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> Today’s bombshell Bloomberg story has the internet split: either the story is right, and reporters have uncovered one of the largest and jarring breaches of the U.S. tech industry by a foreign adversary… or it’s not, and a lot of people screwed up.

Imagine reading this after the Snowden leaks:

Today’s bombshell Guardian story has the internet split: either the story is right, and the biggest Silicon Valley companies are giving the NSA access to their data… or it’s not, and a lot of people screwed up.
playing by ear is not just a trick to impress those who have to read the part to learn it, it's closely related to improvisation

in any genre which involves improvising with other musicians, it is hard to do that if you can't follow by ear what they are doing

all the music theory knowledge in the world won't help you in that situation if you can't hear what the other players are playing
>> I am particularly interested in the possibility that modern algorithms (e.g. deep reinforcement learning) can compensate for not having completely repeatable behaviors from a robot by using sensory feedback to create behaviors that reliable despite their variability.

Deep Reinforcement Learning will definitely make a huge difference in robotics. Already, ~50 years after the first implementations of RL algorithms [1] robotic systems trained with (deep) RL have now become so proficient that a robotic hand has learned to manipulate a cube [2]. Always the same cube (in terms of size, weight, etc) but a cube, nonetheless! Full-blown general object manipulation cannot be more than a hundred years away, or two!

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[1] I'm counting from Donald Michie's MENACE, a tick-tack-toe playing machine originally implemented in matchboxes, because of a dearth of computing hardware of sufficient power- see Rodney Brooks' excellent write-up:

https://rodneybrooks.com/forai-machine-learning-explained/

[2] OpenAI trained a robot hand to manipulate a cube with RL:

https://blog.openai.com/learning-dexterity/

Note that it's always the same cube. If they could train it to manipulate anything else, you can bet they'd be showing it off (and probably publishing in Nature or something).
I'm at a juncture – my last project wound down and I'm considering where to take my career next.

Basically my main two options are:

* start another technical company and go all-in

* freelance half of the time, spend the other half on the LessPenguiny project. Monetization would be nice, but it isn't necessary. I'd sacrifice cash for impact in this area.

As for future pieces, I've analyzing my data (about 2000 observations, already coded) and I've got a lot of material on:

* why some people seem so impossibly warm

* how conversations get started between strangers (not in a pick-up way, but more in a normal day-to-day way)

* why some people are fascinating conversationalists

* compliments — are they good or do they make people uncomfortable?
Yes, I have a similar issue with forwarded email to my gmail account.

If I remember correctly, it sees it as a duplicate in your inbox and sent folder. Which are merged together to the sent folder.
No, the GDPR does not forbid this, as I wrote.

The GDPR does not state that consent cannot be exchanged for anything.
The GDPR will look at whether consent is necessary for the performance of a contract and/or provision of service.

So the argument that this is allowed is two-fold:

- this is free content made publicly available: There is no contract or provision of service.

- this content is provided free thanks to ads: Consent is necessary to provide the contents.

The GDPR is not meant to force companies to work for free and it does not force them to.
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excellent read. My brother in law has been extremely successful with real estate from his single apartment beginnings, nowadays when we meet and I ask him "how are you" he replies "I'm blessed".

dude I know you have a lot of money, I just wanted to know if you were sick or something. smh
It sucks but if there is literally no money left then the company is simply not able to fulfill its obligations. Like if pay is owed where will that money come from?

I don’t excuse management for a second; they must have known the coffers were bare while they were still hiring.
Can you check all those on FakeSpot.com and add the FakeSpot review? Would be interesting to see.
US jobless rate hits 49-year low of 3.7%
Hoaxers Slip Breastaurants and Dog-Park Sex into Journals
That's not a realistic expectation.
I don't think this was intended to be a detailed recipe, but a description intended to give an idea of what goes in to the process of making it.
Does anyone know why they are using Xeon processors instead of the AMD Threadripper? Is it the support for ECC memory? If so, why is it that so important?

Example:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/nav/peak/tower_single/customize...
That is how reviews work, yes. When I buy $5 headphones for the gym, I'm happy they generally don't have static and seem to work. If I buy $200 headphones for the office, I'm going to complain if the 13khz range is a bit muddy. Likewise, I'm happy when my $40 bookshelf doesn't fall over, but I expect more from a $400 bookshelf.
Anyone here knows what makes amazon that efficient ? What is the thing they managed to do right, that their competitor couldn't , that makes them the giant of online shops they are today ?

i have the intuition it is related to supply chain, but i'm not an expert at all, so i don't understand what someone could invent in that field that make them unreachable by competitors.
I guess the question is whether he's gone off somewhere of his own volition or somehow ended up dead or been apprehended or... who knows what else.
Great stuff. Hope you integrate it into your games.
I'm saying any self driving where the human has to monitor how the computer is doing and be ready to take over is probabbly a non starter as human nature likely dictates that they will probabbly not do a worse job at that than just driving.
All the games followed the same basic gameplay roadmap.
Event happens -> Talk to other characters -> Another event happens

Usually the events were cutscenes or QTEs (timed button presses) that you either pass or get a gameover if you fail too many.

