skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm a relatively new father too, and the author already lost me much earlier than that part. "Lost me", not as in "I couldn't follow anymore", but as in "this hasn't been my experience at all".

My partner bought / were given a couple of books, maybe three or four. Not all of them were read. The ones we did read, we took with a grain of salt, and sometimes humor. More importantly: almost nothing written in any of these books was relevant to our parenting so far, other than very basic, mostly biological information about the expected development stages. Beyond that, nothing really was required in our case, and the books all made pretty clear that all babies are different and that your baby's development will likely differ in one way or the other from what they tell us.

So, I don't really get what triggered the author to write this. Or, put differently, it's interesting to read this perspective, but frankly, it differs very much from my own experience.
> You don't need decorations on a mobile phone anyway.

For that point to bring anything meaningful into the conversation it would mean that we'd have to write two separate Wayland backends - one for sensible compositors and platforms where decorations aren't needed, and second one with Gtk+ for CSD. Not going to happen.

Also, no, it wouldn't be interesting for this matter at all. The library like Allegro or SDL shouldn't bring such dependencies as a complete toolkit with itself for such a tiny stupid (yet essential) thing like window decoration. Just because you don't care about making your stuff lightweight and well designed, it doesn't mean nobody cares.

CSD only makes things complicated, both for app developers, who now have to suddenly have to care not only about drawing decos, but also silly things like inactive borders for shadows; and for users, who then get tons of different decos across windows on a single desktop. If you want to make an app with custom decorations, fine, do it, I'm even glad there are now protocols for that - but don't make it mandatory for everyone just because you're too lazy to support decorations in your compositor. And in this whole discussion, you didn't even bring one argument for it, aside of "many disagree" - only an unwanted solution to artificial problem.

The proper solution is "support SSD in your compositor". There is a protocol for that too now.
My finding was heavily inspired by Frans' report, but it is not actually related.
So why do they want a second corporate headquarters?
How much is the bill?
You can't really put huge amounts of data on a Blockchain. That being said, I've wanted to start a distributed YouTube project, where every video you watch gets downloaded/cached and then reserved up. People running a browser plugin could stream movies off each other rather than from Google.

This would keep movies alive after take-down requests, but you'd need to ensure the video wasn't poisoned (someone broadcasting they have a video when it's actually something entirely different). You would need to hash the video and store the hash on the blockchain. If Youtube changes the video (removes audio) you'd need to keep multiple versions of that video on the chain and clients would vote to confirm that those hashes were legit for when that version was up.

You'd also want to have some system to let you know if videos you have are no longer on YouTube (incase you want to delete them or if they have illegal content) and videos could still disappear, but only after everyone who has a copy decides to stop hosting them.

It would totally violate YouTube's TOS, but it would be the start to a more robust, distributed and democratic video hosting ecosystem.
Bitcoin is a great export product for Iceland. Their biggest disadvantage is being so remote from the rest of the world, so the ability to produce something locally that has zero shipping costs isn't one to be missed. It's effectively a way of turning local geothermal power into money, providing tax revenues to all sorts of services.
Wouldn't it be a derivative work of the original movie instead? (Assuming that the person creating them didn't use the CC subtitles as a reference point)

Just curious about the technicalities of copyright law.
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> They took to heart several recommendations gleaned from the conversation, including that they should bypass Harrison, an Arkansas town with a long history of KKK activity.

I live in Harrison, AR - in fact, I just moved back here after spending five years in Charlottesville, VA.

You're far more likely to be harassed for having a Hillary sticker on the back of your car than for the color of your skin.
Indeed, the quote of Knuth on this is followed immediately by not neglecting that critical minority of code where it matters.

Sadly, the promise of zero cost abstraction is a huge siren call. And not likely to change anytime soon.
Another classic in the same vein as the linked article is http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~dinoj/scilies.html, which contains this nugget:

"Correct to within an order of magnitude."

Wrong.
>> why do you think that there can only be one victor here, and that is has to be amazon?

Historically, online businesses have 1/2 winners that "take all". That's assuming the winners could build a warehouse near each city. seems possible.

So the question who will be the one besides Amazon?

From one point of view. Walmart will likely win in the low-cost grocery pickup business. And on top of that they will do deliveries. The way Walmart will choose that delivery is: is it cheaper than delivery costs for Walmart(for chilled deliveries)? and can it scale ? . Does instacart fit ? it seems not.

So it's hard to see how instacart wins.
I can't honestly remember, it either lets you choose which file to keep or creates a copy. Might be that Dropbox and Nextcloud even behave differently. If I edit the file on mobile, I make a point of triggering the synchronization right after to avoid the problem.

