skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I can imagine this too!

But when you look at how you imagine driverless cars to be, you might want to temper your imagination with how driverless cars actually behave, such as the Tesla running into a trailer because it was too high off the ground for its ultrasound sensors to detect.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/11/11656496/tesla-model-s-aut...

(Note that this is not the famous case of the Tesla being unable to detect a white semi against a bright sky, it's a low speed no-injuries collision).

Obviously, Tesla is not the be-all and end-all of driverless cars. But when you're dealing with sensors combined with AI where each is in many ways less capable than the human eye, with different failure modes, it gets expensive and difficult to design really good fields of vision.
So again - you're neglecting to actually post any links to this "partisan propganda" on Snopes - come now, you say there's lot of it, so show us some.
I'm the product lose me and the customer will have nothing to match the ad against
Am I the only one that was wondering why the dialup ISP Juno.com was considered a rival to Uber? Guess it's a different Juno..

TIL Juno.com still offers dial-up for $15.95/mo. Gone are the days of free dial-up with obnoxious banner ads.
How many people are injured or killed annually by motor vehicles traveling on sidewalks?
When you say variance, I guess you don't mean the statistical value? Or you do mean that?

Is your objection to this moral (you disagree with my position that people should principally benefit from their own success in life) or practical (you think rich people will find dodges)? I'm certainly not convinced it could be done, but I think we can do better than where we seem to be going with the concentration of wealth through completely unearned income.
Maybe the developers just haven't merged back into 'master' in awhile:

https://github.com/SiliconStudio/xenko/network
Right, NLP as a "Science" is kind of crackpot, but there are some things in the texts that are truisms and worthy of note just because they are laid out concisely.

It can be very dangerous and malicious to use that basic knowledge of how to conduct a conversation to do what? .. "make people feel special and you care when you absolutely don't give a damn about them", and the conversation is purely a means to an end.

That said, it's nice to be nice, and much better to be inclusive, even if you needed to learn that from a pretty fringe bunch of theory.

[Edit] As a side note, I was first introduced to NLP when someone used it on me in person as a means to try to get me to work for an organized online credit card phishing operation and wanted me to move to Costa Rica.

It was a very strange experience and was effective up until the point I noticed what they were doing

Took me a few days figure out what had happened. I didn't know anything about NLP at the time and was kind of shocked that this was an actual thing.

Ended up calling the FBI.
This is a gross misrepresentation of what's happening with AP2. AP2 is not up to feature parity with AP1, but it's not true that "it's not active".

This article summarizes the latest AP2 software release: https://electrek.co/2017/03/30/tesla-autopilot-2-0-camera-8-...
Well, the classic model of how this should work is:

1) Economy sags, people have little demand to borrow money for investment

2) Interest rates are lowered to spur investment

3) Investment takes place, economy recovers

4) People are much hungrier to borrow money for investment, so interest rates increase

We haven't reached (4), and in addition, it should seem surprising that borrowing money to put it into real estate will help the economy to recover. Unlike investments into production, an investment into land doesn't seem to actually affect supply and demand in a way that will help the economy grow.
This only works since Sweden is so sparsely populated. People here routinely drive 40 -60 kmph above the speed limit, especially where the new limits are ridiculously low considering road conditions.
Google replaced my 6P a few weeks ago, it was also shutting down early. It was months out of warranty (bought at launch) and they made me take lots of pointless steps like running in safe mode and doing a factory reset, but the process was straightforward.
The Quietest Mac Ever
> many people seem content to do a bad job modulating their speed with the pedal on hills,

That's the behavior of my wife's cruise control on her truck; we have to set it to account for 8-10mph slop on either side of the set point, depending on the slope of the hill. It's not even an old truck...
I think what you're getting at is the old adage of doing things in moderation. Little bit of alcohol seems to have more positive effects than none at all, severely negative effects when overdone. Same with many drugs, foods and types of exercises.

The one that really comes to mind for me is bacteria. The idea of probiotics is still pretty new to the public. Probably not a great idea to ingest a ton of bacteria all the time, but a little bit can be super beneficial, and much more beneficial than none.
Interesting--I hadn't thought of the parking matter in Baltimore.
When I buy a chocolate bar, the store owner shouldn't pay tax because I already did, and the store employees likewise shouldn't pay tax because I paid tax on the money they're being paid with.

Extend to everything else anyone ever spends money on.

I can see a problem with this system.
I don't buy this. The behavior of the wealthy people profiled in the article seems like it is clearly in the column of social signaling. A big bank account is hoarding. A closet full of Hermes handbags is showing off your status.
That's not the same as under-engineering. They simply engineered for a different target. The engineering of the product is only part of the issue. The bigger issue is engineering the entire production system. They may well have optimized for maximum return on investment in the factory, not maximum quality for your headphones.
You may live in a bubble
One way to answer that might be to look inside ourselves.

