skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's interesting how much advice given is "show people hiring you your programming projects". I don't find this does so much for me, because projects I want to work in in my spare time don't have any relation to the job I do. Now, perhaps that might be my failure in managing my career, but I don't know about that.

Now, those things might be _interesting_, but they're not as immediately impactful as "I made an SPA for my personal site using React & Redux, so I'm ready to use React & Redux to make SPAs at work". Very few people are hiring, for example, to make Emacs packages, generative art, write anything in Lisp, or a cigar box guitar.

And there's something exciting about doing the things I like only as much as I like them -- if I had to make a dozen cigar box guitars every week, I wouldn't enjoy it as much as I do the ones I have in progress.
Yep, they are serious business, not one of the dodgy ones that send out as many threatening letters as possible and hope that a few pay. They'll actually go to court, or did so in the past, with a huge army of lawyers. When the "fliegende gerichtsstand" was abolished they got more selective with which cases they actually took to court, depending on the city they'd have to go to. Before, all cases were handled in Munich, and the judges there were pretty much rubber-stamping the cases in favor of WF.
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I think the ideal scenario for this tech is running a downtown core to airport shuttle:

- a short trip allows battery needs to not be excessive

- bypass traffic, you don't have to go all that fast to get a huge speedup, and remove the extra buffer time on traffic uncertainty

- radically less infrastructure than roads or rails, reduces the cost of adding more pickup zones

In cites with poor airport to downtown infrastructure you could probably start off as a high-end service and charge i.e. 5x than an airport limo.
Sigma just dropped a whole line of FE primes along with the announcement of the a7iii.

The lens line up is pretty good now.
Isn't it sad that we can't have an exciting new technology because the threat that some outsider will blow themselves up? Is there really nothing we can do about this, either now, or in the future?
> which parts of K's implementation makes it so fast?

the missing bullshit parts :)

also simplicity and good memory access patterns

> vector instructions

if you write simple loops in c, compilers are good at generating those

> Does the K interpreter pattern-recognize

afaik some, like *| but fewer than dyalog
"No, they were not the British royal family." - LOL.

It's not just Britain, royal families all over Europe often needed "reseeding" from abroad as need dictated and the family trees got quite intertwined as a result. During the "Great War" of 1914-1918 King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II were all cousins. To be fair, parts of my family tree get a little ahem complicated and resemble bushes.

Nowadays, our royals are branching out and diluting the blood in a very healthy move. Gawd bless em all.
Well the FDA, USDA, etc have all but destroyed small farm independent food processing so we'll all have to wait until our central planners decide to change their definition of cured meats to include those not treated with nitrates.
I'd like to read more about this.. Source? Is there a historical histogram, over time, of lifespan somewhere?
How to get positive results?
No, we've understood heredity for a very long time, and sex between siblings or between parents and children has always been a taboo. Cousin marriage, however, is not particularly harmful (https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animals-and-us/201210/t...).

The real reason we stopped marrying cousins is:

1. We started to live in large cities instead of on farms and ranches. (https://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/table-4.pdf)

2. We could reasonably travel more than 10 miles from home in a day.

In other words, we used to marry cousins because it was too difficult to find better prospects.
This is where everything went wrong - they incorrectly labeled the button. The English text said "reset" but the Russian text said "overload" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_reset
That’s odd.
I always thought it was „life + 70 years“ in the whole EU. (According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright...)

Here in Austria the law regarding copyright is pretty similar to Germany so it’s really interesting why no one has sued before.
Ot: what are the logistics of running a pg mirror, traffic and space wise?
I don't operate a blog, and my primary function at my company is as an SME, so I mostly consult to our customer's in-house legal. That said, my contact details aren't difficult to discover, so by all means reach out if there's something specific you want to talk about that you don't want to share publicly.
I thought so too reading the first couple of pages of the decision, but in the judicial conclusion section, the jurisdictional issue is squarely resolved on the "targets German users" issue, which the court bases on
1) Partial translation of the website
2) The availability of German language works
3) The "anyone anywhere" language on the website
4) A disclaimer that people should check their local laws (implying in the opinion of the court that they knew non-US persons were accessing their material and intentionally targeting their offering to such people).

So yeah, while the language issue is only part of the judicial reasoning, is is indeed mentioned three times in the judicial conclusions. The court does not however appear to adopt plaintiff's theory on jurisdiction because some of the volunteers were German.

As such, I'm inclined to think that while the focus on the language issue is perhaps a bit overstated in their statement, it is definitely grounded in the opinion of the court.

