skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'd love to work for this engineering team. Their tech blog and github is full of interesting projects.
As someone who simply wanted a NES assembler, I've found cc65 [0] to be great, for example wrapped as a docker image in [1].

[0]: https://github.com/cc65/cc65
[1]: https://hub.docker.com/r/philhsmith/cc65/
I have given PC and Android versions of Anki a number of tries yet I couldn't understand how to use it at all.
Recently unemployed people have historically guillotined the rich during periods of massive automation and spawned communist rebellions instead of sitting on their thumbs.

Does that sound good to you?
> I remember the 16-bit "real mode" assembly of Intel's 286 CPU very well.

Those CPUs already started being complicated enough to make ASM programming less attractive. IIRC, on 286 the string copy instructions were faster than the DMA transfers people used on earlier PCs and, because of that, if you wanted to have optimal performance, you'd need to check which CPU it was running and branch accordingly to the best code path.
Try taking that off the rails and go shopping and see how it works. No comparable at all.
Mostly it seems to be quick and adaptable thinking, if I understand the test results right. The colloquial usage is all over the place, as usual, but the tests strongly correlate with things like being able to attain advanced education and ability to be successful. Some of it appears to be inherent, whether it's clock speed/RAM equivalent for our brains or what, because it survives twins raised in completely different homes (including large economic differences). That said, there are certainly environmental effects, too, especially in the negative direction (e.g. lead exposure).
I've been exploring this for close to 10 years now and the biggest barrier is not lack of companies that can provide platforms to "unite" other verticals but rather an outright resistance to make what seems like big changes to those moms and pops businesses. It's quite difficult to find the right balance between the bare minimum each of these businesses needs to change/update to make it viable to create the platform and what seems like too tall of an order for them - instead they will just print more flyers, work double shifts, come up with nearly "at cost promos", etc.
> So does morality/ethics boil down to numbers/metrics?

The field of ethics essentially considers how to build and analyse arguments. Ethics generally does not make decisions; and it's not a flowchart you can follow to get a yes/no answer, either. People often use the world "unethical" as-if it is a proper adjective, meanwhile it actually refers to themselves having concluded that the act/object is not ethical within their reasoning; it's not an actual property of an act or object.

Much like broad philosophy, it's a language for expressing thoughts. It doesn't think for you. Or, if you like, mathematics is a language for expressing some other thoughts. Mathematics doesn't solve problems for you, or prevents you from writing 3+1=5.
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"Fig. 2 shows the circuit that was designed to fit the ibmqx4 quantum computer. The circuit consists of state
preparation (first two time slots), a Toffoli gate (the next 13 time slots), followed by the
2
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operator (7 time
slots), and measurement (the final 2 time slots). We use
q
[0]
(in the register notation from Fig. 2) as the ancillary bit,
q
, and
q
[1]
and
q
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as
x
1
and
x
2
. Note that the quantum computer imposes constraints on the possible source and
target of CNOT gates. Some care must be taken to choose the appropriate qubits to represent each variable so that
the necessary CNOT gates can be implemented. It is possible to circumvent some of the limitations in the source and
target of the CNOT gates (i.e., the source and target can be reversed), but this requires increasing the depth of the
circuit. Our initial implementation utilized a Toffoli gate that used such an approach, but the circuit was significantly
deeper and the results were inferior to the results with the circuit in Fig. 2.

"Using the simulator, this circuit produces the correct answer
x
= (1
,
1)
every time. We executed 1,024 shots using
the ibmqx4 and
x
= (1
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was obtained 662 times with
(0
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, and
(1
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occurring 119, 101, and 142 times
respectively. This indicates that the probability of obtaining the correct answer is approximately 65%. The deviation
between the simulator and the quantum computer is apparently due to the depth of the circuit combined with the
approximate nature of the quantum computer. We note that our first implementation of this algorithm which used a
Toffoli gate with a depth of 23 (compared to a depth of 13 here) obtained the correct answer 48% of the time."

"We designed a circuit that implements an instance of Grover’s algorithm for an IBM 5-qubit quantum computer. The
outcome was successful in the sense that the quantum computer successfully completed the search with a probability
that is appreciably greater than 50%. However, the 65% success rate that was obtained is much lower than the 100%
that is obtained by the simulator. Deeper and more complex oracles would likely produce less satisfactory results, and
this is in line with our experience implementing the oracle with a deeper implementation of the Toffoli gate."

I'm still not sure how measurement of quantum computing results works, and this isn't helping.
Yea, we know it's bad. Now it's law.
Your comment lacks specificity so it's difficult to ascertain what elements of technology you understand the Amish to exploit for themselves, and which you believe they parasite off the rest of us.

