skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
And it working even when your portable device isn't in the same wifi network ("Nearby devices" option) is pretty magical. Ultrasonic communication between phone and some-other-thing is stuff that you'd expect to read about being done in a lab, yet here it is in a consumer thing that's really cheap, and working flawlessly.
Mixed Content: The page at 'https://yiwenl.github.io/Sketches/exps/30/' was loaded over HTTPS, but requested an insecure resource 'http://yiwenl.github.io/Sketches/experiments/comic/dist/inde.... This request has been blocked; the content must be served over HTTPS.
The difference is, you can, and always were able to disable Flash. Now all that that shit is part of "HTML" and you can't throw away that kitchen sink anymore. Have fun with buggy DRM binary blobs and obscure HTML standards leaking your internal IPs.
1k bucks for that device seems a little bit on the pricy side.
I had some insight into how restaurant teams work. I could write a long post here, but in practice... no, nobody will be managed off, teams will fight internally, discussion about servers/kitchen tips split will both anger and further (if it's possible) divide people, ... Just remembering that stuff makes me sad. Maybe there are some good places. I've seen a few and it's a total mess, inequality, and any
tip pooling leaves everybody upset.

Thinking of it, it's basically a small mirror of the general society with managers as the government.
Also [1], which relies on watermarking audio of content, which then can be detected by hardware players and the playback can be stopped if it discovers that e.g. you play a BluRay rip from USB stick. It survives encoding with different codecs. I'm not sure if it has been cracked yet or not.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinavia
Galaxy Nexus with stock Android 4.x.

More precisely, when I bought it almost five years ago I was simply shocked at how much more its UI seemed to have been designed with actual phone use in mind, compared to, say, my former late-Symbian Nokia E50.

Typical example: the E50 had the well-known idiosyncratic Nokia 'profiles', whereas the Nexus only had the fragment that users usually relied on -- that is, an easy switch between full-settings/vibrate-only/absolute-silence.
CCTV footage of assassination of North Korean leader's half-brother
> Chromecast – it just works. Feels like the future to use my phone to stream video from the Raspberry Pi to the TV.

Not quite following you here. Why would you need the chromecast if you have a Raspberry attached to your TV?
100% agree - for the price, you get so much mileage
Despite what anyone will claim, good journalism still exists. I am not going to discuss obviously false generalisations.
Good question; it caused me to go through the house, looking at lots of objects trying to figure out which one(s) were exceptional, in my book.

Here's my top list:

The Optimus 00 kerosene stove. Hardly a thing has changed in over a century of production. Utterly unbreakable, not a single superfluous component or feature. Just plain works.

Moccamaster drip brewer. Probably the drip brewer to beat. The product is eminently drinkable, it is a reliable and consistent performer, not much that can go wrong except breaking the beaker (no worries, a new one is $20 a five-minute walk from home) - and they even sell spare parts - any component; mine is 28 years old and still going strong, having had its thermostat replaced once.

BRIO toy trains. (Tie with LEGO) - unbreakable, and their long-term commitment to compatibility is fantastic; I can buy BRIO odds and ends in the toy shop today which interfaces perfectly with stuff my parents bought for me when I was a kid. Same goes, to a slightly lesser extent, for LEGO.
This concept is being called either boiling frog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog or Overton window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window (in political sciences)
It took me about a second to think of Dixon Ticonderoga pencils. These are the perfect nexus of good and cheap. These things have the critical features one looks for in a writing instrument, my favorite of which is that I can put it in my electric pencil sharpener and the lead never snaps just prior to the point at which it becomes sharp.

And these guys finally figured out something useful to do with that pink, rubbery, knob at the end of the pencil. I've never been able to figure out what this rubber piece is for on other pencils. On some, it works like a highlighter, but not as well -- leaving this pale, pinkish/carbon smudged mess all over the page. On others, it works like the worlds worst paper shredder, ripping through the page haphazardly, but not in such a useful way as to render the contents securely shredded. On Dixon Ticonderoga pencils, this rubber knob removes any pencil markings that were made in error. It's incredible!

