skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I also used an XPS 15 for personal and work before switching to a Macbook, and it was also much thicker than a retina MBP. I didn't have a touchscreen model, but the touchpad was probably the best touchpad I have used on a windows machine (it even had good gesture support, like 4 finger swipe to switch programs). It did have some weird quirks like the optical drive would make a loud mechanical noise whenever you turned it on, and the screen would often get dust stuck behind it which was basically impossible to clean.

By the way, all Macbook pro models still have the 3.5mm audio jack.
> and forgot about having a few docker containers running on the background which was an issue with my MacBook Pro 15 (8GB, 2.5Gh)

It's almost as if Docker has to start and run in a VM on non-Linux systems.

> however, they still do not have 16GB 13' mac which is a deal breaker.

What are you talking about? You've been able to upgrade the memory in a 13 inch MBP to 16GB on purchase since like 2015 at least

> Touchscreen

I've had two traditional laptops with touchscreens. Both times they got in my way and I stop using the touchscreen after like three months max.

On a 2-in-1 like the Surface Book where touch is a first-class input it's a completely different story, but on traditional laptops a touchscreen is far from an ideal user input device. It's like the N64 controller - you're left wondering if the manufacturer thinks you have a third arm coming out of your chest or something. To use it you have to take your hand completely off one of your two much better input devices (keyboard and trackpad/mouse) and hold your arm in an awkward, quickly painful position if your laptop is in a normal position (on a fairly flat surface with the screen straight or maybe tilted back a little, a couple of feet away from you max). The touch bar isn't the greatest design decision but moving a finger up to tap e.g. the bookmark app control in Chrome is a far more natural movement than lifting my hand to the screen to attempt to poke at the bookmark star which is rendered at like half the size of my fingertip.
Yes because it's built on the same codebase with the same design decisions and bugs. Maybe in the future it will diverge enough and fix such issues although compatibility with mysql might be affected.
The massively charming over-enthusiasm of Bus Simulator 18
Does GDPR have anything to do with this? None of their PII is posted. GDPR doesn't let you force anyone to delete anything about you from their site.
I've been hearing this about WSL for a while now. However, I just spent a ton of time (like weeks) actually trying Windows 10 and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (for those who don't know what WSL is), coming from a Mac, and I gotta say, WSL isn't there yet for the code I work with. Specifically, it worked fine for some Python stuff, it built some Go code decently, I figured something out for Docker, but then it blew up on the Rails apps I use (a missing syscall implementation breaks unicorn).

Aside from the potential to run into show-stopping problems like that, you may run into "big company" problems if you work for one, like I do. That is, VPN support within WSL only half-works, and because it's Windows you may be forced to follow domain policies that require Windows Defender to run, which slows down WSL, and blocks you from Insider builds that could fix WSL problems.

You can run a Linux VM on Windows instead of WSL. Which has its own set of problems and is overall a worse experience than developing on macOS, in my opinion.

So currently while, as a Mac user, I actually prefer the Windows 10 UI, the hardware competition, the keyboards, etc., I can't use WSL. Side-projects that you can adapt to WSL's limitations are one thing, but making it work as your development environment for a wide-range of professional projects is another. I saw all this with some actual sadness because I'm tired of investing in Apple when they've basically abandoned macOS and are making so many hardware choices I disagree with, that affect me (keyboard, touch bar).
Cool project! I've done the "low and slow" part using sous-vide then a chill bath and a quick smoke on the grill for bark. Same time-frame (probably even longer) but just a bit more convenient with the precision temperature of the sous-vide. https://www.seriouseats.com/2016/07/food-lab-complete-guide-...
Anyone else having issues with TravisCI?
I have found it to be increasingly unstable recently:

* Network timeouts(few instances just this year apparently)

* Jobs failing at random points for no describable reason(the logs just end and the job is marked failed)

* Jobs taking a long time to start even though the status page shows no pending jobs and low capacity usage

* Partial and slow loading logs

* Randomly VERY slow job execution(VM contention?!)

