skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Kind of surprised by the amount of hardware and software engineering talent that went into creating this counterfeit.

Is it really so lucrative that it beats applying those same talents at a real job?
It's not that I'll be disappointed, but that programming is my only hope.

I'm one of the lottery ticket winner, 1% folks. I'd feel better if things were more equal, but it'd probably be better for me if it isn't.
This is a brilliant comment that shouldn't be down voted, whatever side of the abortion debate you might be on. It exactly highlights the danger of suppressing free speech. While you'd be hard pressed to find reasonable people that deny the Holocaust, there are plenty of emotionally-charged political debates where the numbers are less lopsided. Shortsighted people might want Facebook suppressing that "hate speech" as long as it breaks their way, but what about when it doesn't?
> Google engineers were alerted to the issue within 3 minutes and began immediately investigating

As a user of their service, our engineers were notified within <30 secs when the issue started. Given GCP had a large population impacted, how is it that it took them much longer to acknowledge?

> The GFE development team was in the process of adding features to GFE to improve security and performance. These features had been introduced into the second layer GFE code base but not yet put into service. One of the features contained a bug which would cause the GFE to restart; this bug had not been detected in either of testing and initial rollout.

Something going down after a deployment is the most common source of issues. A system KPI abnormality after a rollout should be common practice to monitor and to perform an almost instant auto-rollout on. Also, doesn't GCP perform dark launched, partial launches? Launch to 1%, see KPIs, increase to 5% and so on?
The sun does not appear round. This is a flat sun joke. We know it is round, this comment is not about that. It is just goofy humor.

My comment has the wrong parent too. On mobile, thought I was actually replying to the "go at night?" smart ass comment. That one was just so basic... good grief.

Normally, we are more serious here, and I read it, drew a blank, again, then chuckled.
Is REST perfect? Probably not. But it certainly does its job, and that's why most middle-tier APIs these days, whether it be those that power web applications or mobile apps, are in REST, with the backend itself being written in a variety of languages (PHP, Python, Java, C#, etc).

I will admit that core REST doesn't support basic "querying" functionality, or even things like pagination, filtering, sorting, etc, which is why there are a set of standards, or best practices on top of REST that aim to standardize those commonly used patterns. [1] [2] [3]

Finally REST, whether by design or not, follows the KISS principle (Keep It Simple and Stupid), and that's probably why it's gained as much traction as it has over the years.

Want to get a user object? GET /user/<id>
Want to update it? POST or PUT /user/<id>
Get a list of all users? GET /user/

If you look at just the "basic" examples for GraphQL, you will understand why it's never going to replace REST in its current form.

[1] Microsoft's OData: https://www.odata.org/
[2] https://www.moesif.com/blog/technical/api-design/REST-API-De...
[3] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/207477/restful-url-desig...
And no court in this country has ever even suggested that a mentally ill homeless person who sits in his own feces all day can't be forced into treatment

You'd have to make the case that such behavior poses imminent threat of harm to himself or others to "force him into treatment". Good luck with that.
A road that is plowed and salted enough to safely drive a car is clear enough for me to drive a bike too.

As for cold, the kids can stay under a bubble canopy if it's really bad. I have this bike, though we've never bothered with a canopy, we just dress them warm (in New England): https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=workcycles%20kr8%20...:
If they find evidence the wallet owner communicated with you to send the money and then used the transaction to pay for goods and services used in the course of a criminal act, then you might be in trouble. Otherwise, I don't see why you think it would be viewed as anything but a stupid prank.
Yeah, that was annoying. If she had configured her editor to insert 4 spaces (or 8, but I think it's too many) when she presses the tab key, it would be more realistic and they could still be together (until he reads through her code). [sheds a tear].
No need to write it yourself - the article mentions using Leaflet https://leafletjs.com/ for just such a purpose.
Diet: https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s1291...
https://dadun.unav.edu/bitstream/10171/4928/1/SUN%2028.pdf
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/nutritional-psychiatry-y...

