skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm saying there should be zero stops.

Privately-run transportation is smarter about stops. The airlines don't make all those stops when going from SF to LA. They do a non-stop flight.

There is no reason a train has to stop, and non-stop trains are still capable of serving all those cities. You buy a ticket, board the train, and it goes non-stop to the destination city. All this requires is that a stopped train doesn't block the other trains from passing through. Put the station off to the side, maybe even a couple miles from the main track.
Sometimes asset owners want to sell the asset and buy something else. There's not much point in investing if you never can take money off the table and spend it.
But it's not bad! Jk, I'm a devops guy so I set up servers and infrastructures for a living, and I still think it's a pain in the ass. Mostly getting TLS working is the hard part. If you don't get it right, your emails will all go to the spam folder of the recipient, or just not deliver at all. Hell even if you get it right, that still might happen.
$120 Billion valuation on $2.6 billion in annual revenue? Seems like a pretty steep price to me!

Note: I believe that $2.6B figure that I found does not include the amount of ride revenue that goes to the drivers, so maybe that's why the valuation is so high. If you add back in the drivers share of the revenue, maybe the valuation isn't that crazy.
I’m confused about that too - closures are one of the nicer parts of C++ imo.
> Its architecture improves latency and performance in ways that are impossible using current techniques, and it opens up the use of new computing platforms for audio acceleration.

"Latency" may actually be the only term more subject to confusion than the term "blockchain."

Is the page claiming that this language can achieve a lower latency under a realtime kernel than can be achieved by iterating over an array of function/arg pointers and delivering at regular intervals the output to ALSA at the lowest delay supported by the machine/chipset/audio hardware combination?

Or is it claiming that the architecture of the language allows the programmer to more easily do complex DSP computation reliably and safely at that same round-trip latency achievable using the design I just described above?

I'd imagine the answer is obviously the latter.

But I'd bet most developers who read the advert would would think this mystical language allows the users to access some kind of new "el dorado latency" with commodity hardware that is not currently achievable using Supercollider or Pd.

I bet that because I know users who have implied that running their single audio-generating app in conjunction with Jack-using-ALSA-backend delivers audio with lower round-trip latency than ALSA alone. They think this because the Jack page says that Jack adds zero latency to the system, and they then confuse the concept of Jack's "system latency" with the "round-trip latency" of their use-case.
They already took VC money, going public follows from that, it isn't a decision the founders are really making for themselves.
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End users are worse off than had the chosen "the obvious move" so I don't know about that.
Facial recognition for gym entrance sounds wonderful!

If that's banned I'll be in the Resistance!
I updated a test sight to 5.0. I activated Gutenburg. I played with the blocks. I looked for - having just done some Shopify work for a friend - a way in WP to preview page (while on desktop) that simulated mobile. Again, like Shopify.

Afaik there is no such preview. I'm aware "the WordPress way" is fond of turning its back on industry standards. But ignoring "mobile first"? If the dev team missed that, what else did they miss?
So domain front running is a thing (I actually coined the term yesterday without knowing it was already a thing!): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_front_running

According to the article, it seems it's not very well regulated.
> ... will likely have negative effects on its health

Indoor cats have lifespans multiple times that of outdoor cats, so I think the alternative has negative effects on health, too.
That might remove ads but it does little to assure someone regarding the privacy concerns. Google likely still stores a metric ton of data on you.
I thought so too, but the author isn't using an affiliate link, so...
Only 3 Republican senators need to support it, and there's a ton of them that don't care so much for Trump.

If enough industry people are on the side of it and/or there no populist fight over it, Trump would have no reason to veto it.

I don't think Trump really cares that much about these things, it'll only be a thing if it turns into a pop-culture war in which he may choose sides.

But if MS and a bunch of other heavyweights are in favour of it, he just might even go for it.

It's possible. But more likely in a few years.
That's possible, sure, but the evidence here doesn't support that conclusion any more than it supports the reverse. When you have a small group of things that clearly weren't chosen at random, the safe bet is that they don't imply anything about the set from which they were selected.
> In exchange for free mails, would you let your postman open your letters, read them, and insert ads related to their contents?

