skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Also known as "commit multiple felonies."
I presume you're referring to "noprocrast" in one's profile.
Are there any specific examples you could give about where they currently have a lot of lock-in? As far as I can tell, the worst they get is just as bad as any other company with a proprietary SaaS product.
Well, I'm gonna make some excuses and questions.

- I was worried about Google's intention, but I didn't claim one.

- I chose the word "fork" because it was what actually happen.
I tried to be dry as much as possible to deliver just a fact.
Making people confused was not my intention.
Anyway, I'm sorry for that confusion.

- I didn't think the word "fork" is abusive or bad wording at
the point of posting. I simply forgot the other
meaning of "fork" at the point of posting.
Now I remembered how it's different.

- Now I agree that the word "fork" could make you
(and many other people) confused.
I'm sorry.

- If the wording "fork" made you confused, I think you also need
to blame Github for why they didn't use the word "clone"
on their website.

- I blame Github because this is major reason of why I forgot
the other meaning of "fork" nowadays.

- You are telling me to find out before posting this to here, but how?
At the point of posting, there was literally no one was
discussing on this. No one around me could explain Google's intention.
I googled, and there was no result.
If you know a good place to ask, please let me know.
I'd love it.

- Google engineers came and explained their intention.
IMO, this posting ended up in the best way it could.
> And how is the acceleration past 100 mph?

I thought the instant torque was able to get great acceleration at all speeds?
https://watsi.org/monthly
I'm not even sure Google's behaviour is wrong in this instance. The kind of person who would google something as obvious as that is probably actually more interested in the woo-answer, and I don't neccesarily think it's Google's job to be the woo-police (as appealing as that sounds, it's risky unless they can do a 100% accurate job).

To illustrate with another example, if I ask Google where the government is hiding the aliens, I'm probably more interested in the answer "Area 51" than "the government isn't hiding any aliens".
The Paradise Papers: How Ridiculously Easy It Is for the Rich to Avoid Taxes
Adobe Air. HTML/CSS/JS in a native executible with access to native methods? It sounded like a dream. ANd yeah, you can do Adobe Air without Flash. You could build desktop apps and phone apps with the same tools on top of it. I really liked the desktop stuff.

I made a couple of apps and used a ton of Adobe Air apps (non-Flash) back in the day. Thought it was the future.

It failed, for some reason.

^^^^ this is the reason why the rise of Electron wasn't surprising to me. In fact, I was surprised by people being surprised. I realize that Electron is WAY more sophisticated but "desktop web apps" have been around for a while.
> It's not easy to forget error handling in Go.

It's very easy to do so if the function has no useful return value or you don't care for it e.g. Writer.Write: https://play.golang.org/p/cPh0PJoz-v

> And letting exceptions bubble up all the way will improve things how?

Errors the developer forgets (or does not want) to handle will trigger a default handler.
I prefer this video, showing someone playing Wipeout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH0wAmMbFgI#t=1m37s
Wireless power. In about 2007 I was convinced it was "the future", but other than a few mobile devices with "lay it directly on top of this charging pad" setups, the safety and power-loss issues seem to be pretty large barriers to overcome.
Literally his response on Youtube:

For those who are interested in trying something like this, please see https://github.com/dictation-toolbox or google for 'github voice code'. I've been releasing tarballs of my code privately to those who already have natlink/dragonfly working but it is so custom to my setup that you wouldn't be able to use it directly. Others, who appear to have much more time than I, have taken up the banner on this.﻿

----

That's not really "released" in most peoples understanding. I don't fault him for not starting a project that he doesn't have time to maintain but he kinda started something and left people hanging. I think the better way to handle this would have been to just release his code and label it as abandoned. Even if it is custom, other (literally hurting people) would have the time and motivation to make it reusable.
If you want to make money doing something you love, you have to be willing to do what it takes to do that thing. You either have to play in the market as it is defined, make the market change to the way you want to do things or be willing to relocate to make it happen.

Why do you think all the most highly paid actors and actresses are in Hollywood? Do you think they all started life there or do you think they moved there from all over the world because that's where their market is and that's what they love doing?
Sending HTML email using Go
Crates.io Ecosystem Not Ready for Embedded Rust
Internally the EU uses almost only French, English, and (to a much lesser degree) German. Many documents are only available in French and English.
Best Landing Page, Ever
Looks like it's opt-in [0]

[0]: https://github.com/Microsoft/sqlopsstudio/blob/6e05dd7fa13d2...
It is something of a rite of passage in the piracy community to crack your own copy of IDA Pro.

It's also a rite of passage to distribute cracked and boobytrapped copies on filesharing sites...
Windows phones! And before those, minidiscs
I agree with almost all of your examples... except for 3d. While almost everybody I know would say they prefer seeing a movie on a big screen (even though the phone/tablet is sometimes more convenient), I don't know _anybody_ that prefers 3d movies. They're utter garbage.
Modern high-end aftermarket EFI systems (such as MoTeC) do have traction control, but it's not as effective as one would expect.

