skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The FAQs on the Firecracker website[1] specifically address the difference between Firecracker and Kata Containers. The main thrust being that they have decided not to use QEMU and have instead chosen a much more minimal "cloud-native" oriented approach that deliberately abandons certain features in order to gain greater security, efficiency and agility going forward. They also decided to implement it in Rust.

Based on the the responses I have seen from non-Amazon employees with experience in this space[2][3][4], it looks like their approach is solid.

It should also be noted that one of the main architects of Firecracker was formerly the project lead for QEMU[5][6]

1.https://firecracker-microvm.github.io/#faq

2.https://twitter.com/bcantrill/status/1067326416121868288

3.https://twitter.com/jessfraz/status/1067286831287418881

4.https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower/status/10672947809488322...

5.https://twitter.com/jessfraz/status/1067282499938721792

6.https://twitter.com/anliguori/status/1067293131366785024
Without stating an opinion on the topic itself, what does the community think about employees agitating against a company practice like this rather than just leaving and doing something else. Obviously they feel strongly about it and want to make sure it doesn’t happen at all, while the company feels they have a huge untapped revenue source.
Because it's related.

The underlying issue is a political one that it's making it's way to several fields. This is not about red pill or hate, it's about common sense.

The translation "He's a soldier" will probably be accurate 99% of the time because... you know... armies are mostly made by men. It's likely that in the training dataset, "She's a soldier" doesn't appear as often.

If the autocomplete/translation suggestion is not accurate, you can drag the cursor, click and edit it. Problem solved.

The autocomplete is not meant to be biased or 100% accurate all the time. Being an AI, will need a huge dataset of text to provide the autocomplete. Gender is just one variable that is there, what matters for the product is that it will get the intention right most of the times.
Anamorphic Reflections in a Christmas Ball
...not having a decent search engine at all for foreign websites in China is honestly far more oppressive than anything the government censors
Speaking of deceptive practices, has anyone noticed that Chrome's "Allow Chrome sign-in" option does not do anything? Regardless of the state of this option, when you sign into Gmail, you are also signing into Chrome.

This option for disabling unintended signing in into the browser was promised after there was a major brouhaha on Hacker News. Google added the button as promised... except it doesn't do anything. Very disturbing.
Where I live (in South America), carriers give WhatsApp traffic for free to their clients. I guess this is probably the case in other countries as well.
> Google can kick them out and replace within a month.

Ah. A believer that software engineers are cogs and can just be “replaced” without training and learning of code bases.

Hiring software engineers, bringing them up to speed, and having them contribute to production features, is expensive. Also, you’ll never truly recoup the lost knowledge that goes.
In the case of seagulls, it may be better trash management since they love to strive on the stuff...
I'd rather simply eliminate gender specific pronouns than invent a bunch of new, ridiculous ones.

> I'm pretty sure there are individuals claiming that NOT suggesting their pronoun deprives them of their identity, dignity or whatever.

Yeah but the end result of everyone wanting to feel special is that in the end, no one will.
A custom typeface isn't just "style". It's someone else messing with how my documents look.

Why we like music is pretty well studied.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/04...

Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_selection_in_humans#Geo...
They did surgery on a grape [video]
So, 36 people (at present, anyway) sign a letter. What in the flying frig is that actually supposed to accomplish? There's nothing really actionable here; you've got the nothingness of "that leadership commit to transparency, clear communication, and real accountability."

Are these people going to actually do anything - quit in protest, sabotage, what? No, they are going to whine, and keep drawing their very lucrative salaries and benefits. Put up or shut up.
Soft skills for parachuting into a codebase in crisis
Insects are incredibly successful reproducers - they don't need our help there.

What they need is more safe connected habitat. Given that, the numbers will rebound to previous levels.
> I also use the term collector

And in the title you use "domain squatting tactics". It sounds like you buy/register domains purely for profit, so squatting seems a good term.
>all the buildings round about had fallen down except the Jesuits’ mission house, which had long before been braced and double-braced by a priest named Gropper, who was terrified of earthquakes;

I wonder if Mr. Gropper survived the war to know that the building survived (the blast) and his actions were not in vain.
Additonally to the various reasons mentioned, privacy is more present in the European mindset because it was violated in relatively recent history.

