skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> this argument is based on obviously factually incorrect premises

Which premises are you referring to? I am not a lawyer, but I am a programmer, and what you just paraphrased sounded obviously true (at least when "the functionality" means "replacing the old system", a.k.a. interoperability).
Or try the http://friendly.io app - lets you use Facebook, but does not ask for permissions.
You don't have to choose a browser. You can have multiple browsers and use each as needed for its strengths.

Sort of sidestepping your question because I don't know either which browser is best from the standpoints you talk about. But I have other advice:

One measure that helps a lot with privacy, though it doesn't solve everything, is to use your own private VPN hosted on a service like Digital Ocean. I do this with Firefox. Unfortunately Safari doesn't have a per-app setting for proxies (it's system-wide or nothing with Safari last time I checked), otherwise I would just use Safari. Anyway because I'm using a VPN, my ISP doesn't have a full record of every URL I've ever visited. Digital Ocean would be in a position to have a full record, but at least that's not a business they are actively trying to monetize as far as I can tell, unlike, sadly, my ISP.
That's pretty amazing if true. Eric Schmidt and Google seemed to be pretty firmly behind the Clinton campaign in 2016
> They're rapidly heading down the path, at the very least.

Who is? Amazon? Not likely. Though I haven't worked there for several years now, I would be flabbergasted to discover that Bezos would approve an initiative that involved selling user data to advertisers.

I can't speak to Microsoft. I am not a user of Microsoft's products, nor any of its subsidiaries' products, and they are not mining any data from me.
One could make the argument that gay people being private just lengthened society's path to acceptance of their sexuality. For the individual that has to deal with this it sucks, but it is for the greater good in the long run. The main cases I have for privacy are protecting access to my finances and my porn history. I don't look at anything illegal but people might think I was weird still.
He probably went where most developers are. Just like choosing Java over Smalltalk for the first edition.

I feel its better to reach more developers, than aim for the best technologies that very few are actually even aware of.
> based on current data

It might well be useless to start today with your existing accounts. But it's a principle worth knowing about nonetheless. It's certainly possible to poison data from the beginning of your contact with a service - especially for ones less pervasive than Facebook. An account that never sees entirely true data may not be able to build up an accurate profile.

Having said that, providing false information does violate the ToS for most sites. Which probably isn't a federal crime, given US v Lori Drew, but it's certainly not a good idea for an account you can't afford to have suspended.
Well the UK abolished the death penalty for all crimes.

I think acts of attainder (ie your are declared guilty by parliament with out judicial process ) is not longer leagal

The act of attainder was considered so bad that was banned by the founders in the US constitution.
I thought the same thing. I usually do `who`, `top` and `uptime`. But `w` is far better than `who`.
I'm interested in knowing more about details - where you able to locate them?
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The problem I deal with is that if I see something worth improving that doesn't get fixed now as I see it, unless it's a really significant issue, the code won't get improved down the line
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Android does not have a Java VM, and it does not run Java bytecode. Dalvik bytecode is more compact, and more CPU efficient, and the more recent ART runtime is even more efficient and performant. But it isn't a JVM.
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Apple is going to continue getting walloped in this space.

I don't know about the US, but here in Sweden and Norway I haven't seen a single school go with Chromebooks over iPads.
All of these examples are running on preemptive multithreaded operating systems, so implicitly yielding and getting scheduled is in the cards even if your process is managing its own concurrency with cooperative multithreading.
What does it mean to "query my GPS tracks"?? Do you mean query points within the track? Or search for tracks? Or something else?
I'm surprised Apple has created a proper Fi competitor yet. It would fit so well into their premium brand of "your iPhone works the moment you step off the plane wherever your amazing life takes you".

They wouldn't have their UX tied to cell providers, who are some of the most unpleasant entities to interact with. They would probably be able to lean further into their personal security stance, by fully obfuscating the user from the provider.

They have the brand leverage to do it, I'm hoping this is a stepping stone.
I think that because they're "marketing exercises" we shouldn't pretend they are some sacred tradition where if an made-for-TV movie snuck in it would be horrible.
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These are earnest questions seemingly asked in good faith so Ill try to respond in kind (although my comments are all dead for some reason, so I hope you can see this).

socialism is not about 'ending work', it's about the relationship the worker has to his output. "but who will clean the toilets?" probably the same people that do it now, but they will be paid the full value of their labor instead of having most of it skimmed off the top in the name of "profit". Corporate Profit doesn't really exist in socialism, because profit by definition is surplus value. This value needs to ends up in the hands of the people who produce it. under this, toilet cleaning (sanitation) becomes a more lucrative job prospect because the compensation would be higher.