Note that this is not the case anymore: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/technology/gmail-ads.html

We never did that for G Suite, but with this announcement we also stopped doing it for consumer.

Disclaimer: Googler working on Gmail. Please stay :-)
radicale [0] and any caldav/carddav client(s) of which there are many, iOS and macOS include them as their default calendar and contacts applications.

0: https://radicale.org/
I've wondered if the increasing acceleration towards the center slows time down for a particle. As speed tends towards that of light, time slows down and space expands.

Is that vaguely in alignment with the actual models?
>> Google is pretty open about what they do

Where have they disclosed their deal with MasterCard?

>> there are usually ways to opt out and still use the service

Often the opt outs don't work, and these appear to be "intentional bugs":
wifi privacy intentional bug
https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/
google home bug
https://bgr.com/2017/10/11/google-home-mini-spying-on-user-f...

And the latest "bug":
In Chrome if you turn off "Allow Chrome sign-in", Chrome signs you into the browser anyway, when you sign into Gmail.

Google's "don't be evil" days are a distant memory now.
Occam's razor has a practical interpretation in Bayesian statistics, in that a more complex hypothesis will tend to have exponentially lower prior probability, because in comes from a more heavily parametrized component of the hypothesis space.

That doesn't mean much without a concrete probability model, though, and there probably isn't one in this case.
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Sort of looks like the VCs are pumping up valuations and then looking to the public markets to then dump their investments. I can't remember who said this first, but I think it's accurate.

Lot of crooked unscrupulous shit going on in the financial sector! Uber is a legit "unicorn," but $120 billion dollars??? This is the dot com bubble all over again. I know this isn't technically illegal, but it should be.
Got that from my work Google apps account. But got results from my personal Gmail. It indeed looks like a list compiled from my email invoices. I don't remember asking Google to keep track of it though.
90% of time on Reddit is spent via mobile app (iOS: Apollo, Android: Relay), and the remainder (desktop) is old.reddit.com.

I can't stand the new interface, and the way that Reddit is heading is basically Digg 3.0.
Although it's attributed to him, William of Ockham did not come up with Occam's Razor.

My metaphysics teacher showed me a line in the Summa Contra Gentiles where St. Thomas Aquinas enunciated the same idea behind the Razor almost a hundred years before Ockham did. Sorry, I don't have the reference handy. Furthermore, the Wikipedia article on Ockham's Razor traces the basic idea all the way back to Aristotle's Posterior Analytics.
A bi friend of mine ended up just using QUILTBAG at some point.

Questioning

Undecided

Intersex

Lesbian

Trans

Bisexual

Asexual

Gay

It's not entirely encompassing either. For example, pansexual isn't listed.

I've always thought it sounded too much like "dirt bag" to use myself as a cis, hetero male and hence worry I'll be misunderstood as trying to make it sound derogative.
This man speaks the truth right here!
Perfectly fair question.

I view it much like having a conversation in the hallway or by the watercooler. It would be creepy and weird, and unexpected, to have microphones and cameras all over the office so the boss can record your conversations and eavesdrop whenever they like.

It also screams micro-management if the boss needs to drop in, even if you are just using it "for the purpose of doing [your] job."

I tend to feel that if you trust your employees so little, then you should just fire them. Conversely if my employer trusted me so little, I should probably quit.

Where I would probably make an exception would be if one of the employees filed an HR complaint or something, then I think looking at the existing record would be fine. But, it should be limited in scope to that incident.
I'd like to hear opinions on how the use of sigils and the other syntax oddities like Int:D, Int:U, given, when, etc improves the codabliity/readability of Perl 6 vs other languages. The examples vs Haskell are not helping me understand. Personally I don't think the added verbosity is helping in any way.
> Your purchases and reservations are brought together from across your Google Account, from sources including: Orders placed using Google services, like Google Play Store, Google Express, or through the Google Assistant. Order receipts or confirmations received in Gmail.[1]

Wow I have a bunch gained from scraping my emails (there is an info icon that tells you the source). Mostly larger multinational merchants (Amazon/PSN), obviously the scraping isn't very advanced. Only covers a tiny fraction of my online purchases with receipts in gmail.

