skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The last 10 years have been great for creating headlines that just sound REALLY funny to anyone outside our industry. I just showed this to my partner and she thought this might have been related to the Teletubbies.

Actually sometimes, reading news headlines like this sometimes makes me feel like I'm watching an advertisement for a Plumbus from Rick and Morty.
In my experience it is pretty common to see it used both ways.

I'm not from the UK though, and why they would eschew the simple-and-obvious m and b suffixes in favor of alternatives, especially when Europeans love to lecture us about how metric is so neat and intuitive.

Probably has something to do with the root words -- mil means 'thousand' in a lot of latin languages, and a thousand is M in roman numerals, and I heard somewhere that "MM" stands for "mil mil" or "million million" which, in the context of M equaling 1,000, woudl make sense.
Webchat: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/#ircs://irc.jollo.org:9999/#g...
It could be done but should it? The system seems to be working now, adding more noise may not have desirable results.
The post-crisis environment finally has its first true blue investment mania
The Times endorsed Remain during the referendum campaign.
> The job’s listed goal: “To adopt an alias persona, gain access to an identified person of interest and persuade that person to reveal information.”

Yeah, way to fuck that one up. She's burned.

But I'm afraid this is just the beginning.
You’ve gotta remember to put “charitable” in quotes there.
I like the idea that universities can take money from corporations and not feel as though they have to bend their work to support their funder's business models. Kudos to Google and the University of Maryland here.
> He can't do anything that overrides the judicial and legislative branches.

For now, they hold. Trump has (more or less) silently nominated huge numbers of federal judges (http://www.businessinsider.de/trump-judges-attorneys-nominat...). Once these go through, or a SC judge dies/retires, these are lifetime positions and will shape US justice for decades.

> 3) If she commits crimes, why should she be above jail time? Shoudln't everyone who major commits crimes be in jail? Trump, Hillary, what's the difference? A crime is a crime--regardless of whether you like that candidate.

"Three felonies a day" and "selective enforcement" are the key points here. Of course it's fine if Hillary really did commit a crime by mishandling her emails - but if his inner circle gets off free for the same offense (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/us/politics/private-email...), it's not fair any more.

> Even when you have a "Bad president" the rest of the country keeps ticking along fine because the other branches are designed from the ground up to prevent dictators of all types.

The Electoral College was designed to keep a unfit person from office, and Trump with his many failures (from bankruptcies over countless accusations of sexual misconduct, some even confessed by himself, to being in collusion with the Russians and the simple fact that many professionals regard him as mentally unfit) still passed. I do not place trust in a system that has been rotting since decades.

> So you basically just want to burn the country to the ground because "your candidate" didn't win.

Burning the country to the ground is what Trump and his destructionist friends (the Bannon circle) are right in the middle of doing! By defunding critical parts of the state, they're eroding public service and thus the trust of the population in the government!

> You think when you destabilize the most powerful country in the world, that nobody else in the world is going to try and swoop into that power vacuum?

This is the thing that scares me: A President obviously unfit for office and chaos across the world - including, to come back to the original topic, Romania and many other Eastern European countries. A competent president would be literally doing everything to keep the US in influence and the Russians in check - Trump is embroiled in so many scandals that Putin, Xi and Kim Jong-Un have free rein.

And, maybe a bit funny because I identify as far-left, but what Putin has been doing in (Eastern) Europe (not just invading Ukraine, but also supporting right-wing and pro-Russian parties in France, Germany, Poland or Hungary) is really scaring me. Putin is dangerous, Europe is way too far split to be any kind of opposition and the US cannot be relied upon any more. Not really nice prospects.
10Mbps isn't broadband anymore. Nor should it be classified as such. You can likely watch a single 1080p Netflix stream if that's all you're doing. Unless of course your laptop, desktop, phone, gaming console, etc happens to download an OS update at the same time. Or someone else wants to watch YouTube at the same time. And forget watching 4K anything entirely.

And don't forget that that 10Mbps connection is likely only 512K up, so you can mostly forget about cloud backups or uploading your video for friends to see.

Side note: Everyone downloads disk images these days. Windows' quarterly update files are 3GB which will take over 41 minutes to download at 10Mbps if you do nothing else at the same time.
A great, in-depth article on this is here:

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-long-con

The conservative movement is elder abuse on a grand scale.
Why Bitcoin is not (necessarily) in a Bubble
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from chaos.

Oh, wait, those were regexes.
[I] should be less ambiguous [in my comments] :)
Good on them. Software vendors should be able to excercise some control over how their software is distributed.

