skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Blockchain tech and the whole "trustless economy" freak me out precisely because I think they can work... The things that emerge out of this and scale long-term can have some really scary consequences:

(1) a working "trustless economy" makes trust and peace no longer be requirements for a functional global economy... this opens the door to all sorts of fucked up scenarios like financing (or betting on) wars, no longer working for peace because it's not always required to make your economic schemes work, no longer caring about keeping your countries economy at least somewhat functional because you can always "pull your money out" etc.

(2) a "human-less economy" enabled by smart contracts - long before autonomous "un-owned" corporations run by AIs take over the world, they will be used for all sorts of shady things, money laundering, toxic waste disposal by buying it but never paying to store it etc. I can't even imagine the creativity of the conmen and criminals that will start to play with these possibilities.

"Trustless" can work... just that it doesn't seem to lead to scenarios that increase the mid term survival changes of the human race :|
As far as I'm concerned the Internet is public infrastructure and you should never expect privacy of your behavior in public places. Besides, "identifying" information should be useless, but it isn't today.

What if we stopped using "identifying" information as authenticating information? PII is only useful because the authentications systems we have in place are such sh*t. Changing this is a much more achievable scope, and would actually address the core value of stolen PII.
Sorry to say it, but your written English reads very stilted to me, a native (British) English speaker. Assuming your spoken English is a similar level, your European colleagues are right - it is clear in the sense that it is easy to understand what you are trying to say. But your word choice and grammar are a very long way away from a native speaker. If you do have a desire to sound more natural in the way you use English, I would suggest you actually take the advice to listen to the way native speakers use the language and try to copy what they do. At the moment you sound much more like a tourist than you think you do.
I believe there is a technical solution. The verification link should ask you for a password or a passcode of some sort which is provided to you out-of-band --- ie, not via email. For example the webpage where you sign up can give you a short 6 digit passcode for the purposes of validating your email. Then the link that you are sent via your email directs you to a form that asks you for the passcode. That way another person can't validate the email if you mistype your email address as their email address and the validation link is sent to them.
I'm not in defense of Zuckerberg, but I have seen and fortunately stopped some young entrepreneurs doing atrociously invasive things in order to better understand and expand their product.

I don't think this is necessarily a case of wickedness, but instead lack of knowledge and immaturity when the event happened.
If you don't mind, what are the use cases that makes hammerspoon very useful for you?
This tactic was (in)famously used during prohibition in the United States.
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You should never rely exclusively on domestic media. There's always too much conflict of interest. In state media this is obvious, but it's there for private media as well.
If you're asking for legal advice, my biggest recommendation is to not take legal advice from strangers on the Internet.
probably a stupid question, but since theres landing gear anyway with drag, why can't electrical power be supplied through the wheels? I am thinking something like a tram, possibly with a bottom pantograph?
It's just not feasible for the sites like parent commenter described to look for sponsors, sign contracts, etc. We are talking about, say, $200-600 per month in advertising. You can spend more time searching for next sponsor then you will make from ads.

They can monetize by working with 3rd party, like SSP, who will sell the inventory programmatically. But to monetize effectively, that 3rd party will do tracking, that's true.
> "5% of what you learn here will be applicable in your job."

That's what the dean of my university department told all the students.

Not for economics.

Not for political science.

This was for Electrical Engineering.

I wouldn't suggest to anyone to go to college.

It'd be more like a last-ditch "Ok, just don't start off at a university."

With the accessibility of information on the internet and the future collapse of student debt, college degrees will be an afterthought.. (besides doctors, dentists, most engineers)
An IP address is only personal data in combination with a timestamp or similar time-related information. I don't see an attack scenario where an attacker would gain anything useful.

Note that he's propably still risking jail time over this.
Smart contracts rely on a trusted ledger. The original smart-contract discussions in the 90s were in the context of a contract between various users in virtual open-world games, enforced by the trusted game server. This setting also meant that many of the lame parts of EVM, like the inability to represent capabilities or to protect cryptographic secrets, were supplanted by the game server's encapsulated backend logic and database.

Blockchains and smart contracts don't have to be related at all.
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... if you have the money to hire at least one marketing manager and buy some ad managing software.
Same with driving with variable traffic
”If you voluntarily walk into someones private shop, can you demand that the shop owner doesn't catalog that event?”

On the other end of the spectrum: if you voluntary back up your data in iCloud, can you demand Apple to not look inside it? If you voluntarily visit a sauna, can you demand that the shop owner doesn't videotape your entire visit?

