the key lying around, it will be very hard for someone to spoof your authenticator app.

OK, I left one attack out -- someone could man-in-the-middle you and get you to give your password and the latest key to them, which they then use to log in. That's why you should only operate over a secure channel (HTTPS or equivalent) where you are sure you're talking with a known endpoint (manually enter the URL, or at least check it in the address bar).
I'll be looking forward to reading Aaronson on this
You're right. I forgot about the sugar. I was just thinking about the protein and fat content. Keto is all about low sugar/carbs. But with my IF diet, it works well as a nice pick me up snack with little drawbacks.
From the article:

> D-Wave’s quantum system runs a quantum annealing algorithm to find the lowest points in a virtual energy landscape representing a computational problem to be solved.

In statistics and machine learning, this is great for finding optima in cost functions.

The ideas in this paper are related: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.3489v2
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The comparison comes from how, recently, economic growth has largely been captured by an increasingly small subset. The who/what of the eating of the economic growth matters less than its being eaten.
I'm a little confused. The image that's captioned "Land surface temperature, Philadelphia" (top label: "Landsat 8 derived land temperature") is that estimated or measured? Because it sounds like the hot spots were detected by taking a satellite image and looking for places that "looked" hot, but then it's presented like those places really were hotter?

A little later, he says the black warehouses were located under the really hot spots. But weren't the really hot spots determined by finding all the black spots in the image?
"That's because ELBs forward requests to backend instances without modifying the request headers and the client IP is not sent in case of TCP load balancing." - - not sure this is quite what the author meant?
I'm really starting to appreciate this kind of thing about Apple. They seem to be concerned about keeping data in the hands of their users as much as possible, when the rest of the industry defaults to a cloud-hosted solution that requires the user to completely give up control.
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The ad hominem fallacy is simply a guideline to evaluate the logical consistency of an argument.

It's not a magic spell you can use to discount a premise. Indeed, blind use of "fallacies" is just an appeal to ancient Greek authority!

For non-expert HN commenters, we have to use authority, preexisting bias, and past actions of the speaker to give us more information without fully delving into the article. Unless you're willing to spend hours or days evaluating the accuracy of every data point mentioned in the article, it's expedient to use available information. In fact, even if you completely evaluated the accuracy of the study, it would absolutely be of interest who is making the article.
Isn't it usually the Greeks who are claimed to have come up with something, which is then passed down in a long, unbroken chain of Western Civilization to the present day?
> dual beam-forming mics

What is a "beam-forming" microphone? Beam forming is a function of active RF elements. How is a sound-frequency receiver able to do it?
Well, that amazing technology was the result of only having iron sands to work with, "Tamahagane". Lots of impurities you have to work out, hence the hammering and folding as well.
Nah, that is so softball. The US will hit them with something that has far more leverage. China has a severe weakness and that is the capacity to feed their population and the hundreds of millions of young single Chinese men who will never find a spouse. Food, water, and women willing to take on Chinese spouses.
I find it surprising that Michael Kerrisk's Linux man-pages project isn't mentioned here [1]. He and other contributors done a major job documenting the Linux man pages. It's usually the first place I go to when I need to read up on the Kernel APIs or C libraries.

- [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
The biggest beneficiaries of decriminalized marijuana are the people who are no longer criminals for smoking a joint.
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Has D-Wave's systems ever actually been shown to be "quantum systems?"
This is a nice improvement. It looks like the translation backend for Chrome hasn't been switched yet.

https://www.chinadialogue.org.cn/blog/9258-The-debate-over-t...

One paragraph translated through the Google Translate site:

The Hinckley Point C nuclear power plant project has been controversial in the UK, largely because of its high costs and unproven technology, and the progress made in other low-carbon technologies means that nuclear power plants may become redundant before completion. Energy demand in the UK is declining, and as UK and European power grid connectivity continues to improve and battery technology advances rapidly, it is becoming increasingly obsolete for the UK to require new nuclear power plants to meet basic load requirements.

