skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's not true. Even if you are paying, you are still part of the product. Unless you have been given an explicit promise otherwise, most pay services are happily monetizing you the same as the free services.
I'm giving up on upgrading my apps for Android. The releases are dividing the market every single year and consequently steadily eroding sales.

On the one hand Google's Nexus was released 3 years ago and is now obsolete; on the other hand Apple's iPhone 5s was released 5 years ago and gets to run iOS 12. On top of this, the vast majority of my paying customers use iOS, not Android (a variety of lifestyle and reference apps).

This is disappointing; I can't financially justify further development for Android.

Oreo, released in 2017, is at a pitiful 12% installation share. [1]

[1] https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/
Pure electric is sexy. Also, hybrids are mechanically more complicated (that's my excuse).
Possibly, but I bet they'll hold out on OpenGL for ages, and I wouldn't be surprised if push comes to shove that macOS gets dropped for VFX in the future - as a developer who used to work at The Foundry years ago, it causes so much trouble to develop for compared to Linux, and in relation to the number of people who used it I'm not sure it's worth it any more... Quite a few individuals are still using it, but there's been quite an uptick in Linux users in that area, at least where the software allows...
If there is no privacy, why not host the data on s3 or Dropbox? Data storage is dirt cheap. The privacy concern seems like the prime reason to build such a service.
That’s awesome, congratulations Nim team!
>we were able to ship a full-featured experience that is fully interactive in one second on modern devices and under five seconds on a modest mobile device on a slow 3G network

Somehow, loading a text newsfeed in less than 5 seconds is an achievement in lightweightness. Sigh.
It is kind of scary how someone can be "blackballed" from the internet.

All of your social media accounts get deleted so you move to your own website. Until the hosting company decides they don't want to do business with you so you start hosting it yourself. Until the domain registrar you used decides they don't like you so now you have to give people an IP address to reach your site. Until your ISP terminates your contract because they don't like people hosting websites on their network.

So many services controlled by private companies that can choose to not do business with someone.
They already have come in. The Chevy Bolt has a 230 mile range, compared to 220 for the Model 3. You can go out and buy one today for $36,000.

The 3 and other models are also plagued by quality control problems. The Bolt is both more reliable and has a better interior. And a speedometer!
Define "short term financial issues". I don't know about you, but if I'm someone owed a loan or payment for supplies at a specific date, I expect to be paid in full, regardless of whether I believe in their long term vision. Many of the investors who you call "converted creditors" are not people interested in investing in a highly illiquid stock.
Setting up a Git Client
>Most of those companies were destroyed for it.

But how many CEO's were?
Long term believers also expect to be paid one day too.
Jenkins sucks for a lot of reasons but it does have a perfectly serviceable credentials store exactly for hiding these kinds of secrets from the parameters page and the build output. Any release engineer with the slightest inclination to avoid incidents would have set it up, this just looks like a lack of experience at breaking everything for everyone.
> typical 5-10 cities

Ok, so let's assume Facebook is hiring today and for the last 5 years in 10 job markets.

Damn hard to find a company actually using it in many markets for most of that time.
Why not use an older API version?
The right to self defense is indeed natural, nobody argues that. What I debate is that _method_ of such defense. Instead of weaponizing someone in a weaponized environment, does it not make far more sense to de-weaponize the environment? Instead of giving everyone glass-proof shoes, why not just sweep the floor?

Taken another way, would you also support publishing your bank account credentials if everyone else did as well?

"Incorrect. Making bank account credentials widely available is indeed compatible with respect for ones wealth. Ones wealth is worth being defended. One may disagree, but the right to protecting ones wealth is a natural, inalienable right".
Photos of Abandoned Russia
Lots of Emacs people will map their caps-lock key to ctrl for this reason
> TBQH if small companies cannot host user data that is good too. It should be very difficult for companies of any size to house data they are not willing to defend legally.

We just disagree here. We know who can and who can't defend things legally. On a personal level, I don't like my options further reduced for who I can willingly give my data to. Legislate and determine what constitutes private data, data misuse, and/or surreptitious gathering if you want, but non-private information freely and consentually given should want to be freely proliferated.
Dude. If you do contracting leave the bay and do remote contracting in the bay. You will be much more competitive. The 200$ rate I have only paid for serious engineering problems - and all day the team tries to find a way to stop paying that rate.

Eg. I am not going to pay that for setting up uitableviews.
A couple months back in Ireland Toyota was doing a free upgrade to PHEV on all models sold.
Each Piece of Trashed Plastic Can Find a New Life as Art
And in Italy:

> Stealing small amounts of food to stave off hunger is not a crime, Italy's highest court of appeal has ruled.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36190557
Ahh, this does in fact make sense!
FWIW, my understanding is that the bulk of the baseload natural gas plants are being installed as replacements for older coal plants that are being decommissioned.

