skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
No, but that is not the point. The point is how media change the way politics is made and ultimately shape the society. For example, I think it could be argued that mass media (newspapers, radio) heavily contributed to the totalitarian drift of the first half of the twentieth century in Europe: pervasive communication without proper balances can be effectively used to hammer slogans into people's heads.

I think we are now in a similar situation: we have an entirely new media and we haven't had time yet to adjust to it and to find its rules and limits. And I think this is very dangerous.
Last time I ran into this problem it was immediately after an in-place upgrade from the Media Creation Utility, because the feature update failed and this was my only recourse. As I expected, nothing helped and I had to do a clean install.

I'm not a hardcore Windows tweaker, most of the applications I use at work are either portable[0], or made by Microsoft.

I don't believe I've tried the method outlined in that post, I'll keep it in mind for the inevitable next time that this occurs. Though it does force one to wonder WTF is wrong with Microsoft that they keep suggesting steps that don't work and then reinstallation, while some random internet has to provide the actual solution in the comments[1]. That seems to happen way too often.

[0] Because it's the right way to distribute and manage applications. Case in point: all I had to do was point a toolbar at my Portable Apps folder and as far as my workflow was concerned it was like nothing had ever happened.

[1] Somebody aught to start a charity that seeks out these heroes and buys them beer on behalf of all the people they've saved from pulling their hair out.
Somewhere I read that the idea proposed that the more money flows from the government to voters, the more mud slinging happens.

For example, after the Civil War in the U.S., politics got extremely bad due to the large numbers of voters who were veterans and were receiving money from the government. Things got less nasty after those people died.

The idea is that nowadays in the U.S., there are several ways large numbers of voters get money from the government: welfare, government employment, and government contractor employment. Speaking generally, the Democrats tend to have more voters on welfare and directly employed by the government, while the Republicans tend to have more voters in government contractor jobs. So, each party has policies that give more money to their constituents, which results in bitter political fighting.

I know I'm being hand-wavy but that's the general idea. Here are some links that support this idea:

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/07/12/the-politics...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/upshot/how-we-became-bitt...
For general graduate-level mathematics, from a category-theoretic point of view: _Mathematical Physics_ by Robert Geroch. Tons of hand drawings and informal motivation.
A friend of mine used the "return home" feature of his drone and instead of returning home, it drifted off over the fence of the nearby BAE Systems establishment. He couldn't do anything except go home.

Later in the pub he told someone who worked at BAE, and was fairly high up, and the guy said, "yes, I heard about that, you need to contact them."

He did, and he got the full "men in black" treatment with several interviews/interrogations to determine exactly who he was and what his intentions were, and threatened with jail time. Eventually they believed his story and he even got his drone back, although the camera was obviously missing.

Apparently it had landed next to something "extremely sensitive", which may or may not have been the cause of it drifting off in the first place.
Bragging is one thing. Having something interesting to tell is another.

The problem here is not lack of bragging, but lack of a desire to share something that others would enjoy.

As usual, solving this for oneself, and always having something curious and smalltalk-worthy on hand can solve it for everyone around.
Ask HN: Why do solitaire random deals never seem random
On computer solitaire games, either PC, Mac or mobile, random deals seem to not be random at all.
Not completely related, but I have a question regarding Emacs and email:

Is there a way to read/write emails on Emacs, without having any emails or credentials stored locally as plaintext? I'm heavily prioritizing ease of configuration and security over speed or other additional features.
Not for long
There's no driver position, though. It could be the left or the right side. Perhaps for drive-thru reasons people would prefer the left, but there's not a lot of required left-handedness when you're not driving.
Why the novel matters in the age of anger
Very very, very, very few cars are steer-by-wire. In fact, the Infiniti Q50 is the only one.
They would be able to detect rogue component(s) if AOI, Automated Optical Inspection, was done.

However, if the source files already had the component(s) on it, it would pass all tests and QC.
I found trying to do this sort of thing (e.g. gnus + dovecot) a very helpful introduction to software engineering; once I got a job as a software engineer I found I didn't have time for a local setup that needed so much attention.
I would really hope that this will give all the RISC-V open source effort some traction in the server / DC market. Certainly big corporations like Google, Facebook, Amazon and others could pull it off.
Have any evidence to back that claim up?

Even the $320 Pocophone F1 can perform at and above the iPhone XS Max performance in everyday tasks [1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emPiTZHdP88
Those are squad-based tactical military shooters focused on realism, yet another genre completely different from battle royales!
Visual Novel is an apt description, though I'll disagree with you on one thing: most Japanese visual novels back when I last checked them, which was in the 90s/early 00s, were terrible. And I mean, really, embarrassingly terrible, and not just for their random and bizarre sex scenes, but overall badly written and cliched. Some of it could be chalked up to poor English translations, but most of it was mind-numbing cliches and nonsensical situations you'd laugh at if found in a book or movie, and which you had to repetitively click through.

