skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Alternatively by not amplifying their voices Twitter is not morally culpable in supporting them. That is a fair position to take. Additionally, it is a clear signal that the speech "type" has social repercussions in terms of loss of privilege.

Some countries do have laws against hate speech
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_Canada

I generally agree that by driving them underground, you lose the ability to challenge them, but that has to be weighed against the degree to which they are permitted to spread their ideas by being allowed to spew their rhetoric with impunity.

I don't know that being kicked off twitter will necessarily mean that they grow - but - it will mean that twitter no longer holds a moral responsibility for enabling them.

I think that's a fair choice to make.
I'll worry when Leo stops using his private jet. Goalposts move all the time and the end is here in every tenth year or so.

Climate change is happening and some of it is due to humans. I doubt Trump disagrees with that. Shipping 'dirty' business to overseas does not help the planet.

No policy is going to fix climate change. Technology maybe.
I'm familiar with Java Servlets and Express for the middle-layer. I've yet to set up a database from scratch, but I've worked with MySQL and Oracle SQL databases before. It'd be cool to learn more about setting up and scaling a database (though I doubt I'd need much scaling for my side-project for awhile).
As a side note what on earth are these?

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/bd/17/68/bd1768e3a...

And why are they in so many sci-fi graphical UIs?
C.
Why the hell does everything have to be a web app?
http://climate.nasa.gov/effects/
As a mostly back-end developer, I'm still a fan of Firebase as well for the right projects. I haven't used it since they were acquired but the free tier still looks pretty generous.

The only downside I really see is once you leave the free tier you're at $25 / month minimum whereas I can run a small backend (or multiple small backends) on a $5 / month box. The difference really adds up if we're talking multiple small projects for multiple years.
"This and another stunt of this AG suggests California's voters would do well to send her home to spend more time with her family in 2018."

I thought that was already going to happen, but instead she leveled up.
Thanks for posting this. I guess I was wrong to think he believes in global warming. He has made investments into clean tech along with Vinod Khosla however & did found that personal payments thing along with Elon. So. Maybe there is a chance for discussion?

I'm hoping.
You seem to be serious about this, but rather vague on the details, so I wanted to reply, just in case. If you don't already know about ZFS, please look into it. A properly provisioned server with ECC RAM and a ZFS RAID6 will provide the best possible defense for your archive in the years (or decades?) to come. Current filesystems don't come close.

If this is all new to you, look at FreeNAS for a "turnkey" solution. As well as being a solid piece of software, their guides can help you configure the necessary hardware.
Nothing listed is a backdoor.

US law means that Apple must turn over data when demanded by authorities. These are access logs or files stored on Apple servers.

A backdoor would be granting access into your device so that authorities could access your non-icloud email, or data saved locally on device.
I think it might be comparable.

It's really hard to estimate since we don't know their satellite costs, but $100 million per satellite (launched) is probably a good starting point. That ends up being $13k capital cost per customer. If they can borrow capital at 5% or less, that works out to ~$55/month.

But if they succeed with reusable rockets (and it sure looks like they will), they can probably drop the launch cost from $60m to $10m in the near term. If we assume the satellite still costs $40m, that still cuts the total cost in half to ~$27/month @ 5%. Maybe they can mass produce these satellites and get them to $10-20m each, which would reduce it to more like $15/month.

Again all these numbers are pretty rough/best case scenarios, but even if we multiply them by 10 we could be looking at 1 gbps connections for $150-500/month. That could be cheaper than fiber infrastructure in a lot of places and still immensely useful in applications where fiber isn't possible (in a car, plane, or boat). That's also assuming 1 TB/customer. In many cases you may just buy the bandwidth in smaller increments at $1-10/gigabyte which is a few orders of magnitude cheaper than current satellite internet and comparable with LTE cell coverage.
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So... it is wrong and there are still more ballots being counted.
Don't forget to compare Zcash and Monero with Dash or Dash Evolution as well.
http://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/112/how-is-monero-...
The Genius and the Laborer: The Troubled Friendship of Leo Tolstoy and Maxim Gorky
Me, too.
I think I figured it out. Somehow Skia was enabled in Firefox and resetting that seems to have fixed the rendering bug. Given that 51 will turn Skia on by default I hope this will be fixed before the switch.
I managed to have a bit of fun with .party and .science.

firstname.party is great to have.
Where we choose to work is a big deal
Steve Bannon wants to deport Asian-born tech CEOs to preserve “civil society”
Good spot, though not surprising to me.