Also, I find any system where someone else tries to "add value" by wrapping or aggregating a bunch of pre-existing stuff without asking for permission from the pre-existing owners to be distasteful and somewhat rude.

What's the bet that Chocolately obtained prior permission from Telerik, Mozilla, Google or any other of the software vendors to redistribute their packages? It seems unlikely
You’re getting downvotes because you’re talking utter nonsense, not because you’re “dangerous”.
I downvoted your parent comment for misspelling Gandhi[0] (as Ghandi, which they corrected now, well after my comment, without calling it out); doesn't go well with the confident assertion about why the British left India.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
Cold-war era intelligence agents must be shaking their heads in disbelief.

It's not the ones you catch you should be worried about, it's the ones you don't...
I hate to get into this topic on the internet, but I think you're exactly right MBCook.

This has been horrifyingly common and we are still a long way from justice.

Stories like this show the dedication that has gone into avoiding a "witch hunt" scenario (maybe even at the expense of victims without strong corroborating evidence). There's just so much low hanging (and very rotten) fruit.
Sure, but they could just buy a half ham this year, or not buy ham, or pay more for it than Chinese people are willing to pay.

If some Spaniards go hamless this year, it will not be a tragedy, and it will be entirely in their power to correct. Christmas comes once a year, so prices are flexible for those who must have the hallowed ham.
Yeah, used to be you'd get a free subscription if you registered an account with a *.edu email address, but a couple weeks ago they announced this would discontinue effective December 31 of this year.
This whole idea of "coastal elites" and "flyover states" is just a tool that those with real power (corporations and special interests) are using to divide Americans so that they are easier to control. If you were the NRA looking to make sure that "bump stocks" don't get banned after a gunman shoots hundreds of people in Vegas using them, where would you focus your resources? On the Senate, of course! Because the House can't do anything without the Senate's approval and influencing 41 Senators is a lot easier than trying to influence hundreds of members of the House.

It's the same with the presidential election. If you're the NRA, what's easier for you to influence? A popular vote or our current electoral college system where only a few swing states matter?

If you're saying that the electoral college and the Senate are a means of protecting those in the "flyover states", then I would just you how that's working out? Do you think "Wyomingers" are the ones who are going to benefit from repealing the estate tax? The House, Senate, and Executive branch are all controlled by Republicans who should, in theory, be advocating for "Wyomingers" and yet they seem to only be working on behalf of the interests of the wealthy, special interests, and corporations.

Just abolish the states all together as far as I'm concerned and let's have one unified America, which would be much harder for special interests and corporations to influence.
this is legit (I am from RO). more about the news - even the US made a public statement about what's going on in Romania: https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/11/275899.htm
The whole US MSM (including online) is notorious for not showing protests. Now please don't tell me they're not corrupt.
Hitler deploys AI for early signs of Jews.
> why they would eschew the simple-and-obvious m and b suffixes in favor of alternatives

Because not everyone is an American. Those suffixes are not used in other countries.
Several of the other attempts that have “blown up in their face” have been propaganda successes that have driven government policy and lasting belief in the conservative base even after their fraud was revealed.

That is, they've been pretty much complete successes where the actual purpose for which they are done is concerned.

They are professionals that seem like amateurs if you don't consider their purpose.
To me it always seemed strange to use currency as "unit of value". Because it is not a unit of value, currency prices go up and down just like everything else (look at Zimbabwe).

Why don't we use a real unit of value, based on the consumer index for example. Certain goods could be "x consumer points", averaged out.

Contracts could be made more stable, because it would actually express purchasing power, and not based on some potentially fluctuating currency/asset/whatever.

Edit: Also, it would make things more clear for contracts running over 30 years for example, what that number will be worth at the end of the contract.
You are not describing a meeting.

Meetings should only invite people who will actively participate and provide their input. Anyone not meeting that description should not be invited.

You are describing a lecture, or perhaps a presentation, or series of presentations. Which classically have all the problems you cite of losing the thread and not being able to catch up again.

In meetings where you actively participate, give input, and ask questions, that shouldn't be a problem.
Things like this are why I love seeing articles / comments on HN telling kids not to go to college, to do trades, etc. Or when you overhear someone at a dinner party saying how they wish they could quit they're good-paying desk job to go work i a restaurant kitchen full-time. The grass looks greener but it's certainly not easier and your body can take a beating.
Ok. I've been stowing, decanting and problem solving so I've used them. Never mind then.
>The system was specifically designed so the masses can force change without violence.

It was also specifically stated by the system architects that their safeguards would inevitably become null.

With that being said, I do not advocate such violent measures. The strategies of Dr. King seem to me to be more effective than violence when dealing with an enemy which has a monopoly on violence.
Do you trust the person? Do you believe in the product? Do you think the offer is fair? Do you believe the other person can deliver the product to market? That's really all that matters.

