skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
In the dotnet world I'm helping contribute to a project called Marten which is a document database built on top of PostgreSQL. (My contributions are Low cos real life is in the way lately)

The json support is amazing. It's really incredible.
I don't know what's more surprising. That they couldn't spring for new coins? That they're charging $2.95? That as of this comment, there are only 15 left?
I think that "reality vs knowledge" is a false dichotomy. After all, our knowledge is a classical-level feature of reality, not a core element of nature's physical ontology. What does nature's physical ontology require, such that once it all builds up to the classical level, we can know things?

Information as an element of physics is what I'd guess.
Discussion of article when posted on another site, https://www.lawfareblog.com/who-publishing-nsa-and-cia-secre...
Similarly, a ton of financial trading, especially derivatives. What people fail to realize is that these exchanges of value exist because the buyer often values something more than the seller does, not the exact same amount. In that sense, trade is creating value by allowing that difference to "realize itself," so to speak.
Just wait 2000 years. You'll get there eventually.
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Looks like https://n-o-d-e.net is written using org-mode. Also who is the author, i am not able to find any about link.
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Web developers of today are like the early printing press owners/operators.
Or the hacking is both internal and external. Everybody is hacking everybody seems plausible.
well .. i am a big believer in the two layer separation

we program at two layers, high level, and low level

features needed or preferred in low level programming, may not be required in high level programming and vice versa

there are several ways to work like this, and many people do
for example, many developers use lua or python with c/c++

the effort needed to make the two language interact vary

another approach is to use one language with optional features, like optional typing or optional garbage collection, a language i believe is adopting this approach is red

have a programming framework, where two languages optimized for the two different layer use each others entities (names, objects, values, interfaces) seamlessly is in my opinion a super good approach for most programming

tcl + c .. are not exactly that and i believe a more modern combo will be better
Is this why we need "pay to publish" and also "pay to read"?
Yes. I use Windows 10 on three different devices, one of which is a tablet.

It's not quite as nice as iOS is, but it's also more flexible, which makes up for it. For instance, I can run “desktop” Windows applications on my tablet, which means I can use actual Firefox.
Hot showers/sauna do get the blood moving (can be a form of cardio exercise).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4049052/

Not sure about driving...maybe road-rage adrenaline?
Or cold-extract. Tastes differently, but also good.
Now he lives in Berlin I believe. When this was written he lived in NYC.
Does anyone think the modern world is a positive force? It didn't happen because it was better for humans.
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Waste of resources is a good point. Both governments and private industries waste a lot, but the kinds of waste are different.

For starters, in such discussion I'd ignore money, because as good as it is for being a proxy for everything, it's still ultimately an arbitrary, abstract quantity. Printing money, in a way, is fine. We should talk about waste in terms of real resources - like energy and human time.

> Businesses go out of business if they don't use resources in the most efficient possible way.

Except often there are more businesses than strictly needed, and the surplus production is a waste. But more importantly, in a saturated market every bit of fuel, paper, metal, every kilowatt-hour and every man-hour spent on advertising is a waste of resources. Simple as that. The companies play zero-sum games on such markets, where every action is meant to cancels out effects of actions of other companies. Governments don't advertise, because they don't play the competition game (at least not internally).

Point being, there's lot of waste, public and private alike. Some is probably unavoidable thanks to thermodynamics alone, but it would be worth our time to consider how to build systems that waste less energy and human time just to operate.
> you may say that "capitalistic self-interest" is actually rooted in our biology.

I hold such deep issue with this. Sure, there's an aspect to all living beings that they "self-preserve." But you seem to be implying here that it's part of human nature to be primarily self-interested, and if that's a correct assumption, it's one I believe to be deeply incorrect.

We can look around and see people acting in self-interested ways all of the time, but we can also see people doing lots of benevolent, good, supportive things for other people. In addition, it's no surprise many people go around day-to-day acting this way, given that they live in a system which encourages (née requires) them to do so.

Just because people can conform and act within a system, does not mean it is part of their nature. A system that actively encouraged and promoted the common good and communal caring among individuals would likely produce more of that behavior as well. Just because we see one type of behavior or another is not enough to decide that it's human nature.
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I make sure that I never read on side. If I read something international on NYTimes, I go to RT.com to read the opposing account. When I read something national on WaPo or NYTimes, I go read the account on Brietbart. If it's CNN, I go read the Fox account.

