skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Well I can only trust experts on these things. You can find these stuff from different people and organisation. Its sometimes hard to figure out who to believe but I think you can find a reasonable amount of agreement.

> By the way, you're right, I'm not saying it's entirely funded by the west, but those weapons are coming from somewhere.

Yes they do, but there are a lot of actors in play, the west are just one of the players, and not the biggest one. Western weapons get resold quite a bit as well.

The Syrian war is so complex because the huge amount of local, regional and global actors. All have different goals and values. Almost all regional and global actors provide some form of assistant to the groups they prefer. Often in the form of money or weapons of course.

I would say in all of the West was comparatively hesitant in doing to much. Mostly because they like non of the people fighting and those they like, some of their allies don't like. The US for example, would love to support the PYD (even more), but Turkey essentially says PYD=PKK and the US has the PKK on the terror list.

It seems that even most Foreign policy experts are highly unsure how to handle the current situation.

> Do local players have fighter jets, drones etc ?

No, but most fighting is not done with fighter jets and drones. Also, regional players, such as Jordan, Turkey, Iran and so on DO have fighter jets. The US could of course stop selling jets to Jordan but that would not change the current situation very much. Plus it would have many other effects.

In my opinion the hole ME policy should be rethought but that needs a larger context.
Why did you walk away from so many good opportunities and instead pursued all the wrong ones? Do you think it's your judgment? Or bad luck?
Exactly correct! Long ago I wrote the LongBets software and am still involved in the Long Now, so I'm happy to facilitate registering a bet between people on this topic; just email me.

At this point we've been up for 14 years. If we're good enough for Warren Buffet's million-dollar bet [1], I'd say we can handle this bet too.

[1] http://longbets.org/362/
> Aren't they allowed to sit on the iPhone? Why must they come up with amazing new stuff when they've already got a mountain of cash and loyal fans who love the point release updates?

If you're not growing, you're stagnating or declining. If Apple don't continue to innovate, then someone else will pick up the baton. Android continues to get better and better as a mobile OS, and the Android ecosystem continues to get better too. Linux and Windows both have some improvements over macOS, although macOS is better than them in other ways; if Apple continues to under-invest here then there won't be much reason to run its software, meaning there won't be much reason to buy its hardware. We've already seen that Apple's hardware itself is not as good as it could be, which means that offerings from other companies are comparatively more competitive.

> In other industries like cars, the manufacturers don't necessarily create hugely different models every year, but only small improvements on last year's model, and they seem to do okay.

I don't know if I'd go that far. On the one hand, cars haven't radically changed in decades (they still have four tyres, a steering wheel, windows, seats; most use internal-combustion engines), but OTOH they have changed: roll cages, crush zones, airbags, infotainment systems, heated & cooled seats, more intelligence, electric engines.

And indeed it's the models which do offer the most innovation which get the most attention. I don't know if they're the most profitable though.
If you had worked "courage" into your post it would have been perfect.
The woman who went to the library and read every book on the shelf (2014)
Surface is a bigger innovation than anything Apple has released in the last half-decade in virtually all aspects.
How Smart People Make Bad Decisions
Date: 2010. Might explain the broken page.
No escape key on the new Macbook Pro either.
The main result of paying for Premium is that it removes the advertising.

Why that sort of advertising has been baked into a $120 operating system, I have no idea. I guess someone got greedy and figured nobody would quit the OS over it. Their Weather app is full of ads too, last I checked.

