skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The PNW west of the Cascades is glorious in summer. Blue skies, clean air, no humidity, warm temperatures but not too warm. But the long, drizzly, gray winters are hell for those of us who like sunlight.

If you want to move to the area, visit in November or March or something to get an idea of what it's really like.
The "buffer bloat" guy has been useful. I've been arguing against big FIFO queues for decades, but he's more into PR and visibility than I am. Any place you have a major choke point, especially home router uplink connections, you need QoS, or fair queuing, or something, or queue delays will go through the roof. At least send the ACKs first.
Based on your experience there what would you say is the cause of the recent slip in software quality in both iOS and macOS? As an outsider it looks to me like they're just pushing too hard to keep up with a yearly release schedule but that's based on no inside knowledge at all.
You think that's bad? This was a really good expose on the darker side of Facebook's "People You May Know" feature:

https://gizmodo.com/how-facebook-outs-sex-workers-1818861596
I think the calculations here can get a bit complex, and you don't often see the full argument made.

Let's say you buy a house at price 100, and the market doubles bringing the price up to 200. If you then sell and move into a house that was 120 and is now 240, then you've got to find 40 extra for the upgrade instead of the 20 extra you would have paid absent the price change.

That might hurt in the short-term, but in absolute terms your asset is worth a lot more, so you're winning. And depending on how much of your mortgage is paid off, you could be ahead in the short-term too; if you have paid down 25, when you sell you get 50 back to put into your new mortgage, and that more than covers the increase in cost of the upgrade (you got 25 profit from the market movement, and had to pay 20 extra for your upgrade, so you're up 5).

Not to mention that if you don't decide to move house, the nest egg that you're leaving to your kids (or sitting on until you downsize later in life) just doubled in value.

As you can probably see it would be easy to construct a set of parameters where the short-term price change hurts you (e.g. you're moving before paying down much of your principal), but property owners tend to be optimizing for the long-term gains.
> I assume Equifax actually has no idea what was leaked...

Agree. But not necessarily due to ineptitude.

> "...throwing a single sysadmin under the bus for lack of patches indicates they are probably operating in the security stone ages..."

Disagree about the conclusiveness of the indication. Disagree Strongly. Equifax, Experian, & TransUnion are all high-value targets for state-level-actors who are prly pretty good at breaking into things.

If we ever find out that 8-year-old Jimmy from New Jersey broke into Equifax instead of...say...Russia, I'll owe you a dollar.
Thank you. I learned something from this. How often does that almanac need to be updated, however?
The N-1 never worked properly though. And even one of the two Energia launches was not without issues.
I loved the trilogy, but have to agree. It’s a really interesting sci-fi premise layered with fantasy and some hard science. Mostly though, it’s fantasy which doesn’t live by its own rules (the whole premise is undermined by sophons). It’s a really entertaining and thought provoking trilogy, but scientifically accurate it is not.
If the answers were all diverging, perhaps the questions themselves could be of help? Gives you things to watch out for. Were the questions answered by the books similar enough?
Async/await proposal for Rust
It flew all the way to the scene of the crash.
There was a great article posted here a few months about the internal market maker that Facebook uses to decide which ads to display. Long story short unless a particular platform is the only way to deliver ads to some group of people, the platform needs to keep its customers (the ad purchasers) happy with what they've bought.
Before Amazon the resentment was directed at Microsoft employees, and before that Boeing employees.
> The constant nagging for updates could be considered a flaw in design.

That's not a code quality problem.
> That means picking the case that works well for most people.

On the web, you can serve customized content to every single client, because the tech enables it. It's just wrong to go for "one size fits all".
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Do you want Thought Police because this is how you get Thought Police?
Breaking: Engineer Thinks PM is a Bozo. Film at 11.

It's not really context. The real problem here is the premise that "Apple has software quality issues" is taken as a given, without support.

Sinofsky makes the point that Apple is operating a such a huge, unfathomable scale and depth -- and this is coming from one of Microsoft's top guys in its heyday -- that even rare bugs that affect 0.01% of users translate into a "stadium full" of people, affecting their lives deeply. So, combine that with a sensationalist, anecdote-driven news cycle and you get an optics problem. He observes that "in any absolute sense," Apple's SW+HW quality has "exceeded everyone else."[1]

[1] https://twitter.com/stevesi/status/963142502604779520 (via Gruber)
Do you have an account already? Was this some kind of duplicate account prevention measure?
Vance Packard's The Hidden Persuaders from 1957 is well worth a look about how advertising was seen as far back as the 1950s.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3730.The_Hidden_Persuade...
That post is not particularly useful - each team/org works differently. “Working on iOS” is such a vague introduction, it doesn’t really give any indication of his/her role or a feel for how every team/org operates.