And from using the translate option inside Chrome:

Hinckley angle C nuclear power plant project in the UK has been highly controversial, mainly due to their high cost and unproven technology; In addition, the progress made in other low-carbon technologies, means that nuclear power plants could be completed before it becomes redundant. Britain's energy demand is falling, and as the United Kingdom and the European grid Unicom continuous improvement and rapid advances in battery technology, Britain needs new nuclear power stations in order to ensure that the basic needs of the load argument has become increasingly obsolete.

Finally, you can see a human-translated English version here: https://www.chinadialogue.org.cn/blog/9258-The-debate-over-t...

Hinkley Point C has been the subject of fierce controversy in the UK because of its cost, its unproven technology, and advances in other low carbon technologies that may make it superfluous even before it is completed. The UK’s energy demand is falling, and, with improved interconnection with European grids and the rapid advance of battery technologies, the argument that Britain needs new nuclear for base load energy is increasingly criticized as out of date.

Original for posterity: 欣克利角C核电站项目在英国一直饱受争议，主要原因在于其高昂的成本以及未经验证的技术；另外，其他低碳技术领域取得的进展，意味着核电站可能在完工之前就变得多余。英国的能源需求正在下降，并且随着英国与欧洲电网的联通不断完善以及电池技术的快速进步，英国需要新的核电站以保证基本负载需求的论点也显得越来越过时。

Note especially how the older translation essentially reverses the meaning of one important phrase -- "nuclear power plants could be completed before it becomes redundant" vs. "nuclear power plants may become redundant before completion."
'it really is a giant among giants.'

You're confused. That would be Alphabet, not Apple.
To put it in perspective for you, Google has:

~90% of the search market
(https://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-...)

~90% of the smartphone market
(https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/18/gartner-androids-smartphon...)

~50% of the online advertisement market
(http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Google-Still-Dominates-Worl...)

Hell, Google's staff meets with/at the White House more than once a week!
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3554953/Google-staff...)

I can think you can see the point I'm making: yes, Apple has a big pile of cash, a fat amount of profit and high stock value. However, Alphabet its influence and reach is far, far beyond that of Apple. Its just not as flashy & visible.

Don't agree? Let's imagine(!) two scenarios.

Scenario 1 - the US Government somehow figures out a way to force Apple to pay all its evaded taxes. Apple doesn't agree, and to make a point how important they are, killswitch everything. Results:

10% of the developed world can't use their phone anymore
10% of the developed world can't use their computer anymore
An even smaller subset can't access their e-mail

Scenario 2 - the US Government somehow figures out a way to force Google to pay all its evaded taxes. Google doesn't agree, and to make a point how important they are, killswitch everything. Results:

90% of the developed world can't use their phone anymore
90%+ (Android owners + Gmail, Gcal etc. users) of the developed world can't access their e-mail, calendars, contacts etc. anymore
??% (decently high) of companies/universities can't access their e-mail, calendars etc., because Google Apps is down
??% has trouble navigating because Google Maps goes down (Other maps are still inaccurate and incomplete outside of the US)
??% of companies experience issues by Google Maps+API being down (Uber springs to mind)

Advertising also stops working and paying out (can be switched easily though, so not as critical)

Besides that, Alphabet is also involved in a number of moonshot projects. (Level 4) Self-driving cars. immortality research, AI research, LTE balloons, etc. etc.

The funny part is that I'm typing this on a 13" Retina MBP, with a iPhone 5S in my pocket. I'm by no means a Google fanboy. I love Apple's vertical integration, the amount of synergy and seamlessness their devices have, and that they're championing individual privacy. Also doesn't hurt that compared to Linux, OS X is a godsend to dev on.

I've done enough inebriated rambling so I'm gonna shut up now..

