skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'd disagree with you that speaking with a southern twang doesn't disqualify a person. I came out of deep East Texas and I have a bit of a drawl in my voice that comes out when I'm tired or stressed but for the most part, I intentionally speak as closely to SAE as possible. Because people do disqualify me and I think you may have judged your friend too. You say you associate his accent with people considered non-intellectuals? That's exactly what LordKano is saying he tries to avoid by speaking SAE in the business realm. Because he believes someone may make the judgement call that he is unintelligent because of the way he speaks, just like you associate speaking like a redneck to unintellicence.

I don't think this is about dialects being associated with any sort of people group. I think it's about having a standard way of speaking in a professional environment. And deviating from that may cause some people to have a negative bias against you.
Not sure... the poster didn't differentiate, so I could only assume they meant speaking Standard English with an accent.
> He speaks with an accent that I would associate with hicks, farmers, non-intellectuals.

Isn't that the point? Your stereotype was wrong but you still stereotyped him, and he had to overcome it.
Maybe you're looking in the wrong place for the punchline. Perhaps it will be delivered in the final bill for the HSR...
Knowing your vulnerabilities, fixing them, and caring about them at all are all different things.
I wanted to see this also. It occurs at about the 1:39 to 1:40 mark.

Edit: 1:40:58
> This seems too good to be true. What's the catch?

Not available outside USA.
> Leaving everything behind to move to a new culture when you barely speak any English and bringing your young family with you is not a risk? I vehemently reject this premise.

When compared to poverty, oppressive regime and probably poor medical conditions ?
This is a very revealing quote:

> No dialects in southern Britain (or America, which was settled from there) have a g after a velar nasal at the end of any word anymore. So it is true that in the speech of Queen Elizabeth II, the g sound that used to end sing has been lost. But no one calls the queen sloppy or mistaken in her speech. Why? Because there is a double standard here. When Standard Southern British English introduces a simplifying change in the rules of punctuation (like "do not pronounce the g sound after a velar nasal except in the middle of a word"), it is respected as the standard way to speak, but when AAVE introduces such a change (like "do not pronounce a stop at the end of a word after another consonant with the same voicing"), it is unfairly regarded as sloppiness.

I found this article as a whole to expand my appreciation for this dialect; there is a lot more logic to it than I had assumed. In particular, the negative concord (which had often bothered me) turns out to be the same as what I already use in French.
If you are a not-too-young, not-too-old, otherwise healthy not-pregnant person, this kind of smoke will be an annoyance with acute effects, but isn't going to do any long term damage to you.
I always recommend buying physical Blu-rays. Due to wholesale/retail pricing you can almost always get them cheaper than digital, they usually come with digital copies, and you can always resell or loan out discs.

That being said, this launch has been nice for letting my digital copies work with more apps, and it liberated a few titles I had stuck back in Google land.

And yes, movies stay on both sides of a disconnection.
To everyone else. If you care about your privacy, dont go to Denmark. That country is turning into a shitshow nazi dream.

Source: I helped the government build a database registering their citizen every move. Currently has 10000 A4 pages of meta data on average on every citizen of meta data alone. Just meta data.
Improvements in construction.

Affordable housing that is really affordable (ex. subsidized is not affordable.) Being able to build nuclear power plants on schedule. Things like that.
I'd be amazed if the average/combined skill level of engineers at any large company exceeds the average/combined skill level of the people trying to compromise its security.

And that's not taking into account the bureaucratic overhead necessary to make changes in such an environment. There are very good, and very bad, reasons why upgrading insecure software and fixing other security holes takes too much time and effort.

Equifax just happens to be a very attractive target. I don't know how any such target can stay truly safe.

(Having said that, they clearly screwed the pooch in a lot of ways, so I won't shed a tear if they're dismantled.)
I know we're not the first one, but give us a chance- we're the most advanced, from a team of ex-googlers :-)

Unlike others, we monitor and adapt the difficulty of each hash a miner is calculating to optimize total 'score', which is a better indicator of work than just number of hashes per second. In terms of pure H/S, we're the same rate as coinhive- but due to the adaptive difficulty system we have, each submitted hash from our miners is 'worth' more to the Monero network- i.e each of our hashes has a higher chance of winning a block than any of our competitors. We also give out bonuses when it's one of your miners that submits a hash that captures a block :-)

We have an API already up that we're working on writing the docs for. We are calculating + storing advanced statistics that we're working on documenting and creating graphs coming soon, too :-)

Another thing to consider is these other services are just 'dumb' websocket proxies to existing open source pools- ours is a completely new websocket pool that's super fast, resilient, and efficient. Tech wise, we're the furthest ahead and most capable, and we're actively working on leveraging our awesome tech into even more awesome features.
Language is as much about parsing groups as it is about understanding, and it has been for a really long time [0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth
I think something you're fundamentally getting at is that in today's system people's views are not necessarily representative of their party's views. Ron Paul is not really what you'd call a republican, but he certainly ran as one. The reason is that in our current system, small parties cannot exist - or at least they can't get any representation in congress, but is there really any difference? So if you want to actually get a seat you put an R or a D by your name, or you run in a state like Maine or Vermont - both with total populations far smaller than many cities.

