skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Google cannot afford to lose time. It's in a technology race. I'm not saying this guy was worth it, but it's not impossible to imagine how they make decisions like that. Time is much more valuable to them than money.
That's a great point. I guess the question to test your assertion is whether distributed electricity generation and storage is the cash cow AWS is. AWS took long lead time, high cost, high risk tasks and made them like ordering Chinese food.

End of the day, even with all they have achieved, the whole machine blows up once the hype train pulls to a halt.
Google docs is still way slower for me than Microsoft Word. I can open a 200 page work document in word with table of contents, comments, etc. and make changes to it with no problem. Opening and working on my 18 page google doc file where I write my notes is so much slower and more annoying in comparison. Not to mention all the features that the Google programs lack in comparison to Word.
I'm not sure it's the same source, but this came out last year.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richa...
Let's do some back of the envelope math:

04 bits = Middle initial (It's actually 5, but I imagine the common ones cluster)
10 bits = First Name
10 bits = Last Name
120 bits = 42 adult years (12*10): 3-years ~=1024 slots ~= 10 bits

A naive approach might be to add all of these together, except that's unaware of the Birthday Paradox (aka Birthday Problem).

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

The sets are larger, but even with the addition of those extra 4 bits there's still going to be overlap in a non-trivial population.

When is there a "good" chance of a match in all of the fields that matter? What is a "good" chance? What is an acceptable collision?

I think most sane people would agree that the final question is the important one. In matters that can derail someone's life and send them to jail an acceptable false positive rate is ZERO. Therefore answering the preceding questions is largely meaningless, we already have example proof of at least one failure, which is enough to declare the system inherently broken.
Are you sure about that? I am usually a pretty strong free speech advocate, up to toeing the line of being a free speech absolutist at some points in my life (of the: "nuclear weapon blueprints posted online are just as valid speech as any other sequence of bits, information wants to be free!" variety). But I still think you can design speech codes that are not prone to slippery slope under any sane interpretation.

I mean, the U.S. already has one of those, the whole "fighting words" exception, other countries have a few of their own. It is not entirely clear to me that banning say "open calls to organized violence or coordinated reprisals against members of an ethnic or religious group, on the basis of membership into such group" would be to the detriment of political discourse.

Don't get me wrong, as I said, I am more often on the corner of extreme free speech than its opposite, but saying that the only other alternative is broad censorship is a bit of a strawman. Even with things like eugenics, which I do find instinctively abhorrent, you can easily craft a clear line where things like "I believe group A is better at X than group B, here is my social science study about it and supporting evidence" are perfectly valid speech (and people can engage with that if they so wish and counter speech with speech until the truth emerges), but where continuing with "therefore we must get rid of all B" is considered axiomatically unacceptable. One is a question of facts, the other is a matter of societal ethics.

As for Mexico, by the way, since I am from there, let me point out that the issue with the safety of journalists in the country now a days (vs say in the sixties) has very little to do with whether we have freedom of speech as a value (we do, both legally and as a society, maybe not to the extreme of the U.S. but to a higher degree than many countries where this is not as big of a problem). The issue is the weakness and capture of the state, where no matter what the people want or the laws say, the state is not able to protect people or enforce laws (in part because it is materially incapable, in part because it is corrupt and colluded).
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tl;dr: A material was produced on a very small scale, which, with no regard to the energy required, might be able to remove 97% of the salinity. I.e. science-ey click-bait with a bullshit title.
> what the UK government did to a patriot who was instrumental in helping win the war was atrocious in its own right gay or not

What he did in the war has absolutely nothing to do with how awful what they did was.

edit: I remember reading about the apology, and at first thought it was great. Then I read that a homosexual group wasn't in support, and the reasoning was that the UK prosecuted thousands under these laws. That made a lot of sense to me.

Turing shouldn't be a special case just because he did such great things. He should be celebrated for what he did. He should be given an apology along with everyone else who was ever tried under these evil laws.
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That's why I phrased it as I did. I'm pretty sure that by sending his bills (presumably containing information on procedures performed, ICD10 detailed diagnosis codes, etc.) this could be considered a breach. Obviously it covers fewer than 500 individuals and the matching names is a complicating factor, but I believe that they're still required to report it to HHS within the first 2 months of 2018, and to notify the other person.

