skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Very interesting! I (female; 57 y.o.) have been doing an intermittent fast (2 days/week: typically Tue/Thu) for >2.5 years now. I picked those days as they don't interfere with social events, weekends, long weekends. I initially did 500 calories on those days, but for more than a year now I simply don't eat at all on those days (but I drink coffee, tea). I find that much easier, as the hunger pangs are largely absent. Benefits from this fasting include an epigenetic reprogramming (perhaps?) of some stem cells, as from the outset I've seen a few of the very few gray hairs that I have revert back to brown (white further out; brown more recently to root). That could be triggered (or entirely due to) e.g. by autophagy of the old, weakened cells and their replacement by rejuvenated cells. Interesting, nonetheless. Body weight is stabilized around the new metabolic set point (I record this daily in a tab-delimited file, that I can easily plot with a simple linux command (alias gp='echo "gnuplot -p /mnt/Vancouver/Programming/scripts/gnuplot/plot.gp')! On non-diet days I eat whatever I want (I ashould add, pretty sensible: mostly home-made food, meals), ad libitum. ;-)

Plot: https://imgur.com/a/e3ahbtQ
Internet is the culprit - as humans we have replaced interacting in physical world with a digital world and thus the physical world is becoming more and more of a barren place when it comes to social interaction. In modern society, unless it is a dedicated club of some sorts or at a party or if it is pre-arranged, social interactions just don't happen.
This is embarrassing for Forbes to have outside, editorial contributions like this. Bob Evans runs a comms consulting business, and it's obvious from his article history that both Microsoft and Oracle are clients. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobevans1
I haven't used Zwift, but riding virtually with other people on virtual roads where you can chat as you ride is totally different from a typical spin class.
Frequently the phone is being used as a shield. Otherwise people feel that they are looking bored/lonely. A good percentage of the time people will put the phone down if you start talking to them though.

(not that I disagree the phone as shield makes the problem worse).
I don't really get how moving to a more rural locale would make people less lonely. Looks like suicides among young people are way higher there https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/... and people there are about equally likely to report being "connected" to their communities. https://qz.com/1286591/urban-and-rural-america-people-living...
I lived in NYC for ten years, bars are where you can talk to random strangers. I had hundreds of conversations and met many people that way.
> So to sum up

You start with this, and then make two-and-a-half points (I'll kinda give you animation) that the article doesn't. How is that a summation?
The animations serve a valuable purpose, though, especially for new users. They show what's happening. Lots of old UIs (like those running in VT100 emulators) had instant wipes from one view to another, but made it impossible to tell what had happened, or why. Even when I wish animation was faster (like with Spaces, sometimes), I rarely wish it didn't exist at all.

I often have people watching me, and with animations they say "you're working fast!", while in environments with no animation (like Emacs), it's just "I have no idea what you did". I want computers to seem efficient, not unapproachably magic.

What if animations started at a slightly slower speed, and gradually increased in speed the more you used them?

We shouldn't need to pick one animation speed for all users, but we also shouldn't make expert users tweak it manually. And I definitely want to see full animations for new applications that I'm not familiar with yet, but not those in old applications which I've seen 1000 times.
Is it satire? the rest of it looks legit so I don't know what to think.
128 bit wide GDDR5 controller with a reasonable 7Gbit/s speed, this would have ~120GB/s of memory bandwidth, which is 3x that of the 2400G (which is regarded as bandwidth starved), but slightly more than half what the Intel + Radeon RX Vega i7-8809G has (which is regarded as not having enough GPU cores to use the provided bandwidth)

Probably a reasonably balanced system

Yes, please! How long before the power and form factor of the Hades Canyon occupies the price point of the PS2? (When the PS2 was current.)
two parts: purpose (e.g. GDPR excludes household activity, which a private journal of "everyone I talk to" would be if it's only for private use) and structure (with at least for GDPR a neatly kept notebook/ledger possibly already being organized enough to qualify). Although the observations are not "theirs" as in "their property", they merely gain rights against you to obtain information about them and copies, and rights to control your usage.
Funny thing is that this sounds similar to what was Raskin's big idea for computer interaction.
Good luck enforcing these kinds of things. States like Washington have constitutional privacy protections that extend to curb side garbage collection. The state, or an actor working on behalf of the state, can't look through your garbage. I know a number of lawyers here who are waiting with baited breath for the wrong person to get fined based on what's in/not in their garbage in Seattle.
Is it a waste of human life? From a utilitarian perspective, it’s easy to see how one dev coding for an hour could save cumulatively many hours otherwise wasted by users clicking through GDPR/cookie pop-ups. From a purely “time invested” vs. “time saved” perspective, maintaining Adblock lists is likely a net benefit.
Exactly.

