skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> One difference could be that if you discover your phone is listening and sending data that's a scandal right there while digital assistants do it by design.

What do you mean? All digital assistants I know about use a wake word and they all seem to respect it very seriously:

- Incidents where the assistant has misheard the wake word causes headlines across the Internet and there's always a reply from an official spokesperson (e.g: https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/24/17391898/amazon-alexa-pri...)

- When Google Home Mini had a (hardware) bug where the button could cause it to record all the time, Google issued a software update which disabled the button completely. For months the button was a no-op. https://www.cnet.com/news/google-dumps-home-minis-top-touch-...

- In the Google Home app you can see all recordings that the device has done, play them back, and see how it was interpreted. It's pretty clear that they want to be transparent about what the device does.

All in all it seems to me that Google/Amazon is aware that a "we record everything"-scandal can be devastating for the product.
Trigger the shotgun clause.
Why are our devices so far outside our own control that we need to run an additional device on our networks to help prevent them from making unwanted network requests?

The whole approach of Pi-hole feels misguided. Blacklisting domains and hosts should be something easily done on my device locally. Then it comes with me when I visit friends or coffee shops, and it's easy to temporarily disable when it breaks something I'm trying to use.

The fact that I can't do this on things like my phone really illustrates how little control we really have over our own computing devices.
Poland can't get away with violating IP laws, since they're part of the EU and benefit from that relationship. Russia is basically doing the same thing as China, but they don't export enough for it to really matter.
What kind of stack are you currently developing in?
> Emotional response tends to be the opposite of impartial reporting

"Impartial" is not the same as "unemotional". Part of the job of the news is to put what happens in context—not just what happened, but why it matters. News organizations aren't striving to be unfeeling automatons merely spitting out facts.
1. Use Wireguard.

2. It has a DNS option[1]. Set it to your Wireguard server.

3. Setup unbound with a public ad domain list. (No link for this, Google is your friend and there are several different options with minor tradeoffs.)

You're done. Now unless wireguard, a soon to be kernel project, or unbound injects malicious code, you're safe.

Edit: oh and this also works on mobile

[1] wg-quick man page - https://git.zx2c4.com/WireGuard/about/src/tools/man/wg-quick...
Option 1 has been done before:

http://www.blackle.com/

(In this case, the tangible benefits are highly debatable, especially since we moved on from CRT monitors - although I'd be interested to see data from OLED displays)
Peer review can't fix broken incentives.
Super fast rendering on my mobile. That along with a simple design makes it appealing... To me at least.
You sell something for billions of dollars to a giant entity who makes money by selling user data, you should realize they will want to make money to pay for those billions. Most of the time such a purchase results in the original founders departing. You may as well leave at first opportunity. You can always build something else, now with your own money.
You said “well over 50% of monthly income”, which, in the US, is generally taken to mean gross income, particularly when relating income to housing costs, because of the FHA’s ancient “spend no more than 30% of gross income on housing, or you’re considered cost burdened” rule of thumb.

If you had said “nearly 50% of post-tax salary”, I wouldn’t have quibbled. My point is that no Bay Area programmer living in a conveniently located 1 bedroom is likely to be what the FHA would consider cost burdened, unless they’re working for well below market rate at a startup (and thus are, in my opinion, being exploited by their employer).

Every company I mentioned is public, and RSUs are extremely relevant for total compensation analysis at these companies.
It's not a left wing position, it's what they do.
Sure, as it reduces overall filesize. They could have achieved similar efficiency by compressing full-color images though.
How many servers were they spinning up? My understanding (which could easily be wrong) is most of 'IBM Cloud' is really SoftLayer rebranded. Softlayer has virtual machines they can spin up for you within minutes, and they can spin up a small number of servers pretty quickly if you don't spec the hardware too weird, but if you want like 50-100+ servers with different specs than they usually do, they often have to order or cross ship parts to the datacenters you want them in. Waiting a few weeks seems out of the norm though.

(I work for a SoftLayer customer)
> 2. I'm yet to find a site that takes my subscription and turns off ads and invasive tracking. Just ads. Still not an equitable deal.

Ars technica. (Subscriptions are tiered but I think this is included in a low tier.)
But you've had approval from legal the last 27 times you downloaded the Oracle JDK.
I'm an engineer and i have valve disease. whats up.
They stopped protecting them, and it looks like it might have been because they were eyeing this partnership. Microsoft threatened to remove services for Gab because they didn't like what some of the users were saying. I don't necessarily agree with any of those people's opinions on things, but it's a canary in the coal mine. Microsoft and Google are anti-free speech, and if Cloudflare starts relying on them, they can threaten to remove services if Cloudflare doesn't kiss the ring and do what they're told (i.e. censor thought crimes).
Yeah... that seems like a reasonable option - certainly for the price reduction alone.