In the first half of the 1940s, the state not being fully informed about what you are doing could mean the difference between life and death. In the four and a half decades following that half the continent was living under an oppressive regime that was carefully monitoring every citizen, and people had to be careful to not disappear.

As a consequence, the potential consequences of a lack of privacy are fresh on everyone's mind. Compare that to the US, which in the same time was dismantling privacy protections on the hunt for Communists.
I think post-cyberpunk, which is essentially cyberpunk but with a more balanced view of the impact of technology, stands in good stead. Rather than having technocrats lording it over neon slums filled with addicts and hackers, post-cyberpunk portrays high-tech futuristic environments where technology is a disruptive rather than an oppressive force.

Not everyone is a stim-addicted decker working for the mob, but there's still a corrupting element when you include e.g. pervasive smart glasses that make regular social interaction more manipulative (Sight by Sight Systems), or biomechanical arms that give the wealthy an unbeatable advantage in sports (briefly touched on in Deus Ex: Human Revolution). It addresses real ethical questions about near-future advances in technology instead of the fairly blunt instruments of cyberpunk like power and oppression. I think there's still plenty of room for more post-cyberpunk content because the questions it poses are the ones we're actively talking about at the moment (or will be in the near future).
But why do you need two censored search engines? What would be the difference between them?
This and the Google GDPR story. Google is having a rough morning.
If this is immoral, it should also be illegal, no? Is anyone for also lobbying to create a law or executive order to that effect?

Otherwise, another company will simply step into Googles place, or they could be tempted later to try again. The market is too profitable to do otherwise.
That's why I simply lock all fonts in my browser to a very limited set with a min and Max size.
'Vincent is in the lobby, do you want to meet them now?' Them who? Vincent and his unannounced friends? Maybe Vincent is actually 3 kids stacked on top of each other in a trench coat?

They is not singular. Replacing gendered pronouns with 'they' shits the flow of the sentence and creates ambiguity. There's a whole class of expressions that just stop working without a singular pronoun, hence the proposed 'ze' or whatever it is these days.

And what do you propose for all the languages where nouns and verbs and adjectives are gendered? In Russian, using gender-neutral phrasing when speaking about someone is an insult that implies that they're a thing rather than a person.
One of the best documentaries ever made; "Able Archer: the brink of apocalypse" conveniently on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ciy5R-tLiE

And yes, this should be a warning to people in current year.
Everyone really needs to stop with any actions that could be misinterpreted. This is how World War 1 started, a war which no one wanted.
It almost looks like it's a breaking news story and everyone's waiting for the mods to notice and condense them all into a single thread, like they always do.
What am I missing? The cost of switching to an alternative search engine like Bing or Duck is next to zero. (Actually, I dropped Google for Duck just 2 months ago.)

Brand is the most valuable asset Google has. Is the Chinese search market - and other evil projects - really worth the damage to Google's public image?
In the midwest 20 years ago, we'd regularly see butterflies, bees, and many other insects. After I planted butterfly bushes there more came with dozens of butterflies and bees on them each day. Every year, though, the numbers decreased. I don't used any chemicals in my property.

A few years ago, the city started spraying everywhere for mosquitoes. The day after spraying, people frequently find a couple dead birds in their yard. One neighbor's bee hives were killed as well.