I also see a bunch of purchases made by a guy with the same name but on a different continent who frequently gives out the wrong gmail address (I get random mails from their friends from time to time). Thankfully they aren't buying uranium :P

Once again with google data collection I cant help but get the feeling that this is something that wasn't specifically designed for advertising. Why would they provide that link in the first place and draw attention to it when they could just do it behind the scenes (as Im sure the rest are)?

[1] https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7673989?p=orders&...
There’s a research paper out there where people who were prayed for had worse clinical outcomes then the control group.
This is HN. I fucking get it.

Facial recognition surveillance technology deployed in any public sphere should be expressly illegal. Period.
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Slack gives your boss the ability to read all your private messages today. They have for a while now.

You probably shouldn't expect privacy in any workplace app, or even when connected to a company network, given how many companies route traffic through proxies that inspect packets for data exfiltration and who knows what else.
Which would make it even more potentially harmful in this context, if it is relied upon.
> He also denied that Amazon had any responsibility for the negative impacts of their AI/ML technologies, or role to play in industry efforts to self-regulate.

As someone who's worked in the tech sector in the Seattle area for over a decade, I could have told you that would happen. One of Amazon's core values is minimizing expense -- it's baked into their DNA. It doesn't matter what the issue is. If it costs Amazon money, they HATE it.
They have had something similar in Berlin till 1989.
Fair points, tho I do think I apply Hanlon's Razor a little more liberally there than you do.
Must be a pretty recent thing if so that's kinda sad. I would say one of the biggest problems is ICANN, and from my understanding was it was supposed to eventually move to where those in charge were openly voted on, but that has never happened. Sadly, ICANN is the defacto DNS root and some their decisions are annoying.
Still doesn't mean anything until you prove it is significant in the end result (sweetener causing weight gain).

I've lost 60 pounds this year drinking huge amounts of diet soda. I've made more progress than when I tried cutting out sweeteners entirely.

There's a whole lot more going on with these issues than cell cultures and it's really counterproductive to pull random science out of a hat and say it proves your point. It only drives distrust in the whole concept of scientific reasoning.
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I think the difference is the latter three had internal projects the OSS'ed them. On the other hand, WordPress was built on the back of a "community." There is a lot of distrust, and rightfully so, from how Automattic put itself first and the WP community a distant third.
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This is only partially true (unless it has changed in the last few months). IIRC they have to enable that setting, and it does not apply retroactively. Also, employees will be notified if the switch is off and it is turned on.

But I agree, don't expect any privacy on a company network, with a company machine, and/or on company-paid apps.
I think it also tests pattern recognition and attention to detail. I definitely think most jobs don't require deep algorithmic knowledge but given the choice...
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It makes me think of Gabriel’s horn. Like, out here space is finite while time is infinite, but in there, space becomes infinite and time infinite. Very amateur opinion, mind you.
Hi Matt. Maybe not assume everyone here knows who you are? And instead at some point make note of the bias in your recommendation?

HN =/= WordCamp etc.

Tia :)
Remember these are all private companies and have the right to decide what content is on their platform. If you want something different, you are free to create your new own platform. However, I suspect that what happened to the “free speech” platforms will happen happen to that inthat you will get the extreme content and end up with a bad reputation and get shunned by advertisers, payment processors, etc.
That is a meaningless statement. The decision to prepare is distinct from the decision to commit. It's farcical to imagine that these overvalued companies are just filing on sheer momentum. Doing it now is an affirmative decision. Also, the drop began two months ago and the signs of volatility where there in January.
As another person mentioned, your email contents aren't used to target ads, and you can pay for gsuite.
Class action lawsuits can cost a lot of money. If the system is found to be biased there may be grounds to sue.

Lots of potential problems can arise. I wonder how they bake those into their DNA?
The stories I've heard through the grapevine include a lot of humiliation of young employees. One for example was Zaha throwing a phone at someone during late (unpaid) overtime, insulting them then ordering them to fix it for her.

Its not uncommon at Starchitects to be like this, but Zaha to my knowledge was one of the worst.
Sweet. Let’s see a benchy.
I recently had a thought about democracy (in any form), being a societal form of bullying on those that voted for the losing parties.

