skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Or,

1. use expendable police materiel to scout out the situation of a dispatch in advance of sending in any actual police bodies (e.g. police drones with fancy optics.)

2. send people in heavily armored rather than heavily armed. If you can make your SWAT team immune to bullets (such as by, say, encasing them in an Armoured Personnel Carrier), then they're not going to be feeling threatened and shooting anyone.

#1 is pretty universally useful. You can figure out who has guns and who doesn't.

#2 is more situational, because our best solution for heavy armor right now—APCs—have no good way of entering your tenth-floor apartment. This is why I'm constantly checking up on the progress of military robots and powered armor: the more invincible you can make something, the less it needs to actually kill anybody to do its job. The ideal here is a combination of robot-police and human-in-exosuit police that don't even need guns, because nothing they are sent to deal with is ever really that dangerous to them.
> As much as I hate CoD and wish the issues you highlighted were limited to the CoD community, they are not.

While I agree with the gist of your post, I can't help but feel that pointing out that it's not "special" is the opposite of helpful.

People are mostly equipped to notice problems in their ballpark, and are right to call out problems as they see them. Whether or not similar problems exist in another ballpark is beside the point. Even if other ballparks are worse it's beside the point!

I frequently play Dota 2 and it has similar problems and I don't want to see them there, either.
Whether he said it or not is irrelevant, the article is about something else (or, something tangentially related).
From the krebsonsecurity link, it appears that Krebs was first confronted by officers with firearms drawn and handcuffed before meeting with the supervisor.
>Trying to get the target "accidentally" shot is the entire point of SWATting

Nonsense. The point is to cause incredible inconvenience to the victim, not to kill them. Most of the time the cops will probably waste a few hours of your day, and make you look pretty bad in front of your neighbors.

This is quite possibly the first death after thousands of swattings, it seems unreasonable to assume that the perpetrators wouldn't be aware of how rarely this actually happens.
Do you have numbers on the amount of cops killed during house inspections in the us and other countries?

Do different us states invoke SWAT teams with different rates, so it's known how many policeman are hurt?
Apologies, I thought I’d edit a useless, incorrect comment into something useful and contributive to the discussion. It wasn’t an act of manipulation or deception.

I have restored the original comment.
I feel you've got those two switched around.
Depends on scope. The last place NASCAR driver is below average in his peer group!
> I'm not sure what it would take to replace that. Working on paper allows me to disconnect from the digital world and concentrate on logic, it also allows me to organize my information physically.

How about a device not connected to the internet?
People already have the gamer tags of the two people involved in the shooting (the swatter and the person he was intending to swat, but who gave a false address) and even have tweets from the alleged perpetrator (now deleted) who claimed he wasn't responsible.

So yes, it's a very short matter of time before police start knocking.
I’ve removed the offending sentence from my comment as well regarding intent. My apologies for not assuming positive intent.
The hope isn't that they never show up at all, it's that that show up aware it's possible that the accused people are actually the victims and they need to be careful not to over react.

Whether the warning pays off is still mostly unknown ground.
Some SoCal dealers have offered Fiat 500e electrics on lease for $99/month inclusive (dealer/mfr keeps the incentives).
I'm really surprised that this article is flagged. Yes the title is clickbaity, but the topic itself is interesting and has created some interesting, relevant discussion.
If you do that, it's common on HN to include a note regarding how you changed it, particularly if the edit is substantive.
And it makes sense. That is define the properties of the container, not the individual items within it.
Squeezing a key through a carry bit [video]
Yes you might be surprised but the police keep notes/tabs on the community. If you call something in or otherwise inform them you will be in the system which would alert them.
> There is no proof that the accused party intended to kill

“malice aforethought”, as noted uphtread, isn't the same thing as “intent to kill”. Gross recklessness/depraved indifference is also malice aforethought.

> in fact it was a random address that another third party had posted, and somebody decided to pull a prank that went horribly wrong.

SWATting is a “prank” which inherently involves the mental state of depraved indifference; the fact that the target endangered is different than the one the “prankster” expected is fairly immaterial.
See How hackers could guess your phone PIN using its sensor data
LOL, outsourcing a closed source database to the McDonald's of IT. #wcpgw
See How hackers could guess your phone PIN using its sensor data.

http://www.seyiblog.com.ng/2017/12/see-how-hackers-could-gue...
Ok xeoncross
Unhidden Figures
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Grunt work isn't everything though, it's more often than not highly manual, highly repetitive, low skill work. That sounds like a great candidate for automation.

I think the bigger issue is that you appear to be using the truth that you can't automate everything, to support the statement that you can't automate gruntwork, which I think depending on how you define gruntwork is false by definition.
>There must be thousands, possibly over ten thousand of these incidents every year.