Worth adding here that it also appears Zcash stakeholders have been internally buying/selling their own ZEC at inflated prices on Poloniex to artificially increase both volume and the market price.

Whilst perfectly legal, it doesn't enhance a "trustworthy" reputation to me.
That makes me feel very good that I locked in .party for 10 years and $3/year with Gandi.
You don't have to guess the numbers wont add up. Google and Facebook have way less people than other companies their revenue taking into consideration.

What is happening these days is an increase of capital rather than labour heavy companies. The number of new companies is falling in all of europe and the size of the large companies is falling net.

Most of those things are on the verge to be automated too.

So you are not even remotely showing anything.
But isn't it still cheaper to lay fiber cables?

For example, 23*4400 = 101Tbps, but I guess many of the satellites will end up above water, so maybe around 60Tbps.
One cable by google did that for 300mil$ [1]

Maybe it is good for last mile connectivity, which is probably a good target, but only for less populated areas where LTE isn't available.

[1] https://www.extremetech.com/internet/231074-googles-faster-u...
I am very happy to hear that! The app I developed drop!in (http://www.idrop.in) exists in a similar segment and is doing well for the year. (Accenture Customer Innovation Award Finalist, 300K+ Events) . The more companies go into this segment it will help me increase awareness for the solution. If someone is interested in buying it let me know dropin_at_tenqyu.com !
> If we don't have unity then what do we get instead?

An ethos of "you do your thing and I'll do mine".
Some of those are great questions! Some seem less questions than jabs, but I'm not sure if that's intentional or not, so I'll assume the best.

On diversity, we have ample evidence that it makes us smarter[0] and more productive[1].

I think that placing offense and free speech into opposition is a false dichotomy. I think it's better to offend people than to not offend people, although I'm hard-pressed to think of what evidence I'd offer for that other than to ask: would you rather be offended, or not offended? I rather suspect that most people would choose not to be offended. So if we choose to value non-offense, various issues flow from that, although I haven't seen any impact on the exercise of free speech (as evidenced by our recent election).

On immigration, again, it turns out we have evidence for immigration being a net gain for the US economy[2]. There remains some question about the localized effects of those gains. Anecdotally, I suggest considering just how much of the Silicon Valley economy we discuss on this site revolves around companies started by immigrants or the children of immigrants. It's pretty staggering.

After that, we start to get into questions of cultural which seem more fraught with peril, and I believe the questions assume too much, so I'll stop. I'll say only that these questions you claim are forbidden seem to be things I encounter just about daily online, despite answers being freely available (not just assumed), so I'm not sure how effective the forbidding has been.

[0] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-diversity-mak...
[1] https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/workplace_equality_diver...
[2] http://www.epi.org/publication/immigration-facts/
> bioengineered E. coli or whatever, which you're hoping evolution will make work even more efficiently, leaves your carbon-sequestering vats and starts reproducing in the wild? Eventually you reach a point where we're getting record low CO2 levels.

Normally, if you want to create something like this, it's an auxotroph. So it shouldn't survive outside of the carbon-sequestering vat.

Or it's all on a plasmid, so once it's out of the vat plasmid won't be maintained.

Or these will be created in "Synells" [0] that can't really replicate.

Though that's a really interesting thought. If we find a technology to do anything about CO2 levels, it seems plausible that we're going to accidentally go too far in the other direction.

[0] http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nchem...
500, I only just gained downvote ability in the past few weeks, when I finally gained more than 500.

