skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
And no one used that trust model. Every place I was aware I was using activex, even deploying it in a few places, part of the process was showing the users how how to click the "Run Anyway" or "Ignore security warnings" type of buttons. It was such a night mare for support.
Edited the wikipedia page to mention Gmail mute, which solves this in practice.
<cutting 1,270 jobs from its New Jersey facility according to a public notice Friday. It had 5,202 workers as of March 31.

Doesnt that seem like a lot of employees?

I know an average walmart non supercenter store has around 210 total employees.

There tasks must be very labor intensive
When an article is filled with "Advocacy groups say .." and "report by the <we dislike this state of affairs> organization" you can expect it to be filled with poorly sourced 'facts' and weakly reasoned 'conclusions.' And this article does not disappoint in that regard.

The industry got hooked on 'upgrade every year or so' it did wonders for the bottom line because you could sell the same high margin product to the consumer again and again. It isn't surprising when you consider the people who designed and built your product are sitting there at the company still, and now what do they do? You can't really just lay them off (not and expect to catch the next wave of what ever) so you start them off designing and building the next version, which, as a requirement is "make it so that someone who owns the old one will want to buy the new one."

Great but that is then conflated with the challenge of disposing of the previous one which, for all intents and purposes, can't really be 'recycled' so much as separated into recoverable metal [1][2] and then either burying the rest or incinerating it.

And that gets conflated with the 'If you would just support it I could keep it' story line, where new features can't run on the old device (I've got an older iPad for example stuck on IOS 6 for that reason but its a great media player) and of course the FOSS community saying that if you document the device they would build alternative software packages for it.

And that gets conflated with 'if I could get it fixed I would' which would support repair shops (which seem to flourish in places like China but less commonly in the US) where problems are diagnosed down to the chip level and fixed on the spot. But that interferes with warranty calculations (you crack a screen and have a shop replace it, but then the mainboard develops an intermittent, was that a manufacturing problem or a repair shop problem? can be impossible to know.)

And all of that burys the state of the art which is that most of the toxic stuff has been taken out of electronics, and caveat people who violate the laws, or places which care to little to enforce the laws, the stuff is reasonably disposed and what can be recovered is.

What is missing is any sort of vision by either one of the agencies or organizations they talk with about what a better system would look like from an implementation level (we know about lax enforcement of the current stuff).

[1] https://www.oecd.org/env/waste/Case%20Study%20on%20Critical%...

[2] http://services.ul.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/05/UL...
It seems like there are plenty of ways self-driving cars and public transport could work together, by picking up and dropping people off without the need for parking, making car sharing easier, and by letting some less-used routes shut down off-peak.
> It's not all that hard to find screwdrivers for the fancy screws that Apple (and other companies) use.

And yet it's a barrier to their repair. Is it excuseable? Is there a reason you felt the need to mention how "hard" it is to find these specially-designed screwdrivers, and yet don't at all give a good reason for why they're used in the first place?

>Allowing consumers to disassemble the devices will practically guarantee that they break

That's a responsibility for customers, not Apple. Better still, Apple could release the kind of documentation that would prevent customers from breaking devices when opening them up, but they've chosen not to do that. Do they really care about the danger of home repair, considering that?

>The only people who should be disassembling them are people specially trained to repair them

That should really be the choice of the customer. Apple devices are not in the common interest - your neighbour pulling apart their phone is none of your business. Why do you feel this shouldn't be available to whoever ends up owning the device?
I can buy a domain and host whatever unpopular opinion I want to.
Transportation / Logistics (energy is shifting away from carbon-based, populations are shifting to cities -- especially in developing countries).

Food. Moving from traditional livestock to other more efficient sources of protein (plant and insect).
He was young too. Perhaps it was love, for him, as he understood it at that time.
> An aspect I don't like. This makes debugging of larger systems more difficult, since maps are maps. Whereas objects have a type tag built in, have a list of allowed fields, etc. etc. They simply have more more explicit and standardized structure to them.

You can create explicit and standardised structures for maps in Clojure, or indeed any other data structure:

(s/def :foo.student/name string?)
(s/def :foo.student/score nat-int?)
(s/def :foo/student (s/keys :req [:foo.student/name :foo.student/score]))

(def example-student
#:foo.student{:name "Alice", :score 30})

However, Clojure takes a somewhat divergent philosophy, as it encourages writing schema for individual fields, rather than a schema for a grouping of fields (such as an object).

For example:

{:foo.person/name "Alice"
:foo.student/id "xyz123456"}

The namespaces of each keyword are different, but they're grouped in the same map as they happen to refer to the same entity.

