skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I like the idea but I call foul at generalizing this result.

> Google's artificial intelligence technology has a considerably higher I.Q. than Apple's Siri virtual assistant,

This is device specific, and was done with phones, not home assistants. The google home device might be less intelligent, if it has lower local compute. This is also highly dependent on the quality of the microphone.

Finally, I suspect both companies are re-training the 'nets often, so these results are in flux.
Thoughts? Well I'm thinking I won't be buying a Google phone of any kind, that's what I'm thinking...
You probably meant http://www.tbray.org/ongoing.
> The only gripe I have with emacs help, is that it does require some basic skill to use it.

The only thing to know is to press 'q' to quit the help window and get back to where you were.
It can run Android apps
How does that compare to Dell XPS 13 2-in-1? -
Little thinner and lighter, but with worse overall specs. Plus it requires Google Account to work...
What about water-proofing? That's the best reason I've heard.
All throw away db table names starts with suxx_.
New $99 Google Daydream View VR headset announced with three new colors
ML/AI on Kubernetes – New Pachyderm Release
I'd like to know more about "damless hydro". I keep hearing about water turbines used in conjunction with tidal currents or offshore wavepower. Some of the numbers they throw around seem promising, e.g., $0.055/kWh, which is ~1/4 of nuclear or 1/6 of coal.

But I have no idea where those ideas are in their maturity. I agree that dam hydro can have some nasty consequences, even if it does look super attractive at first.
Actually don’t they spend 5-7%? It’s not huge percentage wise, but it’s still 10billion.
Either you make a phone clearly asymmetric (eg new iPhone X) or clearly symmetric. The new Pixel tries to have a symmetric design but fails slighlty (top and bottom bezel have similar heights and form language but are still asymmetric).
Because only well designed studies can show a truth. It is obviously the case that when you drop a big rock and a little rock at the same time the big rock will hit the ground first. Because we have a study we know this to be false even though it is obvious.
I feel like media companies (like recode, cnn) are really going after social tech companies (like twitter, facebook) right now.
Yes, I mentioned javapackager in the comment.
Just a thought: would be great to see a "What Books is HN Reading" once a month, similar to the "Who's Hiring" thread.
For me, too, this has been a huge step in improving my quality of life.
What about it? Samsung solved it.
It’s as third party as I imagine a production file system should be.
Ask more of your phone: The Google Pixel 2
Which is meaningless. They have declared themselves the standard but that number doesn’t actually measure anything.

I mean the fact they sell cameras alone means they’re not unbiased.

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/09/22/dxo-ratings-are...

Wait for real camera reviews.
Pixel 2 and Daydream View: New Experiences in AR and VR
I had every Nexus through to the 6P, and then moved to a Galaxy S8. With the Pixel Google has been overcome with profound me-tooism trying to ape every choice of Apple. It's humorous that the new iPhone offers wireless charging.

Coincidentally I just caught their cringe-inducing intro of the new Google Clips that captures live photos. Groan.
Has anyone ever actually been bothered by having an audio jack? Having to plug in an adapter is not futuristic, its annoying.
One of each of these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y2YYS2L/ref=oh_aui_deta...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AWIPITS/ref=oh_aui_deta...

They work just fine at the gym, at home, and at work but when in a crowded public space the cutting in/out is consistent.
Interesting quote. I wonder how true it is.

> "We are kicking Slack, Skype for Business and Teams out of every account where we compete with them," Gurle wrote.
It is important for those not on the cloud: dedicated servers and colo.
Specs: https://store.google.com/us/product/google_pixelbook_specs

Operating System

Chrome OS

Display

12.3" 2400x1600 (235 ppi) Quad HD LCD display for sharper images
Touchscreen display with Google Pixelbook Pen support1
400 nits for using in bright areas
72% NTSC color

1Pixelbook Pen sold separately.
Audio
Dual speakers • 4 mics

Dual speakers for better surround sound
4 mics for improved noise cancellation during video calls