All these times I pray that these accounts are opposite. The rare times when they match, it's a signal that someone very powerful wants something done. E.g. Iraq war. NYT and WaPo and everybody had proofs that they had WMDs
With all due respect, it's important to know your audience.

When subscribers read the New Yorker, they usually expect to have lengthy articles. There are plenty of bite sized, 30 second articles available practically everywhere on the internet.
That is definitely a huge part of it. And it's not just cord cutters. Many cable stations now don't include sports channels in the basic package. So many people who pay for cable no longer pay for ESPN.

Another factor is that the Internet is a better source for sports news. Highlights are on YouTube. Twitter feeds post links to analysis from all over the web. Nobody needs to watch sports center for news anymore.
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The Handmaid’s Tale is the most horrific thing I have ever seen
Cancer Biology is a journal with an impact factor of 3.1 or thereabouts, that's the equivalent of wrapping paper. People in the sciences know whose work is solid and whose isn't, with stuff like that you just go "Oh, it's XY again, with their usual rubbish", you don't even try to follow up. Broad & Wade called the phenomenon "the invisible boot". Required reading: https://www.amazon.com/-/dp/0192818899

A sociopath looks like the Sames-Sezen affair: http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2011/07/08/the...

Even there a certain blogger said that he knew "Dali Sames not to be a nice person", whoever went there knew exactly what he was getting into.
Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard

Zuck: Just ask.

Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?

Zuck: People just submitted it.

Zuck: I don't know why.

Zuck: They "trust me"

Zuck: Dumb fucks.

- http://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims...

Has he ever acknowledged saying this publicly - or ever spoke about how he fucked over the twin brothers? I want a leader who's transparent, open - honest.
NASA has already sent a number of robots there, starting with Viking in the 1970s. I'm confused as to why you say "if we wait a bit longer" unless you mean something with artificial intelligence.
Yeah that makes sense then.
Hi, I work as an engineer at Google rather than Facebook, but I'll address this and some of the sub-comments (one of which mentioned Google). I am not speaking on behalf of Google.

I actually work for a department that has non- advertising revenue, but regarding ads, a ton of companies, even many startups here on HN, generate revenue from ads. Regardless of revenue, many of Google's products are clearly very high quality. There's no social network lockin for gmail as a webmail client or Google maps as a map client but they're still perceived as the best.

Google is truly flexible about hours and as long as I get my work done, communicate with the team and attend meetings I can effectively work any schedule I want (Microsoft actually had a similarly lax environment, one of my former team members there worked roughly noon-8), which for me varies day-to-day based on my non work schedule. This is great compared to a company I worked at where they one decreed that everyone solve bugs "after hours" (unsurprisingly many employees would just sit on the bugs and then mark them as fixed right after five). Free meals (along with microkitchens) are very convenient, and it is highly frowned upon to be in the office long enough for both breakfast and dinner. There's a gym right in the building and beds if I feel like taking a nap. I can't speak for the main campus in California, but my office is in an urban area so I am not isolated from my interests and I don't need to own a car. If I have an appointment for something at 3pm I won't be impeded assuming I don't have a meeting around then.

Although many interesting projects are limited to the main campus, there's still a decent variety of work here as we have 1000+ employees in the office. The development tools+environment are not perfect but give me fewer problems than anywhere else I've worked. The main downside is that things can get bureaucratic at times which is the nature of giant organizations, although I never feel pressured by PMs. Sometimes the company's internal self promotion gets a bit silly as well but it's relatively easy to ignore.

Tesla+SpaceX seem neat but to work there I'd have to move to the West Coast, which I'm not interested in. Most of the financial industry would require me to be at work by nine and/or require me to wear some sort of specific attire, along with a lower variety of work and likely more stress. Many startups offer the same perks in theory but have extremely long hours in practice and the unspoken expectation that you socialize almost exclusively within the startup.

Basically I'm treated more like a human than I would be at many other companies, so when I'm looking to change what I work on, I'd rather look internally than externally.
Sure, AAISP don't even provide a filter iirc, though are a lot more expensive than some of the more mainstream ISPs. I think Zen Internet don't either, but again, expensive.
Where there is a whiff of smoke we often look for fire, no? Without a deep dive into a statistically significant amount of the research how could you say that those papers were probably not fabricated?

