skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think it also comes down to attitude. I remember when we didn't have internet at home and I was in middle school through high-school, I'd always have about 20 floppy disks with me so that I could go to an internet café, download pages so I could read them home.

During sophomore year (college, Engineering), I spent a lot of time commuting (could stack up to 6 hours in a day) so I was reading philosophy, economics, neuro linguistic programming, psychology, etc. during this time. I live in a country where I can't just buy any book (low availability) and electronic payment wasn't introduced until recently and I didn't have a laptop 10 years ago, so I'd print 4 book pages per A4 sheet, then they'd get folded an make a small book I'd pierce in the center and sort of bind. 500 sheets were about $5 that time.

I also read everywhere, especially in the toilet, which I think is a habit I picked up from home (I grew up with a book shelf in the toilet and we used to call the bathroom the "National Library"). As a matter of fact, I'm writing these very lines sitting on the throne.

I've never read as much as during my unemployment (I could read like 20 hours per day, but it's not for everyone).

On my way to work and after work, I reach for my laptop and get stuff done if I'm fortunate to have a seat. I work on features, do refactoring, etc. If I'm standing, I get my phone and read an ebook.

By the way, I recently found Aaron Swartz' blog posts in epub format. https://github.com/joshleitzel/rawthought

The takeaway from this is the following:

- Making the most out of time that would otherwise be wasted: amortizing commute time, waiting time, etc.

- Exposing myself to a variety of topics opened up a graph of interest that sent me to different directions and topics. I've learned a lot of things.
How much of the beneficial parts of the "hacker ethos" are rooted in having to circumvent the disapproval and blockers that attempted to prevent access to the machine?

Nobody was encouraging me to dick around on the computer and learn what have turned out to be hugely beneficial skills. Instead it was "Get the fuck off that thing and go outside and stack the firewood!"
"VAX had versioned filesystems"

I think that's a stretch. It had file-name;rev where each time you wrote the file it bumped $rev. As an SCM guy, that's not versioning, that's automatic backups. And you have to run purge all the time to free up disk space.

I don't mean to be pedantic but this is the second time I've seen this claim in the last few days.
It's worse. Some kids can't be vaccinated for whatever reasons. They piggyback on others. If you take the herd immunity from their society, you put them in grave danger.
Why Are So Many Women Searching for Ultra-Violent Porn?
It packs a lot of information in. STM32F4 is ST Micro's range of high-performance ARM Cortex-M4 microcontrollers with FPU, STM32F405 is a particular family of devices in that range differing mainly in package and memory size, R specifies that it's the 64-pin variant, G indicates that it's the version with 1024KB of flash, T is the LQFP package, and 6 is for -40 to 85 °C temperature range. Most of this is shared across the entire STM32 range of devices.
Interesting. Is Pharo image-based like SmallTalk used to be or does it use something else?

Programmers are just about the last people who work with filesystems directly. I expect git will be used for sharing for a while, but I wonder what it will take to move beyond checking out code into local working directories to a more cloud notebook-style approach? (There are lots of experiments but it's not mainstream.)
This certainly helped. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
America’s ‘Miracle Machine’ is in desperate need of a miracle
A volunteer geek corp has created something. There are huge archives libraries of film, TV, and music. They just aren't legal. One of the sites that has taken what.cd's place is currently sitting at ~477000 albums. Passthepopcorn has 141000 movies in it's collection.
ShopBots, the big CNC routers, use big steppers with closed loop control, and get considerable power and speed out of a small motor without missing steps. Tormach CNC mills are stepper-driven without feedback; the motor is powerful enough and geared down enough that missing steps isn't a problem.

Steppers do consume full power when not moving, of course, so they're not favored for battery powered systems.
500 Life-Saving Interventions and Their Cost-Effectiveness
> nobody thinks about what it means anymore, it just "seems true"

I think about what it means constantly because every single day, I spend hours digging through documentation about the .NET framework instead of just following a call stack or reading code. It's excruciating.

Do I know exactly where to draw a hard, absolute line between "too implicit" and "too explicit"? No. But I definitely feel the pain of "too implicit" when it's happening to me.
did a spit-take when i accidentally read "deployment"
I've been digging through Hacker News posts, hackernewsbooks, etc. It was a non-ficton book, about the loss of power/money/wealth in New York? I believe. It was like 1000+ pages, and only around $15, and I can't for the life of me remember what the hell it was. Had a picture of the guy on the cover, that's about all I can remember. But I know I wanted it!
Surface sales are declining, and it's questionable whether they have yet been profitable (high return rates fir first two versions).

Mac sales are increasing, and at their highest market share in 30 years, and Mac average purchase price is 2-3x that of the rest of PC makers. Apple makes around 75-80% of the profits in each of tablet, pc, and smartphone markets.
New-comer to the field here with a few questions.