Take me for example. I indulge myself with books, songs, apps, etc. Granted, it's on a completely different financial scale than Hermes bags, but I own more things than I can realistically consume. So let's call whatever I buy but can't consume "excess".

Whatever instinct causes me to buy stuff in excess instead of using that excess to help the poor more than I currently do is likely the same instinct that causes the rich to buy 4000 shoes and 100 Hermes bags instead of helping the poor more.

I don't introspect enough to know what that instinct is, but most of us here probably have similar very minor excesses in our lives and can get some clues by thinking about those.
Awesome-wasm:  Curated list of awesome things regarding WebAssembly
DJI and Hasselblad just released an insanely overpowered camera drone
Given that the title contains "evidence-based" I was surprised how little evidence you offer. In many chapters only self-help books and alike are quoted and no scientific studies.

Also... given the current state of psychology research even the points where you refer to research are probably quite weak. E.g. the whole field of positive psychology is... not exactly a prime example of robust evidence-based practice.
I think that's often true of more traditional attempts at storytelling in games. I would say that the emergent stories in games like Civilization or Dwarf Fortress are more compelling that the written stories in most games. However, there are some games that really do a great job of leveraging the interactive medium for telling a story. Undertale is one that comes to mind. Of course, actually making a game like that is far more difficult and time consuming, since you're essentially writing a huge branching story where each path the player can take is still cohesive and makes sense.
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"Much other advice is just one person’s opinion, or useless clichés."

This article is similar to just that: useless clichés. I clicked to read more about the evidence backing up each item, but it's only in the footnotes? In other words, the footnotes are MUCH more interesting than the article.
To be fair, distracted driving is a larger problem for fatalities than speeding. Also, I think we probably have far more than 3-4 times the people who drive and the corresponding roadways than most other western countries.

It would be interesting to know what the ratio of deaths per driving regularly capita is for all western countries.
I'm curious what was the story of Dabble DB, and why they killed it.
Burlington is very nice if you like small cities.

Huntington/Richmond is a little off the path, but still close if you want more space.
This is very true in my experience. I can recognize the "People don't respond naturally to qualifications. They respond to getting their personal interests and desires satisfied." everywhere.

Of course a very bright engineer will naturally achieve some success, but there will always be a bar limiting his growth to how much people who can open new doors want him around and trust (in a very personal sense) him.
Two non-functional motorcycles: 1 that will become functional with the addition of a missing screw and 1 that will become functional with the addition of a missing rider.

Neither can be used to move from point A to point B without the addition of their missing component.

If we assume I have the appropriate skills/training to successfully operate the motorcycle that is missing a rider can we not just as easily assume that I have the appropriate knowledge/materials to add the missing screw?

E: The point I'm trying to make is that it is the same scenario. We could argue over which assumption is more practical (how hard is to to find and install the screw vs ride a motorcycle) but that is a separate point.

The screw seems most important when it is the 'weak link'.

But the same is still true of all other components.
For the record, I agree with you, but you can probably get to better understand people who don’t by reading this old HN thread and article:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6616019
It's not as if embedded systems work the same way as the jumbled mess of technology that web servers use. It's perfectly possible to firewall off core system functions into a separate network and separate individual processors for each function. Existing vehicles today have already a strict hardware firewall between the CAN bus[1] and the IVI[2] system to prevent bugs in the more vulnerable and less strictly designed IVI software from sending data that disrupts safety-critical systems.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-car_entertainment
Here's the first and second-to-last image in the article:

DSLR: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JJORxMmYFuw/WPkESrozTuI/AAAAAAAAB...
Pixel: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yo9hRd3xLLg/WPkERdbOs7I/AAAAAAAAB...
Dwolla and Plaid partnership announcement
At the very least, cursing at you when you ask for a supervisor, then hanging up, counts as terrible customer service. Other companies offer last-ditch methods for recovering accounts. Yahoo could too; it's not like they'd damage their shining reputation for account security.

> It's your (or your parents') responsibility to remember password or security answer, don't blame customer service for that.

It is, but it's customer service's job to help out the customers. Elderly people aren't known for great memory. It's got to be expected that people in general might not remember to update the account when they change a phone number, and might not remember the security answer that they provided years ago.
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> they also represent a tiny percentage of the tens of millions of people who have tried unsuccessfully to lose weight.

They also represent an unknown number of people who do keep off weight successfully, but never report in, for whatever reason. As just one example, I asked for an application and when it came I realized I did not qualify for the registry as I don't have a before photo.

> “You find these people are incredibly vigilant about maintaining their weight. Years later they are paying attention to every calorie, spending an hour a day on exercise. They never don’t think about their weight.”