The best part, though, is that you can get a box of almost 100 of them for around $14.
"Deep state" requires influence from outside, Russia? I really much doubt it. Turkeys deep state goes back all the way to Gladio setup by NATO after WWII
Force enabling all plugins and adding a disable button as an afterthought is a short-sighted evil plot.
In the UK, Uber cars are local licenced private hire vehicles with the big "Pre-booked fares only" sticker on the front doors. You have to be licensed to drive for Uber[0].

0: https://www.uber.com/en-GB/drive/requirements/
People give Russia too much credit. The narrative I've seen on Reddit lately has been that Russia controls pretty much everything in the world.

Russia is a barely middle income country with a shrinking GDP, a shrinking population and an ageing military.

Surprising that I've never heard a single story of Russian influence in my country, India. Apparently, Putin and his stooges were able to infiltrate all levels of politics and media in the rich western world, but don't give two hoots about its more direct economic rivals in the BRICS.
I travelled on a (non-nuclear) icebreaker out from Murmansk back in 2012. On the way out to the open ocean we passed several moored nuclear powered icebreakers and other vessels in various states of decay[0]. It was both fascinating and disturbing to see - many of these had not yet been decommissioned and it seemed to me that they were huge disasters waiting to happen.

In Murmansk itself there is a nuclear icebreaker (The Lenin) that has been decommissioned and converted into a museum where you can tour the vessel and see everything including the engine rooms and nuclear reactors. Despite it being decommissioned, I discovered some systems were clearly still functioning when I accidentally leaned on a random control panel and a bunch of lights lit up!

Photos from the trip are here[1], with the first seven photos being taken of or onboard the Lenin.

Note that one of the most powerful nuclear icebreakers in the world, The 50 Years of Victory, is available for tourists to travel to the North Pole[2]

[0] http://www.redyeti.net/FranzJosefLand/content/bin/images/lar...

[1] http://www.redyeti.net/FranzJosefLand/index.html

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Let_Pobedy
How do you follow an author? Are there any special techniques or do you just manually keep track?
That's one of the few gadgets I use every single day, to the point that I forget I even have it. Five years strong so far, and I love that damn thing.
her IQ could literally be one in a billion rarity
I like to track the progress of disruptive tech by how extreme the "but it cant do X" comments get. If the big demographic problem for EVs is people who "don't drive all that much" but do drive a few hundred miles out to their cabin in the woods then it seems they're making pretty good progress.
> - Crocs -- indestructible, comfy.

Why these are so berated really dumbfounds me. I love my crocs. So easy to slip on, comfy. Good for all seasons, summer without socks, winter with socks. And (imho) they look awesome too.
The view outlined in that video is that the systematic inertia brought by greedy self-centered assholes is nearly impossible to put a stop to by replacing just one person, ergo I take it to mean, that the only realistic way of implementing a sharing scheme has to start with a bloody revolution a-la the French Revolution. Or, of course, we can also just kill off enough people (middle-class and lower only, of course) so that the few remaining ones have guaranteed jobs maintaining the robots (see: Stalinist Communism).

In any case I predict the next few decades will be pretty exciting for future historians. The "A Song of Ice and Fire" kind of exciting.
The same logic applies without tipping. Attractive waiters can negotiate a better salary or get the job instead of someone less attractive.
> Honorable mention for industrial vacuum cleaners.

It's not quite industrial (although the manufacturer does also make shop-vacs in a similar style), but I'm a huge fan of my Henry[0] - I bought it on the principle of "everyone who vacuums for a living seems to use one, they must be on to something", and it's completely lived up to my expectations. It's light enough to lug around one-handed, but still feels sturdy (and has survived falling down the stairs at least once); somehow manages to be quieter and have more suction than most vacuums I've tried; has a comically-high capacity; the cord-winder is a brilliant in the simplicity of its engineering; ... and, yes, I know how irrational it is to personify inanimate objects, but his happy face still cheers me up all the same.

