skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Why can’t they dispense detergent in to a reusable container?

Branding. You have no control because literally the only reason that that stuff is used is to trick and manipulate you. This sort of packaging then becomes necessary under capitalism, because any company breaking from the consensus immediately loses any distinction as a brand that would allow consumers to reward them.

I think the only hope in future is with businesses like Aldi, who hearken back to a time when you chose your grocery store based on the quality of their products, rather than choosing it because they carry a particular brand. If stores start debranding products as they come in, and selling based on the store's own brand reputation of good quality at a good price i.e. become editorial (rather than the bizarre current platform model where brands bribe the store for better placement), there's nothing stopping them from selling detergent in bulk, next to the reusable containers to carry it home in.
For people who downvoted my previous comments about why it’s better to fail big and spectacularly than small, this is a good example of why.
I've long had a rule in my life: "When someone can only accept a conversation or submit to an idea if it is framed in ways that specifically impact them, then they're most likely not in possession of any idea or perspective worth sharing in the first place."

If you're angry that a publication addresses a human problem on a human level because, it seems, you're upset about what fractional cents of cost it would have added per ton of coal on the market? You're not only frighteningly devoid of empathy, but you're also doubly wasting your time by reading the article then complaining about it here.
A government is legitimate if it can excercise authority over its people and land.

Sovreignity means even if others disagree with what a country is doing or with the way things are in a country,they have no authority to do anything about it by force. An individual may have their most basic rights violated, however everyone outside of that country lacks authority to help them. That's why countries keep militaries,to protect their sovreignity,not just borders and people. Sovreignity means they have the right to self-determination,the right to decide what they think is legal and what rights people can have and the people get to fight for what form of government they should have and how these rights and laws will be written and executed.

Yes,ethnic cleasing is very wrong,however other countries lack the authority to interfere. They can however ooenly welcome and protect refugees and take diplomatic action that affect that government's relations with other governments.
For sure it may, but I wonder how many of those decisions will be regretted? Java is a fast portable language with a decent type system and a bevy of time tested libraries. It certainly isn't perfect, but modern Java is a decent development environment (and this comes from a Rubyist). I suspect only Go can match its speed, productivity, and safety.
IMO, teachers who have guns and are interested in keeping the peace should go through a state licensing program, and have special badges (maybe brass) so we can identify them. They could be called peacekeepers.
I guess cops at schools are just armed in case students mouth off to them.
I think what really puts me off is the effort of building those cards. It’s not quite a productivity hack if I’m having to sit and spend hours making those cards (vs. someone making those cards - and effectively - for me in exchange for $$). I like memrise a lot for some languages though, and they’ve long been advocates for this technique by building an entire business around it. Not much good material for math/CS on it last I checked.
Ask HN: How best to prepare a project for crowdsourcing?
I have been working for some time on a new approach to text markup, combining graph database entities and overlapping annotations, that I think could lead to some really interesting insights with text. For example, enabling huge networks of relationships between people, events, concepts, etc., to be mapped from historical documents.

I am working on this project solo, having invented a new kind of annotation editor, the graph model, and entered hundreds of historical letters and diary entries from the Renaissance. But I am looking now to take the next step of opening it up to users who either want to work on these texts, or even add their own.

The project has stimulated a bit of interest before when I've publicised it, but I don't have any experience building a community around it.

Are there any other HN developers who have successfully been able to build a crowdsourcing community around this kind of humanities project? I would welcome your insights to maximise the chances of my success in unveiling this to the internet.
the police have no responsibility to protect citizens

Then... what the hell are they for?!?! That is utterly insane.
IPFS is using kademlia, and iirc zeronet are still working on it. I don't think there currently are many alternatives actually being used. Haven't seen many projects using chord or pastry these days.
Well, it's likely they'll only use the core rendering engine (Blink, formerly Webkit) and wrap their own application around it. Hell, with all the applications they've released or are working on with electron (Teams, VS Code, SQL Operations Studio), I'm far less surprised.

I've been hoping they'd come up with for a more shared model for applications in the node/npm ecosystem similar to Adobe's Air. If MS did a good job of such a platform from open-source with tooling to build applications that run everywhere, more power to them.
You don't go after the consumer. Consumers don't care enough and, as you said, the marketplace is glutted.

Instead, sell to grocery store chains that have existing infrastructure. In fact, you don't even build an app. Instead you offer an API that they can call when they want to implement this sort of functionality.

