skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Define "useful" none of it is something you'd ever write or use for any real world task. Its useful to illustrate some of the corners of the language that could cause problems if they were ever abused in horrific/wonderful ways.
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Let's say the government gets it, auctions it, you (legally) purchase it (at that auction), and are now the owner.

While you wouldn't be bound by any agreements that Shkreli had w/ Wu-Tang Clan, you would still be in violation of copyright laws if you released it publicly (and the government could, potentially, put stipulations on its sale if they wanted).

In addition, if you owned the only existing copy, I think it would be pretty easy to prove that it was you who released it.
If someone wants to see what Borderline is like, read this
https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/7gyl8d... Some poor soul posted this today.
A beer is one thing. Only a madman would take out a mortgage, auto loan, or large business loan denominated in a rapidly deflating currency.
I've been thinking about "don't talk to the police", updated for the smartphone era. Our phones record our words, our locations; it's a treasure trove of information, aka evidence. You can choose not to speak to the police, but can your phone choose not to speak?
Work on the many educational and political tool ideas that I have kicking around in my head. Then get involved in local volunteer work in those areas (primarily teaching).
Sorry to offend you. I used the term "community" as well to capture that. I also used the term "weird" as it is not inherently negative.
There is value in face-to-face conversation, and while software solutions like Google Hangouts help bridge the gap to some extent, they don't eliminate it entirely. There may be some advantages to yield with VR, but even at its current state, it can't replicate the real world. It's likely we'll start to see direct neural interfaces before we actually have means to replicate the face-to-face aspect that remote work sorely misses out on.
I've only bought AmazonBasics lightning cables for a while now, they work great IMO. I've had maybe one or two fail out of a dozen or two that I own, and its failure was caused by pinching from my car console.
The Bitcoin Uncensored interview with Arthur Breitman is interesting to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsY5wXj4Xm8
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Law schools (or at least the top 20 school that I went to) are definitely not 100% focused on teaching you the vocation of being an attorney.

Hell, they aren't even focused on teaching you to pass the bar, which is why most people pay for separate cram schools.
Thank you. I had not heard of that.

It tends to go poorly to try to fix such things with money per se. I saw a thing on TV years ago about someone rich whose will stated their estate should be spent on something like medical care for blacks. Nope, it didn't happen. A different show indicated someone gifted an island to the black slave descendents. It was being profiled because they would sell their land, blow the money on a car or whatever and ...it just did not give these folks access to real wealth and power.

Kind of like the "Black Wall Street." Whites burned it down, then instituted new building codes to prevent them from rebuilding. The excuse was these were fire safety codes. The reality was it burned down because whites burned it down, not because the buildings were defective in some manner.

But I wonder if perhaps smaller initiatives that aren't simply a case of throwing money at the problem might grow out of the growing realization that, no, seriously, they are poor because they were denied access to the means to not be poor, not due to ignorance, laziness, etc.

My off the cuff thought is that someone should start a no money down mortgage program for descendents of people of color who were veterans of WW2. Maybe even our government.
>People are selfish; if they make a big investment and you're about to reduce its value, they will fight tooth and nail.

You're damn right. I assume you don't give half your paycheck away either.

>Any conversation about 'right', 'wrong', 'moral', it all goes out the window.

Right wrong and moral? From perspective of whom? Those are such subjective constructs. Is it right, wrong or moral to actively attempt to triple the population of an already densely populated area when there are millions of underutilized acreage in the continental US?

>It really sucks that so much of peoples' value is often tied up in a single property. It would be a gobsmackingly terrible investment decision, if you didn't need shelter to live reasonably well.

It's actually a pretty decent investment, but does involve risk. Instead of paying someone rent and owning jack shit, you are paying a mortgage and keeping at least some of that money. Most houses will increase in value as well. Also, your mortgage payment won't go up every few years like rents do, particularly in densely populated areas. You also get a decent tax break on a mortgage. You can also borrow against it at much better rates than cards when you are in a pinch (or are even unemployed).

>These people are being incredibly selfish, and that is reprehensible.

Which people? The people who bought houses, or the people who want to devalue someone else's home so they can get cheaper rent in a already overpopulated area that they just have to move to? That isn't entirely clear to me.
That, plus the quality of tickets other than Economy varies wildly. What even is Economy Plus? Sometimes you'll get different seats, sometimes it's just more legroom or even not having to pay for food. Business class? Meaningless on short haul flights, on long haul seat size and reclining varies wildly. Lounge quality and access also differ substantially. And letting infants into Business class kind of spoils it, too (IMO).

