skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I tried Blue Apron but didn't stick with it because the recipes were actually pretty time consuming for the amount of food you prepared, and also because of the unreliable timing of the deliveries. If you live in the city, you need to be home for the deliveries to be made, and waiting for a FedEx truck to show up whenever is annoying. FreshDirect was much better since you can schedule a two-hour window for delivery.
>1G Apple Watches and iPads typically work just as well as they did on day 1

Yes, and no.

I have a launch-day iPad, and it became less and less useful over the years as the apps stopped being supported by their developers.

The last version of Safari for the original iPad is unusable if you surf anywhere but HN. It might as well be Lynx.

This time last year, my iPad was down to just e-mail, notes, streaming video from my satellite box, PBS video, and a great app from Panic called Status Board.

Now it's down to just e-mail and notes, so it spends more time in the desk drawer than propped up on a tiny easel on top of the desk.
Without issues is probably stretching the truth a bit.
So you're saying whites have the privilege of wishing they had "interesting" DNA history, but others don't have that privilege, even with all they have in say East Asia. I think it's more with social cues and pressures.
¿Qué son los Concerns y cómo probarlos? – Ruby on Rails
Apple has historically allowed developers only to restrict to certain features, rather than hardware speed or generation.

i.e. one may be able to only create a watch app for the LTE watch, if it requires that, but one cannot restrict to the faster models, so apps on slower models still have to run fast enough to be useful.

Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple don’t allow you to restrict to LTE watches, as I suspect their view would be that LTE is an improvement to usability, not a fundamental difference, and therefore apps should be able to function fully with no LTE. Not to mention user restrictions on certain apps due to data usage.

The classic example would be restricting iOS apps to only 64bit devices, only devices with Siri capabilities, only devices with the motion detection chip, etc.
This is an article about how giant tech firms drive politics, and the guidelines state only that "most" articles about politics are not welcome. It is not a blanket ban and I think it's an interesting and relevant discussion to be having.
Trade conditions in Japan are generally more restrictive than in the US or UK (e.g. resale price maintenance, which has been ruled illegal in each, but is accepted as fact by consumers in Japan). The impenetrability of Japanese markets was a famous point of complaint by Americans in the "tiger" years of the 1980s.

Without ascribing too much to history, the postwar Japanese economy has a history of accepting some inefficiency if it helps the community, and distrust of large, monopolistic corporations -- cf. the collective memory of the zaibatsus, which were dismantled after the war.
The assumption is that the system would use foveated rendering to keep bandwidth demands down.
Take pride but don't take it too far. I have Irish ancestry among others but find St Patrick's day a little ridiculous.

Also, to echo another commenter here, take the classic quote from Samuel Johnson: "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"

Also pride is considered to be the worst of the seven deadly sins for good reason. So tempting yet can be so poisonous.
Is this foveated as in Field-Of-View-ated?
Right but "consumer" implies a price point, which is not very scalable.
Also ~80% of the world's curlers are in Canada (1M+). They shouldn't be losing to anyone.
I live in Midtown, paying NYC rents to live in a high rise. I was hopefully looking forward to a modest rent decrease once the half-dozen new buildings get done and start leasing. If Amazon moves in I worry I won't be able to rent here for less than $3k / month.
The fact that it was a "simple typo" makes me sure there was more to it than that because no one would revert that if it were so. It's likely that it was something you saw as a typo such as the spelling of colour vs color. [0]

> Apparently having the info on the company website isn't cite-able? Seems stupid to me.

Depends what you're trying to cite. Most small pieces information can be cited just fine to primary sources, though secondary sources are preferred. [1] However, more controversial statements or claims of notability require a reliable independent source, [2] or else any company could claim "we're the best" on their page and include it on Wikipedia.

Anyway in both these cases, you fall into the trap I listed before, where you're soooooooo certain that you're in the right and the stupid encyclopedia and its editors are power hungry. Have you ever considered maybe there's more reasoning to it then? Again, I almost guarantee there were reasons given in both cases to which you didn't give the least attention. You wouldn't go making a pull request to an open source project full of code that goes against their style guide, introduces a regression, and is suboptimal and then get righteous that it wasn't accepted without question would you?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Nati...

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_usin...
Did I ever say that? Of course we have corruption in the UK. Like in any country in the wold.

What I said, and I said it as a staunch remainer, is that the EU has done nothing on their side to prevent the catastrophe we're facing now. They are to blame as much as people like Mr. Farage. They could have prevented this when Cameron went to them before the referendum to adjust the UK membership deal. All I said is that everyone is to blame for this.
Australian Bureau of Meteorology Staff Interrogated Over Cryptocurrency Mining
It was originally called Clear Channel communication, and they are the biggest radio company in America. The business is actually ok. The issue is that a few years ago Bain capital did LBO. Basically they have a massive amount of debt on their balance sheet which they can't service.

