skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
the quality/integrity of the main article is very questionable as it only hand waves the US out as "the media just repeat this person but that's it". When everyone already knows about CIA and NSA published documents on media manipulation. Not to mention the historical data such as Red Purge et al.
The console 'screen' is a grid of (character,attribute) pairs, so there are no lines as such...

I'm not sure the box selection is super useful these days, but in the late 80s/early 90s, GUI-style interfaces were very popular, and a box selection makes a certain amount of sense, so you can avoid picking up borders and so on. Would have been nice if they'd got both types in from day 1 though...
Is there any research that shows open plan has any benefits other than cost? Why do we keep acting like this is surprising news?
Assuming noise regulations can be met, is there any reason why
a small supersonic aircraft couldn't operate private flights into those same airports? Or do supersonic airframes need longer runways for higher-speed take offs and landings?
its an NTP synced clock on our head servers. the DNS label is a wildcard cert backed 1x1 pixel so the name is of the form

XXX-TIME-IN-SECONDS-SINCE-1970-uNiquehash-experiment.dom.ain

We do get local clock feedback, but its not what we use to assign the time to an experiment

we're dumb: we're not that dumb.
christ sake mates
I hear Putin wants to buy.
You don't even have to assume malicious intent. It's at least partly a variant on people tend not to undeerstand things when their job depends on not understanding them. So you have facilities and management teams that have, as one of their goals, fitting more people in a given space in high $$ real estate areas. Of course, they're going to perk up and selectively latch onto any evidence that something like an open floor plan is some breakthough way to improve collaboration, innovation, etc. And they probably believe it.
Disagree. Watching all of the WebAssembly discussion around proposals and the spec in the GitHub issues, the leads are always mentioning non-web uses and are always being careful to separate the JS/Web ifaces/impls.
The reason DNSSEC is vulnerable to that kind of MITM attack is because browsers refuse to do client side validation.

For privacy reasons, DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS are still a good idea. So even with DNSSEC you would need one of those.
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That’s really neat. I don’t know anything about the field —- how accessible is this type of contest to small teams of advanced hobbyists? Are we going to see mostly companies with advanced equipment competing? I’m curious about the competitive landscape.
I completely and wholly disagree. You walk into any factory that isn't Tesla made in the last decade and you'll know exactly what kind of purpose-built machinery that can be made.
The WebAssembly format is better designed to be served over the web (compact representation, streaming compilation, low startup overhead, etc.) There's a discussion thread on this topic in the WebAssembly github: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/960
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Yes, because all of those areas are in a covenant with each other. A Union of sorts. They've given up some measure of power to a larger federation in order to reduce their own overhead. But to be a part of that federation, they have to allow certain things.

Nations could technically operate the same way, but only as part of a larger collective. There would need to be some agreed upon rules, some governing body to oversee enforcement of those rules, etc. Certain things would need to be agreed upon. What could each nation have autonomy on, what would they need to give up, what would they need to start doing, etc.
Since what they check against is a fingerprint, couldn't Red Shell just hash the data they create that fingerprint from, making it so they can guarantee that they don't really know anything about the player's data, just that it fits the one that saw the ad?
This seems so simple I almost feel like they would have some reason not to do it. Do they make money selling the data aswell as the fingerprint matching?
Or am I completely misunderstanding it all?
You own them as long as they don't fall under NAGPRA and there are no human remains. Even then, most states have laws restricting what you're able to do with a site.
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The only thing surprising that with so much evidence of how it hurts workers, the people making those decisions do not seem to care. And by that I mean not surprising at all.

You know that one quote from Upton Sinclair? "It is difficult to get someone to understand something whose salary depends on them not understanding it"?

Fits this issue like a glove.
The "no one cares anymore" solution to put it simply
Sounds like you could benefit from learning SQL.
having worked for a large internet company, I have to say the challenges of dealing with content like this is much more complicated than the NY Times appreciates.
I disagree.

It doesn't make sense to say "in Europe" when talking about laws. Eventually "European Union", but the fact that the parent used "Europe" is a signal that it could be simply fake information or a misinformed claims.

Saying "in Europe" is the result of lazyness OR misinformation. In both cases it results on an over-generalization, which can be dangerous. The "snarky reply" is being down voted while it is ACTUALLY TRUE and adds something to the conversation.

For people without downvote right, the only way to disagree is to post a comment, which is then downvoted... See the problem there?

It really makes you wonder how many facts, stories or anecdotes are voluntary or involuntary made up on HN.
Does it matter if it's in the client or in the game itself?
Isn't it pretty simple when a corporation is posting fake news? Shouldn't corporations know better and be held to higher standards than individuals?
No doubt. But the facts of which the opinions are held are pretty staggering.