Anti-dieters love to trot this out, but they have no evidence to back it up. There are plenty of people who log in MFP, check to see if what they are contemplating ordering fits their budget for the day, then go about the rest of their lives. It takes all of a couple of minutes. There are other people who just more carefully mind what they eat, listen to their body, have changed habits (eg, cutting out soda) and never even track calories. I'm one of them.

As for spending an hour a day on exercise, that's not unreasonable. Most people spend multiple times that amount of time on things like TV or web browsing. It's also not mandatory for weight loss.
EFF Asks Appeals Court to Break Through Five-Year Logjam in Megaupload Case
Why do they need to be a monopoly to succeed? I personally dislike Uber based on all the latest PR but what if they actually achieve a self driving car? If so, this would change the business entirely because no more contractor's to pay.

Do you think if one company has self driving cars and the rest don't this is a competitive advantage? Perhaps they license the self driving car software to other companies which also presents revenue options.
accusing other people of envy is some seriously weaselly argumentation that seems designed to deflect away from real, rational, and salient criticisms about economic injustice
I interpreted much of the article as being advice for the "hunter", who is not necessarily worth connecting to. For example, do your research beforehand, keep your requests short and reasonable, don't make false pretenses, don't oversell yourself, etc.
There seems to be a strong undercurrent of anti-gentilism from several commenters on this story. The response from admins has been very strange.
It's still a race though - you have to loop (possibly indefinitely).
I signed up on their site at some point to take skills tests.
London's Doddle is closing most of its stores after burning through millions
So I've just had a look at that. The True/False statements seem to match the claim pretty closely - which elements in particular make you think otherwise?
The smartest and most capable people will not be making 100k in the Bay area with a family of 4.
> if someone else started with those premises, they'd also arrive at the same conclusions

I like your definition of critical thinking, it also allows me to highlight why I agree with sideband. In the bay area there tends to be less acceptance for differing premises.

I am a conservative Christian and certain premises I bring to the conversation automatically make me "hateful" or "bigoted". While I have seen this most prominently in the religious/moral realm I see it in politics as well.

In the bay area there is a right set of premises and a wrong set. If you start with the wrong set it is acceptable to wholly reject the conclusions without engaging critically with why the premises are wrong.
Guessing they mean rfc2165 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2165

Corba had service location, and I assume many other predecessors did as well.

Doesn't bother me though, stuff gets reinvented and rediscovered all the time.

The more recent approaches, like linkerd tend to also include ways to easily wrap existing services without changing them, which is a plus.
> Is there some primitive or primate instinct in all of us?

I think so. An instinct exacerbated by marketing.

Most of us who aren't wealthy also spend a decent chunk of our incomes on unnecessary things. They might not be luxuries as extravagant as the ones described in the article, but they would still pay for plenty of shirts in India -- or my country. Why do we do this? Why do we eat at restaurants, go on vacations abroad or buy nice clothes instead of spending that money in a humanitarian way?

After that, it's just a matter of scale and of getting used to a lifestyle that includes 100s of ugly bags and tackily framed works of art.
TL:DR --> mostly email advice.
Keep emails short. To the point.
"no need to respond" is powerful.
Follow up on whatever you say you will.
Offer something before you ask for something.
Any use of power against other people is necessarily both a moral and a political question. I wouldn't take someone seriously who ~hasn't~ thought hard about the moral question involved.
That was worth the time, thank you! My favorite: "The Federal Trade Commission, for Instance, took action against makers of potions that lacked advertised levels of radioactivity."
Here's the original HN post when Dropbox acquired Hackpad: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7604809

1104 days ago -- about 3 years and a week. Something makes me think this had been planned for a while.
How a 69 second video saved us money, reached 1000s and led to 250% growth
Thanks - I actuallly bought from newegg so Google store didn't want to help. I rang Huawei today who I think are about to replace or repair it so hopefully I'll have a working 6p again soon. Maybe the lawsuit helped as previous comments I'd read gave me little hope. Huawei support is 1 888 548 2934 in case anyone else needs it.
>Is it ethical, for instance, to develop human embryos outside of the womb for convenience?

Why not, assuming outcome is identical?
Show HN: DeepAI – Machine Learning APIs with a focus on video intelligence
Yeah sure - the caveat is that you have to run it on OSX rather than Linux. We have a bunch of Mac Pros & Mac Minis laying around the office doing CI funtimes.

I also hear whisperings of a react-pdf renderer but I haven't seen it
I agree, but I draw a different conclusion: executives' social alignment is mostly about signaling; PAC spending tells the true story.
The real reason for SSH being an immense contribution is that the OpenSSH fork happened when Tatu Ylönen made the original SSH program proprietary. Now that I think of it, I wish they had renamed it to something without "SSH" in the name, so he and the SSH Company couldn’t keep reaping name recognition benefits.
10 European startups with the potential to disrupt the film industry
Congratulations on the work achieved, specially on adopting higher level languages.