Processor
7th Gen Intel® Core™ processor

Memory & Storage
RAM: 8GB or 16GB

Memory
8GB or 16GB RAM for seamless multitasking

Storage
128GB, 256GB, or 512GB (which also supports NVME) Solid State Drive

Dimensions & Weight
11.4 in x 8.7 in x 0.4 in

Dimensions
Length: 11.4 in (290.4 mm)
Width: 8.7 in (220.8 mm)
Height: 0.4 in (10.3 mm)

Weight
1.1 kg (2.4 lbs)

Materials & Color
Aluminum unibody

Materials
Aluminum unibody
Glass detail with Corning® Gorilla® Glass

Color
Silver

Battery
Use time of up to 10 hours

41 Whr battery
45W charger (5V/3A, 9V/3A, 15V/3A, 20V/2.25A)
Use time of up to 10 hours1
Fast charging: up to 2 Hrs in 15 min., or 7.5 Hrs in 60 min2
USB-C™ 45W adaptor that also works with Pixel phones

Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 2x2 (MIMO), dual-band (2.4 GHz, 5.0 GHz)
Bluetooth® 4.2

Keyboard & Trackpad
Backlit keyboard • Edge-to-edge trackpad

Keyboard
Backlit keys for easier typing in low light
Full size with 19 mm pitch
0.8 mm travel
Google Assistant key

Trackpad
Edge-to-edge trackpad
Etched glass surface

Camera

720p @ 60FPS

Security
TPM Chip

Sensors
3-axis Gyroscope • Magnetometer

3-axis Gyroscope/Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Ambient Light Sensor
Hall Effect Sensor

Ports
USB-C™ • 3.5 mm headphone jack

edit: formatting!
Facebook won't release Russia-linked ads despite call to do by US investigators
I think (good implementations of) wireless headphones are the way of the future.

What did they gain by removing floppy disk drives from laptops? Well, nothing per se, but it allowed them to make smaller laptops.

Removing the jack will allow them to make phones thinner - if not now, in future iterations.

And the thing with keeping features around is that it's not just a question of that one feature. It's cumulative over time. It's not just a question of removing the floppy drive, it's that AND the internal modem AND the CD drive, etc. The effects can add up.
CPAP is usually the first line for sleep apnea. I've been using one for the past couple of months. They've improved the masks so the really only annoyance is being tethered to the machine when you roll over but it isn't too bad.

Another thing I've learned is the CPAP machines now phone home to the insurance company to give them compliance data on how and when you use the machine. Less happy about that.
I tried to build a site just to test how it would work on ChromeOS.. I didn't like it

But I guess that's cause I really prefer Sublime, Photoshop and a standard-ish file system structure.
Actually I never realized this but aren't em and % actually the same then? 0.8em = 80%
I picked up the Pixel on release, but I've been disappointed by the quality of the product overall. The screen scratches easily , battery life is mediocre, and the changes to android recently have not been positive. I've had the device replaced once by Google, which was a painless process, but the new one scratches just as easily as the old, and loves to reboot on occasion.

Interestly enough, I started a new job right around the time I got my Pixel, and work provided me a brand new iPhone 7, so I've been able to compare them side by side for a year now, in nearly identical usage. I've been on the android bandwagon for a long time now, but the iPhone 7 is hands down the better hardware. The Pixel has been replaced once ~6 months ago, and spent most of its life in a soft shell case, but it has not handled general wear and tear well. The iPhone 7 has been blatantly abused (work phone, don't care) but still looks brand new. iOS leaves a lot to be desired, but with all of android's missteps the difference isn't as drastic as it used to be.
Everybody with a pair of wired headphones would appreciate a standard jack, too.
Sequent NUMA-Q: a new commercial parallel-processing architecture. (1999) [pdf]
I've been dogfooding my own SQL Server Management Studio add-in, VersionSQL [0]

Priorities in its design and why I prefer to use it: It lives where I work, in SSMS. It's as close to zero-friction as possible, so I'm not getting slowed down or sitting around waiting on it when I could be working. It commits SQL code to a subfolder right alongside the application code in Git/SVN.

Cons: Skips some of the more complex features of other apps in the space, like building migration scripts for deployment or rollback of changes. Also, the add-in is maybe a bit too zero-friction -- it's nice that it doesn't get in my way, but that makes it easy to neglect committing code altogether. Have a couple rough ideas about how to solve that one (suggestions welcome!)

