skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I have thought about building a project that would try to maintain wealth after my death. I imagine the components of this as being...

1. Logic to accumulate wealth. This would need an API to create and manage an investment account for stocks, bonds, crypto, whatever. It analyses current and historical data for a time, then makes investment decisions based on minimizing risks and long term gains.

2. A reproduction module. This would be responsible for finding a freelance programmer to produce new versions of each module keeping the system current. This would need methods like findReliableFreelancer or provideSpec runTests and issuePayment.

3. Cloning. Like the Reproduction module, but this will be done entirely with the system's own code and not recruiting a new developer. E.g. create a new AWS account, get a new host, copy your modules, get it running, do the sanity checks, provide it seed money.

4. Orchestration. The various hosts running this code would need to communicate, reporting their existence, the money they have available, etc. If the system winds up having some purpose (e.g. convincing someone to restore me after death) then orchestration might come up. Otherwise this could be used to limit reproduction, stop sharing resources with bad actors, and share resources with good actors. This would also need to track which systems we were already running on (e.g. if we are currently 80% on AWS we should direct expansion towards Digital Ocean, or future equivalents, try to expand into different languages, countries, and planets).

I imagine kicking the project off a decade or two before my anticipated death in order to work out kinks and to hopefully live long enough to verify it will actually work and grow in real life conditions.

After my death, I imagine it running for centuries, slowly accumulating more and more wealth. Perhaps disbursing some amount every decade if I could think of a way to track descendents. Maybe asking people to restore me from cryo freezing. Maybe just creating a legal puzzle for folks 500 years from now, when they have to unwind what might be a multibillion dollar fortune belonging to someone long gone.
> Why can't I just browse them?

I think the business model is based on email subscribers. OP has mentioned elsewhere[1] here that he modeled the site and offering very closely based on Scott's Cheap Flights .com which was in the Cheap Flights domain.

See their story on IH. 320K / month in recurring revenue. https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/scotts-cheap-flights-...

[1] : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16579003
In OVH you can restrict token access to individual resources (in this case one record) at token creation time.
I would tend to agree. There's two built-in protections for hardware: patents, and the massive costs of the means of production. If there are no patents, then means of production is the only barrier to essentially all available technology. Any minor player that brings technology to market will be vaporized by the marketplace dominance of the big players. We'd be back to trade secrets for all hardware technology (bye bye open standards)

It would certainly be better for technology in the short run, but the outcomes for human civilization could be catastrophic since competition is so damaged any time big players have so much control that they can undermine the free market.

No, the solution isn't to eliminate patents. It's to reduce the term of patents and copyright in general to more reasonable lengths of time. 20 years is at least 5 generations in most technology fields. If we want to stimulate tech, then we should reduce a hardware patent to 7-10 years, and a software copyright to 14-25 years. We should not reward rent-seeking behavior that does not provide any value to the economy.
> They do not make money from the exploitation of the companies whose software/hardware they find flaws in.

Right, and neither did these researchers.

In point of fact, no, the difference really isn't all that stark. It's a difference of degree, not category. You apparently have a problem with disclosing vulnerabilities without providing advanced notice to the vendor, and you consider it especially distasteful to do so if you're financially benefitting from that. But all of that still comprises vulnerability disclosure, which is categorically different from actively using a vulnerability to compromise users as part of a criminal enterprise.

We can go back and forth like this all day, because every time someone bends the definition of black hat to fit something they disagree with, I can form a counterpoint which is technically true but which no one is willing to call black hat behavior, like Google Project Zero. On the other hand, if we use the definition of black hats as criminals engaging in online fraud, augmented by security vulnerabilities, then of course Google Project Zero doesn't qualify. You're going to have a very difficult time broadening the scope of this terminology to suit your definition without accidentally including groups you don't want to be in the same bucket.

And that's precisely my point. If you broaden terms too much, like "black hat" to "stuff with computers in bad faith", we can just weasel in whatever satisfies the definition or agrees with our personal viewpoint. Black hat criminals do not engage in debatable behavior, because it's strictly illegal and directly profits at the expense of other people. At best, all you can do is formulate an abstract argument about people being harmed by rapid disclosure, but that actually comes down to a debate of disclosure guidelines, not a debate of activist investing.
There is no proof of concept here. Carry on.
is it possible to export the final repl as a docker image and run it locally ?
Neat! Like a Kaoss pad DIY sample 2d crossfader running on rpi3.

This is 2 Parts, a high end computer that analyses (with ML and Neural magic!) some source waves and outputs blended samples that you can put on a 2d grid, and for these generated waves a simple sample player (made with openFrameworks) running on rpi3 that mixes the waves depending on your xy position.

