skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That wouldn't help you break into a Russian generals email account to read his email to his mistress saying he's going to Ukraine for a couple weeks.

The CIA isn't even really responsible to cyber defense. They are an offensive spy agency.
This is because if they answer to anyone, it's the US Gov that is structured by the Constitution.

They have no issue with commiting those attrocities in foreign lands, in which Constitutional protections and rules do not apply to them.
Uber is careful to violate local (civil) laws where it has popular backing, as opposed to state or federal laws that can carry criminal penalties. Think: Zenefits or Theranos versus Airbnb.
Oh okay, didn't know Chrome provided this feature natively, I thought you were referring to some kind of crazy DIY encrypt-things-behind-Chrome's-back monitoring script setup.

Thanks, and thanks for the precise screenshot :)
Facebook is still failing to remove images of child exploitation
Why don't we have more 3G+ modem options available?
In Philly, Uber asked for a license, was denied, then told its drivers they would cover the costs of any fines and they should drive anyway. Offering upfront to pay fines doesn't sound like they thought they found a loophole.
Apple Watch.

I have had many (most?) monitoring devices over the years. I've worn them on my wrist, bicep, around my neck and on my head. They all suffered in varying degrees from reliability or poor software or lack of versatility / upgrade path.

The Apple Watch 2 is the best yet and I think this model leaves little room for jawbone or Fitbit other than as niche players.

The battery life on my Apple 2 is leaps better than the 1 and the apps coming out for monitoring are really starting to impress. With the new water resistance you can do swim workouts now.

It's got a beautiful display, can text, call, display photos, email, maps, email, call an Uber, play music wirelessly to my headphones, etc etc.

And the reliability has been and continues to be 100% for my original Watch and now this new one.
Thanks. That's quite a list. Given that, it seems like this whole article rests on false pretenses.
This title is misleading. The languages Google "added" have already existed; what Google has done is run translation sentence-by-sentence instead of by phrase-by-phrase.
Not that I suppose it matters that much, but I mean reasoning not deduction
I didn't think large numbers of people would suffer increasingly shrinking seat sizes, switching previously free amenities to paid (or just removing them), getting molested at security, etc. all to travel somewhere for relatively little money, but here we are with our modern airline industry.

If little have their phones and signal they will be just fine.
I have to admit that I don't like the texture of poultry breast meat done sous vide. Maybe I should experiment with not vacuum sealing it (just leave it with minimal air). But if you have an instant read thermometer (or a stick-in-and-wires-out continuous monitoring kind), the key is temperature. Just use a low oven (225 say) and pull it out when its ~135-140.

My favourite thing to sous vide is steaks, which I finish on a steal plate on my grill. But I just use the beer-cooler sous-vide trick, so I can't really do e.g. 72 hour short-ribs.
I'm afraid you're very wrong. Almost all employment in the US is "at-will", meaning it can be terminated by the employer at any time and for any reason. They don't even have to say what the reason is.
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I continue to think quoting the word "vibrant" without the end of the sentence is badly misleading. I mean, he's talking about whether Russia has Wikileaks-equivalents, and you answer that it's different from the US because the biggest leakers and critics are in prison or exile? The analogy to Manning and Snowden makes itself...

Yes, Assange is soft on Russia and Trump (and apparently Roger stone just copped again to a Trump-Assange connection). No, it wouldn't surprise me even a little bit if he's looking to the Kremlin for leaks and protection, and so publishing at their discretion. Yes, Russia clearly engages in censorship and violence against critics on a level not at all comparable to the US.

(The Manning/Snowden comparison on "in prison" is obvious, but I do realize the difference. The US doesn't have an epidemic of murdered journalists and civil rights advocates in exile, and wealth and fame aren't required to survive dissent.)