If you look through their earning they are generating about 800 mil or so in profit. The issues they have like 1.2billion dollar interest payment.

This has kind of the been the MO for Bain Capital.
This seems like a dumb question, but why is it that SDE (screen door effect) is dependent upon resolution? It seems to me like extremely high resolutions would force SDE to be solved but that SDE could also be solved by making "fatter" pixels at the same PPI. The cheapest way to do that would presumably be some slightly diffusive layer on top of the screen that diffuses by about 1/2 the distance between pixels. This seems like such a simple solution that it would have been tried already though, so why is the focus on resolution?
The people that buy GPUs for mining don't really have to believe that cryptocurrencies are the future; they just have to run the numbers and see that mining is profitable with a specific hardware, it's not belief but economics.
Google Resonance looks really interesting. It's similar to Steam Audio, but AFAIK Steam Audio's core is not open source and Resonance should be more mobile-friendly due to optimization/compromises in head-related transfer function computation. Unfortunately both Steam Audio and Resonance focus on just 3D spatialization and skip on basic functionality like pitch shifting.
"Running all over the city" sounds like a rather good thing wrt health.

And why would anyone be bothered by others seeing flying emojis if the chose to?
I'm sure some of those keyboard issues could be resolved with some customization with xmodmap.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmodmap

It'll be a pain in the ass but once its done you can save the config and have it forever.

I hear you on the trackpad though. Its sad how far everyone else lags behind on trackpad quality. The trackpad on the touchbar laptops is immaculate.
I’m a bit confused...are you implying Bain Capital wanted these companies to go out of business? And if so, why? What’s the point of investing into something that you want to force go under?
There's no driver in the seat, it's not like the elderly passengers can jump to the front and take command.
The impact on your wallet scales too.
> their VR has mostly been focused on mobile so them focusing on the high end market is really interesting

The one consistent thing about Google's VR/AR strategy so far is that it's extremely inconsistent. Different groups within Google are taking a lot of shots on different technologies and form factors with different partners. Some examples include Google Glass (built by Google X, now revived as Glass X for Enterprise) which was supposed to be picked up by Tony Fadell of Nest who then ended up leaving Google altogether, Google Cardboard (a side project by 2 smart Google France engineers for a conference), Google Dream w/ Daydream View, Google Tango (built by ATAP group and shut down after announcement of ARCore), and now ARCore w/ Asus and LG.

There is no discernible Google VR/AR strategy other than - let's see what bubbles up from different dev groups and, when needed, react to market forces (ARCore was a direct reaction to Apple's ARKit). IMO until Google really "focuses" on VR/AR with a dedicated group and strategy this new tech will remain a sideshow without much traction.
This ACLU post is less than intellectually honest in dancing around a crucial detail: that this law does not apply to the data of US persons (citizens and residents). It's still reasonable to oppose the bill, but why the deception?
Marktext: a next-generation markdown editor for MacOS, Windows and Linux
Reminds me a bit of Feynman's spinning plates.
Ships Told to Avoid Underwater Volcano ‘Kick ’em Jenny’ Due to Eruption Risk
I think these are good examples of the limits on economies of scale. Certain things work well when you consolidate them (One corporate headquarters, lower margin). But a large corporate office somewhere in corporate land does an awful job determining local taste and selling ad space.
Yeah I know, I just find it weirds. I guess they'd still have had to go through the DOT if they removed the mechanical driving bits from an existing car and didn't find it worth doing.
Of course. The problem it solves is not preventing bad human behavior, but easier detection by a broader number of actors, and an history of it.

It's basically by-passing a lot of bureaucracy, cut some of the news reporting middle ware and give a central source of truth (or lie) for a given issue. It's not a silver bullet, but it's a damn good improvement.

Technology and social progress goes hand in hand.
He's always been skeptical of them as far as I can remember. The whole "Blood Unicorn" thing is a long running joke in his column.
From what i understand they did speak to a lot of networks and streaming services. Amazon won because of the huge budget they offered and the promise of autonomy.

It really does show as well. Some scenes in season one and two could never have been shown on the BBC.
I don't think your argument makes sense given the question.
This is the craziest thing :

"Kick ’em Jenny is considered most dangerous for ships and boats since it is constantly releasing gases that can lower the density of the water, causing vessels to sink even if when not erupting. For this reason, the alert level is kept at a constant YELLOW, with a permanent 1.5km exclusion zone around the summit of the volcano"
Oh you definitely don't want to live here without a car. I live in perhaps the only neighborhood where it's even feasible, and I would never give up my car. Being at mercy to Marta and the buses and Uber isn't fun.
Stuff like this is a death spiral. It’s clearly a case of audience and revenues being bought by VC money, and is unsustainable without cash infusions. Yet early investors were able to sucker mutual funds and retail investors to buy their shitty stock. Another case of VCs winning and the general public losing. At some point we have to hold the mutual funds responsible for perpetuating this BS because they are the enablers for VCs to profit no matter how terrible the stock is.

