skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Agreed. I worked (a long time ago) at BioMedCentral - an open access journal company, and was surprised at the amount of work that went into validating and editing a single paper. Things like paying statisticians to do a proper unbiased statistical review of the methodology, or to co-ordinate peer reviewers and their relationships.
Also the tube pre-amp stage in the Dean Markley RM 80 DR is absolutely gorgeous sounding, as corroborated by its intricate tone-shaping in the schematic. My friend and I use it with keys and synths without even touching the transistor output stage.
My friends and I keep talking about this. The quality of the interactions on LiveJournal were so much more substantial.
>see what I did there?

I see what you did: You used a 10 year old meme. Great insight dude.

Next you're going to tell me that just because FB sells access to your data at $10 per account/yr, that this somehow doesn't mean that "you are the product".
Sketch for UI/UX design.
I’ve been using the free Parallels Desktop Lite from the application store. Well its free for Linux and Windows. It also doesn’t do bridging networks - only NAT and host networking. Considering it is an App Store product which should follow the sandboxing rules I suspect its just a fronted for the native hypervisor framework.

I just need to fire an ocasional Linux vem to test something it is more than enough to me. YMMV.
IRC is both centralized and decentralized.

Users join a single node (centralized) but that node is part of the wider IRC network (decentralized).
> Hopefully they’ll be able to shed these habits at some point.

...or, you know, companies like Grab can host their own data and provide their own services.
Another condition in the study is "within 1 minute". I guess the other 3 are just slower in their waking up process :)
I think you can use API Gateway as a proxy for Kinesis, removing the need for Lambda.
This is gorgeous urban landscape photography.
The bigger surprise to me is that they not only exist, but have the money to buy Parallels.
The guy's wife didn't do anything wrong. Slack broke the law by providing an embargoed service to someone in Cuba. I'll bet money that when this was discussed with their compliance officer, the lawyers and engineers and everyone else agreed to use certain metrics (like source IP) to determine whether someone fell under the embargo. Otherwise, Slack would have to spend a lot of time and money validating people's identity, etc., in order to comply. I don't really fault them for taking this path because their exposure is huge and compliance is hard.

Your analogy about grocery stores doesn't really work because logging into Slack isn't the same thing as walking into a grocery store, because buying from a grocery store isn't the same thing as exporting food across a national boarder, and because neither food nor medicine is embargoed.
Just a heads up: Apparently the finding that reading literary fiction improves empathy is one of the many studies that have failed to replicate: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/10/19/three-labs-just-failed-...
> they can manipulate and shape your perception.

That sounds pretty malicious for what basically amounts to attempting to serve you the content and ads you want.
German court grants injunction to ban Apple iPhones over patent issue
To be clear, VirtualBox and Guest Additions are open source. It is only the Extension Pack which is licensed. No?

Until today I had never even heard of the Extension pack, and have never had any need to use it.
Standardized Project Gutenberg Corpus for Stat Analysis of Natural Languag
Kong gateway reaches 1.0 GA, now supports service mesh
And did you report that to antivirus vendor, at least?
They probably found it too late and couldn't stomach the idea of recalling it right before Christmas.
You can jam GPS, but then it'll probably mean planes can't fly, either...
The alternative is every one gets a gold star for waking up on time.
I don’t remember what I drink right now, but it’s about $16 for a tiny tin at Sprouts, which is very expensive (Edit: it’s Aiya Ceremonial Grade). I’m planning on ordering some from a supplier who ships directly from Japan soon - likely O-Cha. I’ve had their sencha and it’s fantastic, looking forward to trying their matcha.

As for dose, I measure 1tsp (measuring, not table) per cup. I have one or two cups per day. But I drink it more western style than most would.

I’m trying to wean off my one and only cup of coffee first thing in the morning. Coffee makes me jittery and gives me reflux. Tea makes me alert but calm in the most pleasant and bizarre way, and doesn’t cause me reflux.
The only reason Facebook is under so much fire is because Facebook is a scapegoat for entire groups of people.

