skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> promote a dialogue

Well, the dialogue here is pretty clear: Using their panopticon collection of personal data to infer who and where you live with is creepy. People don't like this idea. Maybe they shouldn't do it.

I know patents often aren't something you ever actually plan to do, but I'm not sure what you want here. Everyone to just quietly ignore this because it's only a patent?
There is no credible documentation of EURISKO's achievements. No one has every actually seen EURISKO's source code except for Lenat.

Despite huge advances in technology, in computational power, and in the amount of engineers and grad students thrown at these problems, the magical reasoning feats have never been reproduced by anyone else - not even by Lenat's much more expensive project Cyc.

What's more, Lenat did not give a consistent account of the Traveler tournament. One time he claimed "ninety-six ships in Eurisko’s fleet, most of which were slow and clumsy because of their heavy armor", other times he would claim the winning strategy was "astronomical number of small ships like P.T. boats, with powerful weapons but absolutely no defense and no mobility".

The most probable explanation is that there's more myth than truth in the stories about EURISKO.

(on a less serious note, the jargon file entry for "bogosity" references Lenat; see http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003515.h...)
He wasn't a reporter at all; he leaked the Pentagon Papers to the NY Times (among others) which then published articles and excerpts.
That entire site looks like tabloid fodder.
Are you implying the recent NY Times piece or this patent are not news-worthy? Or not technically relevant?
Oh come on, they pled no such thing...must we constantly do this with Facebook? There's nothing about the comment that's absurd or out of touch with reality, they're just expressing exasperation at the utterly repetitive deluge of news about Facebook and the incessently rehashed discussion that follows.

I can understand going over these talking points when a sprawling piece of investigative journalism with legitimately new information is published. But we have to do this song and dance when Buzzfeed searches Google Patents with the keyword "Facebook" now too? How many patents do you think Facebook has that would draw the conspiratorial ire of HN? We'll be here day in and day out for months.

While we're at it, for those downvoting - why don't you take a close look at all the similar patents registered by every tech company that competes with Facebook. Every large tech company has patents like these. This is not news, this is just outrage bait.
[typo note its 2^N quantum amplitudes]

A clear description but potentially very misleading and one that will certainly screw up your intuition about what to expect from quantum computers.

As pointed out below, a classical probability distribution of N bits is a 2^N dimensional vector of real numbers. There are many very good reasons to think of the quantum state as "more like" this classical vector than the physical state of the "N classical bits" themselves.

Here is one:

- If I send you the physical systems which encode N classical bits then sure enough, I can communicate to you only N classical bits of information despite it taking exponentially many real parameters to specify the distribution/state I prepared them in.

- If I send you the physical systems which encode N quantum bits then sure enough, I can communicate to you only N classical bits of information despite it taking exponentially many real parameters to specify the distribution/state I prepared them in.

There are many other reasons to think of quantum states as not "inherently real" and more like the classical probability distribution. A key one is that both "instantaneously collapse" when you get information about the outcome of an observation.

The issue of course is that while we know the "real states of the world are" of a conventional computer, nobody agrees on what (if any) they are for quantum systems (though many constraints on such purported real states are known, I write about some of them in _Q is for Quantum_)
No one is logically omniscient. And it shouldn't be a reason to not regulate just because we could have regulated sooner.
> Mind = blown

Sounds like they put the MRI machine on the wrong setting.
Our daughter's doctor recommended a blood test for a possible minor condition she has. We said, sure, without thinking that it was something special. We received a bill for $5k and the insurance only paid $3k of it.

You'd think that for such an expensive test, the doctor or his staff would have a policy of getting our specific sign-off on the cost.
Oklahoma public schools have gone downhill so rapidly that past experience is unfortunately no guide to the present.
To be fair, this is survivor bias in the purest sense. There is an elegance in respecting one's choice, but most suicidal people are instead in need of sincere help and understanding, the ideal policy is likely to assume it would be regretted in the scheme of possible futures.
Agreed. Also, now if any other Big-N company is willing to offer about the same compensation as fb, people will be more inclined to leave fb because of the joke their product and mission have become.
>Corporations should have my permission in order to store, process and sell information about me.

Yes, but it's not exactly that simple if they're inferring details about me based on information that I've given them permission to use.
"Pay is determined chiefly by supply and demand in the labor market. Jobs that are more fun pay less because the supply of workers is higher. Fairness is literally not part of this equation."

I think the implication is that society and technology have advanced to the point where, ostensibly, work that can't be automated away should be work that would demand a living wage. If it's tenable for my job to still exist, it's tenable for it to pay me enough to live. If it doesn't... well, that would be less a function of higher level characterizations of the economy or any individual job and more a function of the basic availability of food and housing, anyway. If there isn't enough food and housing, people start dying, but since there does seem to be enough of those, what is happening?