Lately, seeing one single butterfly a year is a rare event.
You cant support diversity and cultural differences and not support it at the same time. But at the end of the day business is business and cash is king.
Filters might not overlap completely
That's Hanlon razor :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor
Author here. Apple has been getting slammed in the tech news lately and I thought it might be a good time to discuss some of the long-term positive aspects of their approach to software design. Happy to field any questions about the post.
The same as the difference between Google and Bing for us. They surface different things.
'Mobile first' is not equal to 'remove all the features and add white fields and huge padding everywhere'. E.g. WeChat is not only 'mobile first', but second, third and fourth, from the day one. And from the day one all the WeChat team do is adding new features, not removing old ones.
I don't follow. I get misgendered quite commonly. It doesn't bother me at all. Is it supposed to?
Thank you for identifying this most insidious of tropes: exculpatory relativism for everyone else, but harsh judgment for Western history. I can’t help but conclude that a profound Western self-loathing underlies it.
Google is technically superior to baidu in many areas, specially for a developers. It gives better answers in many subjects, not just the censored ones. Besides who are we to decide for the Chinese what is best for them? Sounds a bit condescending and paternalistic. Here here, baidu is enough for you to play with, don't bother with google.
https://collinmbarrett.com/block-web-fonts/
The alternative to google censoring its search is using chinese services - search, shopping, payment, IM.

For work reasons I had to use chinese web, and believe me, the later is much worse for a westerner.

Minimal i18n, confusing visual design, payments that dont go throught, random network errors, total reliance on you having a mobile phone.

Yes, censhorship is bad, but I rather use censored service from a western company than a censored service from a chinese company.
At this point I don't believe this project could be successful. Even if it's not canceled the Chinese government is never gonna let a foreign company get the market share against the local champions : even more as this company has internal disent about the project. Also the links with the US government won't help.
I think what you're saying is true for probably 99% of apps on the App Store.

In Spotify's particular case, however, Apple owns the marketplace (App Store) as well as a giant competitor in iTunes/Apple Music (and if I'm not mistaken - I'm not an iOS user- Apple Music is pre-installed on every iOS device).
Can confirm, China watches its citizens abroad, closely, and in person sometimes. Their families can be affected, and if they go back home to visit, there can be problems.
This seems like a reasonable hypothesis, but I don't perceive a clear signal that indicates that projects which use monads or pure FP are more successful than their counterparts. I think your hypothesis actually jives with mine and with my observation from the previous sentence--that monads and functional purity could help, but if the language neglects things like documentation, high quality libraries, and tooling to productionise and operationalize your code, then it's a non-starter.
If you became offended that someone assumed you were a man, then yes, I would recommend therapy. Politely correcting them? Of course not, that's a completely reasonable thing to do.

Consistently taking offense where none was intended warrants therapy in my book.
What are these people actually going to do about it? Are they going to resign in protest if they throw their tantrum and don't get their way? Go on strike? I don't think so.
More comment traction at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18542597
All of that is true, but it doesn't change the reality of how software engineers are perceived and treated in the vast majority of technology companies.
and those that leave are still talented people that could put their skills to better use outside advertising!

it's a win/win no matter what
Pretty bold. A lot of people are saying this wont work, but speaking from my own experience, you'd be surprised what companies are amicable to when it comes to business.

Im an engine mechanic by trade, and our shops handle bids for cash strapped local governments that outsource their motor pool maintenance. We do things like fire trucks and police cars, but we were working on a new regional idea as a "service center" for municipalities that purchased MRAP combat vehicles for their police departments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRAP

We all, especially the veterans I work with, hated this idea. MRAP's are for combat, not police work, and have a dangerous propensity to roll over in city streets or escalate already violent situations. 14 of us sent a signed letter to the owner and senior management detailing our major concerns and heard nothing back for about a month. Then out of the blue we got a call for a meeting with 3-4 very senior managers at a local irish bar.

They paid for dinner and tried to explain how the business would be extremely lucrative. we would all see major bonuses, we could hire more workers, and grow the business faster than just large truck repair. It took 3 very emotional hours, but we eventually talked down a handful of people from making a very wrong decision.

for a week after, we were all sort of stunned that it actually worked at all. Tire cages meant for MRAP tires were cut up and turned into random parts holders, or as new hangers for air lines...one even replaced our mailbox post.
It means dark-skinned (e.g. Mediterranean) and so tends to be seen as racist now.
Bing surfaces trash!
This characterization of Americans, followed through to a not-particularly-strenuous conclusion, indicates that "Americans"--you know, real Americans--should have been A-OK with...I dunno...Dred Scott. Or pervasive corporate surveillance, as you indicate. It's a very Whig and very rich lens upon society and, frankly, not one I expect many Americans actually hold. Were that the case, one would not see, say, so many "states' rights" types being so concerned over the bathrooms used by trans people or who so-and-so is allowed to marry (not even just gay marriage--miscegenation laws go how far back?) and the like.