You have tech people who hate Facebook because Facebook is a social network and many tech people aren't social, so Facebook represents this experience that they either shun or think they're too "above it". Lots of tech people also hate how much data collection they do, even though users give it up voluntarily.

There's also journalists, who hate how much their business model relies on Facebook.

You have politically left-leaning individuals all over the world, who hate that people on the right use Facebook to organize political movements against the establishment. You see this in Trump, Brexit, and anti-immigrant movements all over Europe.

Almost all the people screaming about Facebook before these allegations came out are the exact same people screaming now. It's just hard to take these people seriously.

Facebook needs reform; Facebook will probably get regulated; but Facebook isn't going to get regulated into oblivion and Facebook is going to be here for the foreseeable future.
Changed from https://sci-hub.tw/10.1145/3292035. Thanks!
At some point of ease, you pretty much just have MySpace/Facebook.

And that's what I always think about these conversations... What separates hassle-free push button website creation and publishing from MySpace/Facebook?
I'd gladly pay $79 to take the train since I don't have to go through that silly TSA crap at the airport.
I imagine that, much like LCD screens, the "failure" rate for a reasonable production batch is too high to reject every slightly bent iPad.

Still sucks, and I believe it's reasonable that that the iPad pro could still be profitable even with a high reject rate, but not profitable enough.
"Engineering Manager": 271,
"Principal Software Engineer": 25,
"Product Designer": 243,
"Product Manager": 425,
"Program Manager": 35,
"QA": 353,
"Senior Software Engineer": 818,
"Software Engineer": 2975,
"Staff Software Engineer": 10

I think this section should have been ordered by volume and cleaned up a little bit. 'Software Engineer' and 'Staff Software Engineer' are the same.
Serif products (Affinity) have been on a roll, last I checked.
It helps the realization and be mindful of your emotional state. I have felt the same and I just say to myself "It is Ok. Just keep doing it" I remember something from someone saying "Don't compare yourself to others, just make sure the one you are today is a little bit better than the one you were yesterday" and the process is incremental.

I take a break whenever I feel stuck or that my work is useless. It may be useless (for other people and for myself sometimes) but at the end of the day is that I enjoy the process what really matters.
Google Plus, now's your moment!
You could prefix any statement with "it's just a" and it wouldn't change things.

Just because you don't care it doesn't mean it's

a/ any less of a crime
b/ any less important to the victim

I mean where would you draw the line? It's just car (after someone steals a car) because you happen to take the train to work? Or "it's just a house" (after an arson attack) because you happen to live in a hotel? And why should anyone else care about your personal property - physical or virtual - if/when that gets stolen if you don't consider other peoples property to be important?

Thankfully the law isn't defined by your specific benchmark of personal importance.
> We work longer hours, have less nutritious and safe food, and have an epidemic of "mental illness" stemming from our lack of social bonds and community. But because we have medicine and electronic gadgets we declare ourselves to be much better off.

This smacks of rosy retrospective bias. Even if we have less nutritious food, which is debatable, we have an abundance of it, sufficient to feed us all and we don't suffer famines and shortages, or nutritional deficiencies.

We have an "epidemic" of mental illness because most of our day is no longer solely focused on scrounging for survival. Also, the mentally ill are no longer shunned as harshly and so they don't die of starvation. Perhaps community bonds have something to do with it, but that's also debatable.
Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights
From the article: “When we become angry, we feel like we’re taking control, like we’re getting power over something.”

Around 75% of my paycheck is taken up by Health Insurance, Rent, Taxes, Automobile, and extraneous required fees. That's just to subsist in modern society on a middle class level.

I'm make WELL above the national average.

I can only imagine how difficult it is working in a small town with limited opportunities and a family and making at or below the national average income.

Most modern people are completely powerless with no chance at a better life.