I work retail full-time. It's definitely not "fun," and I definitely can't afford to carry my own weight; I have to rely on family to make ends meet, and I know people who rely on welfare. In regards to the time and opportunity cost of working that job in relation to compensation, it is unfair (imbalanced), but the situation emerges from a context defined by labor's complete lack of leverage, juxtaposed with the, perhaps, overcompensation of the people who support us, encompassed by our mutual desire for society to not collapse.

I think it's funny that you mention $50/hr for delivering papers as if we should be aghast at the mere thought. If it's a job that needs to be done to secure the solvency of the overall business, and that's what it costs to live in the area where whoever holds that job must live, then... that's the going rate. If someone can live on less, they get the job and are paid less. If the business can't afford to pay a full time wage for a full-time paperboy (or a commensurate wage for a part-time one), maybe we don't need or can't afford paperboys. But as a society, at some point it would be prudent to look around and see whether the way people are living is sustainable, or if, say, the inopportune removal of a welfare or familial wealth Jenga brick would cause the entire tower to collapse into, like, tent cities or whatever.
> They do this thing all the time in India for COBRA bites and it's not even close to being that expensive.

US Pharma would say because India doesn't care about medical patents and R&D cost. (Not saying I agree at all, but that's the excuse given)
Why is it such a mystery that men kill themselves at much higher rates than women? Humans have twice as many female ancestors as male. Why? Half of the men in each generation have their genes exterminated by hypergamous sexual selection. When you consider that the correlation between IQ and success is 0.5, this explains why IQs have been rising 3 points every 10 years globally. Given the horror of circumstances facing the half of the men who lose the genetic lottery each generation, its surprising that the suicide rate among men is not far higher than it actually is.
Could I take results from a pulse ox to a random urgent care clinic doctor and get an RX for an APAP? I would totally do that. I'm actually totally fine with paying out of pocket.

(I'm not really that resistant to doing an in-home sleep study, for what it's worth.)
You left off teen fertility rate.
Stop whining.

It's a shit organization. FB isn't working to fix their issues. Their DNA is to unethically acquire and sell as much data as possible. No one is saying that everyone who works there is shit. The truth, however, is that they all did make a decision to work there knowing what their company peddles. They, like you, are adults who get to live with the consequences of that decision.
USB-C cable shopping is still a nightmare for consumers
I was sarcastic. I just don't get how hypocritical it is to claim how bad socialized healthcare is while maintaining socialized healthcare for one of their favored groups (the military). I am sure the VA has its problems but I rarely hear a vet say they want to abolish the VA and enjoy the freedoms of the US healthcare market.
You'd think "Quality of Life" would have a little more weight... I mean... what else is there?!
I 'd say mildly cool use of technology, considering the current state of machinelearning this doesnt seem groundbreaking. the creepiness depends on how it is going to be used. As I am not a facebook user, this FB-phobia seems a little bizarre to me. I am certainly not for throwing out all tech because of possible creepiness.
The statement implies that by "Earth's center" the authors mean the center of mass, that being the point about which the body as a whole rotates.

The oceans however are part of Earth's mass, and kept in motion relative to the crust by tidal forces from the moon. This too, the piece neglects.

Calculation of the magnitude of tidal effect might be a fun exercise for someone whose calculus skills are less atrophied than my own ...
Heads ought to roll at Facebook over the Soros smear – starting with Zuck'sI’ll
TiDB is a distributed HTAP database compatible with the MySQL protocol
fun fact: Julian Assange was an early NetBSD developer. Long live proff@ ;)
Yes, none of those scenarios apply to assange. How does it matter if he has visited the US at some point in the past. It would be hilarious if he gets charged with treason. That might encourage MBS to charge Erdogan with treason!
>This is supposed to be a community for hackers.

Yes exactly. A community where privacy is a major concern.
Any citation for your opinion because you're completely full of shit.

HN is completely owned by pro to government assets. Fuck this community and the highly bias moderators.
>I know we're collectively no fans of anecdata but I get a strong feeling that attitudes to typical work are changing, that jobs are making more people miserable

I tend to agree. My parents have completely different stories about their experiences with work 40 years ago. Much less stress, better pay, more mentorship, less competition, and lower demands generally. I’m sure part of that’s nostalgia, but nearly everyone I talk to seems to be miserable at their job anymore. There are rarely people who say they enjoy their job and want to do that exact thing until they retire.
A massive change: Nations will vote to redefine the kilogram
Maybe they finally broke enough things.
That story may be true, but even if it is, your belief that it is common enough to merit being a meaningful driver of increasing suicide rates is a heavy indication that your views are wildly off base.
Whoa. The #1 state in this report is Iowa.
Hmm. Maybe time to... check out Iowa.
Not OP, but I live in Boston and make a little north of that. Not Google/FB/etc. TBH, I'm as close to a "typical new grad" as you can get IMO.
What is the last time you traveled on an airplane? In flight wifi is pretty routine now, aircraft have lots of infrastructure to enable this. It would definitely be possible to adapt that hardware to connect to the satellite system launched by SpaceX instead, all it would take is a different antenna and radio system that the Sat operator would be happy to provide.
Part of the problem is that hospitals don't disclose prices before performing services

Even my vet gives an estimate before treatment -- with a "low", "typical" and "high" estimates. I have to sign off on it before they'll provide treatment.