I wonder what this means about ride sharing. I actually believe it’s a game changer and it’s sustainable to profitability but stories like this make me wonder.
Running the Gauntlet - The Value of Criticism
Android GraphQL subscriptions and support for complex objects in AWS AppSync
Poetic License: 3-clause BSD in rhyme
Show HN: CryptoFinalFour – Tradable March Madness brackets as ERC-721 tokens
I mean because yeah, fuck the paranoid dorks, right? /s

That's a closet NIMBY if I ever heard one. It was FINE when they were only stabbing each other in the bad neighbourhoods, but PLEASE leave the normal neighbourhoods alone!!!! NOW all of this has gone too far ...
> I believe they are legally still required to have the steering wheel and have the ability for a human override.

That makes no sense when they're not required to have a driver with their ass in the seat, are the elderly passengers from 00:33 going to unbuckle and jump over the front seat to take over driving?
That's interesting, as he's one of the people I was talking about.

I went over the announcement comments from the other day[1] for his stance, and I think you're mostly seeing what commonly happens with tptacek's comments, in that he a) tries to make a nuanced opinion about a specific aspect of what's being discusses, b) people interpret it as an overall statement about the (or one of, or multiple) of the topics being discussed, c) the argument getting really into the weeds, and d) him occasionally getting short or annoyed with people he's arguing with, likely because after a chain of him repeating himself for 5 plus comments people are still ignoring the nuanced point he's trying to make.

That may be interpreted as a blanket defense of him, but it's not meant that way. It is what I see quite often in the comments with him though, I think mostly because he's willing to wade in and try to make a specific nuanced point on what many people feel are contentious topics. He's not always right, and sometimes his authoritative way of stating things may work against him.

In this specific case, he spent a lot of time arguing that no time is needed before public announcement (which he has argued many times before). I agree with this in general, even if it's painful in the specific sometimes. It's like free speech, not allowing it is much worse than just dealing with the annoying times you wish people would have exercised more constraint. The alternative gets bad fast.

To point, all the comments I just read form tptacek seem to be arguing specifically that 24 hours isn't too short (as in nothing is too short, but if I understand tptacek's position from past arguments the nuance here is that he doesn't condemn them for this, even if he would prefer coordinated disclosure), and that short selling is nothing new. He does note how this is somewhat unique in how brazen it is[2]. I'm not sure his thoughts on whether they announced to media prior to AMD, and whether that's in line with what he believes.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577433

2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577771
The faster the rock spins, the less it will curl. Ideal # of rotations is about 2.5 or so.
You're complaining that it can't continue to be upgraded and do new things, not that it can't still do the things it used to do.
Historically, "The term "idiot" was used to refer to people having an IQ below 30." So not on that definition.
I've thought about this too.

I think a highly directional light that can be aimed will work better than a display. The car can just point the light at pedestrians that it has recognized.

The hard part is a fast and reliable mechanism for the pointing. I guess an array of lights has the advantage of no moving parts and the capability to show recognition to multiple pedestrians.
> - a text editor

Only if you want to teach people to hate s-expressions and write stuff like:

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Writing lisp code is different. Pick a good Common Lisp aware editor.

IMHO: For pedagogical reasons Lisp editors should show parens with a color that makes them transparent and almost hides them into background. Parens are there for the editor to find patterns not people to see and match (except maybe one or two most inner levels). You use proper indentation to see the structure just like you do with Python.
Amazon is asking for a hand out, it does not have control. We could always nationalize Amazon if we decided to, the State never loses that control.

All it takes is political regime change.
Scepticism is reasonable, but the future of the EU -- or the EU in its current form, if you prefer -- is also a reasonable thing to consider.

Among the discussions I had before the referendum, perhaps the clearest pro-Leave voices were a couple of very highly qualified and experienced economists. Their basic position was simple enough: the EU has not fixed the fundamental vulnerabilities in its economic and political structure that caused the big problems a few years ago, and so they considered it more likely than not that the EU would run into serious problems again in the not-too-distant future.

Between that risk and the general trends in global trade, they felt that on balance it would be healthier to shift our economy and foreign trade to be less dependent on the EU and build stronger trading relationships with the rest of the world. That in turn requires distancing ourselves from the "ever closer union" vision and being free of the constraints that come with belonging to the EU's customs union.
>I don't understand how I've can be "proud" of which country you were born in, makes no sense to me.