Assuming that their training is worth anything at all, getting a supervisor and saying "I believe there's been a HIPAA violation and I need to know who to talk to" should get IMMEDIATE attention - it goes beyond application of a clue-by-four and should immediately get you connected to their Compliance Officer. That person should have all sorts of motivation to get things straightened out so it's not an ongoing breach with further disclosures post-notification.

The other kicker is that I believe the rules changed recently such that if an individual reports a breach and it results in fines, that individual may now receive part of the penalty amount (caveat: I didn't find a citation for this, just have heard it discussed somewhere). My guess is that in your case with a matching name it's unlikely that there'd be anything like that, but just the prospect of the headaches involved should motivate people to resolve the situation.
Less than 1% of crimes are punished in Mexico:

http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/mexico-impunity-leve...
The vast majority of economics is not macroeconomic forecasting. That's somewhat akin to saying that computer science is about making email work.
Drive-by Wi-Fi i-Thing attack, oh my
Oh, I very much agree... but I recently took the time to come up with a nice layout using flexbox (really my first time delving in without relying on a framework for most of it), and it wasn't too bad, some of the naming conventions are weird. But then I pull it up in IE11 in a VM and Safari... man, those were painful to fix. Yeah, I was maybe missing things, or the defaults aren't as sane as they could have been.. but Chrome and FF looked/worked great, but Safari in particular I had to redo things... then back and forth until it finally worked across the board.
If you wish you had this for your company, there is already a service that lets people do online shopping (anywhere, not just at Amazon) and pay with cash in their neighborhood: http://paynearme.com/
My impression was that removing salt/saline from water is possible but it consumes a lot of energy to do so.
>There is a worrying trend of treating staff as equally capable but untrusted cogs in a wheel, and metricising performance.

Heh. My company calls that "agile".
Note that past the initial furor, there has been no followup.

Also, there was no externally substantiated non-anonymous evidence backing up her assertions.

The fact that a blog post with no evidence can still linger in peoples' minds is troubling.
That was my first thought, if you want smaller than a badge, then maybe a ring or bracelet should be tried before an implanted device!
I've used i3 and xmonad in the past when I was having RSI issues, but found they impeded my productivity on some fronts, so when my RSI faded and I was able to mouse/touchpad again, I switched back to default Gnome (this was also around the time Gnome 3 came along, and I quite like Gnome 3 in most regards). I'm not really intimidated by tiling window managers, I just prefer a hybrid approach. There's a lot to like about the default Gnome experience.

But, it may be worth another try. My way of interacting with my OS has changed a lot over the years; I really prefer to just install the distro and start using it. Very little customization, so that when I move to a different machine it's not a big bunch of customizations to bring over (that may or may not work on the next version of the distro, or whatever). But, not being able to split up my screen in exactly the way I want is definitely hindering my productivity, so maybe another round with tiling window managers is the way forward.
The first person to complete the 4 loops chooses which way he or she goes then the next person goes the opposite way that the first person went. It then follows an every other pattern where the 3rd finisher would follow the first and the 4th would follow the 2nd.
Yep, and also it would less useful if you had to verify you owned the account to deposit in it. The classic "sending money to college student" scenario would be problematic.

Thinking about it, this might be interesting from a community funding effort. Put the bar-code on your site, plead your case, and hope people send a donation.
Show HN: Reading My Smart Home Activity to Help My Dad Find His Keys
Production appears to be what they are improving here:

> But it has been difficult to produce large quantities of single-layer graphene using existing methods, such as chemical vapour deposition (CVD). Current production routes are also quite costly.

> On the other hand, said Dr Nair, "graphene oxide can be produced by simple oxidation in the lab".

