skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Have 3d Secure here in Turkey too. Most merchants provide a checkbox to enable 3D secure, if you do so, they redirect to the bank's page and you need to enter a code.

Most of the time, non 3d secure purchases take a little more time to go through and if the amount is higher than your regular spendings or the charge happened to be in the middle of the night, banks ask for confirmation via SMS anyway. If you go with 3D secure, it just works instantly.

All banks provide virtual credit card numbers with predefined limits too though.
I'll repeat what I said in my prior comment on this thread: We need a massive class action lawsuit against these companies ASAP.

Google should not be allowed to cut someone off from all products without, at the very least, a reasonable period of time during which data is available in useful export formats, email still functions 100% so one can transition important accounts that use it, etc.

Consumers are getting hurt in a big way by these giants and nobody is doing a thing about it.
Good. AMD has very powerful hardware without the software ecosystem that Nvidia has with Cuda. Now that google is giving AMD a huge thumbs up it could help them sell more GPUs and invest that into tools.
Watson winning $1 million on Jeopardy has to be one of the most remarkable marketing campaigns in tech history. I don't think they get enough credit for it. Every time I hear about IBM's Watson, the story is always prefaced with this Jeopardy event, which must be a huge help when getting business contracts. I think it's absolutely brilliant.
Was taught to do it in drivers ed, which features environmental driving here. The point is not to aggressively downshift, but to let go of the gas and then downshift when the RPMs are lower. You still want to keep the RPMs relatively low. This is preferred to a situation where you would keep your speed and use the brakes at a later point in time. I should probably not have called it downshifting.
Well I think the bug is that even when asleep/locked computers will allow a USB device to connect, and give it a network interface, I can't think of a reason that's a good idea, and even if it was useful, it's too dangerous to allow.
there is still the issue of space junk, more satellites, more launches, more mishaps, more junk. And now you have more junk to create more mishaps.

I'm not saying I want more concentration, I'm just saying that the path to de-centralisation is not that clear cut (at there is a threshold were we have to talk about CO2 emissions).
How do you do X while freelancing?
For those who make websites, is there a method to extract the ideas from a client so as to have the content? Or is the content provided by the customer?

I phrased the title that way in case others have questions or if someone felt like sharing their knowledge in whichever field he or she may be in.
For me this is an emotional topic. I want everybody else to use it, but I myself do not want an electric car, an automatic car or a general speed limit. Arguing about stuff like this with (some) Germans is like arguing about guns with (some) Americans. Sure, there is a reasonable position, which is better for society. I don't care, don't take away my [insert toy here]!
> when automatic transmissions are consistently
> outperforming humans at fuel efficiency

What? So far each data sheet has shown higher fuel consumption for automatic vehicles.
I'm very disappointed that ref returns were not implemented as syntactic sugar for out params.

A bit of history: game developers have been crying for a solution to the matrix operator problem. A 4x4 matrix is 64 bytes of data. Implement the mathematical operators using C# operators and you're looking at 192 bytes copied per invocation. The workaround is the fake ref operator: void Add(ref Matrix, ref Matrix, out Matrix). The problem is that this results in code smell at the call sites. The ref return was the first compromise, allowing that method to become: ref Matrix Add(...). The ultimate solution would be to allow ref returns and ref parameters on operators, but you need ref returns first.

This feature misses all of that. Maybe we'll get out returns, but the argument against it would be language bloat, and even I'd agree. Sigh.

/rant
well, here's the ultimate theft protection for ya.

Of course driving manual in traffic is pain in the ass, but I would prefer to skip heavy traffic anyways, instead of trying to make it somewhat more bearable.

Had some experience driving automatic in Cyprus, which is very mountainous. It was impossible to keep constant speed, as car was constantly trying to find "optimal" gear for every hill and slope, instead of finding optimal gear for the whole trip. Ended up using sport mode, which just kept the engine working at higher RPMs. Not optimal in any way.

I'm sure there are great automatics, but unfortunately not in my price range. There's a difference between automatic ferarri and automatic hyundai.
So kind of like insurance?
A 2017 Subaru WRX with a CVT and 268hp will deliver 5.9s 0-60. Certainly not a supercar but it fits the definition of 'performance-focused' for most people.

It is odd to see in action; accelerating from a stop using launch control causes the car to not simulate gear shifts for maximum performance; the engine quickly climbs to about 6700 and just hangs there while the speed increases. No shifting drama at all. Almost boring.
I'm waiting for: Optimus Prime
Try a PDK.

The idea that it's so important to be able to uncouple the driveline as to warrant a dedicated pedal just for that purpose is completely silly.
It is rather baffling. They have an amazing online code browsing tool they use for the reference source of the .NET Framework (enormously useful for figuring out all the details they don't bother to document and the type system can't express), but they aren't applying that tech more universally.

