skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I had a crystal radio in the 60's. It was nothing more than an antenna, a coil, headphones, and of course the crystal. I had fooled around with making electromagnets and morse keys, and understood them. But the crystal completely baffled me.
> The gold has to be minted, which goes through centralization

Both gold and silver frequently traded based on weight and crude physical test of purity; while it was minted, this was at many times and places not centralized in any real sense, and no special position being given to coins of the local mint.

> Old time gold that was traded without minting or governments had Eureka related issues.

So did gold that was traded with minting and governments; the existence of those issues does not mean the currencies did not exist.
Isn't the same true for fiat currencies or stocks?
In Switzerland, ricardo.ch is much bigger than Ebay.
This is pretty much the perfect Hacker News article - interesting and informative.
DJI’s newest 4K folding drone costs $799
Well, today is your lucky day then, for there is a search engine that does just that.

https://wiby.me/
Bigger a part of your business software is, faster the growth happens.

Ebay like marketplaces still have a big physical world component present. Even if it isn't ebay, it might be some other company in Australia. Or maybe trademe becomes the company which tries to take over in Austrlia. It's inevitable and just a matter of time!
I know selenium has a unique fingerprint in chrome. Would it be possible to detect if a website is trying to fingerprint selenium?
Abject nonsense.

The problem with America is not JUST Donald Trump,
but he is the white blister at the middle of the infection.
I've often wonder what the world record for a human is. Are their competitions? Like can you be the best at staying awake for > 2 weeks?
2 charts updated with most recent data. With & without the sentiment data variable https://imgur.com/a/AF8SX
It's art. The marginal cost of producing each print includes the price of keeping the artist alive and inspired.

Also, you should probably expect to pay more for the five seconds where Jumpman actually rescues Pauline.
R.I.P. Ursula, Left Hand of Darkness was one of my go to books for convincing literature snobs that SF was a legitimate genre.
Complete shit. Being 100% honest here.

Overweight from eating like crap, too many office snacks, drink 5+ cups of coffee a day, eat fast food, back pain from sitting too much, poor circulation, bad sleeping habits, carpal tunnel, high blood pressure, stressed out and depressed, think about ending life fairly often.

10 years into a career as a professional software developer, been writing software for 18 years though. 32 years old.

Through these sacrifices I have managed to make an absolutely ridiculous income, more then I ever dreamed of to be honest. In one year I make what my father made in 5 working for the federal government. I recently put in my notice and I am retiring. I hope to never write a line of code again in my life.

I love technology but being involved in software was not for me.
No, just search for "Legalist" and you'll see various mentions in which he mentions his connection. In fact his article is really "how you can easily do this yourself" (though sure, he's happy for you to use his service instead).
I wish all corporate white papers were that impartial.

I went to small claims myself once and it was about as easy as he describes. You don't need his service.
Anyone remember the source of the essay about the town where everyone was happy, and how it feels unbelievable until you find it has a horrible secret, which somehow makes it more believable? I think that is her writing.
I'm old enough to have never been tested for dyslexia, because I scored high in average tests..

But come high school years, or in British sixth form studying for"A levels", I scored in the top decile for my class and for Applied Math, but the bottom dectile for Pure Math.

I think you can make a very good argument that math notation is not doing the potentially career changing job it could be doing, by not expanding the keys. Darn, even a key table index alongside would be night and day better.
Edit - didn't remember the length of my comment after coming back to it after a break, so culled the excess. The punchline was that when we got a new young and enthusiastic Pure tutor, who was French, so he in true anger would explain to us in great eloquent depth, my marks equalized in two semesters.