The growing adoption of C# among game engines, brings me back memories of when game engines finally started to allow C++ on their source code.
Not quite, only the Pionneers wear an apron (and a beard! and an axe!) when they parade, and it's not a butchers apron but a workman's leather apron.
I think ticketing for 5 over would open up the floodgates to a debatably valid reason/excuse: a speedometer only reports accurate numbers when tuned to the wheel configuration. It's common enough for tire sizes to be changed on a vehicle, especially in regions where larger summer tires are swapped out for smaller winter tires, without the speedometer readings being adjusted for the new tire size.

It could be argued that the vehicle owner is responsible for ensuring this adjustment is made every time tires are changed, but with no real way for the average consumer to verify or measure the difference, the fact is we depend on the business providing the service to do it for us.
The Dutch land administration has build an interactive map of the Netherlands that go back 200 years, 1815 to now
It's quite cool to see how Amsterdam has grown over time.

Check it out at http://topotijdreis.nl
On highways, the 85th-percentile rule makes some sense. The evidence seems to suggest that raising speed limits slightly increases fatality rates, but not accident rates, and doesn't have much influence on driver speed.

At the other extreme, on neighborhood streets in residential areas, the rationale for the 85th percentile rule (reducing the speed differential between cars traveling in the same direction) is absurd: these speed differentials are much lower and much less important than other speed differentials. If a car driving down my street at 30mph has trouble dealing with a car going the same direction at 20mph, it will also have trouble with the kids playing basketball in the street, or the car headed the opposite direction without room to pass, or the car backing out of a driveway, or the bike going 15mph. Conflicts between drivers headed the same direction are a non-issue on these types of streets.

And there are streets in the middle. A major commercial street in my town is four very narrow lanes (the right lane is actually less wide than a city bus, so when a bus is traveling the same direction you must enter the oncoming lane if you try to pass), with very small blocks, crosswalks at every intersection, tons of pedestrians and cyclists, tons of cars turning left across traffic, etc. Should this be set at the 85th percentile speed? Although it's more debatable, again, I don't think that the speed differential between cars traveling the same direction is likely to be a major contributor to fatal accidents here--on a busy urban street like this the danger is much more likely to arise from the speed differential between pedestrians and cars, a car turning left and an oncoming car, cyclists and cars, etc.
> writing grants

this is the kind of crap that administrators (as a class in society) force on faculty and then use it as justification for "our role is necessary" and "see, they couldn't be that busy".
My guess is that this discussion wouldn't even be happening if Hillary had won. Is my instinct correct there?

The whole article basically paints Trump supporters in the same light as terrorists and Nazis - nothing unfamiliar in discourse certainly - but certainly not a neutral stance.

I mean basically all of this "introspection" and everything surrounding facebook "investigating" fake news etc... came, not from FB, but from the MIT/Harvard study as well as from either side of the aisle shouting fake news and news bubbles.
Flickr's (and Yahoo's) account handling is terrible, but your story isn't an example of that.

You don't know your password, don't know the associated phone number, and can't check the associated email. You're lacking every credential required for access, so WTF do you expect them to do that wouldn't also be a huge security loophole?

If you can call and get access, then anybody could call and get access, so they're erring on the right side here as far as I'm concerned.
Like you, I go to Flickr to look for Creative Commons licensed photos to use in presentations. (Which I do attribute.) For me, that's super-useful as I give a lot of presentations. But I mostly grew out of browsing for photos just because I want to look at interesting photos.

I do find flickr a useful place to upload my selected photos. I can display "slideshows" from there, share them with friends, etc. But, if flickr didn't exist, I'd easily enough find some other way to do the same thing whether self-hosted or otherwise.
> “like Google Maps, but with a time slider.”

There isn't a time slider in the map view, but if historical imagery interests you Google has several cool options:

The desktop Google Earth client will show you historical top-down aerial imagery that you can scrub through with a time slider: https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148094?hl=en

You can access historical street view imagery through a time slider in the main Google Maps web interface: https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/go-back-in-time-with...

For large-scale or global changes, there's https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/ which is essentially a zoomable video of the entire Earth over the past 30 years at ~30m resolution.
I didn't know about it until a couple of years ago, the Ravens were the defending Superbowl champions, which usually entitles one to a home opener, but because the Orioles were still contending for the playoffs, the Ravens had their first game away at Denver.
hmm, i can tell exactly what building you're in.

and it makes you one of the new people who've crowded in and made my grocery store obnoxiously busy. :(