skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
For me it's the slurring compression artifacts as much as the lag that makes cell phone conversations, web meetings, etc. inferior. Local digital cell phone calls mimic the old cross-country long distance analog calls of yesterday in terms of delay.

w.r.t broadcast video, the eye/mind can still pick out an image from a static-filled snowy image, but digital artifacts from low/poor signal result in freeze-frames and garbled mess.

Summary: Digital. When it's good, it's very good. But when it's bad, it's awful.
who do u recommend? i need to connect a US bank account but i dont have a US cel or US driver's iD...just a US Passport.
everyone seems to ask for a Driver's ID or Cel.
This bothers me a lot, but strangely, traversing a menu on my Roku to select a station (or youtube video or whatever) does not bother me. If the radio had a menu I could quickly traverse that showed station information and perhaps some kind of preview, then I might be OK with this latency.

On the other hand, having to look a menu while driving car is not good.
If anyone has a bit of spare time, The Inheritance is a documentary worth watching. It’s about a family with Huntington’s disease and them living and dying with it.
No affiliation.

https://theinheritancedocumentary.com
Wow, they sound a lot like Cloud at Cost:

http://penguindreams.org/blog/cloud-at-cost-part-ii-the-unsu...
The style of writing may well be very attractive, but it's important to remember that you're reading scientific articles written about forty years ago, and above that, in fields that are both advancing very quickly.

I don't have the opportunity to read the linked magazine right now, but I wouldn't be surprised if much of the research cited in it has been disproven.
Indiegogo Launches ICO and Blockchain Investment Platform
So a suspicious player could detect the loaded dice simply by weighing them? That actually makes a lot of sense. If you look into actual dice/coin manufacturing they do not run tests like "roll a sample of dice a million times each, then check p-value". Instead they have a clever manufacturing process with stringent tolerances. If they run such tests at all it would be to find the upper bound on deviation from fairness over the lifetime of the dice (eg 100k rolls).
My personal experience with this is that the real benefit for me with minimal shoes is that I forced myself to shorten my stride. I had to retrain myself by using a foot pod and a heart rate monitor that would beep if my cadence goes below 90 per minute. A high cadence forces my body to shorten its stride length and I think that has made a bigger difference for me in terms of injury than anything else. I've stayed with minimal shoes simply because it's easier to have a high cadence in light weight minimal shoes. Plus, the more padded shoes became unnecessary. Not sure if the technique works for you but could be worth trying.
Your blog about Italy is really interesting, thanks!
your work security team loves mr robot, it will be fine...
Yes, Amazon is considering Cryptocurrency but not Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is decentralized and not regulated, whereas alt-currencies / "alt-coins" like Ripple are centralized and regulated by the Company and several Banks including Amex, non-profits like Gates Foundation, have come on board and use Ripple for Liquidity and speed and lowered costs ( no-need to maintain Nostro, Vostro accounts in FIAT currencies) in international markets.

From a Ripple presentation slide from a while back, it looks like Amazon, AirBnB and Uber are all looking to alt-currencies like Ripple (which has seen the widest adoption so far in this space).

> But because it allows globally distributed companies like Airbnb, Amazon and Uber to move money from all their various locations to their appropriate bank accounts. Clearly, this will save time and money compared to the current modus operandi.

Source: https://oracletimes.com/does-ripple-xrp-latest-price-move-ha...

[ Also, it's somewhat shortsighted on OP's part to look at domain name registrations and come to a conclusion. Big companies like Amazon, Facebook pre-emptively register 100s of domains on combinations of their brand name and new tech solution to avoid confusion / fraud ]
>Readers, please enshrine this comment as the canonical example of the Cryptocurrency Corollary of Godwin's Law: "As an online discussion about cryptocurrency grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Ponzi approaches 1."

Because the Corollary is true. At this point to believe otherwise marks you as a credulous dupe.