There's surely something like a formal study of students to show if comprehension is the main reason math is hard?
He didnt say that fake images and shitty news were in the majority at facebook.
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16218439
I went from GMail -> Inbox -> GMail -> Thunderbird
I had NO idea! You are an impressive researcher.
The whole point of buzzwords is that you don't actually do what you're saying. So the ChainPhone wouldn't use a blockchain at all.
The official record is only a bit over 11 days: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder)
> Randy Gardner (born August 7, 1949) is the holder of the scientifically documented record for the longest a human has intentionally gone without sleep not using stimulants of any kind. In 1964, Gardner, a high school student in San Diego, California, stayed awake for 264.4 hours (11 days 25 minutes).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder)

The article mentions longer records but they aren't so well documented.
I demoed [0] receiving one tenths of a cent's worth of bitcoin (0.00000010 BTC) instantly, and on Bitcoin's mainnet (not a test network).

I also demoed [1] purchasing swag from Blockstream's store [2] which is powered by their newly released Wordpress e-commerce plugin [3] that enables Lightning payments.

I did not screencapture the videos because Qubes dom0 does not come OOTB with screenrecording software, and I don't want to enable networking in dom0 to install software that does.

[0]https://twitter.com/notgrubles/status/955611467889422337

[1]https://twitter.com/notgrubles/status/954933507863863296

[2]https://store.blockstream.com/

[3]https://blockstream.com/2018/01/16/lightning-charge.html
Also in programming, when my girlfriend (the mathematician[1]) used single letters in code and I helped her with the coding part of it, she had to remind me what some letters stood for. With acronyms or abbreviations I might need to ask a first time (or maybe not even that, especially if you put a comment with the full version upon declaration), but it's definitely easier to remember what is what.

But anyway that's programming. Papers are a little different of course, with limited space so usually there are no big code parts with declarations and comments. Which is also why I like blog posts: things are clickable and interactive. A PDF is super static and you can't expect a reader to click through to the code or to be able to zoom in.

[1] well, she claims not to be, but from my POV it's math even if she says it's a subfield.
It was for me. On both Win10 and Ubuntu. Fx 57 was a game changer.
How is selenium being detected? Reference URL?
Interesting definition of "developed"...

I'm in Sydney, at home my fastest option is ADSL2+ which gets me 15-16Mbit on a good day (7-8 if it's rained much recently...)

My ISP contacted me mid last year to offer pre-signups for our "National Broadband Network" on Sept 4th. A couple of months ago it became public that the old HFC cables they were planning to use were completely not up to the task, with major problems reported pretty much everywhere it'd already been rolled out, and they've now stopped and new HFC rollout using that (Optus) coax for at least 9 months.

I _think_ Sydney Australia counts as "the developed world", but even 100Mbit for me right now is at least a year away...
There's a danger in tabbing back to the comments page after the third paragraph. A few paragraphs lower, you would have seen this:

>So he and his colleagues turned to the scientific literature for ideas. A handful of American studies had suggested that lithium might prolong the effect of sleep deprivation, so they investigated that. They found that 65% of patients taking lithium showed a sustained response to sleep deprivation when assessed after three months, compared to just 10% of those not taking the drug.
I would never trust a corporation to do anything they're not contractually obligated to do.
Effective Testing with RSpec 3, Starting on the Outside: Acceptance Specs
The first lesson is image classification ("is this a picture of a cat or a dog?"). Given that OP is commenting on an object detection library release, though, I assume they're interested in object recognition/detection/segmentation and rather than just image classification. So, more like: "what things are in this image and where are they?" or even just "where are the dogs in this image?"

That's also covered eventually in fast.ai, but not until the second course if memory serves.
That's lots of names of companies and no examples of "best technology building best practices".
That is a short story called "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"
Isn’t it predicated on the notion of heredity and influence on sexual fitness? The assumption here being, somehow, there’s a genetic markup which positively or negatively influences propensity for depression, and that that has a positive / negative effect on procreation (either directly or through survival)? If the original effect of the genetic trait was different (as someone else mentioned) and it had a positive effect on fitness (survival), then that’s still a valid order of cause and effect analysis , and not assumption of intelligent design.
Using a test file to guide setup was new to me. I'm going to start practicing with that.
Kinda sounds like they've hit api quota limits? Perhaps try later?
Maybe this is natural defense mechanism? Body tries to alleviate symptoms of depression by sleep deprivation :)
Thats around the world, not in one town/city
It's "the ones who walk away from Omelas".

