skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Thanks for the work you're doing here! I want to commend you on how well and consistently you communicate the priorities and progress of this project. Between the This Week in Matrix[0] blog posts, the Matrix Live chats for the Patreon patrons, and your presence here and on matrix/irc, I'm impressed at your organization and the results you've managed to produce!

I'm happily using Riot with my wife and our 60+ year old parents, as well as with my peers, and we all really like it. This project is really shaping up to be a gem of the open-source community, and I'm excited to see it grow!

[0]https://matrix.org/blog/2018/05/04/this-week-in-matrix-2018-...
But thats not what facebook is doing. Facebook is tracking your every move between stores, public and private spaces, using that information to infer vast knowledge about your likes, dislikes, sexual orientation, income level, political belief, religion, friends and friends of friends. Seeing who you talk to, how long and about what, and then selling that information to anyone, along with access your newsfeed.
Scrolling is still jerky and sluggish on android.
No, facebook desperately needs to keep users and keep tracking them, so they are abusing network effect monopoly into giving people a choice either accept any tracking facebook wants or lose all the connections and all the time you invested into the platform. Which is not much of a choice, obviously.
s/condiments/confections

Why buy them out though? Implementing a subscription on top of an existing service isn't that hard, is it?
As I understand it the 250,000,000 number refers to total streams of all tracks on the album[1], it does not refer to plays of the entire album, so the article is wrong. The album is 20 tracks which means we're looking at 12.5 million streams per track. There were (and still are) many offers for a free Tidal trial, which were shared all over the internet at the time the album became available, so I do think it's possible that Tidal could have had those numbers. Paying subscribers? No, but users? You could sign up to Tidal for free, and Kanye albums are very highly anticipated... Is it reasonable to expect ~3 million people to each listen to an album ~4 times through on average? I certainly listened to it at least a dozen times in the first 2 weeks and know many friends who did the same.

For comparison Taylor Swift's album Reputation did ~500,000,000 streams in the first few weeks after it launched, granted that was available on all services and not just Tidal: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42564917

I'm a little suspicious of the numbers, given Taylor Swift has a wider appeal than Kanye and her album was on all services but you could sign up for Tidal for free and the article is clearly wrong when it says "a claim that would have meant every subscriber played the album an average of eight times per day" so I'm inclined to say Tidal are telling the truth because if they did inflate the numbers then they would not have needed to inflate them from, say, 25 million to 250 million which is what the report seems to suggest.

[1] See the BBC Taylor Swift article for an example of how the figures are calculated
Other than in the very early days Amazon wasn't burning cash; they very rarely went to the market for equity and were self-funding very quickly. They didn't post profits for a long time because there was no point, they used the margin for growth instead.
It's all about Failing Fast and Failing Often in today's world of silly business sayings.
I'd like to help as well. Is there a way to contact you?
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Edx to Move Away from “Offering Virtually Everything for Free”
Strangely, none of my coworkers seem to have problems. But every release seems to get worse; first it was terrible performance, then fonts in pages and the UI became blurry. This happens even on newly-installed MBPs, so it’s doesn’t seem like it could be related to anything I’ve done. And yet… coworkers don’t have problems.
You have to carry it around if you want your task list to be anywhere but in just one spot.
yeah because fuck having fun right
QQ, why is it called Google cloud composer? I totally would've named it Gooflow
I highly encourage all my competitors to use this immediately
This happened to me as well. I just recently started again, for my 3rd time?

Unfortunately I think the key is to find a good active party to keep you busy. So far I haven't really found one unfortunately.
The cool thing about Lumen is that it’s literally JavaScript: every lumen expression compiles into equivalent JS (or Lua). There aren’t any special calling conventions.

I would say Lumen is quite close to Scheme out of the box, but without syntax transformers. It wouldn't be hard to implement the missing parts of Scheme.

If you want to collaborate on some of this, shoot me an email. :)
You still need to get a credit card at some point, preferably early on, or else you may have to go through what I did: where annualcreditreport.com etc will swear up and down that you have a 740+ score but no one wants to touch you [1] because you have no history and appear as subprime.

[1] even apartments. And utilities will require an additional deposit.
I carry a Mead memo book and a pen in my back pocket at all time, it's great for taking notes, recording stuff I don't want to forget, doodling, etc..

Added bonus: I can take it out to write a to-do and not accidently spend 20 minutes on Twitter or HN. Beats any other productivity app I ever tried in that regard.
I use org-mode + orgzly on Android, synced via Dropbox.