Sleep: https://aasm.org/studies-find-new-links-between-sleep-durati...
https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/sleep-and-...
https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/related-illnesses/sle...

Stimulants: This one I may be wrong about. My general thinking is if it disturbs your sleep and poor sleep habits cause depression, you should stay away from the stims.

Exercise: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC474733/
https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.20...

Screen time: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221133551...
https://psychcentral.com/news/2017/11/15/more-screen-time-ti...

Alcohol: This one I may be flat out wrong on. Moderate alcohol consumption seems to have an anti-depressant effect. Heavy alcohol consumption is associated with depression and suicide.

Most of what I said, especially about diet, exercise, and sleep are not controversial.
Yeah.
Products like this have been around ever since the first iPhone.
I’m not sure what’s the big deal about this particular one.
Click bait?
Lots of money? Lots of unpaid volunteers! Compare with Java, Go, JS, Swift, even Rust!
Yes :D It's fun to play with the way things could be through imagination and code. :)
> Absolutely agree, that's why I think it's great that Zuckerberg is choosing to respect free speech, even though he doesn't have to.

He's not just respecting it, by curating content on the platform he's personally endorsing the stuff that stays up. If FB was an uncensored platform it'd be another story, but it's not.
The US has over 200 zip codes with a population density of 20k/sqmile. While 20k/sqmile isn't an 'emblem of urban density' it does show there are several locations a person that enjoys high density can live in.
Looks like Ecto.

https://hexdocs.pm/ecto/Ecto.Query.html
Hahaha, I like how much you justify him being okay
The "left" are good at circular quotations. They are also in complete control of Wikipedia, Snopes, and a few other "authoritative" websites.
> We just accept individual introspection as ground truth

Isn't a fundamental of scientific method to not accept introspection, but to require publicly observable, reproducible evidence?
How do you trace mined coins?
The whole intro to the article is about how REST can't be honestly called dead.
Well I said paranoid... didn't want anyone to think he was in a clinical sense.
That sounds stressful. How was your diet, sleep and exercise while you were going through those rough times?
If a startup needs a giant system of subsidized roads for free or else they aren't profitable, they weren't ever profitable.

You see where this argument leads to?
Well advice from one of the freelance webdevs (http://remotehabits.com/interview/interview-with-john-a-full...) is to start to charging 10usd. He calls it reasonable pricing. I mean i live in quite poor country but 10usd is pretty hard wow. The great twist is that he works for YCombinator backed company as lead front-end dev. Way to go lol
I am sorry but this does not compute: how is it "forced" on audiences?
This is great. Both gun people and car people like to use the other as a distraction.

"Yes guns are dangerous, but they're meant to be. They still don't kill as many people as cars do!"

"Yes cars are dangerous, but they're fulfilling a real need. Transportation is more valuable than violence!"
Really? you think cash that you withdraw from the ATM is not traceable to you?
But the other mapping services will very soon adjust their prices also. It makes no sense to be 10x cheaper than Google when 2x cheaper does the same.

I still have to understand openstreetmap mapping solutions. It's named open, not free, so I guess providing your own server with osm data would work. Only with FreeStreetMap the data would be infected also.
Watch the markets and exchanges.
Well then, you should also know that these indictments were filed under oath by Mueller and his team, under the penalty of disbarment and literal criminal charges. You would also know that these indictments would be relevant to any future charges of conspiracy (the thing Trump is accused of) and would be open to challenge by any relevant defendant, regardless of whether they were Russian or not, right?

You see, that's how a system based on law and order works.

Oh and did I mention, Mueller and the vast majority of his team are career Republicans, were appointed by Republicans, and gave up multi-million dollar a year jobs to do this? You know, the DEEP STATE.
You're not in the target market then.

I use dvorak, on an Ergodox at home and a TECK at work. My phone keyboard is changed to dvorak [1].

The only times I have to use someone else's keyboard, it's only for maybe a word/login here and there, I'm not typing novels.