The EU very much agrees with you: allowing data to be collected must be a voluntary act, and they don’t attempt to stop people from voluntary submitting data in exchange for services. The only difference is that the EU thinks “voluntary” cannot be implied or buried inside a lengthy EULA, but must be enforced through opt-in.
perhaps a rear propeller for deceleration, to recharge the batteries? :P
Your example would create an opportunity for companies to relocate to areas where where "poor" people live (and buying a house is affordable).
There is only one "eastern europe" country that is really Putin friendly and it's Hungary, the rest is anti Putin.
I thoroughly support this way to improve your English.

Tip well.
An-Arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization [pdf]
> the researchers smoked tomato flakes, coconut oil and water using either filtered or unfiltered smoke. Then, they added the smoked tomato flakes to cream cheese and used the water to brine some chicken

Not that this disqualifies the results, but what an odd choice of tests.
But Outlook Express wasn't on a mobile phone, so, patent granted. /s

There are worse examples than than, like "email, on mobile", when it's dead obvious to anyone who knows about OSI layers.

Whether or not people agree on the legitimacy of software patents, I think we can all agree that the situation is completely out of hands.
I feel like it would chop up
The air too much for the second propeller?
I'm surprised there's been no mention in this thread of Brave and/or BAT.[1] Or is my understanding that they're directly relevant a misunderstanding?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Attention_Token
The touch bar was the death knell for me. Unusable.

I had OK experience with Razer Blade 14 if you need high end GPU, and good experience with Dell XPS 15. The Razer and MacBook don't go higher than 16GB, the feel lets you put in 32GB RAM, which is useful for lots of tools or virtual machines.

I run Windows 10 host and VMWare Workstation guests (Linux and docker.)

Works for me, YMMV and so on. Just don't inflict the touchbar on yourself.
This is called the ad populum fallacy. Trump uses it all the time.
I thought about it before. Yeah it will make analytics driven journalism unprofitable. But why this is a bad thing anyway? The old subscription model works and the quality of the content is high.
Interesting, commentary I saw interpreted that more widely. Thanks for the link!
I use a new e-mail address (alias) for every service I sign up to -- especially if it's a one-off transaction or a "short-term" relationship.

That way, if/when I start getting spam to that address or the address otherwise "leaks", I simply disable that alias and carry on.

(I've run my own mail servers for a loooong time so this is quite easy. It may be a little more difficult or involved if you use something like Gmail or whatever.)
The scope is wider. It applies to people in the EU, regardless of resident or not. A US resident on vacation in Spain would be covered.

See https://cybercounsel.co.uk/data-subjects/

> 1. A Data Subject under GDPR is anyone within the borders of the EU at the time of processing of their personal data. However, they can also be anyone and anywhere in the context of EU established Data Controllers an Data Processors.
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Cigarettes are already expensive, that would make them a luxury item.
Actually my language skills, regardless of language, varies according to my mood and energy, and it's late here.

However, this is not to dismiss your comment as moot or anything, I'll keep this in mind. Thanks for the heads up.
One of our mobile apps, Firefox Focus, pointedly targets users who want to block tracking but don’t care about advertising otherwise. I’ve personally heard a pair of unprompted non-tech people in a non-tech city discussing it over beer after work. I submit the existence of our app and my personal experience as sufficient to meet the terms of your question. “is there any evidence at all”: yes!
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"""Things AI researchers agree on:

- that documentary was pretty unhelpful

- Terminator images are usually inappropriate

- AlphaGo Zero (if not other Alpha•s) was pretty cool"""

(https://twitter.com/Miles_Brundage/status/983063456424308736)

I don't have any survey results to point to, but my impression from following AI researchers from industry/academia is:

* Modern methods are many leaps of understanding behind anything resembling AGI, so any concern about research groups developing a sentient computer program behind close doors with no warning is probably misplaced.

* AI/ML causing large-scale unemployment will be a serious issue eventually, but it's difficult to make a strong case that's it's happening right now.

* The ability to monitor and manipulate individuals using ML/AI is dangerous, doesn't depend on particularly advanced technology, and is already being used by corporations and governments right now. It's a lot easier to get the public worried about terminator-style robots than about (what appear to be) simple advances in advertising or law enforcement.

* There's a strong incentive for those selling "AI technology" to oversell its ability to generalize/improve automatically. To quote Elon (of all people), "It's a mistake to think that technology automatically improves. It does not automatically improve. It only improves if a lot of people work hard to make it better."–this applies to "deep neural networks" as much as anything else.
In love with my Dell XPS 13 + Linux combo.
Pakistan Central Bank and Cryptocurrency
1.1.1.1 supports DNS over HTTPS (and TLS). You generally need a local tool running though which acts as a local resolver and does the DNS lookups for you (using HTTPS).
Smart contracts are a great example of someone from tech saying they can fix something they never understood to begin with. Theranos is another example of this effect, which is characterized by a combination of unjustified arrogance and Dunning Kruger. Automated law would be a dysfunctional nightmare, and the human touch, while decidedly imperfect is a feature and. It a bug.