It's a large factor in why I've switched to Linux as much as possible, though MS still got my money for a W10 license so it's not much of a victory.

http://www.pcgamer.com/windows-10-solitaire-requires-a-subsc...
I haven't seen this yet, but for anyone that's interested: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Nine Inch Nails, Social Network, Gone Girl, Girl w/ the Dragon Tattoo, and more) provide the score for this film.
You can reconfigure the keybindings however you'd like, on any version.
i can totally picture the concrete one above my desk!
Yeah, the two options I'm entertaining now are running and tennis. Otherwise, maybe something like TRX or bodyweight exercises.
There's already an alternative: USB-C

Apple wasn't the first company to ditch it, or even the second...

http://www.androidcentral.com/moto-z-doesnt-have-headphone-j...
Nope. Find a bouldering gym, buy a pair of shoes, go climbing and chat with everyone.
Who do you think sold that stock in the first place? Company X, to raise capital. If there weren't people willing to buy company X stocks in he future, they would be unable to sell them when they needed capital.
Calling an idea "stupid" without explaining why isn't constructive.
> Green threads are the GOTO of cooperative multitasking.

You know, in GOTO based vs. structured code, one is a mess where nobody can get things correct at the first several tries, where another is a organized piece, built observing programmers limitation.

The same does apply to bare async-io vs. green threads, but you got something missed-up there.
Ok I'll bite. I'd like the power of the 15" MBP, but after having the 15" in 2008 which I found to be too heavy to carry with me in my bag constantly, I've always bought the 13" Mac laptop (had a 2011 Air, now a 2015 Pro). I find the current 13" Pro to be about as heavy as I would like to comfortable carry in my backpack for hours at a time. I appreciate that the new 15" MBP is only .5 lbs heaver than the current 13" Pro which makes it a real option for me.
> They need to say what's in it.

Microsoft have...

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/manage/con...

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/charlesa_us/2016/05/02/c...
Great article. Perhaps you can share an example or two of what this process looks like.

Will this method of breaking down, forgetting about it, then reconstructing work for improving my trolling?

I certainly don't think Ben Franklin has anything to say on that. What say you?
These look very good, thanks for the recommendation.
So many, many things :(
Its a design problem, as they intentionally made their "Pro" machines non-upgradable.

In the race towards ultimate and unnecessary thinness, the elimination of sockets for RAM and SSD dictate separate SKUs for every configuration they want to sell.
The core games are still free but they have embraces the "in-app purchase" model of offering extras for $$$.
The battery life is under two hours when you're doing "that kind of work". Also, the GPU is severely throttled when the laptop is not plugged into the AC power.
> Apple product arent your typical computer science, nerds with no art back ground kind of coder

The art background comment is funny. I don't really know what all my colleagues studied in school, half of them probably don't remember. But I work with a lot of backend distributed systems people, very little visual UI type work. Most of us use macs because of unix. And that's important because we deploy to Linux. While not the same exactly, it's close enough to build comparable tools between both.

Apple has hands down, the best portable Unix on the market. They should play to that audience more, rather than just a side note.
Is it possible to use images from say Google Street View to reconstruct 3D city model with this tool? Maybe it could fall into fair use for small part of city...
Seems to return results that are very similar to those I get with Google.
WebAssembly Browser Preview
Because the Macbook pro 2016 has been announced but not released and for the surface book here is what he said

"Processing Power

This is difficult to do a fair comparisons, especially when comparing prices later, because, while for the MacBook Pros we know exactly their clock speed and if they are dual-core or quad-core, there are no specs for the new Surface Book. I read somewhere they used the same processors of the previous model, so dual-core i5 2.4Ghz and dual-core i7 2.6Ghz. Which is more than the revamped MBP whose i5 is 2.0Ghz and i7 is 2.4Ghz, but (much) less than the new models which have an i5 with 2.9Ghz and i7 up to 3.3Ghz and even a quad-core i7 2.9Ghz for the 15”.

Winner: MacBook Pro"

relevant portion: there are no specs for the new Surface Book. I read somewhere they used the same processors of the previous model
You obviously don't work in any kind of office. Wired Ethernet is still the norm for good reason: having hundreds or thousands of PCs in one building fighting over WiFi spectrum would be incredibly stupid and inefficient and slow.
Even if it costs them 50 cents on the dollar to use that money, that's still a good chunk of money to fall back on, isn't it?