You were probably defending Mt Gox up to the day of its collapse. The Bitcoin True Believers are the easiest marks for these scams and cons because their ideology blinds them to reality.
Clearing cache in the browser
Unfortunate timing for a release (well, alpha release) of a project with the name "Looking Glass" given that this same name has been at the center of the recent Firefox plugin fiasco.

As an outsider I'm curious, what are some use cases for being able to see, as I understand it, a window on the host showing a copy of what is being displayed on the guest?

Very cool tech and kudos for getting it to this point.
Accessibility Testing Tools
The problem is that the average age of the engineers that have knowledge of high power AM at LF/MF/HF is probably well into the 50s and some of the actual transmitters are not far off that either.
Care to explain the downvote? The article is from 2011, dammit.
Military has been using this kind of network on ships at sea for decades.
I guess he never fingered a .plan.
Maybe in some places for some people, but for us Berkeley nerds it was definetly online. Of course you had to flirt in person to get their screen name.
Thanks for the responses, helpful!
Ask HN: Picking a good web UI foundation for a desktop SaaS
I am about to embark on a rewrite of a SaaS desktop web app.

I have seen here some good discussion on the merits of React and Vue and Angular.

But let's assume that I am somewhat indifferent to that selection and just want
to get started using as a basis a good "admin portal template" (not sure if
there's a better/standard name for these things). By "good" I mean a) good
design aesthetic, b) broad and deep so the template likely covers common UI
tasks, c) some established community around it.

I can say that I'm completely indifferent on the JS framework. I'd say my
ordered preference at this point is Vue, React, Angular. But I'm going
to put on my "business" hat in place of my "opinionated developer" hat,
and look at the "end result".

I have found several that I think satisfy a, b, and c above, and I list them
below. There are probably other that I should look at, so please add links in
your comments.

Finally, there are hundreds of Bootstrap-based admin portal templates out there
for sale. While I've used Bootstrap on some projects, I've never been particularly
keen about their design aesthetic.

In no particular order:

A. Ant Design (https://ant.design/)

example admin template

https://preview.pro.ant.design/#/dashboard/analysis

Looks very polished and behaves well. But my Chinese is rusty.

B. Grommet (http://grommet.io/)

Example admin portal

http://ferret.grommet.io/dashboard

C. Semantic-UI (https://react.semantic-ui.com/introduction)

example admin template:

http://preview.themeforest.net/item/stagb-semanticui-admin-template/full_screen_preview/19444852
But don't objects that belong to a class also effectively have similar restrictions imposed on them? (Otherwise, why have classes at all?)
I thought 1NF was a solution to a follow-on problem with handling repeating groups, that, on reflection, I see does not exist.
And unless its changed since I got mine, a car may not enter a crosswalk that has a pedestrian in it. Not often enforced, but I think its there to make it always the car's fault?
Long-distance audio quality in the 80s and 90s was excellent everywhere I lived in the US, no matter where I called. Remember the pin drop commercial?
Whilst I cannot claim anything like your grandfather I have spent time doing the dishes (in too hot water) for 8 hours a day for minimum wage.

I have been very lucky since.
We got AppleCare for exactly this reason. But I'm not even sure it's covered.

Her past laptop was $1,100 (2010 MacBook Air) and lasted 7 years. If this one ($1,500) doesn't last that long, it'll be a waste of money.
The mailing list link is http://chalkdustmagazine.com/sign-up-to-the-newsletter/
Radios are still sold in stores. Also, Phones and MP3 players often have FM radios. Heck, my best radio is probably my OP-1 synthesizer.