I can claim the same, and my own experience has been far from that poster’s experience. Any time I have volunteered to spend extra time to accomplish a goal, I have been told by my manager that it isn’t necessary for me to do so. We also do our own planning on our team and the management chain is there to help us be successful.
They don't, really. See any of the ads of Axe which is owned by them.
It would be so much better if the user could just watch the encrypted video feed in just any player they want (provided they interface with a libnetflix library...)
I have a netflix subscription, but I download all movies from bittorrent, for three reasons:

1. Quality, especially audio, on many netflix movie I just cannot hear the voices. VLC is much better at mixing 5.1 to stereo for my speakers (not mentioning having multichannel when I watch on TV)

2. Being able to apply filters. I don't use many filters, but when I watch movie on my computers, I like to change the gamma of VLC, as my monitor is calibrated for color accuracy. In the browser, the color balance is wrong, I can adjust that in VLC without changing my monitor calibration.

3. Subtitles, I want subtitles on the black borders when possible. What I often do is applying a crop filter to have only one black border at the bottom and I place the subtitles in it.
We have progressed since then to the extent that now, stores use technology to observe the behavior of every individual shopper in detail, all over the store.
Do the same thing happen in Russia when they feature spoken English?
Instacart not supporting their contractors - well, I guess they're still contractors, I don't know what happened to wanting to switch them to employees - is my biggest gripe.

While I was pregnant and stuck at home, I received a bunch of my roommate's 1-2x weekly Instacart deliveries. Without fail the majority of Instacart drivers tried to refuse to go up our one flight of stairs with 1-2 grocery bags. One cursed me out while bringing the bags upstairs. Some left the bags next to the gate. Mostly only women would bring it up without complaining, "you're sooo biiig giiirl go put your feet up!" And then fuck me, we misunderstood the $$$ Instacart fee as a tip so the people doing their jobs didn't get tipped :(

This is omitting the stupid shopping mistakes like 1 leek instead of 1 pound of leeks, and the amazing chat session I had with one shopper that asked me where to find something I'm buying for the first time, at a store I've never been to.

I have never had this problem with Good Eggs, never had this problem with Prime Now, only had it once or twice with Postmates and Caviar. Something's not being incentivized correctly over at Instacart.
Since we're both associated with Y Combinator, perhaps we can agree on the directive to "make something people want"?

We can probably also agree than a data-driven approach is more powerful than individual opinions, even from smart folks. It sounds like we could intellectually debate how connected design and code should be for days—I'm certainly passionate about this subject, and I sense you are too.

So here's some data. From the >10k users who went through our private beta, over 10% responded to our requests for feedback. A representative sample:

> I want a better solution for collaboration between designers and developers. Our developers don’t want to code for the motion.

> The main friction we experience is getting the concepts onto a functioning unit ASAP so we can iterate very quickly and throw away bad ideas before it’s expensive to do so

> I want a tool that is similar to Flash, but does not need a plugin and runs natively in the browser.

> Dynamic, code-ready animation is extremely intriguing to the team – it's absolutely a pain point in our current process.

> I'd love a tool that's easy to use so that the designers can be more involved - even take the lead - on getting the animations we use on sites exactly how they want them.

> Working as an interaction designer in IT everyday makes me think how I can better translate my designs to the engineers, even more so I get steadily closer involved with the front-end side of things.

> My partner and I want a better solution for collaboration between designers and developers. I am a developer, he is a designer. We are a two man team and efficiency is our top priority.

(and on... and on.)

We're confident that we're building something people want. Not everyone! Sounds like not you. But plenty of folks. So we're chasing our passion, and chasing the opportunity, while listening to our users and doing our best to continue learning from both past and present.
We're using Emby to play OTA recorded (via HDHomeRun) 2018 Olympics coverage because we don't want to stay up all night to watch it. We do this for all the OTA television shows we'd like to watch. It works out really well for us.
I would agree that people would want flashiness in the hardware level but I highly doubt they would mind in the software level.

Most people I know are already happy with the functionality of their iOS or Android devices.
What would you recommend as a starting point? A quick google didn't have anything relevant, and Liddell & Scott just gives the straightforward interior/exterior definition.

I can see a connection between the eternal september and insiders/outsiders, but it sounds like you're getting at something specific and I'm curious.
There is far less competition than it appears, which is why brands are so important for maintaining the fictional appearance of it. This is why some of the left say "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism" = while it's a crappy slogan, the reality is that many well-meaning consumers who try to vote with their wallets are just picking 'nicer' brands but still giving their money to the same places, and their buying decisions have far more influence on the way goods and services are marketed than the way they are produced.