Considering that the latest project to construct new nuclear plants in the USA nearly put Toshiba - like, the whole company, not just their power plant division - into bankruptcy, I'm not certain, on purely economic grounds, how realistic an option "more nuclear" is.
They're all very, very publicly documented - just google it!
A look into automated weaponization of stolen credentials and its impact [pdf]
Here is an interesting take on this "why?" by @pfrazee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL37ZVnwpeshG2YXJkun_lyNT...
You're certainly right that the systems in use by Upwork and others are currently skewed in favor of @techcompany, but does that necessarily mean that it has to be this way?

In my career I had plenty situations where I would have loved to be able to be more transparent without putting so much effort into it.

Documenting one's work at the end of the day is valuable, annotating screenshots to do it sounds like a great workflow for it.

Using this to negotiate higher rates because you delve into territory that usually is more expensive as its very specialized know-how? I immediately come to think of two gigs of the past where I probably could have made this work.

What I don't understand is your latter point of view. Why is lack of control something a freelancer has? I'd see this completely the other way around.

I can basically end a freelancers contract on very short notice, negotiate all kinds of special needs into his contract, with an employee I have much less freedom in that matter and a much higher incentive to make it work, meaning more lack of fine-grained control of the employee versus a freelancer.
Thank you for that. Nothing worse than shitty web design.
“The dystopic view would be IVF clinics that offer parents a menu of options for kids,” she says. “Nobody has kids by sex anymore. You go to a clinic, pick from a menu, say, ‘I want my kid to be this tall, have this colour of eye, this level of IQ,’ and all those sorts of things. I think that would be terrible.” - Doudna

It may be unpalatable to our sensibilities now, but this is actually the most likely scenario for how our species as we now know it will cease to exist. I have no doubt that we will upgrade ourselves into other species. There will be conflict over it, but attempting to ban this will never work. The technology exists NOW, how much longer do you think it will take for the will to be there? I'd give it less than 10 years for the first baby, and 5 generations to have a genetically divided society.
> Finally you hit a point where your system is so far behind that you give up

My 2013 Macbook Pro retina will be at this point in the fall with two major upgrades uninstallable. I'd say this argument no longer holds because even the official hardware often can't be upgraded. I would be shocked if the next OSX version doesn't fail to upgrade like the one from last fall. That new filesystem breaks everything. Thankfully I had backups, but even attempting again is not worth losing a day to Apple's shitty software. OSX Used to be the one piece of software that was solid. Now there is no Apple software I use that is solid except old versions of OSX <= 10.12.x
There are certain regulations imposed on electric companies that don't exist on youtube. It is much harder for them to disconnect a client or not to give service. Same goes for other monopolised and critical service like water and phone.

I think these days youtube or facebook should be treated no different to a an electric company, they are the virtual equivalent of what used to be the city square or speech corner and it is not a good idea to ban people from there. The government should put on them the same regulation as other critical and monopolised services.
Isn't there some deliverable that proves the work was done?
Pretty much every EV out there comes with a "granny cable" that you can use to very slowly charge. It won't fully charge overnight (works out to about 4 miles an hour), but if you are topping off it can be adequate. I have used it many times, including one time where I actually ran out and had the car towed. Towed the dead car home, plugged in. Went to work fine the next morning and plugged there.

That's if you are in the US, actually, where most outlets are 110V. If you have access to 220V or you can rewire an outlet, then charging time should be similar to public level 2 charging stations. Beware that not all charges will support 220v and will blow up (but some can be modified).

110v is the biggest barrier for adoption everywhere, that and old electrical installations.

As an EV owner, I'd say that you need either a place to charge at work, or at home (great if you have both). If you do, then it is more convenient than pulling up at gas stations (more so if you are trying to get the cheaper ones in the likes of CostCo). If you do not, then relying on the public infrastructure is stressful and time consuming.
This is great news. Nim (and the team working on it) deserves much support and praise.

It is a language that enables C/C++ programmers to be more productive and makes performant programming approachable for beginners as well.
But that's the thing: many people don't bother configuring it properly (or they don't know how?). So why risk it?
I think all the Renault lineup is like this.
I nominate yourself to be the first person on that list and your "hateful" post is my justification.

I know being barred from the networks that most people use will be an inconvenience for you, but it's for the good of society that people like yourself aren't able to easily disseminate these sorts of ideas.

In fact, I know a guy with power and influence that can expedite your blacklisting, so I think I'll mention your name to him.

Please do not resist, comrade. If you behave we may remove you from the list after a suitable number of years.
It's sad/scary that a lot of people would think that's a good idea.