Americans are nosy and paranoid; we distrust our neighbors to the point of societal breakdown on the regular and we just get inordinately mad when somebody cares about our stuff. It's not a "don't scream until you get shot," it's a "fuck you, got mine." There's a real difference here.
I think the situation should be looked at more holistically.

Here are some other factors to consider:

- Does it soil our hands to build the "Mental handcuffs" of China, even if Baidu started it?

- Does it stop at China? Or what about Turkey? Iran? Would we build a search in Saudi Arabia that didn't let women look up divorce if the government wanted it?

- Does it come to America? What about searches that seem criminal?

This disagreement is much more fundamental than China. It's about the role of free-information and free-education being the basis upon which beliefs should be formed, rather than beliefs being used to block out free-information.
It's a great question, and the true answer isn't necessarily the default the (somewhat) rhetorical question assumes. Personally, an honest life is more important to me than money. OTOH, that's easy to say living on/with a software engineer's salary and job prospects.
Why do you need two of anything? Competition.
you nailed it, Step 1: Over engineer the problem to virtue signal for a culture war win. Step 2: Maintain control of culture. Step 3: Profit
Or, maybe people should educate themselves on how contacts work.

Should retailers be forced to accept product returns for customers who decide not to learn arithmetic?
This reads like a diary entry. What do you want to ask / tell / share with us, except that domains are bought and sold?
I'm not convinced. Who can marry who and substances you are allowed to make or put in your body are examples of American law poking it's nose into personal matters. Americans have a lot to say about what others should do, as long as it doesn't infringe on capital and property.
People like you make our lives really painful... I wish there was a rule saying that if a domain name has been purchased and hasn't been used after X months, then it should be automatically cancelled and available for other people to use.

Just to avoid domain squatting.
It's saying that word X is usually associated with "her", and Y with "him". Often, reality has a sexist bias.
More comment traction at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18542597
that links to a story that adds more context around the Medium posted letter.
I considered working at Google last year after a recruiter reached out to me, but their decision to backtrack on their promise in China changed my mind. I do not morally condemn anyone who works at Google. I have many good friends that are both bright engineers and undeniably good people that work there. I just feel that as someone who's family is Taiwanese, I cannot in good consciousness support the company. I let the recruiter know this because I believe it's important that they know. I'm curious if anyone else on HN has had similar experiences.
What exactly would you want to see in this situation? I don’t think most have issues interpreting actions like this.
It's a billion users potentially, and Google only has a few billion users to begin with. Which is to say, yes, corporate greed suggests the opportunity to grow by 20-30% is absolutely worth sacrificing petty things like conscience and morals.
Why aren't there electric airplanes yet?
> How would one donate money to these specific people? ... Why don't we support that more?

Insects and other arthropods are generally considered gross and annoying by most people. In many urban environments, less is usually considered better. Conservation efforts are a lot more attractive when they focus on big animals more like us.

There are some great organizations focusing on habitat restoring and arthropod conservation. Xerces in the US is one worthy of support to reach the kind of people doing this work -- https://xerces.org/
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I respect the motivation of the people behind this but I disagree with the logic here. It seems to be a zero or none type of logic. Are Chinese better off with not having google search engine as a choice, even if censored and having only local options, or are they better off having at least some choice, even if that choice is censored? I think it's the second, not the first.
The founder "acknowledged the Supreme logo was based directly on Kruger's work."

https://www.complex.com/style/2013/05/supreme-court-the-12-g...
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Squatting sounds like he's using it without having paid for it. This is the opposite. This is domain name speculation.
Domain squatters are scum. You're scum. Congrats.
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It's a big company, perhaps the best at one or many things that are NOT the one project that someone opposes
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What does it say?

https://www.godaddy.com/domain-value-appraisal/appraisal/?ch...

I added dummy value.