Now, in some places you can absolutely vote with your dollars, buying locally produced food and keeping the money circulating within your community and so forth. But that's also a bit of a luxury choice - you're willing to pay a bit more, and have the know-how to figure out the difference between a genuine small business that's doing right by its employees/the environment/whatever you care about, and a hip brand that is associated with those values but actually yet another front for a large corporate concern. Many people don't have those choices available (their only buying options maybe through superstores like Walmart or Dollar Tree), or lack the insight to see through the multiple layers of marketing and the economic pros and cons of our complex business infrastructure.

Unilever and other big conglomerates do actually put their logo on the products so if you pay careful attention you can see that information just by inspecting the packaging at the supermarket, but to most people that's just another certification stamp.
lol, Apple products in general. ;)
January and February. That's where I always start to break down in misery. It's been cloudy for ages. The days are starting to get longer but they're still short. And I start wondering if moving back home to New Orleans would be all that bad. Surely that wouldn't coincide with a hurricane trashing the place twice in my lifetime, would it?
Soap and toothpaste are interesting in that they were ubiquitous advertising on television back a few decades ago.

I haven't had a television in the past decade... but I still buy soap and toothpaste. The advertising from decades ago still haunts my decisions. I'm more likely to get a brand name toothbrush over a non-name one, even if it costs a few cents more (my preferred flavor of toothpaste is mostly discontinued - its harder to find cinnamon toothpaste than mint... so its Tom's of Maine which is easier to find cinnamon toothpaste for). I'm also more likely to ty a different variation on a major brand soap than an off brand soap (I've found I like irish spring oatmeal soap...).

Advertising isn't necessarily a "do this, get money today or tomorrow". I suspect that the advertising from the 70s, 80s, and early 90s; however, is paying off now... at least for my purchase decisions.

And so, it could be interesting in another decade or so as these companies find brand awareness of the next up and coming generation "lacking."
That's what I figured after I saw the list too, but (from my naive standpoint, knowing nothing about this stuff) it seems a bit... weird? Shouldn't you enter a new product market where you can apply the production efficiencies you've already established in another market? It seems weird deciding what to produce based on how fast the product would be consumed, otherwise e.g. gasoline would also get lumped into this category (modulo being a bit more expensive), and yet I really wouldn't expect an oil company to have much more to bring to the table of ketchup-making than an apparel company (or whatever).
I live in Bellevue (across the lake from Seattle), and get out for walks everyday with my 1 year old. Sometimes I have to put a rain guard over his stroller, but the rain is almost always light enough that I don't need to even bother with an umbrella for myself.

Rain in May is a bit weird (only 1.9 inches on average according to wiki), torrential down pours in Seattle are even weirder, especially outside of October/November.

EDIT: Ok, I get it...I get it.
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Ask HN: How can I become smarter?
I asked this question roughly 7.6 years ago, and would like to see if anythings changed.

How can I become smarter?
I feel like this is pretty close, create a newspaper style page from your curated content.

https://paper.li/
How many people in the US live somewhere the tap water is unsafe. How many people on the US drink tap water. That second circle is much larger. So why do people drink bottled water?
The classic Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill definitely taught this approach. It's considered to be a hard textbook for undergraduates, but is also a joy to read and study for pleasure.
I'm not even taking about places where potable water is not available. In North of Iceland you drink, eat, and bathe in sulfur favoured water. It's perfectly fine. But it's great to buy a bottled one from time to time.
> I used to ask why anyone would ever need 100 Mbps, until I got 100 Mbps. Then I said the same about gigabit, until I got gigabit.

I wish more technologists who have become tolerant of stagnation in technology would remember that. A great deal of modern computing feels "good enough" when given only superficial thought. But replaced by something truly improved, the old rightfully feels outdated and decidedly inadequate.

The same was true with low-density displays. Many years back, I would plea in vain with vendors to give me high-density displays and it seemed everyone who overheard would say, "I don't get it; ~72 dpi is good enough!" Fast forward a decade and those people today would not surrender their high-DPI displays.
A few years ago, Australian supermarkets (Coles and Woolworths) started manufacturing and selling their own versions of popular products, usually with preferred placement and 10-20% lower price.

But your point remains valid here. A small number of companies control a huge percentage of supply.
Your contract with AT&T probably only guarantees you 70% of the advertised speed. I've never had an issue with speedtest.net POPs being able to handle gigabit tests. I have lots of experience with underperforming AT&T connections of all kinds. I would try another speed test site if you think that is the bottleneck.
There's one caveat that's often missed: downloading pirated content is illegal nowhere (at least, nowhere that I'm aware of). The violation of copyright comes in distribution, which is to say uploading. The industry stopped its lawsuit programs against individuals in part because they found it very difficult to actually prove copyright infringement.
> I’m served the same handful of annoying ads over and over, for products I’d never consider buying.