It's a shame we can't have any reliable statistics based insight into exactly how often it happens because of the widespread policy amongst US police departments of not collecting and/or publicizing such data. The Obama DOJ was attempting to correct this trend (in a collaborative manner, which was the only available avenue) with many such departments, but cancelling that policy initiative was literally Jeff Sessions's first policy action as AG.
Because the company is confusing project impact with individual impact. An ambitious idiot on a high ROI project is still an idiot.

It also fosters a culture where obsequious bullshit artists figure out to worm their way into projects and come out the other side with kudos.

If that type of gameplay is effective, the company is playing the wrong game. If you ask your director who the highest performer is and ask your colleagues the same question, and the answer is very different, that’s probably what your company is doing.
Am bright child, can confirm.

(Just kidding, I'm actually a foolish middle-aged man. But I'm talking about my inner bright child.)
Prayer has been helping people for thousands of years, meditation is a new-age, godless impostor.
Having done work on 911 call-taking systems, I can tell you that they do have the capability of placing notes on properties. Things like "large dog in backyard" or "known gun owner." That way they can inform responding officers as best they can. Talking to the police might not be enough, because that report won't make it to dispatchers who need the info. I don't know the proper procedure to get a note placed on the property.
On a side note, you might like a movie called The Box (2009).

Basically a couple receives a box with a button and pressing it will give them $1 million but a stranger somewhere in the world will die at the same time.

I don't remember if it's any good but your scenario reminded me of it.
I've written and deleted this comment several times, I'm just not sure how to say all i want to say and I don't want to come across as arrogant or melodramatic but I disagree and I think that you underestimate your own capacity to adapt.

Let's see if I can explain myself: I was diagnosed with leukaemia three years ago and now I'm on the last weeks of the treatment, for the moment (and waiting for the last bone marrow tests), it looks like the treatment has worked (although there's a decent chance of cancer coming back in the next few years).

Speaking for myself, one of the things that frustrates me is the reluctance from doctors to give a straight answer. I had to ask several times to get a decent idea of the worst case scenario[0]. For me, having a clear vision helped me frame all the other possible scenarios, from the best possible "cancer is gone forever" to the more probable "treatment will work but in 10-15 years I'll develop another cancer" as well as lining up the available treatments[1].

I don't consider myself specially brave, but I prefer to know the truth, no matter how painful it is. Most of the cancer patients I know think along the same lines (some really brave people there). I accept that some people might not handle the situation well[2], but based on my limited observations, there may be less than you seem to think.

To finish this, I don't know about your father's situation (I'm sorry for your loss, btw) and I might be completely wrong on this (and I apologize if this offends you, it's definitely not my intention), but I'd consider the idea that your father knew and that at least part of his talk about going fishing was his way of trying to cheer you up and protecting you. I know I've done that with my own family.

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[0] The question was "Assuming the treatment doesn't work, what can I expect?". The most direct answer I got (after all the evasives) was "It will be painless", which is code for "We will pump you full of morphine".

[1] If the leukaemia is not completely gone or it returns I still have the option of a bone marrow transplant (although it will probably destroy my liver and will need a liver transplant too), I could also go for immunotherapy, which has shown very good results with my type of leukaemia but, as far as I know, only one hospital in Europe has the equipment necessary to do it. Worst case... well, we'll see, but even then I have 2-3 options that don't involve being a husk full of morphine until the lack of oxygen in blood kills me.

[2] And that's why there's a team of psychologists with specific oncology training in my hospital, as well as religious support for the people that want it.
Wow. Let me take a breath here.

I'm British and the words you just wrote sound insane to me.

The key point here is that the threshold for the use of lethal force by the state should be much, much higher than merely an anonymous call. If that makes me "anti-police" then I'm very happy not to live in your great nation.
Soon their biggest problem won't even be "making a good EV", because they all seem to have started working on EV platforms from scratch - which, let's not kid ourselves - they would've never done if not for Tesla. They would've just dragged their feet re-purposing old ICE cars into EVs, which has significant drawbacks in terms of overall battery efficiency as well as maximum range.

So now that this is (almost) out of the way, their biggest problem will be making batteries fast enough. I predict that once there are enough models on the market and the prices are much more competitive compared to ICE cars, which should happen around 2022, there will be an explosion in demand. And it's going to take them off-guard because they won't have enough battery supply planned out for the short 1-2 year term. They'll have to "drop everything" and start building battery factories like crazy. I'm talking a total demand of close to 1 TWh year, by 2025, for EVs alone (which should be maybe around 15-20 million EVs a year, globally).