So why would I pay substantially more for Business if I don't know what I'm getting? Might as well save the money and take unpaid leave or get a nicer hotel.
Outside of the standard literature, those are some of the worst book covers I've ever seen. I refuse to look into this any further, as I don't trust reddit's taste anyways.
The agreement only prevents its commercial release for 88 years [1], he can still release it as free under the contract however.

[1] - http://www.musictimes.com/articles/30821/20150306/wu-tang-cl...
If you want to use the mobile Internet, you're going to hand money to a NN violator. Aside from abstaining, the only rational option is to pick the least worst. Blocking a service is much worse than throttling classes of high-bandwidth connections.
Not entirely unreasonable, definitely. But it seems somewhat expect-able over the course of a lifetime. A lifetime ago the world was a rather different place, and I imagine the same was true of the lifetime before that.

Seems like you either stay and fight (which history implies does not work) or keep moving to new similar-to-before places. Always. Expecting otherwise is not entirely reasonable either.
They didn't do it via a network-level block though.

The function was disabled on the end-device as AT&T had the ability to control the device to that level.

So they'll argue it's different thing. Which in fairness it is.
Statistics/Probability theory is really deeply tied to calculus/real analysis . Basically any quantity you can think about in statistics or probability is really an integral. The trick is that they aren't Riemann integrals, but they are a more advanced type called Lebesgue integrals, which has to do with measure theory.

The main difference between the two is that a Riemann integral count every area of space the same ([0,1] counts just as much towards your integral as [1,2]), but Lebesgue integrals use what is called a measurable function, which maps f(set) -> positive number. You can use this function to weight different parts of your integral differently. Now what you can do is make measurable functions that map f(set) -> how likely that set happens (which is exactly the probability)
“Reddit’s favorite books that very few have actually read”
Yep; i was thinking that on a flight yesterday; if only this Pocket had an eInk on the lid.... Kindle paperwhite fits nicely on there... And a physical (w)wan switch, also for the airplane.
He didn't fire 3 security managers. They resigned. That may seem academic, but I'm sure it wasn't for the people involved. If they want good publicity from firing people... fire them. If people resign I just assume it was because they got a better job (I've had a coworker pushed out this way -- the CEO just got another company to give him a better offer).

If you want to avoid bad publicity from 'fired' being in the headline, you also avoid the good publicity.
> This is a decision, not a fuck up.

Can't it be both? I feel like when people talk like this, it abstracts away from the concept of a bad decision. Everything's a tradeoff! Sounds great until you hit actual consequences.
They finally invented Futurama's suicide booths!
The website is indeed a slow-moving behemoth. We're in the process of revamping it but focused our efforts elsewhere over the past couple months.
He needs an indisputable paper trail showing that the money was his. That’s a lot of cash and there’s little reason to keep all of your legitimate fiat savings in cash like that.
Diet (especially getting enough omega 3s and fruits and vegetables) -- as well as other lifestyle issues and stresses -- can have a big effect on mood. So moving to a new situation may have helped -- like perhaps you spouse is a good at cooking healthy food? See for example my comments here on many factors of psychological health: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15455259

And see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_behavior_therapy
"This approach works towards helping people increase their emotional and cognitive regulation by learning about the triggers that lead to reactive states and helping to assess which coping skills to apply in the sequence of events, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to help avoid undesired reactions."

Of course, all easier said than done...
Indeed. You never need to follow Apple news to get Apple news, Apple is perhaps the one company that all MSM loves to talk about.

And i attribute that to themselves being largely Apple users by force of habit.
> Only a madman would take out a mortgage

Oh that's the crux of it alright. And why should someone take on debt for a fixed asset? Why exactly should a fixed asset increase in cost? Without debt to fuel that fixed-asset price increase, prices will again align with income, not the amount of debt people are capable of servicing. People will no longer acquire housing, leaving it empty, simply for the capital gain.

Bitcoin is the reckoning for that fixed-asset debt bubble.