Obviously, orgzly gives you only a small fraction of org-mode features, but you're still able to edit org files, view & search through tasks, display somewhat customized agendas and get reminders on tasks with scheduled dates and deadlines. That's enough to get me through the times when I don't have access to a computer with Emacs (or terminal & SSH, which I can use to connect to Emacs instance running on my home desktop).
That's addressed toward the end of the article - basically the AMC CEO calling the pricing Moviepass wanted 'ridiculous', and saying it's not sustainable.
As in GitHub will cover all the costs (flight + hotel + other expenses)
Unless some unknown physics makes space-opera style fast travel possible, what would be the meaning of hostility? Based on what motive? Expressed how? Space isn't tribes of chimps in adjacent trees.

If we find aliens it will be more like "Don't let the Great Filter get you and maybe we'll have a really slow conversation."
Tails 3.7 is out
Of course it's Firefox's fault. Chrome works fine.
Alright, let's do a small breakdown:

20% of all jobs will be lost to self-driving cars

25% of all jobs will be lost to automated customer support/marketing/non-direct human interaction

10% of all jobs will be lost to automating away all middlemen

5% of all jobs will be lost to automating away rudimentary programming

Now, who is going to win here?
Well, they had a chance. It's a bit like the Titanic aiming straight for the iceberg but in this particular case I don't feel sorry.
Fake Name on FIDE President Ilyumzhinov's Ticket
That's a really interesting idea! The language for API validation could be a total programming language [0], something similar to Dhall [1] for configuration.

[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_functional_programming

[1]: https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-lang
Composable is amazing at ETL - https://composableanalytics.com

It blows things like Alteryx, NiFi, Airflow out of the water.
No, they could innovate by making a web browser that browses the web. Search is a prime candidate for extension functionality.
Right back atcha.

On interstellar timescales, any civilization that fears we will develop interstellar offensive capabilities would need to also seriously consider the possibility that we would survive their first strike.
Sure, but you can still 'do things' that are not productive without any sort of task tracker involved. That's a different issue entirely, and not one that software like this is even trying to solve.
> authorized networks ensure that the Redis instance is accessible only when connected to the authorized VPC network

That's good that this is handled smoothly as it's the way Redis wants auth to work.

I've always seen the security story to be one of the big weaknesses of Redis. No TLS, opt-in password with no user and only one shared password, no per-database privileges, etc.

Does anyone know the status of TLS in Redis? I heard somewhere that Amazon has a patch to add that directly, rather than having to use stunnel.
that's obviously a tautological answer. I am saying, he is doing a lot of work, if he redirected this work towards something more relevant to more people, he would produce more results for himself and for everyone else.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recruit_scandal
Mind sharing the name of the firm?
JavaScript by design supports both full OOP and full functional programming. There is no reason why you cannot implement what you mentioned in JavaScript.
I guess the option 'continue to use the service without tracking' was too hard to implement technically. Or maybe nobody thought of that.
Are you suggesting that somehow any law is inherently wrong if it regulates trade at all? Trade is a means to the end of having healthy, productive populations. It's not something to prioritize above all else, especially in cases where trade hurts the well-being of populations.

In the specific case of Facebook, near-zero of the users actually understand either what they are giving or the full extent of what they are getting or not (especially since the latter changes constantly as FB alters their policies and algorithms etc). So, it's more like "give us stuff you don't understand with ramifications you haven't thought about, and you get a complex, somewhat unpredictable, changing service." This is nothing like the theoretical trade between two participants with equal power and complete information.
That's basically the description of a "Business Analyst". Also seen in Office Space: "I deliver the specs to the developers".
I remember in an entertainment article a while back that Kanye West was upset with Jay-Z/Tidal during one of his concerts because he felt they were withholding money from him. I wonder if the potentially (likely) bogus numbers vs reality were the cause for his frustration (believing the numbers).
Yes, I thought that the GDPR was explicitly drafted to ensure it wouldn't just become a "more annoying cookie law."

Edit: they are doing this before the May 25th deadline.
Blackmail isn't opt-in.
If anyone from lastpass is reading this thread, please fix your plugin. Everytime I try to edit the password from the prompt on the page, it opens a blank page for the password vault page.
That's fair, as long as you aren't an evangelical trying to convert me to the linux desktop I don't have a problem with you using whatever you want.
They pulled out of one of the smallest markets they could find, as a PR move to "show that they mean business". They had three restaurants in the entire country, and they pulled out because of the financial crisis, not because of taxes. That's hardly a sign that they would pull out of France, Germany or even Denmark.

If by "international technology" you mean "blatant disregard for privacy", then good riddance. We don't need that sort of "technology".
Okay. I make like maybe ten payments to friends per year. Not exactly a killer app.
Exactly. Little of the content is original; most of it is either re-posted or stolen outright from the original creators. [1]

[1] https://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/07...
That might be one of the reason. I learn a new language because it's all new and shiny and then run out of motivation. I think a definite purpose would help pretty much
I'd be happy with making small-claims-court cases against banks that let someone borrow money in your name. Because of their negligence you've had to spend time and money clearing things up with credit bureaus etc.
It appears to have something to do with the web font. If I block web fonts via Firefox Focus's content blocker the page scrolls fine, but it also doesn't render with any style applied.
> Provably false. Bitcoin has been forked into multiple chains numerous time, creating many more then 21 million tokens.

