skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The US Government has always had that authority, the Government insists you only hire people who are allowed to work (by their rules) in the US, the Government insists you hire people without discrimination (regardless of how much you might want to), and the Government insists that when you hire someone you will will not exploit them in any number of ways. Further, the Government has given itself the authority to forfeit civil assets, whether or not they get a criminal conviction.

Clearly it doesn't apply to non US governments but the government of the United States has all of the tools already at their disposal to unilaterally implement just this sort of policy.

The policy question is a bit deeper than that, governing is ideally equal parts carrot and stick, and when there is clear evidence of a harm (and there is in this case) where it is impractical for the citizen to prosecute their own defense (could be debated either way) then the last line of defense for the citizen is the enforcement by their collectively empowered authority. That is perhaps the fundamental source of authority for any government.
Show HN: Form endpoints for static sites with Email/Slack notifications
I'm sure this looks good for the insider trading news.
Exactly. The whole point of Firefox is to be the browser that actually protects its users. If I wanted DRM shoved down my throat, I'd be using Chrome.
> What's important is not what software exists somewhere where somebody could theoretically download and use it, but what software actually gets used. Most users don't even know what open source software is, much less where to find any; they use what comes with either Windows or OS X or their smartphone.

The people who care about the "Open Web" and DRM know about open source software and the people who don't care, don't know about Open Source software precisely because they don't care.

> if, for example, my bank's website started requiring a DRM-capable browser. Open source doesn't address that problem.

That's the banks property (website, servers, etc) you have no say in how they run it, if they go and do something stupid like require DRM to visit their site and you don't want DRM you have to switch banks. You made the choice to not use DRM, so you have to face the consequences of your choice. The bank made the choice of requiring DRM and they have to live with the consequences of customers switching banks. Open Source software was never meant to control others property.
They offer a service that can be consumed for free: physical interaction with product on the show floor.

If you consume this and then buy on Amazon, Amazon is effectively unloading the marginal costs of running show floors to the brick-and-mortar stores.
Which is a great way for vulture capitalists to steal money from a company. I've seen it before:

1. Take out a giant loan and use it to buy a company by offering slightly more than it's worth.

2. Transfer the loan to the company's books.

3. You now own a company and it didn't cost you anything! You get to be the CEO or sit on the board. And take nice fat bonuses.

4. The company now has to pay off the loan it used to buy itself from operating revenues. So you regrettably have to announce layoffs and closures.

5. Eventually the once-great limping company is killed off, enters bankruptcy, and the company is liquidated to pay off your original loan

What I don't understand is how it is legal or why investors/banks go for it.
"Is the world falling apart? Not for the wealthy and privileged"
>I have to ask: how does one write the "hello world" of philosophy? And please don't cite me a manual.

Dubito ergo cogito ergo sum. I'm sure you could write that out in a faintly amusing way using 'import' or something.

Your second sentence is right a lot of the time, but certainly not always. It's just that certain, foundation-shaking ideas are treated exceptionally and independently, or as not relevant to the very practice of thinking. As if the contents of the mind and the stomach (etc) vary independently.
I expected more Musk-style fearmongering but the article is actually quite reasonable. Ethical concerns in machine learning are real. It's hard to see a solution here though. What kind of watchdog could stop me from building an algorithm that predicts sexual orientation? It's not that hard to get the necessary data, and that's basically all I need.

The only feasible solution is social, cultural. ML is probably just the latest scapegoat.
Just wondering:
"numerous other languages out there that are also better than PHP but have much better ecosystems"

What languages are you thinking of?

I've used a lot of different languages, but I still think PHP is awesome for web developmemt. Being normally limited to "one request, one execution" might be an annoying limitation in some situations, but other than that I think PHP does the job quite well. So that's why I'm wondering what you think is a better existing alternative.
Having chrome installed by whatever [dark] pattern is at least putting it on an even footing with the platform's default browser - for those who would never proactively change their browser, this at least is closer to such a browser meritocracy.
Oh boy they really got you!

Have a look at Python & Flask! There is nothing easier than that!
Hey all,

I built this to scratch my own itch when I needed Slack and Close.io integration for my static-site webforms. Seemed to be useful so figured I share with others. Nothing else I found online really offered endpoints plus the app integrations I needed.