> large business loan

If they have a business plan that allows them to create capital by having income greater than expenses, people will invest in their business. If they are just going to sit on assets and expect inflation to take care of it, they won't.
Literally judging books by their covers?
Auf Verben verenden muss nicht sein. Oder muss man nicht.
Stop going to counselors. The standard for counselors is surprisingly low, and many are damaged themselves and bring their own biases into sessions. Research PHDs in your area and talk with a psychotherapist. Go on your own, without your wife and find your bearings. They will help you from there. Don't be afraid to find a different one early if you don't feel they are connecting with you.
There are many many records of phone calls. I can ask your phone provider for them. I can subpoena you and make you testify to their content, etc.
Can't help but think we'd learn a lot if other industries were as mature in tracking these things as the safety critical ones.
Here’s a few of the IP address to postal/mailing address (sometimes called “reverse IP appending”) companies:

* NaviStone: http://www.navistone.com (mentioned in the article)

* Kickfire: https://www.kickfire.com/api

* Darwill: https://www.darwill.com/reverse-IP-append

The mailing addresses are usually purchased from other companies, such as catalog retailers whom a given IP address has submitted their postal address. Obviously this only works well for residential and small business broadband, but that’s enough.

It’s every bit as offensive as it sounds.

The problem is exacerbated by broadband ISPs providing effectively-static IPs, even when using DHCP. For example, most Comcast customers can’t obtain a new “dynamic” IP, even if their CPE explicitly releases the DHCP lease and then disappears for a day or two. The customer MAC-to-IP mapping is basically static.
You are, of course, always free to exercise whatever risk profile suits your requirements. I don't like that system thanks. If it works for you, who am I to criticize?
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> None of which makes this statement any less inaccurate: >> You'd still need physical access to a logged-in machine to exploit it.

Yes it does; if Remote Management was enabled (as is often the case for remote servers or mass deployments), an attacker could login via Apple Remote Desktop using default, pre-existing user accounts (_applepay, _uucp, etc) and a blank password without ever needing physical access.

Just tested again with a new, unpatched install of 10.13.1 on one Mac, connecting via Screen Sharing from another. To be clear, I never logged in as root on the 10.13.1 Mac at all, even via the exploit.
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Missing from this article is this quote from his attorney:

> "We will vigorously oppose the government motion," Shkreli’s lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said in an email. "Our position is clear. None of the investors lost any money and Martin did not personally benefit from any of the counts of conviction. Accordingly, forfeiture of any assets is not an appropriate remedy."

Anyone here know if this position is legitimate?
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Because a house I can live in now is worth more to me than a house I can maybe live in in 30 years?

Even if you are unconcerned with mortgages, though, loans are the basis of most business operations; in a world where taking out loans doesn't make sense presumably we'd see a lot less economic activity and a lot more just sitting on money waiting for it to deflate. Unless you have some sort of alternate economy in mind (and I haven't met many Bitcoin guys who are planned-economy enthusiasts) switching to a deflationary model would be a complete economic disaster.
I wouldn't dream of speaking for Patrick but I believe it's something along the lines of:

unreasonable deadlines, non-existent documentation for existing systems, non-existent QA processes, unavailable/non-existent support staff, undocumented/unclear requirements, etc.
Solid list, but didn’t see any of Scott Meyers C++ books there, which is pretty surprising. Unlike other C++ books he tends to discuss the “why” along with the “what”. Nice to see Reddit knows about SICP though!
It definitely gets higher when you leave Low Earth Orbit, because you're leaving the Earth's magnetic field; so the ISS is definitely at the low end of the scale of Voyager's exposure.

Not sure how it varies as you leave the solar system - depends on the exact balance between Solar Energetic Particles (particle radiation from the sun) and Cosmic Rays (particle radiation from outside the solar system), and on how much the cosmic radiation increases as Voyager leaves the heliosphere.
What exactly is the "risk"? That I won't have the exact same money I would spend now in two weeks?
Just as a very simple, isolated example, think of all the Mac Mini servers with Remote Management enabled at https://macminicolo.net .

As I mentioned below, this remote exploit did NOT require ever logging in as root, whether with or without a password. This was a much more serious bug than is commonly understood.
Are we sure that upzoning destroys homeowner value? If the land under the house is authorized for a more productive structure, the land should be worth more. It doesn’t seem obvious whether or not this would counteract the loss of “quiet suburban neighborhood” appeal.
> Is that really the practical/reasonable thing to do? It's also going to differ per state whether or not you can ignore their requests and not unnecessarily escalate the situation.

