skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
See also

"List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots (eff.org)"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14501894

and

"Why printers add secret tracking dots (bbc.com)"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14505444
My first thought is to just modify the CSS on the next and previous divs that are pasted over the pictures in galleries to shrink them so I can just do the normal right click. That's the actual issue the picture isn't the top element so right click doesn't work. Till now I've been doing basically what it DOM Inspector looks like using Chrome's inspect element. It's a bit annoying to have to do every time though.
Pretty much. Their design isn't just bad, it's perfectly bad.

No content structure. No context. No sense of "discussion spaces". No way to post longer, more nuanced messages. Encourages garbage in messages. (Tags, emojis, @something should be external. The more stuff like that you put in message, the less they look like actual statements made by people. This dehumanizes authors in subtle but extremely important ways.)

People always underestimate the extent to which UI design and content structure drive communication tone. Sure, just because some website is messy doesn't mean it will immediate make everyone a jerk, but this stuff has cumulative effect. As a way of example: try to write a long paper letter to someone by hand. You will immediately see how that changes the way you think.

Also, people should check out Jaron Lanier's talks on why everyone should delete their social media accounts. He doesn't talk about UI, but he makes some great points about economic incentives, behaviorism and emergent properties of ad-driven online economies.
https://medium.com/@alexfclayton/elastic-ipo-s-1-breakdown-1...
an interesting, yet somewhat unrelated thing that came through this article was the market cap's graph of some big names like Microsoft, Amazon,Oracle, VMware and Red Hat.
(https://a16zpeter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/peterlevine1.p...)

it mentions in 2014, their Market cap was:
- Microsoft: ~$300B
- Amazon: ~$160B
- Oracle: $160B
- VMware: $40B
- Red Hat: $10B

I'm not sure how true this was back in 2014, but the current market cap 4 years later for these companies is as follows:

- Microsoft: ~$833B (177% increase)
- Amazon: ~$803B (400%)
- Oracle: $181B (13%)
- VMware: $60B (50%)
- Red Hat: $30B (200%)

it's incredible to see in the same period of time just how massive both Microsoft and Amazon have been able to perform (market wise at least) and specifically the hockey stick market cap of Amazon in that time frame...
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You had me at,

"people on Reddit, 4chan and elsewhere manage to identify Twitter accounts from anonymized screenshots in mere minutes in order to have a constructive discussion".

I assume you mean doxing and stalking. These are the instigators and manipulators... maybe they're the dangerous harassers, but most of the mob can't be bothered.
This is a garbage article. It reads as a commercial and not an informed technical piece.

As I understand it, according to this article, netflix is 90% complex services that have nothing to do with node. All this article is describing is adding an additional layer in front of those services, which uses a hosted solution that abstracts away servers.

So it sounds like by-and-large netflix still uses traditional solutions.

So what's not clear from the article:

1. Why node?

2. Why add a layer at all? I don't see why UI A/B testing couldn't be handled with truly front-end changes. Does this somehow enable A/B tests on TV apps, for example?

3. How does this play with traditional version-control? (e.g. in a post-mortem if you need to see who changed something, and who approved it, is there a written log? And merge conflicts?)

4. Does this add a new single-point-of-failure?
>I find myself more often just biting the bullet and re-buying some old classics when they get "Enhanced" editions (ala Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment, etc)--even though I still have the original CD's kicking around--just so I get native Linux support.

I think it's a good thing to do anyways. It shows that there's a solid market interest in gaming on Linux.
A lot of people ignore their work announcements because "they dont really care" about their jobs/companies (except for the paycheck to cover health/mortgage).. Why should an employee be fully engaged at work when she/he is just a "disposable" part of a machine and can be let go at any time (and should be ok with it because this is how it always was done)?

Ummm they really think company wide emails (that are often pushed to personal cell phones) are not enough? Now lets see it in the browser tab as well? Really? Whats next? Automatically engraved announcements on coworkers foreheads?

The problem is NOT that people "dont have an opportunity to see the announcements" - the problem is that people are not really interested in their jobs. Make job interesting to an employee and truly care about an employee (prove it by action) then people will be more engaged at work!

"Of the country’s approximately 100 million full-time employees, 51 percent aren’t engaged at work -- meaning they feel no real connection to their jobs, and thus they tend to do the bare minimum...Another 16 percent are “actively disengaged” ... feel their needs aren’t being met at work etc."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-so-many-americans-hate-thei...
I'm really hoping that this will change soon. The fact that AMD's making competent CPUs again is such a relief that I ended up upgrading to an 8 core Ryzen 2700X from a 4790k. I got a Vega64 knowing that it won't be as fast as a 1080ti, but still adequate. I don't like nvidia. I'm really hoping that once AMD starts regaining some more satisfying market share then they'll do whatever they can to get Radeon Technologies Group to be competitive again.
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I agree. I used to build my own PCs and I was a big-time PC gamer, but these days I struggle to find the energy for it. I recently bought an Xbox One for $200, which is half what my PC GPU cost. Not to mention I prefer working on a laptop, but laptops that have beefy GPUs and CPUs tend to be heavier and more expensive with worse battery life. So to play PC games, I have to have a desktop in addition to my laptop, which doubles the cost and in effect just turns my desktop into a really expensive and oversized game console anyway.

