skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
smelling of tribalism/favoritism.

Downvoting something for complaining about votes is fairly normal. Downvote baiting on top is flagworthy. I imagine lots of people quite sensibly apply these as a matter of course.
pretty much.

and as an 80s kid, ive been seeing it happen. facebook is partially to blame too.

they pushed trackers, metrics and localization, in such ways that i feel that the internet had become compartmentalized, and is laiden with dark patterns.

google is a counter productive force on the internet.

its is a lack of proper engineering and design, maybe even over engineering.

and as "pretty" as it all seems these days, its all less usable, and less enjoyable, especially on mobile.

edit: i also trust the web less these days, i wonder if im alone on this?
Hubspot automated on MS Teams
If they have a copy of your data, no matter how many privacy promises, your data could still end up sold/leaked/etc or even stored accidentally and still leaked.

What we need is independent devices that don't call home. But that's not profitable.
Huawei does have disincentive not to respond to the demands of Chinese governments because its hardware is opened and checked by other governments. Installing a backdoor has a good chance to be caught.
We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18513636 and marked it off-topic.
Timings are usually documented as well, usually at the clock cycle level.

Beyond that, you have to worry about hardware peculiarities that happen to affect maybe a few games, and at that point, you might start reverse engineering the behavior of those games!

Take a look at this article talking about exactly those thinking issues: https://www.tested.com/tech/gaming/2712-why-perfect-hardware...
What's wrong with redux-saga? What alternatives do you offer to solve problems redux-saga helps to solve?
Indeed, the first I heard of it was from Y Combinator's own Aaron Iba: http://aaroniba.net/how-i-cured-my-rsi-pain

I think the raving is due to four factors:

- It sets off every rational person's bullshit detector.

- It works anyway.

- The effort required is minimal (just reading the book is enough for many people).

- The payoff is life-changing.

When you experience all this first-hand (as I did), it's hard to not become an evangelist. It has no business working, and it yet it does. In this community, I think we have a strong desire to share bewildering things like that with each other.
I'd prefer "recently" then. Recent works too.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13049143
Up until two or three ywars ago Amazon did a tremendous job on catalogue data. Then the catalogue started to show the first issues of bad master data. It is hard work to maintain such large set of product master data, sure. But in the end I had the feeling that quality decreased. Add marketplace and third parties to the mix and it is a complex problem that needs constant maintenance directly impacting CX.
We host our own Jira on-prems behind an apache server and it's pretty fast. I am actually surprised by how fast it is.

In previous job we used jira cloud and it was terrible.
the other problem is assuming the reader knows nothing, going too deep into the foundations supporting the conclusion.

mathematical knowledge is like scaffolding. a reader has to gradually build up and buttress the lower layers before attempting to move up. skipping steps does no one any favours.
This project was made exactly for what you’re describing:

http://biononymous.me/
I think you are projecting your bias.

Also my reading is that Bloomberg etc are actually against the trade war and their coverage has been anti trade war. A broken clock is right twice a day and sometimes the Donald can be right as well.
Did you learn anything useful? (I'm not asking the specifics of what you learnt, but say... Is it helpful to know disease related info? Ancestry? Etc)
https://www.reddit.com/r/emudev/ is a helpful resource.

Most people suggest working on a "toy" system, such as Chip-8 first. It is a mythical processor, rather than based upon real hardware. That said there are only a handful of opcodes to implement, and it does support graphics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8

There are ROMs out there for pong / space-invaders / etc, so you can play real games pretty quickly.

Of course there is nothing stopping you jumping straight into NES/GB/whatever. NES is easy to get started with, the others less so because of bank-switching, etc. But if you're patient you can manage it :)
I had really hoped we were still 5-10 years away from this
There May Never Be a Better Time to Unionize Your Workplace. Do It Now
without reading the policy, I'd bet money there is a clause saying one or more of

1 - in the event of a sale, your data may be among the assets transfered

2 - this policy is updated from time to time and comes into effect at the time of posting, and maybe we'll notify you ahead of time
Non technical people I asked their barriers are related to the ecosystem. They recognise that some offerings on android are better but they are too embedded in the ecosystem to switch.
I going to bet there are more bike driving people with Android phones in places like Thailand, Indonesia, India and the Philippines where on-road behavior is more similar to each other than to the US.

I think it's a pretty hard problem, and we shouldn't be surprised if the accuracy there is low.
http://emulator101.com/ is a good resource, as is https://www.reddit.com/r/emudev/.

Or you can just cheat, design a "toy" instruction set, and write something to process it. A couple of years ago I did that, in C/Perl:

* https://github.com/skx/simple.vm

Later I rewrote the interpreter/emulator in go:

* https://github.com/skx/go.vm

The downside with my approach here is that I ignored graphcs, sound, & I/O.