That is, until they find themselves on said list.
There are no signs of that being a risk for anyone. Stop with the FUD.
They stopped selling the premium "Pixel C" tablet about 6 months ago and that is now obsolete (no Android 9).
Apple's Response to U.S. House Energy and Commerce on Personal Data Collection
This is most definitely true. Most aren't great. But I need to land a couple jobs a month and there are ~250 new a day in looking for US Devs only. Even at 1% thats 2-3 relevant decent jobs a day.

And when I last checked I get about a 40% response rate to proposals and ~25% of those convert to doing the project. I probably apply to about 20 jobs a month and each initial proposal takes 10 or so minutes. Which seems about right since they give you "proposal" credits each month and I've never run out. At the end of the day, I'm only spending a few hours on cold sales per month.
- Will work with ereader manufacturers to allow them to use Instapaper (like Pocket works on Kobo).
A great story and one of the funniest writing style I've seen in a long time.
No, there is no ban passed, it was only sensationalist reporting. Here is a follow-up official press release from the ruling Conservative party which explicitly denies that there is a ban, and states there is only agreement between the parties that this is the goal. (Google Translate is pretty crappy at Norwegian.)

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&...
Are "Jewish bagels" what you call matzoh? Or is this a type of bagel with which I am unfamiliar?
You can use sun light directly for that. Just paint your boiler black, maybe concentrate some sunlight with cheap mirrors.
Those fragrances you enjoy? Dinosaurs liked them first
... Quick question. Have you ever shot a gun in real life, or developed an electromechanical system more complicated than an RC car?

Because what you just described is a fantasy. What you described would be a perfect invention for Dr. Doofenshmirtz, or perhaps Wile E. Coyote. Inordinate amount of R&D effort, still doesn't work on the big day. The only thing it does is terrify people into making stupid legislation.

Source: competed in several long range rifle matches, designed autonomous electromechanical systems
“If you are not paying then you are the product” does not imply the negation “if you are paying then you are not the product.” Only the contrapositive.
Mexico and Latin America are the main place these sorts of weapons show up, and there was a noticeable uptick in these types of firearms after the book was published. Most people aren't willing to flout the law and build submachine guns, but once the knowledge is out there it's a thing that outlaws can and will do.
People saying that Windows 7 is some holy grail are not worth listening to when comparing modern systems.

The operating system came out 9 years ago. Windows 8 was a massive misstep but they've righted the ship somewhat with 10.

There's two control panels bit in each update more functionality moves into the Windows 10 style control panel.

The calculator is just a flat styled application not sure why it's rediculus.
But tbh I use Google, Excel or Wolfram to do my calculations rather than that app.

Features that Windows 10 has for usability. Well there's multiple desktops, small things like built in f.lux.

It's nice that you can set a device specific pin for your account. Though having a cloud based account like Android or iPhone may upset some.

Also there's excellent touch screen support as a lot of laptops these days support it. Unloke OSX. Sometimes it's just better to scroll using your hands.

There's a lot of things under the hood that make it faster and more secure.

There are downsides like Random reboots for updates.
Solving the Mystery of Antarctica’s Blood Falls
So the moral of the story is, If you are to use the google products, make sure you have a high influential Web site or SNS account and in case of emergency, start ranting, draw attention and be on top of HN for a few days.

That's called bad ending I would say.
The global impact of AI across industries
Each platform has a tos. All of the tos need to be applied.
Or that one civilization (more likely: a tiny number of decision makers within one civilization) got the capability first, and had outposts waiting everywhere before any other species could reach the same galaxy-spanning capabilities. Or that a handful of civilizations spread out before there was one galaxy-wide winner. But all faced similar incentives against paperclip maximizers and toward peacefulness upon contact with other interstellar civilizations. World powers here on Earth recognized that thermonuclear war is a terribly bad idea even though a thermonuclear weapon has never been used in anger. Multiple alien civilizations could perhaps foresee that deploying Nicoll-Dyson Laser weapons would end badly without a single proof-of-concept firing.

If a civilization does expand via von Neumann replicator machine life, it becomes a lot more plausible that every machine has similar incentives. It also becomes a lot harder to fully exterminate all machines. There may be no winnable wars between interstellar-capable machine civilizations, assuming that more than one exists in the first place.

I know, I'm invoking a lot of speculation. But answering the "where are they?" question of the original Paradox with "lots of places, but we've failed to notice" feels more satisfying to me than guessing that Earth is extraordinarily special. Also more satisfying than guessing that technologically developed species inevitably self-destruct before developing interstellar capabilities.
Why does it matter? The actual charger is in the vehicle, the stations are basically only talking to the vehicle and regulating power flow.
Ask HN: Why don't people write more (from their expertise)?
There is just so much expertise in people's heads, and some much value can be added by just transferring that knowledge to a piece of paper/documentation. ego? lack of incentives? job security? fear from being wrong? I don't get it.
Can't take credit for that one, this one was a 99designs competition:
https://99designs.com.au/logo-design/contests/establish-bran...

