skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
>There are sound reasons for these kinds of checks; you may not entirely agree with them, but they do exist.

Well, I understand their reasons, but I dispute that the logic behind this reasoning is sound.

The best overall argument I have ever heard is that for security clearance, a company might want to evaluate how susceptible a candidate would be to blackmail; however, at that level of background check, a candidate would typically be given a chance to explain any issues.

If I were seeking a high security clearance, government role, I think I could understand the justification.

However, this type of invasive background check is frequently used for jobs that have no need for security clearance, in which case it seems like an automated
"purity test", which is automatically waived for higher-level hires (e.g. do CEO's have to piss in a cup before being hired?)

Re: Drug Tests -- Easy to beat if you've got the $. I also dispute that drug use is a valid measure of morality. If
someone is intoxicated on the job, that should be obvious.
I find drug tests particularly hypocritical at companies that have weekly happy hour gatherings, or other job-related
consumption of alcohol.

Re: Credit/financial checks -- Likewise, I think this is a
poor measure of morality or future performance. Lots of
people have had financial trouble; it doesn't mean they're
going to steal, or be unable to do their job. Again, if they
are stealing, or unable to do their job, they should be
fired, regardless of any past credit history.

I think that these checks/tests are inaccurate predictors,
and are generally used only in situations where there there
is a great power asymmetry between the employer and the employee.

I understand there are exceptions where they might be more
justifiable, but in general, I feel they're an invasion of privacy.
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I don't have a working "gaydar" but I do believe that it's real (meaning there are people who can predict better than chance). In the same way people can learn to sex chicks based on intuition after some training: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-incredible-intuition-of-p...

Is it that doubtful that a ML algorithm can reach/exceed human-levels on this "gaydar" problem?
I never said anything about rainbow flags in the background, nor that we should ignore this study. And fine to be pedantic, it wasn't throwing a bunch of photos at a NN classifier, it was throwing a bunch of photos through a NN to get a descriptor of facial features, then training a logistic regression on that. (Note: they did also train a DNN specifically for this, which they used for example to say things like: "Male facial image brightness correlates 0.19 with the probability of being gay, as estimated by the DNN based classifier. While the brightness of the facial image might be driven by many factors, previous research found that testosterone stimulates melanocyte structure and function leading to a darker skin." which some might argue is quite a jump given the data at hand.

What I am saying is that the authors may have been a bit far-reaching in their conclusions, and that "trends in dating site photos" doesn't just mean "is there a rainbow flag present?", but also things like how photos are taken w.r.t angles, and lighting, and retouched, makeup, expressions, etc. (and yes VGG-Face is supposed to be resilient to some of these things, they also used Face++ for studies having to do with morphology, such as using facial contour features. But saying they are resilient to these things and quantifying that are two very different things).

To get to even a more fundamental question - Does the population of gay and straight individuals on a dating website necessarily reflect the gay and/or straight populations as a whole?

And once the authors start talking about the femininity or masculinity of faces, and whether certain features are gender atypical or not, they are entering very murky and ill-defined territory, which the authors even acknowledged when relating previous results on this front.

To be very clear about it: I am not saying that the study should be ignored completely, or that there were no interesting findings. Quite the contrary! What I am saying is that the conclusions being reached ("Our results provide strong support for the PHT, which argues that same gender sexual orientation stems from the underexposure of male fetuses and overexposure of female fetuses to prenatal androgen responsible for the sexual differentiation of faces, preferences, and behavior") are quite a bit of a leap from what was found in the research given the input data and methods, and I think should have been more accurately reported as: "interesting differences in social media photographs of gay vs straight individuals.", with a little less speculation by the authors on what might be causing these differences.
I'm in exactly the same boat. I've done IT for enough years, I do it as a job, when I come home I don't want to do it anymore. I refuse to fix the computer problems of anyone outside of my immediate family unless I'm getting paid, and no one pays me to do my own computer maintenance.

I switched from a custom-built desktop PC to a laptop then to a Macbook a while back. I switched from an Android phone with super heavy customization and a flashed ROM to a Windows Phone (and after that platform died, an iPhone). Did I give up some flexibility? Yes. Did I spend more money? Yes. But I made a conscious choice to do so because I hate to be my own IT guy.

If I need a new computer, I don't comparison shop to see if Lenovo or Asus or Acer or HP has the best features for the price or reliability scores or any of that. I buy the latest Macbook. If I need a new cell phone, I don't look up who the best is. I buy an iPhone. I pay a little bit more for peace of mind. It makes me happy.
Why the downvotes, I meant 18 not 21?

And technically a person is in their 21st year of life in the year leading up to their 21st birthday.
This study is hilariously flawed, because most users made Alts for these subs.