However it doesn't sound interesting or good for what they show, they probably need a better demo without any roland classics. Their Bass / Piano mix sounds mushy and essentially represents the most boring average synth sound i could imagine. The most interesting thing is the flute/snare crossover that is buried in the overladen promotional fluff video.

Would be nice to hear a demo that really puts out the 'new' neural sounds.

edit:
the essential 15 seconds of the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=100&v=iTXU9Z0NYo...
Does anyone know of a source that competently compares costs across different metro systems? Total operating cost per mile, per passenger-mile, et cetera.
I'll still buy Threadripper/EPYC. There is nothing else on the market that is comparable for my needs.
A twin does not have a shared memory history with yourself, though. I don't think its a stretch to say that two brains with the same memories are in fact, the same person identity-wise. It is why we are considered the same person after having a seizure, or falling asleep, or waking from a coma (or any other consciousness-halting event).

We're even more liberal with the concept of identity in society -- consider that I share nearly nothing (physical or memory) with 1-day old me, yet we are considered the same person.
Money. The technology is not hard to create, but it does take a bunch of engineers time and effort to design it all (probably a mix of mechanical and computer work), and then more time to buy the equipment and install it. There is nothing off the shelf, even if some other subway gave them all the design (unlikely), it would still be hundreds of thousands of dollars per train to make it fit the New York trains.
> let's consider the complete set vs. those that support a particular world view.

What a pompous response. You are not using a 'complete set [of facts]' either, you're just adding your own facts which support your particular worldview.

Let's not imply that anyone is working from perfect knowledge of the subject as a rhetorical attempt to signal authority. Both misleading and clearly incorrect.
Yes, eventually. As I said in a sibling thread, we intend to open-source our protocol/images so that we can do things like, use your own editor/local setup with Repl.it. Or eject completely from the platform.
Buy houses so that people who need to buy houses can't!
> I learned that real world IMU use in navigation is pretty ugly and has to be supplemented due to constant errors. This can be particularly difficult when flying. In my case I used other sensors, such as a GPS. But a strictly IMU-only approach to lengthy navigation is, AFAIK, impossible.

Yeah IMU error can be annoying unless you shell out $$$, but this issue occurs with many other kinds of sensors as well.

One common trick is to treat the IMU error as another state variable that is evolving over time. It won't eradicate the compounding error, but it will reduce the amount of calibration necessary.
The vast majority of owners never deploy it.
The title reads like someone found a new exploit. There's no actual content in there, instead plain wrong information.

For instance:

> "A practical example of such a bridge from low level to the very top is an example where 70 lines of C code exploiting Spectre can be compiled to JavaScript / Wasm:"

The code in spectre.c won't compile or work on JS or WASM because it uses high-precision timing intrinsics not available in the browser sandbox. It was possible to exploit performance.now(), but all browsers have released updates which reduce precision of perf.now() dramatically.

May be there are other time sources lurking somewhere in the browser which could be exploited, but the article is just spreading FUD.
World Cup Betting Prediction Game (Ethereum ERC 721)
Guys,

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We are building a betting prediction game for the World Cup. You will buy your "right to play"with ETH sending them to the Smart Contract.
You will the choose your 64 predictions.
Your 64 predictions are a ERC 721 Token.

When finishing the World Cup the wallets which stores the winning tokens (10% of participating tokens win a prize from the pot) will redeem their prize (prize depends on number of players and standing position)

What is more, during the World Cup, you will be able to trade/sell/buy your ERC 721 token between users in order to cash out in case your token is performing well.

Our sale starts in May 10th and the landing page is www.cryptocup.io

We are finishing the smart contract in 2 weeks and then will go through the audit

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I'd like to see you auto suggest frequent attachments. In some ways this should be a more accessible feature, and certainly useful.
Nor S/MIME and code signing certs. They also won't provide auxiliary services like timestamping.
Classic Theme Restorer, Tab Mix Plus, Session Manager, Status-4-Evar.

I've looked for replacements but haven't found anything that comes close. From what I can gather, much of the functionality that allowed these extensions is now removed from Firefox. I thought equivalent APIs were going to be made available so they could be ported but that didn't happen.
Would this work? https://github.com/philips/ansible-kubernetes-daemonset
Shameless plug: https://github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol is a provider independent way to manage your zones with a single dsl style file in source control.
This question was probably answered most eloquently in Hannah Arendt’s report on the Eichmann trial, The Banality of Evil.

But to summarize:

> is this your problem or the problem of the person who gave you this task?