Speaking generally then, I think it's interesting to note that contrary to popular perception the Amish will often (albeit not always) use modern technology when they decide it suits them for industrial purposes. This includes the (not universal) use of diesel generators, telephones, computers, solar panels, wind turbines, tractors, refrigerators, milking machines, batteries, compressed air, among others. They will (often) use this technology in one aspect of their lives while abstaining in other contexts. They may have a computer in their workplace for workplace related tasks, but they almost certainly won't have a computer at home with which to play CS:Go in the evenings.

I believe this is what toasterlovin was referring to when he attributed to the Amish the question "How can we reap the benefits of this new technology while avoiding it's pitfalls?"
Yes, but the “any domain with sci-hub in it can be taken down without further legal action” is not standard for actions against domains; usually it is seizure or other action against specific domains.

Cloudflare isn’t a monopoly/chokepoint to the extent that actions against domain registries (via registrars) are.
Sliceline !
Same thing happened in Philadelphia with Italian communities / restaurants being replaced by Mexican immigrants. This has led to a few pretty righteous Mexican pizza joints. Pizza al pastor is surprisingly good.

Its also changed the flavor of many historic areas. In the 9th Street Italian Market, many of the shops have painted the eagle, snake and cactus on top of the ubiquitous Italian flags.
> It's a geological amount of time to a real-time system, which anything related to controlling a car absolutely will be.

The logging service that writes it down isn't really critical to the operation of the car. Even the notification has a geological amount of time before it has to notify the driver when compared to many other systems that operate on a near self driving car. I wouldn't be surprised if less critical components shared a non realtime timeslot between the actual realtime tasks.
Medium has already turned around to just be uncool and pushing stupid bars and buttons in front of the text. So they are late to the party.
Only for versions of "now" that date back to 1975, since that's when the law was passed.
Do most people think that autopilot is used to avoid other planes and obstacles like mountains? I always assumed autopilot was basically like cruise control for planes and just kept it level, at a fixed direction, and constant speed. Same thing as autopilot on a sailboat.
> I'm not sure what the solution here is

The solution is obvious, stop tracking and building profiles on internet users who don't agree with FB terms or are not actively accessing the FB site.
> I'll credit the threat of Uber with triggering this systemic change

This is a really, really important caveat in your argument. Even the threat of Uber was enough to improve cab services. Now let's actually have ride hailing competition (provided Uber is held to the same standards as taxis.)

As for cab drivers, I've heard no shortage of complaints from friends and family about cabs (be it the money, service, availability, etc.) Living just outside downtown I suspect is much better for getting cabs than living downtown, as cab drivers are heading back downtown for more pickups anyway quite often (especially on Saturday nights.)

Never mind trying to just hail a cab off the street - I've been denied a few times based on where I was going, which I'm pretty sure is illegal. There's no legitimate argument against ride hailing services like Uber so long as they're operating with the same standards, unless you're a cabbie who stands to lose work.
It just goes to show that "sufficient paranoia" is something that should be evaluated relative to the value you are protecting and the estimated potential strength and persistence of adversaries.

Security measures (should be) a line item on a budget with a total. The details are something that might be reviewed by an expert in the field with the necessary clearance. Secrecy also has a cost (security by obscurity isn't a design feature, but security //plus// obscurity might have a worthwhile value).

I think at a site level a sufficiently sized dynamo, maybe per section, could be utilized as both an initial gaping measure and as a mux for different power sources (line, stopgap, and local generation). For high value sections one or more full re-regulation stages would help. (Off the shelf, a UPS that always AC > DC > AC converts comes to mind.)

Finally, at an OS level, it seems that the highest value targets should probably examine a feature similar to the 'constant time' style cryptographic / security response paths better algorithms and designs have; in this case always running the system within a constant performance (and power use) envelope. I had not previously considered that such ultra-high security environments might be harmed by /efficiency/ as a means of leaking data.
Review after 3 Months of Wearing Levi's and Google's Jacquard Denim Jacket
What is the voltage of the track?

If filled with salt water, 1 volt at the surface, but beneath?
If you liked this story, I recommend you "Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology".

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Edge-Coming-Quantum-Biology/dp/0...
You can't do anything with that without first connecting it to a bigger computer.
> the article does not address it in a way that gives me a good feeling about the safety of this system in the presence of moisture

It clearly states that salt water in the rail only gives off 1 volt at road level and that you can walk on it barefoot.
Do they have Sanskrit?
Introducing the Particle Device Cloud Alexa Skill
You can just say that you want an unlisted number, it is free. So lots of people and numbers are not searchable.

Unless you have access to facebooks internal database, because surely one of your friends have installed facebook...
Big Floral does this, for many years already:
https://www.ftd.com/
File a claim against his estate, most likely.
For pizza I usually go by the slice, (eg. some pizza places have one or two type of slices that are the best, and the rest might be ok).
I almost never go at sit down pizzeria. Usually the "by the slice" places are better than sit down restaurants (which usually cater to tourists).