As an aside though, I'm not convinced the court spent too much time considering the jurisdictional arguments here, which I think are probably the most important part of this case. Most of the analysis is concerned with whether the publisher plausibly alleged they own the copyright. I assume that is because that is usually the primary point of contention in copyright cases.
DSL from Easybell.
100% f'ing right. People who think the US health care system is fantastic either (a) haven't used it much, or (b) are rich enough not to care - and in this category I'll include those with good employer-provided health care (although this number is dwindling rapidly)
> "It also seeks punitive damages and fines."

But there is no such thing as punitive damages under German law?
Please don't post unsubstantive announcements about things that don't exist yet. On HN, there's no harm in waiting until a thing exists.
When I first tried a Honeycrisp about 15 years ago it knocked my socks off! But over time the taste lost its way. Now I don't think twice passing them up in the store.

I think perhaps the same thing happened to it as the Red Delicious: Breeding for better profit (longevity in storage, appearance, etc.) ruined the taste.

An interesting story on the Red Delicious:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-evil-...
I love Elm. We use it in production, though we're not primarily a "web" company and it's used for admin UIs and simple SPAs.

Nothing in Javascript / HTML is very stable--I've hitched my wagon to so many stars that burned out. Everything from XSLT to JQuery to Bootstrap. So the fact that probably, something will replace Elm doesn't bother me.

It works now, it's stable, and it hides most of the crap from me so I can just code. It helps that I've been a "Functional Programmer" since 1980 when I first learned LISP, and that our core products are done in Erlang and F#.
> Afaik there's no legal framework to support anything like that,

You might be careful with that assertion. As recently as Feb. 1st 2018 (so a month ago), Vodafone was compelled to block access to kinox.to in a preliminary injunction (1). The EUGH decided in 2014 that blocking pages is at least an option (2). This is contradictory to the EU e-commerce regulations, so the legality is somewhat murky at the moment, but it’s not definitely off the table.

(1) https://netzpolitik.org/2018/netzsperren-vodafone-muss-kinox...

(2) Telekabel Wien vs. Constantin Film http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&doc...
You are presuming that those stats are accurate though.

I wouldn’t be surprised if some women were miscategorised by whatever algorithmarked their gender.
Cheap, good, lightweight, choose two.

The Leica lenses are insanely expensive. Also many are manual only, which saves in size and weight.
No reasonable court would conclude Amazon has a dominant position in online retail. /s
This absolutely happens. Fisher boats will turn off AIS routinely. The nonprofit Global Fishing Watch is doing research to analyse AIS signals, and determine if illegal fishing happens in protected areas. See http://globalfishingwatch.org/fishing-vessel-behavior/signal...

If you browse their site, there's also stories about other illegal activities, such as laundering fish (it's being mixed with fish caught in legal areas on sea). Also some boats are staffed with people that are essentially slaves. They typically stay on sea permanently, and are fueled on sea. (http://oceana.org/blog/how-global-fishing-watch-can-combat-s...)
Google didn't start "this little war" by blocking access to Google Apps on Amazon devices. Amazon chose to use their own apps, their own services and to also not be compliant with the Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS).
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You're talking to a man who has already failed to drop the extra weight (and there's a whole lot of data showing being skinnier helps a lot; not only with sleep apnea, but with a whole raft of other health and social issues.) I mean, in a real way, I'm here because I find exercising enough and not eating too much to be difficult, so exercising in a very specific way is probably not going to work as well for me as just using the equipment.

My understanding is that most people have difficulty with CPAP machines mostly because they can't seem to get the thing to fit, (I solved that problem for me by simply buying new masks until I found one that worked well for me.) or because the dang thing is too loud (I solved that by buying a more expensive air compressor) or because they went somewhere else for the night and didn't bring it (I solved that by buying a super small unit I can keep in the bottom of my backpack) or because they're embarrassed to sleep with a life support looking mask on their face (I bought an 'Aliens' licensed 'face hugger' plushie from thinkgeek, with the intention of sewing it onto my portable mask to deal with this... but I haven't; turns out I am not afraid of looking like a dying old man if doing so makes me act a lot less like a dying old man when I'm awake. I still think I might attach the plushie at some point because I find the idea hilarious, though.)

But the point is that mechanical solutions are much easier for me than for most people; I've been a technician all my life; making machines work is what I do, and I'm pretty good at it, and I have a reasonably decent income with no kids, so I don't have to worry about the cost of medical devices. On the other hand, as far as I can tell, I'm not any better than average at making myself work out (which is... pretty bad. There's a vanishingly small percentage of the population that was obese for any period of time who manages to return and stay within a normal bmi.) even after applying my ability to buy and operate equipment to the problem.

Also, did you see the cracked.com article on the subject? good stuff.
First, I did not say they are not subject to German law.