I guess it all depends where you draw the line, do you feel proud of your parents?
Some people will say "No, I only feel proud about what I accomplished myself."
And that's ok, that's his point of view, we could say this is a subjective matter, from my point of view, I feel proud of who I'm, I'm proud of my parents, and then I can extend that line and say I'm proud of my community, my city, my country, my civilization, I'm proud of being part of humanity, obviously that "proudness" will increase when that line is nearer to me, in other words the more relatable to myself the prouder I can be.
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The practice of lobbying provides a forum for the resolution of conflicts among often diverse and competing points of view; provides information, analysis, and opinion to legislators and government leaders to allow for informed and balanced decision making; and creates a system of checks and balances that allows for competition among interest groups, keeping any one group from attaining a permanent position of power. Lobbyists can help the legislative process work more effectively by providing lawmakers with reliable data and accurate assessments of a bill's effect.

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An excerpt from the legal definition of lobbying. My own take is a bit lacking on the "resolution of conflicts" portion, but still in line with the intended outcome - informing politicians on matters they wouldn't otherwise understand. That said, its definitely not as pristine an occupation as we would hope, with all the people involved in it.

Another take on the topic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying_in_the_United_States#...

It's worth noting that lobbiests can and do also work at levels incapable of affording expert panels or independent investigations, such as the city and state levels.
The Sunday school portion caught me off guard. Aren't these types of questions the enemy of religion and conformity?
The diffuser will blur the image, the opposite of what you want.

Higher resolution screen with upscaled input does not sacrifice clarity for blur/no SDE. Upscaled input won't have as high detail as a higher resolution input, but the performance gains of the upscaled input far outweigh the negatives.
I've ordered pre-made meals before. Having ingredients delivered doesn't make sense to me though. Enough energy to cook but not enough energy to go to the store? I'm sure there are a million excuses, but just buy some produce at the store people.
No, Bain Capital wanted their fees and after the buyout servicing the deb wasn't their problem. I'm not the best person to explain LBOs really.
I'm looking forward to the next generation of VR headsets immensly. A lot of people have been quick to jump on the "VR is already dead" train, but having picked one up during Christmas this year, it's obvious how much potential is there.

There are a few things that need to be accomplished before widespread adoption:

- Removal of wires. It restricts movement too much and removes immersion. The new HTC headset is a step toward this.

- Higher resolution screens. VR AMOLEDs like this are a step in the right direction.

- Prices for GPUs need to go down, and/or a few more years are needed for average computers to be able to render high frame-rates without breaking the bank.

- Headsets need to be lighter and smaller.

- Removal of sensor placement the room. This will be harder to do, but cameras/sensors built on the headsets themselves could potentially accomplish this.

The way I see it, we're in the iPhone 1 stage of VR right now. Imagine the iPhone X version: lighter, smaller, higher resolution, more colors, higher frame-rate, less hassle. These are all inevitabilities, and at that point it will become much easier to adopt the technology. We're also missing a true "killer app" that will get people to purchase a headset JUST for that. I think it will take some sort of truly massive MMO the likes of WoW to accomplish that.

The future is definitely exciting in this field. I hope hardware vendors don't give up and can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I think a trend we will continue to see is growing failures of the private equity market.
Clickbait? Where is that music?

Didn't hear one single interesting sound out of that box that can be used to create music. Most producers and musicians already went back to analog because it sounds so much better.

I would be really impressed if some machine learning algorithm can only generate a kick that sounds better than the original analog TR808/909.
No, it's not financing. It's not a giveaway. It's a rebate.
Why not using LyX? It writes LaTeX for you with minimal effort and knowledge.

This article screams non-LaTeX in the title already. The word LaTeX should be rendered as http://site.uit.no/futurelab/files/2013/10/latex-logo.png
Visible light reduces nematode lifespan
As the author of the mentioned book I just want to add that I specifically wrote it because I'm also a huge fan of the technical writings the author is looking for: from the ground up, all code shown, no toys and shortcuts, capturing the essence in a few thousand lines.

And just FYI, the interpreter we build in the book ends up with ~3900 lines, including the full test suite.
I disagree, I think it's a perfectly interesting project and worthy of experimentation regardless of the outcome.
This is off topic, but why in the everloving eff are auto playing videos still standard on news sites in 2018?
The family was already living in Turkey, so they were not fleeing "that country's civil war". The family were economic migrants seeking to enter Europe.
You don't need to control everything centrally, you can compartmentalize your control (and also enforce limits)

Don't bring a thermal overrun detection to the central computer and have it shutdown a burner. Do this locally