That said, yes, I think The Walking Dead Season could accurately be described as a Visual Novel with very little branching, more than a full-fledged point-and-click adventure. I think it succeeds at this; Lee's story is certainly more interesting than whatever happens with Rick & crew in the tremendously repetitive TV show. I can see how Telltale's formula gets repetitive for subsequent games, since it's essentially a one trick pony, but still... I was entertained for one season :)
Thanks Kevin! From my understanding, actually a lot of these companies started with just some friends that wanted to travel/work together and it ended up turning into a "for-profit" company in the end. I don't know if there are any that exist purely in self-organizing nomads now, although I've often considered the idea myself.
It's just my opinion, and so I held off saying, yesterday, but: The immediate economic outfall (co-morbid with institutional panic) would be so severe that this aspect alone would represent a national security issue.
Do you mind sharing logs of abuse ?
Tesla Q3 2018 Vehicle Safety Report
Just type "feature phone" in amazon.com, you'll see many of them.
I just buy high value items in person. The local economy can use the money anyway. The rest I don’t really care if they’re counterfeit so long as they function.

Why on earth would you buy a Gucci purse from anywhere but Gucci? Caveat Emptor.
Why on earth would I try and index it twice concurrently?

I never have a scenario where I need to send email without network.
Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong - I don't live in America so my facts may be incomplete.

100+ women have come forward for Judge Kavanaugh's character. The sum total of everyone he has worked with during his time as a judge (which is much more relevant than what he did while at parties), have given him glowing endorsements. My opinion is based on evidence, and the presumption of innocence. Those are not feelings or emotions. Those are facts and principles.

Justice Ginsberg said she and her husband would move to New Zealand if the Republican candidate became President. That is coming from the reigning liberal champion on the court. Honestly, I think she has set the bar as far as irresponsible partisan remarks are concerned.

The Democratic party is solely to blame (factually speaking) for what has happened to Judge Kavanaugh's family over these past few months. Senator Feinstein made no effort to keep this process private and protect the personal lives of everyone involved. Dr. Ford testified that she did not share the information that she gave Senator Feinstein with anyone else. Senator Feinstein claims nobody leaked the information. One of them is lying, because it was leaked to the press, which caused a complete media trial and humiliating debacle for both parties involved.

To make matters worse, Bill Clinton's legal team, who is now representing Dr. Ford, conveniently forgot to tell her that her statements could have been taken privately to the judiciary committee. It's incredibly convenient that this too has happened in light of the broad context.

This entire travesty could have been avoided if the Democratic party handled this matter sensitively and appropriately, they are solely to blame. Zero Republicans were responsible for how this fiasco has transpired in the media. Were things the other way around, the Republicans would deserve an angry rant too.

The bottom line is, even if none of this would have happened 0 Democrats would have voted for Justice Kavanaugh. This FBI investigation has changed none of their minds, and the most pathetic thing to come of this, is that after ruining a man's reputation and life from this political charade, the gaul to suggest that he should have
watched his tone when he passionately argued his innocence.

I really have no words for how horrible that is. But that's another subject. My original point stands, this man's views should not disqualify him from his job. He is perfectly capable of doing it, and having his own personal views.
Seems OK to me. Why increase costs and unreliability by adding extra screens and controls? As for having it "for the driver", that's old-car thinking. In this car, both front seats are equivalent, there's no need to select one as "the driver".
That's not how a electronically assisted steering rack works. There is a manual connection with a little bit of slop and that slop provides some difference between steering wheel position and input shaft (to the steering rack or gear) position which triggers the power assist. It's basically the same as an old school power steering gear.
Honestly what I'd like is a safety oriented cabin designed to minimize whiplash. Restrain my head and neck, surround my body with impact absorbing material and put a screen in front of my face and a keyboard within reach of my hands and we're done.

I don't want a large void space inside the passenger area of my car at all.
I fly a lot - so I listen to a lot of books. A lot of it is just vacuous action to pass the time (Rogue Warrior, Stephen King, etc) But I really appreciated the non-fiction "Adults in the Room" by Yannis Varoufakis. It is one of those books that I probably wouldn't have read in physical book form, but it provides so much insight into the world that we live in today - and why things are such a mess. It describes how the power structure of the wealthy works together to suffocate the less powerful. It may not be as enthralling as non-stop action - but the things I learned have stayed with me long after I've forgotten the Stephen King stories.
The NSA did that, they literally intercepted routers en route. I'm guessing other agencies have too.

Or you can just use the default credentials Cisco is addicted to leaving in their code.
I'm sorry, I can't understand what you're trying to argue at this point. My argument is simply that LetsEncrypt doesn't depend on DNSSEC, and, indeed, it does not.
I just thought that was phrased as if it were a necessary requirement for the attack, rather than a description of a likely approach. I could also see a scenario where only the occasional unit was bugged, and then an agent at the distributor made sure the right customers received the bugged units.

