skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
No, I don't believe this is correct. The source of the emails seems to never be brought up. The discussion in the decision is pretty readable.

Essentially the argument seems to be because Google transfers data from country to country in normal operations, the data currently stored outside of the US is somehow different than the data Microsoft was permanently storing in Ireland. As a result, Google could just transfer the data back to the US and then the search is just a normal domestic search with a warrant:

> Under the facts before this court, the conduct relevant to the SCA's focus will occur in the United States. That is, the invasions of privacy will occur in the United States; the searches of the electronic data disclosed by Google pursuant to the warrants will occur in the United States when the FBI reviews the copies of the requested data in Pennsylvania.

Seems like the judge's argument would apply to any user of a service with multiple data centers that regularly replicate (or transfer) data between them.
Avoiding conferences in the USA for now
You know unions can make and not make whatever rules they want, right?

There's nothing intrinsic about unions that would cause that rule to exist.
An interesting project. I did see one error in his description of how a register works. What he describes is the operation of a latch. A register does not change outputs when the clock goes low. It only changes on the rising edge of the clock. See the datasheets for 74373 vs 74374 to see the difference.
Isn't that just taking from the system without contributing anything back? Doesn't sound like anything to be proud of.
Have you read the TOS or are you just assuming that? Or do you think the stated privacy policies are not to be trusted?
Book is awesome. Extremely readable. The movies are a faithful yet not slavish adaptation.
I get at least 8-10 hours on my tMBP 15". I don't mind the keyboard. I this point it seems like hating on the MBP is 'free karma' and the 'in-thing' to do on HN. My experience has been otherwise.
Type Driven Domain Modelling, Part 2: Evolving Models with F#
Mozilla gives up on last vestiges of Firefox OS, lays off 50
Have to agree, those of us that work on seriously large systems and have a strong foundation in design principals and system architecture are not going to switch to a system that takes us back to procedural controllers and weak components that are not self encapsulating.

It's sad that React get's such a bad wrap when it really is a simple framework. But somehow react gets a bad wrap for the entire Javascript stack (npm, webpack, etc..). React does not require these, but experienced software developers who have been bite by lack of dependency management, build management, etc etc tend to favor this stack because they need maintainability of code base. Sure it's a little more learning curve than throwing jquery on a page, but once you learn the js build stack the benefits outweigh the investment. I too believe React is here to stay for a while, it's a well built framework built buy guys that value proper design and prudence over magic that morphs into spaghetti.
No, actually, it's not.
the court specifically rejected the 2nd circuit's reasoning on Microsoft, because they think it was wrong.
Check out Reviewable, it's influenced by my fond memories of Critique but designed specifically for git (and GitHub).
Getting too much copper is virtually impossible unless you have a rare genetic disorder. The excess copper is excreted in bile. The defficiency on the other hand is widespread, it doesn't show in the blood tests and the symptoms are both vague and insidious. (Chiefly a constant lack of energy, brain fog and incurable anemia)
Software VC? The number of technically competent vcs is vanishingly small. There may be just one, paul graham. Almost every vc lies their asses off about having a programming background but few to none have written a line of code in a decade.

99% of vcs are closer to bankers than programmers. They're like high risk loan officers. Sometimes they get defrauded.
Really? Why would I not want them to?
Except most people are conditioned to pay for content on cable. Not so the internet. It will be interesting to see how many people would pay extra to their ISP to access Facebook.
In what way is any of that relevant to the question of efficiency?
So not teaching more people engineering is a good thing? Are you really advocating ignorance to artificially constrain the supply in the market of competent engineers? Non-competes, no-poaching, etc and illegal acts to constrain salaries are deplorable, yes, but are you going to be able to change the profit motive of business? Nope. What you can change is how you market yourself and seeking other opportunities for income be they freelancing or something similar. Think of a world that is much more educated now. There's untold industries and innovations that can be had and we markets for us to be employed in.
I downvoted you for talking out of your ass about people with over 500 karma being conservative.
Unions tend to be for identical-cogs-in-the-machine, no differentiation between individuals, everyone marching in lockstep by strict seniority type careers. Tech types tend to be more like herding cats... not a good fit for unions.
You seem to be describing donating to the EFF. That's good, I support the EFF.

But an EFF which gets to negotiate my salary for me?
No thanks. I'll keep donating to the EFF and just not join the union, thanks.

Without collective bargaining, what you're describing isn't a "new style of union" but an advocacy organization. We probably need more of those, but they're really hard to run effectively.
though obviously they will fare better than sears, imo
What? They refused to ask CS related questions? Did you discern a reason why?
A couple reasons. We run extremely lean, and only have one customer service person. If you come to the site every day, and have spent money on some of our content, and then one day the site is broken, that's a problem.