> "In terms of scalability and the cost of the material, graphene oxide has a potential advantage over single-layered graphene."
Are there any policies in place that prohibit discrimination of borrowers based on the major pursued?
SFF Net Shuts Down After 20 Years
The NYT article shows a 360 video and not static images (note the movement of the tree branches).
Also, USCIS has announced plans to combat H-1B fraud [1]. They seem to provide two provisions with this:

1) An avenue [2] for members of the workforce to report H-1B abuse. People on H-1B are offered some protection against retaliation.

2) Targeted onsite visits at worksites of employers who have larger fraction of their employees on H-1Bs, and those who sent employees to other locations.

Together, this seems to be aimed at curbing H-1B abuse by staffing companies. Some Silicon Valley employers - like Apple, Cisco etc - who use these staffing companies extensively might also be affected. But overall, this should be good news for both H-1B employees and citizens/permanent residents.

[1]: https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-worker...

[2]: An email address really - ReportH1BAbuse@uscis.dhs.gov
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Is Linus Torvalds criticized as strongly as this, when many of the hundreds of Linux distro maintainers fail to ship kernel security patches speedily? No? Google puts a lot of effort into securing Android and patching vulns quickly, but ultimately it is the fault of the MANUFACTURERS and OPERATORS for failing to update their commercial works derived from Android OS.
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> ... scary-sounding headlines are published without deep analysis or actual evidence to back them up...

Scary-sounding headlines, sure. But there usually is actual evidence.

> I referenced a report with actual numbers of devices impacted.

No, there is no "actual numbers of devices impacted". A number 1.4 billion is thrown out to impress; the pool of devices to which their analysis applies is much smaller, and of which only a percentage is given.

> if millions of devices affected is true, shouldn't we be seeing millions of instances of Android spam, remote roots, SMS fraud, botnets, etc.?

First, what you mentioned do exist. Maybe not in large numbers (not sure), but there's no guarantee they're not rising. Secondly, there are plenty of easier and more profitable channels for hackers these days. Please don't equate vulnerabilities not being exploited with being invulnerable.

> There is only so much Google can reasonably do.

Changing the subject? I was responding to "The Android ecosystem is huge and remarkably safe", and specifically how you quoted the blog post to back that up.

> ... in the end Android users are surprisingly safe.

Webcam users are surprisingly safe too. Not realizing their webcams are DDoS'ing some poor website right now, or their video feed is being streamed online.
Almost like the size of...a classroom?

Team sports and the innovation, pursuit of excellence, and solidarity that comes with it are prevalent at all levels - recreational, amateur, and professional.
> At that point it seems like a glorified version of a bug bounty list[1].

I was thinking they would work on one project the same mentorship scheme, but I can see how it might devolve without keeping the education in mind.
I know 200k is much more, and the point is nearly as relevant even at 100k... the percent brackets are more relevant. It's just worth knowing what you want to do, and if it requires a degree, and what you're likely to make working at it for 2-5 years or getting the degree first, then paying back loans.

My advice to people today, is go to the cheapest school you can, local community college is probably the best option, unless you're going to a top tier school, and have plenty of funding for it without student loans.
Very interesting - on-site only?
Is a quarter mile foot or horse race not a race just because it only turns left? I think not.

NASCAR cars are tuned to their environment for maximum performance/speed, like difference in tire pressure for outside and inside tires. I have no doubt that if the tracks were different, the vehicles would be tuned differently.
It's more likely that the dean is just not the person who should be writing the grant proposal. Professors whose groups are actively working in the area the grant is for will write a much better proposal. It's also expected that as a professor you are -- to a significant degree -- capable of funding your group.
Why do you think you aren't living in a modern Rome anyway? Revelations is (if you think Preterism[0] is a valid interpretation, which I tend to do) a survival manual for how to not get stomped down by the roman empire. The "mark of the beast", then, is basically a tax stamp and a document that proves you've made the correct sacrifices: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast#Nero .

The problem with fast-forwarding these concerns into the present day is that, in general, "we" are the ones _issuing_ those stamps, not the ones upon whom they're forced.