Yes
I remember this HN comment by her: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3101677
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There are countries with way stronger unions and automated trains. I doubt unions are the deciding factor.
This could be unpopular to say: There is no qualified indiv in the CIA who will not have her background characteristics. Go outside the org and you get a Tillerson, a well meaning person, but someone out of their element. If we believe Russia is about to enter our walls, as the MSM broadcast, we certainly need someone who knows the reins who will capably deal with our adversaries.
Just to be clear, Google using the Classroom product doesn't implicitly grant you permission to use their logo on your marketing materials. Did you obtain permission from the listed entities to use their logos?
> The real answer is that even massive building isn't a solution because you're externalizing huge costs onto existing property owners.

I see a lot of people say that existing property owners block additional building in order to preserve the high value of their property. This doesn't make a lot of sense to me -- with the ability to build much more, the value of your house drops as more housing comes onto the market, but the value of your land rises by much more, as what was a plot of land that could support 3 households becomes a plot of land that can support 50. Manhattan isn't known for its low property values.

Is that the cost you're thinking of? What did you have in mind?
>Right, and neither did these researchers.

I'm just going to conclude that you are trolling at this point and try to forget this headache of a thread.
Not Let's Encrypt, but you can run behind cloudflare's free plan for https.
So? Once a mod is informed, and the story is proven legit, the flag needs to be removed.

In fact, a user made a post - news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18577485 - calling for discussion on the removal of this thread, and the implications of such.

'dang', the moderator, accused him of "breaking site guidelines", "creating drama" and said the story needed to remain flagged to prevent "outrage".

So yeah, we need to talk about the mods now.
This is - in my opinion - one of the best reasons to use Firefox.

I don't want to go back to one browser dominating the web.
actually, apollo-client is building in support for REST, so you will be able to use apollo-link-state with your restful api AS WELL AS your graphql api.

That's the true "replaces redux" statement.
Sudohulk – try privilege escalation changing sudo command
Too lazy to log into github: where is the nsynth-generate that is referenced in in the repo in audio/readme.md? Not in the repo in any case and no link either ... but a hyperlink to tmux is given. Mixed up priorities!
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Oh, certainly. Any culture takes time to develop a taboo like that. It's especially hard to damn the behavior of your own parents when their union led to your own existence. Only when everybody who was married has died will there really be a change.
This is an enlightening post. That the USA see influence on technical standards as a threat to national _security_ shows what they are using their own influence for.
the abysmal state of their technology is completely to blame. problems described point to an inability to monitor trains or operators in ways that don't create massive slowdowns as knock-on effects.
Linus' reaction: https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/PeFp4zYWY46
What exactly constitutes a "cheap house" though? Just because a house is ultra cheap in absolute sticker price does not make it a good deal, or even "cheap". It's a combination of neighborhood home values, property taxes, school system, local economy, demand, geography, appreciation rate, and climate which make a home a good investment, with the actual home itself mattering least among those. There's definitely a lot of undervalued real estate in the US, but just looking for cheap houses is a bad idea.
Ah, thanks for headsup, I somewhat missed the moment NodeList got sufficiently widespread forEach support. Good to know.
In fact my intention was just to add check for `sticky` value along the `fixed` one; the 'golfing' approach was just habitual laziness…
Music streaming has relatively low gross margins compared to other tech businesses (though as they scale up they'll have more leverage with the rights holders) but a large addressable market to tap. Spotify could be a great investment if they continue to penetrate that market.

The same is true for Apple but at least for Apple it also has a strategic purpose in being the connective tissue for a number of hardware products that are almost certainly a better business (Apple Watch Series 3, HomePod, AirPods, iPhone, etc).
> The culture of this agency is rotten and its corruption endemic

How does one realistically reform something like this?
If they’re running fewer trains slower, then declining ridership is not incompatible with increased overcrowding.
I like the online course links but it would be nice to see some more good blogs.
This article has a lot of text before getting to describing the problem.

Summary: Train wreck 1995 and a installation of a safety-first, CYA response that slows down the trains and does not increase safety.

Longer Summary: Train wreck in 1995. Maybe driver was asleep. Start installing new signals that not only automatically stop the trains when there is a train ahead (good idea and already in place), but also when going over 45mph. Trains used to go up to 55mph with no systemic problems. Drivers go even slower than 45mph because the train is automatically stopped when going faster (as you would want to do if there was a train ahead) instead of just giving a warning and letting the train keep going.

As more of the system gets these new signals, more of the system has slower trains. Thus the increase of delays that are labeled generically as "insufficient capacity, excess dwell, unknown" from about 20% of delays in 2012 to about 60% in 2017.
Nothing. Viennas subway has semi autonomous trains since 1960 or so. The driver just presses a “leave station” button after verifying nobody is stuck in the doors.
Congrats on shipping! I was looking for something like this.