Now this wouldn't be an issue if the games were marketed as such but instead they tried to present them with the taglines "Your choices have consequences" while it was clearly not the case. You could run the same game twice making completely opposite choices and the end results were always the same; sometimes a character would die but at most that just resulted in some extra dialogue since those characters were designed to be non essential.

Here is an example of what I mean:
Alice is a fugitive on the run and needs a car so she can:

1)Go to her friend Bob and have him drive the car after asking him
2)Threaten Bob to drive her around

In the end Bob is always driving the car and his opinion of you doesn't matter outside a throwaway line where he says "Hey, you owe me!" or "Hey, you're a jerk!"

The illusion of choice is very apparent at times even DURING the game since the events occurring are just too limiting.

It didn't help that Life is Strange and the Witcher 3 came out and had more in depth consequences and exploration of these systems.
> why would Amazon constrain it's ambitions

They should ask Alibaba why they don't have their own private labels.
Ebay is still good. You can often find what you want for much cheaper than on Amazon, often with free shipping. Shipping usually takes 3-4 days instead of 2 days, but it's almost always cheaper. Unfortunately Ebay can't get its act together regarding product listing organization and reviews, so much so that I'll often check reviews of matching products from other sites before I buy it from Ebay. There are now shady sellers on Ebay and Amazon, so the comparison is a wash in that area. They also have comparable buyer protection if a seller does something dishonest.
I'll echo what most have already said - it feels like singing your favorite song after you've learned all the words and you've memorized all the pauses and breaths and long runs. It feels like driving home after not being there for years; those familiar roads from your childhood never leaving your mind.

The intuition will come, after countless hours getting to know your instrument and your music. The easiest way for me to start was to practice with songs that I already knew. It's easier to train your fingers when you aren't worried about training your ears at the same time. Learning a new song on top of a new instrument is double the work for a beginner.

I'll also highly recommend trying to learn scales and arpeggios by ear. Scales being your "do re mi fa sol la ti do", and arpeggios being the thirds of those scales. There are lots of youtube videos of musicians playing scales and arpeggios, look those up and try on your own instrument. This will help you build muscle memory and allow your brain to make more intuitive aural decisions. No one LIKES practicing the basics, but there is a reason why they are drilled into musicians at even the highest of level of conservatories.

As you play songs you know, you will start to notice things like the "steps" between notes, and what those "steps" sound like. Oh those notes sound just like the notes from that other song, I'll bet this is a 5th too. This melody is just a drawn out descending scale, I know how to play that.

Lastly, have fun. It is normal to get frustrated or have "off" days when practicing. Mistakes are NORMAL, and mistakes can be good! Try to push through those moments and end your practice sessions on a high note (heh). Come down off of a particularly difficult practice session by going through scales again, or playing a song that you know. We want POSITIVE associations with music, not grumpy ones. If you are having an off day, don't force it. Come back the next day ready to bang out some tunes.
"Working" is not sufficient. If you are not careful others will observe and take credit for your work. Especially in big companies that can happen easily.
Disposal of Wind Turbines Proving to Be a Major Environmental Concern
You're not going to be anywhere close to 3 cents in a 100% renewable system without hydro. Cheapest solar price in the US is 2.3 cents but that is in one of the sunniest places in the world, subsidised, and no storage.
That's true. Now go on the "open bedrijvendag" to a police station and get a tour of their armory. They'll gladly provide it and after that tour I guarantee you there will be zero doubt left in your mind about their attitude towards weapons.

Plus it'll be fun. They may even let you fire a few of the weapons.

Thinking about what that means for their attitude in the street ... not so much fun.
Can you give a good example? I've found that the combination of row level security and role inheritance in Postgres can handle some fairly complex cases.
Not to be rude. But most of your games aren't complete or are mediocre and not because no one there knows what they are doing but because of the kind of business model EA created for itself. That's why ya'll get the hate.
Why is nuclear capacity easier or less expensive to build than storage capacity for wind/solar?

Be sure you're not starting with a conclusion and working backwards to the data required to support it.
No. Living a content life and focusing on your own problems is not political. "The personal is political" is a hyper partisan statement and anyone not on the extreme left would reject this idea wholesale.