Why can't hospitals do the same for non-emergency care?
FB should be renamed to EvilCorp...
This is a fascinating and insightful analysis.
Exactly - the catch is, you have to live in Tulsa...
> It's more about sharing your life with someone than getting chores done.

I agree, but it's also about those things as well and has been since time immemorial. When those things go away, is it surprising when people settle for relationships over the complexities of marriage?

> I've been in some bands that would get hired for weddings, and the most beautiful weddings I've been at were DIY affairs done at home on the cheap, but with sincere feelings and meaning. My own wedding was pulled off on the low end of the price scale. We hired a waterside Chinese restaurant, got good fuss-free catering, and got the day-of coordinator and linens for free. I hired musicians I knew and we went and got orchids from a nursery and bought our own drinks from Costco.

That sounds great!
In that case you're probably better off w/ a cronjob that checks Shodan for information on your IP once a day. Doing direct IP lookups is free so you wouldn't need to pay. You won't get the immediate, real-time feedback but it's fairly straight-forward to do a daily IP lookup.

You could also change/ update your private firehose every day though that would require a bit more technical skill. You could basically do:

MYIP=`shodan myip`
shodan alert create home-network $MYIP
shodan stream --alerts=all

That would create an alert for your current IP and then subscribe to any events.
Edit: I misread your message, so you have obviously layed bricks before. I'm now super interested to know how you think it would be helpful to have the machine place the bricks on the wall. I just can't see it myself (yes, I know bricks are heavy, but I can't see how this significantly improves the situation because I don't think it will put the bricks where you want them).

I'm not sure if you've layed bricks before, so you might not be aware of how difficult it is to apply the cement. You have to put on just the right amount. There can't be any air bubbles. You have to level it perfectly (or it can actually cause structural problems). It's a very skilled job.

It's this why I can't quite figure out what this machine is actually useful for. In order to cement the brick, you have to pick it up anyway. You can't just slop on some cement, plop the brick on top, pour cement down the cracks and move on. You have to put the cement down on the lower brick, place the brick on the cement, seat it, measure the level, seat it again (maybe removing some cement), put cement on the side and the adjacent lower brick, slide the next brick into place, seat it in both direction, measure the level, adjust, ensure the gap is correct, adjust, etc, etc.

The machine just doesn't do what you need for laying bricks. It would be better just to pile them up at your feet. It's very cool, but the hard part really is cementing the bricks -- and it's even hard for humans to do correctly. If you are building something large like a house, you can have some pretty bad problems if you get it wrong.
> The article is likely referring to the estimated dry prominence of Mauna Kea.

It's talking around a mountain's "surrounding base" which is a related concept but doesn't take you in the absurd direction of 'drawing a circle around yourself in the challenger deep and claiming everything else is part of Everest'.

There is no precise definition of surrounding base, but Denali, Mount Kilimanjaro and Nanga Parbat are possible candidates for the tallest mountain on land by this measure. The bases of mountain islands are below sea level, and given this consideration Mauna Kea (4,207 m (13,802 ft) above sea level) is the world's tallest mountain and volcano, rising about 10,203 m (33,474 ft) from the Pacific Ocean floor. Ojos del Salado has the greatest rise on Earth—13,420 m (44,029 ft) from the summit[citation needed] to the bottom of the Atacama Trench about 560 km (350 mi) away, though most of this rise is not part of the mountain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains_on_E...
I'm saying there's nothing more for us to say about Facebook that's going to be productive, and that we should at least respect the people who work there enough to stop dragging them through the mud five times a day.
I'm not the commenter you're replying to, but I would personally ask folks to not post these kinds of articles. In contrast I like the recent NYTimes piece, "Delay, Deny, Deflect" about Facebook.

But this? This isn't news. Do you know how many patents Facebook has? Do you know how many it - or any other large tech company - has that would form the basis of a similar article? What are we getting out of this? It's not like we didn't know they have these kinds of patents. Go look at Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple's patents.
He's always been free to go, just that he'd likely to be arrested.