Still gave KAT owner's IP address and all his .icloud e-mails to the FBI without any resistance. WTF?
His column is pretty cool too.
There are healthier ways to get high fat/protein as a snack (vs nutella) and better ways to get electrolytes than a sugar drink. But they've been helpful on the go and I don't eat many sweets anymore due to my cravings being changed. Sweets seem repulsive to me. If the worst in my diet is a chocolate hazelnut snack and a sugar energy drink, I'm ahead of the game.

But...I had to upvote you because it made me laugh. I like the idea that my 'diet' isn't the "healthiest" way to lose weight but it sure is ENJOYABLE and that's 95% of the battle, imho.
It's not pedantic, it's the only interpretation. Who says something does not alter its logical validity.
However, your lawyer is an idiot of it is taking a case on a contingency basis that it thinks it can't win.
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Didn't SV and Redmond outsource all these jobs to Indian houses? Microsoft basically killed their STE workforce and just use Indian shops.
My opinion on pair programming is fairly neutral. I used to dread it, both because I'm fairly introverted myself and not very skilled on the social side, and because it is so frequently the subject of scorn, but it turned out to be quite all right. I had some good experiences with it, and some not-so-good experiences.

> It would ruin the quality of my life and my work environment. I, like most left-brained people, am an introvert and can’t comfortably tolerate that much company or social interaction. I find it VERY draining and aggravating.

> None of this applies to me.

> I believe that the strong producers and leaders in the software industry feel the same. The mediocre “cogs” (9-5ers that just want a paycheck) outnumber us and I suspect 40% or less of them might benefit from pair programming, which I suspect is where all the buzz about pair programming comes from.

This person seems to be writing from a position of a lot of pain. Someone probably forced lots and lots of pair programming on them at some point, they really didn't like it, they're lashing out against it, and they're really afraid of any chance of it being popular. That is understandable. It really sucks when someone forces something on you that's against your nature.

But that kind of thinking, that style of discourse, brings nothing to the table but more fear and pain and hostility between all the different groups of people. Please see this for what it is. It's very appealing, especially if you're more similar to the blog author, to join his ingroup and then look down on all the programmers who disagree with you and who like to go home after work and who you think are not as good as you.

But what a poor place is an arena for figuring things out! If I think pair programming is good, I must be mediocre, and if I go home after work that only further proves the point. I may be driven, then, to spend more time worrying about being a mediocre cog, than about whether pair programming is good or not.

Pair programming most likely suffers from the problem of human cooperation, in that it is rather difficult, and gets progressively more difficult the more advanced the task is, and the more subjective the solutions. It likely doesn't get any easier when those engaging in it also tend to, well, not mesh too well with each other. Such a thing should not be indiscriminately forced on everyone, especially those that do not want it. But that is no evidence that it is fundamentally good or bad.

Granted, I'm likely mediocre, so my opinion means nothing.
Considering the recent(purported) discovery of Chinese skeletons in Roman settlements in England, I'd say the possibility of a direction connection is substantial.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/chines...
That's a bummer. IF has given me a lot of flexibility. Provided I don't over consume in calories, I can eat whatever I desire, keto or not. Although not having the same cravings does change/limit my choices but...they are happily followed. I.e. it's easier for me to stick with it since I choose my next meal, my cravings dictate my next meal, not some 'plan' or 'diet'.
Does anyone know if anyone actually uses these D-Wave systems in production for practical applications? Are there any applications for which these are already faster/cheaper than traditonal computers?
Now this is starting to get interesting. 2000 qubits is where it starts being applicable to meaningful real-world combinatoric optimization problems. I would kill to have access to one of these machines for my research...

Edit: What's the beef?
>Why is that?

Because reality?

Might as well ask why it's hard to just go out an dead lift a 500lbs weight. Obviously because there are physiological limits to what we can do with our brains and bodies, and unless there's some great enabling technology that addresses them specifically, they'll remain.