The reason for this is because of our electoral system. Imagine we have 4 parties each with about a quarter of the support. One of those parties is going to get 100% of the representation, and the rest are going to get 0. This incentivizes these parties to begin to merge. Two parties go 'Hey I know we have nothing in common, but if we work together we can guarantee our voices are at least heard in congress.' And the other two also see this going on and does the exact same thing. Next thing you know it you have things like libertarians and evangelical Christians both being supposedly represented by the same party, and you get a congressional approval rating in the teens.

Proportional representation changes this. Fractional support being more than sufficient to get seats in congress means people can break into parties that actually fundamentally represent their views - instead of being forced to clump up into super-parties. I think this effect would be particularly emphasized in our country. We have a phenomenally good system of checks and balances ensuring that even 'the little guy' in congress can have a meaningful effect. The problem is our electoral system all but precludes there being any little guys in congress.
I really enjoyed Clifford Pickovers' Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty. I read it in highschool and experimented with all the strange attractor techniques given in the book to render cool images on my old 486. Great fun, and the math (and implications) of SA systems stuck with me.
I would argue that having a single occurrence of a hack, isolated, seems unlikely.

If a site got hacked, chances are they suck at security - and then subsequent hacks are actually more likely to happen over the near future.

It takes time to turn corporate culture around, and security depends a lot on culture.

Would be great to see some statistics that would either support or disprove my assertion.
>Playstation 4 + Chromecast

But you see, that's the problem, I shouldn't be making device purchases based on who I've bought movies from.
I find most meetings to be a waste of time. Unless it's a brainstorming session, or something where you really need the collective input of everyone in the room, most people are there by requirement, not voluntary. We avoid meetings where I work, and use Slack and other platforms to build ideas, and make decisions. Meetings take up too much time.
This is the same as an AB. Many start by having €5000 and then selling things they own such as computers to the AB, to get the funds "back". I think Sweden changed from €10000 to €5000 a couple of years ago.

If the UG or GmbH goes belly up, am I in any way personally responsible?
Can I suggest having a Docker image of all the pre-compiled bits available? I was really interested in trying it out but don't know if I want to invest the time trying to compile everything for a tool that I don't know a lot about yet. If setup was just a `docker pull` away I would probably already be going through the tutorial.

If the 4 terminals required were instead just:

`docker run -d --name wallaroo -v ~/wallaroo-tutorial/celsius:/srv/application-module -p 0.0.0.0:4000:4000 wallaroolabs/wallaroo-quickstart`

Or something similar I think a lot more people on this thread would be trying it out right now.

It looks really promising! If I get the spare time I'm definitely interested enough to give it a whirl.
You make the paperclips with wire (and your own labor, to start). You start off with 1,000 inches of wire.
Yes, this was discussed earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15456221

And debunked...it wasn't a hack of the Equifax web site, but a malware package delivered by 3rd party analytics company, Fireclick.
> As I understand it all Norwegian speakers _speak_ the same language

I am not Norwegian so I might not get this entirely correct. The British have "BBC English" or "Oxford English" and the Americans have "Hollywood English", but Norway doesn't have such a unifying standard for the spoken language. People speak their own dialects, and the different dialects can vary quite a lot.

There is no standard dialect for the Norwegian language as a whole, and all dialects are by now mutually intelligible. Hence, widely different dialects are used frequently and alongside each other, in almost every aspect of society. Criticism of a dialect may be considered criticism of someone's personal identity and place of upbringing, and is considered impolite. Not using one's proper dialect would be bordering on awkward in many situations, as it may signal a wish to take on an identity or a background which one does not have.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_dialects
That must be new. That wasn't available as of like we years ago or so.
Waymo proposed $1B Uber settlement with public apology in car lawsuit
I was originally of the opinion that it be better that this method did not exist, but your argument that it required cooperation and offered a low-violence compromise step up from peaceful revolution have convinced me, I think.

Thanks for the detailed response!
"In game development, you talk about how the second 90% is always the hardest"
> 1) All of your watch history on all services are shared with the other services and the studios.

