skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> people are willing and able to make judgements from circumstantial evidence without rigorous quantitative work- you don't demand a formal Bayesian analysis of the day's weather before you decide to take an umbrella with you

But I do do a Bayesian analysis rather than a naive one: it's cloudy without raining here too often to carry an umbrella just because it's cloudy. That would be a maladaptive response, even if naive analysis is "clouds -> rain; prepare!"

Similarly, social issues tend to have enough complexity that you can't just resort to "clouds -> rain!" In this particular case, I'm just arguing that you need to control for background statistics rather than saying police shootings are randomly distributed across the entire population without any correlations.

No different than thinking a little about how often it's cloudy without rain before grabbing an umbrella. And I dislike that people like you are just screaming "DON'T THINK! CLOUDS! GET UMBRELLA!"
Is this a consulting role like Accenture? (Asking because not all companies let managers choose their projects?)
I do not believe Stamos would remain at Facebook after something like this.

But we're not much more than acquaintances (we both worked at NCC, and were prior to that former business rivals or whatever you call two people with similar roles at competing firms). I like him.

I just want to be clear that I'm not speculating about Stamos's motives.
Ah, it's a pretty awesome game - the right amount of complexity and fun. If it was open source it could continue forever like OpenTTD. Then maybe career mode could be completed.

Honestly, this is one of the very few games I've enjoyed in the last 10 years.
With respect to emergency services, NYC ambulances and fire trucks get stuck in the traffic of private cars/taxis all of the time. If there were less cars, that wouldn't happen.

With respect to deliveries, if the sides of streets weren't given away to free parking, delivery vehicles would be free to use loading zones.

Most people don't advocate the removal of four-wheeled motor vehicles. They advocate the removal of private cars.

(also, superblocks aren't pedestrian-only streets)
> If this is fake data it is either really well done or is at least partially real.

Good information warfare doesn't forge everything. It weaves the lies in with the truth so it becomes indiscernible what is truth and what is not. The truth is what sells the deception.
I'm a bit disappointed in the straw man assumptions in the first paragraph about AI + cats. There's an enormous amount of work being done applying AI and Deep learning to healthcare. Enlitic is one example. The MLHC conference is entirely devoted to the topic. Deepmind's work with the NIH is also well known.
I called and talked about a rep about an issue with my Nexus for months and Google did nothing because of a software and/or hardware issue their engineers couldn't figure out. They kept saying they will look into it and sending instructions to do this or that. Month after month... Finally 4-5 months in, the phone stopped working all together and they sent me a replacement. Nevermind their 14-day return policy, any other company would have sent me a replacement. Now they have lost me as a Project Fi customer, and I surely won't take a chance on another Nexus phone.
Was Palm a small startup? I think it was more like the last effort of a company on it's way out.
I'm not sure what motive you're asking about. His motive for running a pump-and-dump scam with Qwest's stock was almost certainly straightforward: to enrich himself and his family.
iPhone 7 is not waterproof, it's water resistant. There's a good amount of water resistance on the nexus 5x as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfweUIe3ueI
That's why I mentioned embedded web views: a lot of time recorded as native apps involves embedded web-views and these days that means things like JavaScript or layout performance matter more than might be immediately obvious. On iOS, the least involved way to see this is in things like news apps where Safari content blockers also block advertisements in the app.

The other side of this is that we're not really talking about which app has the most time in the foreground so much as which app causes the user to wait the most. Much of that time will be network I/O which is a real challenge but also not relevant to this discussion about CPU performance.

Fundamentally, all I'm trying to say is that Amdahl's law still applies until we're at the point where the user is never waiting on computation. Developers have been getting better at multithreading but uneven CPU usage is still common enough that I'd favor fewer faster cores over more slower cores.
So spin off a secondary site for the bazaar and protect the Amazon brand for selling quality stuff and only include the top-quality sellers on the main Amazon brand.
People are continuing it. That's just some of the devs. Not all of them.
Also Portal Wifi: https://portalwifi.com/

This was started as a kickstarter campaign and they have just begun shipping out the first units.

Like the Google APs, Portal can form a mesh and automatically figure out which channels have the least interference.
First the lead, now half the team. What is it with people jumping ship on KSP?
There are ways in which I am sympathetic to some of your points. I am white and have had people of color be assholes to me merely because I am white while claiming there is no such thing as "reverse racism" (and there is not -- a black person hating a white person merely because of their color is straight up racism), but a couple of things: A) no matter how well off they are, blacks have to put up with shit whites typically don't deal with and b) part of the reason blacks are so poor in the U.S. is because of hundreds of years of historical legacy, so it's kind of a huge fuck you to act like "well, it JUST the POOR blacks" or something.