The blog platform particularly suffers for it.
Eco driving is also about driving with foresight: don't accelerate if you likely have to stop soon anyway.

Braking wastes the most gas.
Basic understanding of an injected engine and power conservation should be enough here.

When you're downshifting you're braking with your engine.
This means two things:

1. Less fuel is burned. The injectors are closed while the engine is braking.

2. Momentum, not fuel, is used to drive the alternator, AC etc.

If you instead were to brake the car, it would need to use fuel just to keep the engine running. In the same way as it would if you were idling parked. Even more fuel is needed to combat the resistance from your AC and alternator.
A stick is the only way to go for a muscle car. My first muscle car was a '67 Mustang, which had a problematic transmission. The first thing I did was convert it to a 4 speed manual.

My '72 Dodge has a Tremec 5 speed manual heavy duty. It's a sweet shifter, indeed.
Pattern Matching with Is Expressions

Awesome! Greatly reduces "ugly" boilerplate code like this:

if (control is TextBox)
{
var textBox = (TextBox)control;
textBox...
}

Also, it would be great if Microsoft could make full properties in another way so that you do not have to write a backing field for it. Something like this:

public string LastName
{
get;
set
{
if (value == "Batina")
RaisePropertyChanged();
}
}

It would make code more cleaner.
DCTs are typically 3–5% more fuel-efficient than manual transmissions.
10 years ago I got a Mastercard that for the first time required me to answer a 3D Secure questing each time I did an online purchase. It's been at least seven years since I had to answer that question though. How 3DS figures my card carries no fraud risk I have no idea. Is my card less likely to get stolen? Perhaps they have geography as a metric?
Subaru WRX is not a dual clutch, it's an (optional) CVT.
Engine braking in most petrol cars is an efficient tactic due to DFCO[0] - less efficient than coasting in neutral, but you're not as in control of the car when not in gear, so the combination of both being in control and getting a "free" slowing effect (especially when judging upcoming traffic, as opposed to coming to a complete halt) can be better than just mashing the middle pedal.

[0] Deceleration fuel cut off
I think this would be illegal in the UK due to the Data Protection Act:

Some excerpts from Wikipedia on DPA:

"Personal data shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date."

- Would Google be allowed to discard emails sent to you from others? Would this constitute personal information?

"Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data."

- Would Google be allowed to prevent access to your personal information?

Seems like the DPA should protect against this...
Meanwhile in Eastern Europe people still can't afford a car with automatic transmission...
+1 about the 3 people chatting thing. The Energy Gang [1] is one of my all time favorite podcasts and it too follows this format.

[1] https://www.greentechmedia.com/podcast/the-energy-gang
yeah sure, you can shit on a country's regulations, the response ranges from harmless to starting an open war, with a a few steps like seeking the company's funders extradition, seeking redress in international arbitrage, blocus etc.
You are kidding, right?

Human decency dictates that, at the very least, someone be warned that their account is now headed for non-negotiable suspension and be given 30 days to clear out their stuff and move on.

I couldn't care less what algorithm decided what. At some point a person coded-in the rules and, for some incomprehensible reason, this person or people decided it would be perfectly fine to take the path of most damage to consumers.

Your company, Facebook, Amazon and others deserve to get hit with a massive class action lawsuit that results in equally massive financial penalties and requires corrective actions. Maybe then you'll learn how to behave like human beings.
You can downshift and use the motor for breaking. When doing that, you don't burn any fuel at all, as the kinetic energy of the car will help keep the motor turning.
You have the same effect in automatic transmissions when letting go of the gas pedal.
Not sure if that's the case. While I love manual transmission, I would rather argue that it is more dangerous as you're often forced to have one hand away from the steering wheel, which makes it harder to react quickly.
I don't know how long of a debate for a given topic are you imagining. I fear this would dilute the number of topics that can be covered.
The left "soul searched" about the reasons for its defeat for maybe (at most) 72 hours.

They're losing 2020.
Similarly, California's laws on furniture flammability generally mean that upholstery is soaked in carcinogens in an attempt to make it burn slower-- but it doesn't actually have any benefits in a fire.
No reference, but engine braking means you don't need to send petrol to the engine (since the engine is being driven by the car's momentum), so there should be no fuel usage. When the car is stopped, then it will use more petrol (to keep the engine from stalling). Assuming all things are equal, then when you brake with your foot brake, the energy that gets turned into heat in the brake pads could have instead been turned into energy that keeps the engine spinning (and so it doesn't need to come from petrol).
Assuming it hasn't done a bunch of other stuff yet. While Microsoft recommends that the install directory is the application bundle and programs should confine themselves to it, that's hardly what many applications are doing.
It's only correct for modern automatic transmissions. Plus sometimes start/stop.