It's so much easier and cheaper and convenient to have one box dedicated to playing games and one box dedicated to doing work. Instead of a $2000 laptop or a $1000 laptop and a $1000 desktop, I can have a $1000 laptop and a $200 Xbox.

It's a shame the "PC Master Race" thing has become such a meme lately to fragment and radicalize the gaming community. All I care about is playing video games to relax and enjoy myself. It doesn't matter one bit how I accomplish that goal.
The problem of investment in the world of open source software is a difficult one. What company wants to pay for improvements when they know competitors are going to get all the benefits of these investments too. It's one of these bad equilibrium, prisoner's dilemma, kind of situation.

In practice, the funding often comes from those people or companies that more urgently need the improvements or those that are pushed by end users who are willing to pay a premium to avoid lock-in. There is a longer tail of users who free ride and pay nothing for improvements.

Even businesses that support open source, at any moment in the future, have strong incentives to use network effects to steer their customers into more subjugated positions and adopt proprietary non standard or non open systems, or to sell themselves to businesses that will do that.

The coagulation of tech companies in a few large players is a sign that this may be happening right now.

I wonder if there are ways to promote wider investment in open source and open standards technology that benefit more people and get us into better economic Nash equilibria.
Place and route tool is different and IPs might use different memory and multiplier macros depending on technology. Serdes transceives will also be different. Ideally this is all hidden from the integrator by parameter selecting technology.

Linting tools, simulation tools, formal verification and synthesis tools are all the same. Verification methodology is also the same.
That might be the simple answer for Twitter, but the simple answer for everyone else is to avoid Twitter. It should be clear thst broadcasting yourself thst way is inherently unwise in most cases, and that’s even before you add in the toxic community and “engagement first” platform.
The GURPS role playing system uses the term indefatigable as part of its game mechanics. Additionally, the Film Reroll Podcast uses GURPS as their game system. My guess is that OP either has played GURPS or listened to the Film Reroll.

Also OP could just be really well read.

Personally, I'm glad to see indefatigable in the wild (at least more in the wild than a game system and a pod cast). I think the word is really cool and I haven't found an opportunity to use it myself.
While 4K is still somewhat far away on a reasonable set-up, a surprisingly large amount of games can comfortably push 3440x1440@60.
The taxpayers are the responsible ones, while the bankers are not. I agree with you.
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Realistically if a restaurant uses one delivery service then it's pretty easy to start being on another. So as I've seen most restaurants have one or more such services plastered on their walls.
that seems... extreme.
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the problem is that people dont want to read these announcements. they mostly dont care. over 50% of working professionals are not satisfied with their jobs. why should they care about reading stupid company "announcements"?
Of course they will care, the point it to find solution to make it doesn't matter however they use the information. In case of universal health care, it doesn't matter if insurance company exclude you for pre existing condition or whatever, universal health care will cover you.
Certainly, you would think they ought to be regulated or constructed in such a fashion where taking down the entire world economy through their own greed should be impossible?

As it stands, they reap the profit in the good times, they get bailed out in the bad (and still make a profit I expect).

Essentially the taxpayer subsidises and protects one of the richest industries in the world from their own mistakes and greed.
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Jack constantly and consistently proves how out of touch he is with his own company and has listens to the worst advice from those activists he meets.
So, yes I've made xeyes in both X11/C and another language - it was part of a computer graphics course taken years ago, oddly enough, and it might have been PS, but I don't really remember. I did write one or two small programs in PS, I know that.

My point with the (imaginary) "zis" language is that comparing a domain-specific language like PS to C code is a strange comparison - not without merit, but PS is a higher level abstraction, which is great, but saying it is an amazing language because it is slightly easier than raw C is misleading. If I build up (or use) a nice library (and I'm not going to get pulled into defending X, I'm not as harsh as you on it, but it is ... painful ... to use - also, side note, I remember skimming through the Unix Haters Handbook when it came out, so I probably read your words back then, funny!) written in C, it is fair to compare that to PS.