There's HUGE correlations between those stories and a) economic status (usually as conveyed by dress) and b) culture (usually as conveyed by language choice).

This interesting piece was written by a well educated black lawyer living in a upscale neighborhood about being harassed by cops because his car broke down, so he walked home and a black man walking in his upper class neighborhood was reason enough to harass him:

http://jay.law.ou.edu/faculty/Jmaute/Lawyering_21st_Century/...
What's wrong with at-grade rail, presuming signal priority and dedicated lanes? Works fine in Geneva, Amsterdam, etc.
Can someone give me a little background here? What exactly is 'Squad'? Is this just some of the devs leaving? A particular subgroup? They're true KSP devs and not mod devs?
Yeah, I'm pretty peeved. I have a Nexus 6P and seeing that Daydream doesn't support it (unless I root it and turn off the thermal throttling perhaps?) is absurd.
It probably happens in the Widevine CDM. Note that Widevine is Google, and they mislabel it as a "Video Optimizer". DRM is evil and anti-consumer, but trying to spin it as a codec improvement (what "video optimizer" actually means) is just fucking slimy, and I'd love if a Google employee reading this could bring this misrepresentation up with an internal ethics officer if they get a chance.
Symbola is a good one: http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/
I thought the resolution was also tied to motion sickness, but I could be wrong.

I've noticed on benchmarks that the relationship between resolution and framerate is exponential - so a lower resolution will go a long way to a higher framerate.
Walking while black: Encounters with the police on my street [pdf]
Don't forget Friday beers with PFY.
I think it is a matter of personal taste. I personally don't like the material design. I enjoy the thin typography and design of iOS, and finding myself enjoying the experience of "Messages" in iOS at the moment. The "tapback" feature letting me heart/thumbs up some message is elegantly done IMO. And the knowledge that the receiver is also getting it the way I intended is great.
Room scale WebVR experience built with A-Frame (https://aframe.io) running 90fps in the browser: http://blog.mozvr.com/a-painter

WebVR advantages: open (not owned by a single entity), connected (travel from experience to experience without having to close and open), publish a web page in ten seconds vs. one month (six months for Oculus), no installs / downloads which is better suited for long-tail content, ability to be responsive / gracefully degrade (for better or worse).
It's like a tech talk combined with a stand-up comedy, two-in-one.
This can partially be fixed by significantly expanding the sidewalks on the avenues (especially in Midtown). Take them down to 1 bus/emergency lane, 1 private car lane, and some loading zones (where there aren't bus stops), which will also help with induced demand.
Is there a way I can add an auto-responder?
My point is that terms like 'right', 'power', and 'authority' are not interchangeable, they mean different things. There are other tangential points, but this entire thread is essentially about people objecting to government exercising power without authority in a way that violates rights. I hope that illustrates both the differences between these terms and why it's important to use the correct language in this discussion.
While that's part of your every day routine, I think you'd have to agree that a lot of that is pretty niche.
Well, there are only a few real options

1) A dark box on your head with a screen (or a projector) inside

2) Direct connection to the brain

We're not even close to solving #2, and even if we were, I'm not sure many people would agree so a surgical procedure.

We could create a light weight version of #1 without the box - something like glasses with screens or low-power laser projectors, but then you'd need to be in a relatively dark place for the true immersion. Dlodlo V1 VR is doing that, I think. And ODG R-7 Smartglasses, kind-of.
Presuming departments track complaint resolution outcomes, we should see the rate of "legitimate" cases go up.

E.g., if 100 cases were filed, 50 frivolous, and the officer in question was sanctioned in 10 cases, that's a 10% rate. If the number of frivolous cases drops to 0, the "sanction" rate should double to 20%.
Background: http://www.develop-online.net/news/squad-devs-blast-kerbal-s...
Cloud, IoT Big Factors in Annual BSIMM 7 Report
New Yorkers don't, like, buy cars in the winter and sell them in the summer. Why would that matter?
I'd suggest unless Google's providing a fully open source solution, you should never trust them enough to purchase a networking device from them.
What We Actually Know About Software Development, and Why We Believe It’s True

https://vimeo.com/9270320
Sure, it's a bad strategy, and we definitely should do something about the police violence.

But being biased towards violence when criminals match the demographics of violent criminals who previously have attacked you or your friends is an understandable human response, and not particularly racist.

My point is this: police are likely just violent douchebags who are actually trying to be a little anti-racist; they're violent psychopaths who escalate to fatal violence when someone who even vaguely matches a previous attacker resists their orders at all, but they actually respond that way slightly less to black people than the raw statistics of who murders who suggests they would, showing a sensitivity and attempt to tune that response.