Von Neumann got a proof wrong in his textbook on QM. Grete Hermann found the error in 1935 and nobody noticed. De Broglie presented a "pilot wave" theory at the Fifth Solvay Conference in 1927.

Einstein kept pointing out the problem with non-locality and everybody thought he was getting old and foggy.

Physics is hella tribal. Physics.

I took the Copenhagen metaphysics pretty seriously. It's so neat and elegant to confound the mystery of quantum wave-function collapse with the mystery of subjective experience. The "observer-created Universe" and all that. It's very disturbing to realize that it's basically metaphysical bunk. It's just staggering.

But never mind all that!

The Universe is non-local!

*And yet-- Relativity!"

Nothing can go faster than the speed of light, but wave collapse does, so this is going to be some awesome physics!
>> "If you back up a sentence..."

> I'm talking about the sentence where...

Nope. It doesn't work that way. You don't get to cherry-pick sentences and demand that they be explained out of context. You need to understand what "low-latency" means and why the GCN exists in order to understand the meaning of those sentences. You can't choose to ignore that.

> they treated the data from a certain time interval exceptionally

Huh? There's only the data from the time of the detection. What other time interval would they be analyzing?

> The sentence I quoted seems to suggest otherwise.

Only if you fill in gaps in your understanding with your own bias and ignore facts that contradict your theory. The text is pretty clear to me. LIGO and Fermi made two independent observations. Both were issued as GCN Notices. Then, 13 minutes after the second notice, because they had two independent observations that were consistent with a neutron star merger, they decided to disseminate this information to observatories for follow-up observations in optical.

> I don't know the details of all the ways bias can sneak into the results

The detection was triggered by software. You can't choose to ignore that.

> Anyway, its easy to test. Have Fermi, etc send them some...

I have a better idea. If you want to accuse the scientists of intellectual dishonesty, why don't you provide some evidence? @raattgift pointed out to you that all the observations and communications are timestamped. I've given you links to the software used to analyze the data. Go ahead and audit it yourself if you think something's amiss. Your inability to understand the content of a paper is not evidence. It just means you don't understand the paper.

If you have any concerns about the validity of the GW data analysis, keep in mind that they predicted the location (including distance---so three dimensions, not just two, which severely cuts down the volume for potential matches) based on the GW data. Follow-up observations (again, this is the purpose of GCN Circulars) found a transient at the predicted location in visible light, IR, UV, radio, and X-ray, consistent with a neutron star merger.

I think the scientists have met their burden of proof. If you want to call shenanigans, the burden of proof is on you now.

I'm done with this conversation. You can have the last word if you wish. I won't be replying to any more comments.
1. sudo apt install unbound

2. Configure network settings to use 127.0.0.1 as the resolver

You now have end to end DNSSEC protected DNS (when the domain supports it. Where support is admittedly low). The best a MITM can do is block your lookups. In the same way they can also block your HTTPS connections.

[edit] Of course, the above will now fail by default in Firefox, because they wont use your local system resolver. Every other app on your system will be secured though. Until they also start getting their own custom made name resolution systems too.
The point is that existing solutions in practice, however bad they might be, will always beat better solutions which only exist in theory.

Electron apps (or, fine, PWAs) will become the standard model for WASM development because that model already exists, and is what developers will most readily use... and because most of the interest in WASM comes from the web development community. By the time something better comes along, it will have to fight against the network effects.
Your numerous citations and that point 2) you made form an embarassing contrast but it's adorable though.
More is required than a db schema; the double entry would have to be in app logic, permission model, aging, etc. Reports are nice, but in my experience I have always had to provide additional reporting on top of what is provided by an accounting system because the business had its own requirements. I see this being useful where you are trying to avoid a traditional accounting system because you willing to provide more customization.
becuase this is disinformation and propaganda itself!

notice how the US and UK are completely missing there? (well, there is a note about the US and hints at trump followers but ignores CIA --search grasshopper)

"Troll army" is the new Comunist.

The same way worker unions and gay holywood actors were purged by calling them Comunists, todays worker unions and small political organizations and true grass-roots movements will be steamrolled by calling them Trolls from some foreign troll army.
Disclosure: I've been a remote worker full-time for the last 5 years. I travel to the office a few days a month.

There are many natural reasons why being physically in an office is advantageous. I can have face-to-face meetings with multiple people without conference call issues, I'm available to go visit clients local to the office, interactions with colleagues are just easier due to proximity, I hear the office cross-talk that is unavailable when you're remote, I form closer personal relationships with my colleagues because of countless unplanned interactions, I can perform physical tasks like installing servers, etc.