[0] https://www.versionsql.com/
I agree, there are some mitigating factors though.

One nice thing about solar in warmer climates is that its peak output is in line with peak air conditioning demands. On top of that if the solar is installed on the building roof it can lower the thermal load on the building. A double win.

Also in a ideal world we would have a world wide grid where solar energy is being routed around to where its needed with much less need for storing for night. Its always sunny somewhere right? There are of course line losses, not sure how that would stack up to battery round trip losses.
Honest question: for those of you who own a mobile device without a headphone jack, do you find it to be an encuberment?

Personally I still find it a bit hostile to not have the jack available, since often times I find myself charging the phone and using the headphones (when watching videos for example), so having an adapter dongle for such a frequent task seems counterintuitive to me. I believe that if a device is correctly designed, then it should serve most of its usecases without the aid of an extra adapter. These should be reserved for edge cases.

Moreover, I use headphones for a good part on my day and I am not sold on the idea of having a wireless device next to my brain for such an extended amount of time. Sure, we are already exposed to a good number of electromagnetic radiations, but this one I might want to pass. Not to mention the need to charge yet another device.
I kind of like the chin on the Pixel 1 because I know I have another option to grab the phone without touching the touchscreen.
As a paid up member of the Apple ecosystem I really want Apple to release something like this. I am sure it would do very well. They could call it the “MacBookPad Pro” or maybe just a “MacPad”...
I have the same problem of "going through earbuds." I'm not an engineer but I believe it has has to do with feedback when unplugging and plugging in the headphones. I have both a Nexus and an iPhone and have noticed that the new lightning headphones last longer then the same Apple branded earbuds.
I can't bring myself to buy a Samsung device. The bloatware is cringy as fuck. Maaaybe if it was unlocked right away and someone on XDA put together a Google only rom but short of that I'll never willingly buy a Samsung device.
More like a distinct Smalltalk language implementation. For decades, different Smalltalk language implementations have introduced novel things while still being recognizably implementations of Smalltalk.

I haven't been able to find a clear statement of language differences between Pharo and other Smalltalks. The closest thing I've come across is this statement of intent:

"We want to stress the fact that Pharo will certainly derive from ANSI and other Smalltalks. We will not change for the sake of change. What we want to say is that if there is something that can be improved but does not conform the ANSI Smalltalk, we will do it anyway."

Perhaps a Pharo expert can clarify?
Google not serious/dedicated about voice-based search?

I can buy the argument that they are not as dedicated as Amazon when it comes to selling stuff via voice, but search via voice? They have been at it for like a decade already.
Why is it not time yet? When I lost my Pixel on a trip, I switched to an iPhone 7 + airpods and it's been great. I don't want to go back to wired headphones. Apple certainly seems to have nailed it. I can't imagine Google + HTC can't too.
John Gruber's stance on DXO is utterly meaningless, and it's farcical that you seriously cite it.

Measuring the technical capabilities of an imaging device is patently obvious and justifiable. From dynamic range to optical and electronic resolution, noise at different light levels, etc. You can question their methodology, but saying that it "doesn't measure anything" is nonsense, and citing a guy who laughably claims that you can't measure the "art" is uproarious.

Gruber has less than zero legitimacy in this discussion, and his sole motivating intention is defend Apple in all facets.
Until it can run windows apps in emulation - I can't see spending $1k. It does have a great looking form though.
It is much more likely that I misplace an adapter or break the connector or break the port than it is that I have a problem with a built-in 3.5mm jack. And, similarly, this is why we still use 1/4" jacks and XLR for real audio gear. We could make all this stuff smaller, we could make all this stuff digital, but it'd be more stuff that breaks on us.
No. People weren't "farming" them before laws cracked down on it. Laws cracked down on it precisely because of how people were going about getting ivory.

Besides, we're not aiming for pure population count... imagine the shitty quality of life an "ivory farm elephant" would have? And after they take the horn or tusk, what then? Meat?
> The google home device might be less intelligent, if it has lower local compute.