Thank you for writing your article! I'm currently a bit out of the security headspace and reading the Bloomberg article had me scratching my head like what are the actual details here.
GitHub has enough information that it could surface that better. It's a useful feature request.
Slightly on topic, afaik, techcrunch does not adhere to GDPR rules. It forces me to consent to ads and ad tracking while denying me the option to withheld my consent.
> America wasn't like this 20 years ago.

20 years ago was 1998, the year Clinton was impeached - the politics were just as slimy 20 years ago, the reality of it was just not as readily at our fingertips as it is today.
American Express gives out credit cards like candy. We make 600/month and Amex have us 40k in credit. It’s aslo cheaper than their offering.

It looks like an interesting product, but I’m surprised that Chase or Amex hasn’t attacked the market segment.
Also, US to allow cars without turn signals. Automakers are excited to reduce cost for this unused system.
The key term was dictatorship, not totalitarian, China under the communist party has always been totalitarian.

You don't need a dictatorship for horrific things to occur.
Looks like things are still compiled to Dalvik bytecode for distribution, but get recompiled to native code upon installation. I didn't know that; I don't follow Adnroid closely, so the particulars of the runtime aren't something I'm familiar with. Still, TIL. Thanks!
Sure, you sync them locally with e.g. offlineimap, and specify a "remotepasseval" key in your config which can invoke a command that invokes whatever password manager you use, same for sending.

I don't do this and just keep my password in plain-text and use full-disk-encryption, because I don't want to have to be constantly unlocking a keyring to have some background E-Mail syncing job work.
Re: https://www.riskiq.com/blog/labs/magecart-newegg/

Newegg has not said anything about this to me, nor explained why after a Newegg transaction my card was cancelled defensively and reissued.

I haven't been able to trust Newegg in a very long time, which is sad. They used to be the gold standard, now it's a decrepit pit of dropshipping garbage.
How about we take a look at the relationship of the size of an original tweet and click-bait headlines? Twitter wasn't the beginning, it was just a massive next step on click-bait to get eyeballs on ads. It has evolved to the point of punditry and playing to "your" audience and being actually false. Hey, at least "Headless Body found in Topless Bar" was accurate.
And it doesn't have the best track record[1]

[1] https://www.wired.com/2014/06/infiniti-q50-steer-by-wire/
'primary passenger' then. And my initial thought was that there should be two consoles, then I reverted back to a single console for the driver without making the final leap to, 'oh wait, there is no driver'.
True that, if could with the pants down a carrier is nothing more than a big target. There is alo an example (no source, sorry) of a German sub surfacing next to a US carrier, within the inner defense ring, suring an exercise.

But all that only works of the carrier is caught flat footed. To stay in the metaphor, the carrier "automotive industry" is no longer flat footed. Partol aircraft and choppers are deployed and the defenses are up.

By the way, I like that image, fits the business world much bettwr than the proverbial tanker vessel for big co.
> unreliability

of what? The entertainment? If having two screens reduces the safety of the vehicle, it isn't a vehicle I want to be in.
I think the internet creates instability at least partially because 1. Anonymity/distance lets people say things they would never dare say in person and 2. Most people naturally perceive others' internet comments as if they were said in person.

It takes a conscious effort to desensitize yourself to the raw bluntness found in heated online discussions, and many people never get to that point. So controversial topics frequently lead to nasty positive feedback loops that would have never occured in a face to face conversation.
No, there's a very long history of political assassinations, civil wars, etc. all of which predate Twitter. Everything is just more public now.
Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that the attack was with a passive. Clearly, this package is shown to have logic. But it was meant to look as if it were a passive. In some cases surface mount, but in truly devious ones it's much better hidden.
9/10 on mental gymnastics.

> Israel kills and injures 100s of Palestinians, Palestinians try to stop angry mob. Somehow Israel is not at fault.

the palestineans actions were so virtuous, yet they found the need to break the reporter's camera, and threaten the italian news agency into not reporting about the lynch.

you may claim that the IDF committed crimes (a discussion for another time) but lynching is at the same level as cannibalism.
one thing is mistreating/torturing/executing a POW. another is lynching two people, telling the wife of one of them from his cell phone "we are killing your husband" and then raising your blood drenched hands from the window greeting the cheering crowd below.
LIDL's "chef to go" is an indirect one yet focus on quality. Their elctronic brand "Silvercrest", while long being low quality crap, is now trying to focus on being "as good for cheaper" and is succeeding (they're getting great results with their cooking "robot" at half the price of competitors)
That portion is pretty much toothless without any concrete definition of "reasonable". The password provisions have some merit though:

Subject to all of the requirements of subdivision (a),
if a connected device is equipped with a means for
authentication outside a local area network, it shall be
deemed a reasonable security feature under subdivision (a)
if either of the following requirements are met:

(1) The preprogrammed password is unique to each device manufactured.