Do I understand correctly that a checkpoint is just a snapshot of the model at a point in time? i.e. "Here are the probabilities of each outcome given the characteristics I have observed already."

Also, what does "fully converged" signify? Are there points in the course of training the model at which it is more appropriate to "save" progress than at other times?
Yes, websockets please! Great! Thank you!
Actually, as it says in the current article: "The vaccine is very safe and effective, with two doses being 97 percent effective at preventing infection."

Unfortunately, while 97% sounds great, "effectiveness" must be considered in light of the infectiousness of the virus. In this case it appears measles may be so infectious (eg one infected child can sneeze and expose an entire school, so-called "superspreaders"), that vaccination will cause a "honeymoon period" that ends with a gigantic epidemic.[I discussed this earlier here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13656252]

Now we are pretty much stuck with measles vaccination, but I doubt the original program would have been begun if they had today's knowledge. Anyway, when/if this giant measles epidemic happens, that is where you should point your fingers.
There is no incentive for a group to create unique value when the benefit for non-group members is the same as in-group members. Just take a look at how many people contribute to public trackers.
Darwin awards would suffice here if this antivax crap didn't hurt others who were vaccinating properly as people are supposed to.
That looks like what I'm looking for, thanks! Is there documentation of the format of those JSON logs? CSV would probably be a useful addition just for ease of ingestion into analysis tools and databases.

Once I get a chance to test this out, I'll definitely report any issues through GH.
And to return Kohinoor diamond, we will have to remove it from Her Majesty's crown

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh-i-Noor
Is the Blue Whale challenge the cause of suicides?
JS can't (that protects against stealing the token) but the server still receives it even when the request originates from foreign domain. That's the gist of CSRF [0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_request_forgery
Subjective, but I found the landing page design off putting when viewed on my iPhone
I'm someone who has struggled with concentration issues my entire life. I used to bemoan that I grew up in the time before medication existed to treat the condition, since my inability to concentrate has caused some particularly negative consequences in my life. But recently I had a profound realization about my concentration issues. I attended a 10-day meditation training course where, in addition to meditating most of the days, all my distractions (cell phone, computer, books, etc) were taken away from me. The first few days were extremely rough. I went through withdrawal symptoms that were really an extreme version of my concentration issues since my mind felt the need for distraction and there was nothing to sate that desire. But at the end of those 10 days, I had a brief period where I had absolutely no difficulty concentrating. It was such a stark contrast to my life before then, that it was particularly notable.

But addiction to distraction isn't like addiction to alcohol or drugs. Short of a radical "into the woods" plan, you can't go cold turkey on modern life. And since I've reintroduced my modern devices into my life, my concentration issues have returned. But it's been important for me to have realized the true cause of those issues because dialing back on TV, computing devices and everything else I use to divert my attention can cause short-term relief when things get really bad. Turning my cell phone off and spending the entire day hiking outdoors can really help.

Based on my own experience, I wonder whether our practice of medicating attention deficit issues is really just a horribly misguided attempt to treat the symptoms rather than the underlying cause. Life has changed so rapidly within the course of the past couple of generations and I don't think there's been enough attention paid to the effect that it has on our bodies, minds and health. I firmly believe that, in time, we'll look back at this period and our computing devices and other modern distractions and view them in the same way that we view asbestos insulation or lead paint...incredibly effective at accomplishing their immediate goal but with devastating health consequences that we only recognized years after they were introduced.

I'm curious whether this rings true with others, especially those who've had concentration issues. Have others tried a "digital detox" and has it helped? Or is ADHD something different from what I've experienced and that medication really is the only way to treat it?
You just go downstairs and pick it up
That's what they have to tell to placate JS apologists.
"The Power Broker" by Robert Caro?
AngularDart 3.0, Easy upgrade, better performance
Microsoft's media counterfeiting protections
It is world changing tech. If skeptical, wait and see.
There's little benefit to screwing around with a RPi, unless that's your hobby and you want to mess around with the hardware, when you can go to Best Buy and get a real laptop for $300.

By the time you've bought a keyboard, mouse, display, and storage for the Pi, you've spent just as much money.
The 4 core ARM would probably be sufficient for what you listed, unless you anticipate touching the data going through (e.g. transcoding videos etc)
I don't think the comparison works. Choosing the words Simple. Secure. Stunning may or may not accurately describe what the application may be, but it clearly describes the priorities of the designers of the application.

Not all applications consider looking Stunning an important goal. These 3 words tell me that the application designers consider security, ease of use, and good looks as their major priorities while designing the application.