Edit: another thing I should have mentioned is that it seemed to me that only those comments made after I gained this ability were downvotable, the thread my last few comments were in was sprinkled with downvotable comments, which were newer, and non-downvotable comments which were there before mine. I might have been imagining this or be mistaken though.
What do you do when your leaders go against the will of the people? You get new leaders. When they do t again? Try again? When they just keep doing it? Then what?
I trust this as far as I can throw it. Trustzone is at best as secure as the Trustzone secure world kernel, Qualcomm supplies that code (even in the Pixel AFAIK), and the Qualcomm secure world kernel is notoriously poorly written.
About a week ago, I told myself I'd give Trump a chance. Since then, he's appointed a vile white-supremacist as his right hand man, vowed to ethnically cleanse undocumented peole of Mexican descent, start a registry/interment camps of Muslims. Suffice to say, that chance has been given and horribly failed.

I'm scared shitless.
Xiaomi Mi Mix review – This is what the future of smartphones looks like
The big problems came from an attempt to use satellite downlink spectrum in an inappropriate way that would cause problems for adjacent users (GPS in particular). Lightsquared wanted to run high power terrestrial transmitters in that band. They promised the FCC that they could make things work, but the physics of the situation prevented that.

Lobbyists were not the issue, a bonehead technical decision was.

Presumably SpaceX will be able to avoid any errors that obvious in their use of spectrum for their system.
The ghost of Kurt Godel would like a word.
Coding math
Perfectly reasonable but I do suggest that Microsoft should have made the folder invisible to admin (need SYSTEM or higher, etc), so users were not tempted to touch the files in that folder.
I've often dreamed of this, especially when it seemed all too obvious for MS to release an Android phone; then again after ubuntu/bash on Windows. But whereas it seems like a golden opportunity for MS, it would essentially be Google handing keys to a mobile realm to MS. Short of a super-deal on desktop I don't see what's in it for Google to enter such a partnership (and Bing vs Gsearch, or countless other frontal rivalries, isn't conducive to a desktop alliance, notwithstanding the predictable end/shift of desktop as a category/paradigm). Nothing beyond scope-limited projects like TS between MS and G, as I see it currently.

What's more likely these days is Google entering the desktop space (x86) by merging it with mobile (e.g. Andromeda). Pretty sure that OS could grab 30% of new laptops in a heartbeat (think: almost free for manufacturers: no Win license).

Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure Apple will do its thing (did they fix Gmail on Mail yet?) Though I think Swift, if it were in "the state of C#/.NET" as worded above, would eventually become a great candidate for a high level common language. Somehow I don't think Apple is trying, their open-sourcing seems to end at "reassurance" (stacks can't die if you can maintain the packages, b/c oss, yay).
Does something like this make a strong case for UK having a formal constitution to check the power of Parliament to make laws like this?
"I've been using WSL since the beta, and using Vagrant + Putty gives me better results."

If WSL can't do the equivalent of Vagrant-style vm.synced_folder, how is anyone expected to use it for a real-world workflow?

I've found the combination of Vagrant/Virtualbox with the Git command-line tools (using MSYS2) to be an excellent cross-platform working environment. Really, it's been my daily workhorse for the past two years.

Also, there is a not-free program called SecureCRT which is much more usable than Putty.
> It's clear you don't know Rust.

Oh yeah, didn't mean to give the impression otherwise. But I think I've gained some understanding since yesterday. I'm just learning, but tell me if this I'm getting this at all:

- Rust only considers scope lifetimes (and "static" lifetime which is basically like the uber scope)?

- References can only target objects with a superset (scope) lifetime.

- You can only use one non-const reference to an object per scope. This solves the aliasing issue?

> This example seems to be a SaferCPlusPlus example? I'm talking specifically about your proposal to take Rust's static analysis and use it on C++.

Sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you'd switched context. Let me try again:

There are a couple of reasons for pursuing "Rustesque" programming in C++ as opposed to in Rust itself. First let me point out that there would have to be a mechanism for distinguishing between "statically enforced" safe blocks of C++ code and the rest of the code (just like Rust's "unsafe" blocks I guess).

