skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't think "sharing-only" accounts can; only regular accounts. Keep in mind that a non-"sharing only" account is an account with a special privilege: it can log in through the local-framebuffer LoginWindow. This translates to an assumption that the computer is–at least temporarily—in the physical possession of said user. They're at least sitting down in front of it; they may have been leased it by their employer.

The global prefs that can be reconfigured by "regular users" (i.e. non-"sharing only" users) are precisely those prefs required to keep the system in a working state if you're physically in possession of it and doing the things that possession of a computer implies. For example, you can move a computer you physically possess to a new location–at which point the same wireless networks won't be available, and maybe you won't be able to get online without a proxy. So, in order to ensure that just going places doesn't necessitate a call to corporate IT, the default† is to let any non-"sharing only" user configure networking.

† "Default" because these prefs can be locked down using a configuration profile (like a windows Group Policy Object) by corporate IT if they need a computer specifically secured against these changes, such as a public-use kiosk.
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This is a cool idea. I think this technology could potentially assist front-end developers and the designers who work with them even though there's still a fair amount of craft involved. Browser compatibility has gotten better on the desktop in recent years but the mobile appearance of websites is as diverse as ever. It might be interesting to explore "mobile-first" or "progressive enhancement" applications of this technology.
Driving the databus GPIO pins using the VideoCore as a second processor is a really clever hack, especially on the single-core Pi Zero. I guess it's logical that the GPIO can be driven by the GPU in this architecture but I never really thought to do it before.
It was SUPER annoying on that page.
Leaving the clickbait-y headline aside, this story is really problematic because it conflates technology with an application of that technology.

1. When reasonably scoped (i.e., to a specific use case) and iteratively optimized over time, chatbots can meet user expectations quite well.

2. If ostensibly intended by their builders to handle every type of request on the fly via ML pixie dust, chatbots can be miserable failures.

Both things can be equally true.

(Disclaimer: I work for Chatbase, a service for analyzing and optimizing bots. Maybe Facebook should have looked at that. :) )
Can you provide a specific URL or example where you're seeing this? I can't reproduce this: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=...
They'll be selling us public/private infrastructure funded by the 1.5 Trillion USD levy on the deficit via the recent 'tax reform.'
Would you please not do flamewars on Hacker News? especially political flamewars? We're hoping for something different here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Just a guess: having the TV think it has an internet connection might prevent annoying prompts to connect it to the internet.
It’s likely that server client encryption just means TLS for the server endpoint.
Why do people in USA care about what the Chinese government does? It's not like you are willing to take care of it's citizens, but the Chinese government has a responsibility and they seem to be trading off fairness so fewer people are impoverished.
For crawlability you may be better of with an explicit site map. Pagination is very important and your focus should be on UX, not bots.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitemaps
Please don't do flamewars on Hacker News.

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It's disappointing to see links to the abstracts on the front page of HN (given the paper itself is behind a paywall).

In this case, the find some non-zero effect, but call it zero because the difference was not statistically significant.

That's likely a reflection of their small sample size rather than evidence for the null hypothesis as the title suggests.

But it's hard to know, or even have an intelligent discussion about it, since the paper itself is behind a paywall.
You don't need to blind other road users. That's a bug with the headlight design, not a feature.
James Damore’s Lawsuit Exposes Google’s Culture of Ignorant Intolerance
You prevent this by taking photos and video before you sign the lease agreement highlighting the condition of the place. You can also annotate a document on condition at move as well. Landlord usually has to countersign lease agreement so attach copies of said things to lease. Also send things registered mail to where your landlord accepts checks.
What generates that improvement percent confidences that was included in that commit?
Nice start. I notice this only scans the HEAD of the repository. Have you considered implementing functionality to go back through previous commits and check for secrets in files there? After all, once something is committed to git, even if you change the file, the old version is still there (by design, obviously).

For a more complex implementation of a solution to this problem, checkout trufflehog [0], which "searches through git repositories for high entropy strings and secrets, digging deep into commit history."

[0] https://github.com/dxa4481/truffleHog
Agreed. Playing some low-level white noise over the speaker system would drown out the grunting, panting, or conversations almost as well, and it wouldn't interfere with people's own music choices on their headphones.
I tried this on my ReasonReact app and it doesn't work. Seems like this has many assumption about React internal instead of focusing on the public API
Is the message coming from server or client?
thanks, will edit
the mortgage interest deduction should be phased out over some period of time (like 5 years), rather than capped like it was in the trump tax bill. economically, it's taxpayer-funded gift to the real estate industry (in the form of higher home prices, higher building costs, higher commissions, more interest, etc.).
"proportional representation" is just another libertarian pipe-dream. Much better to be realistic and accept that there's not going to be a radical change in the mechanisms of how we are represented in government.