On top of this the evolution of the platform is incredibly slow(no docker-in-docker, no artifacts, no test result viz/tracking, no build chains, etc, etc), so I'm looking at alternatives. CircleCI looks very promising and much more professionally run. Supposedly it has much better performance as well. Although nobody seems to have build chains which is hugely disappointing coming from something like Jenkins, Bamboo, or TeamCity.

I'd love to hear thoughts on the TravisCI situation and alternatives people recommend.
And let me guess, you're in your twenties or maybe early thirties, you're a developer under some manager, nobody answers to you where you work, maybe you have a degree that you'll still pay for five years from now... Probably California resident but maybe not.

I'm sure some of this familiar.

These are not valuable attributes in opinions. These are people who could be replaced by one another, theres no utility or really anything redeeming about any one of them in particular.

Like I said, I post to share a 25+yr career's worth of experience, not to hear little kids tell me how to be snarky online. That's literally one of the most pathetic things I've ever heard.

HN should abandon it's weird pseudomarxist ideals of self-moderation/conversation and maybe talk about computers for a change.
This looks like an interesting project, though you may find some people skeptical of using javascript in the context of sending secret messages. I could be in the minority on this one.

Wouldn't exposing window.ipfs on every web page add any attack vectors or break any domain security constraints?
Traffic can be terrible and hostile, and some people are not so nice either. It can be rather expensive and it takes far too long to do something like buy lunch or groceries. There are some networking effects, but they are very poor compared to other cities.

It's much nicer outside the fringes of KL, places like Shah Alam, Cyberjaya, Putrajaya, Bangi. Internet is just as good, travel to KL is not bad.
If it allows you to run 5 fewer servers to handle your traffic, then very probably, yes.
There’s a difference between requiring source code as a precondition for selling and stopping sales of a product on documented safety concerns and requiring participation in an investigation to resume sales. It’s down to whether the law is correctly written to distinguish the two.
What tech is currently available for augmenting singing voice?
Is it possible to augment your singing voice and beat #1 singers with no talent?

It seems most singers use auto tune. But is auto tune the only way?

Has there been advancements in this area?

Earlier, singers used to practise a lot since early age. Is this still required?

With deep learning and AI here, what more is possible?
Bravo. This sort of imagining of a scene could perhaps allow for an agent to recognize it doesn't know what's behind the ball if asked. That would be a nice feature if you wanted to reward the agent for finding unexplored areas. It also could help an agent plan to get to some goal. No need to guess if I take this fork in the road, will I need to retrace my steps? Instead imagine it and then avoid the imagined pitfalls before taking the action.
right, that's why we don't have really high clock speeds - that's not the point here
No, you haven't seen it with your own eyes. There's no need for argument from authority. There are several well reasoned arguments that the Earth is spherical (e.g., the shadow of the Earth is curved). It's proper to recite them.
They'll probably call it "ipad"
>> This arms race will potentially speed up the pace of AI development and shorten the timescale for getting to AGI.

... or it will all fizzle out once it becomes clear that classifiers trained from immense datasets can't get to AGI.

In the last few months I've noticed a sudden uptick in papers and articles on the limitations of deep learning and even a few conferences discussing the way to overcome them (e.g. Logic and Learning at the Alan Turing Institute). Eventually, the hype will die down, people in the field will feel more confident discussing the weaknesses of deep learning and the general public (including the industry and the military) will catch on. Then we'll move forward again when the next big thing comes along.
I agree, but I also suspect you didn’t read the post. ;-)
How to make vagina tighter; 10 Exercises to restore sex satisfaction in marriage
10 Exercises that can effectively restore sexual satisfaction in the family; Tips for all women

THE ISSUE

Sexual satisfaction is one of the key factors that make marriage more enjoyable and fulfilling; especially for men. Although there are other aspects that make or break a marriage (Communication, respect, Unity, Culinary skills and patience among others), realistically speaking, sexual fulfillment is one of the top considerations.