Short read and available online:https://www.utilitarianism.com/nu/omelas.pdf
OVH has done it again, no power in entire Gravlines DC
Until you pointed this out, I hadn’t noticed it, but it has indeed always been there.

I wonder what other sensory anomalies we experience without realising ?
There may yet be more security fixes included than the article currently lists. It seems that for the last few releases, Apple has been quietly adding and updating CVEs to the release notes days and weeks after the initial publication, not least of which was the meltdown mitigations in 10.13.2 (that update was pushed almost a month before the meltdown embargo was lifted, and the fact that patches were already included was kept secret).

For a scary-looking example of what macOS 10.13.3 / iOS 11.2.5 may secretly contain fixes for, take a look at https://twitter.com/ranixch/status/955921380855418882
The idea is to ask where a consistent pattern has its beginning, to estimate where it will lead to, etc. Its primary focus is not necessarily focused on genetics, but something that exists has to come from somewhere.

> Nothing we know about biology in general and evolution in particular entails that assumption

That's a bigger statement than you could probably validate So it doesn't falsify this could-be story.
All I mean is that the obituary linked to at the NY Times contains much more information than the one linked to at Locus. I'm not judging the quality of either source more broadly.
Selenium adds a '$cdc_asdjflasutopfhvcZLmcfl_' key to the window object. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33225947/can-a-website-d...
As I said in the other comment, it really goes the other way: there's a bunch of skills involved in being productive, but most of them learning one way or another how to prioritize, and what work not to do. So starting with attitude of "I have too much work to do" will result in working long hours, starting with attitude of "I have limited time" will allow you to work less, once you have the relevant skills.

Example skills:

* Working from goals (https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/08/03/stay-focused/)

* Knowing how and when to ask for help (https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/12/07/asking-for-help/)
It is, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16218616
I applaud you for that, I feel like it would do good for most of the people here who are so quick to voice their opinion to actually try Perl6 out, as I get distinct feeling that majority probably haven't. I definitely feel the emotion here:

"current of frustration that Perl 6 isn’t more widely adopted. There’s a kind of righteous indignation that the language is very good — so dammit (I’m projecting), when will people start taking us seriously? "

despite not even being part of Perl 6 community in any way. So many are attacking it on such circumstantial, or even irrelevant, grounds instead of discussing the merits and failings of the language itself.

This is exactly the sort of thing that makes me frustrated (of tech world); people, myself included, scared to jump to new things, or even try out them leading to strong herd mentality. I suspect it is because everything has such strong network effects these days. And of course HN is kinda the worst because the business angle; there is always the question about if this makes commercial sense, which I'll admit might not be the strongest aspect of Perl6.
it's a great conversation starter
Thank you very much for the insight! A few questions, if you would:

* What are some recommendations you have for establishing a rate? Do you use hourly, weekly, or project?

* What do you look for in a small business accountant (it sounds like you may have had a less-good one in the past)?

* What avenues do you typically find yourself using for contract work? i.e. LinkedIn, job boards, word of mouth, etc?
Machine Learning for the masses
Sleep deprivation can have long-term cumulative effects. If you're not doing it for a good medical reason, it's probably a bad idea for your health.
Fir: A Friendly, Interactive Ruby REPL
RIP. The Dispossessed is one of my favorite books.
Yeah that's a good point. You can look at where a company is incorporated, but they still may do R&D in different parts of the world. Could be resolved by taking the "new technologies output" of a company, but then dividing it to each country it does R&D in with proportion to the cost of that R&D.
In stark contrast with all you can eat restaurants
when humanity overcomes the greediness that allows us to accept wealth inequality

So, never.
>We may require a tweak to the Code making individuals who seem to go out of their way to make life for the IRS difficult liable for the investigation cost they foist upon the public (if it is found they evaded taxes).

