skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
No one is fired yet. Failed agency directors are traditionally sent to 'the elephant graveyard' ie doing some nonsense work in a government department.

A fine has been handed out - the case was handled in a court without any fanfare and it must have been the smallest possible amount for a crime against the security of the state - half a month's salary. This can not be overruled.

Due to the verdict, the employment status is now under consideration in a special governmental body - basically the HR department.

If this seems like a banana republic without bananas but with a monarch, it's because it is.
There are some very nice badges among that collection. Whether it was bike badges, hood ornaments on cars, the labels used by fruit and citrus packers, or other similar items, the old timers certainly knew all about aesthetics and tried to make things that were purely functional, beautiful, as well.
Yeah, at the end of the day this is very unlikely to change unless people start to think about the ethical implications of what they are doing and whether or not they are really bringing any value to people.
Ask HN: Favorite tools for curating links/data for newsletters
Hello! Looking for open sources tools for creating newsletters. Similar to nuzzel and goodbits. something like a feed reader with potential scoring of popularity would be freaking amazing.
Anecdata, Google is in the process of long hiring freeze. The recruiter told me that there isn't a shortage of candidates, there is a shortage of slots to accommodate them. Several other companies as well, big or small. There might not be a substantial labor shortage that you might assume. Things are changing.
Here be dragons: the same 3D scene implemented with 10 different 3D APIs
Just an educated guess but it is most likely Cuba. [0]

[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/how-do-...
IANAL, but a security is profit-sharing/right to $-related things, like stocks and bonds. Tokens that are used to make purchases within applications/networks are not securities, for example in the Storj example above, tokens are bought to purchase storage, and there's no implication of organization profit-sharing or appreciation of value, etc. While some people may speculate on the growth of the network and purchase such tokens, their purpose is to purchase storage capacity from the network.
> Until we settle on some definitions for actually-existing AI, instead of sci-fi nightmares, this debate between Zuck and Musk is just another gust of hot air.

Painting a picture of doomsday artificial superintelligence indeed looks like media attention grabbing, but then again you don't need very advanced AI to orchestrate drone-mediated genocide.
At the end of the day their revenue is dependent on throughput of people for their facility. If they gain a poor reputation relative to other providers they will lose. Quality of care would be the only thing they could compete on.
Tickets to concerts, airpods, condos in london and tulips are subject to scalping and trading over MSRP. So even though people are trading service vouchers or physical objects, they are not a security just because a market has developed over their trade, speculative or not.
A case for mandatory vaccination can be made, as it addresses public health threats, which are negative externalities. Meat inspection cannot. You can choose to eat only government certified meat and not suffer any ill effects from non-certified meat being available on the market.

Just because you want products certified by a government body to be safe doesn't mean you have a right to force others to live according to your standards.
If im not mistaken presto-as-a-service is the power behind aws athena. They charge by the bytes scanned.
a kernel panic is a specific type of phenomena
They get plenty of food. They have access to food banks, soup kitchens, etc. It's one of the few things charities can sustainably do on a day-to-day basis.

It's literally everything else that they don't have.
I think that the basic idea of the article is frighteningly true; social media is becoming that thing I use when I feel sick, bored, or just want to escape reality.

The problem is smoking feels the same wiether 1 person is doing it or 1 million people do it; social media only really works when everyone you know does it. This makes it even scarier when you realize this will make it exponentially harder for we as a society to make a decent dent in social media: if your high depends on others, you might pressure others into sustaining your high.
The typical way you'd solve that would be to take

[K * pi 1 0 0]
[K * e 0 1 0]
[K * sqrt(2) 0 0 1]
[K * 194.927424491 0 0 0]

for some large-ish K, say 2^20, and look for a short(est) vector of this lattice. Basically you're minimizing the norm of (a * pi + b * e + c * sqrt(2) + d * 194.927424491, a, b, c) while giving the majority of the weight to the first component, which you hope to be near 0.
great, thanks! I've been using Will Pirkle's books, which are really good, to learn how to build a synth and make audio effects (http://www.willpirkle.com/). Nice to have a second resource to compare against.
This is congress attempting to appeal to some of their biggest customers.

As much as I think there are better ways to find a solution, at least an effort (or the appearance of an effort) is being made.
At the same time, my countrymen, my neighbors, being gainfully employed has far more benefit to me directly than people on the other side being gainfully employed. And while I'd like everyone, everywhere to be prosperous and happy, the people who live around me being prosperous and happy has more of a direct effect. For one, if the people in my neighborhood are employed and decently off, that means they're less likely to riot or steal my stuff.
I actually cannot name any successes, I looked for a few moments. I presume they exist.

