skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I guess this is possible given that their frameworks support many different screens at this point, and some variation in tap target size. But it's not totally clear to me that supporting both touch and mouse in one app will do both input mechanisms justice.

Unless they're imagining that there would be a completely different set of UI resources for Mac apps vs iOS ones?

Any thoughts on this from Windows users?
While it's valid to question insider trading in cryprocurrency, I don't think that's what made the difference here.

Coinbase had said they would add BCH to their exchange before the end of the year months ago. And people had noted BCH appearing in their API a day or two ago, and then the trading pages were up for an hour or two before the official announcement, with some very large orders being placed in advance of trading going live, with the price already set at $1000 dollars higher than any other exchange was offering.

Add to this the fact that anyone who held BTC on Coinbase in August receiving BCH, plenty of people still holding BCH from the last time the price spiked, and the exceptionally deep pockets of certain people/groups who are supporting BCH.

You didn't need to be a Coinbase employee to know this was coming, and that it would, at least short term, have a significant effect on the price. Crypto traders live on big news and swings like this, and it was inevitable that it would be a big event.
Satellite imagery for close zoom levels aren't loaded for Turkey! Thete is no problem with Yandex Maps, Apple Maps and Microsoft Maps. https://support.google.com/maps/forum/AAAAQuUrST8Ixm4C6hviZQ...
You can purchase them with Flooz and Beenz.
I would just be a little more confident that it's for real if they had a data set that wasn't iris, mnist, or titanic.
I wish people would stop designing "one user experience" between mobile and desktop.

Capital One just switched me from a nice classic UI to one clearly designed for a small touch screen, and I'm thinking of switching banks because it annoys me so much.

I generally hate when websites redesign to "look nicer" based on the aesthetic du jour and in doing so throws away a significant portion of the functionality.
My guess is, they are wanting more money. It's not really ready and won't ship next year. I agree something is fishy.
Much of mozilla communication is PR and marketing.

Maybe this is damage control, but somehow I think they are not well organized enough to have this kind of thing happen.

Besides how is this helping with privacy ? Trackers are still loaded and tracking.
How could anyone possibly predict anything else, given the US government right now?
How to measure goal completion rate in your app through funnels
Just a passionate enthusiast with some friends in the industry.

Here's a source on the engines being started in pairs: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/spacex-aims-december...
Uber undermines local taxi businesses offering mild comfort and some wows but also no job/social security and no quality standards (like the London Knowledge for example). It outcompetes taxis by sidestepping regulations. And just like airbnb while it was meant as a means to share one's own property for extra income, that's hardly the case in reality. People use both for full time commercial activity, and they evade taxes and regulations through them.
I figured as much but since no one was talking about the actual text of the bill I thought this was a good starting point :)
> If Netflix did not have PNIs to Comcast, Comcast internet would have been unusable for everyone.

Only under the assumption that Comcast makes no attempt to do their job properly and uphold their contractual obligations by implementing reasonable QoS measures and upgrading their capacity. You can't point to Comcast's extortionist refusal to upgrade their links to the outside world and say that it's Netflix's fault; that was just their abusive tactic to force Netflix to deal with Comcast directly on Comcast's terms. Verizon did the same thing.
I mean, if the theory that they’ve faked everything so far is true, then it could be possible for them to fake a demo.
Counter anecdote to your anecdote: I took tons of cabs when I was visiting Colombia and I didn't know a single bit of Spanish. I'd just pull up google maps, click on where I wanted to go, show them the screen. Every single one was perfectly fine.
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Are you viewing that on Lynx or Mosaic or something?!
Does anyone have a source? I can't find the story anywhere.

Edit: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/365718-house-set...
Or it could also be that the source knowledge graph has inconsistent information because of religious mis-information - there's that Occam’s Razor-compatible answer for you.
> It allows me to save my money outside of the global financial system, a system I believe is corrupt and manipulated.

You'd have to be incredibly naive or willfully ignorant not to see the same corruption and manipulation happening right before your eyes in cryptocurrency markets.
Spoiler: they will.

Apple is the back-to-back champ of these platform transitions.
I have always loved this letter.
I'd rather the FCC not be able to have leeway over it at this point, with the ability to alter their enforcement at whim every 4-8 years...
> I don't think that's how Google approaches product development. I was wondering the same, i. e. "what are building shapes actually good for". But if you look at the article's screenshots, i think the obvious answer is: they're simply more fun to look at, and maybe add a certain sense of what a neighbourhood looks like.