These days I'd recommend you write an emulator for the Chip-8 system..
Scientist unveils blueprint to save bees and enrich farmers
I thought that was mainly in France due to their laws around biological fathers not necessarily being the "true father".
I've ditched the laptops of Apple for the new Mac Mini, upgraded the ram myself to save on cost and it was not too hard to do. Now I'm running an I5 with 32Gb ram. Nice little machine. As a travel buddy I'm using a Lenovo X280 with Linux on it, light, nice enough keyboard, just works and the two OS can work together quite well.
Seconding. I wish I could downvote posts.
Are you just assuming there's a deceptive opt-out? They explicitly say they're GDPR compliant and will not share your info without explicit consent. It's a strong claim that they're actually lying and non-compliant, without any evidence.

My assumption, since this promo is for a few days only, is that it's like any sale; they're doing it to build their brand and attract new customers.
https://int.customercare.23andme.com/hc/en-us/articles/21769...
Next they will be calling to ban all toy imports in case they continue microphones.
1) yes
2) no
3) no

The first one is the best because if enough people did it, it would create enough doubt in the accuracy of the stored datasets that they wouldn’t be worth anything to anyone except the person who owns the DNA. The problem is, as this becomes more popular more people related to you are going to get it done, meaning they will be able to automatically fit you into an identity based on who else had it done, their known identities and just the similarities between their DNA and yours. Trying to maintain anonymity only works if the data set is small. It looks like there is a market for a completely discrete secure dna sequencing company that doesn’t keep a copy of your genome after the fact and sends you a copy that is encrypted. Also it might be feasible to have some kind of kit that divides up the chromosomes into groups to be sent to different labs.

It can’t be that difficult and expensive to do this. Why not just wait until there is a kit you can buy to do it directly from your PC if you are concerned with privacy?
I would hate to be restricted to a GUI tool to achieve what git add can do from the command line. Using stashes would be just reimplementing the index using less convenient UI.

I really don't understand what's so difficult about the index... It's just the stuff you will be inserting into the repository when you next commit. Having it separated enables a very convenient workflow that would've required manually using patch and diff when using tools that don't support you.

Git is more than just revision storage. I like to think of code as clay, and the index as a tool you use to mould that into the final construct that gets baked
israelis as well
I have a good friend from Chicago and IMO the midwest is a bit of a cult and Chicago is the epicenter of it. The practical result of this is a lot of local pride in Chicago. Chicago is the city that represents basically all of the Midwest from an urban perspective while other regions usually have multiple epicenters.

I can't find the stat at the moment but I believe there's an abnormally high return rate for people born in the Chicago area to come back to it. It's even very cyclical where young people live in the city, then they move out to the suburbs, have kids who go to college somewhere like OSU or Michigan then come back and work in Chicago and the cycle repeats. Nowhere else really has such a clear cycle like Chicago does, and I think it's because of the way Chicago is viewed by people in the area. Don't get me wrong it's a solid city but in terms of cities in the US I'd want to live in it probably comes out to #6 or so. In importance, I'd agree with your assessment as well.

All of this to say that I think Chicagoans find some odd reasons to put themselves high up in importance. I've heard a lot about O'Hare being the air travel epicenter of the US where every connecting flight goes through, the (now fading) financial epicenter Chicago used to be, a top food scene, the list goes on. I think it has local importance and I think locals have a bit of a chip on their shoulder about others not viewing it as being so important.

Edit: It's unclear if this is a local or international tourist in this specific case. Curious what the perspective is for an international tourist on the criteria.
You do know Zuckerberg holds majority of the voting - Class B shares?
isn't this already solved with serverless framework?

https://serverless.com/
It's a short term promotion to build interest; I doubt they're expecting to make a profit at $200.
In browser email signature generator
MySigMail is a free, in browser, email signature generator without creating account

http://mysigmail.com

Why another one?

There were two goals:

Do something simple, useful and free.

I needed a signature. :)

Those web tools for creating signatures that I was able to find did not suit me, some of them were paid, others free but required to create an account to start using them.

So I decided to make my own, simple, free and without creating an account.

In the application, you can save, download, import signature projects.

While there is only one template, of course soon I will add others. I just don't have a lot of free time right now.

Thank you for your attention!
I was browsing through a list of elevator accidents a while back and noticed that the two main causes of death seemed to be people stepping blindly into empty elevator shafts and people who tried to get out of the elevator when stuck.

