skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> if you're deep into google products, you should be paying the $5/month for a G-Suite account with your own domain. You get access to better business-class support.

And lose access to the consumer offerings for which Google isn't prepared to offer enterprise management features and/or support, or which just don't fit into their enterprise vision. Every time a new consumer service or feature product is released, complaints start from G-Suite customers about not having it.

Which isn't a big deal, perhaps, if it's not a service with interacts with others on your account, so you can just use it on a different account, but for things that you want to integrate together splitting different services to different accounts because not all of them are supported on G-Suite makes the services on both accounts worse than they would otherwise be.

Google One is the offering directed at this, though I don't know how good the support component is.
Here's my understanding, based on a fair amount of reading and thought. First of all, condemning someone for being fat is rarely if ever useful.

In terms of what is useful the first thing is that people need to be eating a diet that is very low in processed carbohydrates, with lots of fiber and moderately low calorie foods, and they should eat until they are full, instead of counting calories.

Now people's bodies are different, so this won't work for everyone, but for most people it will.

If someone isn't eating this way, it is either because they don't know that is the way to go, or they do but they have other problems, like psychological issues, so they need to try to deal with them, if possible.

That's pretty much it.
The alloy of anger and passion has become a bit of a trope in cuisine so I think some people just ham it up. There's also a trickle down effect (if an assistant does something wrong and passes it to a commis chef who doesn't notice who passes it to his chef-de-partie who doesn't notice who plates it for chef who notices, the cdp gets chewed out, who gives it raw to the commis, who kicks the assistant's ass).

I did work in a 1-1 environment for a little while with a chef who went into retirement and came back out to do a lovely little diner with food way better than it needed to be. It was probably the best cooking experience of my short career and nary a heated word was exchanged. The chef was a good guy, but it definitely helped that it was just two of us.

I don't think it's healthy, but I can see how rage can occur in the mania of a busy kitchen that takes itself seriously. In a school, however, I can't see how that helps. Maybe the commis thought that accepting harsh criticism was part of the lesson; maybe he's just parroting the way his superiors treated him; maybe he's just a douche.
I like soft drinks as sources of carbs. I’m active, so I really need them. It’s how you use them that’s an issue, rather than intrinsically being bad. (Outside of the cola issue. Thanks for the pointer.)
Say I create a struct that's a thousand bytes large. Making sure that it is properly zeroed is a large performance penalty.
Can anyone say what the common source of the impounding of these scooters is landlords, parking enforcement, business owners?

Couldn't any "dockless" transportation device technically be considered abandoned once a user get's off of it leaves it where it lies? In the absence of having agreements with the local municipality could this be a fatal flaw in the business model?

It seems like there could be an "incentivized" marketplace for the proactive impounding and subsequent auctioning of these no?
> And of course it is healthy!

Can you say that? I mean, yeah, it's healthier than refined sugar, but you're still drinking carbonated sugar water, regardless if it's a better sugar.
Estimates like that for fusion reactors are utterly preposterous. That's a fraction of the cost of a fission powerplant, even those the fusion plant will be much larger and more complex.
I will never forget discovering that "SELECT FROM_UNIXTIME(-1)" would instantly crash MySQL.
Yes this that is probably the case, no need to block beyond 1.1um for images, perhaps now they should extend it for safety. The laser must have passed through and damaged the metal interconnects on the backside of the sensor.
You don't even need to die for this to be an issue. Your registrar could just screw up and sell your domain to someone else. Or your registrar could have a security breach resulting in your domain being transferred. There's a myriad of ways the "own your domain" solution could fail, so it's really about which risks you're willing to take.
Huawei employee arrested, accused of “high-level espionage” for China
An Eve Online player who logs in for 1-hour / day will spend less time playing Eve than Sports people who watch roughly 3-football games per week.

~3-hours a game == 9-hours of TV Watching time.

1-hour / day == 7-hours / week of Eve Online.
I would be too scared of Google closing my account as retaliation for this and me losing literally my entire digital life (family photos, my identity that's tied to gmail, etc).
I think the ideal use case for Sandstorm is either the service model or best-case the "your family computer guy runs it for a ton of people you know". If I stand up a Sandstorm server at home this year (which is likely), I'll probably allow any friends or family to use it.