My favorite slice by far is the marinara and sausage/meatball (the pizza on the background):

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipP3K30cRMfe41WljFJP...

The place is called "Stromboli Pizza" and is in the middle of East Village. When the weather is great is just grab a slice and sit down at the stools outside "The Bean", which is next door on 9th st.

http://www.strombolipizzanewyork.com/menu.aspx
In Finland a site called PizzaOnline is doing the same and many (most?) whom offer delivery is on it (I'd assume) with 400 000 registered users at least (with a population of 5,5 million). Insanely popular.
Thanks! Yes, so far my previous teams have been very diligent - almost too much - about testing and refactoring, and I'm trying to be very cautious about not offending.

This sounds like very sound advice - slow and steady wins the race I suppose
Russian Mercenaries Took the Lead in Attacks on US and Allied Forces in Syria
Funnily enough, the most ancient Indo-European languages have an incredibly complicated case system.
I mean, I think there is an agreed upon phenomenon that the more effort you put into something, the more you end up appreciating it. See, e.g., the Ikea Effect [0] and The Little Prince [1].

But I also think there's something that makes harder things more compelling to certain people. I'd be speculating to apply this to you, so let's take me for example. I've caught myself wanting to take the harder route or do the thing that is perceived to be more challenging, just to prove to myself that I can, and then to tell others about it, and not because it's inherently more appealing. I'll take the longer hiking path, I'll bike in a higher gear, I'll go backpack alone in South America over Europe, etc.

Because there might be something lingering underneath it all, a fear or insecurity, maybe a voice from a teacher or parents years ago, that says I can't, so I want to disprove it.

Also let me suggest something - by choosing the harder thing, you somehow have more latitude to fail. Didn't master classical guitar this year? Yeah that's understandable, because that'd be really difficult and most people can't. But if you choose something "easier" - like you didn't master a simple song on the piano - your sense of self worth might be more easily threatened.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA_effect
[1] This quote in particular sums up the point: "It is the time you have lost for your rose that makes your rose so important."
There is tremendous variability, but this is basically correct. In addition, the sky is wide open and empty compared to even a not so busy street.

Airplane autopilots really are solving a much simpler problem than even a level 3 autonomous car has to solve.

The most advanced autopilots can automatically takeoff and land, but that requires substantial ground equipment at each airport to support.
Conferences for Remote Leaders 2018
> this new story editor needs to combine the advanced features of Google Docs with the intuitive design focus of Medium

This part made me sad. Imagine how much more powerful our tools could be if we didn't insist on jamming them all into web browsers!
He should be worried, because Chris Jericho is coming for his title!
The funeral industry is going through a bit of a transformation right now. Relatively unchanged for the past 100 years, a lot of funeral home owners haven’t really felt the pressure to change.

2017 was the first time cremations eclipsed the traditional casketed burial in the U.S. This is a huge business problem as funeral homes rely heavily on ceremonies, merchandise, and other services to keep their businesses open. Now you’re starting to see the innovators take off, while those that are not adapting lose market share. Those offering low-cost cremations are doing very well, while those still stuck and expecting the consumer behavior to change are suffering.

Being the CEO of a tech company in the funeral space (Parting and Parting Pro), we see this anti-change sentiment holding funeral businesses back. After interacting with many funeral directors, you realize they aren’t the snake oil salesmen they are made out to be. However, their lack of understanding of tech really does hold them back from communicating with their customers. This leads to sticker shock that gets magnified by information asymmetry.
Ask HN: What is the most useful degree for someone only interested in learning?
I'm a successful college-dropout software engineer. I often think of returning to college to finish a degree, but usually these thoughts only get as far as me realizing that I can learn anything I want on the internet.

If I'm not interested in credentials or money, what could I go back to university to study?
The punishment that prisoners are subjected to is the deprivation of their liberty.

As noted by other commenters, prisoners should be paid at market rates. This is both fair, and avoids market distortions.
I wish you were right, however, just because a Congress called a hearing doesn't mean a sea-change in laws and practices. Congress looked into personal information collected by the NSA (post Snowden) and consumer credit reporting agencies (after numerous hacks and leaks). Did their business models go kaput? Did anything change in a big way?
Tesla's done a shitty job of handling PR related to this crash. But I think the NTSB is in the moral (not legal) wrong on this particular issue.

The NTSB's job is to investigate accidents, and as part of that to maintain their own reputation. Their job is not to pressure companies into not saying anything. By attempting to do so they are just hampering the ability to investigate the accident.