On another note, although it looks like a piece of plasticky infomercial tat... I picked up one of these spider catchers[1] on a whim a few months back, and I still can't quite get over just how damn well the thing works. It's a lot quicker than the old "tumbler and a postcard" technique, is much more reliable at catching them before they get away, keeps them trapped-by-default 'til you squeeze the handle (no more "whoops the card slipped, oh great the spider's escaped again"), doesn't seem to injure even really fragile-looking ones (eg cellar spiders/"daddy long-legs") - and keeps you at a far more comfortable distance throughout the whole process.

[0] https://www.numatic.co.uk/product-view.aspx?id=366&r=4&sr=1

[1] https://www.spidercatcher.net/product.htm
The UK had a well-publicised paedophile investigation in the past few years in which they investigated a lot of claims about sex abuse involving famous people in the 1970s and early 80s which had been ignored for about forty years. A couple of them involved politicians who had long since become irrelevant or dead. This had nothing to do with Brexit.

Similarly, when civil and security services and the executive quite openly distrust each other and brief against each other, "it could all be explained by paedophilia" is just unnecessary sub-4chan speculation.
Oh! It was not really an WebGL issue but was a combination of the mixed content error "triggered" by HTTPS everywhere extension. This is somewhat annoying from time to time, the author should have used `//yiwenl.github.io/...` instead of `http://yiwenl.github.io/...`.
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Not sure if your anecdote applies here: as Reddit CEO, she made a number of decisions that were unpopular with mods and users alike - entirely not related to her court action.
> "Deep state" requires influence from outside

no it doesn't. the definition is really about a state in a state...
$5 Worth of Bitcoin Gets You Free Internet ‘For Life’ on the Darknet
Probably using the Raspberry Pi as a Media Centre, and then using phone to stream from Pi > Chromecast.
Power Mac G5. If you ever open that thing, you'll know it's really taking computer making to the next level!

It's meant to be tool-less all the way, you can change almost everything (RAM, CPU, HDD) using at most one or two screwdrivers. And the way the hinges and interlocks work together is amazing. Not to mention its build quality.
The most perfectly designed thing is IMO the HB or 2B paper pencil. This kind : http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/20000/velka/pen...
Tipping could work if tipping was made annonomous to the service just provided in order to prevent users feeling guilty for not tipping or Drivers giving bad reviews for lack of tips.

But americas tipping culture is silly.
I tried to like it but returned it because it made a loud ping noise whenever a key was pressed and hit the back plate. They layout was fine but the construction just did not feel like $400.
her story which explains how https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2016/8/15/20-unconventiona...

scored very high on verbal part of ACT and got scholarships
The best fountain pens I know are from Stefan Fink http://www.stefanfink.de/en/

Not cheap, but unique and handmade.
> Does anyone else feel that way?

Absolutely. I notice it most with math. I try to reconstruct my intuition by sheer force of will, then give up in frustration because my mind will not move. When I wake up, the intuition is just there, as if something was updated or placed. It's not always overnight. Sometimes it's days or weeks, and some things I'm still working on after many years.
I'd also like to point out that this kinda does leave out the women. I'm at an age where most of my friends are getting married or having babies.

If you're pregnant, this basically means that you can't be a part of the team's social gatherings for at least 9 months straight.
So many explanations in that story, which get barely any air-time in US media. The Fake News sites have it all wrong - you don't need to lie persuade people, just report selectively.
Boo hoo hoo, why are people so upset by by my edgy taboo-breaking jokes?

The answer is in the question, don't you think?