The other reason is it's a community, and the more people we have on the site, the better it is for the site as a whole; more people communicating and interacting with each other, which ideally brings more people and keeps the ones that currently visit.
Scarcity. Once you know how to program, and others know that, everyone wants to hire you. There are simply not enough developers yet for all the things people want to do right now.
Maybe I should have clarified the context. I said "useless" considering the competitive landscape. If you're building something that directly competes with Apple you better have a technology that's 10 times better.

And it certainly doesn't seem that way. Apple is already rumored to be planning to launch a wireless charging (that actually works) feature with iPhone 8 http://bgr.com/2017/02/02/iphone-8-specs-energous-wireless-c...

The reason I am harsh about ubeam is because there are other companies that are actually making things happen while this company seems to be all about raising money and getting attention in silicon valley. I root for companies that actually get shit done over companies that are all show.
Agents are expensive overhead. Agents are for people who shift between "clients" frequently. The thing that both actors and athletes share (at least the ones with agents) is giant salaries and a frequently changing employer.
I've been using this on my 2012 Macbook Pro for years, always set on the integrated graphics and have never looked back.
Fully agree.. but I wonder what would happen if unions started to take a leaf out of the 'no poaching' corporate playbook and simply unionised secretly. Collective bargaining via synchronised individual bargaining, where everyone demands the same conditions on their employment. (Surely this could be appified ;) Perhaps if there were no official union, the vicious knock down would be much more difficult to focus. And it could be much easier for a coordinated and realtime response direct from the employees, rather than an intermediary.

I think the thing that people forget with regard to unions and employers is they are simply about redressing a massive power imbalance in a potentially mutually beneficial relationship.
> CBP had the option to stop travelers and didn't exercise it in the past

I had a colleague on H1b who was sent home because his port of new york when his place of employment was houston. He was going to visit his sister there before flying to houston.

This is not a rare exception. There were many, many cases like this in 2009.
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I used to have a laptop with a built-in tiny hardware volume dial. It was hooked directly into the power to the amp and speakers so it worked instantly even if the machine was bogged down with loud busy autoplay video web sites or other awfulness.

I'd pay extra for another one like that.
At max CPU it's 15min less battery life. That's really not that much different for any real purpose.
GOES-16 will provide the data to allow a significant improvement in forecasts, especially of extreme weather events. Because it can have a variable scan pattern, it can do wide area scans and higher frequency scans tracking storms. The new lightning sensor allows better measurement of storm intensity. It also has finer discrimination for spectral information, 4x increase in resolution, etc.
There are wireless charging pads for $20 on Amazon.
In case anyone is wondering about the feasibility concerns the FAQ on the web blog is very comprehensive:

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/the-ubeam-faq/

Overall, it seems unlikely to work, even for trickle charging phones, under anything but ideal conditions.
I share the cynicism I infer in your comment; I don't think that this demo really gives any weight to the idea that this will be an actual, practical, product. However, the commenter asked for a video and there it is.
Tapping into Existing Bandwidth to Create Community WiFi
Developers do unionize. Some developers. In some countries. [Bernie]Take for example Denmark[/Bernie]. In Denmark, PROSA is the union of IT professionals and lives up to several of your ideas of a new style of union.

They have a strict definition (job titles, educational background) that excludes designers but includes front-end developers. But since IT workers, compared to so many other industries, are rather well off, PROSA is not a typical worker's union. I assume the main reason why people are members is to get access to the part-government funded unemployment fund, and the secondary reason is to support its IT politics.

Yes, they've handled large-scale conflict and strikes in the past, and yes, they handle collective agreements for workers in a few larger organisations. But because there's so little conflict in this sector in Denmark, it is mostly handled on a case-by-case basis (where the union membership fee can be seen as a subscription to legal aid) and the union can spend its energy on[1]:

- Lobbying for better IT policy. Unlike like-minded non-profits, the union has a good budget, full-time employees, career lobbyists etc. Still, IT policy is not being taken very serious in Denmark (being just a series of tubes)

- Running citizen-focused campaigns that focus on privacy, use of FOSS, the free internet, TPP, automation, etc.

- Donating, on occasion, to non-profits that really need it. I think EFF were targets at least once.

It does not maintain or create standards. It does not hold companies responsible for privately made security choices. (The media does to some extent, but as you may have read, paying for security is more expensive than screwing up and dealing with the consequences.) It does not support FOSS directly, AFAIK, but since Denmark is such a small place, there are active FOSS players both among union members and employees.

Among other things PROSA does, which you have not mentioned that a new style of union could is: Create a geographically based community. Some meetup groups use their meeting rooms (e.g. Functional Copenhageners; MF#K). And there's a lot of user groups organized within PROSA, so in a sense they've taken over the social aspect of LUGs (Linux User Groups); e.g. makers, roboticists, board gamers, network admins, etc.