The "normal desktop user" should probably not be running their own self-hosting setup, because they will fail at backups and reliability and performance.
The cola issue broke my heart - I used to love coke zero. And you're absolutely right, in moderation literally anything is within the bounds of health. If you need sugar fast, that'll do the trick!
What strikes me as odd is that most of these efforts are driven by the EU. Are other unions and nations not seeing the need for these things? It reminded me of GDPR.
In my first sentence I wrote "have been made unlisted" but meant the opposite: "have been made public". As for why they used to be unlisted earlier, I have no idea. Just found them following links from Knuth's website.
Is there any other game that has been consistently making "the news" for a decade?
Technologically, yes. But centralization takes many shapes (as I explain in the article: https://ruben.verborgh.org/articles/redecentralizing-the-web...).

I encourage you to read the article, where you'll see that I'm arguing from a permissionless innovation perspective, not so much privacy.
I took that diesel ICE in 2008. It blew my mind as well. Another thing I noticed about that train is that it seemed to have discrete gears. I don't know if that's true but my impression was that the train would accelerate and change gears just like in a car/truck (as opposed to a diesel-electric train where the diesel engine generates electricity for an electric motor that drives the wheels).
Tens of percents.
They've been debating this for many years, and Gelman is a coauthor and student of Rubin, who has been debating with Pearl for decades. Gelman is saying he doesn't want to debate the same issues yet again.

The primary message of Pearl is "all other methods are trash and all empirical work done using those methods is trash." My interpretation of the post is that Gelman is arguing other methods are not trash.

I probably agree more with Pearl than Gelman on the details, but Pearl's approach is just not appropriate for an academic setting.
GeoIP is not that accurate in many situations, and note that a VPN does not protect you against this kind of targeted ad location leak.

I'm confused by your reference to me and my concerns. This isn't a discussion about me; I was making a point about leakage of location information.
The Subtle Threat of High-Quality Distractions
What is Verizon billing you? Verizon's "unlimited" plan is capped 22 GB and slows you down after. You get true unlimited data with Fi at $60 + $20 per line.
They don't list the SS Badger which run from Ludington, Michigan to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and handles both rail cars and automobiles. I've taken it dozens of times and you can't claim to be a Michigander if you haven't ridden it.

https://www.ssbadger.com/
The AI Market Is Growing, but How Quickly Is Tough to Pin Down
I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect that when they say they are going to stop selling the data, what they mean is that they are going to switch over to some indirect means that is technically not selling, but accomplishes the same ends.
Oh wow - wasn't even aware of this. Will check it out :)
I quit EvE a long time ago (2005-2010), and these stories remind me why the game got so stale. Meta-gaming mixed with betrayal is fun to write about, and is a great example of bugs becoming features, but being part of it isn't actually all that enjoyable. Its just something to do when you want to do something that has an effect on someone, because the game has no interesting challenges left to offer.

In the end game you can highsec carebear, or you can sit in a nullsec blob. WH space was a band aid trying to cover the fact that they ruined the risk/reward system between high/low/nullsec, but it was enjoyable none the less.

It was still a great game, and back when I played there was nothing like running around lowsec at -10, or just pulling security for small gang mining operations, or any other small group/solo stuff.
I don't disagree. I'm not debating the value of Pearl's approach. I'm saying other methods can also be helpful. Pearl does not accept that.
Reading around, retro seems to be about 20+ years old, which fits.

Doesn't make it hurt and less though :( .

Ps what do you expect your life span to be if you're excited that you've lived long enough to see quake 2 become retro, and will see the games of today become retro? That's only 40 years. I'm glad that it pleases you all the same.
> Where are you getting this?

My imagination, mostly. Note the policy being referred to in that sentence is meant to be a hypothetical one that was never actually proposed, which shifts liability without any of the safeguards. The second clause is the justification for the various limitations and exemptions bolted onto the basic concept.

> Have you read the current copy?

Not the current copy, no. Last time this came up I tried, but I had a hard time slogging through the European legalese to get to the meat, which I’m not used to reading. That’s why I’ve tried to keep my analysis here in the small, only considering the particular clause that started this discussion thread.