The only one that will sale through smoothly will be Tesla at that point, which by 2023 will likely have a second gigafactory close to finished, and even Tesla may struggle a bit to keep up with the demand, because they'll have not only their customers, but the customers of all the other carmakers that failed to supply enough EVs to their loyal base.

Chinese manufacturers may also have a better time, because China is already seeing an explosion in EV demand, backed by the government, so they will have a much better feel for the EV demand by then.

Meanwhile, most European and Japanese carmakers will be left wondering why no one is coming to check out their latest "breakthrough in diesel technology" at trade shows anymore.
"there's just no "need" in my life for a new vehicle"

You mean no need in your life besides our shared need to reduce atmospheric carbon, oil extraction, and other automobile pollutants, to keep climate change to a level merely devastating rather than catastrophic, and to preserve a habitable planet for the generations to come?
Stimulus: A modest JavaScript framework that works with the HTML you already have
Node.js and Python are all the rage now. Especially frameworks like Django, React, and trendy technologies such as Docker and GraphQL.
> I can't help but feel that pointing out that it's not "special" is the opposite of helpful.

I disagree -- I'm pointing out that the issue is not CoD or even online gaming, its a larger issue. You can't really address it on a small scale without understanding the bigger picture.
Tangent, but how do you enjoy living in the French countryside? Are you a native to the area? What is life like there?
Commentary on Google’s writeup:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15885563
The Go implementation of the P-256 elliptic curve had a small bug due to a misplaced carry bit affecting less than 0.00000003% of field subtraction operations. We show how to build a full practical key recovery attack on top of it, capable of targeting JSON Web Encryption
Overriding Bootstrap variables gets you 80% there. You can do a lot with changing padding, colors and fonts. I was very sceptical of Bootstrap from a design perspective but changed my mind after some deep diving into customization.
Still not any more precise than kg to measure human weight (unless you position the human at the exact right spot on earth).
What? I had a 2002 RAV4 I just sold, I never spent anything significant on maintenance. Besides tires and a single battery replacement, I spent nearly zero. I neglected most oil changes—probably got a total of 4 since 2002. Never got a tuneup, never changed the breaks...hell I think I washed it two times total. The mechanic that inspected it before the sale said it was in great condition and would run forever.

You are severely underestimating the cost of replacing the batteries for an electric car. Batteries are still the most expensive part of electronic cars—and are a consumable.
Prayer has never helped anyone, unless you consider the placebo effect to be helpful. In which case prayer is no more or less useful than meditation.
What do you think happens in a real scenario where someone has shot someone and is holding a group of other people hostage? You think they get some agents on a jet from Quantico to start collecting evidence?

That's what makes this crime so evil: the people doing it are deliberately trying to put the police in the worst possible scenario. Police need more training and better procedures and they are certainly abusive, but it's this exact situation --- when it's really occurring, and isn't just some troll --- that drives most of those abuses.
It works fine except for the touchpad, hence the switch to libinput.

Keep in mind, it comes with a bunch of stuff enabled by Dell and using their own repos.

I upgraded the kernel as I'm using the WD15 dock and the thunderbolt firmware/drivers are flaky on older kernels and will lock up the system.

If you've never ran Linux as your primary machine, be prepared for occasional snags, especially around suspend.

Overall, it's an easy system to fiddle with with lots and lots of online resources and how-to's.
I haven't seen the same level of vitriol in most other games. I also play World of Warcraft (off an on, hop in every other year or so), Dota 2, Company of Heroes 2, and a few other games. I'm also active in a couple different gaming communities online. Yes, there are toxic players in each of those other games but nothing as extreme or as densely-packed as in Call of Duty. (Dota 2 is probably the worst, but most of the toxicity is just complaining about game-related issues. I've never seen physical threats or racism/genocidal chat.)
This idea sounds like it would devolve into an advertising board of weekend projects really fast. Which might not be that bad.
How else do you get to 100% of the work done?
What is the evidence that the shooter (the officer) committed homicide? The article didn't give any--it only said the reason the officer discharged his weapon was unknown.
This may drive black market sales.

Given that only about 9-11% of CA's cannabis production currently goes into the legal intrastate market, I'd say "black market" sales already drive production... including a lot of production on public lands (and at great environmental cost).
I'm not sure how that would work. So far I see these obstacles/concerns:

1. Range. Right now I can drive ~400 miles on a fill. Can I get even close to that in EV?

2. Refills. I am pretty sure wherever I go, there would be a gas station within tens of miles. And I'm pretty sure most maps or GPS devices I would have would be able to point me to it. With electric car, not only I have to worry about finding charging station (or even plan the trip around its presence) but I'm not even sure how to find one. Would my GPS device show it? Would it work with my car (Tesla ones e.g. work only with Teslas)? Would I need some kind of subscription/registration to access it? I imagine being anxious about these things would be pretty annoying (unless it's already solved somehow - I have no idea).