This is absurd. You could say the same for the dollar and the canadian dollar. You seem to think a new currency devalues every other currency.
Up to a point this applies to the more complex machine learning stuff, but I would argue against people on here not understanding algorithms and data structures. Knowing data structures and algorithms is what makes the difference between a good programmer and an average/bad one.
I'd have to quote too much. Essentially you only have six allowed reasons for processing personal data (article 6). The only ones that could apply are (a) consent or (b) necessary for performance of contract.

(b) isn't applicable because it only applies when it's directly necessary to provide for that particular user (like processing a CC number when paying for a product). That you business model generally needs it is not enough (see the ICO FAQ on the issue[1]).

(a) Consent is valid, but it must be freely given, that is, the provision on the service can't be conditional on the consent (article 7 (4)).

[1] https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-da...
Denial of service is a perfectly valid route to GDPR compliance.
I'm psyched to see the fix to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1193394 released, which (amongst other things) mean that you can finally write code using both IndexedDB and promises without inadvertently committing the active transaction on promise resolution. Now I just need to wait until the market share of other Firefox versions decreases before I can actually take advantage in production :)
That's why BTC's value went down when BCH forked, right? Even a moderately successful fork will hurt BTC's value.
Is the Iran Deal a Good Deal?
Your friends dont listen to beyonce, count yourself lucky.
> If I need to spend 2$ at taco bell, I'll just use my bitcoin.

The currency you're using is USD, since that's how Taco Bell set their prices and it's how you're measuring the value of your bitcoins (via the exchange rate).

I've yet to see any business set their prices in bitcoin. Everyone accepting bitcoin payment is setting their prices in fiat currency (e.g. $2), and accepting an equivalent amount of bitcoin (based on market rates); i.e. treating bitcoin as a payment gateway rather than a currency.
Flipkart: Realizing the India Opportunity
FB has a European HQ.
Nobody is shocked because at least gold has a historical value and won't dissappear. When the a-bombs start dropping, nobody is going to want a piece of steel with an engraved bitcoin wallet key
But the 'competitor' will have much lower revenue than Facebook because of the lack of targeted advertising.
The model is extremely simple. What you experience is just that the terminal state is not coupled to process lifetimes. But this separation is required for interoperability. "reset"/"tput reset" are your friends.
Gasoline cars bursting into flames is so commonplace that it doesn't make the news when it happens.
Was immediately turned off by his devotion to the ridiculously overrated Inbox Zero.

Inbox Zero is a gross waste of time and essentially OCD masturbation. Using tools (like filters, or a better email client with smart prioritization such as https://sparkmailapp.com/) to prioritize important emails is far superior and has zero ongoing maintenance cost in time:

https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/worlds-dumbest-time-manag...

If you want to actually get productive, get RescueTime: https://www.rescuetime.com/

There is a very good reason why the Spark iOS app doesn't even bother showing your unread count.
Agree, multicloud is a better term for this.
Not that Firefox isn't great, but Safari has had this on the iPhone for as long as I can remember. I use it exclusively for viewing articles.
How China Took Charge of the Electric Bus Revolution
You might have already configured (and disabled) ad tracking when privacy options went up a few months back?
Traditional currency is backed by the requirement that it be used in transactions conducted with the issuing government, and also by the requirement that it be accepted as a method of payment for all debts under the jurisdiction of that government.
Composable Analytics now offering free licenses to the Academic Community
It's not dispositive, but googling "go2cloud.org" does not reinforce legitimacy, i.e. "risky click."
I think what I’m hearing you say is that China’s government regulations are “light”... :)

China has 8 different agencies involved in food regulation.

A government that doesn’t allow its subjects to express freedom of speech to its citizens is not “light” in anything.

The dangerousness of items produced in China is a symbol of the corruptability of the monopolization of power by government, underscored by the fact that business in mainland China starts with payoffs to local government officials.

Meanwhile, in Florida, where people are free to package up food items for sale with no license of any kind and no commercial kitchen (up to a certain volume), I don’t hear about many cases of people receiving brain damage from lead poisoning after eating cookies from their local coffee shop.

People that don’t have a foot on their neck are typically not evil by default, because they don’t have to be in order to just survive. That’s why things just work here in the US.

People accustomed to oppressive control just don’t understand these things.
ASDF Version Manager
Google announces intent to acquire Velostrata
Three boks I'll recommend you read as soon as possible.

1) The Mythical Man month

3) The Pragmatic Programmer

3) Code Complete.