So rather than operating on a fixed type like `Student`, a function would request that it requires a data structure that has a person's name and a student ID:

(s/fdef enrol
:args (s/cat :student (s/keys :req [:foo.person/name :foo.student/id])))

We're still validating (albeit dynamically), but we can be more flexible in what data we ask for. This ties in with Clojure's idea of simplicity; a function shouldn't know about data it doesn't intend to use.
I'd disagree. I find it relevant. Both countries are censoring, but use different means to achieve that. It's a global problem that needs a global solution.
http://mirror.explosion.ai/blog/prodigy-annotation-tool-acti...

Sorry about the poor performance on the site! We got complacent because all of our sites are 100% static.
Your Tweets can help predict crime
If I make a website and put in a comment section, I'm well within my rights to curate it and prune content I don't subjectively find positive.

If the government comes in and tells me to delete comments because they don't like them, that's a WHOLE other ball game.
Technically /bin and friends are still there, as hidden symlinks into /System/Index.

In theory one could have a variant of /Programs live under /usr or some such, and just aim the symlinks into the traditional FHS. But the Gobo people figured that if they were to build a distro from scratch (initial Gobolinux releases piggybacked on existing minimal distro installs) why not see how far one could go.

Unlike various other projects out there, Gobolinux plays nice with the FHS. There is no demand from them regarding how the rest of the Linux community should structure things.
well, yeah, what exactly are those "reviews" of? since there are no finalized models and prices they are reviewing a bespoke demo unit not a production model that can be purchased. Even with Consumer Reports they gave an excellent review on the Model S but then withdrew it later because of reliability so even with independent credible reviewers the initial impression does not necessarily tell the whole story.
As a mobile developer, I'm guiltily reassured by articles like this
You will need source access to Unreal Engine on GitHub to get access to the MonoUE fork.
I like designing (and have read a few typography books) but typography seemed like it was expensive to get into. What software do you use? What entry-level software is there?

For web and graphic design there was almost no monetary cost to learning.
Very cool design!
Right, in a certain sense it seems like they filed their IPO at just the right time.
You just wait a bit.
How does having my lithium ion battery die without being replaceable allow my device to last for years?
> I love that you asked this question! The very reason it doesn't happen often is because of friction inherent to legacy payment systems.

I think the reason it doesn't happen often is that most people have no need to send money internationally when all the things they might want to buy are readily available locally or online. Of course there are people who do it all the time, but it's not "mainstream" and I don't see it becoming so.
why listen to an idiot that falls for obvious liars?
Well unlike systemd, gobolinux is happy to play in its own sandbox without demanding that any other sandboxes be altered to fit their preferences.

Never mind that Gobolinux do not even use Systemd.
You might be interested in Deep Video Analytics, its a Visual Data Analytics platform that I am building. [1]

[1] https://github.com/AKSHAYUBHAT/DeepVideoAnalytics
...at a certain point, the tech industry’s chemical suppliers were enlisting family members to pay for IEEE memberships to help vote down new environmental measures.

Nothing to see here, just the free market regulating itself. Good job!
Maybe you didn't have much experience in programming before learning clojure?
I never had any problems in understanding how a library worked in a language that I knew.
And I have looked at the source code of quite big libraries in my life.
OT, but this is very sensible.

In addition to the usual stuff you'd find in a kit, I threw in a four-pack of single-serve Krazy Glue (cyanoacrylate superglue), which is useful for controlling bleeding (a spray might even be nicer). Since I live in a climate that sees actual winters, I also included a pair of mylar emergency blankets (they also make a "sleeping bag" style), and I of course keep the usual extra set of boots/gloves/hat in the trunk during winter as well (totally standard around here).

I'd be interested to hear any other "unorthodox" additions to the usual kit, if anyone has suggestions.
Keywords, Google keyword tool, forum chats, Reddit comments.

Use tools like these to find EVIDENCE that people are trying to find a solution (similar to yours) to the problem they have.

If you find this evidence, it proves that:

1. There is an inefficiency present (opportunity is simply inefficiency by another name).

2. It shows that the problem is painful enough that people are trying to find a way to solve it. And..

3. It proves that the customer is aware enough of the problem to be able to see you as a likely solution (so you don't have to educate them).

I used this process to come up with my own successful ideas. One of which being: https://myapptemplates.com.

This video will help shed more light on the above https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exMoRoaxKtQ
Failure is a safe hot take, because most things fail. It's the cold reading of tech news or business news.
I don't know if it's true but a guide at the Athens museum told us that it is not possible to match sculptures like Venus de Milo or the Caryatids. I am not sure why though. We are more advanced in everything now, but not in sculpture?
This is important: geeks know the score and use LibreOffice for this sort of thing - but ordinary people don't. "OpenOffice" still has stupendous brand awareness. You will have friends and family using this thing! Warn them, get them onto LO!

Oh, and well done to the Apache Software Foundation for falsifying the meeting minutes when a journalist came calling to ask what was up. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/28/apache_openoffice_n... Note that's not the "independent" project, but the board of the nonprofit itself doing that.