What this concept implicitly states is that if you're happy and 100% of the human population is not living at your socioeconomic level, then you're making a political statement. It's pure BS.
Ask HN: What did you do to ensure product viral growth since launch?
I’ve seen a plenty of resources on how to design your product/business to account for networking effect or effective word-of-mouth tactics to make your user base grow once your product is out there.
I wasn’t so lucky to find many case-studies describing what successful teams did to get initial seed of customers right away after launch. I found an interesting case-study about how Slack did it (http://bit.ly/2RtKIDO) and I’m curious if you have similar stories to share. Thanks!
Specially panama papers, a lot of publicity, very few content.

It was like they announced the people involved as a warning only.
Large retailers do this with store brands (Walmart), but it's generally more opaque to the consumer.

It's really quite clever, you sell third-party products, but also control all transaction data — so you see which products are successful, somewhat well reviewed, and profitable... then you just steal the business.

It's kind of how Apple/Google adopt features. Watch which utility apps are popular, then just build the features into the OS.

If you're relying on a third-party to sell your product in a marketplace, you can't get too comfortable.
I don't have any statistics but I'd guess a lot of the money goes to the publishers and IP/Licence holders.

Most game studios produce games on behalf of established publishers like EA with licenses from companies like Disney and I would assume they know to take a pretty piece of the cake.

I also have a feeling that the culture in the games industry have been rotting for a while and talent being "abused" has become the norm.

You can be a "rockstar" coder or coding "Wizard" all you want, but you'll probably never reach the paycheck of a good actor.
Thanks for the compliment!

The idea behind the pictures isn't so much about them being useful (they mostly aren't — I'm well aware of that). Instead it's about breaking up the wall of text and adding visual variety so as to prevent reader fatigue.

It's a tip I picked up from reading the Star Slate Codex piece on writing: http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/02/20/writing-advice/

Also: HN readers != average internet readers
If you're going to slander Louis, then can you at least back that up with some evidence? Why is showing how he repairs Apple hardware in real time "vile and deeply corrosive?" Please stand by your words and demonstrate with evidence what makes his personality corrosive.
Did Kavanaugh rape someone? I don't know. Are you 100% sure that he did? If not, lets assume that he didn't. Your statement is now wrong since he is worrying about that.
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Whether or not fusion is possible (it seems like it is, just incredibly difficult and meticulous, unless the MIT-ARC project works out).

There is always the eventual option to harvest solar energy in space The primary limiting factor at the moment is obviously the insane price of rocketing stuff into space.

Perhaps even before that solar power could be harvested in the upper atmosphere on massive scale by being tethered to balloons, it might even have the benefit of counter-acting some of the effects of global heating.
This is a feel-good blabberpiece. Has the author been outside lately? Have they seen the egotistical maniacs who get elected into office? Have they read comment sections? How about social media, where I hope the narcissism is evident. Sure, too much humility is a bad thing but this...cmon.

It's telling that the last picture in the article is what appears to be a millenial, kissing a small trophy. Another picture shows someone taking a selfie. Another one shows somebody winning a race with himself, breaking the final ribbon and all.

I can't speak much for other cultures, but this article should be blocked for American readers :).
The second part of the theory has been the hammer dropping for 15 years.

Amazon makes no money in retail to drive out competitors and when that day finally happens! Just you wait! The prices! I'm still waiting. The ride has been beneficial so far.
The current acceleration model is broken. Convertible revshare could fix it
Streaming yes. So get a DVD subscription. Though, sadly, they’re allowing their back catalog to degrade significantly.
I have been gaming literally my entire life save for the first couple years, spending thousands of dollars on games every year, and I have never watched any of those “gaming personalities.”
> I mean, don't you even realize how macabre it is to point out "They have more chance of mounting a legal challenge in the US!"? Granted: If they have the money to hire a good lawyer and their case gets them anything.

Compared to absolutely nothing at all in the EU ? That's what I'm pointing out. It's not a good solution, imho, but it's better than anything the EU countries provide for sure.

It means police at least have to be aware that if they use these tactics against the wrong person, they could get seriously convicted for that. In the EU, what is there for them to fear ? I mean if it ends up on national TV then they have a problem. Otherwise ...
This is a great move insofar as it help manage their huge problem with counterfeits, knockoffs, review scams, etc.. This is the is the antithesis of those fly-by-night Chinese+ scammers.

As long as they go for high quality and well-managed, this is an excellent idea. Also great that they base it on 3rd parties.

Seems that they might have figured out that what people come to Amazon for is convenience -- to get a solid product at an ok price, delivered soon and free (w/Prime) -- and that the influx of cheap knock-off/counterfeit goods and review cheating is ruining that experience.