Insider perspective: I don't know why building shapes were added specifically, but you can honestly get away with basically justifying a project at Google with "because it would be cool".

There's a lot of reasons you can get away with it: Google has lots of internal tools and resources and data which makes it easy to do cool things, Google is pretty well off and can afford to not be particularly "lean", and Management can justify cool things because cool things are like basic science (as the article points out) and lets you build more cool things and because users like cool things ("magic moments").

So it's very possible that the reason building shapes were added were because someone realized it wouldn't take that much work to do using Google's existing data, machine learning & computer vision research, and computational infrastructure and thought it would be cool, they convinced someone in middle-management it would be cool and a half dozen people worked on it for a year or two.

[It could have also been a calculated, top-down decision and required hundreds of people working for a decade with laser focus; that happens too sometimes, I don't actually know.]
Speaking of good demos, I thought this demo-ish from the Starbreeze "AR/VR" was stack pretty cool": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x32FHiJJyhQ

Not sure how how wide their product will spread though..

[disclaimer: I own shares in the company]
This is a complete 180 from the approach in the early iPhone, iPad days. Everything was encouraged and often required to be made device-specific, because the UX is subtly different. Apple followed this too, back in the heady days of Skeumorphism. Even the shade of grey on the keyboard was different between iPhone and iPad[1].

This is yet another indicator that Apple has changed drastically since the Jobs days, and is moving more into alignment with other tech giants in their approach to products.

[1]: https://ux.stackexchange.com/q/16369
Forcing bills to be public and unchanged for a week of consideration before voting would be a good start.
>> you only have to ensure that the residual heat from normal decay doesn't melt the reactor.

Not hard if this is a passive-cooling design. My point is that at these power levels passive cooling isn't enough. Stop the pumps and the reactor may build up enough heat to start melting things very quickly, long before the pool boils dry.
Well then how are they going to market it?
I'm going to guess here that none of what you asked happens and won't until governments force that sort of oversight (if they even can).
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Original poster is suggesting that if one can change the downloaded file on the source location, then the same person can update the SHA256 string used to "guarantee authenticity". They're not suggesting a MTM style attack where one changes the string mid flight.
> Developers currently must design two different apps -- one for iOS, the operating system of Apple’s mobile devices, and one for macOS, the system that runs Macs. That’s a lot more work.

One set of devices have ONLY a touchscreen as an interface. The other set of devices have ONLY a keyboard and mouse.

So how will this create less work? I think it will mean that each app either (a) bundles two essentially-different programs into one "application", or (b) gives up on desktop usability. Sadly I expect (b) and I feel that Apple does too, and doesn't mind.
"Uber is the sole party that structures the relationship with its drivers and determines the rate it would pay them. Why is it not their problem or fault? And, if it’s not their problem, whose is it?"

The driver is the sole party who decides each day whether or not the offer from Uber is worth it.

If drivers don't think it is worth it, they won't do it. If they do think it is worth it, why should I get in the way of their choice?

If Uber raises the rates they pay drivers, rates to customers will also rise. Economics suggests more people will be drivers at the higher rate, but fewer people will buy rides.

More supply and less demand probably won't make drivers happy, either.

And competitors can come in and undercut, as long as drivers are willing to accept the pay provided.
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This is amazing news. As a developer the idea of writing once and running on many platforms is weight off our shoulders.

However, I can also see how a lot of developers might not like this. For example, Cultured Code charges $13.99 for Things on iOS but $49.99 on Mac. Why the difference? It is mostly because users expect apps to be cheap on mobile even though developing for both platforms is comparable. However now, developers are going to be expected by users to support both iOS and Mac apps for the same price.

Also, I feel like this news might imply ARM based macOS?
Outright shared apps sounds like a terrible experience. I can definitely understand the argument from a developer perspective wrt shared code bases between platforms, i don't know if the user part of me is excited, though.

Maybe it'll also keep people from using other frameworks and lock them in on Apple platforms more.
It's always burdensome to have different laws in different states. Different sales tax in different states is a major PITA for example. I don't think this is different from other laws.
is it possible to sign up for GDAX instead of coinbase if you don't have a US based company?
I'd much prefer programmatic access and coinbase hardly ever works at times like these...
You take cabs.

You take cabs with a company who have a history of all sorts of shady dealings, a history of evading laws, evading employment rights, evading inspections, avoiding taxes, duping inspectors, not cooperating with police and a ton of other stuff.