Compared to a dictatorship, democracy is 'better', as at least you get the opportunity every few years to have your views acted on by the politicians. But then, sometimes you don't. And if your views are on the fringes, your views will never be acted on.

Either way, a definition of bullying is someone using their power of consequences (whether it's a beating or emotional blackmail, blackmail, or fines or prison et al) to make others do what they want - which is what democracy delivers to the victors.

Still pondering and wondering about better ways....
Worth (and fun) mentioning but as for me I don't feel like it's a problem as long as there is a toilet nearby. Lactulose laxative effect is faster to act but not nearly as powerful as e.g. that of bisacodyl. According to my experience (needless to say it may differ in others so be careful) it will hardly cause any serious inconvenience or discomfort any soon after you defecate (a couple of times in a row perhaps) or make you need a toilet really often, especially after you get used to it and your colon adapts and gets generally cleaner and healthier. What I find the most valuable property of lactulose is its prebiotic effect (somewhat similar to that of inulin[1]), it really feels and seems like it makes an amazing difference in the gut ecology.

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More generally with OSS I have found that it mostly depends on the level of contribution.

There are usually some trivial tasks around docs or simple items that can be done with minimal knowledge of the language or project codebase, additionally there are more low-mid tier tasks that require looking at past commits / structure of the project but follow the same pattern.

source: I have contributed to probably close to 100 OSS projects in the last decade varying in size and complexity.

Specifically With respect to kubernetes I have spent some time with trivial tasks for related projects like acs-engine because I am using azure for deployments.

I have not contributed to TensorFlow but in limited areas I imagine I could help with bindings, cross platform support and maybe optimisations of functions given that this is important because the compute cost involved. I would not however be able to dig into some of the complex models the codebase because I have not studied data-science or in any great detail.

We are in an era where OSS project organisers can now see the value and build on these small changes.
If you can get enough people interested and contributing towards a goal you can reach a critical mass.

The one tip I would have if you were looking to get started out in OSS development is to make some kind of assessment around how easy it would be to work on a project.

For example: Rust is very popular right now and has been gaining traction for awhile.
This is no accident and building a programming language out in the open is very very difficult.
A number of very skilled Engineers have allocated time to mentoring.
So if you wanted to just jump in having never contributed before you could just filter an issue by mentor.
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Ais...
Filtering this further by E-easy to get yourself started.

This is probably not the best example as writing a programming language is not an easy feat.
The example was chosen however to more highlight what to look for in projects if you want to get your feet wet and start contributing to OSS.
Here is a VCs thought on going public, for what it is worth: https://avc.com/2016/11/going-public/

My guess is

* liquidity for employees and investors

* access to even greater amounts of capital

* access to capital that might not be as fickle as private investors
I'd also disagree Slack is a good app. I've used it, Spotify, and a few others. I never understood the point. You're running a web page. It feels like a web page. It drains your resources just like a web page. Just because your web page runs in a window that doesn't have your web browser window frame doesn't make it native. It's a pointless exercise of tomfoolery.

Not to mention you have to install and update an app now. It's not even as convenient as the web.
Yep, you are free to make your own platform, except don't expect PayPal or any other processor to support you if you don't already fit on online networks.
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Can’t you just stop for a 30 minute lunch break at a super charger station? This seems like a solved problem at this point.
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The "foreign" business man in this international business fairy tale doesn't sound very smart. He transferred his knowledge and money to strangers and walked away from his business for about six months in China. Did he expect red carpet ceremony and a firm welcome handshake from the president of Bank of China upon return?

Wonder if it's fair to blame the observant locals for what was most likely careless, condescending and delusional in foreigner's poorly thought-out business plan.
> $120 Billion valuation on $2.6 billion in annual revenue?

That number is quarterly revenue (and as you say does not include the share the driver takes)
There needs to be a device that you can jam under your chin to disfigure your face for some period of time. Granted this would not be legal or pain free, but might be required in special situations like misidentification. I could absolutely see a device like this being sold on the black market in the future.
They've changed the default since then, again. Here's a source for them having had it on by default and turning it off again: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/03/microsoft_reverses_...
It seems to me that Haskell programmers are the least likely to need something like this.
Teams is terrible.