A couple of cons to that option for me:

- Having already found a keyboard I love, It would be hard for me to switch without trying it first at no cost to me :).

- I notice it does not have the curved key wells, which I have really come to appreciate. It may seem subtle, but after typing on one for a while, I find it really amazing what a difference the curves make. Any keys around the home keys just require less effort to activate. It feels quite nice to type with.

- I have never built a keyboard before (but would like to give it a shot). Does that require soldering? Unless assembly is just completely foolproof, I think Id just prefer my main keyboard to be built by people who build them regularly :P
Go back in the project history and you'll see that it originally was! It's matured a lot since then.
Read reuters, you don't have to pay for it.
Plus the rack at one of the supported colo neutral of the peering exchange say $800mo usually an equinix or telehouss,plus the cross connect $300mo, plus redudant protected circuits to your data center from the incumbents, plus juniper/Cisco/arista 100gb gear, HA/failover double the prior, plus your onsite hands or remote hands, plus the SFPs and sparwa, plus insurance plus all sorts of shit just for a NAP - presuming you don't have one already at said location.

There a lot more to costs than pricelist for LINx, or Deix or whatever advertise.
this a great announcement from cloudflare
Easiest method I know of is Image > Mode > Indexed Color...

From there you can heavily reduce the color count and select the dithering type.
A wise and cynical manager pointed out to me that software purchases are driven by features, not quality. You don't get to assess the quality of software until after the purchase.

All other (feature) things being equal, the first product to market gets the majority of the purchases. So dev teams are in a race to the bottom regarding quality. As long as software is purchased, as long as rival companies compete to provide software, this is an iron law.

To improve software quality in a race to the bottom, we must improve the quality of (young, inexperienced) software developers. But companies don't want to pay for high quality developers, they are content with barely-qualified devs earning the lowest possible wage. They hire young. They hire offshore. They hire minimally skilled talent.

There are places where quality still lives: operating systems, compilers, databases. Places where the software cannot perform its mission if it fails frequently. You have to find one of these jobs, or suppress your gag reflex.
I’m guessing it just relies on pressure. The watch is held against your skin by the band, your finger is held against the crown by your muscles. I guess they’ve tested it and it seems to be good enough.

As EKGs go it’s a relatively basic test, is the equivalent of having a single wire.

I’m very curious to see what doctors/etc. make of it once the feature is released.
OPs question was relevant and respectful, your answer is not. Good and evil may be a spectrum/scale rather than discrete categories, but they are not a myth.
False. I say that (and know it’s true) and I host my personal email elsewhere, knowing that it is a waste of money and an empty gesture.
Here's how Jim Fulton (who wrote the early graphics drivers for X6) explains it:

https://www.quora.com/profile/Jim-Fulton

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-X-Windows-architecture-clie...

>Given it's roots, X naturally used the technically-correct terms to describe its major components: the portion that abstracted display and input hardware into a service that could be used by other programs was called the "display server"; the portion that made use of those services was called the "display client." This later caused endless confusion who thought that "server" was a synonym for "big computer" (file server, database server, etc.) and "client" meant "small computer" (diskless client, etc.). Who knows, maybe it would have been easier had they been called "application server" and "application client" but that revisionist history.

Also interesting:

>Ultimately, the pendulum swung back with the advent of Web 2.0 technology and mobile devices. Now, we take it for granted that applications can run anywhere in the network and be accessed by any type of device. While X is primitive compared to JavaScript and HTML5 (whose ability to push computational tasks over the network into the display device were inspired by Java and NeWS), X did lay the initial groundwork. It also proved that an open source model could work for in business environments. Not too shabby for a technology that will soon be hitting its 30th anniversary.

>Jim Fulton, alumnus of Project Athena, the MIT X Consortium, Cognition (first commercial use of X on DOS) and Network Computing Devices (leading X terminal vendor)
The issue is that peer review never pays off directly. The time spent in reviews mostly goes down a black hole. Editorships are awarded based on publication record, and not quality of reviews.

As a result, more and more, reviews will tend to be shallow and uncritical.
Haha the plethora of GPL violations that exist without consequence sort of illustrate your point quite well.
It's also available in the play store for $8.99. I just bought it to give it a try. Thanks for introducing it to me!
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As they say in international relations: “or else?”
Me too. My team bought a subscription a few months ago, I'll try to push a switch to a competitor.
Strongly agree. The external pressure from well-meaning but uninformed donors to "cut costs" isn't helping the situation.
Hmmm. At most you're mad because the bright yellow warning box that tells you specifically to re-read the license because it changed is not clear enough for you, even though apparently being sure about exactly that is your job.