Something to keep an eye on.
Clone is a Linux only syscall.
Why didn’t they ask any of their sources to point out one of these chips on a specific (common) Supermicro board? That’d allow independent verification by everyone and way less vague speculation.
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Yep super common, usually the supermarket deals directly with a producer and puts their own brand name on the product. However, there are two different ways of doing it:

* the open one (U, Carrefour, Amazon Basics...) the brand is the name of the chain, they must ensure some quality and good price so the customer does not equate the whole shop with shitty products. They can even develop specific brands for high quality products, for organic products, etc. (U bio , Carrefour Sélection...)

* the indirect one (Leclerc, Amazon private brands...) the fact that the brand is owned by the chain is not immediately obvious. This allows them to have low cost/high margin exclusive products whose quality won't damage the chain's image. And they can rename the brand at will...
Who will help me prove I’m not the hacker?
Please please please someone help me! I’m being accused and framed of hacking my husband and all of our devices even our family with their accounts 530 days now nonstop I don’t know who else or where else to turn. 180 GB in one month off my phone I’m not doing this today 12 years for my husband and I being together it may also work end of it nobody believes me nobody will help me I’m willing to do whatever it takes (non sexual) I need someone to stand for me
You are 100% correct - in my haste, I conflated the old Tandem hardware line with the OpenVMS clustering platform. My mistake, I’ll see if I can edit my post.
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The Xeon they are using is 14 cores in a single NUMA node so maybe that's it since a 16 core Threadripper is 2 separate nodes in one die. I'm pretty sure Threadripper supports ECC: "With the most memory channels you can get on desktop, the Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processor can support Workstation Standard DDR4 ECC (Error Correcting Mode) Memory to keep you tight, tuned and perfectly in sync." from https://www.amd.com/en/products/ryzen-threadripper
Aaaw. That's Rodney Brooks' company! I warmed up to the crazy old coot, thanks to his recent series of articles on AI and machine learning [1]. It's very unfortunate that his company tanked.

I hope he starts something new, soon.

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[1] https://rodneybrooks.com/blog/

That's a treasure trove of knowledge on AI with a generous dose of personal, um, perspective, but from a gentleman who has a very, very long career in the field. Do read his stuff if you fancy yourself "knowledgeable about AI".
Because it's a single-root pci complex.
See here:
https://www.servethehome.com/how-intel-skylake-sp-changes-im...
How this kind of business tactic is not illegal?
I think this is a clearly violation of user's right to repair.
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The invisible hand of capitalism works slowly. The fingers of the invisible hand are unhappy consumers communicating their demand; the thumb is holders of capital hearing it and building better products. This process requires time to communicate that information and time for new suppliers to enter the market, and in the meantime consumers are unhappy and existing suppliers aren't making as many sales as they could.

The invisible hand corrects mistakes, but that's no defense of making mistakes.
Isn't that the goal of every company their Medium Blog :')

That doesn't mean it's bad.
In some rural areas of Spain where access to wood used to be limited hypocausts still exist, work great and are heavily used because they are very efficient. I've seen lots of them and their construction is practically the same described by Romans
Speaking as a non-american: People don't want to come out as Republican because of how corrupt Republican representation has become.

Republicans used to be respectable. There's still a few respectable figures in Congress and the Senate but even they have to follow the abhorrently partisanship, otherwise they aren't getting reelected.

The republican base has turned on its head and has been massively radicalized.

So if you "come out" as a republican, today, in this climate, then you're outright saying you agree with this radicalization. (Regardless of whether you do agree)

I know a lot of republicans who don't agree with it and, right now, there isn't really a party for them. So they still call themselves republicans and either lie to themselves to deal with their choice (or ignore the bad news), or they fall into the constant propaganda. I've seen several end up converting to Democrats (or at least strongly consider it).

Theory: I suspect the US, after all these decades, is finally correcting back towards a less right-shifted spectrum. As the current GOP moves to the extreme-right, non-extremists shift left and, if they end up democrats, there will probably be a split of the "Liberal" party and the "Democratic" party. This would mirror the more European models.
I do have an adblocker, but results probably differ between amazon.de, amazon.co.uk, amazon.com, etc...

Mine are the results I got on Amazon Germany.
If GCC required inline assembly everywhere, it would definitely be a failure.
(oops, now that I'm looking at the code again: it would not go into an infinite loop, but cut off after loading 1 block.)
ffs. The fact that the people you hate won the election doesn’t make anything authoritarian.

Spying on reporters and strongly targeting leakers while using the media to minimize coverage of negative events is. But since that’s done by the ones you like then nothing is said.
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