skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Portfolio or CV? Choose your side! Left Twix or Right Twix
Across the West powerful firms are becoming even more powerful
In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.
As an amateur radio operator, I struggle very often with noise-related issues. Nice tech. I'm used to see digital processing applying in this field, but never thought about applying machine learning. Feeling curious about learning about the technology some day, because, for me, based on the solutions I currently know, this seems, indeed, magic.
Roomi's fall from grace
>anyone can code up a system that uses a fingerprint as a username

Really? Please describe such a system. Will it use a photograph of the fingerprint? A hash value? What hash? How do you deterministically arrive at the exact same one each time, or do you plan to "change the user name every single time" and in that case what is the actual persistent pointer to the account/person? Do you expect people to then use that name in conversation or when they think about it?

See, this makes no sense. That's not what "user names" are, it doesn't have any of the properties humans ascribe to them.

>similarly, lots of applications use the fingerprint as both username and password

Name them. Name one, for that matter.

You seem very, very confused about all this but at this point I really don't know how to make it any clearer for you.
but jews DO make up a majority of the top 1%. it doesn't have to be hatred against jewish people. its just talking about the facts. sounds like textbook social justice.

I don't agree with it, but i see the hypocrisy in being able to talk about whites (who make up the majority of the top 10%), but not the jews (who make up a majority of the top 1%).

I'm in the camp that recognizes success, but seeks to be associated with it and emulate it rather than "dog-whistle" as you say (I work at a jewish company)
Not pedantic, it's exactly the issue. Single word dismissals are intellectually dishonest and particularly inappropriate for HN.
Yeah, it sounds like he was going somewhere - or have a point, but lost it - or thought they finished but didnt. The question is, so what penalty for a homeless person would help them to re-align their values (or help rehabilitate them)?
> Or non-jewish liberal billionaire philanthropists NOT being attacked despite contributing on the same scale as George Soros.

Bill Gates.
Probably because they want actual raises over time instead of the promises of increasing pension pay, which as have many found out is just a lie. Even big companies like GM, promised good pensions years ago, hit a double and got rapid inflation to make the pension payments a fraction of what they were expected to cost, then decided it wasn't enough and went for a triple by successfully lowering pensions for people that have already long retired, bought out other's pension plans for similar pennies on the dollar caused by the fear of lowering pension payouts, and then gave bonuses to all of upper management afterwards because they did so good at destroying other people's retirement and possibly life.
Tornadoes are rather improbable at any one particular spot. Wildfire occurs at regular intervals.
But is it though? WhatsApp is an inherently less monetizable platform due to e2e encryption. If all of the people who use Facebook completely switch to WhatsApp the revenue of FB will plummet.
If you accept community repositories, https://ius.io/ (sponsored by rackspace) provides very up-to-date packages for Apache and Haproxy.
I disagree lumping this type of article with "10 things successful CEO's do." I don't think you can reject all lists because of the majority are garbage "listicles."

Personally, I think there's a lot of actionable information in this article, for example about intelligent people having greater difficulty handling situations when they feel threatened than non-intelligent people.
We completely agree with you that, in general, you don't want to attempt to create an entirely new consensus mechanism. As you know, there are generally only 2 (perhaps 3) broad categories of byzantine tolerant consensus that boil down to PBFT and Nakamoto consensus. Ours is a flavor of PBFT designed to reduce message complexity. We also draw from Casper in order to get the incentives and game theory right which would not be considered part of the consensus algorithm traditionally, but must be considered in the DLT space. We're not really reinventing the wheel but rather adapting some interesting research to new problem set (which is consensus, without total ordering). We also plan on fully vetting and formally verifying our implementation before we move into production.
AWS bare metal servers are pretty nice and you can use them with AWS's container management systems.

> Bare Metal instances are full-fledged members of the EC2 family and can take advantage of Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, Amazon CloudWatch, Auto Recovery, and so forth. They can also access the full suite of AWS database, IoT, mobile, analytics, artificial intelligence, and security services.

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-bare-metal-i...
Goes to show you money doesn't solve money problems. I get that first time entrepreneurs spend lavishly on advertising but 80k trips to Thailand?

I think having too much money too early is not always a good thing. Focusing on unit economics is key if your startup is going to survive.
The only time I have ever witnessed a Pi actually using 2.5A is when it had an official touch screen attached, a camera running, as well as something in each USB port.

I think continuous 2.5A is not needed, but is needed for an instant or two, here and there, if you are running headless.

All most people would need is a sizeable capacitor across the input power pins, perhaps.

Power supplies (people buying cheap ones, or being supplied with cheap ones -- looking at you, Amazon raspi kit sellers) are the number one source of failures that I have encountered with the pi.

