skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Kind of off topic: I really like iMessage. Not to be an Apple fanboi, but it really is one of those things where It Just Works(tm). Encryption shouldn't have to be something the end user has to worry about; it should be transparent to the user while still being as secure as possible (HTTPS and TLS are a great example of this). For the user who cares about encryption, they don't have to configure anything. For the user that doesn't care, they still benefit.

By baking it into the OS, Apple ensures that anyone with an iDevice benefits from it. Compare that to having to download an app that may change depending on possible compromises. Anyone who's tried to convince a family member to use Signal, Telegram, etc. knows how much of a pain it is.
This is like saying anyone can become Phelps with practice.

Aside from the objections that others have made, that the main point is being a professional mathematician and not a unique genius, I would mention that "greatness" in mathematics (and other professional fields) isn't comparable being the best in an arena sport (or even in a mental sport like chess or go). The greatness of each great mathematician can be different - it's not solving some particular assigned problem all mathematicians face, it's choosing which problems to tackle, it's finding effective ways to frame problems, it's choosing who to associate with and get ideas from and give ideas to, it's teaching with extraordinary clarity or challenging your students in a unique way or whatever. The "unique genius" perspective closes-off the need of each mathematician to find the pursuit which them best.

And your Stephen quote is equally unfortunate. The world is more evolving out of the view of there being singular writers moving more towards a place which welcomes those who effective use their particular gifts in whatever kinds of writing and storytelling suits them.
From overhype to underestimating like in this post..a result of missing knowledge about CRISPR or molecular biology at all
I just watched, first the first two minutes and then the whole thing. Just... beautiful. Makes you want to get up and actually put effort into something, whatever that might be!
Barring some massive breakthroughs my guess is planet earth has far too few resources for that to become reality.
By the way, what will happen to the Apple Watch? Is this going to be developed further or will it become abandonware?
Which benefits everyone if the problem is a simple thing you can resolve by helping them directly. Support is also part of the experience, and good customer support should factor into the review as well.

I can see how you'd see this as providing a positive bias, but I see it more like getting a chance to see if you can't help the customer out before they give up on your app. It also reminds the customer that there are people on the other end - so even if the issue can't be resolved, and you still get a one-star rating, the level of vitriol seems likely to be reduced - something all too easy to forget when angry-reviewing.

Of course if they just take the feedback and dump it, that's a different story - but again, I would think anyone with that experience would still leave the negative review.

TL;DR - too many downloaders use negative reviews as a combination support request and cudgel. I think this is a reasonable defense against that.
On the other hand the biggest downside to touch interfaces is that you're essentially always hiding what you're interacting with.

If I could have floating gestures in front of my desktop I'd be very happy. Scrolling a page by waving my hand while leaning back in my seat. I think someone made something like this with Kinect.
Confirmation of the topology of the Wendelstein 7-X magnetic field
high paying code writing or going into physics/engineering.

Engineering is much different than software architecture.

One requires hard sciences competency, whereas one you can go into for years with none, and be successful.
Have you read Marohn's two books? I keep putting them off, but I haven't gotten a recommendation yet.
There's another one by Google maps where you can't choose to avoid tolls very easily. You also can't tell it to remember that you never want to use toll roads, so it is very easy for you to suddenly find yourself on a toll road.
Well, and the majority of my (and many peoples') personal computing is done on something other than a phone. It's unfortunate when people get left behind by a company they like. I think Apple's got the ability to go two directions at once. Giving some love to non-iPhone hardware doesn't mean that they'd have to slack off on the iPhone itself.

In the past, Apple's strength has been their cohesive ecosystem. They seem like they're continually dropping parts of it while letting other parts wither.
Nitpick: Moore's Law is about the transistor density, not clock speed. So while clock speed increases slowed down around 2005, transistor density kept marching[1]. The extra transistors just went to bigger caches, more parallelism, and more complex cpu architectures.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law#/media/File:Transi...
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There is a serious decline in the Rule of Law here.
Everything I know about business could fit in a thimble, but I do know this: don't wait for anyone to come to you.
Excuse my limited knowledge of statistics, but I thought the mean is considered an improper metric for the "average" value of asymmetric distributions.

If not mean, nor median, what metric would you suggest to approximate a typical value?
There is a React Native version of Victory that reuses a lot of the same code base with different render targets (react-native-svg components). The api is identical. Check it out: https://github.com/FormidableLabs/victory-native
Yes. I was renovating so was able to run cat-6 to them, even if it took some quite circuitous routes.
The problem with Arch is that Swift relies quite heavily on Glibc so the work to port to alternate libc is very substantial.

The other problem is that the mess basically starts there, e.g. Swift programs in practice also depend on Glibc and so after you kill the first turtle it's still turtles all the way down.