But it's OK because you don't like the way other firms operate a service you think is a bit shabby.

You might want to take more of a look around at what you're supporting. Lots of stuff can work better without the laws, until it doesn't and you realise the laws were there for a reason.
There is also Vivaldi, funded by the same guy that formed co-founded Opera back in the day.

https://vivaldi.com/

Sadly it is not much more than a reskinned Chrome, same with current Opera and Brave.

BTW, Opera offered "tabs" before it was a thing by making use of MDI. And it carried forward until they scrapped Presto.

Similarly Vivaldi right now offers to split the viewport into multiple areas to show tabs side by side.
On the other hand, Windows Store apps have "required"(loosely) that all interface works with both mice+keyboard and touchscreen. So it's not impossible, just yeah, a lot of work.
I don't doubt they're working on it, I bet it's just a buggy disappointing pile.
"Look how many people we got to sign up on our website! Can we have more funding now?"
Ally made that idiot choice awhile back (mobile first, f-the rest) UI and they've been gradually dialing it back for better experience on desktop. It was like using iphone app on ipad in simulation mode; everything huge, functionally crippled.
A user who is worried about theft of their private key could put a long [0] passphrase on it, but alas, the service provider who supports key auth can't enforce that keys be passphrase-protected [1]. A user who does this is effectively creating a 2FA requirement for their account. But to your second point, the onus is on the user which isn't ideal.

[0] It can be brute-forced offline -- https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/62455/find-pass... -- so unlike online password checking that can be rate-limited, length is essential.

[1] https://serverfault.com/questions/589680/disallow-ssh-keys-w...
This won't help one bit. Seriously: Why do developers like those from Sketch drop the Mac App Store? Here's why:
https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/01/another-popular-app-leaves...
http://blog.wilshipley.com/2012/03/mac-app-store-needs-paid-...
https://www.dancounsell.com/a-wish-list-for-the-mac-app-stor...
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/developers-keep-leaving-mac-ap...
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Yeah, you're probably right, and a few years ago I probably would be more inclined to do what you recommend. But then I met a girl who I'm most likely going to marry, and she's not too comfortable moving very far away from her mom and her friends, and she doesn't make new friends too easily.

And I'll admit, it's rather nice being close to family for simple things, like having someone who you can trust to come by and take care of your dog so you can head out all day, rather than being forced to board him. If we're going to have children in the next couple of years, we'll have free babysitting help, which I hear from other parents is worth a whole lot more to your sanity than a higher salary.

And between the two of us, we do alright financially. We are tighter than we'd like to be, but that's mainly due to both of us still having student loans to pay off than anything else. Once those are paid off we'll have a lot more breathing room (although that will still be a few years).

But the job climate is pretty bad here, I'll agree. I'm not really looking forward to my next job search. I probably should start looking already, but the last two were pretty rough, so I'm not looking forward to it and have been dragging my feet getting started.

I also know first hand how tough the universities have it right now, as I used to work for one and I have family that still works at one. I've heard that the state has been as much as a year behind on the money they're supposed to be paying the public schools.

Also there was the proposed bill to privatize all the public universities put up a year ago I think, which to me is the most ludicrous idea ever and I'm surprised he was taken seriously.
Any recommendation on how a common mortal could invest in ML?
This is a great time to reference this image:
http://www.wearcam.org/steve5.jpg
Just did a quick search, the limit for cash payments is 3 000 euro.

https://www.dn.pt/dinheiro/interior/pagamentos-em-dinheiro-v...
> I generally hate when websites redesign to "look nicer" based on the aesthetic du jour and in doing so throws away a significant portion of the functionality.

I'm right there with you. On the other hand, some of my accounts are still using half-broken UI that hasn't been touched in a decade (A&M plans still don't include UI apparently), even the minimum viable refresh would be an improvement.
Assuming they can pull this off in a very good way (a big assumption), I think this is a smart move. This isn't just for tech illiterates, this is for pros.

Imagine if all new software created was immediately available on iPad - that'd be huge. People have been talking about the lack of pro-grade video editors, vector art painters, and programming environments on iOS for a while now. This could be really interesting.
It's evil because the cost of the actual service you're paying the ISP for (data transmission) has gone down and continues to get cheaper every year.