I'm not sure you can blame Oracle for this. They could I guess give you a tl;dr summary in the box. But, how long would it take you to study the new situation? A few minutes?
To be fair, according to the page, it was created 4 years ago. Google and other were already large and successful before that, so it's highly unlikely it's due to said document. And inertia can explain why it hasn't affected the quality yet (if ever).
Eh, paywall.
Doubt it. Audio is tiny compared to video and many/most have virtually unlimited data.

They sort of have streaming but tend to be more oriented around "subscribing" which is unnecessary and frictiony, IMO.
Yup, I temporarily disabled it and life was good.

But I can understand how this would frustrate people, especially when they don't know how to disable it or aren't given the password.
This might be dumb question and me missing something: Is it technically possible for someone to set up a PiHole DNS service similar to how Google has 8.8.8.8 ? It would be much better user experience in my opinion to just set a different DNS than to have to setup a new machine on your network.

Monetizing such service sounds tough as you have very minimal leverage over the users (by design!) but perhaps a Patreon/Foundation would be sustainable, similar to how Wikipedia is? Perhaps it could be bundled to a VPN service?
> See, you just ditch "enjoy" and "fair" parts and it goes neutral.

That the trial is fair is important, and should not be ditched or glossed over.
I wouldn't be that worried about 100 threads, when you have 10s of thousands you can think about worrying.
Show HN: You Don't Need WordPress – Create a Blog With Only Google Docs
Using violence to prevent free and peaceful movement against groups simply as a result of where they were born is discrimination of the worst kind.
Obviously. Good article but clickbait title. "A History of Ray Tracing" would have done the job.
And/or put more of his money into Signal to right his wrong.

https://signal.org/blog/signal-foundation/
You'd have to update the URL anyway because the v8 JDK hasn't changed, from what I remember. So those scripts wouldn't be affected.
This is the same for HTTPS traffic? You can view the content of requests without installing a cert?
If you think that even the friction alone of charging $1/yr isn't enough to shove the vast majority of users off the app, you haven't been paying attention to consumer expectations.
Apache Spark on Kubernetes in the Upcoming Spark 2.4
The exploding ER / EMS system would like to have a word with you! Every niggle or discomfort, it seems, can generate a 911 call and a visit to the ER. Legally, EMS can not diagnose in the field so we send the bulk of people that call 911 into the ER for further evaluation... whether they really need it or not. I can tell you that most don't.
Hey HN,

In my opinion, platforms like WordPress can feel bloated or be intimidating to new users.

For this reason, I wanted to build a blogging platform on top of Google Docs.

I actually run my own blog as a side project, and I use GDocs religiously because of its excellent collaboration and sharing features. When I’m collaborating with dozens of writers, it’s convenient to be able to use a product that everyone is familiar with.

Another cool thing, I built and launched this project in 24 hours and streamed the whole thing on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/313288148). I started with just an idea, and streamed the entire process to launch and had a few thousands viewers tune in.

Excited to get your feedback.

Pat
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I wonder how often he has to deal with "Dr. Mario" jokes.
As a European (dweller), I am also concerned by the little devices habitually carried by our political representatives. "Ho, ho, ho, Syria sounds like Siri!"[1] but seriously, just like contestants on the TV show Big Brother say, you stop noticing the surveillance after a while and start sharing things you did even realise you were sharing.

"Surveilled By Default" is corrosive agenda to push.

[1] https://www.newsweek.com/watch-siri-heckles-british-defense-...
>I don’t exactly see techies flocking to Bing after they complain about Google

I flew to duckduckgo, don't know about flocking...
This. I'd always assumed Zuck was like this, great to see some confirmation that my expectations for him weren't too low.
For static sites, what's the strategy for user authentication?
> You must be either the most naieve person on the planet or a complete moron to sell your company to an advertising company and not expect them to put advertising in your product.

I know both Acton & Koum from Yahoo!. To describe either as "naive" or "a complete moron" is ridiculous. If that is the depth of your thought, it would explain why you're writing angry comments on a message board while they are retired billionaires.
> Of course he wasn’t noble enough to turn down the money in the first place and turn his product into a big buisness by himself.

That has nothing to do with nobility.

So now Snapchat's founders are noble? They did those things you mentioned and your wording is a far cry from their reputation.
> how it’ll change the world please.

Permissionless and trustless digital payments truly has the power to change the world.

It arguably already has with the rise of darknet markets and cryptojacking. Think of all the movies where a suitcase of cash must be delivered to a drop off spot, this now all goes away.

But the bigger picture includes making it much easier and safer for business which cannot take credit cards to accept payments. Think donations to wikileaks, porn and marijuana businesses.