Would love feedback on other useful app integrations.
I thought this was already known? Is this a new revelation?
Well, if you're going to use bad figures, then sure, AWS won't win. The default size there is 768MB RAM, 1 cpu, and 50GB disk... which it says AWS will provide for $54. Whereas in actuality a t2.micro with those specs only costs $14, lower than all the listed prices (which are all clearly out of date)

Not to mention all the big names missing from that list. For some reason Dimension Data makes the list (and it's woeful, from experience), but there's no Digital Ocean, OVH, Hetzner, etc...
They have to be credible, specific, and actionable.
Ask HN: How to display a large number of images speedily?
I'm trying to load about 700 to 1000 images on a page. I'm a newbie when it comes to front-end dev. Here's what I've done so far:

* Optimized the images (~250 kb/image)
* created thumbnail versions (& load full versions in a modal)
* added lazy loading

It's deployed on netlify, but it's still not quite snappy.
If possible, I'd like to avoid pagination.

What else can be done to load images faster?
Remote Mission Statements: How to Give Your Culture a Boost
I'd like to see any concrete numbers on this. I'm seeing React getting stronger and stronger in my area, and patent worries are mostly accepted as crazy hypotheticals.
I have a '96 Jeep with an inline 6. Also I didn't mention it, but at my (non-tech) business, I still have a Toshiba Satellite running. I bought it used for $50 like 7 years ago and we keep our books on it.

Guess we're soul-mates now.
Sounds like the US where there are gazillions of stupid laws on the books which allows them to throw the kitchen sink at anyone they decide they want to go after. Aaron Swartz anyone? https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2013/01/14/aaron-sw...
That's just wishful thinking, I fear.

In reality, all that will happen is that users will continue to be forced into using native applications where DRM can be enforced arbitrarily by whatever service they are trying to use.
I've made a hobby out of finding, refurbishing, and reselling Thinkpads since the late 90s. The Ts and Xs have maintained a reputation for serviceability across years.
Most software, open or closed has quality issues, so while I think your right, I also think that's a separate conversation.
Not all speech is equal in building fear/stress/intimidation. Bomb/death/dismemberment threats are very different from the content of my comment.

While most of us feel like we can shrug off threats and "words can't hurt me", that isn't actually true [1], it is possible for a campaign of terrorism (in terms of "intimidation [through fear] for a political aim") to be enacted solely in words.

Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences, and words have consequences in the way the brain processes them, even if we want to keep arguing whether or not it is valid for speech to also warrant consequences such as a private company (domain registrar) refusing to do business with another private company.

[1] It is something of a comfortable lie that we tell school children to avoid what actual science/psychology tells us is stressful/harmful to humans.
Mass Psychology Supports the Pricey Stock Market
One positive note for astronaut wannabees - the average astronaut age is relatively high, mid 30s is the average and 40s is not uncommon. You have plenty of time to build up a respectable science career and get fit!

Although all astronauts have stellar (ha) resumes, most are not test pilots. Mission specialists come from all areas of science: the current cohort include a marine biologist, geologist, oceanographer and a ton of aero/astro engineers

Then you remember that you're also competing with Jonny Kim:

> The California native trained and operated as a Navy SEAL, completing more than 100 combat operations and earning a Silver Star and Bronze Star with Combat “V”. Afterward, he went on to complete a degree in Mathematics at the University of San Diego and a Doctorate of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
> you don't own the whole core

Moving the goalposts here. 'Not owning the whole core' is the default in the cloud.
Is it possible to encrypt with teams? eg `keybase encrypt -m "my message" {{insert team name here}}`
No: but learning Python and doing compTIA A+ has. I was thinking about doing a Masters focusing on analogy, or shifting over to cognitive studies where I could jump ship to STEMland. But being a poor student makes it too difficult for me to think and have a functioning life.
Looks like some fellas in Germany took a stab at it. I'm interesting in seeing how they've carried on since this taping back in 2013, sounded very manual but some pirate party adopted the idea if I understand him correctly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qql1Ess7qM
In terms of language, jQuery didn't innovate in anything though. It was a great framework mind you, but there's nothing special about it that influenced the choices in design for the more recent versions of JS.
> The result usually is though that the kid finds a toy they like then puts in on their Birthday/Christmas wishlist from where the Santa buys from Amazon.

Well, it's also that when you walk in there looking for a present for the kids birthday party you are about to take your child to attend, you end up buying something there, and possibly even paying them to wrap it for you. I'm not sure I've ever ordered a present online for a friend of one of my kids. I have enough trouble remember the party is that day and getting there on time, much less ordering ahead of time.
The headline is ambiguous, but it's not five months before they disclosed, it's five months before the July date they originally disclosed they were hacked.
According to Musk, the goal is $1100/Kg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy#Launch_prices

The 100k ton carrier is possibly not needed up there, why would we need that? Let's build 10 ISS, that's 4500 tons, putting materials up there would cost $495.000.000, a minor project budget in military speak :) With 10 ISS material you could build a nice doughnut shape station we pictured in the 70's.
> Do a little bit of practice so you don't look like a fool.