So, my recommendations for elevator safety are: watch where you're going, and wait for help to arrive if there's an elevator malfunction.
Well I'm definitely not a git expert ( i guess I should just invest more time into it). But was wondering the other day. Isn't GIT "as good" as its(source control) going to get ? Giving the problem its trying to solve:source control,distributed teams/repo's, branching etc... I mean what comes after GIT ?
I'm thankful to my two primary teachers for their support. One of them is not with us on this earth and second, I don't know where she is.

but, when I think about my life back in the past how it was, I always think about them as how they are supportive to me. Otherwise, there was no way for me to study engineering as my parents already planned to give 12th standard education and then to involve in our small family business. But because of them, I came up with a bright student and my parent allow me to study further. I'm also thankful to my family. But as of now, I'm thinking about my fav. teachers.
Ask HN: Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals for developers?
Where to find good software, subscription, e-books etc for software developers this week? (Similarly, noise cancelling headphones and such items that developers may use every day.)
I don't understand what this is about but I love the artwork!
We can't forget John F. Kennedy's assassination
They explicitly state they're GDPR compliant, so at the very least if they keep customer data after saying they've deleted it and are discovered they would probably be looking at huge fines. Doesn't make much sense from a business perspective, especially given that most customers probably won't bother to have their data deleted.
To balance it out, what motivations might the AU have to lie about a hack, in the case where it did happen? If the Chinese gifted them the embassy then they have to be quite close, maybe the AU leaders are conscious of the Chinese influence and seek to maintain it.
Apart from other factors which require much deeper sequencing than 1x (usually 20x is a bare minimum), one fundamental thing to keep in mind is that you have 2 copies of most of your chromosomes. So 1 "read" of that position of your genome intrinsically cannot tell you about both of them. The 20x requirement is in part driven by the simple statistics of getting enough reads that you're very unlikely to miss both chromosomes (think tossing a coin 10 times - 1/1024 chance you get 10 heads, extrapolate across 10^9 bases, if you hardly ever want that to happen you'll end up going for something like 20x at every position).
You mean, "Why don't they use a language you understand, instead of one you don't?"... Why expect they should?

I don't think math notations can be interpreted in different ways usually is right. That would defeat the purpose of using them, if the meaning wasn't exactly clear. And maths notation is more compact, a lot more. Even assuming a translation between the 2 always is possible or makes sense.
Yeah, it's probably wise to have them delete your data after you download it.
One imagines they do. I'm not sure that's what's going on here, though.
In folk lore, you'd use your blood to sign a contract with the Devil.

(I find it interesting how a lot of folk and religious stories about supernatural sound like memories of civilization with technology comparable to ours.)
dat c++ function on page 36 tho.. omg
What about MomAI?
From their faq:

VCF files (the most effective and easy-to-use format) are easily downloadable from your account. FASTQ and BAM files are sent via a 500 GB Hard Disk. To order the Hard Disk, click here
Were you under the impression that IKEA's flimsy materials and construction were some quaint design choices unrelated to cost?
Saudis want a US nuclear deal; can they be trusted not to build a bomb?
The Evolution of Time Zones
It’s the 3rd largest city by population. I think that’s where they’re getting the number.
I use an external keyboard with a laptop, which I place on my lap. First, it's much more ergonomic to work this way.

Second, the laptop has a lot less wear and tear on it since I'm not typing on it. Not only does it help keep the keyboard nice and clean, but the screen, which gets grime on it from touching the keyboard when I close it.

I'm surprised this configuration is not more popular.
Facebook and grownups in the same sentence? Given how long Zuckerberg and Sandberg have been deflecting questions on Russian ads etc, it is not going to happen. Not until Facebook share suffers significant damage.

While people have been dropping out of Facebook, IMO it has been more due to rise of instagrame etc and less about Facebook's behavior. So, nothing is gonna change. At least in the short term.
Yeah the only reason Amazon provides the phone number is because a lot of carriers require a number to be on the label.

There are some rules around it listed here: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/external/200386250
But yeah, it is going to be a hard one for Amazon to enforce unless a number of people complain about a seller.
They wouldn't be allowed to lie to Congress if Congress didn't allow them to lie, and Congress wouldn't allow them to lie if the American people expressed a clear desire for their elected government to reign the appointed organs back in. That's what the protests are for.

There is a lot of institutional momentum in the US to keep doing bad things, including a crushing blanket of a media that cares a lot more about pop culture than anything else. But it is nice to not fear much for writing this.
In would not underestimate the potential harm of pharmaceuticals, let alone psychotropics. Just because it's stamped by the FDA does not necessarily mean something is absolutely and inherently safe - it means that there is insufficient evidence to say that it is not. This poses a problem because research on various drugs (and many other commercial compounds) is generally carried out, or at the minimum funded, by the organizations hoping to monetize them. Show they're safe and beneficial and you earn immense amounts of money, show they're unsafe or unbeneficial and lose immense amounts of money.