I'd rather do it in OpenGL/C for instance, plus my version will be more performant. There's a reason that combination (or DirectX) is used in the vast majority of graphics software out there.
Why cannot we see how MEPs voted? Smearing them in local media for their votes would quickly put a stop to this and other nonsense being passed in EP. Without electronic vote tracking, MEPs are free to vote for lobbyists while sweet-talking the public.
...assuming you legally obtain the original server source code.
I still believe that this is 90% of "preppers". They study it for a week, make some arrangements an then just let it go. Revisit those arrangements once a year or so and you are golden.

Generally you aim at basics.

* About 3 weeks worth of food (2000 kcal/person/day)

* Week of water (gallon/person/day), some basic water filtration (Sawyer squeeze)

* Some preps may be more in line with local climate (backup heating for cold environments)

* Evacuation bags are very common and are also known as BOBs (but most are garbage with lots of guns and no water). Still good to make some with copies of important documents, some water and spare clothes. Just get your old spare bag and unused clothes, no need to overthink it.

* Think about having more first aid material and skills

* Hygiene can be pain once your toilet does not flush anymore and you can't wash your hands, make some arrangements for that too (ie. bucket and plastic bags are way better than nothing)

* I'd also consider tools, such as headlamp per person, other depends on location and needs. Axe can be useful even in city in case of earthquake. Fixed blade knife is probably most versatile tool and Morakniv companion for 15 USD is usually sufficient. But I would suggest some practice here too, you don't want to get cut during temporary service disruption.

Good luck. As German governmental pamphlet states "Germany is ready, when every German is ready". Replace with your own country :).
If you have a job for me, I'm happy to. :)
I don't think of subsequent HTTP versions as replacing the previous ones - merely augmenting.
Valve and steam are large enough to provide incentive themselves if they so choose.
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1) Florida

2) Sure, you can drive there. You can work there even. You can't combine them: working while having an out-of-state license is a crime.
Well, consider Bach then...
I use 'like' as a sort of bookmark, rather than to tell someone I like their tweet. For that reason it's rare that I 'like' a tweet. I can review my likes as a refined timeline, greatest hits. Guess I'll have to use the bookmarks.
Not reporting also limits backlash when preventable things happen. I don't see running a graphic picture to be substantially different than reporting the details on that guy the Sauidis sawed up. One man's bubble wrap is another man's sweeping things under the rug.
I am surprised that some aren't.
It is not tightly integrated. You can use it to play GOG games manually (from the command line) or using GameHub (https://github.com/tkashkin/GameHub).
Twitter doesn't even know the difference between RT and Like anymore... Like just means "RT, but lower chance it will show up in your followers timelines"
They claim their law applies to their citizens. Especially on the internet, where a company can be 'based' wherever will regulate them the least, this is a reasonable compromise.
If you're on an iPhone, you can use App Limits as a part of the iOS 12 Screen Time functionality.
In a right to work state, you could indeed walk in, terminate your employment, and file a patent later. You could then charge that company for that work. In civil court, it would be argued as to when you actually had the idea.

In these civil suits, the one with the most money wins, so you would still lose even if you indeed solved the problem after you left.

No need to defend those huge corporations. They're perfectly capable of bribing officials to screw over employees all by themselves.
This is a fair argument, but the solution isn't to just strip the employees right to own their own thoughts.

The specific problem seems to be about patents and trade secrets. If a contract covered those two things well, would an employer have legitimate cause to push further than that?
I imagine they do it as the only way to convey the human loss, without actually showing human body parts.
There's quite a wide range of what I tend to call "Cat TV" channels on Youtube. Our two cats are fans, quite happily watch birds/squirrels etc on YT .

Only thing I'd say is make sure that the screen you run it on can't be easily knocked over by a cat pouncing on it as they try to catch what's on screen.
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Beyond the giants the only thing the GDPR practically did was double the amount of cookie popups you see on the web, and the suppoused harsh consequences don't work if so many organizations are doing it that the bureaucracy can't keep up
I'm not in CS, but my understanding is that the CS dept has a historical relation with the FSF.
I remember not being able to play anything BattlEye because it breaks on a Windows Insider version late 2017, and stuck for half a year until the next stable update cycle. It’ll be a loooong time until they even consider to support anything remotely interesting at all.
If you presented the post-hoc changed contract as binding, I believe so. If you presented the post-hoc changed contract back to IBM and went "Hey, do you agree to an updated contract?" then you'd probably be laughed out of their office, but that's not a crime to ask them to update a contract.
Can't waive it, but they could charge €1 per year. I don't see why they couldn't do that.
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...and a massive plunge in real estate values would probably cause a lot of existing property owners to be upside-down on their holdings, forcing many to sell and/or default on their mortgage/debt repayments, which is sort of how this got started in the first place
Wasn't some sort of engineering-grade complex analysis part of your EE (undergraduate?) curriculum? I am sort of surprised Euler's formula would be a "secret weapon" in EE classes.
http://scalaquest.com/

thanks for the note! That is a bit of an oversight in the video.
I have about 200* followers and only about 5 or 6 that actually interact with me with responses or likes. I also block followers who don't seem like they are real people.