Half the fun of karaoke is letting go and looking like a total fool!
I was unaware that the thread I was replying to was debating specifics rather than handwaving at generalities like freedom of speech.
>I think that manufacturers should sell to physical toy stores at a lower price, and actively make sure online price is the same or higher than instore. but I dont how easy this is to police or even if is legal in some countries.

These days, many brick & mortar stores are a market inefficiency. It's simply cheaper to store & ship out of centralized warehouses (as it goes when you order online) than to ship merchandise to individual stores, which themselves have limited floor space and storage space (resulting in less variety of products) as well as a smaller potential customer-base (only those who live nearby). I don't see why manufacturers should be punished by selling at a lower price in order to sustain outdated business practices.

Stores that provide additional value, having unique goods that can't be found online or have cool atmosphere or such, will be fine.
don't underestimate your own wisdom here. Rubenstein was just a guy who played piano a lot. You are right about vulnerability. But anyone at any technical level can reach for new stuff. Rubenstein was trying to romaticize something in an old fashioned, deep aubergine velvet sounding way. Of course he had his rep practiced to the point of row row row yer boat facility-- all musicians do who get paid to do it. The point is to have the courage to reach beyond what you have already mastered. Anyone can do this. He just says it in that old school arrogant classical master way-- like "i like to hold myself back from complete mastery so there is a little blood in it". My response to this is: oh Rubenstein! You nutty old master. It surely is ok to admit to everyone that you could not get to perfection if your life depended on it. None of us can, and it is totally cool to admit that. Back then, there was this "the Great Danton" mystique to the magical magical art of classical performership. It was the Harry Potter of then. Even his statements ate supposed to evoke the air of smoky mystery and genuis. Watch the Prestige for an explainer on this era of showmanship and life-altering commitment to this "performance". It is an anachronism. But just like in that movie-- people want to believe its magic. Dig?
Of course youtube ToS allow that

As far as I understand it, not really. You only grant them a license to use your video in the Service or for promoting it. Plus you cancel any rights by deleting the video.

Some cases fall under Fair Use, but it's my belief that unless they request permission from the video author(s), those media companies are infringing their copyright. But we all know these laws are just for the rich - who can afford to sue them anyway?
Then let them suffer the loss of revenue from losing all of those potential customers. Content producers who don't use DRM will be happy to take those customers from them, and those will be the content producers who have more money with which to make new content tomorrow.
If you're doing that, why bother loading an entire operating system? Just use something like AWS lambda instead.
Sure. These things have different purposes.

The Long Now's mission is to foster long-term thinking broadly. We don't care as much how well-calibrated a particular individual is. The point of Long Bets is to generate discussion, argumentation, and consideration. That's part of why we require each bettor to make a case for their side: we're less interested in who was right or wrong than how and why someone was right or wrong.

I hope that people also use those sites. But I would love to generate some clear, dramatic bets about controversial topics here. The Buffett bet is a great example. People every day are putting money into one investment or another and have been for a long time, and there's no lack of data on results. But because of this bet a great number of people have thought about these specifics, as well as the many interesting related issues. I'd love to see that around more topics.
Yeah, it seemed like they wrote their own story loosely based on his notes and then used the deceptive "by Mark Twain" label for extra sales, especially given that they put him in as a character. It seems like "based on a bedtime story by Mark Twain" would have been much fairer.
Are you serious? Seriously? REALLY?

I don't believe this comment.
Mozilla is playing a double game of pretending to be on the users side while completely being in Google's pocket. For Google this ensures they cannot be accused of being a monopoly.

And those working for Google attempting to divert attention to Hollywood are symptomatic of the reality distortion field and self deception of SV. Google is a spyware company engaged in mass surveillance and creepily following everyone on the planet for profit. There are no redeeming values here. SV is basically a gold rush with greed and money being the primary driver glossed over with dollops of pretension.

The world just has to step up to take control and diminish the ideology that drives SV. So far be it open source, web services, standards or regulations there is no contribution. Why are there no alternatives to Firefox, Google, Facebook and others? You can't be completely dependent on these companies and then claim victimhood.
You don't need to embrace DRM in order to stop using Adobe flash. The multiple browser currently in use for the last few years that don't have adobe flash installed is a rather strong proof of that. you would have an argument if EME came first and then flash had started to decline, but that is a false history. Flash started decline many years ago, and EME was forced onto the standard as an reaction to that.

W3C abandoning consensus (58.4%!) and open standards are biggest change in the organizations history. Its not just about DRM.
ZeroNet.io is one of the neatest proofs of concept I've seen in a while. A P2P decentralized web, accessible via standard browser, Tor network optional. It's small and there isn't much content, but as a demo it seems to work great.
I don't know why this is being presented and commented about as a bad thing, but globally unique names for teams, just like for users, is very good.
Red Dragon is cancelled, but watch Elon's update[1] on September 29th for the Mars plan. There should be a good discussion thread on reddit.com/r/spacex/ if you don't want to watch the Livestream.