The main issue I found is that street tires often just don't have the traction required, even under ideal conditions. The result is that traction control has to cut power so much that it ends up hurting the quarter mile times.

It does help tremendously on consistency and safety though. Things start to pucker when all four wheels start hazing in a 1000 HP AWD car.

You seem familiar, but for others, here's what a typical 8 second car looks like leaving the line:

http://www.speednik.com/files/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-26...

https://c.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cobra-jet...

http://cdn.dragzine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2011/11...

Notice how massive the rear tires are.

EDIT: Added picture of an 8 second all wheel drive car (GTR). The interesting thing here is the clear bias of traction towards the rear. When launching a car with that much power, the weight shifts towards the rear enough to render the front wheels almost useless (unless the suspension is extremely stiff).

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nf4pJZaK7P4/maxresdefault.jpg
Pursuit of Injustice: Further Adventures Under Title IX
I can/will second this. Climbing into bed and warming up after a cold shower is a very enjoyable experience.
Ah, this brings up a lot of font memories of me in high school preparing presentations using this fine piece of software[0] before replacing it with a 1GB open source equation editor called LaTeX.

[0] It was actually quite usable once you got to know its warts.
Symfony Console with Dependency Injection
This doesn't really makes sense as a sports car if you want to do anything but go straight. If they had wanted good handling they should have gone for half the range and saved the weight.
I hope one day I can do a good metaverse.
2020 BMW I8 Review
The Uber Tipping Equilibrium
KDE's Akademy 2018 to be held in Vienna, 11-17 August
Trust me, it's not a problem. I got a CS degree at 35, now I'm 46, and I look "young" for my age (30's probably). I theorize this leads everyone to assume/perceive I'm younger than I actually am. In my location (mid west, metro of a major city) senior develoopers are in hot demand. So I've never perceived ageism to be a problem.
Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube
Yes, it's called SQL*Plus. Take the time to learn it!
It's a userstyle from stylish. Click on the link to take you to the style. You will still need to install Stylish for whatever browser you are using.
A typical truck has a Cd of 0.7-0.9
Based on the "With fewer systems to maintain..." precursor to that factoid, I imagine they're also factoring in repairs and maintenance. In the reveal event, Musk said e.g. you'd never have to replace brake pads, a drive train, the windshield, etc.

Also, I'm totally out of my element here (family does trucking but I don't) but 45K miles/year seems like a super low estimate for someone who drives full time. Taking a look at this thread [1], it seems unreliable per month, but people seem to be talking about doing 3K/week or 10-12K/month like it's nothing (as long as your employers have the hours to give).

http://www.truckingtruth.com/truckers-forum/Topic-1229/Page-...
one thing people still don't remember from ICQ was the ability to collaborate / live message. Ie. edit text in a shared environment. It was bonkers. You could be writing and someone else could change the font options for it. and type at the same time, even delete your messages.

I loved it. And this was back in 2000 maybe.
We wouldn't want fraudulent bus rides, now, would we.
Ford announced their Bronco a while back that isn’t available til the 2020 model year.
" need to infer sinister motives?"

As a sysadmin supporting their crap for almost 2 decades now, there is absolutely no need to infer anything at all. Microsoft is not acting in good faith, Windows 10 was the last straw for me, and I've never felt better than since I went completely gnu+linux. The particulars have been hashed out elsewhere, but please, stop trying to pretend "MS is different now". If anything, it's worse.
No. Moving from SF to NYC is not easier than moving to the Central Valley. The difficulties are different.

When I was six we moved to the easiest place to move to: early 90s greater Toronto Area. No crime. Lots of jobs. Lots of good will from the natives. It was tough.

The Central Valley is ravaged by unique social issues. To dismiss the issues because it’s cheap to live there is insane.
I disagree with this. Labels are the main beneficiaries of music distribution[0]. In addition, the non-committal nature of streaming makes it so much easier to get people to listen to your music. There are tons of artists I love with <10,000 plays that I never would have even heard of if not for music streaming services.

Even if royalties are the biggest source of income (which I don't believe to be true), I still think streaming is beneficial to small artists. Using your math of 238 plays per CD, at 10,000 listens they would have to sell more than 50 CDs for CDs to be more profitable for them. There are an incredibly high number of artists on Spotify who have 10k plays on a single song who probably couldn't have given their CDs away.

I've gone to shows to see the opening acts and co-headliners because of streaming services. I've bought merch from plenty of small artists that I never would have even known existed. I've listened to genres I had no interest in and found artists I like and support because of streaming services.

I feel like the exposure and the ability to produce your music (and actually have people be able to find and listen to it) massively outweighs any potential loss of revenue. There are potentially some medium sized artists who would have done better in the CD model, but probably not with how prevalent music piracy was in the 2000s.