These companies are able to flaunt the laws of the marketplace by forcing consumers to pay more for a product despite the "physical good" becoming cheaper and cheaper every year for the ISP to produce.

https://broadbandnow.com/report/much-data-really-cost-isps/
Ask HN: Are startup options worth it at all?
Most early stage (non public) companies issue options to be exercised in a very small window after an employee leaves a company, and don’t offer to cover the cost to exercise. What this means is that while you are getting a discount on the opportunity to purchase stock in the company (based upon the increase in value of the company since you started working there), when it comes time to exercise its very difficult to justify a several thousand dollar expense that more or less amounts to buying stock in a very early stage company.

If I wanted to do this I would simply buy stock in a company without working to earn the privilege to buy it. Because the 3 months to exercise is such a short amount of time usually not enough has changed in the company to indicate whether or not that purchase is a wise investment.

Some companies give you the option of immediately selling back the stock and simply receiving back the value of the discount on the exercise but this is usually not the long term investment people are looking for when they say equity, and is usually quite small. Ive gotten bit by this several times for the companies I worked for previously because the exercise window was very short and the cost to exercise was not covered, I couldn’t justify spending several thousands of dollars on the exercise even with companies that I was very confident in.

When people refer to golden handcuffs they usually refer to the vesting period of the options but it actually has more to do with the fact that the options must be immediately exercised if someone has to leave, and because I live in an at will state thats a really big liability for the options to have no value. Can anyone corroborate this? Are the options I'm getting being structured to have no value? What types of things should I ask for so I can actually get an investment in the company long term? Is it weird to ask for straight stock issuance instead? Are there more resources out there to help me with this?
I don't understand. Why did you pay $800 for an iPhone 5?
You sound salty.
We can't even make unified websites which work well on a desktop and mobile. There's always something missing from the mobile website which makes the customer revert back to desktop version on mobile, which is a horrendous experience(like functionality which is there on desktop version but disappears as soon as you shrink the screen past a certain point). Very very very few companies get it right.
you funny.. hacks happen less then let's say you're mugged on the street or your bank account is emptied by carders/hackers.

The rest is just not true, the fees are high now because companies are slow to adopt seqwit and lighting network is in the works.

But hey the FED printed another few billions of dollars, fancy calling it quantitative easing, that devalues your money and makes assets expensive.
> .net frameworks

I believe you mean Metro/Modern/Universal Application Platform, the .Net Framework dates back to 2002[0] and was likely created to compete with Java after the 2001 Visual J++ court case[1].

.Net wasn't an attempt to combine mobile/tablet/PC applications together, in particular as it predates smartphones and modern day tablets. Metro/Modern/UAP was however designed to accomplish that goal in Windows 8.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework_version_history...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_J%2B%2B#Sun's_litigatio...
You're replying to a comment about the current state of existing infrastructure by talking about the theoretical possibility of new infrastructure that could be deployed with today's technology, but largely isn't being deployed.
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So basically they’re going to allow a 3rd set of storyboards and components for the Mac (theres already differences for iPad and iPhone), and then somehow merge the frameworks so it’s coherent from a programming perspective?
> I don't know if it's WSL or Xming at fault, but 2D performance in X is pretty abysmal.

Xming probably isn't using the X shared memory extension, so everything has to be serialized and sent through the socket.

> It's also fairly annoying that you cannot print from WSL applications

Can't you configure cups within WSL to print to a network printer, and export the printer from Windows as a network printer?
Given that Apple seems to be following more and more industry trends, maybe touchscreen Macs are coming?
> Bitcoin allows me to be my own bank

Sure. If you think the only function of a bank is to maintain a ledger and transfer money.
Coinbase said they would add BCH withdrawals to their exchange (for funds that were on there during the split) sometime before the new year months ago, and then consider whether to add trading at some unspecified point in the future after that. There is a very big difference between the effects of dumping a bunch of formerly-illiquid funds on the market and opening up a new market to buy something.
The difference will be that instead of complaining, Apple devs will find explanations why it makes sense and adopt it.
Then the government that made the contractor vs employee laws needs to apply it. If a law is not enforced then it is not really a law. Companies are not obligated to do better than enforced laws, they are not charities or social organizations here to make the world a better place, they are here to make money for their shareholders.

I think the EU is doing the right thing. It sometimes takes a while for government laws or competition to catch up and balance out issues, but I don't for a second think that any company is going to play nice if it does not have to.
The difference between Facebook and the web is that Facebook is a monolithic service run by one company and the web is a set of open protocols that can be implemented by anyone who cares to do so.

It's easy to imagine a world where social media worked the way email already does: you'd pick your own provider, and they would interoperate with other providers through standardized protocols.

You can have one network that isn't run by one entity.