Other than some minor sound processing, does any of the assistant behavior on either Google Home or phones actually happen locally?
Eh, some languages make HTTP really annoying, and if you never work with that it could be a slog. But, this is anecdata. I guess I could clarify; mediocre to poor CS programs serve as a strong employability signal than an equivalent MBA often for less than 1/4 the price, and programming offers a number of good opportunities to rub digital elbows with well known/connected programmers. No such opportunity exists for MBAs insofar as I am aware.

I guess my thesis is that if you can't go top 10, don't get an MBA unless you company pays for it.
Half were in Chemistry; anybody know what the Chemists are doing wrong? Or right???
I really like keybase, and I wish they could issue certs for me to sign PDFs. I would pay for that.
Author of the blog post here. Canvas works fine for HDPI screens, you just need to handle it by tweaking the size of the canvas element (in CSS pixels, .style.width) and the number of actual pixels in the canvas (.width).
Wireless charging can't provide enough amps to actually charge newer Google devices. Nexus phones had them through the 5/7, but lost them with the 5x/6p.

My Nexus 5 wall charger can't even push enough amps to charge my Nexus 5x.

Edit: Does the new iPhone use the same wireless chargers as older phones? Can you use it with those Ikea lamps with wireless charging? Or does it use a different/less lossy transmission method?
Forward search is probably my most used vim feature. /LOCATION<enter>c/NEXT_LOCATION<enter> and you can be in insert mode changing the content. The only thing you need to think about is the content you want to change. You don't think about how to get there, you don't think about how many times you need to hit arrow while holding down shift-alt, or the fact that it will always jump one too far and you'll need to shift-leftarrow back one.
The RISC-V ISA is free (i.e. you can design your own core without paying royalties to a company like ARM, which is what SiFive has done here) but this is a normal paid-for IP core. They do have some SoCs with a "free and open platform specification" but there's no public repo to download their Verilog code from.

If you want an actual open source RISC-V core, see: https://github.com/lowRISC/lowrisc-chip
“Unemployed”?
I wonder if it's better water resistance after removing the jack, anyone knows that?
At least with latest Android OS you can replace the Assistant with other options/apps.
Because people who think of themselves as unselfish but are just passive may get depressed because they never get their way. For example people may be unhappy with their pay but are afraid to ask for more.
Out of curiosity, what are the benefits you're talking about?
A singularity originally referred to a single point where (the mathematical description of) a field has infinite strength. For example, a black hole that had collapsed to an infinitely dense, infinitely small point. But lots of people now are referring to the event horizon around the back hole as the singularity. So when something starts to tip inevitably, it's called a singularity even though that's just the beginning of getting there.
All requests are sent to the cloud for both services, there is no relevant local compute
I own LG Ultrafine 5K; when I work with VS Code full screen it blinks like framerate is 10fps or something.
Otherwise it works OK on MacBook screen.
It might be meaningless but given the Pixel/Google's recent push with image based ai I would not be dismissive of the phone's camera prowess
This article isn't exactly a presentation of research. Several of those answerable questions will probably be worth Nobel Prizes for the people who can answer them. This is fundamentally a puff piece with a sleep expert promoting his new general audience book on sleep health (Not discounting the tips, or his expertise, but this is obviously not a research paper). Several of the sleep hygiene tips he gives are things that aren't really settled AFAIK in the field, possibly why he even specifically mentions "practicing what he preaches" in that last question. He's preaching at least as much as talking about settled science.
LG V30 is going to be the phone to get in 2017.
How a bad indicator LED brought the Keck 1 telescope to a stop
I would have thought Bond-type villains would be the only folks with the guts to even attempt projects like this, let alone actually complete them; really cool! Kudos to Singapore!
I usually set a goal to read 20 books every year. They can be any mix of fiction/non-fiction/tech/etc genres. That allows me the flexibility to focus on learning something new in some of my free time or reading for fun in my free time. Comes out to a finishing a book every ~2.5 weeks. Setting a yearly goal also allows for flexibility for busy seasons of the year. Maybe March is just super busy and I get very little reading done, I can make up for it over the remaining 9 months.

No required length to qualify as a 'book'. A 100 page novella counts and so does a 1000 page reference book.
Vimium has been a very frustrating experience for me. The one thing where I always trip:

- Press 't' to open a new tab.