Granted, there are disadvantages to working locally too - but the complex mix of advantages and disadvantages feed into the decisions that everyone makes in how they run their businesses, where they choose to be employed, etc.

Does it not concern you that you're advocating overriding all of that decision making with some one-size-fits-all government policy that would criminalize people simply working the way they wish to?
I expect most companies who do it genuinely believe it's what the cool kids are doing for all sorts of good reasons. But it doesn't hurt that it saves money into the bargain. If it increased facilities costs significantly, I expect there would be less enthusiasm.

It's like eco initiatives at hotels. Looking green with respect to housekeeping would be less interesting if it cost them money rather than saved them.

I don't really disagree with your status and optics argument though.
agreed. i work in a drafting company and theres no phone call privacy and others are being loud on the phone and all that ... its terrible.
It’s sad that we still have Godwin’s Law in 2018.
It seems like, when pressed for specific examples, that your response is a bit lazy. I see career ending consequences over basic, minor mistakes in the mainstream news industry in the US. I say mainstream, because of specific examples like Hannity/Seth Rich which was based on sourced on baseless conspiracy theories (and never had a retraction or consequences). But https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/business/3-cnn-journalist..., Brian Williams, or Jemele Hill all come to mind. I wasn't able to find conservative media examples, but if you are able to provide some that would help.
I think Facebook is in a tough position. Making hard rules around what is allowed and what is not is very difficult, as there’s a whole spectrum of ideas that could or could not fall into them. It’s too easy to think that everything should be clear-cut, but reality is messy.

I think Zuckerberg was also shaken by the Congressional hearing, and seems to be cowtowing a bit to Conservatives after the raking he got from Cruz. He is trying to avoid the appearance of being partisan, but also trying to uphold ideals of reason and truth. That’s a no-win situation when one side has made it their fundamental platform to oppose reason and truth.
Would you push so hard that you destroy the friendship?

There’s nothing wrong with negotiating with friends, but when you go out of your way to constantly piss them off and threaten them, you’re not going to have any friends for long.
I don't disagree but

It should be required that whoever makes these decisions should have to dogfood them.

By what mechanism would this occur? I've spent enough time in the military to know human ego will never allow this to happen, it's like asking the fox to put a lock on the hen house, and turn the keys over to the farmer. Outside of exceptional leaders like the ones where lykr0n works-that actually want to be and behave like leaders-very rarely will you see command subjecting themselves to the shit endured by the commanded.
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Waiting for @steveklabnik to write his post on this as it comes up in all of these threads. To give you a brief answer, the JVM bytecode is tied to JVM OO use cases and carries with it a significant runtime library burden. There are many many other details I can give you about how JVM bytecode is tailored to Java the language, but suffice to say it is not simple and not generic.
It only updates the expiration date upon automatic renewal by the issuer and after an update a CVV2 reconfirmation is required (unless it’s a recurring transaction, saved account details and recurring transactions are different beasts) since the CVV2 has also been rotated.

Change of PAN due to a new card being issued whether it’s on the request of the costumer, lost or compromised card should not auto-update.
I currently live split between NY and Miami but am starting to look at jobs outside the US.
I don't know if you're being sarcastic, but there have been cases of parents feeding their babies almond or soy milk instead of regular milk. Some people still actively encourage it; without any supplementing of actual milk this is quite dangerous.
It's a contract, not yet a law (thanks btw).
Contracts are usually taken pretty literally if the judge who decides sees significant time being put into the contract to make it include all forseable cases.
The higher-ups in my open office technically have desks out here with us, but they spend so much time on the road or have meetings in conference rooms that it's a completely different experience. Same with sales folks who are on the road the road 70% of the time but come back to have loud phone calls for that 30%.
As usual FB and other companies only collaborates with the "elite/Ivy League" schools. IMHO there are plenty of great researchers at non-elite schools and it would have been great if FB would start collaborating with those to reduce this vast concentration of academic research that has been happening for the past decade.
It’s surprising to see how companies pay hundreds of thousands of dollars salary per annum to the employees but fail to provide work environment which enables them to maximize their productivity.
For both Apple and Google's phones it wouldn't be hard to allow users to securely add keys of other stores or indivual software makers without requiring one to root his phone (aka destroy the security).

You'd just have to give several huge, clear warnings of what that means before allowing it.

And, by the way, security? Come on, if they really cared about the security/privacy of their users the permissions' systems would not be made of those huge blankets that are more like websites' cookie banners than real useable security controls.
It sort of reek unsound doesent it? Like CRISPR-CAS in moderation is possibly good for you.