It's just spun so well that people don't realize it but have this underlying feeling of powerlessness and rage.
I think it's going to continue to get worse as inequality increases and more and more people make less and less money.

That's why American's are angry in my opinion.
> On the other side you have London. You'd see single girls walking alone in the streets at 4am. Everyone takes the public transport, never seen anyone fight, almost no homeless people, everybody loves the cops. It's a different world.

You must have lived in the nicer parts of London, perhaps. I have a friend who has moved to London 6 months ago (her bf was already living there) and she told me that she's afraid of leaving her home all by herself after 8PM. She told me that while walking down the street she can "feel" the looks of the people whose religion I won't mention because I will probably get a ban, take that as you like.
Ask HN: A software for forwarding data to a remote server?
Looking for a local agent (software) that would forward data to a remote endpoint (https etc), and/or act as a proxy to connect a local database to a remote api/server.

Needs to work behind a NAT firewall and not require a static ip/typical VPN.

Example, sending any new files in a directory, or forwarding data from a connected serial/usb device, such as a sensor.

Kind of similar to Elastic Beats, or a DataDog agent, but wasn't sure if those would be the best solution.

Semi-technical users would install and run, so prefer not to use manual solutions, (configuring ssh server or rsync directly etc).

Preferably open source so can make changes as needed. But would consider a closed source/retail agent if it was configurable and lightweight. Would also consider two different agents to handle different use cases.
> Water levels around Wilmington would rise 2 feet by 2050. That reflects the median of possible warming scenarios

2 feet is the median!? And things continue to accelerate?

I thought I followed climate change issues but somehow did not know that in most people's lifetimes sea levels will rise multiple feet. I would've thought folks would be more... concerned? The maps of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut look like they are going to cost us billions to trillions to mitigate between now and 2100.
the normal argument for analogue gauges is the additional information they convey in terms of context. might not matter for your clock. but most of the time the specific minute doesn't matter, so it's unnecessary detail. I'm not translating the analog clock image to numbers in my head; the image of the hands, the spacing of the minute hand - the quadrant it is in and how close it is to the boundary is enough. digital clocks dominate our digital environment though, .. so whatever.
Can't you just not use that product then?

I get that there may be network effects that trap you, and you could be worse off because that means that by prioritising another feature they made one of your personal favorite features worse, but that really doesn't have to do with the technology used and more with what the developer is prioritising.
Queue lobbyists.
Sea level rises is currently only 8cm in the last 20 years, but it has happened. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise#/media/File%3...

PS: It’s all’s up 18 cm from 1897 but recent rise has been much more obvious.
Lessons in Vendor Lock-In: Messaging
We took bids from a variety of suppliers and it turns out that bespoke and competent totalitarianism in Orwell's '1984' model is rather expensive and will restrict how much money will be available for the minister to spend on grouse shooting in the Scottish Highlands.

So we took the liberty of soliciting a range of bids at different price points and as it turns out, G4S brought up a lovely little offering that they have titled 'Central Services from Terry Gilliam's Brazil'.

It is both cheap and looks the part, but most importantly, doesn't rely on anything actually working or anybody doing anything that could reasonably be described as work, especially at the top end, thus freeing up far more time for golf.
Use the elliptic curve version instead https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/46802/what-is-t...

This is built into modern browsers so you can use that as the basis for HMAC if you can't trust TLS or have something like an open URL for a lambda function that in theory should only be hit by someone's webhook (ie. Slack)
One of the first Linux distributions I tried (after the venerable Slackware) was the short-lived Corel Linux way back in 1999 or thereabouts.
Twitter could be great if you could truly tune-out the stuff you don't want to see.

For a long time I held onto my account, trying to mute anything part of SJW or communist discourse, but to no avail. Twitter shows you stuff you didn't sign up for anyway, I suppose to maximise engagement.
tl;dr anger is a great tl;dr compression algo
Should we talk about JFK being under water as well? see NY map.
>this seems like one of the least worrisome -- we even know how to fix it already!