After signing up and looking at preferences, I see they do allow you to opt-out of sharing data with the studios and their "service providers".
Are your résumé projects stopping you getting an interview?
Seems like arguing semantics--what is a "mistake" if not a departure from the established convention? What is the difference between a "rule" and a "mistake"? That the "mistake" is repeated a certain amount of times and/or by some critical mass of people? How often / how many people must repeat the mistake before it becomes a rule? If it becomes a new rule, does it cease to become a mistake? The classification quickly begins to feel arbitrary.
Is the finances of a UG/GmbH public information in Germany and easily obtained by citizens?
I'm not an expert by any stretch, but my understanding is that plenty of pensions have steep early retirement/termination penalties, especially in state and municipal service. And if the full pension benefit was already small, any penalty may reduce it to an unlivable level.

As an anecdote, a relative -- who had 25 years of public service when he was 57 years of age -- would have only received 35% of his pension if he had taken early retirement (or jumped ship to private industry) at that time.

Keep in mind, also, that most public employees are ineligible for Social Security. And most of these economically distressed towns tend to be concentrated in counties and states with severe debt issues, where raiding pension funds is not uncommon. And sadly, benefit reduction continues to be an option in public debt discussions.
Colorado is horrible, please stay away.
That vacuum chamber has two sets of fifty foot tall doors. The hyperloop is an inch-thick welded steel tube. Pinholes are trivially detected by ultrasonic testers. There are no leaks. Even hydrogen and helium would take centuries to diffuse inside. The only problems are sealing the ends, which are a couple meters wide.

The hyperloop as written was very challenging, but the engineering aspects are not. The practical building (grinding the inside, transporting the tubes, etc.) are significant. The financing is insane. The theory is not even particularly hard, much less at the level of a space elevator.
You omitted 2 of the reflexive pronouns. Only the 1st and 2nd person forms use the possessive:

* myself, ourselves, yourself.

All of the 3rd person forms use the personal pronoun:

* themselves, himself, herself, itself

Does AAVE also use "theirselves" ?
What I've learned in 25 years on this earth is to avoid fights and conflict as much as possible, especially physical conflict. The cost benefit ratio just doesn't add up for me in any scenario, unless my life is on the line.
I agree: I think we have been blessed with a long period of innocence concerning the security of our services and devices. A period that is now coming to an end with increased attacks by increasingly powerful entities.

The dot-com-bubble showed us that businesses should not be valued simply because they leverage hot new technology (hold your AI comparisons...). These high-profile hacks and security failures will hopefully show us that businesses should not be considered secure simply because they stack up to other measures of value.

I would hope that in the future, a fault in a company's infrastructure security is considered as seriously as a fault in its core business model.
The big moneybags are always above the law.

This seems to become one of the biggest problems of modern civilization. Until it's fixed, all sorts of issues like this, and bigger, will continue to occur.
The smoke reminded me of back home in India.

We burn lignite ash coal, it's 50% low quality coal.

About 0.5M Indians die yearly from air particulates.
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/pollution-particulate-matte...
Note I said "project." How's R'lyeh these days?
US banks aren't allowed to process transfers directly from gambling sites to players. So poker sites etc use Bitcoin as an intermediary step.
...and fewer bankruptcies.
Very interesting read. However, I'm not sure why a game where you do stunts to make money is "a lame concept" but getting sucked into a tv isn't?
Put it on the back of the shirt.
Perhaps something you've already considered, but if you're going to spend time on automation of sweeping extra out of checking, you might want to put that into some index funds rather than a savings account to optimize on return.
Here's the recording: https://www.facebook.com/oculusvr/videos/1189602884474557
Why not get plants that love water? Papyrus is one that comes to mind...
This contract is a renewal of a previous contract with Equifax (which is why it was a "critical service that couldn't lapse"), and it involves Equifax giving data to the IRS, not the IRS giving your tax returns to Equifax.
Have been seriously thinking about doing this, but the residency requirements give me pause. (You must always have a mailing, non-PO-box address in NL — essentially, your own place — and have to stay in the country 6 months out of a year, though apparently it’s not really enforced.)

In Europe right now and maybe 25-75 on just pulling the trigger... who knows if our so-called president ends up doing something stupid that blows up this treaty? No other easy paths to residency in the EU as far as I’m aware!
Our Data Center Architecture
Just to be clear, you don't pay the gov't €5000 to start a Swedish AB, but you need a minimum of €5000 share capital.

If you want to be a sole trader (enskild näringsidkare/enskild firma) you need zero capital and the registration cost is zero (costs about €100 to register a company name but that's optional) and everything can be handled online, although if you're not a Swedish resident you'd need a temporary personal number from the tax agency first.
CockroachDB and TiDB are two projects I've been keeping my eye on.
Definitely Longs! It's only an hour and a half out.. Getting back though... the traffic just gets brutal.
> Note that downthread they've already moved the goalpost from "these pumps are technologically impossible" to "but they'll need a lot of them!"