The real "magic" of FM radio that it something that Just Works. You don't have to pay, you don't have to connect to some network, and it's something that worked since late 1930s. No matter what people say, any current digital radio formal will almost certainly obsolete in less than 20 years.
not to detract in any way, but Germany was operating Soviet Mig-29s alongside NATO kit for years (maybe still?) after reunification. So if anyone could do it...
It's worth disagreeing about - calling them 'accidents' removes responsibility from the drivers involved, think about phrases in English like "accidents happen" - which are used specifically for this purpose. Calling them 'crashes' is simply a description of what happened, without any suggestion of why.
Thermistors and 3D Printing
Yes, plastic surgery for example
In my case, I sent some ETH to "my" ETH wallet at Coinbase, received an email from Coinbase alerting me of the incoming transfer, and then - nothing, that ETH is nowhere to be found except on the blockchain (it's not showing in my ETH Coinbase account, and it's not shown under transactions).

Frankly, this (misplacing a transaction) is more concerning to me than delays or verification issues. Losing a transfer like that puts their whole transactional integrity into question.

Again, delays (something showing as "pending", etc) I could live with, considering their recent spike in usage. But, when a transaction is simply missing, while the ones before and after it are showing in Coinbase, is scary.

I agree with you that they need to handle their support much much better. The bulk of their cases (judging by the publicly visible mentions of @CoinbaseSupport on Twitter) can be handled by simply explaining the situation and telling people to wait. There are only 5 or 6 issue types that can be categorized and routed programmatically even. Instead, they are currently only responding to 0.5% (not a typo) of Support requests on Twitter (not counting DMs). I think that may be the lowest response rate I've ever seen from a company, especially a tech one.
It depends a bit. For example Finland used to use a lot of Soviet weaponry while (practically if not officially) preparing to deter Soviet attack. Some upsides:

- Results in trade deals with a neighboring superpower

- In case of war, looted enemy armament is familiar and compatible

- Cheaper due to Soviet attempts to keep sphere of influence (e.g. no direct NATO compatibility)
Ushering the age of the super humans
Sure, but here the pixel values are directly used as spatial coordinates, so it makes sense to mention this.
do you honestly think that smart contracts can't be hacked?
No. Local calls were always free here. The conversation could flow. The calls were of relatively poor audio quality but perfectly adequate for conversation. No delays, no distortion and no dropped calls. I’d have a call with quality so poor that meaning is lost requiring a “sorry, what was that.... are you there?” about half the time now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/
SpaceX launches and lands its first used rocket for NASA
IEEE launches ethical design guide for AI developers
> If this is an affordable way for governments to bring some Internet access to places that currently have none,

But India is big on cellular. There's cell coverage almost everywhere, especially in states like Andhra Pradesh. You can get pretty decent speeds via 4G.
Threshold Signatures
Smarking (YC W15) Is Hiring Sr.PM in SF
Some details with Github links are available here https://blog.bankex.org/bankex-developed-the-worlds-first-pr...
Top Game Hacker for Android, Best Top 5 Game Hackers
This is just silly. By these arguments even block #1 has no consensus and has not terminated.

Because "it might fork" that's why it's not a consensus? lol, ok buddy.
Is it wrong for me to want those IT folks reprimanded or reassigned?

It's like they don't understand the first rule of Fight Club or something.
I slopped hogs, ran farm equipment way to dangerous for my age (starting at 8yo), and dealt with animals an order of magnitude larger than me. Lost hearing, lost feeling, joint damage from work. Never had more than a dollar or two to my name.

But I worked my way into some money. That's what the Millennials are missing I think, the plausible way forward. Never mind where they are starting from; can they make any progress at all? That's the issue.
Try this for consumption based pricing (you can also host this yourself) https://github.com/1backend/1backend
No. What I miss is telephone conversations without anyone constantly interrupting each other because we automatically interpret even tiny delays as pauses inviting us to speak.
Your link in edit part is the answer to your question before the edit:

https://normandy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/actions/opt-o...

"opt-out-study: Install a Study Add-on Without Prompting

The opt-out-study action installs an add-on, typically one that implements a feature experiment by changing Firefox and measuring how it affects the user."

They are obviously the topic of:

app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled=true

That I mentioned.