There are entire communities on Reddit which pride themselves in only posting to their "bad" sub on accounts strictly for that purpose.
Possibly, but let me share a story: in the days after the discounts were announced the Whole Foods brand organic butter was completely sold out at my local store, much to my annoyance. That never happened before the 50 cent discount.
> if I could just get 2 of my regular visa card

i don't know about the chip cards but back in the day i used to do this by just calling and saying the stripe wore out, and i need an exact same replacement card.
No problem. I wasn't sure what to think, as I was pretty sure I knew & trusted your username.

I don't think they did any damage!
Where is the public deriving it's said entitlement from? Morals? Ethics? or laws?

There's no legal obligation on FB to shed light on anything that's completely legal. I'm assuming you're citing ethics. If FB is capable of making YOU the product, you think they care about how their advertising dollars come? As long as they're legal
I wish they had a better app experience. For me, it's a pain to sign into the Wells Fargo app (partly because I have enabled SMS authentication) just to transfer money to someone for lunch - and once you're in the Wells Fargo app, the Zelle functionality is not that obviously labeled. I wish they had just made a "Zelle" app that stays signed in for payments less than some threshold, and syncs your contact lists, etc. I too would love to kick out the middleman if possible but you have to make it easy enough for average users to use, and right now that's not the case.

(I still have yet to actually use Zelle, because I don't know anyone who uses it, but I've tried going through the workflow a few times)
I don't see an extremely widespread adoption of electric vehicles until the battery issue is fixed.

Half of the issue is almost solved: Range. But it has a couple of problems.

First, while the range of miles being able to be driven on a battery is now fairly large - upwards of 200+ miles - that still isn't quite comparable to the range an internal combustion engine can get. That value needs to double, if the car is to be used for more than general commuting (at least here in the United States, where the only way to go between cities cheaply and without hassle is to drive).

Some of this issue may be mitigated in the future - and other advances could help it with current technology for batteries; for instance, more power efficient motors would greatly assist in extending the range of current battery technology capabilities.

The second issue is Charging. For general commuting, this likely isn't an issue at all, even today. Just find a place to charge it, plug in, go into the office (or wherever). At home, plug it in, and it will be ready to leave again in the morning. But for long distance driving, assuming you have a place to recharge (let's suppose this is common in the future), you still have to wait a while to get a decent charge on the battery.

With an ICE, you can simply pull up, put some fuel in, and be gone in less than 5 minutes, depending on what you need. You can't do that currently with an electric vehicle. Instead, you need to wait around until it is recharged; if you have no reason to wait (like stopping for food or something), you are basically forced. For long distance driving, this has good and bad points, but sometimes you just want to fill the car up, get some snacks, and go.

Maybe the segment of the market that does longer drives is shrinking, or is already small enough not to matter? Maybe advances will help out here? Maybe car owners can add a "hybrid module" for long distance drives that incorporate an ICE/generator combo to keep the battery topped up as it is driven? Right now, the answers are unclear.

For those who are only going to and from work, maybe doing a bit of shopping, electric cars can make sense. For others, at best they'll be a secondary vehicle, or only used for going to work and back, with something else in the driveway for longer distances.

Lastly - there's the issue with the supply of lithium on the planet. I have read (I don't know the truth of this) that there isn't enough lithium available to support a large population all using electric vehicles. Perhaps we'll find other sources, or perhaps my information is out of date. Recycling will help too, most likely. Future battery technology may do away with the need for lithium. Lots of "ifs" here, but we may have an issue if we are sticking to lithium chemistry for power (given the reactivity of lithium vs other elements, this may not be possible - IIRC, elements that are more reactive than lithium have problems to them for the use of them in batteries).
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Basically no, and it definitely baffles people.

That's not to say there isn't corruption and cronyism when appointing judges in other places :( . No system is perfect.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/world/americas/25iht-judge...

there are only two nations that have judicial elections, and then only in limited fashion. Smaller Swiss cantons elect judges, and appointed justices on the Japanese Supreme Court must sometimes face retention elections
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T-Mobile named fastest U.S. mobile carrier by new Wirefly report
In Canada we've had contactless card readers for a few years now - the mobile payments are compatible with the exact same protocol, so instead of tapping your card you just tap your phone.

I haven't even gotten any funny looks tapping my phone with Android Pay at places not advertising it - even just after it came out in Canada.
I realize that the title here is what Google put on their blog, but it seems to me that "detrust" would be more accurate than "distrust".
In all 3 cases, the background checks were done by third party companies. HR receives a report from them that has text like "Employer 1 - Dates Verified, Position Title Verified." I also had "Employer X, called twice on number provided by applicant and left voice mails. No response from employer. W2s were provided."