I'm very happy I've switched to dvorak on ortholinear keyboards.

[1] Dvorak is not a great layout for phones, it's good when using two thumbs, but all the switching from left to right side is bad for single-finger or single-thumb typing.
Just a fancy formula that works based on people generated input. Without people input said formula would be useless.
In Morgan's "Land Fit For Heroes" trilogy, Ringil does talk about the "pale sun" in the Grey Places, which people there call the "Muhn". But he'd just never heard of the Moon.

Because it had been destroyed, and became a ring, home of the Sky Dwellers. Or perhaps an orbital ring, as Stephenson has it in Seveneves. But there's nothing about a bombardment in Morgan's "Land Fit For Heroes". And that brings up the question about how a Moon breakup would really go.
> If you pick some up anonymously,

That's quite the premise. For the layperson, there are very few ways to come across Bitcoin anonymously.
The only problem is there is no way to prove that that address actually belongs to the GRU.

They don't have to. This case isn't going to trial; it was basically a PR stunt. It wouldn't survive a trial. The strategy is simple: Indict a bunch of people that you cannot extradite, and you get a PR win with just some broad strokes and have to prove nothing. You get to keep your unlimited budget to continue the investigation, and the press keeps listening to you.
Your point #11 is a bit distasteful.

Beyond that, npm is far more vulnerable. But it rarely matters. The reason is culture and community.
> ...they thought it untraceable back when it first came out

I'm guessing you haven't read the white paper where this was directly addressed - by the creator. Page 6 of a 9 page document: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
Part of the reason why I quantified it.

You qualified it. If you quantified it, you would have provided numbers backing up your argument.
HN is a "marketplace of ideas" the way Mao's Hundred Flowers campaign was. Post article on controversial or flamebait-ish topic, wait for users to take the bait, then yell at them.

Their house, their rules, and IMHO the good outweighs the bad... but make no mistake, calling HN a "marketplace of ideas" is inappropriate.
Monerro is the only currency that is very very hard to trace. Most other currencies are a joke.
Apologies for the generic question. From the links you've posted, I discovered your Practical Redux course. I just bought it!! [1].

Pretty excited to go through the course!!

[1]: https://www.educative.io/collection/5687753853370368/5707702...
>Do you see how ridiculous that argument is?

What? Your counter-counterpoint doesn't make sense at. Lots of startups can afford the per seat cost of OSX or Windows. If your business can't recoup the cost of an os per employee then yeah...maybe it's not a worthwhile venture.
Why would you switch the U and I? Just to make it even more difficult?

I use dvorak, and I've found it a hassle many times just switching the layout of the various PCs I'm using into dvorak. Worth it, but a hassle. At least the dvorak layout is semi-standard though.

Custom dvorak is a bridge too far...
The problem with these allegations is they always seem to have this sort of issue, as well as logical problems. Some of the things in the article don't really make any sense. For instance they state that they way they decided that Guccifer was part of the GRU is that on one occasion the IP for that Twitter account was from the GRU.

They then state that that must mean that the Russians must have forgotten to log onto their VPN first. But I mean, what? Using a dedicated VPN makes no real sense in the era of TOR, and such a mistake would have been literally impossible with TOR. It's also mentioned in the article that "The US (or a partner)" hacked at least two GRU computers. If this is the case then it's safe to assume other actors could have as well, and suddenly what exactly does a login from the GRU IP actually mean?

Or in the machines that the GRU allegedly hacked, their behavior was discovered by the presence of logs that the hackers apparently had to manually delete? State level malware does not automatically delete logs? Wow. And then they allegedly rented servers in Arizona and Illinois for illicit activities, knowing full well that their are a gazillion different domestic digital surveillance programs being carried out by the NSA? And then apparently they were exchanging emails, literally discussing theft of DNC materials, in plain text without encryption?