The guy had the right to remain silent, and he exercised it appropriately. Usually the people in these stories do boneheaded shit that earn them their outcome.

He admitted nothing, so they brought in the dog and faked the results to justify a search. At that point his testimony doesn't really matter-- the dog gave them probable cause to search. He did everything he should have done in this situation, including standing his ground-- unfortuantely your rights have limits when the cop you're dealing with is bent.

The only boneheaded thing he did was to sign the waiver, which very clearly stated in bold letters that he was relinquishing his rights over the money.
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People gravitate toward other people at parties, and if the light's off and nobody's in the room, there's not much incentive to go in.
You can buy previously owned 16 core (32 threads) Xeon server with up to 64gb of ram for under $300 from garlandcomputers.com. I buy them all the time and they run perfectly. Just change out the case and add a video card.
Apple pushes those who have not yet moved to Linux to do so?
The closest thing to a magic wand I've ever seen seen or heard of. Living with trauma for 38 years only to have it wiped away in 5 50 minute sessions. Amazing! I then spent 3 years in psychotherapy learning to be a person (literally a child in an adult's body), but it was life saving. Profound.
What’s the alternative? Give more power to local governments, the same entities that have screwed up education, transit, housing, policing, and all the other issues we entrust to local governance?
The average person that updated their iOS to 11 during the first two weeks has definitely noticed how bug-ridden it is with power issues, 3D touch issues, and the autocorrect bug.

We've trained people to update ASAP for security reasons, but when Apple drops the ball and seriously fucks up iOS 11 for a month until 11.1.1 was released, this will keep users update-shy.

I hope 2018 emphasises rock-solid releases for both macOS & iOS. Or Apple should move to a two-year release cycle (wishful thinking).
I want joules of oil.
There are many Linux distros these days with graphical installers, that look great out of the box, etc.
Exactly my point. The fact that voyager can still hear us, with 0 upgrades, is far more impressive than the fact that we can still hear voyager.
Ask HN: What kind of side-project can I build to play with algorithms?
I want to work on a webapp as a side-project. But what I want to play with is algorithms, Computer Science things. Input text A, output text B.

So, what real problems could I try to solve with "classic" algorithms and offer as a webapp? Or, which fields could I explore to do so?

I don't know if it makes sense what I'm saying. But what I mean is: problem P which some people have. This problem can be solved through classic, standard algorithms. I create a terminal program that solves it and then I just connect it to a dead simple web frontend.

Basically, as an amateur I'm more or less "good" at solving this kind of problems (the typical ones that you would see in a CS course), and would enjoy trying to apply them at real life.

Thanks a lot, excuse my English.
No, I wish. The closest you'll get is companies that might hire on transferrable skillsets (e.g., Ruby <-> Python). The best thing you can do is have a portfolio of work that shows your understanding. It's what we had to do when I was doing graphic design and illustration work.
and Voyager is listening using 40-50-year-old technology, its far more impressive that voyager can still hear us than that we can still hear voyager.
This calculator seems pretty popular https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fie-Z-mjnyU
None of that is true.

Contractually, the purchaser is not allowed to release it "commercially" which means they could release it for free. It has nothing to do with any copyright laws.

>"There are strict limitations on the distribution of the 31-track double album, with a statement from the band reading: "It can be exhibited publicly and it can be given away for free. But it cannot be commercialised as a conventional album release until 2103"[1]

[1] http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/m...
I'm sure the comments that were analyzed span many years: 2 Perl books and "Javascript: The Good Parts".

The Art of Computer Programming, SICP and Introduction to algorithms are books that are commonly recommended but very few people have finished reading them.
makes you wonder, what is next?
Concerning in the sense of "if you aren't sure why this is a story on HN" -> that you may be unaware that many large and generally technically competent firms are screwing this up and this repo/tool is yet one more reason to take this seriously.
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I now go out of my way to do so, in most shopping. I figure if their marketing team is tasteless, there's not much hope for the rest of the business's operations. (In the sense that bad marketing implies bad product; good marketing can go either way)

I mean just compare SICP and TAOCP covers to.. head first *; the latter look like self-help trash in b&n.

Now O'Reilly, they've got covers you can really believe in
Thank you for this comment, very insightful.
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Cops can't search your cell phone without your consent or a warrant. Given native encryption on modern phones, phones choosing not to speak is a problem that takes care of itself quite well-- hence all the recent nonsense about the government needing backdoors.