If you ask me, unions in IT are useful if you're the hundred-something or thousand-something employee in a large corporation. If you can't simply switch jobs from one month to the next. If you don't get paid so well that you could take months off if you wanted. And IT is large enough to encompass people for whom that makes total sense. And then there's those who probably get paid more without a collective wage agreement. In Denmark, some of those choose to stay for the cozy atmosphere. :)

[1]: Note, I never worked for PROSA. I'm sure they do a hell of a lot more union-related work than I can imagine exists. Also, I know nothing of how IT unions work elsewhere. I just wrote articles for their magazine while I was a student.
>experts have decided that it was indeed the protectionist policies causing this.

I am curious about this. Do you have a reference.

>It's also a bit offensive.

Sorry I didn't mean it to be offensive. I think I got that from Nehru's biography that I read couple of years ago.
Nonsense. It only happens after prolonged massive intakes (A man who intentionally took 60mg/day for a year and 30mg for several years before that is one of the few examples found in literature.) and the signs are liver and kidney failure. It's completely unrealistic you could get that much from anything resembling normal food, vegan or otherwise.
Well I'm not a doctor but it seems to be what many keyboard manufacturers say, and I guess they've thought about it. Das Keyboard for example say your wrists should be well above the level of the top of the keys, which is the level the trackpad is at.

http://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads...
1. Because most people aren't treated that badly.
2. Because Americans have been systematically brainwashed to think Unions are awful things. Everyone has horror stories of Unions, Unions will take away your "right to work", etc...
Wikipedia: "a shortage occurs when for some reason the price does not rise to reach equilibrium"

In your example, the price is at equilibrium, even though one buyer cannot buy at market price. Thus there is no shortage.

If we define shortage as one buyer not being able to buy at market price, then you are technically correct.
There is a quota on doctors why not on engineers? We're already OK with the former.
> Drive-thru supermarkets/walmarts/amazon pickup is going to change the world.

you probably mean change the USA, in France for instance, drive-thru supermarkets exists since at least 5 years [1][2] They now even have some new 24/7 pick up locations, which is a big deal for France where there is no 24/7 stores. There, your food just waits for you in a refrigerated/freezer lock box [3].

I'm actually surprised this is not already a common thing in the USA, which invented drive-thru fast foods 70 years ago.

[1] https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&prev...

[2] https://drive.intermarche.com/Carte (look for the icons of a car with the trunk open)

[3] https://drive.intermarche.com/Content/images/prehome/pdv/dri...
If you guys can't watch the videos on twitter essentially she held a phone that was turned off kinda in front of the machine, then it turned on and a "battery" showed on the screen with a 3 frame animation of it "charging"

No proof whatsoever that it was charging anything.

Does that mean it's not real? Unsure. But this wasn't that convincing.
I don't think it's unfair to ask someone to back up a claim, especially when the dataset is publicly available through the API or (more conveniently) in BigQuery:

SELECT count(*) FROM [bigquery-public-data:hacker_news.comments]
WHERE parent IS NULL;

Story and comment IDs are also simply incrementing integers. We're not making it easy on ourselves to hide this sort of thing!
If your local transit agencies are supported (or you're able to add them to the upstream library they use to collect this data), Transportr seems like a good choice: https://transportr.grobox.de/

Sadly, it doesn't cover any of the agencies in the Bay area, so I've had to rely on Transit (transitapp.com) from the Play Store.
The making of Apple’s HAL
The book, as someone who is generally a fan of Yglesias, is around 35 pages long and is very light on actual economics and heavy on rhetoric
You're confusing privacy with Free software there, Richard.
I don't think that's likely to be the case. It comes with an 87 watt charger, but USB-C is specced to provide 100W. Surely if it needed more power, they just would've included a higher powered charger?

However, I just saw that Twitter thread from MKBHD linked below, so... maybe it's true. Perhaps Apple simply failed to include a high powered enough adapter and should've gone to the full 100w.

[Edited with more relevant info].
Yea, I would not go as far as the comment says either.
> we were able to ... utilize anonymous aggregated information from users who opt to share their location data

That should read, "from users who did not disable the on-by-default sharing of their location data"
Wow you and I live in alternate universes. In my experience, and having been without work at various times, and freelancing... I believe developers are scarce. You need an aptitude and some (self?) training to take part and a lot of people can't be bothered.

That being said, I see you describe yourself as a "pinko commie" and as a business owner who was at one time a union administrator in a past life I would never hire you, so perhaps that explains the bubble you are living in.
Apple sure is trying _really hard_ to get me to switch.

Yes. It sure doesn't look like Apple is going to relent on the silly touchbars, the $300 price bump you pay for the touchbars, the shrunken batteries, and ongoing trials they subject us to.