That said, learning is not hard in general. Some things are very easy to learn (e.g. to bike, to tell the time, to cook spaghetti). Others are hard, because the subjects are bigger or vast and the knowledge more intricate (e.g. Math, Medicine).

>And how can we make it easier to learn? What helps?

Studying with focus, practice, persistence, actually liking the subject, starting our study of it from a young age, etc.

Things that have been shown to also help are being in good shape (exercise+nutrition also help our brain function better), immersive learning (e.g. when learning a new language, don't just read books and do tests, speak it with native speakers, watch movies in the language, etc), and some other stuff and "spaced repetition" (google it).

No magic bullets.
Thats quite a high number, I pay arround 130$ a month and I case I would get really sick and it would max at arround 220$ a month plus 500$ annual self-coverage. Also poor people get cheaper or free rates. Also important its not possible not to have an inssurance in switzerland, its mondatory.
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Now that you mention it, I remember that too. Seems weird, I don't know why you'd have some passwords hashed in other ways. Even if you've migrated, why not migrate everyone at once?
Why is that?

Because it's good for you. The same way walking up stairs or not giving into every single craving for sweets/alcohol/carbs/cheese/whatever can seem "painful" if you're out of shape (or in the latter case, metabolically dependent). Until you get into shape, that is, and walking up the stairs doesn't hurt anymore. And you realize that all this time (when you were a lazy bum), it wasn't walking up the stairs, but not walking up the stairs (and not saying "no" to whatever kind of crap you thought your stomach was demanding) which was "hurting" you. You just didn't feel it until you shifted modes.

And how can we make it easier to learn? What helps?

Making a system out of it. Realizing that a long journey always begins with a few modest steps (and that this isn't just a trite slogan). That for a long time, you're going to feel confused and inert and like a wannabe and an imposter before you get much benefit out of it. But you realize that those aren't signs that you're "failing", those are signs that you're actually getting somewhere. So you're going to push yourself through it all anyway.

Because it's good for you.
Someone was telling me recently that all the cheap heroin influx into the country from Mexico was the result of drug cartels losing market to marijuana and needing to come up with a cheap competitor substitute. Not sure if that was accurate or not but sort of sounds intuitive in an economic sense.

I'm still surprised how marijuana posts are so frequently pushed in HN. My take is that the effect is negative, I've seen just a ton more brazen usage out in public once this thing hit with a bunch of phony Dr prescriptions given to perfectly healthy people. It's all a ruse in my book, you're either growing in virtue or backsliding. At best drug use is suboptimal for a thriving philo-generative culture to borrow Daniel Hannan's phrase.
I am sorry for the broken formatting of the scenario part but Hacker News its editing refuses to save my changes. Peace y'all!
Here's just one example of how little moments in class can impact student's ideas of whether CS is interesting and whether they "belong" in it.

It's easy for CS teachers to get boys excited by introducing a new topic with something like "these algorithms are important in VIDEO GAMES!" Boys are vastly more likely to play video games than girls, so this example will likely be much more motivating to boys than girls.

Girls are often socialized to highly value a career that helps other people. An example like "these algorithms are important for helping doctors determine which patients have cancer" may be more inspiring to them.
It can be annoying when typing in a Cyrillic-based language (and presumably other alphabets), especially when it's not your native language. It's also rather annoying for kids who are learning to type.

Just saying, as an ex-n900 user, that niche market is much smaller than we think. I wouldn't go back to a n900 equivalent today. Typing accents in French or non-latin characters was pretty annoying.
Do read the tail of my prior post. If only we were in a world where logical purism was possible you would be preaching to the choir, I promise you. But given a world with hilariously incomplete information, ESPECIALLY often when having to judge the merits of a decision, one must make a judgement that takes into account aspects outside of literal content. (If you're a CSer at all I would expect this is a very familiar concept from having to do anything from project estimation to architecture in the presence of unknowns)

(Sister post Linkregister says it better than I did, frankly)