For those thinking I am glib and downvoting, I am asking: Do you know of any? I searched, asked some friends in etherium. I presume they must exist in some for as we're no longer early-days with Etherium.
Mark Zuckerberg: AI “Naysayers” Like Elon Musk Are “Pretty Irresponsible”
Uber for Freight only officially launched last month. Check their app reviews (both iPhone and Android), more than 1/3rd are one star, citing various issues.

What makes you think they are doing very well?
I'm all for raising the awareness about how dangerous any addiction can be, but comparing amphetamines and alcohol to using a smartphone is a bit far-fetched.

There are many things you can do with a smartphone, many uses are bad, but some are good. I'm in the same case as the post you replied to. I use my smartphone to review flashcards and read books when I commute, and I don't see any better way to use my time.
> the SEC should show that it protects everyone's rights

One sure-fire way to get the SEC to go absolutely ballistic is to hurt mom-and-pop investors. This is why the commission was founded [1] and why securities law maintains "accredited investor" thresholds, controversial as they are.

> Is there a straightforward way to do an Edgar filing that doesn't require a bunch of training?

Securities lawyers are a few thousand dollars well spent. That said, the SEC has online self-help resources [2] and an online filing portal [3].

> How much do the company registrations and filings actually cost?

It depends on how much you raise. Right now it's 0.01159% [4].

> an ICO can be created at no cost

Until shit hits the fan. Then everyone needs to hire a lawyer. An SEC complaint, on the other hand, triggers investigations and potentially enforcement actions paid for by the filing fees, amongst other things. It's a public good that helps keep companies honest.

> how would fees and filings have actually protected anyone?

The SEC is constantly litigating [5], launching proceedings [6] and helping resolve failed companies [7] on behalf of investors. Audit requirements stop lots of crap before they get too serious, too.

> Does the SEC have technical staff or software capable of evaluating Ethereum contracts for validity or safety?

The SEC doesn't evaluate filings for fitness, just completeness. Its mantra is disclosure and transparency. That lets investors come up with their own informed conclusions. Especially small ones who can't afford corporate lawyers to pull managers' teeth.

[1] http://www.columbia.edu/~hcs14/SEC.htm

[2] https://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/guidance

[3] https://www.filermanagement.edgarfiling.sec.gov/Welcome/EDGA...

[4] https://www.sec.gov/ofm/Article/feeamt.html

[5] https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases.shtml

[6] https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin.shtml

[7] https://www.sec.gov/divisions/enforce/receiverships.htm
Adding a bunch of non-converting user behavior to your machine learning model won't help you or anyone else make a single sale. Best Buy got the sale. They got all the meaningful analytics along with it.

All you got from this person is that they looked at two products. Maybe those two products are related, but maybe they aren't. Adding this to your model is just adding noise to the "people who liked this also liked" references, and Amazon surely already has better qualified data for that (i.e. actual conversions).
It's saying that companies raising money through ICOs are issuing securities in form of ownership tokens in their companies.
Why isn't etherium's price crashing right now? https://ethereumprice.org/
I don't think it's too high. If all you're willing to pay is 100k, I'm not prepared to believe that you're trying to hire a desperately needed, highly skilled worker, especially in silicon valley (where claims of a shortage are loudest). Not even close.
Sorry, I only saw this today. We're using the c++ bindings, and having severe performance problems, particularly the speed of the serialisation.

The generated code is not particularly efficient(maps of strings to function pointers) and not very modern. The code itself relies on boost shared pointers everywhere, which is hugely wasteful, and the actual process of getting thrift up and running was on trivial on windows. (Still, easier than grocery was and capn porto at the time). The compiler itself is a bit funny, and hasn't been particularly easy to integrate into our build system (cmake).
I don't think your experiences are reflective of the masses.

I lack citations but here are some observations that I hope are recognised enough to be apparent.

People often find themselves unintentionally browsing Facebook mindlessly.

People also get addicted to the chase of social validation via likes.

People have been shown to be exhibit social anxiety caused by others' lives appearing to be more glamourous than their own thanks to cherry picking and smart photo taking.
You boobs, just use Photoshop.
Okay, but could the 8051 have made a decent foundation for a small, cheap 8/16 bit core? Intel could have literally given the parts away.

The obvious answer is that Intel couldn't monetize it like the x86, so there we go.
Britain to ban sale of all diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040
You do not have a right to speed on public property because others share ownership in it, and thus have a legitimate right to contribute to the rules that govern its use. If you owned your own private track, you would have such a right.
>Again, I want to stress that I'm not saying we shouldn't look into the negative effects of social media. We certainly should. But we also shouldn't assume these things are bad because people with poor impulse control are ruining their lives.

The problem is not so much with the addiction to social media itself. There are certainly people who overdo it, but I don't think anyone is arguing that time wasted on Facebook is somehow the downfall of civilization. The real sinister part is the subtle ways in which social media affects your behavior and thoughts when you're not using it.