These things just never really make any logical sense. It simultaneously tries to paint Russians as these super hackers capable of achieving anything. And then it also shows them getting busted making mistakes that I'd like to call amateur, but that implies that these are mistakes even an amateur might reasonably make, which is probably doubtful. It's bizarre.
AQL is very good.

I used SQL a bunch and it never stuck with me. For some reason I can write AQL just fine.
No. Banks don't tie the serial numbers on bills dispensed at an ATM to the cardholder who withdrew it.

Assuming you're right, though, other anonymous ways to get cash include:

- selling something

- getting paid in cash (as many restaurant and undocumented workers do)

- laundering it

- stealing it

- using a stolen ATM card
I'm guessing most professional associations in various fields should still publish a subscription periodical which would be readable for anyone interested, with an undergraduate level background in the subject. Or even slightly more mature person with less formal background. Eg: Physics Today, by the APS (https://physicstoday.scitation.org/journal/pto)

One thing that bothers me about most science journalism is that they talk about science much more than they talk science. I find that almost draining -- talking about something in circles without actually spending time to lay the foundation and explain things.

In that regard, Resonance, published by the Indian Academy of Science deserves a special mention. It is, quite simply, wonderful, and I've not come across anything else like it. Articles are written by researchers/teachers/students, and aimed at a level so that undergraduate students might get something from it. Unfortunately they don't deliver print copies outside India, but every article of every issue is available in PDF format on their website: https://www.ias.ac.in/listing/issues/reso

Feel free to print out a couple of articles that interest you every month, and spend a few hours immersing yourself in some real science! :-)
> He says stories like this work because they fit into existing right-wing conspiracy theories.

>"The people wanted to hear this," he says. "So all it took was to write that story. Everything about it was fictional: the town, the people, the sheriff, the FBI guy. And then ... our social media guys kind of go out and do a little dropping it throughout Trump groups and Trump forums and boy it spread like wildfire."

>Coler says his writers have tried to write fake news for liberals — but they just never take the bait.

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/50...
Cars are only a symbol of freedom when it's an option provided to you. When it's the _only_ option, then it's not really freedom.
G also has inside access to a lot of information from search and email. Could be using that to optimise their portfolio.
I don't think there has been any public release of information confirming the evidence revealed in the indictment. Indictments are supposed to be somewhat hyperbolic in appearance (not literally, but figuratively). They aren't supposed to lie, but at the same time they will omit key facts explaining how or why they know or suspect person X did action Y. Those facts will be revealed to the defense or during trial. Unfortunately, these indictments will never result in a trial or pre-trial discovery on part of the defense, so the public may never know the reasons.

That said, the Dutch were able to watch[0] Unit 26165 (a/k/a Cozy Bear, APT29) on CCTV, so it doesn't seem entirely implausible that the NSA or some other FVEY group was capable of retrieving emails from whatever webmail provider Unit 26165 was using (appears to be yandex and mail.com in the indictment).

0: https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/dutch-agencies-provide-...
I find there are a number of things I cannot do without someone having a car.

1) Go hiking, snowboarding, mountain biking
2) Drive fast on road courses
3) Come home from the airport after midnight
4) Purchase more than 2 bags of groceries (including TP, laundry detergent et al)
5) Go on road trips
6) Isolate myself from the mentally ill or obnoxious behaviors and smells I'm surrounded by, including their fecal matter
7) Isolate myself from the constant crime that I am surrounded by
8) Isolate myself from the constant excessive sound that I am surrounded by
9) Easily move around tools and supplies to maintain my home

on and on it goes. A life without a car is a life of either hiring everything out (expensive), doing without (no hikes for me) or constantly renting (what's the point?)
On impl blocks, injection and surjection in Rust
> Sure, but how long? How much salt? How much water? How big of a pot? Do I put them both in together? Separate? What kinds of spices? How much of each?

Like hearing myself arguing with my SO.

- "Can you cook some pasta before I come home?"

- "Sure honey, but which one? How long? How much salt? How much water? Which pot?..."