*edit... Originally said 300.
Yesterday I sent two GDPR requests to two companies that would not stop spamming our address with physical junk mail, addressed to us by name.

In the request I requested all the data they had on us, their reason for keeping it and how they obtained it.
Secondly, I demanded they remove us from all of their databases, including those of their vendors.

This is now my good right under the GDPR and I am very happy that these tools exist to allow simple citizens like me to reign in untouchable companies' use of my personal data. It measurably improves my life.

I don't see how the GDPR not preventing Google from harvesting website data is in any way relevant or a measure of GDPR usefulness.
Thank you! Looks very interesting. As for working with LLVM codegen libraries, would you recommend anything beyond the official docs? I found that most books for this sort of thing are based older APIs from a few versions ago.
I have succesfully used it to get my data removed from services where that would be impossible in the past (most notably, everyone who sends me emails that they feel I desire). There are more examples (like companies that finally have to think about what they're collecting and how), but on a personal level I think that's the most tangible and best one.

If people actually implemented a cookie banner that was compliant, I would like that they are there. Because that means I could filter them away and I could be safe in the knowledge there were no tracking cookies. As it stands, you can see a lot of angry people making things that sound acceptable in the US (by continuing to browse, you agree to [...]) but is actually just not compliant. That's a sad state of affairs, but it's not the fault of the GDPR in my view.
So we can merge exFAT support into the Kernel now? Microsoft loves Linux, right?
Android banking malware is on Google Play over month with over 10,000 installs
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There is no way to have a meaningful debate, much less a quality one, in a completely public forum. Half the time, participants don't even agree on the definition of words. Think "privilege" and "rights" for easy examples.

Then quality goes out the window when anybody from the mob can jump into your thread at any point, quibbling with words, accusing you of being Hitler, etc.

To have meaningful debate, you also need people who are seeking truth and are open to having their minds changed. Twitter (or modern politics in general) does not incentivize changing your mind, since anyone can screenshot some old Tweet, and now you're a flip-flopper. As if you're expected to emerge onto social media with a fully-formed worldview.

But it's not like politics has ever been a thoughtful, measured process. There are no good ol' days. The ballot box is a proxy for the musket and bayonet. When you vote, you are literally making an attempt to force the other half of society to do what you want. Life, liberty, and property are on the line, so politics will never be anything but conflict.
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Why does it require your private email addresses even?
It’s about anxiety management, not real preparedness. As far as I can tell, the majority of “preppers” achieve very little other than making themselves feel as though they’ve gained some control over an inherently unpredictable and uncontrollable world. A minority of preppers who form heavily armed communities and dedicate most of their lives to it do probably have an edge, but luck will still play an enormous factor and they’re sacrificing their lives today for an uncertain future.

My favorite though are the billionaires who think that they wouldn’t be the first against the wall if civilization collapsed, and really believe their holes in New Zealand will be more than their graves. Still, if it makes people feel better and they’re unable or unwilling to address the roots of their fear and anxiety, it’s pretty harmless in most cases.
I don’t think that there’s any reason we should expect HTTP/2 to ever be fully adopted, and it’s not really necessary. I am excited to see TLS adopted everywhere and ALPN, SNI available to everyone who needs it, but once you have ALPN you don’t need to adopt HTTP/2. You can just choose to make HTTP/2 available if you think it will help, and in the future you could choose to make HTTP/3 available as well.

As a website operator, the hard part of HTTP/2 was getting TLS certificiates. As an end-user, I'm just happy that popular web pages load faster. And if most of the world still uses HTTP 1.1 I won’t care.

Making a datagram-based protocol available will open up a ton of possibilities for cool realtime apps over HTTP. Currently you’re stuck with WebSockets or WebRTC and for some applications these solutions aren’t good enough.
Debian and Ubuntu still use it.
The exemption is very limited:

>Permitting access to the video game to allow copying and modification of the computer program to restore access to the game on a personal computer or video game console when necessary to allow preservation of the game in a playable form by an eligible library, archives, or museum, where such activities are carried out without any purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage and the video game is not distributed or made available outside of the physical premises of the eligible library, archives, or museum.

This is only for non-profit museums etc. so third party servers are still not legally allowed. It's a big step in the right direction and I think it's a good sign that one day we might get an exemption that allows third party servers for home play but it's not there quite yet. It also requires a statement saying the owner is abandoning support and it remains to be seen if the standard "we're shutting down all the servers required to play this game" will count legally or not.

[0] https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.g... pg 59