But because I worry about all of that, I wish the discussion of the topic wasn't so often allergic to context. Most articles and public statements on the issue are easily shredded for horrible inaccuracies, when even a straightforward summary of events is deeply alarming.
imagine how much powder 1kg of Rhino horn can make if ground up - I'm sure the per-dose price isn't very high. Plus, if you look at your email's spam box you'll likely find out just how lucrative black market sexual performance medicine can be.
Absolutely. Please do encourage them and help them join your company and every other company where they will succeed.

I won't comment on your last statement since I think I've adequately addressed the value of active sampling and application of the null hypothesis in determining a statistically valid position on how they likely would be treated instead of taking these articles at face value.
Every success DOES need a guy like Greg. But I really worry about the part where Greg was working on the effort full-time, doing it all while the other guys still worked. When it ends in success, it is a great story. When it ends without success, Greg is the guy who put all his time into it, then ends up with nothing. Greg becomes the warning story.

Greg is the guy you need. Not necessarily the guy you want to be.
Have these studies actually been replicated? I find it interesting how even after a lot of psychology has been called into question due to the replication crisis, a lot of news outlets still try to use studies based mostly on how many clicks it will generate.
Misfit targets Pebble users with offer to switch to their hardware
Does anyone know where I could find out more about Semantics, Operational Semantics, Denotation semantics and Type Systems?
I agree with you, sort of. Specifically, I will admit that there are some cases where something some people would call war is justifiable.
> So far we only know the DNC leaks were very likely Russian.

We don't know that at all. There isn't a single piece of evidence for it anywhere.
Yeah, they said its "serverless" but it requires an AWS lambda function. I use Jekyll for my blog but I simply commit, push, and run a script that copies the files to S3. https://www.tberra.com/aws/amazon/meta/2016/11/12/the-birth-... its not scheduled but I could easily tell linux to run that command once at whatever time I wanted.
Show HN: Polymod – Composing data models from multiple sources
Hey, I'm just glad to see 1970's PL research finally making it to the mainstream(ish), regardless of which language gets the marketing credit for it.

I think the main advantage Rust has over OCaml is that it is syntactically more like C. But, hey, if it's what gets HM-style type inference to the masses, I'll take it.
The source of confirmation bias is explained as evolutionary mechanism that developed capacity for reasoning not for critical thinking but for purpose of arguing and getting others to do our bidding. In that context it would make sense to protect our own opinion from inconvenient things such as facts.

> "This is one of many cases in which the environment changed too quickly for natural selection to catch up."

How can we as a society fix this? If we educated our kids about confirmation bias (and some other cognitive biases) and taught them how to compensate for shortcomings of their minds, would next generation grow up to be more reasonable? If so, shouldn't this be a high priority of educational system?
But why does Greg need a cofounder?
No mention of Windows Phone. I guess I'm safe =)
No, I think Sam is saying that it takes a while for Elon/Sam to reply to Greg, and even given that, Greg responds quickly. Thats a good practice because it shows you're eager/dedicated to moving forward.
The funny thing is it's not even complete. There is definitely much more out there; I just ran out of time to compile it all.

In fairness, I'm not sure I would go so far as saying the article's pretenses are false - rather, the article is assuming good faith when it probably shouldn't. I also think that it's talking mostly about Uber's core business idea being a gray area (which it is), rather than all the myriad bad things Uber does that aren't directly related to its actual business.
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>These techniques permit the CIA to bypass the encryption of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram...

So much for guaranteed encryption and safety.
The hard part isn't the network. The hard part is anonymity (secret ballot) is directly at odds with verification. The 'x' in the formula "token x votes for y" is so secret the voter themselves can barely be allowed to have it, never mind their Gmail or Yahoo account. And never mind verification over the Internet, even on a LAN, verification is suspect to being hacked.