It seems that part of the publishing apparatus discovered this flaw as the journal was undergoing a shift in publication models. In that all parties have an interest in the ongoing viability and prestige of the journal, and most often institutions respond to scandals by either coverup or diminishment, who benefits from the news and which party wants to contain the scandal to the review process only?
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As cable goes to an all IP model, this will be the case on your set top box, too.
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I don't think Tesla is any better. It is a continued attempt to move the world in a direction it cannot go. There is no technological way out of the modern world's problems. Personally, I hate computers yet work everyday because I need money. There is no good feeling about what I do.
Isn't this obviously false? First, humans weren't designed at all. Second, the range of motion is often determined by bone structure, which no amount of muscle imbalance can affect. Check out squatting positions and how they're affected by the variety of hip joint shapes people have. Like this page: https://squatuniversity.com/2016/03/25/how-hip-anatomy-affec...
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I would say a substantial effect, but would not consider it a "contribution".

Livestreaming a murder is not progress.
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If they can make them into interlocking Lego-style blocks, creating cut & cover tunnels is pretty easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoRIztYmWjY
The place you linked in Philly is a few blocks from my house. I've been a handful of times. Much more of a restaurant. I think it is a good example of a place trying to do too many things. As a coffee shop it is pretty sub par. It does not have a good vibe during the day. There are much better proper coffee shops within a few block radius.

Of course I am just one anecdote. They could be doing amazing.
There are three ways I know of, your americano on ice method, the brew cold overnight method, and their method.

All three produce varying acidity levels of the same horrible drink, IMO. Most people I see drinking iced coffee either A. drown it in sweeteners and cream, or B. just slam it down black for the fastest caffeine intake on a hot day.

I'm sure many people disagree with me, but I've tried it in probably every form there is, and it's just a waste of coffee to me.
I think PWT works better with TQFTs, but it's an area of active research how TQFTs work, so we'll have to wait and see.

So far, the difference is philosophical, but it's worth pointing out that so is Copenhagen.

They originally thought they had a choice in the theory between non-locality and non-determinism, so chose to build a theory around non-determinism for philosophical reasons. However, non-locality eventually became incorporated because some phenomena are non-local in nature.

So in a lot of senses, the Copenhagen interpretation simply has an extraneous assumption of non-determinism and they don't want to rework their model because it would be a lot of work.

Legacy cruft.
He said in the first sentence that it was in Manhattan.
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I looks very nice (and useful) by the shots. Any chance you could release a package for macOS? Would love to try it!
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It is more than the source of revenue. For starters, it is the gathering of everyone's private conversations. They are working at an exceptionally disturbing place. I imagine they just convince themselves they are doing good. Humans easily convince themselves of things that benefit them.
Here's Chomsky expanding on this further: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFf6_0T2ZoI
I love running just about anywhere (except on a treadmill, which is just intolerably drab), but my absolute favourite places to run are on forest trails. There is something indescribably beautiful, spiritual and serene/exhilarating about running through the forest. I feel a profound sense of connection with my human and hominid ancestors going back millions of years. I feel the most human when running through the woods.
I think it's part of our nature to want to explore the unexplored and conquer the unconquered. It seems to be a recurring theme throughout our history that the latest fascination is always what lies just beyond the edge of civilisation. Whether it's the Orient from the perspective of European traders, the depths of the ocean or the hidden mysteries of the Amazon jungle to a Victorian adventurer, or any number of other intrigues from different cultural perspectives.

I agree that the main reason that Mars is so appealing is because modern life is so predictable. We've explored nearly everything on Earth and have set ourselves up to live a consistent, pre-planned life. Mars (and more broadly, space) represents a return to the mysteries of the past. Why live a normal, standardised life in commoditised modernity when we can live and die on the last remaining frontier?
It's worth noting that Adam Smith was imagining an economy in which most market actors were small proprietors, a nontrivial minority were living self-sufficient lives, and very few were wage-laborers.

And then Enclosure happened -- precisely to create a landless "working class" who could not participate in the market as free actors!

https://newrepublic.com/article/141663/united-states-work

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/04/yasha-levine-recovere...
Interesting. I didn't even know they used that paradigm a lot in CGI. You have an example?
> Well, for neighboring countries I meant EU countries.

There are only three EU countries (UK, Ireland, Malta) where English is an official language - soon there will be only two. For comparison: German is official language in four EU countries (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg) and French in three (France, Belgium, Luxembourg).

Now let's look at data for language knowledge in the EU:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_the_...

The most common first language in the EU is German. Other important first languages are English, French and Italian (this table has not yet included the fact that soon for English this number has to be much lower).