BTW, AOO will probably finally get 4.1.4 out this month - they've got a release candidate for Mac and Linux, just need someone to successfully build revision 1803945 for Windows. http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg313... http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg314...
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Casascius_physical_bitcoins
The quality of these leaks is so bad I can't understand why anyone would want to watch them.
Agreed. On the other hand, the brakes on a Prius are used much less. If pollution due to wear is an issue, that should help.
"libsodium" is just NaCl with autoconf cruft added.

NaCl does not use autoconf nor even make.

It is not necessary but if someone really feels compelled to use it, why stop them?

I have never seen any author or end user comment that they dislike using autoconf, or write alternatives to it. Autoconf is loved by all, isn't it?

I think what you could say is that using NaCl in your own software is the only way to get good at using it. Maybe the existence of libsodium means that more developers will have a go at using NaCl? Is it easier to use than an SSL library? The only way to find out is to try both and compare.

There is no need to use autoconf to build libnacl.a. The original build system for NaCl is beautifully simple. But if someone misses autoconf and make, then libsodium has added in those dependencies.

More projects using NaCl:

http://ianix.com

As far as I can tell, the authors listed on the above site are not "rolling their own crypto" for their projects, they are using cryptography written by the author of NaCl.

Personal bias disclosure: I find NaCl easier to use than all the SSL libraries I have tried. If I am not mistaken, I believe this was a design goal by the author.
Likely parroting the age old claim that symlinks are inefficient.
Why wouldn't it be? There are tons of entries on HN on [insert random project]. If enough people upvote in short enough time it hits the FP and is considered interesting. Not sure what else there is you want to see answered?

The question: "Why is this interesting to me." Is entirely different and we cannot possibly start to answer that for you.

We can give you the executive summary though. This brings access to UE4 to people without c++ knowledge. You can compare it to any managed wrapper around an unmanaged library. Some will curse it, others love it.
Wow .. the repo now has more than 100k stars.

Just sth. I noticed. Not at all relevant to the topic :P
Know what you mean RE transducers. I still haven't come to a point where using the transducer pattern is more convenient than just (partial map f) tbh.

Yet to dare clojure spec but it feels likely that the next mind blowing journey will be therein.
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Ours feels like it is doing that right now. Even separate from the political issues, look at how many homeless people are walking my city who mumble, stare at the sky and are clearly suffering some kind of mental deficit, possibly on drugs too. There is no place for them to go for treatment.
Why Reddit Alternatives Won't Defeat Reddit (Yet)
Previously you could only write code for the Unreal Engine with C++ or the visual scripting system, Blueprints. This allows people to use C# for everything that they would normally need C++ to add to their games - which will particularly help with people who are trying to transition from Unity to Unreal.
If we keep building everything in glass, there won't be much ruins to look at in 2000 years.

All that will survive from our civilization is probably going to be a few motorway interchanges and perhaps some soviet-area, all-concrete monuments.
To all considering using graphql, let me tell you something that was unclear to me when I first tried it:
If you plan to use it with a schemaless (nosql/graph) backend, graphql will force you to write a schema for it. If you can't (due to dynamic data), you will just end up forcing graphql treat your data as json-blobs with no schema.
Graphql turns into a json-blob transmitter with no benefits.
Also, if you have deeply nested/recursive data structures, the client performing the query needs to know just how deep it should query. This can lead to ridiculous queries if you're running on a graph db where the client doesn't know how many vertices it should traverse.
REST is a better fit if the above is true for you.
Rocketman and Speaker = I want one
I agree with most of what you say but it is a bit extreme to say "Unless you write compilers, nothing changes".

Some troubleshooting methods will change, the ability to view source will be reduced, performance will be increase, safety will increase...

And many more subtle things. I agree it is a huge win, but there are some (minor) negatives.
Buying my first Mac in over 10 years to learn iOS development is on my bucket list. I also wanted to use it to play with .Net Core on a Unix environment. I'll gladly give JetBrains more money than I do now for Resharper to use Rider (cross platform C# IDE) and all of their other tools.
Exactly. I'm working on something related: building a UI on top of declarative ETL pipelines to drive ML models. I think a lot of time (and big data resources) can be saved.
Does that argument fly anymore when corporations are so much more powerful than most nations?

FB and google both have a larger population than china. Censorship by FB or Google is far more harmful/effective than whatever the chinese government does.

Also, would we support corporations right to censor if they were censoring content we disagreed with? Imagine if FB/Youtube/Verizon/etc started censoring lgbt content. Would we still use the "private companies" can do whatever they want argument?