I'm not sure I really buy his explanation for this anyway. Sure, the various bits of Nazi propaganda that he puts in his videos are framed as being part of jokes, but why choose to put Nazi propaganda in your videos on several different occasions? He at least seems to have some kind of unhealthy obsession with it.
It would help if you could back your claims. Were the Mozilla servers down that you couldn't get it from an official source?
That is definitely 5-6 years of study, because QFT is not taught in undergrad level in most cases.
I would favor "dig en.wikipedia.org +short". I think it is installed by default (ubuntu, redhat). It does not require string parsing.
You thought I was criticizing the content of his post? Incorrect.
WebGL font rendering with hinting and subpixel antialiasing
Relax, kuyan didn't provide any opinions with these links. It wasn't necessarily a complaint.
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Former Uber engineer tells tale of institutional sexism
Eh, that is only part of it, my comments were referring to genuine MicroSD cards, essentially Samsung's Evo cards are made using flash from their semiconductor fabs, and tend to have higher quality over Sandisk and basically all others since they buy random lots of flash off the open market.

That being said, Samsung isn't performance testing each microsd card, so you need to bench them ASAP when you get them to make sure your getting above 2MB/s in random I/O and around 20MB/s in write speed. If they fail that test (which if your buying more than one, you'll run across), just get it exchanged with the seller, no reason to hang onto a poorly performing card.
This one is the key. If it wasn't for corruption and breaking laws they couldn't practice such prices. Plus the fact that they manage to get revenue from both riders and drivers.
I wonder whether it's bad everywhere so staying made sense. Also you have to remember that HR don't like gaps on the resume or lots of short hops, they also don't want a "trouble maker". I didn't know of ubers reputation until late last year, maybe it's not as pervasive as it feels to you.
A lot of really cool stuff here! shameless plug I have a small side-project site that goes through a lot of common activities on the command line https://cmdchallenge.com. Some great ideas that I think I will incorporate.
The frequency at which those beeps are emitted, and the fact that there are, as you put it, precisely "2 strident beeps" makes it impossible to locate by sound alone. I misplaced one of these a decade ago somewhere in the "mess that is my home office" and had been punished with these two, maddening, beeps going off every hour for about nine of those ten years. I'm not sure if it was found by someone else or the battery finally gave in, but it used to drive me crazy.
Content creators are people, and some are asking for it.
The laptop not much, but the power brick is really a brick.
everyone I know uses them on a gas stove

you need the little wire thingy so a small one can sit comfortably on the stove stand
An understated issue in this account the role of HR - not only in Uber, but across business in general. For too long they have played the role of employee advocate when in truth they are - and can only ever be - an instrument of the corporation.

A modern reworking of unionisation may be the only answer - a p2p network, focused on employee welfare, independent of company interest.
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/electric-vehicles/life-...

"Over their lifetime, battery electric vehicles produce far less global warming pollution than their gasoline counterparts—and they’re getting cleaner."

The also have a tool that has info about specific car models and state by state grid carbon production:

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/electric-vehicles/ev-em...

"Electric cars tend to produce less carbon pollution than gas-powered ones—but just how much less? Enter your ZIP code below to see how different types of vehicles stack up in your area. Entering a make, model, and year will narrow results to a specific EV model."
Where I live, NVMe and SATA drives are at the same price and many boards come with two M.2 slots (plus of course you can put additional drive with adapter into plain old PCIE slot). Network card or two, maybe thunderbolt port or two...

All the other chips have 16 PCI-E lanes, which you max out just with the graphic card.
Tensorflow with rstudio docker
> Frequentist and Bayesian statistics are different tools that answer different questions. Arguing whether one is better than the other is like arguing whether one should drink water or eat bread.

Astronomy and astrology also answer different questions, it's just that astrology doesn't answer the questions we're interested in, and it doesn't even do a great job with the questions it does purport to answer.

When quantifying uncertainty, the only quantity of interest is the posterior probability, which Bayesian methods provide and frequentist methods don't. Period. The only reason we accept a likelihood instead is because it can provide a reasonable approximation and might be faster or easier to calculate, and the only reason we'd accept a p-value over the full likelihood function is when we need a quick-and-dirty metric of the importance of a variable or an intervention. These are all valid reasons, and heck, few things are more useful than a quick (frequentist) OLS regression, but to then conclude that frequentist and Bayesian methods are entirely equal and complementary is disingenuous.