[0]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preterism
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I’d check the linked articles if I were you. Some of the women were subjected to very coordinated and determined harassment campaigns over a long period. In many cases these campaigns appeared to be coordinated by members of far right groups who are known to use violence. Comparing that situation to your being bullied at school is almost as silly and offensive as the OP’s original comparison. By all means point out that Mexican journalists are in a much worse position that women who are harassed online. Everyone here agrees with that point. But a death threat is a death threat. It’s not “name calling”.
This is as dumb as QR codes. Obviously there will be better ways to identify people for access control in the future. For example, face recognition is plummeting in cost. Systems should adapt to humans, not vice versa. This will be obsolete and the users will feel dumb for having gone through it.
Nobody takes Steve Keen seriously. He doesn't even have a university job anymore.
The thing is, you should. It's regrettable that today in this "enlightened" age with such astonishing technology we refuse the agency of certain groups of people for the convenience of political narratives.

This article blows my mind. At no point did she consider that these people could actually be responsible for their actions and that what was happening to her was the result of someone repeatedly violating the law and refusing to deal with the consequences. The real problem here is obviously the incredibly flawed use of name + DOB as a unique identifier, but the author doesn't focus on that and instead delivers what really feels like a racist lecture about how this entire situation is the result of some kind of systemic injustice against a whole group of people just for the color of their skin.
For the first two loops, everyone runs clockwise. For the next two, counter clockwise. For the last lap, the leader picks a direction and anyone left alternates, so odds follow the leader, evens go the opposite way.

In this case, John picked CW, so Gary had to go CCW. Although per twitter, they had discussed it during the 4th lap and decided it mutually.
This has been done for entertainment reasons as far back as 2004:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3697940.stm
If anyone doubts the contents of the quoted text, they can copy paste it into Google and discover numerous websites pointing at it. That will guide you to the right source.

Possibly someone downvoted it because they fall under the same establishment or an offspring of that 'Murica generation.

edit: I don't understand the downvotes. This comment contains instructions on how to find the desired source of my original comment which was actually published and publicized in printed media. If you have trouble with Googling, I suggest restarting your computer. Otherwise, trying to deny the track record of systematic racial oppression evident long after the end of racial segregation through downvoting, you are going against history of USA.
Cool, I need a new tape measure and who can't use big bolts occasionally?
Monads and monad transformers are different things, of course. However, it's all really quite doable in Haskell. There's two main reasons it's _not_ done, though: a) effect style isn't so great when the effects don't commute b) it's slower.

If someone ever cracks the speed thing, I bet you'll see a lot more Haskell with Eff monads in it.
Not as elegant as Barnaby Jack, but just as effective.
The elephant in the room is we don't have enough inflation to re-balance the ratio of income to debt. As a result the ratio of debt to income keeps growing.
Or rewards programs effectively making every purchase 1.5% cheeper than they would in cash. The unbanked and underbanked have no access to either. Another example of the "poverty tax" that many people have to pay. Your comment makes you sound kinda like an asshole.
I think what he's suggesting is that paying down debt through austerity can be more costly than growth, since austerity hurts growth.
The trick is, where does growth come from?
Thanks! for the paper reference!
Economics is not about predicting, it's about understanding things.

It's basically impossible to do the former at scale for time periods over 6 months, we're slowly getting better at the latter.

One big reason economic forecasting is so hard is that agents in the system you are forecasting are taking your present period forecast into account when acting in future periods.
And at what point is a well meaning company going to do this and have someone object on religious grounds (due to other comments in this discussion?). Then they'll be fired, and sue due to not wanting the mark of the beast.

This has all the trappings of a great popcorn worthy story.
The energy drink company's interest is to minimize its cost. Years of bad behavior in this regard eventually led to pure food/drug laws, but in places with weak rule of law plenty of people are still poisoned by dodgy food.
Trump's "goons" (you mean ICE officers, right?) aren't "hunting immigrants." They're trying to enforce the laws about legal and illegal immigration.

If you don't like the laws, work to change them. Don't demonize those who are enforcing them.
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GM vehicles have OnStar which is their communication mechanism.
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