A person self proclaiming that they are sexy and handsome is either lying (if they are not) or they are boasting about their genes, which is not something today's society considers boast worthy.
Will you marry me? This is why I love Hacker News.
A lot of negativity but I found this tool super useful when developing for Alexa and test out my scripts. Keep it going guys!
an unnamed contaminant?
Evolution happens because of natural selection. It is the narrative of natural selection and does not always have a happy ending. The subtitle of the article is just plain wrong. Of course natural selection explains "the too sexy birds", it just can't predict how long the evolutionary span will be.
Not sure why you think iPads need computing power upgrade, their mobile SOCs consistently benchmark as the fastest available. And iOS is far more moemory efficient than he competition.

Now their laptop line on the other hand...

And I can't think of convertibles as anything but a niche product or even a fad. Jack of all trades, master of none, wuth bonus fingerprints all over your screen.
When the first tab on your website is "Privacy", don't make "Read notifications" the default.

From the http request you're taking all kinds of metadata to your server. I don't want to add my PGP key in here to check, but I assume this is default for PGP messages too?
May I add if Ola, GE, Monsanto, foodpanda and DD are indeed happy customers of yours... that's an amazing achievement that should be highlighted more. With testimonials.
If the site accepts httpsb it can as well support the Origin header [0] and the problem is solved.

[0]: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Origin
I think you may have misread that comment. Op didn't imply anything of the sort.
Gone to youtube. Lots of his stuff there. Doubt Seger is getting compensated though.
I use my mouse every day. Even with my new MBP, which has a great track pad, the ability to scroll click forward and back, all of the things I'm use to doing is unparalleled. I've worked on 6 computers in the last handful of years (Mac, Dell, HP, IBM, and a couple of homemade gaming rigs) same mouse. I love my Logitech, plus I have big hands.

More info on the mousepads?
Not only that. They keep piling on new shit APIs. Half of the WebGL exploits are probably yet unveiled, there's a side channel attack using the new ambient light sensor API, but hey, my phone can get darker based on ambient light, hooray!
I guess my sarcasm was too subtle. Yes, it appears that he was in fact killed in a mugging gone wrong. Yes, those things are pretty rare in the US (but not unknown).

> Your bizarre appeal to authority with quoting Obama

I was quoting Trump, not Obama (Obama is no longer our president). And in particular, the same people who are most inclined to believe that Mr. Rich was killed by government agents or DNC goons or something are also the people most inclined to believe Trump's (incorrect) claim that you can't walk down the street in the without getting shot. Why don't they take his assertion seriously in this case?
> You're seeing hate for deep learning on HN!?!

Most of the hate for deep learning on HN is usually against using it in titles as clickbait. (i.e. just simply taking a pretrained/predefined model and changing the source dataset without any optimization)

The in-depth explanations of mechanics discussed in deep learning as noted in fast.ai courses and this submission do justify the use of the deep learning moniker, though.
Thank you!

1. Thanks for the suggestion, I have DB-DTFC to my motor control theory bookmarks. There are a few reasons I am sticking to FOC for now. The main one is that it is, as you say, the more standard one used, and hence there is more material on it which makes it easier. The other reason is that I read that you need high quality current measurement to get a good flux estimate: if your flux estimators are not high bandwidth, you aren't getting the extra control bandwidth anyway, and there is no point. The ODrive is trying to be as inexpensive as possible, hence the current sensors have a fair bit of noise.

2. Yes the decoupling terms will be added soon, it is something that I know should be there but wasn't a priority to put in once the motor was up and running (there is a thousand of other tasks I have to do to get this product out). The control engineer in me won't rest until all the standard feedforward terms are there ;D

3. Yes, I actually implemented a sensorless estimator based on this paper: http://cas.ensmp.fr/~praly/Telechargement/Journaux/2010-IEEE...
It is a non-linear flux estimator, so it won't work at zero speed. I did look into the high frequency injection techniques as well, but haven't implemented any of them yet.
Right now there is no sensorless estimator in this instance of the code, and I don't think we will need one for the basic demos, since they will all require accurate enocder feedback anyway.

4. Okay, I'll look into it!

Thank you so much! I actually took the liberty of copying your reply over to the ODrive forums: https://discourse.odriverobotics.com/t/control-suggestions/5...
This is so that I can easier refer back to your excellent advice even once this HN topic fizzles out.
Cheers!
If possible could you tell me if i have been moderated? I lost 13 karma overnight and I am curious if my comments in the past 24 hours were in violation of forum policy. It feels as if ive been vindictively downvoted which as a relative newcomer is discouraging
"Clearly the telos of the bird is to fly well, as that of a lyre player is to play the lyre properly!"

It's Aristotelian biology.
It took a century to create the weekend–and only a decade to undo it
Full Scheme web development stack
I'm looking at doing a project similar to this and happen to have that Webcam already! Thanks for the info, that will make things easier for sure.
Right, you don't know how much error the floating point error accounts for. You also brought up loss of angular momentum to solar wind, etc. These are all just speculations. That may be fine for the purposes of your simulation, but not for predicting if asteroids will impact the earth or the influence of human activity on Earth's climate.