These 'news feeds' have become people's reality. There is no more critical thought or exploration
of a priori ideas for most people. Their world is defined by the 'news' and other information fed to them by algorithms. It narrows your view of reality to a strictly defined set of terms that are easily digestible and form a coherent narrative; the exact opposite of what life really is.
And the part of soccer that seems to cause concern is heading the ball

But we don't know what the concern is in soccer. Heading is immediately looked at because it's an impact, but the actual cause may be something altogether different.

I mentioned the g forces measured in skiing elsewhere. They are absolutely in the range of subconcussion.
What Mizza said: "Realize that you are an artist." What perfect, elegant statement. And so very true!

I'm a professional artist and have been earning 50-100% of my living through my art for about 20 years. I sold a publishing company I co-founded about 5 years ago and was so burned out, bitter, and over the art world that I went through a devastating creative slump that took 3.5 years to dig my way out of.

It was the first time in my life I didn't create art in some form daily. I was convinced my creative talents were either atrophied or dead when business idea after business idea either failed or were abandoned.

I was fortunate, however, to have the ability to take several years off and just tinker. Once the burden/responsibility of creating solely for monetary gain was lifted, everything changed.

I would say, "Let me build this idiotic thing I'm thinking about today!" The sillier the idea, the more I welcomed it because, after all, I'm not an artist anymore and my career is over.

Just the process of saying "f-it" and trying damn near anything has turbo-charged my creativity. So much so, that I feel the way I did when I was a child.

When you completely relax, get your mind out of your own rear end, and just try neat - albeit meaningless - crap, amazing things can happen.

The point is not the failed side project! The point is all the beneficial things you learned/solved for/figured out to make something cool. They stay with you and will benefit you in ways you can never, ever expect.

Recently, I decided I wanted a vertical clothesline. Stupid, right? Something nobody would ever buy. (Oh well.) I have a very shady back yard and wanted the ability to move my clothes to whichever point in my yard had the most sunlight given the time of day. Just the process of figuring out how to get an entire load of laundry quickly onto this contraption and then have it fold down into nothing when not in use was an intense creative exercise...especially because I have no engineering background.

I could go on and on about how side projects with no hope of monetary gain saved my grits.

(Love this community...finally something on which I can offer "expert" advice. ;) )
Citations? I know of maybe 5-10 coins that have been hacked or imploded in a fraudulent way due to the intrinsic nature of the coin, out of thousands created
No, I'm aware of that. Animate's HTML 5 export only exports the animations (in a relatively simplistic manner), leaving all of the logic and interactivity in the dust.

That's a big change. It downgrades Flash from an all-in-one development solution to a single piece of the art pipeline. Users are left to their own devices to try to figure out everything else.
Am I using it wrong? I realize a large majority of those aren't used frequently, but there are ~250 cmdlets, each of which attempts to have a unique-but-also-generic name.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff714569.aspx

Let's say I didn't know ForEach-Object existed (trivial example, but generalizes), how do I find out there is a cmdlet that does what I'm looking for?
Ya, I would expect the SEC to take that position. But it seems like a subtle legal question, that has the potential to turn all kinds of clearly non-security products into 'securities' in the eyes of the law. Does standing in line to buy iphones on the day of release so you can sell them on eBay constitute buying a security? What about Air Jordans? Etc...At some point, the definition broadens to any purchase with the expectation of profitable resale, which is quite broad indeed. I don't think any court would allow such a broad interpretation of the SEC's power.
Same...and the only person I really care that reads it is my mother =/
> a big chunk of their products are counterfeits

The solution is to purchase products shipped and sold by Amazon. Avoid third party sellers unless you either know the seller well or if the seller is the manufacturer of the product.

And remember: "SHIPPED by Amazon" isn't enough since Amazon assists third party sellers by storing and shipping products on their behalf under Amazon's fulfillment program. The product has to be "SOLD by Amazon" as well in order for the above advice to apply.
I think it's how you look at it.

I look at pictures of my friends doing cool things as inspiration to keep doing cool things. Not in a competitive sense, but seeing my friends having a great time inspires me to keep traveling and keep doing interesting things.
I'm sure a $15 an hour national minimum wage would do a pretty good job of that. Especially since that's nearly the median income in the poorer parts of the country.
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Endorphone entered the discussion with an interesting and plausible perspective. I can understand his or her frustration that multiple responders completely misinterpreted that perspective. All of the Endophone's visible comments are measured and reasonable. (Edit: much less so the most recent comment, to be fair).
Filling the empty space doesn't seem bad at first. Except you miss out on time to just think. Time in the shower just standing there doing nothing but thinking in the water is some of my favorite time. Always needing to be consuming something that is short-term satisfying is likely to lead to difficulty having the patience for longer-term ideas/thoughts. Side effects can include increased general anxiety and missing out on conversations/connections with people around you among other things. Eventually, the habits can take up more than your empty/down time and start eating away at time you should/want to spend doing other things like playing with your kids, etc. It's a slow process that is hard to detect until you arrive at a place you're rather dissatisfied with. It happened to me.
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no worries, i personally didn't take any offense (for what it's worth, i upvoted you because your response seemed genuine and without ill will, even if i disagreed with you. but it's internet points, so worth about as much as the paper it's printed on =)
Z Wave+ addresses many of the security concerns of Z Wave (the licensing costs remain, obviously).
I've seen a few names, but the ones I saw were essentially message boards - proceed at your own risk.