Of course, this isn't an actual study or theory. It's merely pointing out that the narrative around the data was shaped before any real analysis of the data was performed (and by a group with a horse in the race), and there's perfectly coherent stories that aren't racist. I find it a little strange how quickly the orthodox view around the issue formed, and a little disturbing how viciously it's defended, even against moderate versions of the same view.

I don't think anyone is disputing that US police are unnecessarily violent, though.
More memory, faster CPU, better GPU, and most important to me - best camera on the market.

The Oneplus 3 is four times the size, the firmware running on it tends to be buggy, and the battery life is nothing close to the same.

I get it - if you're on a budget you can probably do better with the Oneplus 3. But there are a MILLION options in the budget space. Pixel is about showcasing a high end Android phone WITHOUT all the bloat that Samsung adds. I can just about guarantee if Samsung would relent and just run stock android, Google would end the nexus/Pixel program overnight.
Kind of ruins one half of the "choice" argument in favor of Android. "You can choose any Android phone you want, as long as it's a Nexus/Pixel!"
Oh god yes. And from the Manta talk, to paraphrase:

I believe that if you talk about Oracle without going into Nazi allegory, than some understanding has been left on the table. In fact, I firmly believe that if you were talking to someone who hadn't heard of WWII but was an Oracle customer, that you would explain the Nazis to them in Oracle allegory:

Wow. Really?

Yes, it's true: Larry Ellison owned a whole country

Oh god! The humanity! Just imagine the licences on that thing

I know, it was terrible dude, just ask Poland

Also, for another excellent talk by Bernhardt, this time about the differences in philosophy between Python and Ruby, which gives a very fair critique of them both: https://vimeo.com/9471538.
>We produce vastly more food than we need

Global warming could cause some nasty food shortages.
"Can the president outrun a cheetah?" is not the same as challenging the president's qualifications as president.

It is challenging the idea that the president can outrun a cheetah, however. So, "Can science solve X?" is not the same as "Is science effective?".
I have 0 context and background info, i'm not even into the game, but maybe it's just people moving on. I can see they have created a truly amazing game and now they are looking for new venues, new challenges. Considering the success they had I wouldn't be surprised most of those people are also getting some sweet offers.
>How can anyone tell that is a lawful arrest vs an assault/prelude to kidnapping?

http://www.jimwagnerrealitybased.com/images/If_you_are_place...
Isn't Kung Fu is closely related to Taoism? It's the Yin to Confusionism's Yang.
The problem is Google sells products like the OnHub with indications that more is coming. It was strongly hinted that the OnHub was going to be the center of Google's soon to come Google Home solution.

Of course, those of us seasoned with the experience of buying Google products before should know better, but it really doesn't change the fact that people who bought it are absolutely right to feel upset.
But if you close all the streets to auto traffic, you can't get the van there. Checkmate!
A remarkable mind and a keen and joyful lad, I hope Peter finds rest at last.
Squad is the company behind KSP. You can find more info on them on Wikipedia
How are Windows and Java, which are somewhat tied to 16-bit Unicode, handling this? It used to be that the astral planes didn't matter much, but now they do.
The Joseph Nacchio story is very complicated and not the best example of the point you are making, sadly. Qwest was undeniably naughty with the books on his watch and they had a case. I agree it sucks, just saying he's not the best example.
this is unbelievably relevant for me right now, because this is exactly what I was looking to implement. Any gotchas? Lessons learned?
You can choose any android you want, even if its not a Nexus/Pixel.

It just might not be as good, because its not controlled by google. But, I do think that argument died a long a time ago because of the cruft OEM's have been adding to android and the common refusal to upgrade phones (though that has been getting better lately).
It's one of those things that's great until you realize that as resource constrained people in a capitalist society we will basically poor our scientific advancement into the preservation of the wealthiest. Or birth control: cue the monkey house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI1C9DyIi_8
"the greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function"

not a high tech talk, or particularly technically complex, but it shows a common blindspot in a way that is both clear, enlightening and frightening.
The talks are awesome. I still downvoted this, because I consider it off topic. Sorry.
I vote for "Parable of the Sower", definitely. I've enjoyed some of her other books, and I still have more to read, but this is the one that really left a mark on me.
I'll be honest, that doesn't really bother me, assuming AWS wasn't forced or coerced into dropping WikiLeaks. I happen to disagree with a lot of WL's actions, and understand why AWS may not want to host stolen classified documents. I understand that you don't share that opinion, and that my opinion may not be the most popular one on HN.

Any other examples?
Being able to end development is really important. You don't want it to just putter out.
> I fought like hell to install all the deps before throwing in the towel.

What? The deps are pretty tame for such a large program.

tcl8.6, tk8.6, tcllib, libsqlite3-tcl, libtk-img

So, for a debian/ubuntu machine:

sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tk8.6 tcllib libsqlite3-tcl libtk-img

RHEL/Fedora and friends will be similar, except with yum/dnf.