Also, I know you are supposed to use a symplectic integrator to ensure conservation of energy when doing these simulations, so it is not somehow hardcoded into the laws, eg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leapfrog_integration
At work, we had to do some load testing and we used Vegeta: https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta

Had anyone used both to point out the main differences from k6?
What.cd was a monumental loss. There was so much rare stuff on there, old albums from local bands where I grew up, that were out of print twenty years ago. Loved it.
Not necessarily. It depends how IIS is configured, I believe it will exhibit the same behaviour (SERVER_NAME is taken from the Host request header) in at least some circumstances, if not all.
Love the cloning feature! Haven't seen it in other tools.
What will happen when we run out of names for JavaScript frameworks?
Simó work was presented beautifully here, in Java: http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcarc-orbits1
Go with Python. It is easier to understand and some really good tutorials out there.
2) and 4) and 5) are strawmen. It is -in fact- possible to understand the fundamentals and look things up.

As to your assertion that there is one "true algorithm," the merits of that stand for itself, but regardless being able to explain WHY is what an interviewer should look for.

"Go Google and implement some algorithm" does not provide a useful metric other than "can use a computer."

All of this also ignores a more pressing issue: that looking something up often means getting bad results. Can the applicant draw on knowledge of complexity to distill their Google search? Without that types of test your answer is "hopefully."

That's why Google, FB, etc start with whiteboard tests. Anyone can search and implement.
The problem with competing on cost is that you end up winning those customers who are most concerned with cost. Consequently, if another competitor that is cheaper than you enters the market, or if an existing competitors changes its pricing, you will end up losing all the customers you just spent $$$ acquiring.

What about building a near clone that is perfectly suited for a use case that isn't particularly well met by the other product?
Doesn't matter. They are on snapchat as well.
They just find it odd to be on the same "social" platform their mum and grandma is on.

- "Look how much beer I can chug in one go while half naked in the snow"
-"That's nice love, are you coming for dinner? Love, Mum"
Do you feel differently because you work for an org that makes money from selling ads? Not trying to be obnoxious but wouldn't it be simple for us to understand a pro-advertising position from such a person as no more complex as 'this is how I make my living'?

How much of our society's brainpower should be allocated to gaming the internet for ad-clicks? That would be the real debate. Many brilliant technologists are being hijacked by the major ad-media corporations for what I think we can all agree is a trivial (if not pointless) task. This is what we should be debating.
You're misreading the article if you think he's trying to create justifications for the economic order. What he's doing is arguing that the rewards of those at the top are a byproduct of a defect in competitive processes that make them disproportionately large relative to merit for the elite minority.

I also believe your belief that society rewards those who justify elitism is very misguided. Virtue signalling through displays of altruistic self-sacrifice and support for the underdog rules the day. Playing that game is incredibly rewarding for social status.
Dina Katabi held an invited talk on WiTrack at SODA this year, it's absolutely incredible what they can do. This technology can not only track movement of people around a flat or house, but also heart rate. There are more details at http://witrack.csail.mit.edu/
Sounds good but I suspect it will meet the same fate as XHTML 2: designed to be clean and perfect but in reality it would take to much effort to implement and maintain.

From your professional experience you can probably tell people would rather have slightly insecure site that works and gives profits rather than broken one because SOTA started including some new feature you didn't know...

People would rather enable these individual headers one by one and see their effect. In h2 headers are compressed so it's not a big deal (besides looking ugly).
They are very happy customers :) and we have more too, HDFC life, Zomato, BigBasket, Practo, Intuit, HUL etc. But they are all Indian customers, so not sure if their testimonials will have real value for US customers. But I think your suggestion is good. Let me A/B test with that. Thanks.
The Culture of Scheme Programming [video]
I'd love your feed back on my proposal for a kind of post capitalism. It seems to propose some of the things you expect: http://skilesare.github.io/immortality
I've become totally superstitious (convinced, even) that phones are listening to more than just ultrasound. There have been too many uncanny situations where youtube or google have recommended results that were far too specific to the conversation happening moments before. For example, one time I was telling my girlfriend about fourier transformations, something she'd never heard of before. She typed "Fo" into her phone. "Fourier transormation" it suggested. Maybe this was due to the IP address we were connected through. That alone is creepy enough as it is. Sometimes I wonder if it isn't something more though.

Facebook messenger and google voice search are my number one suspects. But moreso, all it takes is a single person in a room full of phones to have installed an app that's using the microphone unethically, and suddenly everyone's conversation is being turned into marketing/spy data. Anybody who's connected somehow to that location is going to be statistically associated ("implicated") with this data.
I don't think I am using App Script. I just started off with Google Sheets Javascript Quickstart guide. And it's pretty well documented: https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/quickstart/js.
Yes they all support some degree of leftist policy. Some support more leftism than others.