Unfortunately, many women have a problem with loose continue from here http://www.kingsheyblog.com/how-to-make-vagina-tighter-10-exercises-to-restore-sex-satisfaction-in-marriages/
How hard is it for device makers to prefect the touchpad? It should be a no brainer like mouse devices by now huh?
Async programming basics every JavaScript developer should know in 2018
Removing the 3.5mm jack from phones was an exasperating way to push air pods, but they didn’t do the same thing to their laptops. You can plug headphones into the latest MacBook Pros without any sort of adapter.
The thing is the "moderation" that's being discussed just bare content filtering, more or less one step past the scripts and neural nets.

Which brings up the point that good moderation is something entirely different. Good moderation involves a person actually emphasizing civil discussion and providing an alternative to argument by shock.

Of course, some fair portion of larger social networking systems today might well be described as "what happens when you remove all moderation" in multiple senses of the term. With that situation actually spilling over into a lot of society with attendant problems (as well as the more invisible problem that real problems get ignored).

Some systems now seem to be aiming for an opposite to this. Kialo is one effort but their approach to debate seems to rigid. A more "personal" approach where the debate is open but assumption of reasonableness is simply implicit would work better imo.
This is sad I still await the Mac Mini being properly updated. Please Apple do not disappoint...
All people are born ignorant, even in 2018.
It probably doesn't work this way (IANAL and more), but philosophically -- and rhetorically, here -- this should be pretty simple: If you don't respect the license, you should not be able to use the product.

So, I expect all 11 of these countries to stop using all said software, forthwith and without exception.
I was just looking at XPSs for a new laptop. My SO has the XPS 15. I ended up getting a 13" System 76 instead. My main reasons were that I didn't need a touch screen and the webcam is only good if you're a hand model. I just had an MBP for work and while they are really well polished I struggle with Apple's restrictions and ecosystem. That laptop and my previous System 76 were pretty decked out, and besides running VMs, I didn't really utilize the hardware. I'm trying something more standard (8GB of ram and an i5) on my new laptop. I think it will be a good development machine.
No review of the XPS-13 is complete without mentioning that plugging/unplugging the power cord turns on audio distortion effects.
?? I don't have a philosophical difference. I just don't believe they did their due diligence. Based on my personal experience in the lab where I was constantly pressured to do garbage science in the name of shiny results...
I. Am. Terrified.

This is too close

slow the hell down
hmm ... I wonder if there are JiT compilers with smallish caches that are susceptible to these attacks (but over much larger time scales)
Which New York City Borough Would Win an All-Out Civil War?
Everyone is different, bug biggest thing I missed was Transmit, as I do a lot with s3. Most of the Linux options seemed lacking in various ways, so I found myself using command line more, which gets the geek in me going, but wasn't as efficient.

I also use Git Tower. Again, command line is of course an option, but I'm more efficient with a UI. Git Kraken isn't bad, but I ran into some weird permissions issues the last time I used it, so I ended up relying on VS Code's git client more.
Well this is nothing short of incredible. I wonder if they'll get it to a point where it can look at 3d drawing, and immediately be able to produce a 3d model which includes all the occluded parts.
How about you read it
You must differentiate technical and scientific expertise from things like economic theorizing. You can't build a bridge without expertise or a car or a plane. Those need serious expertise, experience and certainty of the 1+1=2 variety. No one is questioning this expertise.

But things like economics, what are they experts in? In the general markets, stock markets, free markets, policy, risk, trade, banking, money, human behavior? They seem to lack an understanding of why things happen, and yet are happy to make sweeping judgements that seem to push very specific ideologies based on dubious assumptions of human behavior. And here is the problem, nothing in their course material make them experts in human behavior.