I can imagine that you wouldn't actively take risks with money that's expensive to use, but if they were already in a death spiral, wouldn't they use it to avoid going down the drain entirely?

It seems absurd to me to sit on $200 billion if you can't use at least a good fraction of it - but I don't even begin to understand the legal and accounting issues with handling that sort of money.
Why oh why didn't I take Math/Physics seriously...

But the ones that I regret the most are those were I didn't say how I truly felt to the people that matter that most.

They are the ones, not the rejections or the failures, that gnaws on your soul.
I stand corrected. I was meaning to express that slimness and features need not be mutually exclusive, yet we are seeing features cast aside to make way for slimness, as if slimness were the only thing that all should strive for.
Was the Arab spring cause by the west? Did the West start gas bombing the people of Syria?

The US has much to answer for on how ISIS came into existence but the Syrian Civil War more narrowly is a local situation.

The rebels might have been defeated faster if not for Western support but that about all that can be said.

You can of course go further back and blame France for the situation in Syria but it starts to be a futile argument.
Terrible advice indeed.

It's perfectly possible to be passionate about a company and being part of building its products and making sure that you've properly financially and professionally insulated against failure or calamity.
OH yes, the start menu. Do you want Donald Trump on your start menu? Really, Microsoft? (I think it was on the flipboard icon, I don't remember, I don't care....)
Oh don't get me wrong, they're always full of exciting gimmicks that are fun for a month or so. I guess some people get distracted by all that enough to get very excited but if you ask them what they actually use/care about (and they answer honestly) it's all "boring" things like battery life, email, IM etc.
Show HN: Dr, an in-browser AsciiDoc static content system
> The big 5 have something to lose. They fence. The little guy is sword fighting.

This isn't just you not explaining yourself well. This is an entirely different claim. Your first claim was that the big companies "are incapable of risking losing billions on an idea" which is patently untrue.

This claim isn't as clearly untrue. It's just not meaningful. If you need billions to win, then the "little guy" need not apply. If only big players can afford to compete, then that's who will compete.

For the record, Nokia and BlackBerry and a number of other phone companies got to the point that they had nothing to lose, dumped in billions, and still lost the market. I think you vastly underestimate the difficulty of taking a major market from an established player.

> There is an umami to sword fighting. There's this whole other flavor that's hard to describe, unless you've tasted it. I know, it's kind of a bullshit argument.

Yes, that is a bullshit argument, partly because it's the whole "you couldn't possibly understand" thing that is in general a bad argument, but mostly because this claim means that you've been in a sword fight and literally hacked someone to death. I find this hard to believe.
Nice. I wonder if this could be used for robot navigation. The segmented point clouds especially are useful.

Been looking forward to a DIY Roomba project using point clouds and neural nets for navigation
"could be as simple as taking a photo"

I don't buy this story or their "sources" at all. A zoomed in photo is enough to create a accurate 3d model? Really?

I might be naive at times, but this time I'm calling BS.
This was inspired by Jr, https://github.com/Xeoncross/Jr, which does a similar thing for Markdown documents.

There's probably a lot of potential improvements but let me know what you think. :)
> Is there a site we can legally use to register that bet? I'd be interested in taking it.

I don't know of any website that let you place a bet like that, but you could probably place it at a bookmakers.
Yes, and wouldn't it be good to let the pro buying the laptop make that choice?
I think the new MBPs are simultaneously trying to a) be all things to all people, and b) push the envelope a little and encourage everyone to adopt USB-C.

a) means it has to be reasonably powerful, but also thin and light for road warriors. But why is a single device better than a range of device -- really light Air for those who need portability, and a beefy 17" for people who need power?

b) is fine as far as it goes, but taking away all the other ports, and doing this in the same machine that ticks all the boxes in part a), just means it's a compromise that's awkward for everyone.

If I buy Apple's latest laptop and their latest phone right now, they have different connectors, so I still need the same number of cables as before, I just need a whole set of new ones. If the next iPhone switches to USB-C, that would start to make sense (but then all those Lightning headphones suddenly become obsolete, so that's a bit awkward...)