With Cargofone, every driver/company passes background checks, we insure everything automatically (via partnership with a large insurer), and we guarantee immediate payment. The aren't many that do all this.
I've been thinking how much I hate Iris and would love to replace it with something else, and I've also been wanting to play with a Pi

It's amazing how awful the state of home automation is on the commercial side right now
See other replies to your parent comment for other ways of phrasing that free will as it relates to ethics is generally deemed a moot consideration. That is, we can't predict the future from our perspective of reality (computationally prohibitive, non-deterministic, etc), so what the future will be can’t be taken into consideration for decisions of the present.

To me, your concern seems more related to the meaning of life rather than the presence of free will though?

Unfortunately, I fear that’s may be too broad a subject to fruitfully assess on a medium such as this forum..

At the least, I’d argue ‘you’ existing is the only thing you can really be sure of. “I think, therefore I am”. It’s harder to tell if others exist, and there are several branches of philosophy that outright conject that nobody else other than yourself does exist. EG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism
Essays, not books, but ... everything Ken Iverson wrote:

The Description of Finite Sequential Processes http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/DFSP.htm (see e.g. the concrete implementation of the Simplex algorithm , the hamming code corrector). It shows that, with the right primitives and notation, a lot of things are simple and elegant. It's not an necessarily an easy read (depending on your math level and background), but it is a very rewarding one.

Notation as a tool of thought http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/tot.htm - a longer introduction.

Bottom line: a different take on abstraction. It makes a huge difference when you peel most abstraction layers.
> A case for mandatory vaccination can be made, as it addresses public health threats, which are negative externalities. Meat inspection cannot.

Meat inspection deals with a different failure of ideal markets than direct externalities, to wit, information asymmetry. However,the market inefficiency produced by information assymetry itself has negative externalities, so it's not unrelated.
> Everything.

The solution is to purchase products shipped and sold by Amazon. Avoid third party sellers unless you either know the seller well or if the seller is the manufacturer of the product.
I'm now up to 20 years of - I don't say side projects - but real attempts to build something people want.

Still trying...... it hurts.

But theoretically you only need one to succeed, right?

One day I hope Andrew Warner from Mixergy will want to interview me about "my success" and I'll have a tale that will amaze him of how hard I tried for how long before finding "the one".
> "I'd love to have AS3 now as a language of useful programming."

Haxe is probably something you'll be interested in:

https://haxe.org/
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I'm not a 'Typing is Safety' person - languages I use tend to be strongly, dynamically typed. At least one study has shown more errors come from other issues other than type mismatches and that's also my own experience.

That said: as my ES2017 app gets more complex, a little type safety could be useful. I think it might catch more stuff - eg, earlier this week I tried to use a Promise (because I forgot an 'await') and then got a bunch of NaNs on invoices (the unit tests had the await, so passed, the route didn't).

Renaming something to .ts and adding a quick compilation step doesn't seem like a big deal and would catch that error. Typescript also has a MASSIVE amount of community support around it. So yeah: still don't believe 'typing is safety' but will likely end up using TypeScript by the end of the year.
Are those charging devices both shipped and sold by Amazon?
https://www.sec.gov/about/offices/oia/oia_crossborder.shtml
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Great idea. I am curious about how you plan to keep in touch with the teams/individuals that do get the grant, and how the "AI Grant Network" works concretely.

My understanding: you get nothing tangible from the grant ("The money is a gift"), no contracts or IP... To me it seems like a bet that the networks effects and the gratefulness of the grantees will pay back somehow. I think this is a smart move because investing in smart individuals is itself smart, although the devil is in the details.
Here's an incredible (science based) talk about re-framing addiction as a type of 'accelerated deep learning', not a brain disease. This has been helping me a lot lately.

One of my favorite takeaways: "...[the addiction model] along with organizations like AA have people spending their lives thinking that their addiction is outside in the parking lot doing pushups and running laps getting ready to kick their ass.". His point essentially being that addiction is nothing but a learned behavior which can be suppressed and unlearned, but the disease model leaves people feeling helpless to their biology and genetics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOSD9rTVuWc