"but how can businesses be run without a single private entity handing down orders from the top" same as they are now, with people working together. It may seem like a stretch to think of a society where the population is empowered enough that employees can self administrate, but ome needs to look no farther than the open source community for good examples of it being possible. "but software developers are smart people! they aren't like the mindless drones doing my laundry" arguments for why that is textbook classism aside, we got ourselves into this position because that's the society we've cultivated, it's not some fundamental aspect of our species that 'most of us are dumb that's why we need rich people to tell us what to do' on some level that's true, we are but animals. However it applies to economic elites too: they are also just animals, and despite the smoke and mirrors still deal with the limitations of our biology. being smart or good at something should be it's own reward. having more money than they can reasonably spend ends up becoming a self preserving entity on it's own, rent seeking and legalized bribery and so on. if you want to learn more about this phenomena, I recommend reading Marx's Das Kapital.

it's easy to think we have a "high standard of living" under capitalism when that's all we've known, especially in the last bastion of the middle class that is the tech sector. but look at our (non)prescription drug use, depression rates, access to healthcare and living necessities for the most vulnerable (children, special needs, elderly minorities), our unemployment rate, our incarceration rate, our impact on the environment, the international conflicts and affairs we're involved in and you'll find a _very_ different picture being painted. If it wasn't for empty calories like McDonald's and Coke we'd probably have a food crisis too, but instead we just make the poor fat with sugar and other junk.
Tech companies are being pushed into implementing top down, centralized solutions to handle "offensive" content, however that's defined. This is problematic, because what's offensive to one is not offensive to another, and a centralized approach will never account for the resulting vagaries in interpretation of "offensive", outside of illegal content.

Therefore, a distributed approach is much more appropriate and effective.

Users should have the ability to block users or content they don't like. This gives users the ability to protect themselves while avoiding all the pitfalls of centralized authoritative censorship.
A 110" wide powered projector screen and a decent 1080p projector will run you less than $1000.

I did my full setup for about $730 with an Optoma HD27. Have not used the TV since.
Zuckerberg's refusal to testify before UK MPs 'absolutely astonishing'
Some years ago i tried to get Tinder to work on my phone. I needed a facebook account for it. No problem. I had several. I created new accoutns each time I logged into facebook for some reason. Tinder still refused to work. Somebody suggested that my facebook account needs at least 50 friends. I found groups in facebook created specifically for the reason of gaining frieds. The next day I had 50+ friends on facebook. This account was locked later by facebook (too many random friends :-P ). I got Tinder to work years later after they dropped facebook account requirenment.
> I don't think you are reading the studies you are sharing.

I'm impressed by your method of argumentation.
> if you don't mind not having a local-to-the-country phone number

This is actually one of my big pain points with SIM-juggling while travelling. iMessage would work great, except for the fact that Apple unregisters your US number and registers your new SIM number in its place. Which makes total sense on a technical level, but is irritating in practise.
They don't really have an edge today. They just achieved big lock-in, and inertia of those who depend on CUDA now prevents them from using other hardware.
I can't understand that line of thought. Devs and management really like to look like they are not complicit in something that has gone terribly wrong.

Yes, 3rd party devs are responsible and yes Facebook is too. Facebook's business model and algos feed the ad tech machine. Saying that FB is just a scapegoat is some kind of twisted tomfoolery.
I was in high school when Diablo came out and it was epic. Me and several of my friends played many late night sessions for months. We were exhausted at school, but we had a blast and I wouldn't trade those nights for anything - so much fun.
Oh, that's very impressive!
This is most unfair. You may take issue with specific aspects of how Peterson, specifically, articulates the evolutionary origin of social hierarchy. You may even take issue with evolutionary psychology at large, which is a separate argument. To call the idea that there is an evolutionary origin, or that it is ancient, 'psudoscientific' seems to be just name-calling, unless you have a basis for this you aren't presenting here. Peterson is far from the first to think or write about it.
This is up to you, and much like being forced to be in school against your will, you will only truly own the decision if you make it yourself. If you want other people to validate your decision, you haven't worked it through or been through enough pain to own the outcome.

If I was in your shoes (I was) I would drop out. I completed high school in three years (I hated it, but forced myself to finish for signaling) and then it seemed to make more sense to just start working full time, so I did and I do not regret it at all. I am an outsider because I did not even start university, and I am usually the only person on a team or call not to have gone to university. It doesn't matter now, but only because I have some professional experience.

That said, at least two thirds of companies I have ever talked to screen me on the first call for not having a degree. So you really force yourself into a part of the economy that values merit. For the most part, this has not been an issue, but it may be for you. I more or less ignored my parents thoughts on this, though they were surprisingly supportive, as their influence goes down a lot when you make your own money.