(2) The device contains a security feature that requires
a user to generate a new means of authentication
before access is granted to the device for the first time.

Even this can be weaseled out of for most consumer IoT products as they aren't typically intended for direct access from outside the LAN.
All those things exist. A HANS device, a good bucket seat and a good harness do what you're asking.
There are many, many name brands that do not allow sale of their products on Amazon.
Or walmart bans him. He already got banned from Target.
Sorry I meant Post & Polk, I mixed up the streets.

Halal Green Apple Market, 1042 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109
And of course, you'd want to ensure that the helper-agent'ss audio-cues remain pleasant to human ears – and not just computer-to-computer screeches.

To achieve this, you'd add yet another adversarial agent, that's trying to discriminate original audio from the helper-enhanced audio – without access to the video.

Only audio-help that successfully fools this 3rd agent, and is thus relatively-indistinguishable from the unassisted-audio, gets added to the game.
How many people/resources does twitter have on staff specifically dedicated to coddling the POTUS?

Given that twitter has achieved a defacto ligitimized status as a mouthpiece of US policy - how should it be viewed/regulated/handled differently, if any?

Also - what efforts is twitter taking to use the fact that POTUS has compulsive tweeting issues to sell the service to less sophisticated power systems in the world.

Are people in other countries, namely more developing countries, encouraged by twitter to use twitter as an official messaging system for their political machinations?

I mean, the philippines is one of the most connected-via-mobile developing nations, with a large population in the US and a very western society -- is twitter attempting to be an official platform in the philippines? I would expect so.

What about other nations?

Then, when they are a defacto standard medium for power structures communicating to their populations, then what standards is twitter held to? What implications does/will this have?
No, I mean there's more stuff that can break.
That's only one way to assess reality. There are other ways, just as valid. We're not in a debate club here.
You'd be surprised. Self driving cars will have their AI-winter time soon (not to imply that they hit the spotlight yet)
> You need to do the indexing with a timer in Emacs, and because Emacs is single-threaded this blocks things / slows down the UI.

It's worth noting that multithreading recently landed in Emacs master, so it's now possible to avoid this sort of problem.
Presumably that's because techcrunch doesn't operate in the EU and aren't bound by their regulations.
Without any analysis, this "seems" to be somewhat spurious.

TL;DR: Default RNGs aren't generally cryptographically random.

That said, the human mind is good at finding patterns where there aren't any, e.g., apophenia, pareidolia, etc.
I also liked that TWD was narratively focused and more about dialogue and moral dilemmas than puzzles; puzzles in adventure games almost always feel artificial to me. I just wish TWD's dilemmas had resulted in more varied consequences, and of course more plot branching.
I find quite the opposite. I wouldn't go back to fingerprint. I wished that my macbook had faceid.
> it's hard to remember a box going down unless I commanded it to

This could be a form of the law-of-large-numbers at work. If each customer only has a single box, and the failure rate is .1%, then 999 customers will never have a failure to remember, compared to the 1 who will.

What does it look like if each customer has 1000 boxes?
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I think you meant "non-synchronized transmissions".
That's not even remotely true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire
Take a look at ASpeed (BMC supplier) stock movement: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/5274.TWO/chart?p=5274.TWO
Yeah, it's cool to see a budget. But then it's puzzling because I don't know what a marketing team does besides advertise.
For me personally zero downtime upgrades are a little beyond the scope of "personal project" and veering into something more production quality.

If I really had to for one of these, I'd probably just do something at the loadbalancer to start routing users to the new container stack then shutdown the old ones, much as you might have in the pre-container days. I can just wait the old fashioned way (by sitting in my chair for a minute) for them to start.
Friends close, enemies closer. The UN has a long history of trying to promote human rights through engagement because it is generally more successful than the alternatives. Trying to overlay interpersonal morality onto geopolitics leads to some pretty dark places.
Many/most AWS customers use ssh sessions to interact with their allocated nodes. And when it's not ssh traffic, it's often https. What good does it do to detect the bad traffic if you can't distinguish it from legitimate customer traffic?

> has to travel over wire as TCP/IP,

BTW, this is not the case. If exfil via conventional system networking is too hard to avoid detection, they'll find another channel. RF via LOS, ultrasonic, or some of a million other ideas.
The front page of Hacker News the day Steve Jobs died
If you're looking for another option check what Costco carries. They seem pretty good to me (certainly better than what I've seen in many medical offices) and when I was price shopping a bit they turned out to be well priced.
Sorry, I meant that they looked and felt quite similar to the user.
That's true. IIRC XP wasn't really good until sometime after SP2 (which caused its own headaches).