It's not that the new MBPs are really bad, they're just underwhelming. If I needed a new Mac right now I'd be feeling resigned rather than excited about it. (Which is a strange feeling! Who doesn't like getting brand-new Apple kit?)
> Windows this giant monstwe

Yeah. Honestly, I don't want Windows. What I want is a really solid durable hardware platform for running Unix. One day maybe I will try a surface with Linux, I wonder if MS has crippled that or not. Anyone know?
Google Maps Streetview Player animates any entered trip
It's a Google Search feature [0]. Add "cache:" in front of the URL you search on Google to try and view the cached version.

Since most browsers nowadays implement an "omnibar" with Google as the default search provider, it appears seamless and performs the redirect.

[0] https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en
Truth. As somebody who has used Linux on Thinkpads for years, I know there's a lot of suppressed demand there too. A lot of people feel that things have gone steadily downhill since Lenovo took over.
Is there a makerspace/hackerspace nearby you?
Not really surprised. Hasn't he been one of the campaigns biggest donors?
I thought there was a relevant xkcd for this but I can't find it. Something about too many cloud services or something. Basically like "we'll save it to the cloud!" then someone going "which one?!
It left me kicking myself for not buying PHPStorm sooner so I could've gotten in on the perpetual license pricing. But oh well! It paid for itself pretty quickly, so I can't complain!
I know some don't like the packaging but CUVs are selling in ever increasing numbers and should help with sales more than if this were a sedan. I was very impressed with the range they obtained with both EPA and how some individual drivers fared.

Going to be real curious what drop off it experiences in winter. I am seriously considering a lease for one of these, I would not buy any first generation practical EV; I don't consider any of the sub 100 gang to be practical.

What I am really curious about is how this will effect pricing on the short range EVs. I don't see the pricing to remain steady on anything short of 200 miles going forward.

Even Consumer Reports likes it, though they state the boxy form is dork like it in no means goes full dork like the i3. Again, CUVs are the where the market is hot now and this was a great choice by GM. CR review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIYG0NR42LU
Same, I was studying theoretical physics in switzerland, and getting paid in gold compared to comparable programs around the world. Within 3 months of starting, I couldnt make myself wake up in the morning, and fell into depression. Leaving the phd, was the hardest decision of my life and give up the wide eyed impressed reactions to the question 'what do you do'. But now (few months later), working in Paris with days filled with novel experiences, makes me glad I didnt hang on and regret it the rest of my life.
And yet our only solution is the equivalent of green washing and insignificant, self-defeating feel good actions.

The reality no one wants to face is that the only immediately controllable solution is 1) to reduce the human population, which is the core driver of climate change and 2) stop moving people from low impact societies to high impact societies, stop moving them from the underdeveloped world to the developed world. Everything else is just beating around the bush and making things worse, respectively.
I keep telling myself that I should apply game theory investment rules on all decisions but it's hard for me to do that in practice, and I know I'm not be the only one with this problem. Our optimistic side does not always eagerly leave the helm to the pragmatic side, but I think this is both a gift and a curse.
@lotsofpulp LOL. Windows is not 50GB, the full install ISO supporting all editions is 3.5GB, and installed it takes roughly twice that (varies a bit by edition and optional components you install).

By default it helps conserve bandwidth by downloading updates once and sharing among other machines on your network.
I haven't read the article yet, but one of Twitter's biggest problems is that they listen to their whiny users too much. Facebook will roll out updates that change large parts of the interface to great protest, and then see increased engagement and growth because they are actually improvements. Twitter needs to get past the musings of backseat designers in the media and their crankiest users and start improving their product.

EDIT: Just read the article, and as I thought, it looks like a promising experiment. They are removing direct user control over who will be notified by replies in favor of handling it automatically. This also cleans up the interface a bit by removing long chains of usernames from the front of every reply. I can't say if it's ultimately going to stick, but it's a step in the right direction.
> Updates should never reinstall anything you've removed (including Candy Crush).