Secret ballot requires that it's hard to verify tokens, or else paying or otherwise coercing voters to vote one way becomes way easier to do at scale.
I did a lot of work on Firefox's NPAPI implementation over the past decade. Improving that code was rewarding in that it had very tangible benefits for Firefox users but it was pretty clear that improving Firefox's code was only going to get us so far, and not far enough. The system is a mess and I couldn't be happier to see Firefox dropping support. I hope I can be the one to rip out the code altogether some day.
It seems like it would narrow your pool to those who can afford the risk, those who are coming out of school and those who are unemployed. I'm not sure what that might do to the average level of talent in an org, but would be interesting to hear more from others with more info.
Ok, but the current trend seems to suggest a strong preference for SIGINT, ELINT, ... over traditional HUMINT.

Isn't this overestimating only a peculiar aspect ?
This isn't ever going to stop until the ignorant stop believing in magical potions to "cure" ailments.
I'm not sure I'd group the Nespresso and Keurigs together. I've never had a good k-cup coffee but the Nespresso produces great cappuccinos and cafe au laits in about a minute. There's a dramatic difference in flavor between their different roasts though, I'm partial to the capriccio and voluto blends.
"How can I view my history? I think I've clicked every link available but I can't find this at all."

The button had been hidden for some users due to a bug.
It's been fixed and you will be able to see it after refreshing the page, thanks for pointing it out.

"Same for this. There is no such option to be found."

This feature was disabled shortly after the launch due to a bug. It'll be added again as soon as possible.
I was just wondering the same, looking down at my trusty old lumia here. Unfortunately no desktop OS seems to be safe
Created https://github.com/shanhuio/smlvm

A C like language with golang like syntax. Pure Go language implementation.

https://shanhu.io/smlvm - shows the dependency structure of the project.

https://github.com/shanhuio/smlhome - example code that we wrote in the language.
Keeping the angle consistent is the problem with use a simple sharpening stone.

I recommend a jig that keeps the angle for you. I use a spyderco sharpmaker (https://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-Tri-Angle-Sharpmaker/dp/B004...), but there are others. I enjoy eating steak with a super sharp knife, so I have it out frequently for sharpening our set of steak-knives, and less frequently for our chef's knives.
Did Star Wars Help End the Cold War? [pdf]
For Packt, I'm just using ChangeDetection.com with an email alert. I noticed in the stats for that URL that others are doing the same. It's super easy to setup.
> If you care about security in the slightest, you should probably already have done that.

Signed internal only use tool. Not running untrusted applets anywhere. Also no time to rewrite bug free working code.

> You can still use an external reader of your choosing;

So the answer is that it is still that bad? I guess I can just browse the web using wget and less if external tools are the next big thing. /s
a few reasons:

a) Technical support
b) someone to bounce ideas off of constantly.
c) someone to support the organization should he need to take an unexpected leave.
How does this fit in with the current state of sound on Linux?

I'd guess that this would impact relatively few people if they're willing to require it.
I've used Visual Studio for many years.

Visual Studio 5.0 was very responsive. Visual Studio 2015 is not as responsive. Nowadays it seemes a bit bloated, even after disabling unused plugins and features.

Switched to CLion and Rider, which are not known for their speed, but feel more responsible than VS to me. That and a more affordable price and cross-platform support.
Understanding the Long-Run Effects of Africa’s Slave Trades
UTC with Smoothed Leap Seconds (UTC-SLS) (2011)
Based on the comments, this was written in September 2016.
I am absolutely flabbergasted by how every fully featured browser is capable of bringing my modern workstation to its knees. Late last year I took a screenshot of a 32 kb text document running in a tab managed by chrome process with no other tabs to take care of occupying over 1 GB of ram. And when I say text document, I mean a file with a .txt extension with no javascript or anything else going on. The world is wrong!
1. You're damn right we made a difference.

2. I'm not alt-right(whatever that even means,) and have never claimed to be.

3."Muh Russia!" What a cuck.
>I wonder if anyone has conducted viability studies re: utilizing the same power mechanisms that fuel the sub props for those super-tankers (genuinely not sure - if anyone has more information, hit Reply).