A good blogpost which deconstructs this line of reasoning in more detail: http://www.bayesianphilosophy.com/how-science-can-permanentl...
Their recent guide on incorporation and taxes for startups was the simplest take on legalese I'd seen
it's odd how her blog posts from 2013 have amazon aff links in them ..but I think her story is real, its just that her iq is astronomically high. John Moffat, the inventor of the theory of Modified Gravity, went from learning calculus to general relativity in a year, and this was in the 50's, so there was no internet to help him.
It seems to work really nice for you.

For me it was definitely the wrong device. I don't have any use for this device at all. The "reading out the names" sounds incredible kludgy for me.

To everything his own.
I just wanted to share my experiences with the device.
http://www.kktg.net/Notes/hacking-jurisdiction/
Don't forget Americas old friend Saddam Hussein, whom they supplied with... chemical weapons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riegle_Report

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War#Iraq_2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq%E2%80%93United_States_rel...
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Actually yes. This is exactly what happens to me. Even after months, I come back and have an easier time. I think this touched on in Barbara Oakley's stuff though she seemed to criticise the extreme lengths between my learning.

My other problem is I spent tonnes of time learning and then never do anything with it. A lot of the stuff I learn often becomes useful mental models - calculus and the idea of continuity and change did this. It felt like a new way to look at the world.

The problem is you can have infinitely many ways of looking at the world but it means nothing if you don't do anything with it!
The fraud and racketeering charges are a sham, manufactured to work around the non-extraditable copyright infringement charges.
I dunno. Back in the Flash days I could guarantee that pretty much any video would play in my browser. Nowadays I have to switch browsers to watch an embedded video on Twitter, for example.
Minaal Backpack - https://www.minaal.com/
I got the version 1.0 with kickstarter and have used it almost daily ever since. Lovely bag with thoughtful design for daily work use or as a weekend bag.
Windows pipes appear to still be second-class citizens. Look at this mess: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34504970/non-blocking-rea...

The eventual solution using SetNamedPipeHandleState isn't really supported: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa3... "Note that nonblocking mode is supported for compatibility with Microsoft LAN Manager version 2.0 and should not be used to achieve asynchronous input and output (I/O) with named pipes."
I can eat a schnitzel with a spoon. :) I can eat almost anything with a spoon. I can't eat slippery food with chopsticks. With fork I just turn the fork like a screwdriver.

Spoon!
It could be: Raspberry Pi in one room, TV in another, Raspberry Pi -> Chromecast -> TV
You can get chargers that connect to the internet and track the carbon content of your electricity on a minute by minute basis, allowing you to charge when it is best for the grid and for the planet.
I've got the same model. Also a big fan of the design features
How is it a beauty? Stupid decision made by 1000 people is better than by one? At least if I make stupid decision I am to blame and I can fix it. If 1000 people make it, I have 1/1000 of infuence (in fact even less if I am not eloquent or persuasive) and can't change anything. Talk about ignorable. I certainly don't need a "democracy" to take my decisions for me. There's a place for it as we can't each personally decide about national defence or building interstate highway, but I can certainly talk to my boss.
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For the deep learning angle, I'm starting a project-based tutorial series on using neural networks (specifically RNNs) for NLP, in PyTorch: https://github.com/spro/practical-pytorch

So far it covers using RNNs for sequence classification and generation, and combining those for seq2seq translation. Next up is using recursive neural networks for structured intent parsing.

PS: To anyone who has searched for NLP tutorials, what tutorial have you wanted that you couldn't find?
You don't need a camera. Just buy the right "HDMI splitter" which splits one hdmi signal into several. Some of them, for a seemingly arbitrary reason, also strip off HDCP and then you can just record the clean unencrypted HDMI signal. I obviously can't tell you which exact models to get, but a quick googling will.
> There is something called the Ballmer Peak

Wait, we're citing XKCD comics now as if they are peer-reviewed scientific journals?
This article is very interesting, but I prefer to use sed or readlink /proc/<pid>/cwd instead of learning additional commands like rename and pwdx.