Or worse, for big-ticket items that you'd only buy infrequently. HEY THIS GUY BOUGHT A DRONE LETS SEND HIM DRONE ADS! WAIT NO NOW HE BOUGHT A CAR HE'S A CAR BUYER SEND CAR ADS. No, you silly equation, I just bought a car, that means I'm NOT in the market for a car.
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Snapchat was fine for choosing who to send what to, though their UX is garbage especially with their new experience. Something like that with its separation of concerns, particularly advertising, but not photo-based, would be wonderful.
Facebook can be compliant with the GDPR and be profitable. They must change, however.
That’s very similar to its status on MacOS and Windows.
It also doesn't help that the Seattle rises so late and sets so early for a couple of months during the winter, leading to more feelings of gloom.
I know you're joking but it's actually not even raining today in Seattle. In fact, it's irritatingly bright (it's sunny).

I prefer the overcast & rainy unless it's summer/spring.

:(
I'm guessing there are at least two layers of glass between that atom and the sensor. Not really specific to this (excellent) picture, but I imagine that avoiding distortion due to the glass or smudges on the glass must be a huge part of high magnification photography. The whole light from a single atom part just makes it more amazing how clean and clear that window is...
Thanks, I missunderstood GP about how kitten4 was used.

> Is the idea that guessing both the username and the password together is much harder than guessing the password when you already know the username?

No, to be clearer no one in the last 6 years has ever tried "m" as a password on my root accounts.

I feel very strongly that there is too much stigma around passwords, kitten4 is a nice password if you use it only once.
could you share more? what kind of stocks do you trade, do you trade crypto etc? Of course, as much as you are willing to share without giving away your secret sauce, that is
300 down should be the new Ultra tier everywhere Spectrum has upgraded the base speed to 100.
Back in 2004, they were probably thinking, "Well, IPv6 is using 128bits, and that's going to be the standard any day now..."
> I'd be viewed as the cook tinfoil hat Dad everyone hates.

Maybe it's just a matter of rebranding yourself as the nature-loving, environmentally-conscious Dad who wants to keep the world plastic-free for your children :-)
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I'd like to second the recommendation to Mathematical Proofs, it was the textbook used in my intro to proofs class and it's fantastic. Beautiful book. I recommend reading chapter 0.
Maybe you can switch to the German store for German language movies. Does that work or do you need a German address?
>consider the case where they simply voided the UK's opt out of new human rights related legislation

Erm...you are aware that this case has nothing to do with the ECJ, but with the ECHR, which isn't even an institution of the EU, but of the Council of Europe* , which is an entity completely separate from (and older than) the EU.

* not to be confused with the European Council or the Council of the European Union. Yeah, it's a bit silly.
I think this is the wrong attitude. No one is better suited to implement a sandbox than the developer of the application. The fact that most developers are not trained to do so is just a reflection of our field's terrible progress re: education devs on secure app dev.

Leaving this to the user leaves the vast majority of users unsafe. This is an unacceptable state.
Great diagram, but it misses precisely what I found surprising about the whole thing, which is that they also own non-food brands (Axe etc.).
How many emails just ended up going to a limited distribution list? Worse, many email systems have a retention period. (This is also a problem with Slack, mind you.)
> all the issues were fixed in the last update

Eh, no. I have playlists I made years ago. I click on them, crash. Probably some of the items are not available in Music, as they were from my personal iTunes library, but do I care? Nope. It just ensures I will never pay for this sub-standard service.
How do they know it's a single atom?
The recommendation of RAM to disk is for storage servers expecting to take advantage of the ZFS ARC and possibly deduplication. We've got something like 192GB in our TrueNAS appliances at work and it's always full of cached data, we don't bother with dedup since it doesn't benefit our workload (ECM image storage) and would bring the system to a halt with tens of millions of 4KB image files.
Former consciousness neuroscientist here. There's some great explanatory abilities about IIT and Tononi's phi measure, but it's not clear it's sufficient.

On the upside, it explains why the cerebellum, despite comprising half the neurons of the brain, has virtually no impact on awareness when removed (like for tumors or epilepsy). The IIT answer is that the cerebellum is highly regular, like a GPU having many units, but all doing the same thing. In this sense, it has lower phi than the cerebrum, which is way more heterogeneously organized. This might also explain why awareness is lost in deep sleep or epileptic seizures; the theory is that the electrical pattern becomes much simpler, and lower phi.

The downside is that it's not clear where the dividing line between conscious/unconscious should be. A planarian only has ~8k neurons; is its phi sufficient for consciousness, or is it a biological robot? Or put it the other way: the phi of things like the internet or a biosphere could be quite high, but are they conscious?

As my advisor liked to joke, "What's the phi of the population of China?"
I feel like this is something you need to avoid at all costs. It's what keeps you down, subservient, and monotonous. You need to always be asking why, and proposing better solutions if what they are proposing doesn't address their why. Often times, you may realize that they don't have a good reason for why. In either case, you need to show that you are a decision maker, not just a pawn.