There's no reason for me to give my SSN to a third party.

I typically provided my SSN to HR as part of the onboarding process after the background check was completed and my offer was finalized.
No.

This would only increase the need to get visitors to land on the webpage, and would value content volume over quality.

If it were to strictly replace already pay-walled content, then maybe. I could see myself doing this for the WSJ or NYT, but not for google.
We need ham radio hardware with an iOS interface
Keep in mind Xen is bloated beyond belief, and all of this bloat is running in supervisor mode. It being an actual type 1 hypervisor makes it significantly better than approaches such as Linux KVM or freebsd bhyve, but the TCB is still too big.

A better approach is to run the VMM (which handles VM exceptions) as a normal user process under a microkernel. seL4 implements such an approach, with the added benefits of capabilities; the VMM doesn't get any more privileges than it actually needs, thus a successful attack against the VMM from within the VM could not actually provide anything beyond what supervisor mode execution within the VM would.

A lot more on this to be found here: https://ts.data61.csiro.au/projects/TS/virtualisation/
More papers (not restricted to virtualization): https://ts.data61.csiro.au/projects/TS/publications.pml

And, while at it, I also recommend reading Gernot Heiser's blog, which has plenty on this. https://microkerneldude.wordpress.com/
I'm not sure the fire analogy is that apt. I imagine the hatred in those people still exists and if it can't resurface on Reddit, it might resurface elsewhere. Of course a study to back this up would be nice, but this is my theory.
Apple's approach to data will determine their success in the coming years
Kinda. The difference between this and twincharging is that the supercharger is spooled by a belt driven by the crankshaft rather than an electric motor. This means that the rotational speed of the turbine (and therefore boost pressure) is proportionate to the current engine speed whereas a 48v electric motor can spool the turbo to 30,000RPM and provide full boost pressure at any engine speed.
I was wondering the same.. just what I saw some of the crypto people I follow on Twitter say.
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apparently only Americans use this phrase, for everyone else it sound arrogant
Makes me wonder: if the Roku was released today, how successful would it be? Seems like they have a huge first mover advantage in that people know it. But now there are lots of big players in the game who can really polish their respective products. I guess this IPO is supposed to help with that, but I feel this just means that there's a challenging road ahead.
What if the jackass on the phone was in a self driving car that just stopped?
No information in the video, it sounds like a standard policy. You can't withdraw that much cash at a time because it's likely the bank doesn't have that much cash on hand to give out. They can order the cash for you, but they aren't required to hold all of it for instant withdrawal. As far as I am aware this is just modern banking working like modern banking and poor communication with a customer.
You do know there are other countries that can produce wheat, a lot more wheat than Kansas, for instance Argentina (currently produces twice as much wheat as Kansas and that's after they went way down because they switched to soybeans) or my own country Uruguay.

If there was scarcity of wheat, be assured we'd cover it.

BTW, we can cover scarcity of pot as well :) (it's legal here)
Gracefully done. Thanks
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Short open tags are still in the current builds according to the docs.

The only thing that's changed is that while in older versions the <?= shorthand was also controlled by the short_open_tags ini option, it's now permanently enabled.
I don't think it does kill your point. The set of images used in the sample are obviously biased. They are by people posting pictures they hope to use to attract others of a certain gender (or genders). Even if it is specifically taking dimensional measurements surely some facial expressions bias the dimensions. This could still be the equivalent of a duck-face detector.
At this point, I'm not really going to be impressed until just ONE self-driving car company even talks about being able to handle snow and fog, preferably their cars knowing when they can't drive safely in the conditions.

(It's not just about seeing through moisture: it's also about traction, something you can't really use sensors to enhance.)
My decision would depend on how hungry I am. It's difficult for me to imagine being in a position where I would disclose previous salary information, at this point in my career. It's irrelevant. I should be paid what I'm worth to this company at the present moment, which has nothing to do with what I may have earned elsewhere.

I personally would not submit the form until I've had a conversation with someone. I'd tell them, in writing, I won't share my salary history, and then ask how I should proceed on the background check form without it. I would not submit a null value without giving them a heads up.

That said, if you really want or need the job, feel free to make an exception.
You can drive your car empty faster than your home battery might charge (due to supply/demand), and it is possible to give back to grid if there is a peak in your area.
Thanks for digging that up!

It seems like there's a significant racial trend in that survey. Though it's still a small minority of black respondents that give answers in line with prosperity gospel.