If Tesla had said "and the NTSB investigation is going in this direction" I would have agreed with the decision. But as boneheaded as Tesla's PR has been it hasn't done anything of the sort, the NTSB has no reason to fear for their own reputation as a result of this.
Fake as in "these aren't mushrooms" or "these used to be mushrooms"?
You have a B2B service for helping companies form habits, and a consumer-facing app for breaking a specific kind of habit (phone/social media addiction), but I think a hybrid would be killer: A consumer-facing app for both forming and breaking any sort of habit for an individual person, whether that's sleep, exercise, diet, conscientiousness, etc.
THE INSIDE STORY OF REDDIT'S REDESIGN
When adapting a book the set and costume designers, directors of photography, casting and special effects have a lot of flexibility to collaborate on the tone and feel of the movie.

In a video game situation most of these people need to look at the game and build a world that looks like it’s ripped from the game, or the fans get cranky. But once the director does this, isn’t he/she tainted by the source material?
It's interesting that this sort of thing is happening just as more and more research is piling up showing that the old peer review publishing model is less effective in every possible way than open publishing on the Internet. Errors get caught faster without journals involved. Corrections are published faster without journals involved. Bad science doesn't stick around as long without journals involved. They're just not a thing we need any more. And this is where we will find out how they actually feel about the notion that the thing which provides the better value should win in the market.
No, not that I know off...

Sure, there will be some greeks that don't like Albanians, for x or y reason, but it is not universal.

Also, there substantial number of greeks with Albanian origins: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvanites ) and Albanian and greek food is very similar as there has been a lot of cross cultural pollination.

Both Albania and Greece were part of the "same empires" for millennia. First the Roman Empire, then Byzantine Empire, then eventually the Ottoman Empire.

Even before that they were either in alliances, or fought each other. Alexander's the great mother was of Illyrian origins.
I was half expecting to see something related to alt DNS roots

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

That is what I'd call running your own DNS :)
In many places the local pizza place also sucks, the OP might have no idea what they are missing.
I speak four languages fluently and Duolingo is a joke at all of them. Crowdsourcing is definitely not a silver bullet because if you pay peanuts you get monkeys. In my book Duolingo is a $50M VC investment above the Juicero disaster.
When my mom died a few months ago, none of the family wanted a funeral. Waste of money in our opinion. We went with direct cremation with a firm that does only direct cremation and saved thousands of dollars over direct cremation at a traditional funeral home. Shit is a racket.
My immediate question was "how are they getting sofosbuvir for $300?" That is literally Sovaldi and one of the components of Harvoni, which is what the article is comparing this to?

Well, they are getting it that cheap because Gilead (the company selling HCV drugs for $84k in the US) licensed it as a generic for sale for this purpose[1].

So, no, this nonprofit didn't discover some cure out of nowhere, they created a combination therapy that uses one of the components of the $84K drug that is available inexpensively due to the owner of the $84k drug licensing that component for generic manufacture in that area of the world.

[1] https://in.reuters.com/article/gilead-sciences-india/gilead-...
The cost of equifax losing my data is far greater than the cost of fbook losing my data.
But at least they run everywhere.
>...random tire blowout...

I'm not saying your point isn't valid, however...

http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html

Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design:

"25. (Bowden's Law) Following a testing failure, it's always possible to refine the analysis to show that you really had negative margins all along."

Your tire blowout wasn't "random," from this perspective, it occurred due to a failure at some point: inadequately tight manufacturing tolerances, a regulator system or system integrator that accepted such tolerances, a random thing in the road (which AI could've picked up on), a temperature spike (which AI could've picked up on), a change in tire dynamics immediately preceding the incident which you didn't notice (which AI could've picked up on), incomplete inspections, etc.

Even if that specific failure is NOT directly something that AI would solve, the elimination of basically every human driving error would bring focus to any other problems. Right now, random tire blowouts are not the predominant cause of death and so people don't focus much on it, but if all other causes were eliminated, then all of a sudden everyone would be focusing on better engineered tires.

This is the same dynamic as in airline safety. Every airliner failure in developed countries is plastered over the media for months simply because it's so rare, therefore any remaining deficiency is brought into tight focus.

I can see the headline: "Tesla owner DIES in random tire blowout! Shoddy quality to control to blame; sharks circle as Tesla tanks!"

(High media coverage is a double-edged sword for Tesla...)

> I don't see it eliminating all risk without just always driving slower.

...it's worth noting that airliners use tires at hundreds of miles per hour, yet fatalities basically never happen. Things can be engineered to be arbitrarily safe.
Why would a party like Tesla, with an obvious conflict of interest, be part of the investigation? They should be on the receiving end of the investigation, not part of it. It's like having Enron be part of the investigation.

It really doesn't matter what spin Tesla puts on this. Their car drove into a concrete wall. They can talk about hands on the wheel or off. They can talk about how it's only called autopilot, but it really isn't. It doesn't change the fact that their software drove the vehicle into a concrete wall. Was it asleep? Perhaps it had an attention lapse? Perhaps it mistook a solid, immovable object for something else?

If you have something called autopilot, the one thing it should never, ever do is drive into a solid, immovable object, that is easy to not hit.