No, just no.
Meltdown and Spectre: What about Windows Drivers?
Sure, unless you're black.
She deserves a thousand dupes a black banner and the flag at half mast.
Nobody's saying it's impossible or even difficult. But if I'm rushing from my shift at McDonald's to pick up my kid and drop them off at home with some dinner before heading to the late shift at Home Depot, I'm not going to be able to talk to an insurance agent who might very well be happy to walk me through it, let alone spend time actively thinking about what coverage I need.
The dispossessed. Changed my life. RIP Ursula. You will be missed
What a loss. A creator of worlds and unimaginable before experiences and understanding through knowing myself in her characters.

An activist and mentor for many writers. This is a sad day.
> Interestingly, about half of the buyers so far are in neuroscience.

They reminded me immediately of electroencephalography (EEG) recordings of brain activity.

https://www.cs.colostate.edu/eeg/data/json/doc/tutorial/_bui...

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johannes_Knaus/publicat...
It's basically taken almost verbatim from a dialogue between two characters in The Brothers Karamazov. She later said she didn't remember the dialogue at the time but it was stuck in the back of her head and was definitely an influence.
The price is a bit much, but it's certainly one of the most awesome things I've seen and unique, good job.
I'll grant you (2) and (3), but (1) seems more debatable. Even though the overall number of Bitcoins is fixed (By fiat ;-), cryptocurrencies are multiplying like rabbits. Each Bitcoin fork alone creates 21 million potential new coins. New elements, in contrast, are added rarely, and stable new elements seem rather unlikely at this point.
Interesting. For me being sleep deprived is the number one way to get depression. Especially if it goes on for a few days.
I can vouch for this. Money is not sufficient, and it might not be strictly necessary, but it's a huge lever.
It's very nice, I just wanted to wish you the best in this venture. It's functional, well-priced, addresses a need, doesn't claim to be more than it really is, and is pulled off very nicely.

Suggestion for more layouts.
It's not really 'laugh-out-loud' funny, but he has a humorous dry wit interspersed throughout his essays.
> but what about pyrite? It has most of the aesthetic properties of gold

Not really. Pyrite has a vaguely similar color to gold and flakes of it can be easily be visually mistaken for gold in certain contexts, it doesn't generally closely resemble gold, even cosmetically.
Those corporations are just as subject to these kinds of laws (there are other laws that they are de facto immune from but let's not get into that). The bank of america case elsewhere cited is a famous example.

In my case, a few years ago: ADP double-debited our $250K IRS payroll tax deposit from our payroll account (pro tip: never allow third parties to make automatic withdrawals from your main bank account -- use a dedicated account you top up as needed). This would have caused employees' paychecks to bounce except my bank kindly called me first and I was able to move money across.

ADP didn't care: their position was they had sent the money to the IRS; I could get a credit from the IRS next quarter and it was none of ADP's business. I finally got through to the head of the nor cal region. Not only was he unsympathetic, he complained, "I don't know why you insist saying we 'took' your money -- we don't have your money, the IRS does. We didn't take anything, we don't even have much of a bank account." So I decided to agree with him: "You're right, I shouldn't say that. The correct term is 'felony grand larceny.' If the money isn't back in my account by the time the fed wire closes I'll take it up with the Santa Clara County Sheriff." (By that time it was about noon, so they only had about an hour to get their act together, having frittered away all morning with call centers and intransigence).

Remarkably, the F500 company that had "no possible way" to send me my money was able to get the $250K to me within the hour. They do not want to deal with the local sheriff.
As this is a US-centric site, the abbreviation CA means California. Always has. Knowing that .gov is US only isn't necessary to disambiguate.
Yeah, definitely you should be able to use JS's proxy object and proxy get, getOwnPropertyDescriptor, etc.
I wonder what changed in 4 months?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-28/traders-d...
It's unfair to say that Walmart is stagnating. They aren't taking moonshots, but their eCommerce division is no joke.
Am i the only one kind of shocked at how little he actually got? I realize it's small claims court but seriously that's a pittance compared to the cost of a lifetime of credit monitoring. Say you're 30 years old. You have a reasonable expectations of living another 30-40 years minimum. Being compensated for only 120 months (10 years) of credit monitoring is just ridiculous.
Also consider using np.reddit.com for reddit links (https://www.reddit.com/r/NoParticipation/wiki/intro).
Inbox by Gmail launched in 2014, long after Angular JS was first released, and uses GWT.
> I'm involuntarily living with my parents due to renting in my city not making financial sense