Don't use logic though. Logic is cold and hateful. ;)
Hand "Sanitizer" is banned In Europe for a reason.
Thanks for asking. The encoding is on the device, that's right, as most of the times after the upload, the user can play out the video right away, and also to avoid extra work on the cloud transcoder/remuxer. In order to make sure that videos will be playable on all platforms (Web, Android, iOS) I need to transcode or remux, depending on the case (iOS doesn't decode VP8 sadly). :)
You forget that IRC has person to person messaging too. It was pretty easy to start a side conversation with people on IRC that wasn't public.
I'm interesting in knowing about SDET's job description. how can I learn more? thanks.
Ask HN: Browser Memory, Consumption and Crashes
Is it really so hard not to crash when running out of memory?

That's a rather arrogant question if I am part of the problem by abusing tabs in the hundreds instead of a browser history or something better (6 gigs, 600 tabs, so ca. 10MB per tab), no swap space, and lots of tabs in private mode for no other reason than that the window was already open (and even if not, form content is not always rescued). Apparently Fx tree-style-tabs is buggy, too (kernel.log implicates Chrome_ChildThr plugin-container), but the same thing happens with chromium even sooner if JS is turned on. I just never close tabs, never go back to them. A prompt that now is the last chance to organize the tabs or loose all would be really helpful. I'm really frustrated right now. There must be a good reason not to focus on this corner case. I mean I was watching a youtube video filling the space. A completely predictable dead end and now I have to feel blamable because I didn't keep eye on the free RAM?

I have no illusion that servo/rust will be any help either, if the UI is written in javascript.
First, this is hypothetical.

> What will you do with this information?

If I was in the position of a researcher, I would talk to people it affects directly or try to communicate my awareness to people who are in a similar interdisciplinary dilemma who can then communicate their awareness to people who are 'on the ground' such that the problems both researchers have awareness of can be identified and then resolved in real life. The point is progress, one direction that moves forwards, not backwards or cycles. Obviously this can be a state of mind one can choose to see or ignore - see the cycles only or notice the differences with positive improvement universally in mind. But I'm one person, stuff like this will always be is a group effort.

> So at best its useless, and at worst it serves to fuel the imaginations of those who would use it for evil.

Group effort, squish evil. Evil is not something I know how to identify though, that's always been the dilemma. The real evil seems to be the thing that actually completely extinguishes your existence entirely, death(?).

> How would this change the course of innovation? The only way I can see is if its used to censor.

I don't think the intent is to censor, I think the intent is to alleviate existing censoring of problems people are aware of but have no way of speaking about.

> Why is a specialist in a specific technology qualified to determine negative societal outcomes of it? Human societies are extremely complex systems and even those specialized in it have poor predictive track records.

Maybe they have some first hand experience that they feel they would be embarrassed, ashamed, or rejected from disclosing that information because the association of being personally identified with a given experience is just something not accepted, presently, professionally. Relegated to therapy, even though, there might be actual problems people have some awareness of. Fear of being implicated as being the cause rather than the solution.

> Why would the press have this power? They've never had such substantial control before. Governments have been able to suppress independent nuclear research in the most extreme case but the laws surrounding that are not exactly proven. If we barely allow our government this power why should we give it wholesale to an unelected press?

It's not power. It's trust. It's saying, researcher talking to reporter, 'hey if we make mistakes, point them out, because we won't always be able to see every error we make, especially when we must work in a system that requires minimal error to be seen as a function of our own approval mechanic.'. Errors in knowledge systems that function off of principles that are resonant of their own structure - that leads to destabilization of structure. There has to be some tolerance for making error, that's give and take, you see me make errors, I don't see myself making them, point them out. That's the trust given to the press. Speak up.

> If we barely allow our government this power why should we give it wholesale to an unelected press?

Bodies that self regulate must regulate one another. Checks and balances.
> As an information theorist, I used to be able to point to optical disks as an application of my field, and be like "see all that math is useful for something," but now I don't have anything shiny to point to anymore

QR codes, dude. ;)
Kickr/Tacx/etc + $600-800 road bike + Zwift and you have comparable experience. Sure you wont get the human in your face thing, but a lot of communities on Zwift are embracing voice chat to communicate during the rides. Combine this with a much more realistic feeling to riding and it's pretty hard to beat. Thankfully some more companies are beginning to show up to try and make Zwift get better (like RoadGrandTour).
from the faq https://rain.works/faqs/ : "On average, a rainwork lasts 2 to 4 months. We have had them last up to a year under the right conditions."