I would think more about what your goals are long term (presumably not just to program for someone else forever) and what they require. If you want to do anything more conservative (big company in non-tech industry, government, etc.) you should stick it out for signaling. If you want to run your own company and/or are on that path, you really won't miss it.

If something is hard but seems right, usually that means it is right and the hard part is the part preventing you from taking the leap. Most people project conservative values on others, while being more forgiving of themselves, so you will get a lot of "stay in school" advise.
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That's an interesting way to characterize it.

When the Supreme Court was considering Google's petition to hear the case, the court asked the White House to voice an opinion—where by "White House administration", you mean the Solicitor General.

That's not "weird"; that's a normal part of the job.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_the_Unite...
Isn't part of marketing building a strong brand and keeping that brand from eroding?

Wouldn't made-for-tv movies (which historically has been a pretty pejorative term) hurt the brand of the Oscars?
Huh. Thanks for explaining; I genuinely had no idea Deutsche Telekom existed.
It's a regular ('manually driven') consumer vehicle being produced by Jaguar Land Rover - it has been adapted by Waymo for self driving.

https://www.jaguar.co.uk/jaguar-range/i-pace/index.html
> That pins down an interesting characteristic of the situation. If we manage to self-treat ourselves into passable normality, few people believe we ever had a serious problem in the first place!

Wow, you really hit the nail on the head with this. Just look at all the people here trying to second-guess my own self-assessment!
1) Judges aren't computer scientists, and LOTS of IP cases read very poorly as a result. This is a structural issue with how judges are educated within court rooms regarding the facts surrounding the disputes in question - but let's just accept it as an unfortunate cost to adjudicating the way we do.

Regarding your polymorphism point, you've got the cause and effect swapped. The LACK of polymorphism was the basis for Alsup saying APIs are uncopyrightable. Because there's only one way to do something, the words and the function are linked, and copyright does not protect function, ergo copyright wouldn't protect the word either. This line of reasoning doesn't flow in reverse - Polymorphism doesn't indicate that a work is copyrighted or subject to restrictions upon use, or that various safe harbour provisions/copyright exceptions do not apply.

2) There's no need for a separate discussion. I'm not making the argument; it's literally admitted by Google in the context of this case that they straight up copied chunks of code.
Probably because they’re making plenty of money from their existing relationships with carriers. There’s no reason for Apple to vertically integrate when they’re already the dominant player in their carrier relationships.
Minor correction: 10 S (or "10 in S Mode") can only install apps from the Microsoft Store. This means you can install traditional desktop apps packaged as Centennial apps (or HWA/PWA apps).
> Neither of those particular use cases would be a problem but for the numerous transplants who can't freaking merge.

Either you are blabbering, or I didn't communicate which merge I am referring to very well. Being unable to merge in 3 car lengths is not a transplant problem.
You're taking it on OPs word that it was 'blatant Islamophobia' that prevented his plans from going through.

Changing a school curriculum, especially as an outsider, is incredibly difficult. Unless OP was told 'we don't like Muslims and don't want to hear their stories', I am incredulous that the real reason is blatant Islamophobia across the leaders of multiple private and public schools.
The weird part was in their view on copyrightability of APIs.
Sharing your data in exactly the way they describe in their privacy policy is not lying. You may disagree with the policy, but that doesn't let you redefine words.

And yes there are providers that claim to offer such security. I've already explained why such offerings are unappealing to a large swath of consumers. There are mutually exclusive features that are more appealing to a wider group of consumers.

Are you saying that Google is wrong to respond to consumer demand?
Just as no business inherently deserves to exist, no distribution model inherently needs to be allowed to submit films to Cannes.
[cynical comment] Do you think the court is trying to guarantee jobs for lawyers?
Interestingly this has been flagged, but there's only a couple of replies that I can see that are grey, and only a couple that's critical of the article and subject. But I can't see any flames at all, just the usual HN courtesy.

Is the auto flag mechanism to do with up and down votes of comments? Does that make some comments controversial? I like upvoting comments that go against the stream, but would that mean that the whole discussion gets more likely to be auto flagged? Would a user's best bet be to go with the crowd (and to downvote or not vote up such dissenting opinions) ?
> It is hard to compete against a free beer OS

I'd argue that it's next to impossible. OSes are a commodity now. Even Microsoft is coming around to that idea.

> tech unlawfully taken from other companies.