Given how powerful many companies are ( especially monopolistic companies like FB/GOOG ) maybe it's time corporations are required to protect free speech like corporations are required to protect the rights of minorities/disabled/etc.
Dan Abramov used it while working on redux dev tools. Seems the link expired though.
It takes me about half the time to make a Gobble meal as a Blue Apron meal. Blue Apron is streamlined relative to doing it completely from scratch, but it's still more work than I have time for.
I agree. So what do you make of the fact that these environmental policies are not government regulation?

Maybe the voters claim to care about sustainability more than their actual choice of politicians reflects?
Automation is a piece of efficient transportation.

However, I think driverless cars are not a solution by themselves. They bring efficiency gains in the form of reducing jams because they can drive closer, communicate with city infrastructure, etc. But these gains probably wouldn't offset the number of people who will all of the sudden gain access to a more convient (and probably cheaper, without regulation) method of transit, who will thus increase total car usage.

It's going to be a challenge to reach transport homeostasis among driverless cars, driverless buses, subways, etc. Taxes or surge prices will probably need to be added to distribute people in an optimal way across multiple forms of transit so not to overload city infrastructure. I'm thinking prices are going to be driven more by physical limitations than individual operational costs (eg subway electricity usage). But this will need to be government regulated because private companies are not currently incentivized to minimze traffic (visible currently in ridesharing companies).
From the article:

> As of 2017-Apr-12 we have more than 214,000,000 million [sic] downloads and it is still at a consistent rate with ~100,000 downloads in average per day". That is 100,000 people every day who are downloading the output of a project that clearly lacks the development capacity to get important bug fixes out to users, much less understand and improve the entirety of such a massive body of code.

100k downloads/day is a lot.
Also the linked paper doesn't take regenerative breaking of electric cars into account.
Example of another article to help you along:
https://9to5mac.com/2017/02/15/apple-nebraska-right-to-repai...

"According to the source, an Apple representative, staffer, or lobbyist will testify against the bill at a hearing in Lincoln on March 9. AT&T will also argue against the bill, the source said. The source told me that at least one of the companies plans to say that consumers who repair their own phones could cause lithium batteries to catch fire … "

Sound a little more fishy to you yet? Oh no sorry, we can't let you repair your own car, there are dangerous corrosive chemicals inside. You must take it back to the dealership for service.

You should read up on Louis Rossman, a guy who runs a YouTube channel to help people repair Apple products.

To be fair to Apple- People were trying to sue them when 4chan had a campaign telling people you could recharge your phone in the microwave (look it up). Yes, it sucks how people will mess up their own devices and then try to sue Apple. But that's part of the cost of doing business.

To be fair to the repair shops- Apple and other companies constantly try to use dodgy legal efforts like copyright claims to keep repair shops from posting schematics from computers in an effort to diagnose and repair components. Louis Rossman talks about these battles constantly.

Yes it's messy. No, there's not a perfect answer. But the car analogy is a good one. Manufacturers could make "better" cars if they could seal the engine compartment against service. They could also make cheap cars that break constantly and force people to come in for service.

Given my experience in the field, Apple's reliability and support is not nearly as good as people claim it is. At my work we constantly have problems, not the least of which are Apple's dodgy power connectors so virtually everyone in the office is limping along with black tape covering a frayed power cable waiting until the day it breaks or starts to spark and the need a new one.

Or when they lied and said you couldn't upgrade the RAM, so when we slap in more RAM for work, we're violating the warranty and have to take it out to get service.

And and and...
It's not tremendous at all. If a PAC gives millions to a social network to minimize opposition viewpoints, then there isn't much difference at all with what China is doing. The only variance is economic.
I disagree that it's equally easy to mess languages of any other paradigm. One simply does not code a linear time algorithm into a super-exponential time program by mistake in javascript. At least, not often.

That said, the DOM is actually not that large. My comment may be an overreaction.
Without doubt, GraphQL is the next technologo I will learn. The idea is so brillant compared to REST. If you are convinced by SQL and in general by Domain Specific Languages, I think you should give GraphQL a try.
Or in other words:

1. They focus too much on tech, too little on the community
2. The content/community isn't there for everyday topics, and only exists for politics or discussing why this site is 'better' than Reddit.
3. Free speech/privacy is not a marketing hook for average people
4. Big community sites tend not to fall to competitors with the exact same concepts, but ones that do things in a better or more interesting way.

Honestly, I'd say Discord is probably a bigger threat to Reddit than anything mentioned on the Reddit alternatives subreddit, in part because its privacy keeps the mainstream media out of the way.
But wouldn't you need a purpose more substantive than "DRM" for it to be a real patent? Or is it covered under a design patent?
If you're worried about humanity's survival build underwater cities and bunkers in the arctic, Mars isn't worth it.

We could do both. In fact, the technology for both likely has overlap.
Really, is there?

I was born in a communist country and when I was a kid, there was a joke:

In the socialistic countries, the government owns the businesses. In capitalist countries, it's the other way around.

Think about it a little, and then apply your argument again.