We still have little to no understanding of how, why, and in some cases even if psychotropics actually work. And there are correlations to all sorts of nasty things with indications causality between things such as ritalin/methylphenidate and depression. Other studies on ritalin have shown neuronal/brain changes comparable to cocaine. [1] The only reason I mention this is because I think we're currently in the era of having a chicken and egg scenario between all sorts of mental/psychological disorders and a skyrocketing rate of psychotropic consumption.

Basically, turn to medication as a last resort and think about the differences in how you feel medicated and how you feel unmedicated. Now imagine the gross (as in total, not as in eww) effect of your brain over what may be potentially decades of usage of such drugs since the drugs won't cure you - they will just end up working as a crutch for an indefinite period of time. For some this may be the right decision, but it's not a decision that should be made with no analysis beyond 'Wow, I feel much better after taking this!'

[1] - https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nida-study-sho...
Chinese facial recognition system mistakes a face on a bus for a jaywalker
I thought magsafe was only on the laptops.

The EU demand is only for mobile phones, yes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_external_power_supply .
Website speed test tools. Why you should use them, and why you shouldn't
>the first thing they design at IKEA is the price

this has been used as a promotional tagline in their catalogues for at least a decade, it's not just some quip an interviewee came up with. If it's the sort of thing that makes you not want to shop at ikea, you probably already weren't shopping at ikea.
Interesting. To be honest, if someone is able to collect intact tissue from you without your knowledge, there is no way to hide. If you can control the donation then it is different.
Hmmmm I’ve only used laptops in airports in Asia and there is always seats with plugs next to them so the chances of someone tripping is non existent.
Thanks for the frank perspective! I'm a California native currently in my first year of college in the Midwest, so I'll have to keep an ear out for this attitude about Chicago.
It does if they they have the same backend.
For example, Facebook and Instagram each use your network from the other to for friend suggestions.
Maybe that is because Facebook used Definers to spread right wing conspiracy theories on George Soros to get back at him.
Yes that is very helpful. Our s3 storage backend for tusd uses it, and our https://uppy.io file uploader does too, usable directly from the browser (so you can choose to not use tus at all with it). S3 resumable uploads do come with a few limitations that make some people still choose tus tho:

* chunks need to be >5MB which can be problematic on flaky/poor connections (rural areas, tunnels, clubs/basements, people on the move switching connections all the time)

* your s3 bucket needs to allow write by the world, or you need to deploy signature authentication

* there’s an s3 vendor lock-in some might worry about

* not an open protocol, no chance of advancing it with the community

That said, that still leaves a large audience for direct s3 resumable uploads and I’m thankful aws offers it!
will the sequence be availabe to the user so they can analyze it themselves? e.g. fastq format
But population doesn't (in my opinion) determine importance. For example, the capital is a very important city even if not the most populous.

That said, I'm basically questioning an off-the-cuff quote made by a friend of someone who was in the elevator. The speaker should be forgiven for being imprecise…
where the coverage actually lands is completely random, so you couldn't count on learning anything about any specific part of the genome.

But the parent is a bit wrong, it's not worthless. The reason people sequence at <1x is because you can still statistically derive a lot of useful info especially about larger variation - long segments of the genome that are deleted or duplicated etc can be inferred, and there is a technique called "imputation" which means if you measure one part of the genome well you can usually predict the nearby parts with surprising accuracy.
While I know how hard these people work, I really cannot support your enthusiasm. The users are often banned at slightest opportunities and they are not even informed what they did wrong or the fact that they just got banned. They would just get dreaded “your are posting too fast” error and all their future posts and comments are automatically de-ranked forever with no recourse or appeal to these higher powers. I felt this was very similar to being placed on no-fly list which we as hacker community deride so much as infallible authoritarianism.

As HN community is more and more becoming group think (watch how this post will be downvoted) and laying these extra layers of super powers punishing anyone ad hock doesn’t help. In few posts when I wrote non-popular opinion very respectfully these folks expressed their displeasure. Mods should NEVER do that.

The sign of such required moderators is indicator of how broken the algorithms driving HN. Instead of fixing these fundamental tech issues, the powers behind HN have doubled down on exercising heavy handed dictatorships. The least they could have done but never have bothered is to at least tell people they punish what they did wrong, how do they fix it and get back in community. The best they could have done would b ego open source HN and have honest discussions about various issues we have as community so more brain power is available to solve these issues. That’s the hacker way.

Update:
Great! Group thinkers are already getting busy at casting downvotes.
There might be a few American companies that may do it but not out of fear, and I suspect many companies and individuals would resist, oppose, leak, resign if this was the case in America as you often hear in the news. There are courts, public opinion, journalists that you could involve in the US. Ever hear of pushback in China from anyone?
This is a person being quoted about the event, not the paper (local or WaPo). I don't think there's really much rhyme or reason here, I'd bet it's just what the person casually thinks about Chicago's importance.
This is like bank errors, which always seem to be in favor of the bank...