And yet it did. Looking into it, MS is playing the "bug" card and has said it won't happen next time. I'm not sure whether to believe them, or if it was a "we wanted to see if we could get away with it" approach to getting more ad installs.

https://rcpmag.com/articles/2016/08/24/anniversary-update-re...

While it shouldn't be reinstalling apps you've removed, they still intend to automatically add new "promoted apps" to your start menu. But each time they sell a slot, you should only need to remove it the one time and it won't come back.
Yes, because no other major software company does exactly the same thing these days. Except for all of them.

Default on autoupdates is the proper setting. That we're even debating this in 2016 is kind of crazy.
That's not really true. E.g the first Macbook Air had a very small battery and only a single USB port. The third gen released 18 months later had two USB ports, a much larger battery, and an SD card slot.
> It's not about the hardware. It's about the tight and seamless integration between the hardware and the software. The competitors are living in a completely different reality in that regard.

Y'know, you're not wrong, but here's the thing: once I set up a Linux desktop or laptop, it just works, just like a Mac does. From what I can ascertain, Windows is the same. It's not like the 80s, dealing with IRQs and what-not. Linux is a little more annoying, with proprietary drivers for some graphics cards, but again: once it's set up, it runs. The integration is just as tight as on a Mac: the hard drive stores data (with a better file system than HFS+ …); the graphics card displays graphics; the USB system delivers data; the headphone ports play music.

Not only that, but I also have freedom, which is no small thing. So, the experience is a bit worse at set-up time, and better on an ongoing basis. That's not a bad trade-off.
I've observed the same. It's baffling, and I don't understand why. Maybe they are in a nasty spot of workers who are non-techie but 100% reliant on tech?
It kind of all went downhill since when Twitter essentially banned third-party developers from the platform (or at least all Twitter client makers).

Third-party Twitter client-makers could've offered users an experience Twitter itself seems unable to offer - such as much better anti-abuse systems, better spam protection, better identification of bots, and so on.

But no, Twitter had to ban them so it can "control the experience" (as in offer you whatever type of ads they wanted and not have to deal with client makers when pushing them to users).
Node is ok, so is express. Even javascript is not bad really. Makes getting something up a running pretty simple.

npm OTOH needs to die a quick and very public death.
>"Key is the development of a single record for a voter that aggregates all that is known about them."

That is extremely disturbing.
Yup. It kind of made sense in the short run (kill competitors, steal & re-implement their ideas), but in the long run, condemned Twitter to only be a short message platform (albeit a very very good short message platform).

Interestingly, Facebook did the same (remember how bad Farmville was at first), but at a much later date, and they seem to have weathered the change fine.
> Maybe I'm just lucky, but I have never been in the position where could be tripping over the power cable but not over another cable that was also attached to a device. That's the thing: I rarely ever have just the power connected, so magsafe doesn't really protect me much.

What else would you be plugging into a macbook? Particularly in a setting like a coffee shop which is probably where the highest risk of someone tripping over the power cable is.

> Plus: With 10 hours of battery life, maybe I don't even need to connect the device outside of charging in the cases where I really only need power.

If you want to keep that 10 hour life you have to not drain it too often. (Or rather you have to not charge it too quickly, but unfortunately that amounts to the same thing).

> On the other hand, by not having a proprietary power connector, I can share power adapters with other devices, and I finally reach the point where I only have to connect exactly one cable to the machine to both power it and to connect the USB hub where all the devices I use are already connected to.

This is true. Though if Apple were going to give up on Magsafe as a competitive advantage I wish they would've just licensed the patents and allowed USB-C to use the same tech.
Instagram follow bot that uses machine learning.
http://www.sequbot.com

$450 Released this month though.
It makes Apple more money and keeps hate between iPhone and Android users because they can't share chargers.