Unclear what article you are referring to in the 'staying for attention' reference.
Google Nest having a major outage right now
I thought you meant some kind of direct passenger connection. I think airplanes already use satellites for the internet connection, no? In any case , i dont see the huge benefit here: they will still all be sharing the same routers and probably have the same connection speed.
Can you say for the same for every single member of your household?
It’s almost like there could be multiple contributing factors and there’s not a simple explanation.
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> I love the pricing model.

I'm sure it's lovely, but where is it? I can't see any mention of pricing in the blog entry, or in https://meta.sr.ht/, and the top hit in Google for "sr.ht pricing" is... your comment.
Jordan from Standard here. The overhead camera approach is definitely more challenging. We've been able to achieve high accuracy nonetheless. The proofs in the pudding though, of course, which is why we opened a store in SF last month! On the flip side, by using overhead cameras only and avoiding lining the shelves with expensive sensors, we're able to deliver a cheaper and more flexible system. Ultimately that means rolling out to more stores, faster.
How is being a Russian asset a crime? Even if he released only documents provided by the Russians and ignored other ones (which is debatable), how is that bad as long as said documents are not forged?
Good on you. I hope it takes.

And yeah, I believe that we are legit powerless to do anything about it. No party is a peace/non-intervention party.

I don’t think that most Americans support the war aspect of the machine. It’s apathy for some and learned helplessness for others.
I’ve defended FB plenty of times on HN, mostly because I’ve managed to use it in moderation, to keep up distant friebdships without getting caught in the daily newsfeed grind. But the assertion that “We’re already all well aware” of FB’s issues is just horseshit. Until the NYT published their months long investigation, FB’s leadership wasn’t apparently aware that the PR firm it hired was throwing around the Soros trope to discredit its critics. FB has had plenty of days to bask in positive press, as its past stock performance shows. That it now takes its lumps over damaging revelations is not reason to cry for sympathy.
Agree, while not exactly the same I’d add up overdoses and compare both groups.
Thanks for posting your experience.

I use a full face mask (Resmed thing). It has one hose connected to the center of the mask. I'm able to sleep on either side (side sleeper by preference). My pillow doesn't interact with the centrally-located hose.
His argument is pretty poor. He refers to the threshold theorem which does rely on certain assumptions, and then claims that these assumptions cannot be satisfied in practice. This is apparently because "continuous quantities can be neither measured nor manipulated exactly", however this ISN'T an assumption of the threshold theorem. In fact the whole premise of the threshold theorem is that they can't. It's a straw man argument, the same one he's been making since the 1990s.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance
My wife loves mine. Makes me stop snoring. She doesn't like the comfortable masks because they leak more (which makes a rushing noise).

She'll wake me up and make me wear it if I don't.
Well after reaching the bottom of philosophical non cognizance, most people come to realize that being happy is nice and that we should try to do that. So maybe just trying to be happy and help others be happy is a decent worldview.
Whatever you have to tell yourself to keep believing what you do.
Surely using some index devised by soulless accountants that never heard of snow.
This is cool. I wouldn't have to tag people as mom, son, etc. My photos would be auto-categorized. If the kids are home and the thermostat is up that's fine. If not, it's not.

Yeah, definitely cool.
> But if "all a man is, is what others say of him," then by watching the news, Assange is just a Russian agent.

One of the most interesting aspect of the assange story is how the news industry celebrated assange in the early part of the 2010s and then started to demonize him in the past few years. It was all so sudden as if someone flipped a switch and everyone got on the same message.

It's also interesting how sexual assault accusations were used to take down assange just like it was used for kavanaugh.
Most companies file patents for various reasons, even eithout actually having the invention implemented. Often times, there is compensation for the employee in case one is filed
>Though he [Steve Jobs] could not code

Right, I'm going to throw a MASSIVE [citation needed] here.
What are the planned charges likely to be for?

My understanding is that the original leaks were likely to be difficult to win a case over. His actions during the 2016 election campaign maybe a different story though. It's unclear exactly what he is alleged to have done.
I also like how DFeed looks. It's written in D and simultaneously serves forums, mailing lists, IRC and (lol) Usenet; all on an SQLite backend. It's also compiled to machine code, so it's pretty fast:

https://forum.dlang.org/
What NFL rule changes handicapped defenses, just curious?
Yeah, copy-pasted the wrong title and by the time I noticed, it was too late to edit. :)
Jenks High School class of 2016, MIT class of 2020. Honestly, Jenks was an incredible high school to go to since it was public; having a $20M Math and Science center let me go to places like MIT.
"Technical" is part of the excuse... Don't pretend that the "only" reason a company chooses to not do something is "technical".

As I said... there are many reasons - and a company exists to make money.

If they decide not to do something that doesn't make them money? It's not a hard reason to see why...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/julia...