I said that if they argue that Copyright status in another country is irrelevant [1], that the copyright status in one country is not impacted or enforceable or otherwise relevant in other countries [2], that any attempts at enforcement of the judgement would need to occur in the US Court system and that the German Court has overstepped its jurisdiction [4], the only logical consequence would have been to just ignore a lawsuit filed in Germany.

Why not wait and see if the publisher brings the case to a US court or follows the WIPO process? What harm could it do?

[1] Copyright status in another country is not relevant to the legitimate ability of Project Gutenberg -- or anyone/anything in the US -- to make any use of these books.

[2] International treaties explicitly and unambiguously support PGLAF's legal guidance as described above: that the copyright status in one country is not impacted or enforceable or otherwise relevant in other countries.

[3] any attempts at enforcement of the judgement would need to occur in the US Court system

[3] Because the German Court has overstepped its jurisdiction, and allowed the world's largest publishing group to bully Project Gutenberg for these 18 books [..]

[4] The legal guidance PGLAF received is that US law requires that such proceedings would have taken place in the US, and in fact any attempts at enforcement of the judgement would need to occur in the US Court system. PGLAF already informed Plaintiff and the German Court that the US Court system is the appropriate venue for Plaintiff's concerns. Plaintiff declined.
It is, however, a terrible theory, since the immediate effect is that every website is subject to every jurisdiction in the world.
My grandmother emigrated from Northern Ireland while pregnant with my mother. When she passed she requested that we have a brief wake rather than a funeral. Her brothers came in from Belfast and Kitchener (Ontario), my mom and her sister and immediate families gathered. She was burned and then we shared a meal, drinks, and shared photographs and stories.

I wouldn't say it's that far gone. If there's one thing that Irish (and for that matter, Scottish) are good at it's sowing the seed, so to speak.
We are living in instant messenger hell
Heh, I wish. What I see is probably another walled garden.
Given that the rest of the sentence refers to sugar and protein, he probably means fat. Non-native speaker and/or mildly inaccurate translation. Lard isn't really worse for you than other fats anyway, so I'm not sure why he'd focus on that.
A bit off topic, but my neighbor is currently dying from an aggressive cancer. She moved to the US from Ireland ~25 years ago.

She’s convinced there’s something in the US that causes increased cancer rates vs. Ireland. No family history of cancer and apparently is less common there than here.

I thought it was interesting and have no data to back it up. Just thought I’d share a dying Irshwoman’s perspective.
Rights owners in Germany would request the blocking to the Justice system, due to theirs rights being violated

If someone hosts a website in another country, hosting US copyrighted material, I assume something similar would happen if the site refused to take the material down
Bribery, gay porn, and copyright trolls: Marc Randazza (2015)
Thank you! I appreciate all your replies, but want clarify this one:

> This is impossible to express with a HOC without reimplementing the whole React in it.

What is the problem here? We return `null` from the beginning, then spinner, if reached timeout and finally, the provided component, if data has arrived.
Similar library for go: https://github.com/mitchellh/go-server-timing
James Harvey and Yuran Lu co-founded QuicklyChat (YC S12 - https://web.archive.org/web/20120816231511/http://www.quickl...) https://blog.ycombinator.com/quicklychat-yc-s12-brings-push-...

I guess they had no trouble with question 3 on the YC application: Please tell us about the time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage.
Why Decentralization Matters – Explained for Dummies
He writes a lot of good stuff, but I've gotten a bit wary of him, since he is still plugging his friend Randazza whenever he can.

Re Randazza:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/how-copyright-la...
Police Unions Defend Bad Cops. Why Won't They Defend Broward County Deputy?
And yet somehow we manage to constantly have people travel by plane.
> Tell me again: when was the last time Russia established full operational, offensive bases within 30 km's of the borders of the USA with any of its clients and their military?

When was the last time the USA threatened Canada and Mexico with annihilation?

Did terrorists based in the Ukraine fly hijacked airplanes into Moscow's skyscrapers? Because that's why the USA invaded Afghanistan.

Iraq however was unjustified. The difference is that more than half of America admits it and thus freely elected a new President from a different party. Match that one Russia.
It has definitely helped. I'm thinking less about useless stuff and feel significantly more calm and 'out of my head'. That said, I still think about things that interest me and meditation is one, so I've got some thoughts on it ;) (And I do still think about things that are probably useless and don't really interest me—but the amount has massively dropped off.)

> I wonder if meditation actually helped with your ego problem or just made it stronger

Interestingly, I think it did get worse before it got better—but I'm confident saying it's significantly better now. Not every time, but also not infrequently, I can watch it get better over the course of a few minutes during a breath watching meditation session.