All of this info is at the top of the downloads section:

http://drakon-editor.sourceforge.net/editor.html#downloads
DemocracyOS's Successor in Columbia
Do you have 100% recall? And if you so, how did you get there, specifically? I'd like to learn more, but there's so much hokum surrounding so called 'memory' techniques it's hard to know where to start. It's kind of like weight lifting that way. :)
> I just can't see the justification to spending this much money on a phone Google will drop support for after 2 years, in addition to never fixing some issues that are present at launch (look up the Nexus 4 camera reset issue, which Google never fixed).

Plus, you can't just walk into a local Google Store and use the accidental damage insurance to replace your phone on the spot (or repair it within an hour or so) if you dropped it and cracked the screen.

I don't want to mail my phone in to a repair center and be without a phone for a few days. I want it fixed or exchanged in a short time while I wait, and I won't pay iPhone prices for a Pixel phone if I can't get that level of service.

Purchases of high-end items are not motivated merely the items themselves. They are also motivated by the level of service the buyer gets if something goes wrong. For example, if you bring your Toyota to the dealership for service, you'll be lucky to get a loaner car. If you bring your Lexus to the dealership for service, you'll almost certainly get a loaner car that's even nicer than the car you brought in.

If you buy an Apple product, you get a pretty big network of retail stores with free support and fast service turnaround. If you buy a Pixel, what do you get other than the phone itself?
Show HN: How bloated is your favorite app?
Unlike the other dimensions, the difference between ridiculously thin and absurdly thin isn't terribly user-visible, especially given that many people will increase the thickness of their phones by more than that simply through their choice of protective case.
Design is not a matter of personal taste. It either achieves the goals of the designer or it doesn't. It can be evaluated on a purely objective basis. You're talking about style, which is about expression more than outcomes, and is received in a very personal way.

When someone reacts so negatively to material design that they won't use it, that is a failure. There's no matter of opinion there. The purpose of the design work is to make it usable.
His argument is that economies that rely too heavily on monetary policy are unsustainable.

Furthermore, he is suggesting that we are nearing a tipping point when there is abundant competition for meager returns that should be temporary. The traditional roles and functions of the bond market in economies around the world have been perverted by policy.

At some point investors will exhaust the risk threshold in bond markets, and arguably, tap less traditional markets like Bitcoin simply because they are a counterpoint to the bond markets.
They recently released versions of the game on consoles. I'd guess that they stuck around for post-release patches, and now that it's stable, are winding down development.
Google's play for the living room starts with Home
The underlying article from BORDC says:

> ... the library agreed to allow off-duty police to be on the scene. However, the library set two conditions. First, nobody could be forcibly removed for asking an unpopular question. Second, nobody could be removed at all without consulting with the library staff, who would only allow an individual to be removed if staff concluded they were an imminent threat.
>I read the judges ruling and the TLDR is that the judge said the customers will never know their email is being read so how can you claim that a privacy violation has occurred?

What?! That's like saying my home wasn't actually burgled until I arrive home to see that it was, absolutely ridiculous
This is just so uneducated.

Do you know how cancer biology works?

Accumulated cell and nuclear damage from an endless assortment of factors cause cells to enter disease states. When certain errant states that regulate cell proliferation and apoptosis begin to accumulate, cell populations begin to drift into the cancer territory.

The number one cause of cancer is life. There are accelerating factors in the environment, for sure, but cancer is simply an error state of our biology. It's the machinery of higher order life breaking down and entering a pattern that doesn't self-regulate.
They probably start with the court orders.
React-vis-force: d4-style force-directed graphs
How to Criticise Technology
Link to the launch page: https://madeby.google.com/home/
Unless google has changed paths recently, I'd imagine that the additional support is just hardware+apps. I don't think they modified the OS in any way exclusive to the Pixel. The same OS software will likely be available to any other OEM shipping that version of nougat.
If I'm in the market for a premium phone (and I am) then I either go with Apple which is known to deliver quality (I can buy a products without prior research because they are rarely bad) or I go with something innovative that is high quality.

The Samsung Note 7 comes to mind with its phenomenal build (except for the explosions), display and some unusual features like a stylus and microSD slot.

But what does the Pixel offer here for a premium price in comparison?

The CPU is premium but weaker than current iPhone processors. Nexus cameras have always been crap even though Google always claimed that with the new generation and some revolutionary changes they have finally "fixed" it. And they always drop support rather quickly, although they always claim otherwise when they launch a new product.

The Nexus devices were at least cheap and so I could overlook this stuff, but I'm not going to spend that kind of money on a device that will probably be a Nexus device with a metal case.
That the usg attempted this is a sign of deeply seated incompetence at a philosophical level.