The best thing we can do to address gerrymandering is to keep partisans from coming up with zany voting districts which are optimized strictly for their own political benefit.

Cities aren't dead yet. It still makes sense to divide carve out districts according to population centers and geography.
Markup is more than how it looks like. Some times a <p> tag should actually be a <span> or a <div>. Sometimes a button should be an <a> tag, sometimes it should be a <button>. I wouldn't use the <article> tag if the content wasn't standalone (a blog post, newspaper article, etc.).

You need to understand what has been designed and the goals of the project to know which tags to use. I need to actually read the content to know if I should use <article> or <section>. There's not much time saved if I have to go back and readjust everything, I may as well have written it the way I wanted it in the first place.

It won't be able to do more in the future, computers can't understand things.
Another step closer to my dream: a cross-compiler that takes as input a Powerpoint presentation, and outputs the enclosed-described mobile app, cloud-hosted website/backend, and Delaware C Corporation.
They got a parachute, and with a rotor layout like this, attaching a parachute safely is pretty simple.

Going down on a parachute is not exactly comfortable, but at least you're not going to crash at the earth like a falling rock. It turns a catastrophic crash into an unpleasant but likely quite safe collision.
It's like going into a restaurant and asking for a menu, only for the server to respond with "we don't even need menus, you can order whatever you like!"
So I guess the tl;dr is if you have time/flexibility to burn on a really long trip there's ways to find cheaper flights. If you can fly in or out of a distant airport it'll be cheaper. If you can fly on different days or different times it'll be cheaper. Also good, use a VPN to search for flights from other countries.

So, useful advice if you're going far far away and have plenty of time to spend.
Introducing the CVPR 2018 Learned Image Compression Challenge
Ash is alkaline, so it would make the ground more basic rather than more acidic.
Apple, Samsung Lead List of Most Innovative Consumer Tech Companies
I got hit by a car, as a cyclist, in exactly this kind of intersection. Got a Bankart repair on my left shoulder as a reward, but also got the motivation to go to medical school. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Incidentally, as a sailor, I totally get the constant bearing decreasing range problem. That phrase still sends shivers down my spine. I can't tell you how many times I've thought about what's on the other side the front pillars.
Prepare to be disappointed

They're unifying their SDKs to produce one app type.

The Mac line is on its way out for content consumption devices, and UI's that offload the real work to services: iPhone/iPad

That way management can keep tabs on everything.

This is Toyota manufacturing taken to its extremes. We're just dumb machine operators, only allowed a partial view into how things work.
Ego depletion refers to the idea that self-control or willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources that can be used up [1]. Previous studies have found that it is real. This study did a complex statistical analysis and found that they didn't have enough evidence to prove that it is real.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion
Complaints about voting break the HN guidelines, and so does ideological flamebait and race-baiting. Please don't do any of these things here, regardless of ideology.

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NYC is a very far way from being a carless paradise. Yes, lots of people walk or take transit. But, especially in Manhattan, many streets are choked for a good chunk of the day.
Donald Trump may hold back plan to deport thousands of H-1B visa holders
It indicates that the account was just made. In the case of the GP the account was made about an hour ago.
Shoptiques (YC W12) is hiring a sales executive
I'm also a long-time Mac user, but I've really had about enough of this. Between the seemingly constant stream of security problems and the dumbing down of OSX (MacOS, whatever), I'm not sure I'm willing to pay a premium for this product anymore.

At the same time the Apple seems to be dropping the ball, some of the more noob-friendly linux distros are starting to look very attractive. And while Apple still seems to have the best hardware overall, a Lenovo Carbon X1 seems like a very decent option. I'm by no means a "pro" user (I have a decent understanding of computers, can get around on linux command line, some basic experiences in programming, etc), but I'm probably going to start making the switch, at least for my laptop.

Slightly off topic, but one of the only software issues holding me back previously was 1Password compatibility on linux, but apparently, it is now available (1). Anyone tried it? It's not a stand-alone application, but I'm probably okay with that.

(1) https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/79940/a-present...
Disabling password requirements for app purchases

Disabling/enabling automatic updates
Basically, there was a theory that exercising self-control would "deplete" ones "self-control reserves". The idea was that exercising your self-control, to say avoid a junk food, would temporarily decrease your ability to resist that temptation again.

This paper reports that not only were they unable to verify any of the prior research into this so called "ego depletion" effect, but they found more persuasive evidence suggesting that the theory is false.
Just reading through the about page... Where is the aircraft/rotorcraft experience in upper management? There are many reasons that helicopters are dominant at the scale of human transport (some of which have been brought up in this comment thread) and multicopters are prevalent at smaller (drone-size) scales...