I think some about how there might be room in my worldview for something that could be called spiritual. The closest I get for now is having an appreciation for how little we really comprehend of what reality is, and I enjoy trying to get an understanding of its 'character' nonetheless (but more like in getting to know another person's—not something analyzed necessarily). I guess you could call it a reverence for the mystery we're a part of.
You know what's faster than having an interpreter for your program that fits entirely in L1 cache? Not having the interpreter at all.
It's cool that Google is financially sponsoring this project. Grace Hopper is a computer programmer we can all admire, male or female. I imagine I'll enjoy this film for much the same reasons I enjoyed The Imitation Game (despite flaws in historical accuracy).

They better include the 'nanoseconds' scene. [0]

[0]http://highscalability.com/blog/2012/3/1/grace-hopper-to-pro...
Sure, I see where you're coming from. I guess we'll just have to wait and see whether data protection authorities start dropping 20 million Euro fines on people from day 1 for breaches of the law. My view and instinct is that this won't happen. Even with the relatively low level of fines at present, in the UK for example the Information Commissioner's Office has rarely reached the limit.

However, can you give me specific examples of where it would be 'absurdly onerous' to comply? I assume you're talking about restriction of processing, data portability, rights of erasure in the main? Yes, this creates costs, but overall these are minor matters compared to what the regulators will actually focus on which is blatant misuse of consumer data and failure to implement appropriate security measures.

Also, can you give me examples of heavy-handedness by regulators and courts in relation to EU rules? The main example that could potentially fall within this bracket relates to anti-competitive behaviour. In relation to privacy-related matters, the revised E-Privacy Directive in relation to cookie consent was widely ignored without any real ramifications that I'm aware of. On existing data protection law generally, data protection authorities have been relatively restrained in my experience, with the larger fines coming from blatant misuse of personal data or data breaches where even basic security protections were not in place.

What detrimental effects do you think will follow from complying with GDPR compared to those who do not? I'm not saying there won't be any but would be good to understand if you have any specific examples. Do you imagine that whilst some organisations strain to comply with GDPR, others will be forging ahead with new features and capturing market share?

Another point on competition is that on one view, because GDPR is expanding the territorial scope this levels the playing field to an extent. Increased fines also create a disincentive to engage in behaviour harmful to users' privacy. I appreciate that enforcement will likely remain an issue for those outside the EEA depending on the nature of the entity. I cannot imagine that Google would simply avoid paying the previously levied fines, depending on how the appeals go.

My experience is that many businesses are not falling over backwards to comply GDPR. I certainly haven't seen businesses going 'too far' in looking to comply. Businesses that have taken sound advice have adopted a risk-based approach to GDPR compliance, assessing where the greatest risks are and acting accordingly. The regulatory focus will not be on small businesses, but instead on players like Google, Facebook and those losing vast quantities of user data.
>But people—and institutional review boards—aren’t usually amenable to cracking open skulls in the name of science.

I feel as if future civilizations (if we get there) will look back at the lack of practice quoted above with the same demeanor as we do now for geocentrism:

Should the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
> If germany doesn't like that they are now being blocked, then they should change their laws.

Sadly it ain't as easy as that, the copyright lobby is very powerful in Germany, with their very own special interest laws like "mitstörerhaftung" [0] and the "Impressumspflicht". It's stuff like that which prevents open WLAN easily being run and operated because in Germany the person running the AP is liable for everything that happens trough said connection.

There are a ton of law firms who solely generate their income by sending out bulk cease&desist letters to torrent seeders, people who don't have a proper "Impressum" on their webpage and a number of other "formal" reasons.
Kindergartens and retirement homes have gotten c&d letters over singing Christmas songs amounting to "copyrighted content".

These letters pretty much boil down to "Pay this fine and sign that you won't do it again if you still do it again you are liable for several thousands of € in damages".

Most people just pay the "fine" (usually starting at around 500€ sometimes quite a bit higher depending on the content) as it's easier and less hassle compared to taking it to the court, which are quite often technological inept and thus are very likely to side with the claimant's version of "This is theft/piracy!". It's pretty much a very own sub-sector of law firms in Germany.

Most people often think practices like these are something reserved to the US, a while ago, but Germany has its fair share of copyright insanity going on too. At this point, I'd guess Germany is even a far bit crazier than the US.

[0] https://qz.com/694618/why-is-it-impossible-to-find-free-wi-f...

[1] https://www.rockit-internet.de/en/what-is-an-impressum/
You posted about the same time as me!

(Having worked with people involved in EO and law before, I know it's not just fishing boats where AIS being switched off in certain places may or may not be evidence of other stuff happening)
Thanks! We moved comments there.