The biggest struggle with climate change (in the US at least) is trying to convince businesses that they're going to be impacted financially. If anything we need more industry-specific reporting to try to show companies how ignoring climate change will impact their bottom line.
I am not trying to imagine a conspiracy here, but are there any forces on the investor side or outside of the company trying to unseat Zuck? The deluge of bad press seems like a concerted effort.
> It’s really that good

It reminds me (I hear it in the voice of the narrator) "Emacs Rocks! Episode 17: Magit" https://youtu.be/rzQEIRRJ2T0
Our ability to use buttons will wither out in years to come as phones don't have buttons. When I pick up an old school alarm clock my natural inclination is to flick the LED digits up or down but it doesn't work.

The indented button is on every alarm clock to prevent you pressing it accidentally. Google some early 80s alarm clocks to see examples.
Ethereum Universal Logins: update and demo
We have orders of magnitude safer food, fewer mentally ill than feudal folk. And we have medicine that works. Its disingenuous and incorrect to dismiss it so glibly.
> RIPA and CCTV aren't so much of a concern because they don't impose a physical obligation and so are only going to be bothersome to suspect people anyway.

This is generally known as the 'nothing to hide' argument [1], for what it's worth.

[1] https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/secrecy/you-may-...
Oh, wow. They've also changed the license a couple of times in 2016 and 2017 to make it more restrictive.

Early 2016: https://web.archive.org/web/20160411070811/https://www.virtu...
Late 2016: https://web.archive.org/web/20161208112443/https://www.virtu...
Current, last changed July 2017: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL

In the earlier licenses, "personal use" was just defined as the person using it being the same person as who installed it, and only one person remotely accessing the desktop at a time. So I had interpreted this as being OK for developer VMs in which the developer installs it themselves and uses it for their own development purposes. It also contained an "evaluation use" with a vaguely defined period.

The current license now defines "personal use" as explicitly non-commercial use, and adds more restrictions on client access that applies to any type of clients and not just remote desktop access, as well as explicitly defining the evaluation use period to being 30 days.

So while I didn't really have a concern about developers using VirtualBox with the extension pack previously, given the new license and the fact that they seem to be enforcing it via phoning home, it looks like it's time to set a policy of no one using it.

Luckily, we've already pretty much transitioned everything over to libvirt/KVM on Linux hosts, and people have generally been using VMWare or VMWare Fusion on Windows and Mac hosts.
I use VMWare.
Mozilla is prototyping a Firefox feature (called "Inject Eject") to sandbox the browser process, not to protect the system from web content exploits, but to protect Firefox itself from the system (antivirus software injecting crashy DLLs into the Firefox process). Here is the bug:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435780
I used Corel Draw back when I worked at a T-shirt and jersey shop in college, and frequently used it to drive a vinyl cutter for jersey numbers and other decoration. From anecdotes I’ve read since then, it appears the software is still the preferred choice in custom apparel, signage, and vehicle livery shops because it interfaces well with the cutting machines those industries use.
Whenever I come across such ideas it makes me want to more deeply investigate the Communicative Rationality [1] of Jurgen Habermas. Despite modern trends towards a conservative stoicism (e.g. Jordan Peterson) I actually think Social Critical Theory feels to be moving in the more-correct direction. However, the current negative association with moral-relativism and postmodernism is a new McCarthyism. The bridge should be pragmatism but even that is too closely associated with socialism.

Too many isms but the ones that are scaring me most now are authoritarianism, fascism and totalitarianism. Ideas like communicative rationality feel to me like the most reasonable solutions.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicative_rationality
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory
Here's an example at $20 million for 9 miles:

https://www.tunneltalk.com/Toronto-sewer-tunnel-Sep11-Straba...