I see a lot of commenters trying to excuse them. The problem is, people allowed the "studies" because Mozilla claimed that they are "measuring" whatever "to make Firefox better." They never told anybody that they are selling the "studies" functionality which silently installs ("opt-out" not opt in!) to the advertisers.

I don't know how anybody can defend such an approach.
I took a precision driving training class a couple of years ago. The instructor, a retired state trooper, said that many first responder departments have begun referring to them as "crashes" for the very reason that you mentioned.
Thanks for posting this, I've been meaning to watch it but keep forgetting about it.
100 rolls is not enough. If you keep the same ratio, you can compute the p-value and I'm sure it will be way over 0.05.
About the only work I don't do myself on my bikes is handlebar tape because I don't have the patience for that shit. But I'd rather have a bike repair shop at hand that I trust and will offer me the best advice, one that I know I can drop my bike off when I'm in a pinch, one that will tell me what I should order when I need it. I will order it from them every time. I don't want a shop with all the fanciest bikes and offer such cogent advice as:

"This one's got grippier grips than that one and it has a basket and it's pink."

"Can you tell me about this groupset? How does it handle mud? does it age well or is it going to be rusty as fuck 6 minutes after I walk out of here?"

"Did I mention it's pink?"

I wanna know that the XTR groupset functions in the opposite direction of the XT and that even though it's more intuitive for someone that doesn't ride that often, if you've ridden day in, day out for the past 10 years and you suddenly switch to gear shifters that go the opposite way, that fucks with your head - and your ride until you've reprogrammed yourself.

I wanna know that the ultra expensive plastic shielded brake cables aren't going to be any better 3 months down the road because all the shielding wears off and I paid 3 times over what I could've paid for cheaper ones at no real long term benefit. Meaningful advice. Not just technically accurate.

I want the mechanics who know their shit inside and out. I want the sales guys to be riders, not just hardcore elite riders but every day commuters who are passionate about their bikes. I don't want to talk to someone who works here because "it was the only job I could find that fit my schedule."

These guys are the reason I got into biking in the first place. Because their passion inspired my passion.
This is it exactly. Calls though the landline failed rather more gracefully.
What It’s Like to Parent from Behind Bars
If it's not popular enough to get over the finish line in elections how's it supposed to sudden gain so much traction that everyone changes their lifestyles?
Getting Started with Git and Excel: Setup Gitignore
Yes. Remember that online banks were once new. 10s of millions flowed through lots of banks and new services like PayPal during the dot com boom of 99/00.
Capital One mobile and web logins are down
In the US, companies are dumping their analog assets.

Check out this video for the end of 100.3 FM "The Sound" in LA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4uj2kBdfP8

(look at the video description for related links, also the final moments of The Sound is at the end of the video).
At Re:Invent last month, AWS introduced per-function concurrency limits that users can set. It can still rack up charges, but it offers a bit more control than before!
He merely makes the point that you need a central bank. You can have a democratically-controlled crypto-currency central bank. For example, http://makerdao.com/ does that.
what a beautiful pdf
I think they are used to seeing empty boxes for mystery values.
StartPage.com and DuckDuckGo Search Privacy Featured in Search Engine Watch
Have you tried analogous approaches, such as showing kids an empty box, a question mark, multiple metaphors, etc?

I find that visual approaches work well, but when you write an English letter which has already been used for other purposes, it's a little less clear.
If copyright were a more reasonable term (say a 20 year term with registration for a 20 year renewal, which would allow most works to be available quickly, but also allow creators to control their works for the majority of their lifetime), then there would be less of an issue.

e.g. the early seasons of MASH would now be public domain under this rule, so they would probably be available on every single streaming service, as would the first two generations of Disney features with the 3rd generation starting to become available at the end of the 20s.

And this doesn't even capture the opportunity cost of all the works we don't have because of long copyright terms. Under today's rules, Tchaikovsky's estate would have held the copyright for his ballet still in 1959 and the Disney version could not have been made.
No.