A good power supply is a lot more expensive than a cheap one, and people are reluctant to invest in a $20 supply when a $5 one has the same rating, so I can't blame anyone for that other than the sellers.
I consider "right wing" to be the same term, but I also agree with you that there are plenty of people who have conservative views (fiscally or otherwise) who have nothing to do with this
That’s the same argument as saying “well the other side said this, so the truth must be some where in the middle”, when that has no bearing on the argument.

Please give Dark money a read. There’s a huge difference between media personalities spouting conspiracies and a well respected journalist spending years of there lives delving into something, whilst having their reputation under constant attack and being followed by private investigations hired to dig up any dirt on you.
That's like saying if you have some crypto background you can implement your own crypto library. It's TERRIBLE advice.

Read the Google paper on their chubby distributed locking system using paxos. They had a hard time getting it right - unless you think you're so much better than them. IIRC Leslie Lamport works (worked?) for them.

Use an existing, well used, well scrutinized implementation of a known algorithm.
This looks intriguing. Do you know if it receives the audio and re-routes or simply changes the routing configuration?
Problem is they often delete posts that have more than a slight hint of dissatisfaction in them. If they had provided that answer before, I, and others, couldn't know. The thread I am remembering had no responses from staff and multiple asking for an answer. Then it was gone. Then my account was temporarily banned.

It left a REALLY sour taste for me. That's the first time that's happened to me and I express my desire for features often.

I know this is just a single anecdote but it was a really heavy-handed approach.

edit: I actually REALLY REALLY like Airtable. That's part of why I am so "traumatized" by it. My colleagues were getting annoyed with how much I was raving about it. "We could do so much with this and it's easy to use to use too!"
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/05/announcin...

https://www.packet.com/about/compare/google/
Don't know about the US, but the lack of freedom of speech in the EU is really troubling: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6316567/Woman-corre...
Soros is not a proxy for 'the jews'. You are derailing the argument yelling racisim with no proof. Citation?
This question has vexed me all the while I have watched it unfold.

The first inkling I had that something was off, was a magazine article talking about rising religiosity in middle eastern countries.

That’s the first time the movie, where humanity pushed back religion and superstition, had tracking issues.

we saw that increasing wealth meant even bigger displays of religious dedication.

It turns out that a large part of the world has not had reason to go through their version of the enlightenment.

But while they were gaining the ability to improve GDP, the west was busy applying science to marketing, and business acumen to news reporting.

Effectively - we (humanity) used the tools of the enlightenment (science) to improve marketing, and apply it to religion. We targeted weaknesses in human thinking, and ruthlessly built bubbles of voters who didn’t need to fully understand the world to succeed.

My conclusion is that we were naive.
Unless you're actually a computer scientist following the area ... all claims of solving the "blockchain trilemma" - decentralisation, security and efficiency - should be ignored unless and until they have an implementation to show you, and it survives the hostile Internet.

Promises are cheap.

e.g. IOHK is behind Cardano/ADA, which has a marvellous white paper making all sorts of mathematical promises ... and still runs off a central node.

In this case, it appears to be a system for private blockchains, i.e. a system with central administration. All "consensus" algorithms in this case are variants on taking turns - further elaboration is security theatre, given that attacking the system to that extent would go well beyond the legal agreements to be allowed to participate in the first place.
I worked for a German startup, whenever i asked for a raise they threatened to import labor from Romania or Poland to replace me.
How we automated taking screenshots of Django applications
I'm simply explaining a cultural phenomenon (the name "George Soros" being a hidden proxy for "Jewish people" in hate circles), not ascribing that it is Right or A Good Thing For Society.
That RHEL6 will still be supported with security and stability patches until 2020.
By the way, how can someone read the article when Washington Post lets you read only a limited number of articles?
pelagic_sky's link to the study is useful, I'm not sure why their comment is dead: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/11/eaar8173
[video] Using motion history images to visualize doctored videos
So what's your system's threat model?

What will this achieve that a centralised database and existing legal structures and agreements won't?

(Assume I know the area and you can go into depth. However, remarkable claims will need a production system - anyone can and does claim anything's coming in "six months, for sure" - and an explanation of how you've achieved something that your many, many competitors haven't.)
It’s about much more than a news story..

And you can put whatever you want in your resume. Doesn’t need to say protest quit
> if you pay tuition, you're sponsoring the militant homosexual agenda. If you pay taxes, you're sponsoring the militant homosexual agenda. If your child majors in English, you're sponsoring the militant homosexual agenda. Tell Billy to major in math

- Ben Shapiro.

> Israelis like to build. Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage. This is not a difficult issue. #settlementsrock

- Ben Shapiro.