[0]https://splinternews.com/buying-an-album-isnt-the-best-way-t...
I think you've got this totally back-to-front.

Tesla makes cars. We've known how to make cars for a while now - even electric cars. What was critical for Tesla was the vision: to see that we were approaching a tipping point where battery technology and cost would make a fully- (and only-) electric car feasible, and the strength of mind and purpose to ignore and/or out-think peoples' legacy objections and misgivings - e.g. with the Supercharger network. There are some Musk-ian details that are advances, such as the single integrated computer system, but that's a relatively small part of the whole.

In contrast, yes, SpaceX (just!) makes rockets, and yes, we've known how to make rockets for a long time. But they have done some things that the rest of the rocket industry haven't even got close to. Firstly, they've revolutionised the process and cost of producing a rocket in this class, by insourcing so much of it, and rethinking the necessary components and technology. Secondly, they've taken the concept of re-use and made it orders of magnitude cheaper (versus, what, the Shuttle?) than before, to the extent that it has/will completely turn the industry on its head. And the techniques and technology they've pioneered to facilitate this --not least the ability to land a 70m rocket upright on a robot barge floating out at sea-- are genuinely, truly revolutionary.
People who are color blind see things differently too. That doesn't mean red doesn't exist; just that they can't see it.

It should be obvious though that Damore wasn't fired for his views per se. There's probably plenty of people still at Google with similar views. He was fired because he aired views in a way that upset a lot of people, and Google is a business that needs to manage a workplace that's collegial and cooperative. Firing Damore was more practical than firing the 20% of the Google workforce that didn't want to work with him anymore.
> I don't neccesarily think it's Google's job to be the woo-police (as appealing as that sounds, it's risky unless they can do a 100% accurate job).

Aside from my general disagreement with your statement, wouldn't that actually be pretty bad for business? If I'm looking for a factual answer about something, and Google continually gives me garbage, I'll just stop using Google.
When your business model is advertisement based, this is the inevitable outcome. The users are the product, and advertisers are the customer. Furthermore, non-government entities are under no legal obligation to protect speech in most jurisdictions.
Could this be seen as an indirect strategic move against Oracle/MySQL? Conspiracy theories are fun but the truth is much simpler. They are just using it themselves and giving back. Often providing financial support for an open source project is cheaper/simpler for companies compared to providing engineering resources.
True but it's hard to see the silver lining after being denied a prescription refill at the pharmacy and only finding out why when you turn up for work the following day.
And from what I understand, it's been quite effective, too [1]. It seems that removing abusive communities basically reduces the amount of abusive content overall, because there's one less community where that content is acceptable to share. So not as much of a "spillover effect" as feared, which is good news.

[1] http://comp.social.gatech.edu/papers/cscw18-chand-hate.pdf
It's cute. No trucking company is going to add it to it's fleet though... after thinking about SigmundA's research and coming from a family of Truckers - I can't see how this will help/work. It's just a cool thing to see and boost company image. Trucker's don't want to drive a lone. Trucker's usually have people along for a ride or a sleeper cab. Sitting in the middle would suck. I sincerely doubt this thing can haul loads of more than 12.5tons.
True. But one has to admit that a good long hot bath/shower from time to time just make you feel soooo good :-)
I'd call it plausible deniability.
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https://www.test.de/Apple-iPhone-X-Das-zerbrechlichste-iPhon...

(German Consumer report: iPhone X is most brittle of all iPhones)
Great another car for the super wealthy. I thought Tesla's mission was to take on the GM's and Toyota's of the world. I'd personally be more excited if they announced an affordable Tesla SUV.
Not to mention.. dick picks.
Pliny the Elder Body May Have Been Found
Some advice if you do decide to learn C++: there has been a steady stream of improvements in standard C++ the past 8 years (C++11-17), and some (Bjarne Stroustroup, Herb Sutter, others) promote it as a better starting point for beginners under the name 'Modern C++'.

From: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh279654.aspx

"[...] Over the years, features have been added to the language, together with highly-tested standard libraries of data structures and algorithms. It's these additions that have made the modern C++ style possible.
Modern C++ emphasizes:

Stack-based scope instead of heap or static global scope.

Auto type inference instead of explicit type names.

Smart pointers instead of raw pointers.

std::string and std::wstring types (see <string>) instead of raw char[] arrays.

Standard template library (STL) containers like vector, list, and map instead of raw arrays or custom containers. See <vector>, <list>, and <map>.

STL algorithms instead of manually coded ones.
Exceptions, to report and handle error conditions.

Lock-free inter-thread communication using STL

std::atomic<> (see <atomic>) instead of other inter-thread communication mechanisms.

Inline lambda functions instead of small functions implemented separately.