Optionally, you offer to do the integration (though this seems like it could make for an awful headache). Make sure the docs are good and the customer service is better.

The point is to give the grocery chains a value add that their competition doesn't have: a way to plan meals effectively and order all the ingredients.

There are some very relevant comments elsewhere in this thread that call out waste, which is a problem I'm not sure how to solve.
Cisdem Is Giving Out Christmas Special Offer 2018
There's consistently a lot of shock and outrage about foreign interference in American elections, however there seems to be no feasible solutions to the problem. If, as people seem to be doing, "election interference" doesn't mean hacked voting machines but 'hacked voters' (exposure to subversive foreign propaganda), then there is no defense against it without going to what we would consider a repressive state. Low-cost social-media memes, groups, and bot-comments are a super-weapon that can be deployed against any government that purports to be 'democratic' in its methods.

At a minimum, to actually combat 'foreign interference in elections,' the US would need to:
- rigorously require anyone paying for political ads on social media to be US citizens,
- require anyone posting comments on US-visible political social media topics to also be US citizens,
- limit the exposure of US citizens to foreign media, both state-sponsored and 'private'
- place additional surveillance or suspicion on first/second-generation immigrants who may be spreading latent ideological memes from foreign governments

In short, a China model rather than a traditionally Western model. In a globalized society with such free flow of information, is it even possible to have a national democracy that doesn't implicitly give the rest of a world voting access through rival-state mechanisms?
I hope you're not implying that my life is boring, as that would be rude.

And wrong.
Jesus Christ, what the fuck is the point of having a security guard at a school if they aren't obligated to protect those inside? They say exceptions to the "in custody" rule exist, such as a crosswalk guard being responsible for kids in the crosswalk. How is a security guard for a school substantially different from that? I just don't get it.

Guess it's just another reason why having guards or arming teachers is not the solution to school shootings...
I like "peacekeeper" but it's lacking kick. Maybe "holeblasters"?
Maybe Google should split Chrome and related assets (Chromium, Blink, are there others?) into a separate foundation that has control over the source with a board that has membership by major players such as Google themselves, Opera, and Microsoft. That way Google can put a wall between their direct influence in such a powerful and relied-upon piece of software so as not to have the undue influence we’re all worried about.
Very specific, but I use revealJS (from org-mode) and it works wonderfully.
The animated / adjustable versions of such images (or even videos!) are much more terrifying, because you can very clearly see that this is not the case.
Clues to chronic fatigue syndrome in overactive immune response
This is extremely heavyweight syntax for something I like to use as a lightweight construct. If I wanted a function, I would make something a function.
A comoany gets to decide whether or not they'll do business in a country after considering its laws and customs. If they decide to do business,they don't get to pick and choose which laws and customs they'll respect. Refusing to provide a particular good or service because of a local law or custom is just as bad as providing a good or service in violation of local laws and customs.

Either you're in or you're out.
Yes, that time where the American public knowingly funded terrorism against one of their political allies.

sigh

Thank goodness for the good friday deal.

wait what? the tories broke that deal by their deals with the DUP, and about to rip it to pieces with threats of a hard brexit?

surely not!

sigh
This is correct. In many places, the police actively avoid "hot calls", where if there is shooting, they will hang back until it is over before moving in.
[...] Then lease your VPS

... With a credit card (which of course has your name on it), since AFAIK the providers tend to only accept bitcoin for established accounts.
"Do you have any guns?"