So then the obvious advantage is a better interface to C++ code and libraries. Rust only supports plain C (FFI) interfaces? Is that right?

But another argument is that there multiple strategies to achieve memory safety (and code safety in general). The two popular ones are the Rust strategy and the GC strategy. One is not uniformly superior to the other. Superior maybe, but not uniformly so. Presumably the Rust strategy will be more memory efficient, and maybe theoretically faster, whereas the GC strategy might facilitate higher productivity.

If you choose Rust, you're committed to one strategy. Now, I don't know if it'll turn out to be realistic, but I'm wondering if it's possible that C++ can support both strategies. (And maybe some other ones too.) Not just different strategies in different applications, but even in the same application. The Rust static analyzer would of course only work on indicated blocks of code.

Of course writing code in one strategy or another would be more clunky in C++ than a language specifically designed for it, but everything's a trade-off. The question is, is it worth it?

It's easy to say the clunkiness isn't worth it, but Rust probably has the weakest argument in that respect. Right? (I mean doesn't Rust have a reputation of being clunky anyway?)

Again, I barely know any Rust, but it seems to me that the main safety functionality that Rust provides over, say, SaferCPlusPlus, is the static enforcement of "one non-const reference to an object per scope" as an efficient, but restrictive, solution to the aliasing issue.

Hmm, obviously I have to find some time to learn Rust better, but intuitively, it seems like the simple Rust examples I've seen so far would have a corresponding C++ implementation, and it's not immediately obvious to me why a static analyzer couldn't work on the corresponding C++ code. Is there a simple example that demonstrates the problem? Am I just underestimating the difficulty of static analysis?
Shkreli...
Cargo cultism is alive and well! So many _feelings_ of variety! 2016 is the year of the linux desktop, just like 2015, 2014, 2013...

So many options of ways to lay out windows but fewer than half the actual applications creative professionals need to do their job, so we're still stuck on Mac or Windows.
Ok, thanks. From that article it sounds like it's already been done in a number of contexts, but it's still in the "early adopter" stage and isn't really widely used yet.
> You rarely see Unix apps re-creating files

Vim's default behaviour is to save via complete re-creation and atomic rename. I wouldn't be surprised if other classic editors used the same technique.
Does anyone know what happened? I was an active member. Going to miss this greatly :(
I had heard good things about mint, and I liked the 'dashboard' screenshots and such. Then I looked at how it worked, particularly "provide your bank credentials" part.

It didn't take long to realize how incredibly dangerous that was, and leave.

Banks should provide API access for services like this because it mitigates significant security issues.
Cannot login to cloudflare
Yeah the cost advantage is entirely in last mile connectivity. It doesn't really make sense to compare the cost of a single cable to the cost of the end customer getting a connection. LTE is a much better comparison, but I think the cost will actually be pretty similar or cheaper than LTE (see my other post for napkin math) and cover a lot of areas/applications that LTE can't.
Stamplay has been awesome for me as a front-end dev to get things up and running quickly. Rails is great as well, esp if SEO is a consideration.
Maybe it's a lot quicker - Google Fiber has been taking forever. Not that rocket science is easy, but it's probably a lot quicker than striking the earth.
So... what's the next best alternative for obtaining lossless (FLAC) audio? Buying physical CDs seems a bit wasteful, but a bunch of artists only make their digital catalogs available in lossy formats.
Dark galaxy
If you're going to talk about stenographers (experts at typing fast, with specialized equipment and training) let's talk about auctioneers.

The world record for speaking is about 600 WPM. The world record for stenographers is about 360 WPM.

A typical speed for speech is 150 WPM, for someone who is practiced but by no means an expert. A typical (but somewhat fast) speed for typing is 80 WPM, for someone who is practiced but not an expert.