> Renewable energy: dumbest phrase since climate change. See the first law of thermodynamics, dumbass. #tcot #teaparty

- Ben Shapiro.
You’re absolutely right, the power draw is hugely affected by how many USB devices you attach etc. Stick with the recommended 2.5A though and you are likely to be fine. Much of the issues low power causes are often weird as well, it’s often not obvious it’s the root cause.
Brave has had a good amount of success, I use it as my main mobile browser.
The highest point from the Earth's center is Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador
Yes. You are looking at it from a developer/employee point of view. Running multiple businesses I know for a fact Facebook is a must. Even CEOs and other execs at companies using our products reach out routinely over Facebook. Then of course you have the private groups. So much business is done at private FB groups, you have no idea. Leads that we have been chasing for a long time over regular channels such as email, phone, Linkedin, etc. - became closed deals due to short Facebook messenger exchanges with decision makers.

That's on the business deal making side.

From a consumer point of view - if you don't have presence on Facebook, you simply do not exist.
Except I'm pretty sure most people on the left understand that Soros is unquestionably an economic terrorist that collapsed the economy of Thailand and the larger 1997 asian financial crisis, and also profited by breaking the bank of England.

The right is far less concerned with the actions of the Koch brothers who are massive polluters due to their work around oil.
Thanks so much for your suggestions. As you say, visualizing weights may be really helpful, and I get many feedbacks for adding visualizing weights. I will try to add this feature in later version of TensorSpace. Temporarily, TensorSpace integrate TrackballControl which is an plugin for Three.js to handle "space exploration", and I will try to add more keyboard event for TensorSpace.

I have viewed your blog, and it is really fun. However, it is a pity that the online demo is outdated. Could you tell me what technique you use to construct 3D scene? Thanks.
BBC research on ‘fake news’ is shoddy, unethical, and dishonest
Well, I keep an install of ChromeOS on USB flash drive and I do regular backups [1] of crouton partition with Debian (cli only - 3.4 GB currently in my case).

If I do not have my laptop with me I can install ChromeOS on any machine which takes maximum 15 minutes [depending on flash drive and USB speed]. Log in and entire ChromeOS graphical environment (bookmarks, Chrome extensions, ChromeOS apps, Web apps) is re-created automatically by ChromeOS from my Google account.

Then re-creating crouton partition with Debian takes another 5 minutes. And I am good to go, because this is exact 1:1 copy of my Debian terminal environment with Vim, mutt, Mail folder, all project folders, npm packages, pip packages, git and everything.

On new machine the screen could have different resolution, perhaps I have to login into few webpages in Chrome but it is generally my full environment.

I did so in summer when I have not taken my Mac to vacation and also I often move to spare Lenovo laptop if I need to.

[1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Backups
Yes, this is the only one I can vouche for. The mobile browser is great
A new OSS suite for software builds, lists, man pages, and more
It's been mentioned elsewhere in the comments here that the Koch bros also spend money on actual causes.
If it's only been "solid over the last year" it ain't solid.
Pretty much every wildfire I remember since I moved to CA has happened in a place that hasn't burned before. I'm not sure your theory holds up. In particular, because a truly burnt-out area is VERY unlikely to burn again any time soon.
>Some of the minerals they analyzed exhibited the telltale characteristics of a catastrophic impact, such as shocked quartz grains and other impact-related grains, such as glass.

Forgive me for my poor terminology here as this isn't my area.

Considering they found the signs of the impact, and other impacts like the Chicxulub Crater have left similar debris / signs in soil samples.

Are we at the point now where we can take soil samples in an area and without finding a creator see that there was a large impact somewhere (near or far) around a specific time based on the soil date?
This is definitely a real challenge. No argument from me.

I think the niche where this product can thrive -- and its a huge niche -- is all those small-to-medium size businesses that have so far been running things through a hodge podge of unconnected spreadsheets, obsolete special-purpose applications, and lots and lots of paper.

It's easy as a programmer to more or less forget that most people, when facing a task or challenge, do not think: "I wonder what the most efficient way to do this might be, and if technology could help." Instead, it's: "What methods do I already know that I could apply to this problem?"

More often than not, the answer is paper. And email. Or excel.

So this type of the-database-is-everything app has huge value. Unfortunately it won't be run entirely by engineers with 10+ years of experience in what makes for good database best practice.

It's the trade-off we have to make.

In return, we get:

- A single system that has access to all of the business' data (rather than a dozen different "systems" [if they can be called that] which do not interoperate in any way, with endless duplication and data entry.
- Customization (for better and worse)
- Radically simplified I.T.: Just give everyone a chromebook and be done with it.
- Access to these systems anywhere in the world (cause it's web)

It's better than paying a bookkeeper to (literally) manage paper-based ledgers.
Oasis confidential smart contract platform opens devnet
People forget the ACLU fought for the KKK for decades. I may not like what you say, but as an american, I will fight and die for your right to say it. This is the freedom that made the USA the melting pot and economic powerhouse it is today.
I'd say very few people, relatively speaking, have pools in CA.
Seems survivor bias explains why many ostensibly successful people are boring. What is the anti-pattern in our organizations that produces leaders who lack competence and charisma? It's like somehow we've managed to collectively optimize against producing people others might actually admire.