"According to a representative at the Seattle Department of Transportation, rainworks are legal on public sidewalks because they are temporary, don’t harm the property, and we don’t use them to advertise anything."

I think the intent was to find something more like a neat alternative to sidewalk chalk than to be a graffiti.
I'd be interested in knowing if he is a paid subscriber or not.

I understand that Spotify needs data to power Discover Weekly, but I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this amount of data.
Everything the author describes lacking in the end exists in emacs. Come on in, the water is fine.
It would not surprise me in the least if the 1Password unlock animation is a deliberate attempt to hide the time it takes 1Password to decrypt your password list.
At least its good to know that you are not alone.
Kolmogorov Complexity is not a single explicitly-defined function: it depends on your model of computation. For large strings, this doesn't matter very much, because if you have a program of length n in one Turing complete programming language L1, it only takes O(1) extra code to transform your program into a program in another Turing complete programming language L2 that does the same thing.

However, for small strings, the actual complexity you compute starting from any particular model of computation is totally dwarfed by that O(1) padding cost. So, actually computing Kolmogorov complexities of small strings is basically just pointless trivia.
> rarely speak with the drivers because it feels so awkward and strange

If you decide to not do something just because it feels strange, you will limit your growth in many ways.

Everything you haven't done very often feels strange.

Step out of your so-called comfort zone, make that a habit.
Spoiler: the default SSH RSA key format uses straight MD5 to derive the AES key used to encrypt your RSA private key, which means it's lightning fast to crack (it's "salted", if you want to use that term, with a random IV).

The argument LVH makes here ("worse than plaintext") is that because you have to type that password regularly, it's apt to be one of those important passwords you keep in your brain's resident set and derive variants of for different applications. And SSH is basically doing something close to storing it in plaintext. His argument is that the password is probably more important than what it protects. Maybe that's not the case for you.

I just think it's batshit that OpenSSH's default is so bad. At the very least: you might as well just not use passwords if you're going to accept that default. If you use curve keys, you get a better (bcrypt) format.

While I have you here...

Before you contemplate any elaborate new plan to improve the protection of your SSH keys, consider that long-lived SSH credentials are an anti-pattern. If you set up an SSH CA, you can issue time-limited short-term credentials that won't sit on your filesystems and backups for all time waiting to leak access to your servers.
Most dating sites let you specify your intentions, and many of them offer a "Looking for friends" option.
It's closer to a 50/50 split than you make it sound, and the difference between this the microsoft case is that Windows had >95% of the market and not to mention that OEMs don't need google's permission to roll out their own OS (see the Chinese mobile market) also consumers would need those fundamental apps to make the phone usable similar to the apps that come with iOS which contrary to Android's are the defaults forever and can't be replaced.
Most modern phones are not on 8. The Oreo install base is only 12.1%, most phones are still running Nougat (7.0 dominates with 21.2%, then 7.1) or Marshmellow (23.5%). Seeing as PUBG Mobile's lowest supported version is 5.0, it wouldn't be a stretch to assume Fornite could do the same.

A lot of Android devices are about to have a real security flaw introduced (and normalized considering the median age of the Fortnite audience) which Epic is handwaving away.
What is Martin-Löf's definition of algorithmic randomness (for infinite sequences)?
A decision with a lot of confidence. Good luck to them.
Why do a start up? that sounds like it could be done in less than 30 lines of <insert favorite language> in CGI.
I find the smoking refence in the opening paragraph ironic. I'm what i would call a social smoker. I can smoke and (thus far) not get addicted. But I hardly smoke. It's mainly a "oh...you're going for a smoke...mind if I join you...and bum one..." type of "habit."

It's away to have a brief moment of QT with someone. Taking it a step further, I wonder how much __good__ bacteria used to be exchanged between smokers, that also doesn't happen anymore.
> You can actually go to the ETSI website and find the LTE standard and get free PDFs with the exact parameters of all the codes they use, in enough detail to reimplement them yourself.

Does this include things like turbo codes? I've been curious about FEC for a while now
You don't need a 4K bike to use a Kickr w/ Zwift. You're on the other end of the riding spectrum.
> I literally cannot understand the point you are making.