Though that may itself may be misleading since prosperity preachers will say things like "wealth is not a sign of God's favor" while teaching tricks (prayers, phrases, "seed offerings") for getting God to favor you with money, good relationships, and health.
Hanno also writes the Bulletproof TLS Newsletter (https://www.feistyduck.com/bulletproof-tls-newsletter/) which is highly informative. Suggest everyone interested in webPKI subscribe there as well.
When murdering someone or cheating on your partner, you probably have a lot more time to second-guess your motives. When subconsciously judging a passer-by, you don't. In my case at least, they are long gone before I even realise that I've judged someone.
If you're smart you make sure your shop specializes in collision. This will still be a thing until the vast majority of vehicles are autonomous, no matter the powertrain.
"when the software is ready" - every failed project ever.
Am I the only one who refuses to use Venmo? When I need to pay friends casually, I use Facebook Messenger, Square Cash, or even PayPal (which is really easy in Slack with the `/paypal` command these days).

I have no interest in using an app that by default broadcasts my transactions to everyone, and that makes it a pain to get money out of its non-FDIC insured closed system. With Facebook or Square, the money gets pushed and pulled directly to my bank account, simply by adding a debit card.

Plus, when I did try to sign up once a long time ago… it had the audacity of asking for my SSN. I flat-out refused and refused to use Venmo ever since.
I'm not talking about one-offs.
LOL the IL homer who down voted.. https://www.illinoispolicy.org/cook-county-has-largest-popul...
Japanese curry! It may be one of my most favorite foods.
Yeah, but to stick with the analogy, isn't this more like putting out empty boxes of TVs that have already been sold and having employees dressed as customers frantically buying them in front of regular customers.

Thanks for reading btw, and thanks to whoever posted it here.
I wouldn't assume it's malice either, but I'm glad it's being mentioned.

There's a trend right now where researchers and reviewers have no respect for data, even as research uses more and more data. They don't think of citing the data they use any more than citing the air they breathe. This leads to lots of research built on bad data, as producing good data is not rewarded.

I've seen my own data set become a footnote, appear as the only uncited source on a slide, and be attributed to other people who worked on a related project but had nothing to do with producing the data.
Many people lack a gut level understanding of this concept: a vendor who deep discounts or sells at cost can generate almost arbitrarily large revenues. For a while.
> You're using large parts of WebKit source code (LGPL) in your proprietary library. This is against the license.

What makes it proprietary?
As batteries get better and cars charge less frequently, solar improves (and improved solar is added to the car's energy collection) and wind too - the demand will even out, in fact the demand per car may well decrease by a large margin - as market forces come into play (think the MPG figure for marketers).

Local generation can take up the slack too, with fewer volts being sent over wasteful energy grids - that can waste 6-7% of energy in transit, up to 30% in undeveloped countries.

I was concerned before I got my first electric car that the electricity bills would be massive. But I use the car every day, charge it at home 70% of the time and I have hardly noticed an increase in my bills.

I think the fear that the grid won't be able to cope is overblown. Especially in hotter countries where solar will have such a massive impact on transport.

In fact reducing oil consumption will only have benefits in remote locations where oil is very difficult to come by. Think about places where oil is a reason for war. No one will fight over the sunshine.
It's the same as the difference between a Model S and a Model 3. Both Mercedes and BMW offer cars starting at the $35k mark (C class, 3 series). Given how anticipated the Model 3 is, evidently there are quite a lot of people who feel okay with a $35k starting price, but not with a $70k starting price.
that would be great, but many areas in the united states are not very friendly to bicycle (even electric bicycle) commuting. better urban design has important implications for all kinds of things about how we live our lives, sustainability especially.
Computers are so much better at detecting traction problems that electronic stability control is mandatory in most new vehicles:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_stability_control#R...
> These changes are coming in conjunction with another privacy-minded feature that will disable Touch ID by pressing the power button five times.

Wow, that's really nice. I wish Google was so forward thinking about things like this. I see no reason why a fingerprint authentication should be forced upon someone anymore than a password unlock would be. The only reason this is how it works today is because it's much "easier" for the government for force your finger onto the phone, or take blood from you, or hair, and so on - and they can't really do that with passwords. But we can fight back with technology and ingenuity and ensure that a fingerprint auth is "just as good" as as password, at least from this point of view (government forcing you to give it away).
>...trusting someone who didn't look like you could mean death...

If you read the article, it's actually not at all about people looking the same.

In the study, people had friends with similar smell genetics, and different immunity system genetics.
And even if the number of accidents increases: Does that increase cause greater monetary loss than the considerable cost savings of not paying drivers.
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> EVs plugged in at work charge during the day.

Good idea, but the infrastructure would have to be tied to the building, not to the companies operating in it. A lot of companies change offices all the time, and then there are all those small companies that can't afford to build this sort of thing.

So it would have to be part of regular infrastructure just like running water or comm/data lines.
Scholarly papers on "fat people hate?"