1 - http://www.iafastro.org/elon-musk-at-iac-2017-in-adelaide/
>> Every release replaces more keywords with punctuation marks.

I can't think of any other examples. Closures get used heavily in JS and arrow functions do make their use quicker and more concise, as well as fixing `this`. Compared to other languages like Scala, OCaml, Elm and Haskell, with symbols for functional combination and pipelining, pattern matching, and whatever you call the thing where you can miss out parameters and use underscores in function bodies in Scala ... JS is relatively light on symbols.
Wow. I guess I haven't seen everything.
During the short window where Cuba opened up we had a cuban pastor visit our church. The biggest thing that impressed him about the US was that everyone seemed to follow the laws.

These totalitarian societies where the law doesn't apply to anyone in power the people pretty much follow the example and ignore the law themselves.

Make everyone a criminal and the law is worthless.
Your idea is really good.

Have you thought about having the extension read all of the page, look for PGP encrypted message and automatically decrypt the message? It wouldn't be compute intensive if you optimized for a specific website. Also getting the submitted message and encrypting on the fly?

Also, have you thought about how this could work for phones?
Because it is them saying, "We can take all of your patents, but if you sue us for it, then you don't get to use this."
Psalm looks good, would be nice to integrate it into eclipse pdt as a plugin.
My dad loves telling the story of how he had a contractor working on his house in NYC area, and heard a garbage can rattling. He opened the can to find a full grown possum.

The contractor lazily grabbed a 2x4, whacked the possum in the head, took it out by the tail and threw it to his son, yelling "we got one for supper."
And that's their DRM, by the way. Google bought the company in 2010.
We are worried about the SEC as much as we're worried about any government action. We're operating very tightly.

It's a travesty that some of these companies raise millions without giving up equity, voting, or dividends.
Dozens compared to the many millions who wouldn't make such a switch doesn't feel all that optimistic.
1.8 implemented multithreading.
> You can still have all the DRM-free content you want, whether that's YouTube videos

unskippable ads are a form of DRM. The fact that the media isn't encrypted doesn't mean much when regular people can't access it as if it were fully "free" and tools to help them get shut down: https://www.techworm.net/2017/09/youtube-downloader-website-...
Well, Deleuze uses words that sound exciting and already have commonsense language connotations (rhizomes! lines of flight! war machines!). This has the effect of attracting intellectually curious persons but also putting some intellectually mature people off.

Then, Deleuze is misused a lot. But so is quantum theory.
> it's quite naive to believe the W3C members are virgins here and did this out love for the web and for the consumers.

So, no evidence, only a feeling of evidence.
Wificoin lets you buy hotspot access with cryptocurrency
We? talk about yourself. I didn't have the chance to choose any of these.
X and NeWS history (long)
m1.smalls are also ancient, when the current generation m4 is more than a year old at this point.

Odd site.
I just finished doing a small setup using their gear but w/ a pfsense device as the security device. If I were to do another I'd just go unifi the whole way.

If this investigation is true I'm not sure who is going to fill their role in the small business side - their stuff is good and the competitors are much more costly and often have licensing fees.
Lawyer here, but not your lawyer.

Anti-SLAPP laws are pretty limited, but a peer over in /r/law had a phenomenal idea for addressing this, which I'm copying over here. There's a little something called a

"'Motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.'

The fun part is that this is normally used by government entities against citizens. I just don't see any obvious reason it couldn't be used by a citizen against a government agency that has filed a lawsuit the entire point of which is to thwart the exhaustion of an administrative process.

After all, citizens aren't allowed to sue for open records until the open records process is completed, one way or the other. Why should a government entity be permitted to sue before then?"
Sure. I read 'nodesocket as arguing that AWS is promoting per-second as a distinction between AWS and GCP ("somewhat as a gimmick" in their words). That's not mentioned in the submission, nor the AWS blog post announcement.

The important and very real distinction is the change from per-hour to per-second. If you're going to make it more granular (which from per-hour is a good thing), why would AWS stop at per-minute if it's the same or only marginally more difficult to make it per-second, particularly when they have the added benefit of being more granular that GCP? In other words, I don't see the reduction as primarily a marketing move on AWS's part. I'm sure they felt pressure to make it more granular. Stopping at parity doesn't necessarily make sense, nor should they be called out for doing more purely for marketing reasons.
I believe they were being sarcastic.
Bookmarking this page in hope of having some alternatives. I'm even ready to throw some money/programming hours to any serious projects
They could have so easily prevented the controversy by labeling it "based on a story by Mark Twain" instead of "By Mark Twain"