This reminds me of the "hack" I've seen posted here before about preventing the TSA from going through your luggage --- pack it with a gun.
It also makes sense if you're trying to do any sort of functional programming.
LE, as far as the oficial legal standpoint, are nothing more than goverment thugs and enforcers. The notion that their basic duty is to protect the public is absurd but at the same time it is widley belived to be true, including by some naive LE agents themselves. And I'm not talking about the US, this is true virtually anywhere.
Wow that’s awesome. It says “100% of your donation will help a North Korean refugee reach freedom.” To me there’s some wiggle room for “our 200k salary is a necessary part of freedom.” Not trying to be bleak or accusations, but any idea how much of this is skimmed off the top? At any rate, $3,000 to get a person out of the country and going in South Korea doesn’t seem like a bad cost, just curious how it all funnels through.
With you up until the badge bit. That would just make them the first target in an actual shooting.
Theoretically biodegradable, but not yet shown to be. As of 2015 the longest measured time was 2 years to break down about 30% of the acetate, with a diminishing breakdown rate and a dependence on soil nitrogen availability (ocean beaches lack it).
Hear, hear. I was dishonest for years in my personal life, to make things smooth in the short term. Finally things got so bad that I stopped caring about the consequences of honesty, and started saying what I really thought. It really turned things around. There’s great power in communicating honestly, and bugger the consequences.
People and forces within the country. By peace,agreement and customs or by force and warring they get to fight for and decide what their government should be like and what rights and responsibilities their people will have.
I wonder how much is correlation or causation. Perhaps female black journalists tend to write about more controversial topics than other journalists.
Ironically, even though the recommended use for this in the opening paragraph is to combat malware, I think that will be the one thing this feature is no good at. Doesn’t even moderately sophisticated malware these days try to detect if it’s in a sandbox environment? A fresh-out-of-the-box Windows install must be a giant red flag for that.

But I’m not complaining, because I can think of many other awesome uses for this. It’s great to both have such a useful feature and see that the Windows kernel team is still pressing ahead with new technology.
Every super market in NZ sells the kind of kit that Blue Apron et al delivers. So basically Blue Apron does just delivery.

That said I've never bought the kit there - they seem to be the same for weeks.
I donated $20 to the Internet Archvie and $20 to the animal rescue that took in animals after the Chico Fire. I'm also a member of the EFF. In hindsight, this isn't a ton of money :/
> All other things being equal, isn't it good for shareholders if the stock stays on the NYSE?

Shareholders would MUCH rather you have a plan to get back above $1/share. If this is your basement flooding, a reverse split is trying to soak it up with paper towels: It might work temporarily, but eventually you're gonna run out. Shareholders want to know you have a plan to fix the leak, or at least have a plan to call the plumber to fix it.

> 29 days isn't a lot of time, and even if the company quickly pivoted, they can't be sure about how the market will react.

29 days is to trigger the delisting process. NYSE will then contact them about their plan to become compliant (which gives them an extra 10 days to respond), and basically puts them on the equivalent of a PIP (and carries many of the same implications that PIPs do). They're then held to certain financial milestones, which can result in delisting if they don't meet them.

Depending on the company, the whole process can be pretty long - see, for example, HMNY which I think triggered the delisting process officially in June of this year, but obviously is still listed on NASDAQ. If Blue Apron does get delisted, it won't be until well into next year.

> Even if the company believes they can increase their valuation within 29 days, why not have a backup plan also?

Because it's not a plan. It doesn't improve the fundamentals of the company at all. It's an admission that you have no idea how to create more value and are merely buying time. Unless you truly believe that Blue Apron is on a great trajectory and just needs a few years for the market to catch up on that idea, a reverse stock split should anger you as a shareholder.

A backup plan is to take on debt, to replace every single executive, or to seek acquisition. A reverse stock split could be part of a larger plan, but it's not a plan itself. It's a tactic.
Im still stuck on Day 15 in F# :| Trying to resist copying OPs python search algorithm.
C-style syntax. I'm not a fan of using something that is inherently invisible to scope my code, and be yelled at if it's not quite right (I'm writing this in Python because I want it to be done quickly; just leave my code style alone and I'll fix it later!)
You can fight where you have a right to fight. You don't get to fight for what's allowed in someone else's house.
The one I thought of was "peanut butter M&Ms"
Only in the most restrictive states is training required, and even then it's generally just a class about the laws and regulations. That's not going to help you in a "standoff".
His statement was prospective. Your quote is retrospective.

Same reason it is OK to tell people that avoiding smoking reduces their chances of getting lung cancer or that wearing a condom reduces their change of STDs, but it is not OK to tell someone with lung cancer that it is their fault for smoking or to tell someone with an STD that it is their fault for not wearing a condom.
Was the rumor of "we cant enter unless we have bodycams" ever proven true or false?
Sure they allstand on the shoulders of giants, however you are mixing technologies a little bit. A browser is a lot more than an html engine, there is almost nothing left from khtml in either Chrone or Safari.
This is a very nice stock website.
While disappointing, it's not out of line with other court decisions. At this point, I believe the only function of the police is to execute state violence.
Hm, I'll probably develop mobile before Firefox so FF would be long way out, but not out of the question! You can follow @ForgetMeNotBot on Twitter for (very infrequent) updates.
You can use Windows 10 for free with no limitations.
This is nothing new. It has already been ruled on that the police have no obligation to protect you. They can simply say "no" if you ask them to protect you. It certainly means that they can de-prioritize your call and only show up after getting lunch.