Allowing ISPs to charge customers more for the same service is not overblown. Basically it boils down to a trust issue, like the React World debacle, except these ISPs have already had horrible breaches of that trust.

> - This will be easy to fix when Trump is replaced

This has much less to do with the president and much more to do with corporate bribes. See here: https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15100620/congress-fcc-isp... Please note that there are no limits on how many terms Congress members may seve and that voting turn-out for non-presidential elections is quite low.

> - Comcast would be unwise to radically change the status quo when things will likely be "reverted again" in 3 years

Incorrect on both fronts -

ISPs stand to acquire direct profit for no additional cost, basically free money. This is because many ISPs have been caught throttling already, which means that they already have that technology built and ready to go.

Comcast specifically already has many technologies they can turn on and off as quickly as a phone call to change your service plan.

> - Internet companies (and techies) will call out bad behavior on the part of broadband providers if it occurs in practice

Sure, but with far less reach and effectiveness and an eventual decade-long tie up in courts. It's really less than a wrist slap to these large ISPs

> - This is a nuanced issue; regulating monopolies and utilities isn't easy

It's not nuanced, but yes, regulating companies and utilities isn't easy. But I just don't see how giving them permission to charge customers more money for the same service is going to help any of these mentioned issues.

This is a perfect example of misinformation used to confuse and pacify the masses - see how none of these arguments are related?

You have to understand that right now these ISPs have a near complete monopoly over most areas and have relaxed to the point that other companies, such as Google Fiber, can offer x100 times the speed at half the price or less.
We probably could install the on top of cell towers.
I've wondered about this. I haven't tried paying for any services with BTC, but I suspect many of them would change you the current real price (in euros, usd, gbp) and show you the equivalent btc in today's money.

So some of these servers that were wise have only paid everything (servers, wages, etc.) using the real currency that comes in via credit cards and paypal and have just held onto the btc .. which makes it extremely valuable.

But people don't set prices in btc. The prices are set in fiat currency and are paid for based on the price of btc that day .. meaning you could have spent 10euro for a service last year in btc that would have been worth 100euro .. or that could be worth 0.01 euro depending on where the market goes.

But yes you're right, unless services start pricing actual service in btc, it's not really fungible for goods. It's always going through that translation layer. If anything, if McDonalds started taking mBTC and charged x mBTC for a burger and didn't change that value with the market, you'd start to see bitcoin stabilize (although you might be paying $100 for a burger some days .. if you go by what the exchanges claim the value is).
> Therefor I think the way Snapchat works it will never become mainstream like Facebook did because it doesn't work well for normal interaction between friends & family which is 90% of most peoples' social interaction.

I'd caution against using your personal experience to judge the medium's validity. Adolescents & young adults have plenty of non-sexual conversations on Snapchat. Sometimes you don't need it to be recorded not because you want privacy, but because it's unnecessary. Further, in the event you do want to save a picture you can. :)
The saddest thing about this is that manager likely got a bonus, either directly (great initiative!) or indirectly (more hours micromanaging everything), when he should have gotten fired and found it impossible to get a job in the industry.
Well, the theory kind of goes that it is a paddle- the kind a neolithic person would not want to find themselves up the proverbial creek without.

But you didn't mean that.

(look, it's almost Christmas. I can crack a joke, surely?)
This is the opposite of comforting
Caching without decoding would still be a nice boost, wouldn't it ?

Coupled with a decoder that can manage double the actual frame rate, it should cut the switch time with something like on average 1/4, worst case better than 1/2.
Sprint Aims for Another Pin Drop with New Network (1998)
My team uses the Serverless Framework (serverless.com), git-with-github, and automate deployments from CI/CD.

AWS also offers some of these pieces fully integrated via CodeDeploy (which we do not ourselves use).
Voice Is Eating the World
>Monero and ZCash are attempting to do exactly that.

Which is a great flag to never trust any major service's Monero and ZCash offerings.