Unless you’re a cryptolobertarian there are similar issues with Blockchain for money. A total lack of insurance and control isn’t actually what most people want, because it predictably leads to the kind of volatility and insecurity we see in crypto markets today. People already made the choice to stop stuffing dollar bills in their mattresses.
> If Ripple, Silk Road, Slush Pool, and the DAO all prefer “old way” systems of creating and enforcing trust, it’s no wonder that the outside world had not adopted trustless systems either!

CHECK MATE ATHEISTS. Actually the article is pretty moronic. Besides being written by a person named "Kai" who supports "Whatever the opposite of a futurist is", it's obvious that the crypto crowd is trying to decentralize All The Things. Slush Pool as p2p alternatives, as does silk road.

Trust systems have trade-offs. Decentralization is hard. Nothing of interest was revealed here, besides HN has a hard-on for centralized authority.
There are opportunities to be had but there is a fair amount of hype as well. https://semiengineering.com/blockchain-hype-reality-and-oppo...
Say for example you want to do something dynamically when an app launches. You could open an app and the windows would automatically be arranged across your monitors the way you want.
Edit: Feature has now been implemented
I know this is probably not the answer you are looking for, but I wanted to chip in nonetheless: English is my 3rd language, but I was more-or-less forced to learn it once I started school in Kindergarten. So, I learned during my first two years or so in school =).

Also, note that while being fluent in English helps communication a ton, it is far from sufficient to mean you are a good communicator. If you are interested in more details on how to get better at communication in general (not just becoming fluent in English), let me know.
100%, I find it hard to take a marathon approach and keep chipping away. Keeping the immediate goals in mind with an overall path to follow keeps me motivated more!
I have no idea why you were downvoted. As a Canadian whenever I see a news article that writes like this I cringe so hard. Being a Canadian had nothing to do with this guy's success. That's just how it is here sometimes.
Horrible use of English. I speak as a native speaker, i.e. from Britain.
I've lived in New York City for over 40 years. If you view crumbling infrastructure, 44% of NYC residents living at or near the poverty line and soaring homelessness as signs of "prosperity", that's your prerogative.

https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/nyc-homeless-popula...

I suggest you fly into Laguardia airport to see some world class prosperity.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2015/07/28/lag...

http://abc7ny.com/traffic/traffic-nightmare-for-drivers-head...

If you want to enjoy even more "prosperity", you can pay $344 a month to ride the LIRR (as long as you don't have to get anywhere on time).

https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/last-years-lirr-delays-cost-ri...
This doc definitely gave me the heebie jeebies. But I don't think the point is necessarily to go deeper into these problems. Most will watch this and finally gain the intuitive sense of how intertwined intelligent machines are in our lives. It isn't just smartphones and laptops, but everything from the military to health, and in between. It gives a good light overview of what professionals are thinking. Most people are not afraid of AI, but I think we should be, to the point that we start making changes to how we develop it.
> they slowed down and spoke very clearly

I wish Austrians were the same... unfortunately most folks here tend to switch between fast German with a thick local dialect, or talking back to me in English, neither of which helps me to actually improve my German...
You most likely also get faster DNS lookups by using your ISP's DNS servers.
I don't read news but I'm sure that GDPR would hurt the smaller, independent news websites or aggregators that people find reputable more than CNN, Fox News and sinclair group. The latter at least have TV advertising. Their website is just horizontal integration for them.
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Basically the same reason you're using mosaic + the ability to change what exactly is being done. I use it to map 'hyper'+key (where hyper is the equivalent of ctrl+cmd+shift+option and is assigned to control, capslock is assigned to the original control functionality) to move windows between screens and on their own grid. Effectively I just didn't pay for mosaic-like functionality. I have better touch tool, but I never liked having to drag to snap and had hammerspoon implemented already.
1. Learn the basics

2. Read a lot (preferably books) in order to acquire a large vocabulary

Most people stop here, but if you want to be able to communicate orally you still need to

3. Study English phonetics and dialects

4. Get as much exposure to spoken English as you possibly can (by listening to radio programmes, podcasts, watching TV, and so on)

5. Talk a lot (talking to yourself works too, if you don't have anyone else)

Notice that this is a years-long endeavour which takes a lot of time and effort, but in my experience it's definitely worth it.
From what I can see, this would be fine under GDPR anyway, so long as when you buy something in a supermarket they ask you "is it okay if we send information of what you bought to Google?"

Of course it's completely impractical to get cashiers to do this every time someone buys something, so it will likely just be applicable to store reward cards. They're doing this already, and all GDPR will introduce is moving the paragraph in the TOC you sign which says "we might sell your data to third parties" to the top in big letters and make sure you explicitly agree to it (or similar to achieve informed consent). As well as adding some safeguards in place.