You could build an Arch with Glibc, but why you would want to is not immediately clear.
Resource constraints are an optimization problem. Some things don't get made because other things need to be made which are more important for the system to function. Right now these resource constraints are not even optimum. In that we waste tons of resources for no good use. We call this stuff garbage, packaging, waste food that's simply thrown in the trash. These are optimization problems that AI can solve much better than we ever could. It simply means that some things get made, and some things don't. It's as it is already, but probably much better.

In the end the only reason to choose Capitalism is people. People are difficult to manage. Capitalism makes them easier to manage and to motivate them. Without people, you don't need Capitalism. Machines are not lazy. Machines don't need motivation. Machines don't need the sort of human management. Machines are faithful. Machines are true. Long live the machines!
A ultrasound imaging dev kit for academics, teachers, researchers, and hackers : https://kelu124.gitbooks.io/echomods/content/
Apple needs to do one thing to reassert their dominance for the next decade... allow users to easily connect iphones to displays and keyboards. Iphones easily have enough CPU to run a simple desktop for the average email/websurfing/video consuming public. Why even buy a desktop or laptop if you could just plug in your phone and have all your documents/programs right there along with high speed internet. No brainer.
If you consider dairy an ingredient :P

But yes, For us it is more about allergies than vegan, kosher, etc...
I reckon the Dell laptop you're referring to is the old XPS 'Developer Edition'. I used one at work and it was ok, didn't have any driver issues from memory, but they no longer sell them to the public with Ubuntu. It was the same as a regular XPS but with Ubuntu 14.04 pre-installed.

I don't believe they offer Ubuntu as an option with the current generation of XPS's, it dropped off the list of supported OS's. It's a shame really because it was nice to have a premium laptop, with Linux, and with on-site manufacturer support.
At the same time, if someone has indicated that they want to give my app a bad review, am I obligated to take them to the review point so they can do it?
Weirdest thing i have seen was some ad delivered malware that would pop up a full screen image of an XP desktop, complete with some popup claiming to be some error or other.

The whole thing was clickable and it fooled me the first time (i really should have picked up on the pointer being a hand rather than an arrow), never mind my less knowledgeable relatives.
China chases Silicon Valley talent who are worried about Trump presidency
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You might be misinterpreting what he's saying.

He's not saying if you work hard and practice you can be Phelps.

What he's saying is that if you work hard and practice you can become a very good swimmer, even if not world class.

You jumped to that conclusion on your own - studying math hard doesn't mean you'll end up an Andrew Wiles, it means you too can gain an understanding of mathematics.

Not all mathematicians are celebrity scholars, there are plenty of average mathematicians that are moving the field forward inch by inch.
This is a super interesting concept. But also kind of the definition of niche.

Anyone tried this? Escaping C usually comes with a steep cost...
PUREmodules, IoT modular Sensors
I suspect this is why Microsoft introduced the notification center, and seems hell bent on redirecting popups there.
Not if you're exercising, which is a big use case for the Apple Watch and other wearables.
Likely http://www.pcworld.com/article/230151/idc_windows_phones_to_...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13118890
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13109598
decision :: ([slides], hope, naivety, GSachsClient) -> greaterFool

naivety = foldl hope slides

map naivety GSachsClient

ah who am I kidding, I could never get the hang of monads anyway.
TED used to be on top of my watching list, until I realised it's just another marketing channel, when ev promoted Twitter on stage. (I have nothing against ev, and it was a smart/successful marketing move)
Without the key in the URL, I only get "This content is available exclusively to Chronicle subscribers", no article. Your submission probably didn't get much traction because nobody could read it.
Photorealistic Facial Texture Inference Using Deep Neural Networks (ArXiv 2016)
My ongoing concern is around where reasonable alternatives fit in.

- Securedrop, where users upload messages and they are automatically encrypted

- Darknet services

- Businesses where users communicate via desktops.

Signal/ etc works in a different space and doesn't provide an alternative to these.
Ask HN: Robot Santas at Malls
Would you find a Westworld Level Human Looking Robot that does the role of Santa At the Mall a step in the right direction? Or just making more humans unemployed. I think I would find the robot Santa less threatening and safer to put my kid in it's lap?
Technically, you could map jk or something in your ~/.vimrc in order to exit insertion mode, which would avoid the whole issue.

:imap jk <Esc>

(I don't personally use this, but one of my friends swears by it)
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Google has better PR.

(I still think their goal and actions are admirable. There are many companies that have been jump started by a major customer pre-buying a product so the company can ramp up manufacturing to fulfill that and other orders. I much prefer this model over government-driven investment as I have more confidence this demonstrates true demand.)
I just reached up and brushed back my hair. If this gesture also sent my screen scrolling, I'd be very sad.
You ( in the we sense of "you") cannot categorically say which is better.