The only saving grace for them is that Dell XPS machines don't really cost much less. Similarly outfitted 15" units cost a couple hundred dollars less than Apple's. Pre-touchbar they'd actually cost more.
Elon Musk says he'll start digging a tunnel from SpaceX HQ next month
I have a hp spectre with a touch screen and windows 10, and it certainly doesn't suck. Great for sticking in tablet mode and browsing, organising photos etc.
I'm going to throw something out there that I think might not be agreeable to many, but I stand behind it either way.

Old Mac line

MacBook Air - "light" workload

MacBook Pro - "pro" workload

---

New Mac line

MacBook 12" - "light" workload

2016 MacBook Pro - "pro" workload

If you think of it in this light, the "Pro" moniker is very fitting. The 2016 MBP is very much the Pro version of the 12" MB.

Yes, it's not as good as older MBP for many, but it still very much earns its name vs the 12".
Some cultures are less sensitive to these noises than others --in some places, people chew open-mouthed normally, which can get some getting used to as someone used to chewing mouth closed.
Because developers don't see any advantage in unionizing.

It's like asking why cats don't herd.

Also many of the issues that matter to you don't matter to developers, or aren't convincingly argued.

If you want developers to unionize the first step is consulting them on what changes they'd like to see and then creating an organization to effect those changes, treat the union like a lean startup creating an MVP and I bet you may have success.
Because they are generally all very safe I usually take median dose used in the studies. At worst, I get no effect and loose some money for the information.

If your micronutrient status is adequate you have no effect. Since its way more expensive or impossible to do status tests then to actually buy the nutrient and give it a chance, I opt for the latter.

The dose also depends on technology used and other potential bioactivators. LET technology, for example is very effective. Pipperine will make a dose lower of anything in general case. Synergy counts too.
Here's a more interesting one that runs on WebGL, has various materials and surfaces:

http://madebyevan.com/webgl-path-tracing/

and another, simpler one:

http://hoxxep.github.io/webgl-ray-tracing-demo/
We have some internal models that will benefit from the new GOES 16 data. Particularly the cloud mask product and the higher spatial/temporal resolution will be interesting. We develop our own internal cloudmasks using a custom tool and I'm interested to see how they differ. In anticipation of the higher spatial/temporal resolution data, we're updating our tools to reduce the memory footprint.
No thanks. I prefer to negotiate on my own and represent myself. I don't trust unions and I think they lead to massive inefficiency.

I would support a professional organization however that performs some amount of accreditation and peer review especially if it led to better hiring decisions throughout the industry and higher quality software.
I believe this, pretty much summed up why

> that's where the OSS community is

It's also not just the community, but GitHub provides significantly better integration support, than GitLab. Since GitHub has such a robust API, it's easier to create bots and what not, to help better manage large open source projects.
Yeah, but Brian really wanted that rule.
I think it's great that you found the links and posted the video. Certainly relevant.

My cynicism is wholly directed at the company which I believe to be a fraud. I'm sorry if I accidentally sent some of it in your direction.
Maybe I'm missing something, but why is this an electron app rather than a web page?
Pretty much that's it. A lot less conflict of interest with a MozillaBook. They're really the only ones who should be doing such a thing at all. I don't think it's too late but Mozilla isn't listening to me.
You raise a great point about synergy between development of Firefox and FirefoxOS. The phone and tablet thing is a joke, the world needs and wants FirefoxBooks (they just don't know it yet).
Well, Clinton was impeached. Nixon was not. And, no one died for Watergate.
You assume they will be charged extra by the ISP, or more correctly that they will know about it.

It'll probably end up like most people's cable bill: a large block of charges that are mostly not understood by most people.

Also keep in mind that most services don't actually want to charge the ISPs for access to their content, they just want access. Facebook doesn't want to charge your ISP to reach you reliably, nor does Netflix, they just want to be able to do it.
> And then they were so sure Hillary would be elected they figured all that extraconstitutional EO stuff would be fine, because Hillary is one of us, right? More of a will to power thing than any indication of principle, wouldn't you say?

That's a very unfair allegation towards the progressive wing of the party, most of whom uniformly opposed Hillary Clinton 2008 and again in 2016. Breaking for Obama and then Sanders.

> For not using the IRS and the rest of the federal bureaucracy against political opponents like Obama did.

This is a delusional statement with no basis in fact.

> If you want to know what conservatives are thinking now, it boils down to this: "Fuck you. We'll play by your rules, then.

I actually spend a lot of time slumming around conservatives. Conservatives are all about enforcing a wealth, race, sex based pecking order. With a lot of eliminationist rhetoric thrown in.
Okay, but now you need an intuition for whose intuition is accurate.
Good developers are scarce, bad ones aren't.
Collective action is hard, particularly when tech companies form and dissolve very quickly and turnover is high. In addition to unions, worker ownership through cooperatives is another avenue for better conditions. In worker cooperatives, workers own the business, so business objectives are much more aligned with labor. Cooperatives don't have to worry about management union-busting or moving production elsewhere.