All of this is to say I'm extremely skeptical.
I reproduced it in 10.13.2 on the first try.
Snow Leopard was only as good as you remember at its final release, two years later.
Well, this seems like it could be useful for the times you just want a quick prototype mocked up and can't be bothered to code it, or when you're dealing with sites that don't need much in the way of dynamic functionality.

However, it also makes me think that:

A: Maybe developers (and software engineers in general) should stop thinking their own jobs are necessarily safe from automation, since something like this could be the first step to the field going the same way as lorry or taxi driving will in future.

B: That agencies might start seeing their basic web development work start drying up in the not too distant future.
That sounds like a non-native English speaker. But I think the meaning of the sentence is plain enough to figure out if you make even a tiny attempt to do so.

It sound like you are mocking someone's bad English rather than really confused. That's not cool. Please don't do that here.

If you really are confused, re-read (expecting somewhat mangled English from a non-native), and it should become clear.
If we can have self driving cars, sure these can be self flying then you don't have to worry.

With your AR eye glasses and earbuds, it can clean out the clutter showing you a clear blue sky and eliminate all the buzzing.
> The argument that the existence of negative stimuli disproves the ubiquity of pain

It doesn't disprove it, it just demolishes that particular argument.

> Animals don't respond in the same way to being prodded in the head as they do to being, say... eaten alive, so the existence of other forms of negative stimuli doesn't prevent you learning about pain responses.

That sounds like a good start to an argument, but "different" isn't to the point of "definitely pain".

> For example, fish have been reasonably shown to feel pain by comparing their responses under painkillers to their natural responses.

And that is also a good start to an argument, but "painkillers" have a lot of weird effects, so it needs more work.

But neither of those is related to geezerjay's over-simplistic argument.

> to me the idea that pain must somehow be proved rather than assumed in higher order is somewhat disturbing and indicitive of our continuing hunger for exceptionalism

I'm not sure exceptionalism is the right word, considering how broad the category of "clearly feels pain" is.

But I'll remind you there are certain humans with a mutation that makes them unable to feel pain, while mostly leaving their other senses intact. And naked mole rats have a vastly different and muted pain response from their relatives. It's completely plausible to say that an animal might not experience pain.
Ego depletion isn't real.
If they have "'Always Require' Password for Purchase" enabled, you could disable that and buy apps from the app store without a password.

For example you could let your kid use your Mac, but you don't want them spending your money via your app-store linked credit card. If they have access to the App Store Preferences panel they can disable the requirement and do so.
> Maybe the solution here is to make the domain name sent by the SNI challenge a subdomain of the domain being validated?

FWIW, Matthew Hardeman just made an excelent post on the mozilla.dev.security.policy which discusses this solution and some potential problems with it in detail: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.security.policy/...
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You can easily get access to non-music with earplugs, though, and those are both cheaper and waterproof. ;)
On the other hand, I can't imagine Penn Station is busier than, say, Madrid Atocha. They should have used 'New World', not Western Hemisphere.
Definitely need to check back after the novelty has worn off.
The "why" is IE8 compat. If IE8 is a large part of your traffic that's a compelling reason.
Git is a blockchain
Thanks for the detailed response :)

I have a few questions:

- How does group messaging in Signal work?

- Does the server also hold group metadata?

- If there is a difference, why is there a difference?
Security fiascos that most of the time, required one have physical access to the machine in many cases (discounting the recent discovery of Intel bugs). In which case you're screwed anyway.

Remember Windows track record as a Swiss cheese POS? They took the complaints, did work to better monitor for issues, now it's a privacy invasion!

And how you could basically crack a Mac too, but no one noticed because they weren't as ubiquitous?

Selective memory is thing in IT communities. Forgetting that forehead smacking security issues have always been here.

Put a Windows XP box online pre-sp1 and instantly get hit with RPC attacks.

'Net security only became a concern for companies in the last decade. And they're still terrible. There are still boxes of disks and tapes being stolen, along with Intel-like bugs we'll never find.

But yeah, I'm sure soon we'll figure these all out. Any day now.

Just accept it's lowest common denominator engineering and chill.
It feels like the fact that this is a bayesian-favoured study is some kind of sign that people (i.e. people that are upvoting, not necessarily the researchers) are actually taking that silly bayesian vs frequentist political war thing seriously. (Which I don't think is advisable.)
I am saying that the Trump administration is continuing a policy begun under Obama, so that doesn't seem like a rebuttal really.
Building a Multiplayer New York Times Crossword with Go and Google Cloud
Sockpuppet accounts and/or promotional comments will get you banned here, so please don't.