Remember that one time where the that massage felt like being kicked by a boxer in the back? The assumption for low-radiation beeing healthy goes like this:

We are creatures of a naturally radioactive environment. Actually the environment was much more radioactive in the ancient past - which is why we search living and deceased fossils for DNA-Repair mechanisms, as these creatures would have to be much more cancer resistant back then. But i digress...

DNA-Digression, that is what radiation inflicts - also known as damage. Now this is super obvious damage kicking alive the repair mechanism, which also fixes alot of other - not so obvious damages or kills the cell.
It seems like most of those rights have been eroded to near nothing. Effective wages (and minimum wage) have gone down in many places since the 1970s. Unemployment insurance is a luxury for white collar workers, few people get that benefit anymore.

What are we preserving exactly? The memory of some ghost? That's the wrong stance, if you want to advocate for something in this area it should be with shameless and unbridled aggression for change and new systems, not defensiveness or preservation.
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Weak vs strong typing doesn't have a standard mathematical definition but you are correct that it is usually has to do with implicit type conversions.
Let's not forget to blame the real culprit here, "Maximizing shareholder value." Afaik, without this constant need to cut a buck - everywhere, china would have nothing to steal because no one would go there in the first place.

http://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/?p=883
I just want to remind folks that there are, in fact, organizations for whom the open plan actually works. I've spent the last few years practicing XP, on a collaborative team that includes PM, UX, QA, and devs, and we work in an open plan with no complaints. We find that it REALLY helps us minimize meetings and email/Slack since we can quickly turn to the person we need, ask our question, get an answer, and get back to work. As a developer it's hugely refreshing to be able to easily ask for advice or input from the rest of the dev team in a rapid way.

The reason I mention this anecdote is not to dispute any of the studies... I understand the difference between anecdotal evidence and quantitative evidence. Just a counter-point to the inevitable echo chamber of complaints about open floor plans being inhumane, a money-grab, etc etc.
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A.D. is the exact same tradition as that, just continued indefinitely. (It's an abbreviation of the Latin for "Year of Our Lord".)
And dress code. At least we have cubes; but until last month, we had to dress business casual. Now for $15 / month donation to a charity the company chooses, we can wear jeans all month. No big deal in the summer when it's 60-90F but wearing dress pants to work when it's 5F and 3 feet of snow is really crappy.

If it didn't change soon, I was considering leaving; it did last month, so no real plans to move right now, lol... (I don't mind the $15 / month so long as it goes to a good cause and the vast majority of the employees (400+) are choosing to do it)
I think Rust and C/C++ are in the same boat here: both can produce tiny wasm binaries of 100 bytes or less. Here's a post about Emscripten generating a 42 byte binary from C:

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/01/shrinking-webassembly-and-...

But yeah, as you and others said, while both Rust and C/C++ can do that, there's a lot more going on in the general case. Once you add a malloc/free implementation, or string operations, or anything else, the size increases.

The fundamental issue is that Rust and C/C++ were not designed for this use case. In principle, a new language could do a lot better. If such a language were GC based, it would avoid shipping a malloc/free (once wasm gets GC, that will be "free" for that language). And if such a language had the same string types and a compatible "standard library" with the Web, so that it would just call directly into existing Web APIs, then it would avoid shipping a lot of other code that Rust and C/C++ currently need.

TypeScript, for example, could become such a language. That would probably be the optimal path for creating tiny wasm binaries.
I set up a pelias system a while ago but it never got any traction. We have another geocoder already set up using Experian QAS data, I think we've had that set up for a decade or more, so that isn't one of our concerns. Good point though.
According to insideevs.com, the Volt is selling about 1,300 cars/month this year, and the Bolt is about the same, so 2,600 cars/month total. The Model 3’s average this year is 4,000/month, and that’s dragged down by slow production in the first few months of the year. They’re likely at 12,000/month by now and are likely to hit 20,000/month before too much longer. They still have nearly half a million reservations. I don’t think they’re too worried about losing a significant number of sales to GM.
This topic seems to appear quarterly here. I've commented on it before.

If they are as bad as we think they are, there must be a "closed office," arbitrage play where you can beat other startups with more adult interior design.
That is correct. Red Shell also specifies to devs you should configure it to report some of those and not all should be reported. It provides guidelines for how many to report based on how many unique users you have/are expecting.

All of these factors are available to web browsers (which is why they were chosen, so they can be matched up to web clicks). These are tracked in most web analytics suites today by default.

Based on my research I don't believe that these (even all of them together) are PII.