I never said vacuum pumps are "technologically impossible". My original comment references the Space Power Facility [1] and categorises the vacuum problem as an engineering problem. A hard one, but engineering nonetheless.

The comment you link to [2] replies to someone claiming the original white paper calls for a 22:1 atmosphere:tube pressure ratio. I pointed out that the figure they're referencing, Figure 11, discusses the capsule and not the tube.

I'm skeptical about the economics of de-pressurising the tube, but that's an engineering problem and I've always held it as such. The materials problem is the thermal expansion of the top of the tube relative to the bottom.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Power_Facility

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15459820
VH1 rises again.
Does it feel like Waymo is behaving as the 800 pound bully? I can't shake the feeling that Google is trying to beat Uber into the ground.
Yeah, but maxing out your 401K contribution for the first 20 years of your career is much more productive than doing it the last 20 years. If it were not for the withdrawal penalty, I could retire now at 46 and live off the interest alone. If I keep slugging away another 20 years, I’ll have several $M.

You need to save when you are young to take advantage of compounding interest. Don’t get caught up in the rat race.
Genuine question, how are Equifax's services functionally different from the other credit bureaus? What is to stop the federal gov from shutting them down to protect national security forcing any business partners to move to the other providers.
> Their stocks are still priced reasonably well,

Exactly. And everyone is watching and learning a lesson from it - "If this goes unpunished, heck, we can get away with it too, screw all the security mumbo jumbo"

In an investing and finance forum I saw people were gearing up to buy Equifax after the breach was announced. The idea was that price would dip then it would go back up. Maybe enough people did that.
Digital river was the parent company of fireclick.

> It's unclear how and why the ownership was transferred

Yes, it's curious.
Reminds me of this -

https://twitter.com/ads_mdavn/status/890101529914560516
Sad one to nitpick, but Jim died in 2014. So ~3.5 years ago.

Had the pleasure of meeting him in Singapore in 2013.

Still so much great code of his we use all the time.
But if you can't show that "100% solar & vegetarian" is a viable & desirable choice, you're not going to convince others to. Imposition under threat of police action will only invoke shifting bad choices, strain economy, and inspire malice.

As I recall from the time, the rise of the SUV came from imposition of emissions limits on cars, which didn't cover trucks so the spacious & fumes-spewing "enclosed car-styled truck" was inspired. Did that help emissions in the long run? Here in the southern USA, 2/3rds of vehicles aren't emissions-efficient sedans.
Up until March of this year, the Ubuntu kernel was not tuned for AWS. This included not having support for Elastic Network Adapter, which limited network speeds when compared to Amazon Linux.

See here: https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/ubuntu-on-aws-gets-se...
You can't create an account without agreeing to this:

"I authorize Movies Anywhere to share personal information regarding my Movies Anywhere account, together with my video titles, descriptions, and other video activity information (collectively "Video Data") with:

Each Digital Retailer to which I connect my Movies Anywhere account and its service providers;
Participating Studios and their affiliates and service providers; and
Service Providers of Movies Anywhere."

Yeah, not gonna happen.
Yes, I think this is it. I don't buy into any "clever political ploy" theory, but this type of stuff does get into people's heads. The rise of Uber and Lyft are already being used in arguments against mass transit.
Google commits $1B in grants to train U.S. workers for high-tech jobs
> I am not sure what your objection is here. Are you saying vacuum chambers can't be built on Earth?

No, I specifically linked to the Space Power Facility in my original comment! The "materials science" problem I call out is in the tube's lateral thermal expansion.

The best solution I've come up with for that is to take a regenerative rocket engine [1] and make it a tube. Pumping fluid in spirals along kilometers of a vacuum tube isn't easy, but it isn't as hard as trying to invent a material that won't deform when the top gets hotter than the bottom, or the east side gets hotter than the west.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_cooling_(rocket)
TL;DR; Does engagement equal success?

I have an account on Youtube that I used for only a specific interest.

Youtube's suggestions are pretty bad. And they've declined in quality. And Youtube makes a strong effort to selling me mainstream content that I uniformly reject. And I can find better recommendations on suggested videos fitting my interest than I find on the Youtube landing for my account. And I'd be for Youtube to keep a list of search terms and such for further viewing.

My deduction from this is that Youtube is more interested in pushing content of other people's choice than giving me what I want. And that's pretty standard for how all media has worked since the early days of radio.

So it seems like it would be easy for a content company to get engagement by giving people what they want to view. And the challenge problem is often what people want to view doesn't garner much payment per views. And so having a bunch of engagement by itself doesn't give you success, rather what makes money is careful balance of desired content and pushed-content (IE crap).
what dialect of sql you find yourself in? I try to keep my env to pl/pgsql and like some pl/python on the side.