Probably not for old "3 gear with torque converter" or similiar.
If you are curious about how Flock compares to Slack (we get that a lot), we made a short video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDDapdpgCd8
It really depends on the company you were dealing with. They almost certainly have someone stateside who are dealing with customs, picking up containers and unpacking them. With enough volume, it's quite doable.

Basically, for shipping by sea, weight is barely important. Volume is the most important thing. I forget how much it costs to ship a container (like those big containers you see at ship yards or on trains), but essentially it is little enough that cross atlantic/pacific is essentially free. If you have enough to fill up a container and you have someone who can do the paperwork on the other end, it is totally feasible.

I shipped my bicycles from England to Japan on a partial palette. I can't even remember how much I paid... Maybe $100. And that's for a third party shipping company that came to my door, wrapped my bike boxes, put them on a palette and found space in an unfilled container. The hitch? I had to go to the docks in Japan, fill in the paperwork, do the customs inspection, etc. It took me a whole day. To have someone else do the work for me on that side would have cost $1000.

If you can't receive large shipments, then they have you over a barrel and they will suck the money out of you. Probably there is a business opportunity there...
Downshifting to slow down uses zero fuel. Modern cars cut fuel completely when coasting is detected based on throttle position and whether gear is engaged among other sensors. This is only used a lot in manuals since the torque converter causes freewheeling at lower rpms. It's known as deceleration fuel cut and it's standard in OEM and aftermarket engine controllers.

Typically the engine "restarts" when rpm drops to a bit above idle speed but as mentioned it doesn't happen as much in automatics because of the freewheeling. In automatics it only occurs when deceleration starts at high rpm or the clutch within the torque converter is locked during steady highway driving. I assume shifting into "low" may enable deceleration fuel cut in more situations assuming the driver may be using it to slow down, but I have no evidence of that usage
> at our scale.

Care to elaborate what that scale is? We're using ember for a new app that expects very large traffic volumes on continual basis with realtime components etc... I've worked with ember for the past few years and opted to use it but always interested in hearing other viewpoints esp for "high scale"
I think it is time for Facebook to develop the "thumb down" button, or some other way to flag fake news.
I would love to see this on Linux.
Enough with the Fastmail astroturfing on HN already !
i think it'd be a good one to interview donald trump before his presidency. about his entrepreneurship past, his future actions on startup visas/programs, supporting startups, etc.
Don't Just Engage Subject Matter Experts – Win Them Over
does anyone know why people do not use mattermost instead of slack&co? it seems to have everything in place, and it's free and opensource.. is it beacuse you need to deploy by yourself?
If you're slowing down to traffic light, it's more efficient than coasting in neutral. You've to slow down anyway and slowing down with engine braking is 0.0l/km. While coasting still burns some fuel.

In addition to that, some newer cars charge battery when engine braking. Which is effectively saving fuel later.
The preload pre-conditions are what stops us from considering it:

- Must be on the root domain.

- Must redirect HTTP to HTTPS.

We refuse to serve content over HTTP, and thus don't redirect broken clients. Doesn't make sense to penalize people for not being on the list.
That's true. A good automatic transmission will be slightly faster. However I also get his point, as most of the last-gen cars with automatic transmission were slightly slower than their manual counterparts.
Actually, it uses a tiny bit less fuel, since it doesn't have to idle.
Well, it was banned in F1 over a decade ago
This is a great post. I think the "paid to write code" is often a byproduct of environment - whether it's poor engineering leadership, bad productivity measurement, etc.
It's very interesting how the whole article (and Lennart) shies away from even uttering "package manager" and instead talks about containers.

This is fundamentally an implementation of Lennart's blog post - http://0pointer.net/blog/revisiting-how-we-put-together-linu.... That article used the words "We want an efficient way that allows vendors to package their software " ... which was followed by a storm of angry systemd-is-the-borg-it-needs-to-die tweets and articles.

Even on HN - the response to this article seems fairly muted... although it is a bigger political issue than even init systems. I wonder what the response would have been to "systemd introduces new portable packaging format"
Don't be misled; many in America can't afford any kind of car. Even many who have them go into perpetual debt to do so.
Bundling a browser with the OS that had 98% of all user share at the time. neither Apple not Google come anywhere close to that market domination with their iOS or Android systems.
Also the case was much more broad that just the browser it was for software that runs on the OS.
Antitrust is not just about what a company does but mainly about what other alternatives are out there. In Microsoft's case there were no other alternatives while today you can choose between several.

EDIT: One more thing that everyone seems to confuse is that antitrust cases should protect CONSUMER rights not PRODUCER rights. A case can be made that Google and Apple are hurting other companies by offering free services with their products but they ARE NOT HURTING CONSUMERS.
How would it be better for society if everybody had automatic transmission?
Pluto 'has slushy ocean' below surface
SMS is not very secure, there have been quite a few stories of people losing digital access due to an attacker just calling Verizon and taking over their phone account.
Right, so you implement them with unsafe.