If you're on Android, Keepass2Android [1] is an excellent app that implements the input with a special keyboard. This avoids risking your password via the clipboard. It even comes with a no-network-permission version!

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=keepass2androi...
Sylius – Open Source ECommerce Framework on Symfony
I suppose OP's point wasn't that a service fee wasn't justifiable, just that it's a bit odd to make it optional and have it auto-selected, though given someone else's comment it seems like now it's mandatory.
Great Britain wasn't ever really with the EU on most things. The joke was that UK were the US's mole in the EU/world stage everyone knew it (e.g. lapdog jab in "Love Actually").

Brexit took that rent and tore it open, but if/when Scotland secedes from the UK and rejoins the EU, that might affect things.

Trump being gone doesn't necessarily mean the US is going to suddenly regain it's former prominence. This discussion, of course, is ignoring the Elephant/Tiger in the room (China).
This list is always quite depressing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_destroyed_libraries
Unoptimized Drupal sites of moderate complexity with caches disabled (a use case only intended for development workflows, but it's of course quite simple to run a live site under such situations) can easily invoke 200-400 queries per page load.
Why the triple axel is such a big deal
Kim Dotcom on Twitter: "How to stop piracy: 1. Create great content 2. Make it easy to buy 3. Same day global release 4. Works on any device 5. Fair price" || https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/380757105298268160
Ge is easily "soldered" using indium and an ultrasonic soldering iron. If you don't have those, good luck.

The standard technique is to set up a "Kelvin probe", with four contacts on the Ge sample. Pass a current from a constant current source (an IC or FET these days) between the outer two contacts and measure the voltage across the inner ones.

It doesn't sound like his lab assistant set up something at which he could succeed, and that's a shame. He couldn't even repeat the room temperature reading.
Manifesto for an Intelligent Chatbot Platform
The Wire is fiction. The best place to observe the reality is Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia. I have driven through and parked and observed but never gotten out. The one thing the Wire got wrong was how densely packed everyone is... in Kensington Avenue people are only out and about to transact.
Pretty handy project. I think probably most of us have to look this stuff up from time to time when parsing timestamps. Nice work.
Perhaps they can fathom it, but the percent of the audience that is spanish/english bilingual and cares about subtitles was too small for them to care about.
Facebook's algorithm almost seems like a quintessential example of why you need to choose good metrics in optimization problems. Maximizing user engagement sounds great - it means people are using your website and enjoying it more, right? Turns out people weren't enjoying it more, they were using it more because Facebook was shoving controversial content (e.g. dubious-quality news, debates, crazy people) down people's throats and they couldn't keep their eyes away.

You know how Facebook tries to get me engaged? It puts photos of my ex-girlfriend and her friends on the top of my feed. Sure you're going to get me to look, but I'm not going to leave the website feeling as good as when I logged on. You bring up a good point about how you have to think about the long term consequences of your viewing, but then I feel that you don't get a genuine experience when you use the platform, and if Facebook wants this, they seem to really over-estimate users' mindfulness wrt what they're actually doing.

If Facebook never figures things out, I hope whatever network comes next doesn't get greedy like they did. In particular, they need to focus on driving engagement with positive interactions and content.
wouldn't something like that be a good idea to test robots for different use cases?
I.e. restoring landmarks by scanning/cleaning the area?
This comes at a good time as it's something I've been looking for. We have a physics engine and we want to allow users to write custom c++ functions that can be linked in at run-time. We'd like to allow our users to swap in their own custom integration or timestep methods for example.

As an aside, do you know if it is possible to use this to JIT C++ for CUDA kernels?
Page 2 (PDF pg 12) of this document includes detail on how much money would be saved by these changes: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/msar-f...

For example, ARPA's budget would be cut from $305 million per year to $0 per year, saving every US citizen $0.93.

Per the given document, the total reductions and eliminations would save $48,397,000,000 saving US citizens $147.92 per year.

I'm editorializing, but I think that, given the size of the budgets we're talking about, I am getting a good return on my investment, and would rather have these programs than an extra couple hundred bucks.
All true, but the Eternal September for me came when I lost control of my feed to arbitrary ML algorithms attempting to maximize shareholder value whilst alienating the fewest users.

I think someone could recreate early FB on the blockchain and take a huge chunk of interesting people off of the two current awful choices. Because I do remember the time when it was fun to reconnect with people and follow their lives there.
Progressive JavaScript Linting
Torrenting for me has always been about convenience, not money. I recently wanted to watch a new show called A.P. Bio. It's free on NBC's website. But after struggling through one episode with lags and ads with no volume control, I gave up and just torrented the show.