You kept insulting me. Why would I try to make a clear point?
People have relationships at all ages. Not having had one doesn't make it more difficult to find one. That said, making friendly eye contact is pretty essential to socializing; it's a habit you can improve with practice and analysis. Just because hostile, misanthropic media garners the most attention doesn't mean most people aren't friendly or at least polite in person. Good luck! :)
Angular Evolution – Version 1.x to 6
Is there an openssl command to translate the old key format to the new key format while keeping the same RSA key which works with OpenSSH?
I took a look at dgraph. It requires you to set up multiple servers just to get up and running. Doesn't have packages for linux distros, etc. If you like it because of go, do you like Cayley as well? It can use multiple backends including common sql servers, bolt and leveldb.
You can. Just deploy the software directly to the device using Xcode.
Google Is Still Planning ‘Smart City’ in Toronto Despite Major Privacy Concerns
> Also a good spin bike does a better job at keeping momentum

With smart trainers this is no longer a thing. They can more reliably control the resistance to mimic the elevation percentage and rolling stop/downhill feel. If you are serious in anyway about riding there is no reason to not have a smart trainer at this point.
Even if we could, you're talking about a few hundred million tons of trash each year.
Eh who knows, personally I don't find any shame it... just trying to be helpful if someone feels like they need to avoid it.
I think

ssh-keygen -p -o -f (oldfile)

should do the trick.
I wrote this; happy to answer questions.
Honestly, try meetup.com, find something you enjoy doing and go do it with other people. Worst case you do something you enjoy doing. Best case you meet people who also enjoy that thing.
Actually i think REGIS is for vector graphics, SIXEL (six pixels pr character) is the pixel graphics.

I seem to recall that at least one terminal browser can pull some tricks to insert images into the window in X as well.
You do have to be careful with this, There are plenty of things that feel awkward or strange for good reasons.
> Why doesn't the same apply to Germany?

It does apply to Germany...after the first world war. The Germans didn'f feel shafted after the second world war because someone was paying attention during the interwar period and figured helping with the rebuilding and not inflaming tensions was a better idea.
Nice deflection of the real madness here that a compromised npm package gets to read stuff in your user directory.
Does Whatsapp update within its own APK, or do you need to download future APKs?
This only matters if they're the only platform available. But, they're not. You can use Android, its forks, or otherwise. While one can be philosophically opposed to their walled-garden, there is zero legal ground to stand on to regulate Apple in this regard when they are not a monopoly as defined by law.

They have the right to control what is available in their own app store, whether we like it or not.

Calling their control "monopoly" and "censorship" really dilutes the actual meaning of both terms
IMO animation is only useful in certain cases like notifications and smooth scrolling.

If the user is the one initiating an interaction though, there's usually no need to animate anything (opening a menu, for example) because he/she is already expecting something to happen

Edit: s/animation/transitions/g
Neural Style Transfer: Creating Art with Deep Learning
Movies, news, media all push the message bad things happen if you talk to strangers.

It's weird we are told not to trust anyone online but for some reason started using our real names/address/geotagging our events publically.
It's criminal how long it's taken for car manufacturers to put an aux port in. I suppose Bluetooth finally bypassed all that...
Just a note, they also changed how navigating works. It's almost as if the map curves differently at different zooms. The physics is very cool but it is a little nauseating. It is very realistic, almost like spinning a globe, but I'm not sure if its more preferable.
Why So Many Diners Look Like Train Cars
Julian Assange's Chances of Extradition
Yes, that's what this was. An elaborate attempt to shield npm from scrutiny. We know where our bread is buttered.
This. If you need to drop out of regular Python for performance reasons, then Julia offers the same high level flexibility, but with types and performance.
I don't understand this comment at all. Maybe tone down the imagery a bit and say what you mean? The suicide rate among veterans is about 75% higher than for the general population in the USA.
Seems pretty obvious:

1) They're selling a ton of these bikes. I bet they'll sell another 200,000 in the next 12 months.

2) They're selling even more subscriptions than bikes. They had 600,000 subscribers six months ago. That's basically pure profit.

3) They're introducing new products. A treadmill this fall, and I'd expect an elliptical, a rower, and perhaps some other things to follow at some point.
Agreed. It's only a matter of time before they get rid of the opt-out of the redesign. When that happens, I'll likely quit. I find the redesign absolutely impossible to use.
Day 506 summer features
In Perl 6, this is usually called `kebab-casing`, instead of `skewer casing`.
If you have 2-3 platforms that all have the same restrictions you may not have a monopoly, but you have a cartel in control of the market. Thats pretty anticompetitive IMO.
Simple, there is no truth. Null is the truest thing you will find. Believe is a carefully stacked house of cards built on that, out of thin air, hanging in the air.
Not too long ago I listened to a really great podcast, The Lonely American Man [https://www.npr.org/2018/03/19/594719471/guys-we-have-a-prob...] that I thought really hit the nail on the head for a lot of men I know. Based on societal norms we men tend to lose our ability to make friends as we grow beyond our teens and turn to our female partners to arrange social activity for us.
I call BS on that. One of my friends said the only place in all of Asia where he was ignored/silently shunned/could not get help was in Japan. Yes, the Japanese will not say it to your face, but they have no need for you.