If there are doubts about any of those, consider passing.
Absolutely agreed on that.
I think it's a bit more complex than that.

It's harder to do fake journalism that is liberal or anti-authoritarian; but it's easier than ever to successfully distribute authoritarian and conservative propaganda.
Attacking allies with faked Soviet jets to justify military action against the Russians is considered contingency planning?
This is similar to how a lot of the homebrew cask packages work on OS X. Ninite appears to be more end-user/consumer focused while chocolatey aims for a wider swath of developer packages as well.

Personally, I use neither because neither is open source. Instead, I use scoop: http://scoop.sh/
Also, your and my tax dollars subsidise Project Veritas' [1] and Project Veritas Action Fund's [2] 501(c)(3) [3] tax-free status. Curiously, 501(c)(3) organizations are restricted from biased political activity [4].

I'll pen a letter out to my state representatives and state attorney general this week. This is the sort of low-visibility, easy-to-act on thing that tends to be worth reaching out about.

[1] http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/272/2728948...

[2] http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/471/4718096...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)_organization

[4] https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organiz...
As a former economics professor, I did exactly the same thing these authors were suggesting. While some students did use their technology effectively, the vast majority of whom were just distracted, not to mention probably taking far worse notes.

One small story, I was teaching a class during March one year and I had a student obviously not paying attention. Then, all of a sudden, this student's hands went in the air and an audible "Yes!" came out. I then asked him if there was something important - "Kentucky just won in a buzzer beater!" The vividness of this memory and the difficulty I had in containing my rage is still at the forefront of my mind.

For me, the impact was that while students should be able to do what they want for the most effective solution, it becomes a problem when activities disrupt the learning of the students around them. Someone not paying attention and watching cat videos is infectious as there is a lower percentage of participation and others start to watch the offending student's screen.

My perspective is (although unproven) is that the real reason laptops don't work is because of the temptation to do something else, not necessarily because of the medium.
since you seem to be replying to everyone else can you please reply to my comment as well? I'm curious where the downvotes come from but no one is addressing me...
>In the case of the second amendment the laws are usually created by people who don't even know how guns work at a fundamental level.

Fair enough, then, what fundamental knowledge about guns do you feel would be necessary to enable a lawmaker to enact more reasonable gun legislation?
I don't want violence, and getting things done by voting is obviously much better, but for protests to work I think there has to be a threat of impending violence. A bit like how the nuclear deterrence works but on a smaller scale. I think the idea that the government should be afraid of its people is not a strange idea in his country. Now let's think when is the last time that happened?

I am thinking during the Vietnam War protests or Civil Right Movement. I have heard that one reason MLK's protests worked is because there was a credible threat from Malcom X and Nation of Islam, which encouraged gun ownership and self defense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballot_or_the_Bullet

Yielding and accepting MLK's ideas was only possible as a compromise to preventing a more violent outcome from other groups.
So it used to be "only white, male landowners are responsible enough to invest" and now its "only the very richest Americans are responsible enough to invest".

The SEC is blatantly discriminating. Why can't I sign a piece of paper and accept responsibility for myself? I'm a grown man with 200k+ in assets, I don't need the government to protect me.
It's remarkably similar to market socialism, discussed briefly by Matt Levine here: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-11-22/uber-hack...

and Matt Bruenig here: https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2017/08/17/index-funds-are-...
It's incredible how mainstream these kinds of practice have become. We are more happy that WaPo didn't fall for the sting than angry that there was a sting in the first place!

I can't believe how much the media landscape changed in the past 2 years...

I feel such powerlessness against it. As long as deep pocketed people are ready to pay to spread lies, I don't see any way to stop them.
It's beautiful, but carrying one around is a pain in the ass. I hope they make it out something lighter. Used to own a Intel Xeon Mac Pro, man that thing was the heaviest computer I've ever owned.
Soros funds groups that advocate for government transparency and freedom of the press. In this case, Thiel funded an organization that attempts to pollute public discourse through fraud. There's no inconsistency at all in condemning one but not the other.
Its hard to see the value of bitcoin from the point of view of a decently well off westerner which most of us are here. We have access to currencies that are relatively stable even with inflation and access to banking which allows us to store our money securely and gives us access to investments around the world. We can also swap money for other currencies, with some fees, but its still doable.

Now imagine you dont have access to a bank, you only get paid in cash and your currency is constantly inflating and you have no investment options to counteract that inflation. If someone is supporting you that lives somewhere else they have to pay fees on top of and takes days for the transfer to arrive.