This is what is causing the public loss of confidence along with the media and think tanks who push these narratives. And the economics profession at the moment is going through a crisis of confidence, a lot of the models have been revealed to be based on completely unrealistic assumptions, data is fudged, and things like GDP, globalization and the neoliberal ideology that have been pushed as 'unquestioned truth' are now under the scanner.
Excellent interactive tutorial: https://learngitbranching.js.org/

You can also directly go to the sandbox (without the tutorial) and just experiment with this link: https://learngitbranching.js.org/?NODEMO
Effects of Unknown Family Pornography on Kids-“MY MUM DRESSES UP BEFORE ME”
I counselled a young guy who was addicted to masturbation. He told me he can’t do without masturbating on daily basis.
One thing that struck me in his confession was when he said:
”My mum caused all this for me”.
Curiosity got hold of me and I asked him, how?
He said:
“I started masturbation when I was 4 years old; my mum has always been dressing up naked before me, I am used to seeing her nakedness. I am not continue reading from here http://www.kingsheyblog.com/effects-of-unknown-family-pornography-on-kids-my-mum-dresses-up-before-me/
Given the hype with AI, I was seriously expecting a section of this to be taking pictures of the pork itself, and then using machine learning to figure out whether to turn the heat up or down.

So, just in case you're feeling guilty for over-engineering this, it could have been WAY worse, hahaha. This is the just-right level of overengineering.
I have an XPS 15 and have been quite happy with the it overall, but echo similar comments about the atrocity of the killer wireless cards and drivers. It’s mind boggling that those issues could exist in a 2017-2018 laptop.
BSC Fires Up Power9-V100 Hybrid Compute on MareNostrum 4
If I were given a Mac book for free I would sell it immediately and get an xps 13. I currently have one already but it is what a modern Mac should be. It has Ubuntu, a better display and more accurate track pad.
You responded statistics at a person claiming to have the syndrome. It looked as if you were suggesting that they don't have it because 0.17% is relatively low.

My point is that 0.17% is a sizable portion of the population. Your chances to encounter someone who has it are most likely higher in a thread such as this one. People click on articles they identify with. The same thing would happen if you went to a conference on the topic. I mean, there are signs of comorbidity between DSPD and depression.
This was my experience as well, on the Precision 5520.
Neat project, but thanks for making me hungry in the afternoon :P

+1 for OP's thermometer manufacturer Thermoworks, I'm a happy customer as well (and unaffiliated).

As an aside, if you're in the market for an electronic temperature measurement device, they're currently running a Father's Day Sale. (https://www.thermoworks.com/)
"You just called a bunch of people morons"

No, you did. I said they were either deliberately playing or mentally ill, and that you must take that into account if you want to understand. It's the opposite of calling people morons. That was something you brought to this discussion.
So, what does this mean for a viewer?
I know what you mean. Even things like error handling in Scala have divergent paradigms, to the point where we had one Scala consultant at the company I worked for using exceptions, and another trying to use Eithers.

I have to say though, coming from a C++ background, Scala still feels much more beautiful, clean, and safe than C++... but then, almost everything does ;)
I'm amazed nobody else has matched Apple's glass touch input devices. Luckily the external Magic Trackpad works pretty well with the XPS 13.
For me, most of the software I use is webapps these days (or natively wrapped webapps like VS Code), so the base OS doesn't make a big difference to me. The one exception is requiring a Unix-style terminal, which Windows (mostly) does these days.

That said, I have to work on iOS every now and then, and Apple's tight grip on that toolchain means I'm stuck with a Mac no matter what. If not I'd seriously be considering a laptop like this Dell or a Surface Book next.
Strategies for Negotiating Licenses
The Dilbert Principle: The most ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage — management.

https://www.amazon.com/Dilbert-Principle-Cubicles-Eye-Manage...
I use it for:
- Insomnia
- Migraines
- Focus/Creativity (studio art hobby)
- Anxiety (mostly generalized anxiety disorder)

also recreationally, but not as often as I used to.

In general I've found that semi micro-dosing has helped with non-recreational use. Rather than smoke a joint/bowl worth all at once, I take a couple hits scattered throughout the day. Helps prevent getting the come-down sleepiness and lack of focus that comes with getting toasted early in the day.