Which makes it all the more awful when someone says "If you feel unsafe just call the police! It's what I would do."
That's great. I'm glad you live in a place with a good police force. But it is frankly evil to disarm people who have no other means to protect themselves.
I think even just the sink bomb part that instantly emptied as soon as it was opened would have the same effect. It's probably easier to build and could all be done mechanically. You can get some pretty foul stink bombs, then triple it.

If it made their car unsellable out their house miserable I'd call that a success and no one got hurt.
This reads like a joke, but it is more literally true than most would think: https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/internet-speech/new-ha...
“Im from the government and you’re here to help” – The AA Act is a hackers dream
I have a favorite article for when people say that - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35761136 - which notes that there are areas inside the Fukushima exclusion zone with an additional annual dose of 13 millisieverts vs city of Ramsar in Iran where they have an annual dose of 250 millisieverts. The citizens of Ramsar obviously have found the place to be inhabitable although I'm sure some safety expert is working to kick them out of their homes too.
100% agree with this.

I've also heard of
A. Something was wrong
B. Good job—met expectations
C. Something was unusually good
Sort of like ride-share "give a complement" feature, since they know everyone gives 5 stars.

Another option (that I've never seen) is to tell the rater their response will be weighted based on their previous scores. So if someone who always gives 5 stars gives a 4 star, it's interpreted as a negative response. But if someone who gives majority 3 star reviews gives a 4 it's interpreted as positive.
If the police have no duty to protect you, they also have no right to prevent you from carrying to protect yourself.
It's definitely a tree for species with sexual procreation. Each individual has a mother and a father, and species are pretty well defined.

For life forms that procreate by individuals splitting themselves into two copies, while also getting DNA from each other in various random or intentional ways, it gets a lot messier. We still talk about "species", but it's a quite different thing.
You don’t have to create files at all if you’re streaming content from services like Hulu, Netflix or the iTunes Store, as the writer is doing. He, like many people, doesn’t care about lossless file formats that have existed forever. In fact, he doesn’t care about file formats at all. The service you pay for makes sure they stream a format the device can decode, that’s what you pay them for.
If i'm making a list as a reminder to actually pick up items.. coconut will suffice.
Elixir obviously is Erlang under the hood, but its syntax was inspired by Ruby's simplicity. José Valim, the creator, was also a Ruby contributor IIRC.
>The situation is frustrating and stupid.

Not really. I can't really conceive of a situation in which a solar voltaic power installation can kill even a single person. Maybe a panel falls on a worker there. It's even harder to conceive of a situation in which hundreds of square kilometers of land would be contaminated by one in such a way that it would cost billions to clean it up. With nuclear, there is no need to conjecture such a scenario, it has now happened twice in 25 years.

The problem with nuclear is that despite the low probability of a major failure, when one happens, it is very, very expensive. They cannot be allowed to happen, so heavy oversight is necessary. For Fukushima, the 2016 estimate was $193B in costs to clean up, and between 2012 and 2017 the ratepayers of Tepco had shouldered $21B in costs in the form of higher rates. So even if you don't care about the safety of individuals directly at risk from a failure, the economic costs demand such scrutiny.
A browser has many other parts than rendering engine. So it is not fair to say Chrome is derived from webkit or safari. You can say chrome rendering engine was initially based on webkit which was based on khtml. And today that shared parts are quite small in the general picture.
Or Perl 5. `do_stuff() if $a->y();` is a common idiom.

Or Perl 6. `do-stuff() if $a.y;` is the Perl6 version. You can even declare your variables to be sigil-less so you end up with `do-stuff() if a.y;` if you want. See my Perl6 Advent Calendar article for a quick tour of the language, available docs, with practical examples focusing on using Perl6's novel features to write a self documenting command line script.

https://perl6advent.wordpress.com/2018/12/16/

I've written code in everything from assembly to ML, Java, and Prolog. Perl6 is the only language I've used that I would "mind-expanding". The more I use it, the I realize how radical its design is.
Difference between var and let in JavaScript – nexladder web tutorials