Then you have bitcoin which can accessed with a simple smartphone and can be sent anywhere in the world for a few dollars and takes around an hour. And you aren't constantly losing money holding onto it since its not constantly inflating. This is why people pay 100% premiums for bitcoins in countries whose currencies go to crap and why its hard for us to see why this is useful when we hold USD and Euros
> News organizations should never accept fabricated stories

This is like running around committing fraud and then claiming "people should have never participated in my fraud!" No, they shouldn't. But no, you shouldn't.
WaPo is not a subsidiary of Amazon.
There's a lot of pessimism in the comments. I believe this is one of the best uses for an AI that we've come up with. First, let's go into the details:

1. They only monitor and elevate to moderators content from posts and Facebook live.

2. Moderators can then take action, and reports from this system are prioritized over other non-pressing issues.

The actual life saving chances of this system are huge. Just from a pure safety area, it can help detect and alert someone in an authority area that something bad is happening when nobody else might. The bystander effect is a real problem, and I'd imagine that it might be even greater on social media. In many cases, posts that have suicidal tendencies are screaming for help from their friends. They're posting because they have no options left. In these cases, it's a safety net that can stop loss of life. Moderators make the final say, however, so it's not just AI diagnosis. It's AI warning that gets elevated to a human before anyone else. That's more eyes on the problem that can potentially help.

Are there other implications for AI? Yep. Advertising? Yep. Other types of tracking? Certainly.

But if we're going to use AI in those fields anyway, we may as well extend it to trying to save lives.
Could you please not do this here? HN threads are supposed to be conversations, and reciting this kind of thing doesn't make for good conversation.
The ex-Soviets I've talked to about this pretty unanimously relate that they were raised to think the USSR was the best country on earth, just like we are in the US. They also tend to agree that life here is way, way better. In other words, just because we both had to recite a Pledge of Allegiance every morning doesn't mean we both had exile, mass murder, man-made famines, etc., on the same scale.
Why don't you do that?
> being able to call something a corporation does not imply it should be shielded from government interference.

Everything should be shielded from government interference. That's the point.

> Furthermore, most incumbent ISPs were even built using government money and privileges! We wouldn't be having this debate if there were a vibrant market for Internet access.

Agreed. Governments (if they must exist) should not grant funds, tax breaks, or monopoly privileges to ISPs or any other service providers.
> there is between 1 and 2 billion people working in coops

Owner co-ops or worker co-ops? E.g. there are over a hundred million Americans who are members of co-ops, and millions of Americans who work for co-ops. But the number of Americans who actually work for worker co-ops (as opposed to owner co-ops like REI or Ace Hardware) is only a few thousand.
People are excited to be rescued from the hell of searching the Internet for a program you want. One of the things that regularly blows the minds of people new to the Linux world is the ability to install anything you can remember the name of.

While Chocolatey isn't quite there yet (it may never given the difficulty of working around Windows), but it is way better than installing 50 programs manually.

Ninite is great for a small selection of apps, but it is not a package manager by any means. For quick setup, yeah it works, but you wouldn't rebuild the installer to install one program, you may as well download the program in the first place.
Define the bar then, and make it a law. The beauty of laws is that they must be general and not arbitrary enforced. If create a law with a lower bar then society will also have to accept the addition abuse, and that is what society should look at when figuring out the balance.

The bar right now is extrajudicial punishment through trial by media that get arbitrary enforced by which ever journalist that decide if a story is believable or not. In this case the journalist of WaPo made the right judgment call, but is that the role of journalists in 2017? Extrajudicial punishment is not a viable solution to social problems, and has a very long history of causing harm to individuals and society. Today its a rule rather than exception that the accused get death threats based on this kind of news articles, including targeting of the accused family and children. That is how far the pendulum has swung.

I would last add that here in Sweden there is two crimes that have very similar clearing rates. Sexual violence and violence. Taken together everything from sexual harassment to rape has a total of 11% clearing rate. Similar, everything from assault to murder have a total rate of 11%. For both, the primary reason for police to stop investigating and prosecutor to not bring the case to court is a lack of evidence that is not word against word.
LOL, 2 posts about this on HN top!? really!?
> 2) He can't do anything that overrides the judicial and legislative branches. Which is why ALL of his major plans go no where ... No reproductive rights changes

https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2017/07/laws-affecting-re...

There have been plenty of changes. They may not have occurred on the Federal level, but at the state level, plenty of things have changed. Both of which are empowered in both positive and negative directions (I leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine which is which) by this administration.
If you are a bad student then every single teacher is bad.

btw, laptop for notes is a joke. A pen+paper is way more effective, cheaper and usable.