Until they master such exotic technologies as "streaming video" and "volume control" they're going to keep driving people to torrenting. Netflix figured this out a decade ago, and I wonder how many people have ever "given up" on Netflix to go torrent a show? I can't imagine it's a lot.
A quick introduction to Sandboxing (using NsJail)
While it's true that BitTorrent as a protocol has significantly fallen out of favor as the go-to technology for John Q. Pirate's needs, there are still many niche torrent sites that stay alive by differentiating on quality and community.

Most of these sites are invite-only, and each tend to specialize in a specific type of media. One site might accept only movies, another TV shows, a third comic book scans, and a fourth might be the go-to repository for textbooks and e-learning materials. Not all that into blockbuster movies? Just join a tracker that specializes in older and more obscure films.

On many of these sites, the material uploaded often includes many more choices in format and quality than is commercially available. A movie, for instance, might offer the option to download a 1080p encode in various video and container formats, or even a full bit-for-bit rip of the BluRay disc. This level of detail and dedication to the pirate media also tends to spin up a community within the site. After all, the people who dig through bargain bins of comic books to scan and upload them (or who scan the big Marvel/DC releases each week) are probably a lot more interested in sticking around and discussing their favorite comics than the drive-by downloader who is only interested in getting his hands on the latest Walking Dead issue.

It's an interesting ecosystem, and while commercial products have caught up greatly on the convenience side I think there is a way to go still on baking in quality, variety, and community.
There is already a huge demand for electrical power in the world, especially clean one. Bitcoin won't add anything specific for solar.
I guess all that licensing explains why airlines so rarely have English captioning for English-speaking movies. Which really sucks for the deaf and hearing-impaired.
Been there done that, its tough but it gets a lot better when you get out of the military.
> Netflix, a Californian company, simply couldn't fathom that some people might understand English and Spanish.

Or they just decided the path that serves the most people without complicating matters is to assume you want subtitles for any language not selected as the primary audio language.

I think the relevant question here is how would you design a control panel that allowed you to define which of the many languages which might be in the movie should be subtitled or not? I think the people that care about this (that is, those that speak both languages and find it annoying) is vanishingly small.
Exactly. I was removing my account yesterday and they pulled this trick. After some careful analysis it turned out that of all my integrations (Github, Twitter, Facebook) Facebook was rarely used, so I removed support for it in my site, removed the app at developers.facebook.com and the account.
Just like anything - the techies and first adopters tend to set the trends. If the HN crowd thinks its useless then it will start to trickle down to Normies, might take awhile though.
Curious, can you link the paper?
comes from vfx/the film industry. matte paintings being backgrounds and the shot being filmed in front being 'matted'
>This doesn't work, because candidates can (and apparently do) lie.

I have not found this to be the case. I ask people about specific projects they have posted and sometimes look through the code together and ask them about the time-space complexity of function they've written.

Maybe you're just encountering test-anxiety.
groceries are unlike pretty much every other online segment, which is why it has resisted being moved online (until very recently). the model of having a warehouse simply "near" a city is a model amazon has tried for 10+ years without success -- you must have many warehouses within the city to make it work.

i am not entirely clear how you arrived at "Does instacart fit ? it seems not.", so it would be good to understand that. we have spent 5 years with hundreds of engineers building a fulfillment/logistics network just for groceries that any grocer can just leverage off the shelf.
The fundamental problem with blockchains is that they are expensive by design. They have to be. The cost of mining is fundamental to the security model. The more traction a blockchain gets, the more it is likely to be subject to attack, and the more expensive mining needs to get in order to thwart such attacks.

The solution IMHO is to go back to using TTPs (Trusted Third Parties) but using a protocol that makes them auditable so that if a TTP cheats it will be immediately evident. Then let the free market set the price of clearing. Competition should drive the price down to the marginal cost of basic record-keeping, which is very low.
#hugops to the folks there
Boston Dynmanics' Robot Opens Doors: Hey Buddy, Can You Give Me a Hand?
You probably want to use libcling directly instead.
Diagnosing Gentrification
Facebook should watch out with Instagram. It feels considerably more draining now than it used to. There are messages, stories, suggested posts everywhere. On the search feed I often end up in auto-scrolling videos.

These increase engagement and metrics. But, they produce an unwanted feeling of compulsion where instagram didn't before. I've uninstalled the app for a bit.

I never felt like that about Instagram before, but I remember first feeling like that about Facebook years ago. If I'm right, what I'm feeling about instagram is a prelude to others feeling the same. Instagram usage will first go up, then down.