All of the previous caselaw said that this was fine.
"really efficient"="ubiquitous tracking"

not too hard to understand the creep factor for most people.
Sideloading is enabled by default since TH2 (November Update) that came out more than two years ago. You just need to sign the package using a valid codesign certificate.
My god I couldn't agree more. I used a Tecan liquid handler for years and wow did I hate it. It was very easy to fuck something up or make a change in the software without an error being thrown or the user being notified; the GUI was absolutely a black box to new users and I had to write my own manual to walk labmates through what to do to run known protocols; there was 0 attempt at optimizing movements to save time; the machine required manual calibration every single time it was used in a shared environment to make sure that someone hadn't changed tip alignment, plate holder position, or plate specs manually or accidentally by crashing a tip; it was trivially easy to break the arm or tips if you weren't paying attention and they cost a fortune to replace; there was no version control etc etc.

Their hardware was also total crap. Both the main pump and tip cleaning pump failed on me two times without any notification being thrown, the arm failed once, tips broke countless times. Our regional Tecan rep was on a first name basis with me for awhile and I wasn't even the owner of the machine.

I almost ended up taking a Tecan engineer certification class just so I could use the equipment as a knowledgeable user. Tecan also wanted to charge me something like 15 grand for an arm and tip solution which would handle 1536 well plates which I was able to replicate with 1 cent worth of plastic shims and a few of their black 10 uL tips -_-

I will absolutely recommend that my lab looks into buying one of these.
Given the margin of Trump's victory was so small, and he lost the overall popular vote, I would be surprised that anyone can be confident of a victory looking at any data set.
Part of that conditioning is that in many of those places, drivers are legally required to yield the right of way.
Not if you have a natural flow for all the random visits.
> I don't understand where this cheerleading [...] started [...] these companies aren't banned at all. They are free to show them [...] regulations require [...] regulatory capture

After reading, I think it's clear why this "cheerleading" is occurring and it doesn't matter size. Most people probably think like I do and think that film should be judged on its own merits. If film celebration was really the primary goal, these types of rules would not be in place and they really would be "free to show them"...but we know that's not the case which means that film celebration is not the primary goal.
A lot of software in science and engineering R&D seems pretty bad. Even the firmware/user interfaces to some instruments are terrible, like ease of operation is an afterthought.
Then you have giant turds like LabVIEW by National Instruments who really should know better. I really don't know why it is so popular.
Yup and then some other proportion are actually people you know/are friends with. You probably occasionally reach out to the ones you know/are friends with and ignore those who language you don't speak in the countries you've never been to.

All of this is of course a designed test to see how accurate the model is, to see how ordering of suggestions influences behavior, to see effects of noise, etc.

They aren't stupid and they aren't bad at their jobs. It's just a test.
> Synchronous sequences are generally faster than asynchronous ones because yielding and getting scheduled back has a non-zero overhead

Indeed. I remember being shocked when I first read "Thousands of Threads and Blocking I/O" [0] by Paul Tyma.

After reading the C10k problem [1], I just believed that a big pile of threads would never work and never updated my beliefs. While such an approach is still quite memory limited compared to asynchronous approaches, it scales quite far and can have a very high work rate.

[0] https://www.slideshare.net/e456/tyma-paulmultithreaded1

[1] http://www.kegel.com/c10k.html
Sun was only incrementally better than Oracle in their approach to Java licensing. They already has one pyrrhic victory over Microsoft that birthed C#, .NET, and Microsoft's own VM. Failing to come to terms with Google means client Java runs on Android, and not even on a Java VM. Way to make your language technology relevant.
TIL. I don't subscribe to the typical Silicon Valley youth cult, but it is incredible to think of what some individuals can acheive at such a young age.

Paul McCartney writing "Yesterday" at 21 alway sticks in my mind. Welles made his most lasting works in his 20's, but this is really incredible.
Right, that's the way the described minor annoyance occurs: configure Amazon to open in the Shopping container, open a new tab, enter the Amazon URL and press Enter, then the tab closes and a new tab opens in the Shopping Container that visits the URL.
My slightly expensive hack-around is to have a second travel iPhone, and tether my primary phone to that when I travel.

I used to swap SIM cards around so that my primary SIM ended up in my travel phone, and my region-specific SIM ended up in my primary phone, but ultimately that became more hassle than it was worth, and tethering was a less painful solution with the prevalence of wifi everywhere in most places I visit.
> Instead they keep producing tons of supernatural/superhero series.

No, that's just the stuff that is most popular and visible, just like in almost every other venue of the film industry. Dig slightly deeper, just like in actual cinema screenings, and they offer plenty of lower-key content.
The problem is you can usually just get around the limiter pretty easily, isn't it? Like one site I was scraping did rate limiting by ip; I just spawned 5 aws boxes to do the scraping. And with aws pricing model, there was no real reason to stop at only 5 boxes, since each request was independent..

If I were planning to make a profit on that data, I might well have spawned 1000 boxes to speed things up (took 2 weeks of 24/7 scraping on 5)