Range-based for loops [...]"
Can you recall any identifying information about those studies that might make them easier to Google for? Of course, links are also appreciated!
Yah, except they're hosting /r/The_Donald which has been confirmed to violate Reddit rules. Just like Twitter they cherry pick for $$$.
Someone needs to put a stop to this bad meme... On social media, advertising is not an endorsement of the content. This might be the case for traditional media, but social media is different. Advertisers and platforms need to recognize the difference, to accept the lack of control over user-generated content as a feature, and to push back on unfair criticism. But perhaps their real goal is increasing their control over social media content.
Good. Now let the courts decide. If they follow past rulings, the woman should be freed. Given our current political environment, she could probably sue and win for malicious behavior from the Sherrif. If the Trump administration does nothing, good; separation of powers is intact. If he tries anything, grounds for impeachment. Win, win,win.

For those down voting, the sheriff essentially put out a civilian bolo. He wanted people to call him when they saw the truck. This is a good example of the system working to correct an abuse or it’s an example of the system failing. Either way we need it to remind people of the Constitution.
Google flights has a new look
The correct answer in your case is to give your employees ownership or give them shares or find investors or increase your social safety net to be suitable for underfunded startups.
Not sure if there is a precise definition of sugar enriched foods, but the Amish do make pies, cakes, cookies, and so forth.
This is the trade-off between accessibility and mobility. Stops in the US (assuming this is where you are) are typically spaced closer together than stops overseas in comparably dense environments.

In general I’d tend to agree that public transit in the US would benefit from sparser stop placement. I’d also offset the loss of accessibility with more investment in paratransit service / reimbursement for accessible taxis. On that basis, I’d get rid of wheelchair lifts on busses, due to the inefficiencies of loading and unloading. But again, that loss of accessibility would need to be totally offset by paratransit / taxi provision.
Agreed! On my current project (C++) I found that things get extremely complicated with shared_ptrs and directors. I even ended up contributing some solutions to SWIG.

It all appears to be due to a lack of semantics in the C header. SWIG depends on specifying this stuff in the interface file, but I've often wondered if it wouldn't be better to enhance the C-side, either by standard parameter name conventions or by some Doxygen-like standard comments to indicate ownership and other stuff.

SWIG has this nice potential to generate wrappers for (m)any language(s), but in practice as you said it's often just easier to use the Python API directly instead of trying to make it too general. Shame.
I use Rottentomatoes
Overview of the 10 best co-working spaces in Munich
Yeah, that's my main point really. They failed to show even the smallest amount of consideration for the people who believed in them and what they were trying to build.
> and choice of automobile comes across as yuuuuge levels of special pleading to justify levels of xenophobia that we'd think of as the stuff of stand-up comedy.

I assume by the italics you really think that part's ridiculous. But car culture here is very, very different than other parts of the US where public transportation or locality makes them unimportant.
Jetpacks
Binary hacking FTW.

The semi-official Debian server, alioth.debian.org, where a lot of random developer stuff is hosted, is stuck on Debian wheezy for various reasons. Most users, including myself (a Debian Developer) don't have root access to upgrade the server nor install new software.

The version of libapt-inst is too old to support Debian packages with control.tar.xz members (only control.tar.gz members). So we can't upload newer Debian packages to various custom APT repos that we host on that server.

I worked around this by looking at the libapt-inst source code, figuring out how to make it support control.tar.xz instead of control.tar.gz, and binary-patched libapt-inst.so to have this effect instead. It's actually fairly simple

1. there is a check for control.tar.gz, the failure branch prints an error and then returns. I overwrite this with NOP so it goes into the "success" branch.

2. then later it extracts the control.tar.gz member and pipes it through gzip. Luckily, nowhere else in the program uses the exact string "control.tar.gz" or "gzip" so I simply patch that string "control.tar.gz" -> "control.tar.xz" in the binary and also change "gzip" -> "xz\0\0".

(Actually given the change in (2), (1) is not necessary. But without it you get a bunch of spurious error messages.)

Applying this patch makes the resulting .so lose the ability of working with old control.tar.gz members (which is still needed of course). So my workaround does this:

LD_PRELOAD=libapt-inst.so.patched apt-ftparchive [..] && apt-ftparchive [..]

i.e. runs it once with the hack to pick up the new-style debs, and once again without the hack to pick up the old-style debs.

My motto is, "dirty solutions for dirty problems". :D :D :D
I wouldn't be surprised if the next version included more seats (rearranged towards the cabin center because the driver no longer has to drive), or zero seats (because the driver* no longer has to drive).

Definitely feels like an intentional step towards "don't worry, Tesla will be driving these for you soon anyway".
Right, "misreading". Same thing with everything else you've written in this post and the ones before.
it was soooooo slow though. But yeah, the comparison to Electron et al is spot on.
HBO's Silicon Valley reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJIAOosI6js