They didn't just do a study, they actually built a nuclear-powered cargo/passenger ship many years ago, called the NS Savannah. It was a commercial failure. That's not the only nuclear-powered merchant ship built; Germany built an ore-carrying ship, and it only ran for 9 years. Japan built one too, and it was a failure on its first voyage.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah
[2] https://www.flexport.com/blog/nuclear-powered-cargo-ships/

The second article here thinks the Savannah was doomed by other factors, and tries to argue that maybe nuclear-powered merchant ships should be tried again, but there's a lot of problems with the idea. Past ships had problems with radioactive waste being dumped into the sea (which caused fishermen to refuse to allow the Japanese ship to even dock). It takes a lot more crew to staff a nuclear ship, and they have to be highly trained. They'd probably be a terrorist target. The shipping industry (maintenance, etc.) isn't set up to handle nuclear commercial ships. The insurance would be prohibitive. Overall, it's really questionable whether it'd make economic sense to have nuclear-powered commercial ships.
Compile JavaScript to WebAssembly, asm.js, exe, elf and more
The limiting factor on rail networks is the time it takes switches to reset. The London Underground has a scheduled headway of 60 seconds on its busiest line, WMATA 90. (They can switch faster, but if there's a breakdown, it's useful to have extra slack in the schedule so you can recover). Cable cars don't need to switch, but Hyperloop does. At the speeds of Hyperloop, the minimum allowable distance between two cars is another factor.
There is a very, very fine line dividing "chief optimist" from "sucker."
Never let it be forgotten that Sam Altman's first big "success" was Loopt, a gay hookup app that was slowly dying and only even got acquired because a Sequoia board member who invested in it made Green Dot buy it so he wouldn't lose his money. Every time you read one of these arrogant, triumphalist blog posts from Altman, remember that his first big success was really a total failure that got bailed out thanks to a VC backroom deal.
For sure. For small things, I'll definitely just use a good knife. For making things like stews, I'll probably fill the food processor 5 or 6 times with vegetables (it's on the smaller side), and then just spray down the hopper and the lid with the sink sprayer.
Is Slack down?
Status page also fails to load.
I've never heard the phrase "the best offense is a good defense," but I have heard a great many times the phrase "the best defense is a good offense." I don't have any data to back it up, but inclined to believe the more popular form of the statement.
Thats what I did when I joined an OSS C++ project. It's a great task for someone that wants to learn disparate parts of the code base.
Claims of “fake news” are hurting the media, and consumer brands, too
Wtf? Why even go to the trouble of killing a rhino for that price? Here, take some ground up chicken bone, you won't know the difference.
Big up Justin!
The median salary for a registered nurse in San Francisco is $133,650 a year. How easy would it be for a software engineer on an H1B to become a registered nurse instead?

As a citizen, I could do this, in response to my interests and market signals. Or I could install drywall, open a sandwich shop, sell real estate, or try to make a go of life as a writer or artists. Freedom. Nobody owes me success, but I am free to pursue happiness as I define it. Most immigrants, well over a million a year, who come to the US actually have similar freedom. Interestingly, Facebook, a multi multi billion dollar corporation, can't find enough workers who are free to choose their path in life, not from the 300+ million existing US citizens, not from the million+ who come here every year. It needs help from the government, to create a special program that allows Facebook's HR department to decide who is and isn't allowed to come here, in response to Facebook's hiring needs. Remarkable.

Yes, I agree, people do overstate the case and often claim that H1Bs can't change employers, and yes, I agree, this is false. There are some very limited options for mobility. Provided you handle the paperwork correctly and limit yourself to sponsoring corporations, you can be a developer at this big corp, that big corp, or maybe even that other smaller corp that sponsored a visa.

So here's my point - claiming that H1B holders can change jobs, without that context, is almost as inaccurate as claiming they can't. H1B holders absolutely are not free and full participants in our labor market, and there's no question that this is why some employers like this program so much, and prefer to use it over hiring those who are free (to negotiate and leave).
This is correct, take a look at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/msbuil... and child topics on inclusion/exclusion.