It could be argued that you are voluntarily living with your parents because renting doesn't make financial sense.

It's a trade-off.

If you felt strongly enough about it you might potentially say something like "despite the financial trade-off being in favour of living with my parents, I find doing so makes me feel controlled and depressed, so I choose to [rent a room in a share-house / whatever other option might be available."

I know, for me, my cyclic depression and suicidal ideation didn't lift until I started taking 1000+mg of magnesium as magnesium amino acid chelate and 8,000IU of vitamin D per day, despite having a relatively high-paying job and owning a (mortgaged) house.

> but from my point of view I've barely grown up as an adult because the environment at home has never changed.

With all the best of intentions and kindness: as an adult, it's probably up to you* to change that.
IME, not going to sleep causes depression.
Funnily enough, I had 100mbps fibre when I lived in Africa. Now that I live in the UK my best option is 12mbps ADSL.
The recurring exception to this HN maxim is when the work is artistic. Then it's not possible to price it low enough to avoid the scorned cries of, "overpriced. my kid could do this."
150Mb/s sounds pretty good...I get about 10% of that.
Guide to deobfuscating and devirtualizing FinFisher [pdf]
Do you have a freely accessible copy of this paper?
The net neutrality laws will be covering what a CA company can sell to CA consumers without need of regulating interstate communications. We're going to set these up in every state and let any states that actually want the bought-and-paid-for FCC decision to have it.
If you read the post, he spent $27K on two wedding ceremonies, and $10K on a huge trip (presumably his honeymoon).

Actual "normal" cost was closer to $50K.
Tesla: Elon Musk links long-term pay to company's growth
Reminds me of this interview of Mariana Mazzucato on "The green innovation race" which I revisited in light of the new tariffs on solar panels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hygM6nJFXa0

Bad ideology is dragging us down.
I'm sorry, but saying Bitcoin succeeded like the Model S succeeded is an argument that just holds no water to me at all. That makes no sense.
For what it's worth, the GitHub README.md calls it a Zero day so they apparently didn't give Apple any heads up to prepare for the release of the exploit. While a same day/same week fix is ideal, 23 days isn't that bad given a QA cycle. Patches for Meltdown/Spectre are just still their way out/not yet released for Microsoft's Server OSes for a point of comparison [1].

I wish I could have found something newer, but according to Symantec the average resolution time found in their 2015 study was 69 days[2]. The last time Apple rushed a fix out.. it didn't go so well[3].

Now, while I'm waxing poetic, I may as well frighten you with a recent RAND corp study about how long Zero Days can be known privately before publicly disclosed [4]. It also doesn't take too long to weaponize them [5].

This stuff sucks and is really nerve racking for anyone involved in security even tangentially. It's really easy to criticize but I guarantee that anyone on Hacker News who has written any meaningful software has released a security flaw. If you think you haven't you're absolutely kidding yourself and should reevaluate your stance.

[1] https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en...

[2] https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/guide-zero-day-exploi...

[3] https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/11/30/apples-blank-roo...

[4] https://www.rand.org/news/press/2017/03/09.html

[5] https://securityintelligence.com/news/zero-day-research-time...
Maybe bleeding edge is a better word.

They just try a lot more things and find out faster what is working and what isn't working. Most of them turn out to be useless but the ones that work give them an early start.
10%, not 1%, unless you have more recent data: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/02/...
She did explain.

"Internet money with the usability of PGP and the stability of BART service."

https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/953461510000398338