Arguably much of what the author calls "relationship building," manifests in many organizations as "ability to conspire to undermine more talented and honest people."

Perhaps highly intelligent people do not belong in large organizations precisely because that particular talent is optimized for explosive growth and change that large orgs are necessarily structured to suppress in favour of stability.

One should recognize whether they are more of a fox or a hedgehog, and then decide where they belong. If you are really that intelligent, you should feel obligated to take outsize risks, because the success that comes from anything other than your talent will feel empty and dishonest. I also find that feelings of failure, shame, and regret are inversely proportional to the amount of risk I took. I wonder if that's generally true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_congestion_control#TCP_BBR
I've sent an e-mail to the moderators asking them to fix the title. (The moderators can be reached at hn@ycombinator.com.)
Are you sure? I thought Lamport has been at Microsoft Research since forever.
> Alright, I'm curious, what exactly has the RPi done for "the industry"?

Without the raspberry pi there would be no market for inexpensive barebone linux SoCs with enough computational power to serve as desktop replacements.
SpaceX just got FCC approval to launch 7,518 satellites
This is the first time I've heard of the "Librarian of Congress" weighing in on DRM. Is this a normal thing that I've somehow missed?
The alternative to generic advice isn't "precise instructions", it is specific advice.

Generic advice: if you want your startup to succeed, work had and focus.

Specific advice has to do with a situation. "I have trouble meeting my sales targets." Advice: "Hire a sales person." Q: "I don't know how?" Advice: "Do you have an HR network?" etc.

The hardest part is definitely not sticking to generic advice. Generic advice is contradictory, obvious or both. (Stay focused on the big picture, vs. be detail oriented. They are both true at different times).
"All jobs have some amount of grind"

Almost all real jobs are mostly grind.

Even startups ... a good one, is 99% stupid, annoying details, some of which would be fun if you were not so busy.

Airtable.

What a cool app! In the news today.

"But I have to get fing xyz done fing now, so abc can ship out to Hong Kong before 5 hurry up!"

So there's not time to search, explore, try it out, it's just a very rapid short query to figure out the essential basics and move on.

Early stage is all a grind and there's nary a moment in between.

Apologies for the language.
Well it's coming from the left this time.
That was my first thought too but scratch-node is a bit smaller than alpine-node. I created a ticket to see if alpine-node could get smaller: https://github.com/mhart/alpine-node/issues/133
We just got our host online yesterday, hosting 4TB of space,the discord community is very helpful.
Discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18453958.
Well, it's ok based on this statement of the problem. It's never going to make sense as an approach in reality, because the work you need to do constructing the second data structure is considerably more than the work you'd need to do to make the extra half pass through the linked list. You're losing on space and time by doing it this way.
A lot of the big players do, to wit Google’s office suite.
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You... do realise that this article says that George Soros really IS funding Facebook's critics, right?

> Color of Change is a not-for-profit civil rights organization. It receives some money from Soros

It's remarkably bold to suggest that every "conspiracy theory" about Soros is nonsense in response to an article that explicitly says that the claims his critics made about him were true.
Which is a huge problem with webapps that try to replace desktop software (aka. Service as a Software Substitute). You end up outsourcing maintenance/ops work at a price of vastly reduced featureset, performance and usefulness in real-life conditions.
Maybe a message needed to be sent that journalists aren't above disobeying court orders. Perhaps they should've done the right thing when they still had the chance. Everything else is just whining about how something that could happen (a judgement against them), did.
Howie is a great CEO and super helpful in the startup community. Congratulations on this well-deserved milestone.

I would love it if they supported white labeling embeds of their products into other apps. I'm guessing there is a huge need for this.
By 'could happen' do you mean 'already happened'? What about the guy with the pug?
The last one is probably the hardest to relate to because we live immersed in a ideology that values reason and rational thought above everything else. That's the best tool a human has and can solve every problem if used properly. That's what we inherited from a 300 hundred years old cultural movement that today feels outdated. The whole premise is faulty, a good amount of people got over it already, but not society as a whole and for sure not engineers, because supposedly they are good at analytical thinking. It's hard to willingly let go your position of power by saying: "well, the thing I'm good at maybe it's not the most important in the world".
> Use an existing, well used, well scrutinized implementation of a known algorithm.

Keep in mind that this is BFT consensus. Until recently, it was a niche area of research with very little real world usage. Even if an existing algorithm like PBFT met their needs, there are no well tested PBFT libraries.
Example in the same vein, during Iphonegeddon, RIM CEO Jim Balsillie was consumed with buying an NHL team and told RIM's chairman "We'll be fine".
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