Totally (in number of native and non-native speakers) English (51%) looks more important than German (32%) or French (26%).

Now I tell you an observation: When (EU) people are talking that they know English as an additional language, this often means "really bad English" (just try to converse with Italians in English ;-) ). This is clearly not sufficient knowledge for using English in a professional environment. On the other hand when they claim to know German or French as an additional language, this typically promises much better language skills than if such a claim is made for English by some person. So I would argue that "people knowing enough of the language such that in, say, half a year they could use this language in a professional environment" for English the "51%" must be made smaller by a lot, while for German and French a similar correction should be much more minor.

Really: On a wordwide scale English might have a large role, but if you talk about EU, there are other languages (in particular German and French) that are at least of similar importance "for EU purposes" (just as in South America Spanish and Portuguese are the important languages and not English) - and with Brexit their importance will surely even increase.
Facebook is the biggest pimp in the world, and the billions of users are prostitutes.

Except it's more about eyeballs and likes than genitals and cash.

Both real pimps and Facebook don't care if their product has cheap viral content (venereal disease/fake news) as long as they make a buck.

Ad blockers are the condoms of the internet.
How is it click bait?
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Tangentially, I cannot help but add this: mining imaginary points using electricity is one of the most egregious wastes of resources the human mind has ever conceived of. Burning our planet because we cannot trust one another to issue currency equitably is wrong in the worst way.
I think the criticisms of ESPN and the advent of cord-cutting is severely missing a larger issue at hand. Sports are just another form of entertainment for people. I can probably safely say that the decline of ESPN first started with the rise of well-produced TV shows on HBO, AMC, Netflix, etc. I believe it's more than just correlation.

Just like a captivating TV series, sports demands your attention to the details and personal stories for you to become a fan. However, sporting events take hours to ingest at a time and the outcome leave many disappointed. People who have money to spend are typically people with fewer hours to allocate for entertainment. With the rise of quality TV shows that take one hour to consume, how do sports like baseball stand a chance at gaining new viewers?

The best thing ESPN has going for it are its 30 for 30 documentaries. A well produced documentary series. However, documentaries generally don't bring in huge sums of cash. If they can pivot to a create must-see dramatic show with a sports theme, they may have a chance.
It's one thing to take author suggestions for peer reviewers--it's another thing altogether to use the contact details they supply also. Especially when they supply a gmail address for someone who should have a institutional affiliation. It's like calling the number left in a voicemail rather than the one on your bank's web site.
Because the coffee has a ridiculous markup on it, and they are brilliant at marketing. Microwave breakfast sandwiches with names like "Double smoked bacon and egg". Frozen pound cake for 3 dollars a slice. Lattes for up to 5 dollars each.

And a constant flow of customers and it being just uncomfortable enough for people not to stay too long.
Reading articles like this, the first thing I think is "What about all the challenges that make just getting someone there seem like a pipe dream". Let's figure those out before we start to architect your Martian dream home.
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but having 20,000,000 TCP connections simultaneously streaming the Clemson vs Alabama title game vs 20,000,000 people tuning into a single broadcast is just a recipe for problems.

I'd beg to differ. The League of Legends eSports 2016 World Championship had 43 million unique viewers, 14.7 million concurrent. It is possible some viewers were from a cable TV in Korea, but it is unlikely to be a significant chunk of those figures.

The broadcast on Twitch.tv was also of much higher quality (1080p60) than what you receive from any cable company.
But, wouldn't it be interesting if one of the reasons we had such great ground coverage was somehow related to the NRO being a customer?
Also non-ancient ARM chips add the movw and movt instructions so you can load a 32 bit constant simply in 2 insns rather than having to play games with sequences of arithmetic insns or use a constant pool.
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The most direct requirement on Quantum Mechanics in existing lithography systems is the lasers used as light sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser#Foundations
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I'd rather transfer to someone here that has a use for it, than leave it to the squatters!
(Equally, if anyone else has unused domains they'd like to share, feel free to add them here.)
Exactly. I sure haven't seen an improvement in community or social ties thanks to facebook. It is funny how Mark Zuckerberg seems to think he is doing something good for the world, at least according to his speeches.
Might wanna double space those chat logs :)
+1, these are a really nice overview. I think CS189 would fit nicely as an advanced class in the UCB Data Science curriculum, http://data.berkeley.edu/courses.
Within the ISP's network, IP multicast is possible (and commonly used for live media content). Not so much over the Internet.