The decision between "keep on trucking" and crashing is a design choice, and will have to be balanced against other
considerations.
You had something similar that resulted in a mid-Atlantic plane crash some years ago. The crew got so blanketed by automated warnings, and didn't have any visual cues thanks to being a night flight, that they basically flew the plane into the ocean.
FWIW: your point--and it's a good one--is better made without the yelling.

And to answer you, though I don't speak for the person you were relying to: the U.S. government isn't even in my threat model. If the Eye of Sauron points my way, I lose. And so, given that as a prior, a universally trustable third party is not a bad idea. The implementation might totally suck (and I think it's a better practice to have a wide set of vendors and making the acquisition of such a key subsidized, rather than directly provided, by the .gov), but the central point of trust doesn't, and it isn't inherently a problem for it to be state-operated.
Yes, floating gestures are great and they do have potential but they don't solve the display problem.
How much computing power/time did it take to train the model? Had any hyperparameters optimization been done?

Sorry if I missed the reference that has this information, but I think that these numbers are important in any deep learning experiment because they allow the readers to evaluate applicability of described methods to their problems.
For those looking to share/receive feedback on their SaaS projects and ideas, you should check out the Indie Hackers forum as well: https://www.indiehackers.com/forum

I launched it along with Indie Hackers a few months back on HN, and it's really grown since then! Lots of valuable discussions going on. I hope to do some AMAs soon with some famous/successful founders as well.
Ok, this isn't a presentation it's a comment. Albeit, I agree with you.
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We've been focusing more and more on containers lately, and we quickly discovered our technology was a great fit in the docker ecosytsem (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0m-XwCoxo0&list=PLkA60AVN3h...). For us it means being able to focus on our preferred use case (Linux/backend) with more horsepower and less financial pressure.
Your mail plan?
I don't dare to try, but is there a verification in place?
This is an interesting article, but it keeps using the phrase "taking over domains", which isn't really what's happening.

It's really "squatting on the domain ONLY in the space of a specific provider".

And, this isn't new. For example, you can do this on most shared hosting plans...add a domain, and they don't ask for any kind of verification.

The only thing this seems to accomplish is lock you, the legitimate domain owner, from using a specific service until you open a support ticket and hash it out with them. You still control the domain, so it's fairly easy to prove control/ownership.

That's not good, of course, but it's not the same thing as "taking over a domain". Your WHOIS records still point at your DNS servers, which still return the correct records.

Edit: It could, I suppose, be used to take over a mostly "abandoned" domain, where the WHOIS records still point at a provider with this issue, but the underlying account is gone. Again, an issue, but if the domain is abandoned, it's not the same thing as taking over arbitrary, in-use domains.
A few other solid online resources for SaaS founders (hard to really call these "online communities", though most do have vibrant community events tied to them): http://www.saastr.com https://hitenism.com http://www.enterprisesales.nyc http://www.heavybit.com/library https://www.enterpriseready.io
Then again, compiler errors can be nigh incomprehensible.
Out of curiosity, I just wrote a PHP ulid() function. [1]

It took me a little more than 5 minutes, so it wasn't that hard after all. It appears to run at only about 35% the speed of the Go version, but hopefully there's still room for some little improvement.

[1] https://github.com/phptools/ulid
I really like Close.io; everything less-technical sales reps/etc need from a CRM (principally it plays really well with Gmail so even if they don't live in the app your business can pretend that they do) plus a really powerful API for integrating deep into your app/email toolchain/Slack channel/etc.
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Only if you demonstrate that this torturous process produces better candidates.

How many FTEs worth of time is spent on interview hunger games?
This comment breaks the HN guidelines by being uncivil. Personal attacks are especially not allowed here. We ban accounts that comment like this on HN, so please don't do that.

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I wonder if they'll feature TempleOS at one point...

It would be appropriate, especially considering its biblical references :}

[1] http://www.templeos.org/
> Just get the national government to distribute RSA USB keys to every citizen.

I lived in a country that did exactly that. And it was a disaster. The keys were trivially easy to steal, even by accident (personal experience here), and you still have the same trust problem as before, except that with a central authority now you do not have as much control.

I have also used the electronic-signature-comes-with-your-ID-card thing, and it was a similar disaster, with dodgy drivers and half-arsed crypto implementations in common software. E.g., try using the same token in Firefox and Thunderbird (or anything else) at the same time.

PGP is fine. It's just that proper security is not easy. And the same applies in the physical world as much as in computing.
That's more or less what you can get with a Leap Motion. Some issues with tracking quality, but for gestures it works. It's a lot harder to make good screen interactions in mid air than one might think, so I'm not convinced it's all that great for normal desktop use (Having virtual hands in VR is cool though!).