- Now I realize I want to go back to the previous tab. I press 'Escape'. Nothing happens. The focus is stuck in the address bar. I press 'J' and of course the 'J' gets typed into the address bar. How do I escape back to normal mode? I can't figure.

With VimFx for Firefox, it works exactly as one would imagine.

- Press 't' to open a new tab.

- Now I realize I want to go back to the previous tab. Press 'Escape' to return to normal mode. Press 'J' to go back to the previous tab.

If this is something that works fine in cVim, I am going to ditch Vimium in favor of cVim today!
and when I lose that adaptor I won't be able to listen to music until I buy a new one. Why are we adding extra steps to an already solved problem?
I just ended up buying a bunch of cheap Bluetooth audio adapters: https://www.amazon.com/Mpow-Bluetooth-Receiver-Streaming-Han...

About the same price as an overpriced cable from Best Buy.
JIT is a generic term that applies both to dynamic compilation (one pass) and adaptive compilation (multiple passes with profiling). While it is pretty normal these days, many people involved in FPGA research only know about static languages and manual partitioning (like OpenCL) and that is why I always explain what it is.

FPGAs don't help JITs at all. I was saying the opposite: if certain problems (slow compilation and slow reconfiguration) could be solved then JITs could offer the opportunity to generate hardware acceleration on demand that would be tuned for a specific execution of an application.
The LG V30 and Galaxy S8 have a headphone jack AND have IP68 waterproofing, versus the Pixel 2's (and iPhone 7/8) IP67.
I used to think that about myself. Now I'm pretty sure it's just the result of having light pollution (lights outside candle temperature and brighter than three or four candles) including glowing screens, electronic device hyperstimulation, and the Internet info treadmill, after 9:00 or so. If I give myself a good long stretch of low light and no electronic toys my "28-hour clock" not-so-mysteriously turns into an ordinary 24-hour one. Being outdoors and active as much as possible during daylight hours also helps (especially in Summer, when dark hours are in short supply).
Ask HN: What business workflows would you like to automate in your organization?
Especially requiring human intervention.
(personal antidote) I had 3 pairs of headphones I primarily used pre-removal of the headphone jack. 2 bluetooth (working out and @work) and the third was a nice pair for at home listening. I have no problems with a dongle always connected to my nice pair, and have actually found myself using bluetooth more often regardless of Aux port availability.
You're correct, they're just files. To create a new branch off of master you can just...

cp .git/refs/heads/master .git/refs/heads/WTFFF

... no SHA-1 involved at all, no parent, history, etc.
If you can do it if there was just one repo, then juat clone those 100 repos under the same parent directory and execute the script in the parent directory
Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook
For sure, Samsung's desperate attempt to fork off users is annoying. From Bixby to their own little app store, to duplicate versions of all of the basics like the clock and the calculator. But overall my experience has been extremely positive.

And it's only fair to note that what we know as the pure Android was Google essentially sweeping in all of the cool things from Samsung, HTC and others.
I paid $200 for my Nexus 5x. Not looking forward to paying 2.5x to retain the same phone-utility in the future.
There isn't much additional profit in the selling of additional electrons to consumers for a number of reasons, not limited to the fact that electric utilities are regulated monopolies, and widespread decoupling[1] of utility rates which incentivizes utilities to get customers to save electricity.

The profit to be made is in the building of the generation capacity itself. The problem with this is that coal plants and traditional nuclear plants are very expensive to build compared to natural gas plants and renewables like wind and solar.

After being built, they are very expensive to fuel and maintain compared to renewables.

So utilities are more likely to choose natural gas or renewables for new generation capacity. It's not that the coal industry hasn't tried to convince people that they are the fuel of the future (i.e. the "Clean Coal" marketing effort), but the costs just don't line up in coal's favor, and that's not even considering the cost of the currently unaccounted externalities of coal burning.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoupling_(utility_regulation...
What we really need is an iphone x emulator web browser mode.

Basically a rounded chunk taken out of the left side of my monitor so i can preview what my work will look like.

An optional virtual thumb moving about the screen would enhance the simulation provided we can adjust the skin tone/gender.