I did see that you have 1 past deal listed on home page. It would be great if you can add just a single page titled "Past Deals" or "Highlighted Deals" and show a few houses that your AI bot identified. That's more likely to encourage potential subs.

Also, how do you calc the CAP rate etc? Do you crawl existing sites that already have this data, or do you generate it on the fly? If the latter, how?

And how does your site / email list stack up against the following (which I think are somewhat related to what you are doing).

1) RoofStock.com - https://www.roofstock.com - Based in Oakland, they do end to end investing online, from intent to closing on mortgage. Most are already rented too, and they even provide Property Management services. They have a great engineering team. I even landed a Sr. Software Engineer position with them last fall, but ended up turning it down. Highly recommend if you are looking for a tech job... I think they are still hiring.

2) Mashvisor - https://www.mashvisor.com - Based in Silicon Valley (I think). They identify and list properties with AirBnB and Vaca rental potential. I like them too, but their sales team is very pushy and you can't do anything without signing up for a monthly subscription. I had a demo with their sales guy last year, and the whole thing was geared towards getting me to signup and pay.
Nobody is saying there isn't a place for good parts management, solid systems engineering, and quality control. But there's room for bottom-up ideas and rapid prototyping too.
How can it be allowed to ship Apple's own music service with every iPhone? Why isn't that deemed anti competitive?
For Susie parents it's basically: "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
> I think the "security industry" has a delusional image of themselves and regard most of them as grey hats at best.

This criticism of the industry might hold more weight if you actually evidenced a willingness to use terminology according to its accepted usage, not as a tool to advance your ethical opinions.

> And this is not a generalized disagreement of ethics.

It actually is, because I strictly disagree that either of 1) trading on bad news, like security vulnerabilities, or 2) disclosing vulnerabilities without notifying the vendor are unethical. You're free to disagree! Your opinion is just as valid as mine; the thing is, we don't define words based on opinions, because then we'd never get anywhere, and we could label people we don't like whatever term we know other people don't like, even if we don't share the same definition of the term. By calling people who do either of #1 or #2 black hats, you're exercising rhetoric that puts them in with actual criminals, doing actual illegal things just because they are doing something you disagree with.

> Bad faith is has a specific meaning and you are unreasonably stretching it.

Okay. I guess I'm free to also call scientists working on whatever thing I disagree with pseudoscientists then, just because I find their work ethically unsettling. Better yet, I could call them criminals.
You've answered your own question about why programmers don't like new syntax. Because most (interesting) coding takes more time thinking than typing, syntax is only a cost, never a benefit. If your language has familiar syntax, then they don't have to pay that cost. If it makes them learn new syntax, it better provide other benefits like access to a new platform, a job that pays much better, or eliminating a large class of bugs. And if two languages both offer that same benefit (like Erlang vs. Elixir, Matlab vs. Python, even Python/Ruby vs. Node.js) programmers will gravitate toward the one that doesn't make them learn new syntax.
This is such buzzword powered horseshit. Absolutely nothing about this problem domain requires Deep Learning. Simple regression models if implemented properly can do just fine. Not to mention that sites like Redfin/Zillow have access to far more data and already have pretty good models for the most part. Just because you can throw a Neural net at a given problem, doesn't make it the right thing to do...

I'd be a lot more forgiving if the site that was linked was an actual blog post that contained information on how deep learning helped tackle this problem. But all the site is, is a way to aggregate emails while throwing buzzwords in your face.
Generally known as BattleShort

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleshort

Or, Id rather damage the bilge pump, than not have it when we're flooding...
The Moz Year in Review 2017
> There is nothing off the shelf, even if some other subway gave them all the design (unlikely)

VAL[0] has been a thing since the Lille Metro opened in 1983 and AnsaldoBreda[1] is being deployed all over the world (it's the platform for Honolulu's upcoming HART).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Véhicule_Automatique_Léger

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnsaldoBreda_Driverless_Metro
Disclaimer: Not too familiar with ICOs, and this might be ignorance on my part but genuinely interested in learning.

My understanding was that ICOs were basically a way to invest in companies/ideas smiliar to startups, and therefore reap the benefits if the project succeeds, ie upside.

Were the Siafunds given to investors as a way to reward them for investing in the company and therefore accruing in value as it grows and succeeds?

If so, is that a way to back out valuations for the company/product? (If that is the case, is it true that as more people use siacoins more revenue generated -> more profits -> value of Siafunds goes up)
I much prefer the existing solution, where all popups are blocked, and I get an indicator showing that a popup was blocked, with the option of enabling it.

You're solution works as long as I can set N to 0, I guess.
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Here's a pricing example: https://www.keycdn.com/pricing