So if you're going to compare the fastest speeds or the typical speeds, speaking comes out ahead either way. It's almost as if our ancestors had evolutionary pressure to develop speech, but lacked the same kind of evolutionary pressure for typing.
I really hope people would stop using google. It's quite scary how people trust these liar companies, that definitely are not your friend. Alternatives needed from nicer companies..
One tell of someone who supports the goals of the alt-right is use of oddball terms like "kek." So you're not a disinterested bystander curious about the labeling of the alt-right, you are most likely a member of the alt-right, and as claimed above, attempting to extend the Overton window.
If part of the problem is a cluster of suppliers close together why not negotiate with Nevada like Tesla did? Apple could buy enough land for an entire city pretty cheaply and lease it back to strategic suppliers.

The labor part of the problem - not sure why it's such a large part of the cost. Maybe the machinery to automate does not exist or is cost prohibitive?
> Which is a good reason to let them continue collecting them indefinitely?

Which is not something your government can forbid or even verify, they have no way of enforcing anything under other jurisdictions. Whatever company says it did or didn't do there - the government has no choice but to believe them.
How much will the base stations weigh? Light enough to be carried on a drone?

High speed / low latency internet will be important in self-driven cars. Especially with phased array ground stations which can respond faster than the motion of a car. So now a crossover between SpaceX and Tesla?

How much cellular cost the Tesla fleet, especially as the model 3 come out?
The rule changes made... around 2 years ago now I think? Kinda made this complaint obsolete.

They changed it to allow your ratio to dip well below the "required" ratio as long as you kept seeding. Keeping your ratio up wasn't strictly necessary anymore - though it was still required to keep your "rank" and the little perks that came with that. The admins did this largely in response to their inability to "fix" the ratio economy that overly disadvantaged people with low bandwidth.
To be fair to ZCash, the high prices at launch were primarily due to very limited supply and market manipulation. The "screaming dive" is really just heading towards a sustainable price.

Somewhere between $2-$10 is a more realistic valuation (based on other coin valuations) -- it will be interesting to see if the price stabilises once within this range.
Having researched this scenario myself (as a Canadian looking to possibly work remotely for a US company), I've found the following article helpful (although the tone may be a little too lighthearted IMO):

https://medium.com/inside-formstack/working-remotely-for-an-...

Unless the US company wants to set up a Canadian corporation / subsiduary, and issue you a T4 and withhold (and pay half of) your EI and CPP (or pay some an external company to do it for them), odds are you'll be working as a self-employed consultant / contractor and sending them invoices for your services. The one US company I've interviewed with so far said this is the way they handle paying foreign workers.

A word of caution, you'll want to make sure - for both your sake and your employer's - that the CRA doesn't view you as an employee if you're claiming to be a self-employed contractor (penalties would apply.) I'd recommend reading more about it here (with links to CRA's site in the article), and discussing this with your accountant before signing an offer:

http://www.taxtips.ca/personaltax/employees/employeevscontra...

I'd also suggest your offer be explicit in matters of control over work, ownership of tools, and other items that could make the CRA feel you're an employee versus a contractor.
6M customers' data stolen in Three hack
can the receiver/transmitter fit in a smartphone?
If it's truly gigabit, that will be pretty nice, but I doubt it'll obsolete your fibre. For satellite internet, "low latency" is not a very difficult threshold to meet.
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Overall, and in the part you quoted, I mean globally.

I did mention the southeastern U.S., because burning wood for fuel doesn't help the global situation, no matter where it's done, even if there's more forest elsewhere in the particular country where it's harvested.
No. It doesn't make sense to put this into E coli. In order to convert CO2 into usable carbon (usually, sugars), you need energy. And where is E coli going to get this energy? Breaking down sugars and burning them to create CO2?
Such a genius move, surprising nobody saw it coming. Just think: he will already have access to a large base of customer's roofs (which SolarCity effectively owns) --- 1 million by 2018.

Then, it's just a hop, skip, and a jump to an on-demand, fully-cached, mesh network. They're probably not far from being able to provide internet service to all SolarCity customers, just a bit of a modification to the contract.
Depends where those 6 million people live. I've heard internet in Kilimanjaro is not that great...