HN users usually see through it, making it against your interests anyhow.
With Linux, You Don't Get One Kernel of Truth. You Get Many
Let me try again: HEVC has been deployed by big players with deep pockets. Therefore, any patent trolls that might have targeted it have already been lured out of the woodwork.

A new codec like this however, has an unknown risk attached, because no one knows how many trolls might be lurking out ther e.
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What you blabbing for!!!! I was/am planning to make a business out of this!
Well, on the other hand in a GUI - in pretty much a single page - I can see all options I have, all sizes, their exact price ...etc. With CMD and chatbots there's always the FOMO. "What if there are other options I haven't considered?". Humans like to be in control.
I wouldn't worry about that. Most people can't even drive cars in "2D" safely, never mind helicopters. The general public will never be given the skies, unless the flights are automated.
You can just as easily paint this in a pragmatic light, rather than a sinister one. "We're going to clear some forest here where it's in our way, and to compensate, we're going to plant some additional forests elsewhere where they're more convenient" is very different from "we're going to spin up a forest-planting project so nobody notices we're cutting down trees elsewhere."
You too gente :-) Redis is just the incarnation of technology available, so it does not provide any real added value in perspective, however people like Faggin are not isolated cases. Italians insist in believing that the creative force of our country is something lost in the history, but this is not true. For sure in the latest decades there was a serious issue due to the fact that school, once very rigid, became a joke now.
Open up the network debugger (Tools -> Web Developer -> Network in Firefox, View->Developer->Developer Tools -> Network in Chrome), do a forced reload and see what you get.

Even logged in I still get a ridiculous number of things loaded. The biggest culprits look to be the foundation javascript stuff (I'm assuming that's a javascript framework) being loaded from fsdn.com. Every request made, hurts, unless you're lucky to be using HTTP/2.0 (they don't support 2.0), and even then you've got to think about interpreter starting/loading/parsing/executing time. For every script.

They're also passing parameters in the javascript urls (e.g. handlebars.js?1515608140) which really meddles with caching etc.

The latency situation gets even worse if you're anywhere but on a fast connection (so lots of end users in their global target market).

I like the overall look of the new site, but it's a performance nightmare.
I worked on a similar project but was generating graphics code with both java and ruby: http://www.jtoy.net/projects/sketchnet/
Considering they used to be classified as ‘waste’ land I strongly suspect it was deforested for fuel.

The estates that owned them called them waste as nothing would grow there. Generally they are used for very low density livestock farming and most is common land.
ego depletion is the idea that the more you stop yourself from doing things, the harder it gets to stop yourself. It sounds like they looked at a bunch of studies on this effect and concluded that it is not likely by doing some math on those studies.
All parties in power strive to do this, it's neither a Republican nor a Democratic issue. It's a power issue. Unfortunately so long as humans, with a political persuasion, are tasked with drawing these maps, they will continue to maximize the power of one party over another. In some states it has led to a nearly exclusion of one party over another.
Please don't take HN threads into partisan flamewar. This whole topic is politicized, of course, but there are circles of hell and the idea here is to stay out of the inner ones.

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Any country with our agricultural exports and requirements that decides to do that will collapse upon itself.

When every policy decision is decided by the needs of the residents of a few, highly populous cities, with no thought to the different needs of those living in rural areas, being a farmer, miner, logger, etc. becomes completely disincentivized.

When all those people in those cities (and the rest of the country) require incentivized agriculture to supply their basic survival needs, the system falls apart. The whole reason we have a Senate is so people in states that produce our agricultural products aren't disenfranchised.
I bought an LG TV recently, the only "smart" thing about it is Google Cast is baked in, which I think is acceptable. The only reason I want a dumb TV is to hook up an apple tv / google cast / computer running airserver.
Or better yet buy a bunch of cheaper 2TB hard drives configure them as RAID with redundancy. Or you could use ZFS for extra fun.

If you're going to host this at home you'll probably want/need a firewall, I hear OpenBSD is great in that area.
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"server-client encryption" means that the data is only encrypted between the client and the server (i.e. the server can read all messages). "Secret Chats" are only between 2 clients and are end-to-end encrypted which means the data is encrypted the whole time between the clients, and the server can't read any of the data.
Ah right, so the data on the server itself isn't encrypted at all, which obviously is quite an issue if the server would get compromised.

Now I feel kinda stupid for asking the question, guess that whole "There is no encryption" and Telegram faq saying "We have encryption!" threw me off, what's encrypted where is obviously the most important aspect.
Because leading by example woks better than putting the whip to someone else and screaming for them to change, while you stay the same. That only leads to revolution.