I really liked the rabbit, entry #12 TBH.
This may be extremely naive, but why wouldn't a service like AWS CloudFront or any other CDN that supports TLS solve this problem?
I wholesomely agree, it's a great deal to have this safety net as an option. Factoring is often an issue with clients, especially smaller ones.
> First stop blaming the Russians

No, not going to stop blaming the guilty, including the Russians.

> and then tell your parties to work for the country and for themselves.

I've found that politicians in both major parties have the second part down pretty pat, so I’m more concerned with the first.

> I think best would be if people stopped calling themselves "Republicans" or "Democrats" and stopped identifying with a party.

I think it would best if people learned that—whether it's a country or a party—identifying with a group doesn't mean uncritical acceptance of everything done by the group, it's leaders, etc. OTOH, I see no reason for people not to identify with the major party that best represents them, given the nature of our political system, even if they are both trying to reform that party and the underlying system.
That's not entirely true. Power companies in some states can't refuse service, or they have to jump through a bunch of hoops to do so.

I had an ex who would go 6-9 months without paying her utility bill, simply because there was nothing the power company could do about it. She was abusing the system, but the rules are setup that way so that people who really can't afford to pay their bill don't freeze to death in the winter.
Let me start off by saying I feel for you and your family.

It's important to remember a single data point (an anecdote) is no substitute for large-scale studies (country-wide in the case of Portugal). The data I gave you covers millions and millions of individuals, and in my opinion, and should be weighed accordingly. I'd love for you to read them and provide your own thoughts rather than just saying "no, I have one data point close to me and advocate policy based on it."

Drug addictions are truly complicated things. In regards to the relapse after release, there's some evidence that addictions are in part situational. By the end of the Vietnam war, some 20% of service members where addicted to heroin. 95% of them were no longer addicted to heroin as soon as they returned home. Whereas people with additions in the US had a 90% chase of relapse after they returned home to the environment in which they used to be addicted. [1] I even notice this to a smaller degree myself, I drink more in SF - when I'm there, I drink more, when I travel, I drink less even controlling for everything else to the best of my abilities (again, an anecdote not a study).

Prison is a hammer, we need a scalpel, and it's important we use data dispassionately to solve this problem. What we have so far is clearly not working, and it's time to look outside and adopt things that have worked elsewhere even if they fly in the face of the status quo. I would argue especially if they fly in the face of the status quo.

[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/01/02/1444317...
> "this generation wasn't ready for this boom of communication we are living in"

I definitely think we will look back on my generation (Generation Y) as the guinea pigs for this whole "connected social world" thing. So far it's been too much, too fast, and we have done an abysmal job handling it.
It is possible to start your own hosting company. It is possible to start your own domain registrar. It is possible to start your own ISP.
> The biggest appeal of Apple is their wonderful hardware

Not with the latest round of laptops it isn't. One spec of dust and it's toast. But, yes it used to be and on older MBPros it's amazing. I've abused the hell out of mine and it's still going, minus a couple screwholes in the base no longer holding and some dents. Given the abuse, that's amazing.
That would miss the point entirely, and arguably be morally dubious.

The Macbook hardware is pretty excellent, and prices are comparable to the (few) competitors of similar quality. In absolute terms, they are not outside the range that their market can afford.

It is only in desktops, or, more precisely, workstations that Apple's offerings fall short.
There are some losses with running that much power through a long extension cable - maybe 1-4% depending on the setup.
Amazing. Interesting to see programming language teams getting together with web3.0 teams.
How hard would it to be to get images to be shown in the CLI? Or is that not possible with whatever stock terminal software?
Author here and a few other M3ers around too, please do ask any questions. Ultimately we'd just like to make the project useful to others, so any and all feedback is appreciated, thank you!
There are different players in the remote talent space, and some definitely focus on quality Vs quantity, Upwork is just not one of those
There are a lot of interesting Demand Response solutions that are also somewhat applicable/useful for this problem.

In a normal demand response scenario, when too many people are demanding energy, certain loads are turned off or scaled back (ACs/Thermostats/Water Heaters).

Water heaters in particular have been shown to have been one of the better time shifting solutions. Seems like you could do the same thing with both water heaters and AC systems as most buildings have quite large thermal masses. For AC its a bit lame because the hottest time of the day is the best producing for PV frequently so shifting can be tough, but perhaps around the beginning of the day and end of the day there is some opportunity to precool homes before people return and then back off as the price goes above 0, that sort of thing.