The thing about these books, well atleast 1 and 3 is that when they were written they broke new ground. Or if that phrase bother you, they were the first mainstream publications that brought their core ideas to developers.

Reading these books early in your career will help cement these best practices.

Reading these books after you've been a practicing programmer means,IMHO, that the return you get from reading them goes way way down.

You'll find that you've already learned all/most? of what they are trying to teach.

You'll find yourself getting frustrated that they are preaching what you already know as common sense and first principles.

Or put another way, I'm not sure there is much that someone who has programmed for 5-10 years can get out of those books that they haven't picked up somewhere else already or learned the hard way.
If McDonalds were to pull out of France there would be quite a few happy French people.
Please add a disclaimer if you work for these guys... I personally generally dislike enterprise solutions because I hate talking to sales people - but that's just me.
> Stylo comes to Firefox for Android in 60

> Firefox's new parallel CSS engine — also known as Quantum CSS or Stylo — which was first enabled by default in Firefox 57 for desktop, has now been enabled in Firefox for Android.

That's exciting, but on my phone the Play Store still doesn't provide the new version.
Code Complete 2. I bought it... never read it.
1. The Mythical Man Month. Quite old, but still a classic.

2. Dilbert. This comic series is an excellent introduction into how corporations actually work.

3. The Systems Bible. Somewhat obscure. Fascinating ideas on how large systems, both technical and organizational, actually work.
> What about memes pages? that's the only reason I keep my account.

Directly go to reddit or 4chan. Everything on facebook is 7 day old trash from reddit.

> Also, I don't even see adds with and Ad-blocker. What are they going to try to sell me, a meme page subscription?

You don't see it does not mean facebook does not track you and is not interested in selling stuff to you. It will just use your data to sell stuff to your family members.
A more powerful C/C++ macro preprocessor
No. It’s horrible.
> "Before the 1995 Williamsburg Bridge crash, the M.T.A. had installed less expensive brakes with longer stopping distances ..."

I live in NYC and use the subways. This was a huge error in judgment to change brakes to lower quality brakes with longer stopping distances. I can't imagine how this change from the original specifications of the subway system was even allowed to be approved.

This is the root cause of much of the issues, the demonstrated lack of judgment of leadership who allowed this change in lower quality brakes to occur.

There is a third reason not listed in the article about why there are problems in the subway system (and a lack of the 2nd Ave subway line completion) and that is bad priorities. The MTA has spent $13 billion building 3.5 miles of track and a new underground station at Grand Central for the Long Island Railroad which already uses Penn Station. The priority of course should have been a much more used 2nd Ave subway line and maintenance.

For those not from NYC, there are two subway lines of the West Side of Manhattan (#1,2,3 and A, B, C, D) but only one on the East Side (#4, 5, 6) which ends up with truly horrendous overcrowding on the East Side subway lines. The 2nd Ave line has been planned for almost a century but supposedly because of lack of funds it was not built. The issue was not lack of funds but bad priorities, building a Long Island Rail station in Grand Central over completing the 2nd Ave Subway.

'The estimated cost of the Long Island Rail Road project, known as “East Side Access,” has ballooned to $12 billion [now $13 billion].' [1]

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-...
At this stage, I think as far as for metrics of this nature, it is time to stop quantifying album streams and focus on streams of tracks within the albums (in the example you gave, someone streaming the entire album should count 20x). I, myself, still buy albums in full, but I think there's a significant number of people who go for singles at this stage. Streaming, probably just as much of a divide.

To focus at the track level is about the only way to quantify for both cases.
Multiple OS Vendors Release Security Patches After Misinterpreting Intel Docs
Maybe try Googling for once
If other web browsers don't do it, how is it not firefox's fault?
I love lastpass, I'm actually a paying user, but it's getting more and more buggy. Sometime you generate passwords to change an existing one, and it doesn't update, so you only have the old one. Sometime autocomplete doesn't work: either the menu doesn't do anything, or the first click on the input icon doesn't work.

It's not too bad, and honestly the mobile version is a god send (it fills passwords in apps !), but it's irritating.
I think the reference to impossible things is far older than Grady Booch.

To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings
~ Lewis Caroll, 1832-1898
You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with - choose them wisely.
Excerpt from the last letter: "I believe that Steve has seen the future" - that says it all. Whether Steve could actually see the future or not few people would argue that he didn't have a vision and it's that vision and passion we miss from today's Apple. Today Cook & Crew are so focused on not being John Sculley that I wonder if by some ironic twist of fate that's what they're doomed to be?
With how insanely in depth some of the restrictions are, I'll honestly be surprised if this isn't the route a lot of companies end up taking to GDPR compliance.
Can someone explain a motive for this? If Jay-Z owns the service, and the service pays royalties to artists streamed on it, is this just Jay-Z transferring some wealth to his wife and friend?