-eric
PM, VC++ team
Well, I did learn something from that comment. I guess I am ignorant. :)
AMD Naples: 64 threads (32 cores),128 lanes of pice3 per chip!
Richard Petty, the legendary Nascar driver, once said that the secret to winning at Nascar is knowing how to "cheat neat."

There's great art in knowing how to rejigger a car that must look like a Toyota Camry, but obviously is not the same Camry that you or I could buy from the local dealer for $30,000.

There's a blog post for someone to write about Silicon Valley's efforts to put the Petty Principle in action. Lots of gray in the middle on this one. I'd love to see someone's comprehensive take on what's forgivable these days vs. unforgivable.
Reminds me of the ThermoMix:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermomix

From Wikipedia:

'The functions can be accessed simultaneously to provide what the manufacturer calls "12 functions": steaming, emulsifying, blending, precise heating, mixing, milling, whipping, kneading, chopping, weighing, grinding and stirring. Several of these differ only by the speed of the motor.'
> Anyway, I remember a story of a US submarine that hacked soviet cables in the 70s or 80s.

Operation Ivy Bells https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ivy_Bells

One of the tapping devices http://i.imgur.com/PgOJSTp.jpg

I believe a few of those devices are on display in some museum in Russia.
Pivotal Claims Big Growth for Its Cloud Software Business
Yes this UI is new, there was an unofficial add-on [0] before that did something similar.

During my internship this summer we also added Push capabilities to decrease the time it takes to send a tab to another device (it used to be in the order of minutes).

[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/addon/send-tab-to-d...
Instagram Has Become a Haven for People Making Sensitive Self-Disclosures
> I'm not sure pressure cookers are that popular in Europe either at the moment.

They're as popular as ever, they're not trendy but it's something you normally get once you're beyond a pair of pans and pots, the smaller models (4~5L) may even replace/obviate a large pot.
Microsoft launches less expensive flagship Surface Book without an Nvidia GPU
Seems like it...

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=news&q=slack&sr...
How is Firefox Android working for everyone? I can't seem to get video player working on some website like bloomberg.com, otherwise I'm a fan of it.
Definitely. I think I've heard Google has a handful of ethicists on staff? I don't think it's fair for the burden to be entirely on technologists either, though, but I don't know how else to progress. Uber & friends make an interesting case in this area too: Does that business model technically violate laws in various locales? Is it fair to existing taxi companies to just throw those laws away too quickly for them to plan or without re-addressing the original issue they were there for? Could they get lawmakers to re-assess the need for those laws before they had demonstrated their value and popularity? A lot of catch-22's.
Awesome. Have to give at least one thing to Trump. He's addressing exactly what he said in his campaign.
>concrete is not waterproof.

Ancient Roman concrete is.
> Ironically, Mozilla has stated that breaking all these user plugins is part of some strategy to regain market share and "influence web standards". Now that it's actually happening, I'm hoping more people will see how it's not going to work.

I never thought I would see a defense of NPAPI, of all things, on HN. NPAPI is a gaping security problem, and the only fix is to remove it entirely.

What is your proposal for making NPAPI secure?
Yes, including their status page.
The basic reason that investor capital has a liquidation preference is that if it didn't, the founders could raise $X million on day N, then since they hold the majority of voting rights, declare bankruptcy on day N+1, and split the majority of the invested capital among each other.

There are ways around this, such as giving the investor a veto on bankruptcies and reorganizations, but the time-honored solution is a 1x liquidation preference where the investor gets their capital back in a bankruptcy.
I am sorry we lost you and we're very aware of the need to improve IDE performance and have invested a lot into this release towards that goal. Just one example to read is this blog series when the product was still codenamed VS "15". https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2016/10/14/imp...

(VS "15" is Visual Studio 2017)

We also have Visual Studio Code for those who want a lighter code editor, see: http://code.visualstudio.com