Vaping over combustion also seems to help curb stoner side effects (sleepiness, laziness, munchies, paranoia) but YMMV.
My preferred sanity check was the FT but sadly they stopped letting you read a few pieces free a month. Since the Telegraph remade themselves downmarket behind a paywall the only other I can think of is Reuters. Reuters' coverage of environment and climate change is dubious.

Economist describe themselves as "extreme centre" and have supported both right and left at different times. So they're likely to remain hard to precisely pin down. :)
Do you trust these sites to store your banking credentials?
I'm increasingly feeling that terminals and bash are just too complex and have too many edge cases and footguns and that we'd be better of just starting over with something were security was a focus from day zero.
Drug development certainly does not consist of trying a bunch of plausible things on the public (or even on small carefully picked groups of human trial subjects, not until after extensive tests and trials have been exhausted). And thank fuck it doesn't.

Besides, it's rather disingenuous to act as though development falls on a binary between "overfunded waterfall-style development" and the current mess at many shops.
But what are "sufficient resources" in this case? How do you train a universal function approximator, even a good one, in, say "increasing GDP"? Where do you get the examples for that?

The problem is that with such a vague objective as "maximise GDP" or "maximise controlled territory" you need to train a model that is extremely broad in scope - because the objective might be narrow, but the steps to realise it are extremely varied. In practice, you're trying to approximate a function that is outputting the state of the entire world at each time step. Good luck with achieving that in practice.

Edit: The bit about collecting examples is not a trivial problem. Note that the successes of deep learning so far are in domains where not only the objective is well defined ("choose one of n categorical labels") but also the data associated with the objectives is easy to collect and has an obvious relation to the outputs. Say, if you want to train an image classifier to recognise images of dogs- obviously you need to collect images of dogs. This is not the case in "increase GDP" type objectives, where it is not even clear what exactly influences a country's GDP. In principle, you could feed the entire world as examples to the model, but in practice, that's just unfeasible.
No, it's caused by the fact that most very young children wake up regularly no matter where they sleep, since they usually need to eat fairly often. As they get older, they tend to start sleeping through the night - some with co-sleeping, some in their own room - but some will wake up repeatedly until they're much older no matter what you do with 'em.

I'm glad your specific approach with your specific child worked out great.
I am the same, but with the Mac command layout burned into my brain (and thumbs). My solution when I switched to Linux from Mac is to make the control key the one next to the space bar, like command is. Luckily it's super easy to swap control and super or alt (depending on Mac or PC layout) using xkbd on Linux. In MATE and KDE it's in the keyboard settings; in GNOME it's in Tweaks (with Xfce you need to use a config file somehow). I think you can do the same on Windows with autohotkey but I haven't tried.
I can't find one, and weirdly the NIPS 2017 site doesn't seem to know about this paper either... https://nips.cc/Conferences/2017
Juniper - GraphQL library (+ Server if you want it to) written in Rust: https://github.com/graphql-rust/juniper

We’re using Juniper in production as a central API for other internal services.

The performance of literally any other GraphQL server is just hilariously slow compared to it.

We previously used Node GraphQL and were happy with it, but at some point we needed more raw speed.

(edit: just to make it clear -- I'm not affiliated with this project)
The ECB’s Balance Sheet Is Growing Faster Than the Entire Eurozone
Thermoworks is great. I think my first experience with them was their Thermapen product. It's awesome for checking internal temperatures damn near instantly.
So it's not approved for military use? Ok, point given.
I have used python for years and years in very high performance setups. Usually uWSGi behind openresty.

On the other hand, I scoff when I see PHP used for anything whatsoever. It is a god-awful language with terrible performance in high-usage practice. /rant
+1 to this. These kinds of benchmarks of the actual execution of a server are almost never useful for actual production loads—it's always going to be the database or external services.

It's the same kind of thing as Express.js competitors showing that their routing logic handles 50k requests per second instead of Express's 25k, but only for "simple" use cases—AKA ones that don't involve a database. You should almost never be evaluating a server on these parameters.