I don't yet have that feeling about snapchat, though the new design is annoying. (Mixing in stories and messages)

Oddly enough, it has nothing to do with ads. I used to see them, back when instagram felt fun. Now I don't.
I could see these devices given way free as some kind of set-top+assistant if you buy our TV service.
> The Smalltalk undefined value was involved in some paradoxes

Could you elaborate on this? Or provide some references? This sounds interesteing but when I tried DDG and Google for "smalltalk undefined paradoxes" the results were not exactly satisfactory.
English CC for English speaking countries is actually for deaf people. There's some new rule/law that is actually making websites include English CC's in order to be compliant, though I'm not sure what the penalty is for ignoring that (probably fines).
Sounds like facebook has a pretty effective scam for getting people to give them driver's licenses, passports and untold other treasure troves of personal information.
If the solution is that bad, I presume the problem is leagues worse.
Show HN: Automagically remove phone UI and borders from screenshots
i know there has been a lot of changes with that recently -- i agree also that is odd. there are a ton of legal nuances here that i do not want to get into, but suffice to say we want to be clear and transparent to customers while at the same time providing a compelling wage to all the folks who touch your order during any part of the lifecycle.
Virtually everything, and I mean everything in your post was wrong, but I still enjoyed the hell out of it.

Laser scientists know that if you use (a well anti-reflection coated) Ge window or lens to transmit a high power CO2 laser beam, slight absorption heats it a little. Heating it a little makes it more absorptive. So it heats a little more. And so forth, until the motherf——r cracks: “thermal runaway.”

Guess why? You are going to be a good experimental physicist eventually. Eventually. I spent two years blowing up homemade nitrogen lasers at Berkeley. Keep posting!
California has a great amount of leverage in emissions standards [1]. It’s possible only a few other largish states would need to join them (12 already do) to negate any slippage on CAFE standards at the federal level.

At the same time, it's unlikely automakers are going to move away from technology they've already developed to target meeting Obama-era emissions standards, and electric cars will only see rapid increases in manufacturing rates and sales (petrol costs are moving up again [1], and EVs are half the cost of petrol vehicles per mile to operate).

[1] https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/25/california-passes-new-ca...

[2] http://www.gasbuddy.com/Charts
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Correct - as well as choose from "best replacement", "replace with specific item", and "don't replace".

Since Instacart remembers these choices across orders, I've found this useful for making sure I get what I need.
There's a great book about this phenomena, "Aftermath: The Remnants of War." Apparently unexploded ordinance in Europe from WWI is very common because trench warfare lasted for years and, due to relatively primitive manufacturing techniques, mortars, bombs, etc. often failed to detonate. That explains a lot of the comments below about French farmers getting killed by ancient munitions

https://www.amazon.com/Aftermath-Remnants-Landmines-Warfare-...
Like a variation on the marshmallow experiment?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experimen...
> special vitamins during pregnancy to hypoallergenic formula

This is dangerous misinformation. Nutrition during pregnancy is quite important and worth getting right.
Bookmarks with multiple folders ?
You misunderstand. It’s not about concern, but rather about insulating powerful people from the consequences of your fuckups so they’ll let you get on with the business of screwing over everybody else.

If your business is built on causing problems for essentially every American adult, you’ll get away with a lot more if you can exclude lawmakers from that set.
According to Wikipedia, Ashin Wirathu is "the spiritual leader of the anti-Muslim movement in Burma".

Calling this "interview with a monk" is like calling an interview with Donald Trump "interview with a politician". Correct, but perhaps not very helpful.
The entire term "identity theft" is designed to offload blame from the companies themselves. Should be called "criminally negligent data loss" in many cases.
Unilever Warns Social Media to Clean Up Toxic Content
We created Strattic to allow anyone to use WordPress (and eventually other CMSs) as static site generators. It's the best of both worlds. We're in private beta but you can check it out here: https://www.strattic.com.
> Again though, seems odd they would need to keep it sealed.

Why would they unseal it?
Brilliantly written. Blows all other academic papers out of the water. Brevity, eloquence, effective application of profanity. Love it.
There are commercial services doing this by hand with cheap labor. They're called "clipping path services".[1][2][3] They don't have long to live.

[1] https://www.clippingpathindia.com/
[2] https://www.offshoreclippingpath.com/
[3] http://clippingpathking.com
The binaries don't work for me. When I run as a privileged (admin) user I get:

Some process names may be missing.
0 total zombie processes.
No zombies found. Maybe all software is working correctly, but I doubt it. More likely the zombie counting process failed for some reason. Please try again.
Pass -verbose to get full zombie names.
Isn't it illegal to offer a "store credit" instead of a refund in cases where IC forgot my items and I paid debit? Seems like a really shady way to bring customers back.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the whole concept of online ordering but the IC UI forces users into choices that benefit IC by default.
Used to be ok in some branches of astrophysics. Now they know the age of the universe more accurately than any test you’ll get in a hospital. Stay the f—— out of hospitals (and courtrooms).
You mean that old first aid kits might explode if disturbed?!