Think about what it means for people to control their own money in case of a crisis. In places like Venezuela people are already using cryptocurrencies to avoid inflation, a corrupt government and to cross the border with their wealth intact. Charities like eatBCH uses cryptocurrency to send people money into the country in order to buy food.

Yet another step back, if cryptocurrencies would truly catch on and replace government backed fiat for general use, then it's not as easy to simply "print more money" to get away from financial troubles. Banks might then have to take responsibility for their actions instead of getting bailout after bailout.
You probably had a either a 12 lead or 3 lead EKG... the Watch is only a single lead. Therefore, much less is needed in terms of conductivity for the sensors to measure.
Morality in business is a fool’s errand. Just that it puts recent actions into context: if stealing IP is amoral, then so are trade sanctions and other kinds of economic warfare. In the end, it’s only about our relationship, just like it was between the USA and the UK in the 1800s.
By whose standard? It’s awfully convenient for the United States to reap the benefits of “lower standards” and then shut the gates after they no longer need those lower standards.
This has been the case for multiple years.

I'm NOT saying, "people shouldn't be surprised." By all means, be very outraged and surprised about it, maybe something will change. What I am saying is the fact that so many people are surprised on HN of all places means that very few people here have ever turned off Web & App Activity tracking, even just as a temporary experiment to see what would happen.

That makes me sad. Do it some time, you have no idea how many things on your phone will break. Google does not want you turning off that permission; there are a large number of other Google apps that exhibit behaviors just as outrageous as this.

Please go do some some first-hand research. You can turn off Web & App Activity temporarily. You can leave it off for even just a week, just to get a feel for what happens.

https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols
It's hard for me to believe that all the smart, capable company executives involved in planning and execution of operations in and around China are oblivious to IP risks.

There is an obvious upside of operating in Asia, both cheap labor (though now decreasing) and strong work ethic coupled with access to a huge market.

It seems to me that execs understand and take a calculated risk when they choose to do business in various parts of the world. If they cannot make this calculation, they should not be running a company.

More than anything else, the attitude displayed in this article appears to me as an attempt to defer (or pass to the public) the consequences of the above calculated choices. If not directly, through a trade war that will hurt all Americans. All the while, these companies keep their financial gain private, in the pockets of execs and shareholders.

There is something to be said for protecting IP in the interest of a country's defense, but the technology that qualifies for this type of protection should be the subject of public debate, not a president's whim. Furthermore, unless the companies that own this IP are taken over by the state, company execs will always be free to make the decision re. operating in Asia and between the associated IP risks and capital gain.
Please forgive my ignorance if I’m missing something obvious but in your PGP public key tampering example, wouldn’t this attack be ineffective against a blockchain that is stored in multiple peers. I.E your hashes wouldn’t match those of the peer copies of the blockchain?
You would get zero egress from Backblaze, but Cloudflare (or whomever is the eyeball facing provider) will still meter your bandwidth/requests/etc at their edge -> client.
The CSS @media attribute has been widely available since IE6. It's not exactly high tech.
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Why would you agree to a contract with that clause if you aren't prepared for it to be invoked?
Well youtube has a lot of everyday person content that nobody else does. This is mostly inertia - they got big years ago, and it is hard to switch. There are other good alternatives, but none have the users or mind share.

Movies are better served elsewhere, but there is a lot of things that you just can't find elsewhere.
For popular stuff switching to "global" and marking them as enabled helps reduce the song-and-dance for things like YouTube videos or common CDNs (e.g. Bootstrap)
One requires you to pay money to Oracle?
I like the idea of cautiously launching nuclear weapons just in case.
If you're measuring (or applying) voltage on skin, you get cleaner data if you use conductive gel, since you have less chance of a poor electrical contact between sensor and skin.

If you can't use it though, you can't use it. The data may have glitches, anomalous readings, but most of it will be pretty good most of the time, or they wouldn't bother with the feature. I'm also not sure what the apple watch's sensing mechanism is. Is it reading voltage or is it measuring something else that's correlated?
Thanks for your feedback. I hope this will work for your use case
And if someone from Game development communities could explain how hard is it to do RTX or DirectX RT on current games? Would companies now have to do two set of graphics, design, and code path? One that does it with DirectX RT the other doing it with all the Rasterisation technique such as Shadow mapping etc.

Basically I am interested in the Cost of such Direct X RT implementation. And what sort of time frame could we see these on the market.
This is textbook whataboutism. Samuel slater shouldn't have done that, and neither should China.
What would you need user authentication for in a static site?
Working at one FAANG & getting an offer from another.

I (think) I was seen a high performer with an upward trajectory. The whole thing was incredibly stressful, but it was life changing for my family.
> And you can always monitor the network traffic.

This is meaningless if the connection is encrypted. The device can wait to send data that it's collected without telling you along with data you expect it to send to Amazon, and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.