Ok, I figured that one out eventually (definitely with the help of some instructions on a box, but they're often not reliable; first pasta I made I boiled longer than the manual said, and it still came out al dente). But the point is, cooking has ridiculous amounts of complexity hidden in it, including quite a lot that can be only be understood through trial and error.

I'd argue this is the most common case of technical communication problem between humans. My SO asking me to "just" cook a "simple" dish would be like me telling her to "just" make a "simple" JS gallery page. In both cases, we'll eventually figure this out, but it will involve lots of googling and stress.
Unfortunately businesses (and especially those in Silicon Valley) are obsessed with the idea of looking productive. The amount of work done doesn't particularly matter; it's far easier to point to the plucky young SDE killing themselves by working 80 hour weeks at lower productivity levels rather than the developer who does his 40, gets shit done and then goes home.

There's this strong concept of self-sacrifice as a way of ensuring company success. Sacrifice your life, sacrifice your friends and family for the sake of the company mission. It's only when people start demanding better hours and less abuse will a debate start to arise. And it likely won't be one with a respectful tone.
Presumably GRU was using its mined coins to spend on things like hosting for shady sites. The idea isn't to cash it out for rubles.
> Still wrong

You know that thing that gives security practitioners a bad reputation with engineers?

You're doing it.

As opposed to this, why not something more like "it's not uncommon for these two to be confused, but FTPS is FTP over TLS and isn't interchangeable with SFTP"?
The point about industry moving away from drugs that require large phase 3 studies to get approval in large populations is accurate. The vast majority of r&d these days goes to cancer -- increasingly genetically defined homogenous populations -- and rare disease. Smaller markets, but theoretically more tractable patient population (genetically defined population treated with genetically targeted tx) and higher pricing power
Oh boy. Please no one take that advice of charging 10/hr. Remote does not at all justify making < minimum wage
Why do you assume this isn’t a real job (ie paid the rent and fed their family) for the people who worked on it? And why do you assume that the people who worked on it have access to what you consider a “real job”?
I totally agree. Building a language without an elegant/concise syntax won't go very long in my view.
Right, the almond milk doesn't have the hormones to help a baby cow grow big and strong.

You absolutely should not raise a calf on almond milk.
I've heard that a lot of financial companies require staff to take at least 1 block of leave per year, during which they are forcibly offline and their work is covered by a colleague. If someone is hiding something in their numbers, having someone else take over for a week or two is a really good way to uncover it...
That's idiotic and completely ignorant of how large scale criminal prosecutions work.

Conspiracy and RICO charges necessitate many low level indictments to demonstrate to the court that there is probable cause to the indict the bigger fish and restrict them until trial. Since indictments have a lower threshold than convictions, they are easily challenged when they are brought up as relevant evidence.

Mueller has already brought these charges in front of a judge and he decided that the evidence warrants serious consideration of the allegations. Until another judge says otherwise, you are doing nothing but spreading clearcut propaganda.
I know companies that are switching to open offices this year. One is Fortune 500.

Open offices will continue to be used as (bad, short-sighted) cost-saving measures while decision-makers continue to pretend they're fun and/or foster collaboration.
At the two American banks that I'm familiar with the cash serial numbers are not tracked.
That's not true though. 80% of Americans live in an urban areas: https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/ua/uafacts.html
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Ok. Now I'm seriously depressed.

I think I will head to this [1] again to celebrate our insignificance in the whole scheme. Due to the very likely assumption that the thing that contains the universe (and also is the universe) is not bound to time and quantum effects lead to every possible reality (because it has infinity at its disposal) this is just one of those reincarnations where the human nature gets in the way of social equality.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17559822

A link that expands on the middle class discussion and a George Carlin video:

https://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2014/04/middle-class-not-%...

https://youtu.be/XdH38k0iUgI
> The ad team prevailed, this person said.

Sure, don't they make >95% of all google profits.
You don't know if that is true, you are just recycling unsubstantiated conspiracy theory propaganda.