It has been a while since I've used one and got to that opinion, and apparently software quality has gotten better. so if you are interested in this kind of thing it's maybe something to look into.
The web of trust is fundamentally flawed and for very simple reasons.

First of all, the WoT is based on belief networks. What is a belief? Is it based on a probability? Is it binary? Can we believe something negatively? Whatever it is, we know it is subjective and difficult to define quantitively.

Second of all, even when formally specifying a belief using a certain quantity, we need to calculate transitive beliefs (person A beliefs with certainty x the identity of person B, C and D, who each believe with certainty y the identity of person E and A). This requires doing some matrix inversions for which the whole matrix needs to be known. However, who do we trust to provide us with the matrix? If I can provide the matrix, I can also tamper by adding extra nodes, thus shifting trust towards nodes I control. We can provide the matrix in a distributed fashion, but how do we prove completeness?

Then there is a temporal aspect to WoT which is hard to tackle. I might have a belief now, but that does not entail I will belief it tomorrow. Without a continuous stream of events on a subject, the precision of my beliefs are always diminishing. However, the current WoT networks do not take this fully into account (or transitive beliefs for that matter).
I think this is paternalistic. Individual readers can avoid political topics if they don't want to engage.
2600 EUR of income tax, if you worked the whole year and was at 38k from the start.

Note that it's delayed by one year, you'll pay now for the year before.
And here I was thinking, damn if the interviews weren't hard enough .. well good to know they haven't stepped up a whole three notches
On the other hand I know plenty of people with Computer Science degrees from real universities who can't code their way out of a wet paper bag.
VC funding is extreeeeemely hard to acquire in France, basically. So we're probably not going to get startups growing insanely fast, and they're going to be bootstrapping themselves. Which might not be a bad thing really.

I've actually worked for a startup that was formerly at la Cantine (which has actually burned down less than two weeks ago), and I can confirm Nantes is a lovely place to work at.
For the uninitiated, TempleOS (formerly LoseTheOS) is the work of programmer Terry S Davis, who went schizophrenic. He hangs out on HN, mostly blabbing nonsense, racial slurs, or conspiracy theories, but the rare times he's lucid can be very interesting. More info about him:

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/gods-lonely-programmer

He was shadowbanned, though, because it just wasn't worth putting up with the shit. See this discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7818823
I don't think they're even that far off given Bluetooth connectivity and AirPlay. There are some OS things to tweak: I've definitely noticed UI issues using a keyboard with an iPad, for example. But then again, the size of a laptop is no longer much larger than the IO devices: screen, keyboard, and trackpad. Advantages of having a single device is likely data and configuration, or possibly separation of domain, such as work and home. If this is largely sync'd, how much use will there be for these separate devices other than form factor?
Somewhat related—Amazon Prime Video now shows ads at the beginning of videos. This wasn't part of the deal when we signed up, and it's pretty deceptive to just start doing this to customers.

I didn't see it in the agreement (actually went back and looked for something that would cover ads), and it's not clear what limits, if any, they think there are. That is, could they just decide to show as many ads as Hulu and say "yeah, we said you could have access to this catalog. we didn't say it would be ad-free".
How's that shaming?

It's not sayin "Do it later, I'm a lazy bum."
How are you delivering sockets to end-user facing service? Through phoenix?
It comes from mistakenly architecting systems as monolithic entities. No one would run a major website serving millions of users on a single piece of hardware. Why do applications stuff everything into a single process? Applications can and should be broken up into multiple pieces. The Web Browser is a great example - run each tab in its own process. Run WebGL in yet another process. Our tools could make this a lot easier.

FTIW Swift may not necessarily need to bring down the entire process anyway. When it gets a concurrency story where the compiler can enforce thread boundaries at compile time it could be paired with separate heaps per thread to allow a single thread to abort without aborting the entire process. That would be ideal for the server case.
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intel started with huge projects like missles. The Air Force was their largest and most demanding customer.
This. Plus, it's probably forgotten domains fron past projects, no one cares about.
Generally, it's a matter of the rights of landowners versus state-enforced restrictions on behalf of the environment.

Aside from the legal gimmick of selling burials to deter future exploitation of the land, Green Burial Council appears to be little more than a private nature reserve. From what the article describes they aren't encroaching on other landowners, and there aren't any special government sanctions on their behalf.

Mostly harmless, when viewed in isolation.
Interesting article about the feasibility of extending gig economy to the c-suite.

I ran across someone on LinkedIn the other day who was labeling himself a Fractional CFO. That caught my attention. He seems to work PT for more than one smallish company that isn't quite big enough to need a full time CFO.