If you need unsafe code for basic operations within the language, something is wrong with the language. This isn't about talking to hardware, or an external library. It's pure Rust code.

(Some pointer manipulations can be built from swap as a basic operation. That may work for doubly-linked lists. The other big
problem is partially valid arrays, such as vectors with extra space
reserved. There's no way to talk about that concept within the language. There could be, but this isn't the place to discuss it.)
I'm not sure it is fair to say that Realm is the first Javascript object database. What about GunDB or PouchDB?
I 2nd that. Before I've usually ended up with PT Mono, but this Go font is bit more pleasing to work with. Thanks Google.
Those gambling machines are much closer to the shit the tobbaco industry has put on for decades, with all the chemical additives they included so as to maximize the addiction.
How many people keep both hands on the steering wheel at all times (not counting smokers or idiots on their cellphones)? Also quick reactions are usually done with your right foot on the brake, not by swerving wildly around.
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From what I understand, this is basically what happens for most online credit card payments. If you enter your credentials, you're redirected to a verification page by the issuer where you have to enter a password or SMS-sent key. On success, this page then passes a signed token (or similar) back to the original online shop as confirmation.
That's to be expected as a dual-clutch transmission is a robotically operated manual transmission with an extra degree of freedom. Most automatics are completely different technology that has always been less efficient.
GunDB also runs in Node by the way, AND the browser
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There are advantages to GC, even Rust has runtime GC. But where is the memory freed ? You don't have to think of that at all in JavaScript. Also when something goes wrong with types in JavaScript the worst case scenario is "2"+2 turns into "22" witch is easy to avoid, compared to a silent overwrite/overflow. Even if the types in JavaScript is very loose, they are much safer.
SQL Server 2016 SP1
Exactly! For commuting you should get an automatic and for the weekend you should get a manual.

I was a fan of manual cars for a long time, but the more time I spent stuck in traffic, the more I love automatic transmissions.
Don't use their services, be like Richard Stallman
This is unfortunate given that manufacturers regularly game fuel mileage tests fof automatics to give buyers a sense of better gas mileage(to justify the higher price). Real world tests by consumer reports and others continue to show that manual transmissions get better gas mileage in real world conditions on top of being much more reliable.

And before someone mentions it, a clutch wearing out during the working life of a modern manual car is a joke. I've driven multiple manual cars to over 200k miles and never had to replace a clutch. If you wear out a clutch your car is defected or (more likely) you're utterly terrible at driving stick
This is important to note regardless of your feelings on the election and of current US and Russian Politics. Despite what was picked up by many US media outlets, publicly, Putin has been much more diplomatic and even-handed in his assessments of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Privately, who knows what his intentions and relationships are. But since the media relies pretty much on only public statements from Putin, it seems only fair that we reserve any further judgement aside from that. Prior to the election, Putin expressed that he was glad to hear that Donald Trump wanted better relations. In the very next breath, he also cautioned that "who knows what will actually happen though if he's elected." In nearly the next sentence, he also expressed worry about Hillary Clinton's aggressive stance, then immediately countered with "but maybe she will change once elected to look for better relations." Of course, the media on all parts of the political spectrum overwhelmingly reported this as "Putin respects Trump", omitting his full, far more diplomatic statements.

I've been living in Russia for almost 2 years, and one thing I have learned on politics is that you really need to separate the Russian people from the Russian Government; your average Russian distrusts all politicians - most grew up during a time with very open corruption and when your political opinion could actively ruin your life if it was found out. They are very distrustful of the government, and in turn, tend to rely only on their family and friends. They believe government will do what it will do, and the Politicians here seem to be fine with that perception. There's far more focus on bring economic power back to Russia than there is on trying to stick it to the US. A few politicians for local elections tried to run on a "blame the US" platform, but they were largely ignored for the idiots they were. If there's some master plan from Russia to disrupt US Democracy, the end-goal isn't really clear from Russia's side.
I have a license for manual transmission as that's the default in Germany. My US license is expired now* but I only drove automatics there. I always thought it was curious that the default in the US is automatic and in most other countries I've been to it is manual...in fact there's an ego thing at play here, too. A lot of people in Germany think automatics are for people who can't drive properly.

My next car will be an automatic, the convenience is nice and I doubt that I can get any extra performance out of my mediocre shifting habits. Automated or semi-automated driving (lane control and whatnot) is also a lot nicer with automatics (I've seen a manual that had the features and it was a usability nightmare).

There's a couple of use cases for manuals most notably driving on icy roads and possibly mountain regions but that's rare here. For everything else I'm assuming automatics are optimized beyound my abilities (saving gas by motor-breaking etc.)

*Random sidenote: German licenses don't expire. Not sure if it's different by state in the US but I could renew my US license by paying some money, there's no renewal test AFAIK