3. Do I need to have charging station at home? What if I move - would I need to get a new one or pay to move it? What if I need to go somewhere at night and the car isn't charged yet? Would I need to buy special "fast charge" station? What if one day I'm too tired at the evening and forget to plug in the car for the night?

4. With ICE car, I am sure any competent mechanic would be able to take care of the most problems with my car. Electric cars are new, most mechanics had no training for them and no experience with them, and manufacturing solutions and practices would be very non-uniform - how I find the good service and how I make sure he doesn't use relative scarcity on the market to fleece me?

5. If I want to sell this car, what would the resale value be? Would I be able to resell it at all, or would it be the analogue of 5 year old smartphone, worth tiny fraction of the premium price it fetched only recently?

6. Wouldn't buying now, when the technology is still developing, lock me in with inferior first-try technology while superior one will show up in 5 years and make my car not only look like Flintstone's carriage but also drive its resale value down and maybe make it unusable due to chargers switching to newer superior standard of something?

I'd like to hear how these concerns are resolved.
Could you imagine how much wasted paper comes out of a supermarket in the form of receipts? Most are printed by default then discarded.

I reckon at least 10 garbage bags worth of paper a day at least from one store alone. Maybe I'll run some quick numbers later on.

Paperless in that case would be gold. Just email my receipts so I can archive 'em because I'll only ever need them in the future, not the present.
Ohhh. I'm sorry everyone. Yes, you're right of course. It didn't occur to me until I tried it that the bu- in bun is bahhh. Goes back to drawing board
I like GRC a lot. I think proof-of-stake is much more efficient than proof-of-work, because it doesn't require massive ongoing calculations in perpetuity. I like the idea of giving out the coins for doing useful calculations, rather than for burning cycles.

My criticisms: it's pretty easy for a user to set up BOINC and start contributing, but not so easy to integrate it with GRC and start collecting gridcoin. Their client software needs a usability overhaul. Also, the selection of projects by BOINC seems somewhat arbitrary - I'm not sure how one gets into their good graces, since I couldn't find public standards or an application process.
So then, you're pretty sure SWATting is going to stop pretty much completely now that everyone knows someone might get killed when it happens?

Didn't think so.
You really need to look at this as two separate incidents.

The police could end up at the wrong house for any number of reasons not all of which are malicious. There is no excuse for the actions of the police officer. The manner in which the SWAT team arrived at the house does not in any way change the culpability of an officer for their actions.

The prankster also has culpability here since they did what they did with the intent to cause harm and they should also be held accountable. To say the prankster is the root cause though is non-sense. The root cause of the man's death is the police's unprofessional handling of the incident.
Yes, but can you build the Sears house for 35k today without materials substitutions. I don't think you can, prices of commodities were probably lower then, which is not in line with received wisdom.

The reason why I mentioned a Tiny House or THOW is that the comparison is much closer, I think like most countries in the past there were no planning permission or taxes on house building. A THOW too is built by the owner, but it is 200-300 sq ft and not 1200 sq ft.

The website you listed suggests a 50k modular house costs closer to 130k to install once everything is worked through. Do you believe the Sears house cost ~150-200% more in the end? Sure they had to dig wells too but I don't think that is plausible.
... the coolant in the car to warm up before the heater starts blowing hot

You conveniently truncated the quote to change the issue. If they wanted heat, they have to wait longer than 15s.
I will say that BF1 in-game text chat on PC can get pretty bad (reminds me of the old IRC days), however I don't see physical threats much (only one threat in the last 4 years) -- however when I played halo 2 online it was constant trash. Are your experiences with console or PC players?
Nope. Just that there are many ways to break eggs and make omelets.

Not justifying (can anyone really justify Stalin?). Just pointing out we have to take the omelet into account when pointing out a messy kitchen with roughly broken egg all over.

Because no matter who you are, no matter where you are, I assure you a lot of eggs were broken to get there. And no, the broken eggs are not OK with me. But sometimes that's how it is and we can't rewind the clock. But we should try to look at the whole story, not just the parts we find morally repugnant.
"Humanity’s earliest, truly transformative general purpose technologies were the ability to cross-fertilise plants and cross-breed animals. Suddenly, it made more sense to farm than to hunt and gather"

This article opens up immediately with a stupid and facile analysis of the birth of the Agricultural Revolution. I stopped reading here.
Thing is police are people too and afraid to get shot/die.

Unless you can remove the guns from criminals, the cops will need guns.
I feel the extra padding and margin classes like mb-3, px-md-5 make up for a lot of the rigidity that the .container .row .col system insists on. Not perfect, but a whole lot better than anything I could come up with for a medium to large web app.