A point on your example, stores already do sell your personal data to third parties as an additional source of revenue, but instead of giving you a 3% discount they usually just analyse your purchasing habits and throw discounts on other goods which they think you'll be susceptible to buying, so usually instead of you spending less you actually spend more on things you didn't really want before being offered.
your anecdote - not evidence - supports a claim that some people care about blocking trackers more than blocking ads. Which is a lot less contentious a claim than "a majority of people who install an ad blocker don't actually do it to block ads"
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-huitema-tls-sni-encryption
IIRC the dev-beloved T- models were not affected though. (Can't find the reference right now though)
If by "this kind of software", you mean software that solves a problem that almost every adult in the country is guaranteed to deal with on a yearly basis... which involves mostly logic, forms, and arithmetic, without any really hard problems... yet which is too complex and ever-changing to want to do it without software tools, and also dry enough that the SV/VC crowd leaves your niche alone...

Yeah, I think that sounds like a pretty good area in which to choose to write software.
There's nothing good about breaking DPI. Instead of blocking a single site you'll end up blocking entire IP address. I'd even suggest an optional extension of HTTPS which allows to put entire URL as unencrypted part of the request. Censorship systems usually block content by individual pages. Currently with HTTPS it's not possible to block individual page, so an entire website is blocked.
There’s some examples of custom configurations here: https://github.com/kasper/phoenix/wiki/.
I actually have a dongle thing with monitor pass through, older usb, sd card reader, mouse etc on my desk. Get all of these with one port.

Bought a cheap usb c enclosure off Amazon for backups too (swapping the hd) and I love it when I buy a new device that has usb c because I only need the cable that comes with my MacBook for camera and wireless headphones charging. So actually I’m nearly dongle free at this point. Still think it’s a real shame they didn’t keep the inbuilt SD card reader.
The Razer blades are more like MacBooks both in shape and in inability to upgrade the hardware.

Much faster GPUs, though.
> It seems to me that GDPR restricts economic growth.

It plainly does. It trades profit and economic potential for privacy, there's no question about that. I've seen near universal agreement from EU persons that that's a desirable trade in this case.

It gives US startups an immense advantage. They can grow far more profitably in the very large homogeneous US market, unhindered by GDPR-style restrictions & compliance, and then take their scale/resources and project into the rest of the world and comply with local requirements.

That US advantage will get larger by the year, as the globe perpetually fractures more and more on compliance requirements. It's going to become more difficult to operate in all foreign markets, as regulations for online services grow nearly everywhere. Most nations will put up barriers of compliance that will have a tangible cost. Europe will have numerous different GDPR-like regulations among its nations. There are 50 countries in Europe and only 27 are in the EU, that guarantees a messy, fractured compliance zone overall.

This is only the beginning of what will be a dramatic reshaping of the way you could formerly build once in almost any nation and easily go global with a service, that will become impossible without considerable financial resources.

It won't be: comply with GDPR and you're good. It'll be: build 50 different compliance systems to reach into 100 countries. Only very rich tech companies will be able to do it, something the US particularly specializes in building.
Maybe they should have scheduled maintenance closures that reoccur over the same parts of the day every day. Say, 1-5am?. So, it would be a 20hr/day instead of 24hr/day subway, but would be dependable during those 20 hrs.
> Have his actions done anything to show it's not relevant?

Where did I say it's not relevant?
Many urban, educated folks in Serbia see Putin as a better ally than any European leader.
It has to do with the general population's complete misunderstanding on how ads are targeted, combined with the fact that it's hip to upvote and share anti-FB hit pieces.
There's domain fronting [1] and http/2 certificate frames [2] - they are conceptually similar.

[1]: https://www.bamsoftware.com/papers/fronting/

[2]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bishop-httpbis-http2-addit...
It's illegal here too -- apparantly unless the police do it
Cryptocurrency is so decentralized that most of it is held in a hand full of exchanges (aka, centralized).

It seems the crypto community also does not care about the obvious centralization, but who would've ever thought major contradictions would come out of cryptocurrency?
Whistleblower: Your Facebook Data Might Be Stored in Russia
In Estonia(within Europe) we have this awesome "investment account" system where you make a separate bank account and the tax system is simplified for that account.

Any money you put in, can be taken out without paying any taxes.

Once you've taken out more than you paid in, you just pay income tax and that's it.

You report your "paid in" and "paid out" sum(to/from that one account) to the tax office yearly.

Really makes the whole process simple and adaptable to any investment model.
Leverage doesn't make the blockchain aspect useless- in fact, the chain means the consumer can choose their insurance provider based on backing asset characteristics and how leveraged the risk pool is. Similar to what we had before, but with more democratic capital allocation.
That would be such a bad idea, lots of websites send data that should be secret on the query parameters.