This is a 12 foot diameter tunnel, exactly the same size as Elon's.
I disagree although I have no evidence. But the fixed cost of actually finding an employee and training them is very large compared to the hourly rate of a low paid employee. There isn't an endless stream of workers ready to seamlessly fill a role. How much does it cost to take out an ad or pay a recruiter, spend time interviewing, background check and onboard?
Announcing Rust 1.31.1
The Much Ado About Huawei Continues
You certainly were able to at one point.
http://ghostinfluence.com/the-ultimate-retaliation-pranking-...
I feel like I read about FB making some symbolic gesture to close this particular method (it seemed easily worked around) but my searching is coming up blank.
It is astounding how spot on it has all been. The data is so crystal clear.
That made my morning! Thank you for sharing.
your comment is 100% true, if somewhat pedantic.

i think we can use a dose of common sense to understand that what FB did was ... let's say not in the interest of users. so really, the problem is not that fb is being unfairly taken to task. the problem here is the NYT reporting isn't a deep investigative enough piece for your taste. it's more of a drive-by "oh boy, what did FB do now" click attractor.
Very good compositions with great contrasts balancing!
He's a Canadian student. How is this acceptable in any way?
I remember using that. It’s was good then I got scared off when my machine didn’t boot one day and I didn’t understand the error.
The problem is that it is literally not possible to put anything in the public domain except by waiting tens of years in many countries. CC0 is the license that offers the closest equivalent effect, but its still a license. There's not really any way to fix that except to lobby governments to make an international treaty to allow placing of artefacts into the public domain. I can't really see that ever happening, though.

If I were in the US, I think I would place the code in the public domain and then also offer a CC0 license to anybody not in the US. In that case, personally, I would offer a separate patent grant just to ensure that people can use my code without worry.

For me, I would only do that if I'm trying to make a statement about copyright itself. There are lots of good permissive software licenses around and I think it's much easier to simply pick one of them. However, I can think of a few people who specifically want to unshackle themselves from copyright and this is the closest way I know how to do it. It's a definite shame that you can't do it fully on the international stage.
AT&T is launching the US' first 5G mobile network this Friday
Genuine question. What does this do that just inserting vanilla GA code in the page doesn't? Trying to understand the "why".
This is true for me as well. Sometimes when I feel down. I workout until exhaustion and then everything is Ok, not perfect, just fine. It helps to keep going. It helps, quite a lot!
From my experience with Rocket Chat I'd argue it's about a 30% implementation of Slack when it comes to features and polish.

My favorite gripe with it is that quickly typing half a username and auto completing will select the first (or some random) user that's doesn't have anything to do with what you typed. It's a real pain if you're a fast typist.
Personally, I don't think a Metro system in LA is likely to work well, and I think Musk knows that. I live in LA, and even if there was a good metro system here, the city isn't walkable enough to get to an entrance easily, or if you did get to one, get close enough to your destination.

I also live in LA, and like several thousands of other commuters in and out of downtown, I find that the Metro works just fine for commuting. It's not designed to be a hyper-dense subway system like NY, since LA's not that kind of dense. It has good coverage of most of the most-visited parts of LA, including Santa Monica, downtown, Hollywood, and Pasadena. During Trojan Football, Rams, Lakers, Clippers, and Kings games, tens of thousands of people take the Metro to the stadium/Staples instead of driving because it's more convenient. Hell, almost a quarter of the Dodgers crowd takes public transportation to the stadium even though the last mile involves a shuttle bus. And during the Women's March in 2017, the Metro demonstrated the capacity to handle more than 500,000 people heading to the same destination at once. (The Women's March required them to utilize every train car available; normal capacity is generally much lower as many trains are either in the shop for maintenance or on other routes.)

Elon's tunnel has the capacity of the exit lane on the highway. It can't even compete with a side street. It's a solution for lazy rich billionaires who can't be bothered to actually think through what they're trying to do.
He shows the result of it, yes, but it's not that easy to have a wire go through a small hole and reach up to grip something and pull. Most outside apartment gates operate on that assumption.