Given how hard it is to read, and the general unhelpfulness of the community (1), it’s probably a good assumption that effectively no one has read the actual text, and instead is relying on the reporting, which feels extremely biased to me on this one.

> The proportionality element alone makes the 'we need to invest 200% of our revenue into content blocking' myth absurd.

You should consider making this the lede instead of burying it three replies deep. This shows that the entire discussion about the other clause is moot, as there won’t be a problem in our scenario regardless of the result of that analysis.

(1) When I did ask for some help getting through the citations last time, the only substantive advice was “just skip that stuff, it doesn’t matter.” If I have learned anything, it’s that everything written into legislation matters.
> How does this not constitute littering or obstruction of a public walkway?

Yes and the company is also using the public right of way to store their inventory.
> and they should eat until they are full, instead of counting calories.

I am curious why you say this. In my experience counting calories works great to put into perspective the caloric cost of everything you consume. You don't have to always do it, but do it for a while and you can eyeball pretty well if you can or cannot handle something in your diet.
I agree. It's probably because sales were trending down.

That said, nothing stops another company from stepping in and taking a license for a smart speaker without neither the microphone nor the speaker, in a tiny form factor...
Sssssh, you just told the world my retirement plan!
I would not buy anything from Google at this point. Definitely will not use anything else except Gmail.
"This may seem like a distant problem, but, as Tom Scott recently observed, the year-2038 apocalypse is now closer to the present than the year-2000 problem."

Wow, I knew it was approaching soonish, but that's an eye-opening way of putting it.

I wonder how many pre-2000 kernel versions are being used in devices right this moment.
While this is currently true, there is no guarantee this will remain true in the future. What happens when a founder dies?
‘0% Success’: Why Blockchain Apps Just Aren’t Taking Off
They still have BPA resin lining their cans, which it turns out may be the actual cause of diabetes.

https://medium.com/@InfinoMe/diabetes-time-to-resort-to-plas...
Yes — but all "intelligence" is an emergent property of systems. And because the system in this instance is not a human brain, it's non-human intelligence.
Yes. The source reads much better.
If you're stuck in rural US, then you should use Verizon for it's older CDMA networks. Spending extra money and going through the hassle of getting another phone while traveling is a personal preference it seems, but for people who do travel it's one less thing to worry about.
Sounds like your phone was so delayed because of a huge black friday promotion they ran that put their pixel stock a month or more behind back orders. My experience with them, outside of this one massive underestimate of how many phones they would sell because of the phenomenal deal that they ran, has been really good. Phones are normally in stock and ship almost immediately. And customer service is very responsive.
I've had edge case service nightmares with Google as well. Hate to say it but for a company that prides themselves on being smart, sometimes (just like in any other bureaucracy) they come across as really stupid.
These products have existed for a while and don't really make a dent.
People tend to use "SSL" to mean "CA-based TLS" these days, as in "SSL certificate".
As a side note, the phone that I snagged during that promotion just barely arrived a week ago. And I ordered it at the end of November. I think you just ran into some unlucky timing, at least in regards to the delays in shipments that you encountered.
I think Pearl is more a theoretician. I believe some of his descendants have done some work that might qualify.

But, I agree that it would be nice if Pearl used real world problems using his methodology.
Isn't that kind of saying that the shot man died of lead poisoning? Like, I get that BPA's can possibly cause diabetes, but so can liquid sugar.

Also, this analysis seems to indicate there's no link:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4058392/
Yes, I have thought about this as well.

One of the reasons I am in the process of moving all of my domains to Gandi is because they appear to be the only reputable domain registrar that supports U2F. I take security extremely seriously when it comes to my domains.
I have been meaning to try SSB, I have had some success using DAT[1] to transfer large files between friends.

1: https://datproject.org/
The Chromecast audio does one thing and does it (pretty) well. You can connect it to any dumb thing you have lying around.

I am not going to buy an eavesdropping microphone setup for my house, so if that's all Google will sell, I guess I'll find another path for music.
Who decides I can or cannot get foobar.tld?
I meant to say -- healthier than soft drinks.
A second bad thing that's equally bad to a first still ends up with double the bad things, which is worse than the single original bad thing.
Visible laser light kills cameras all the time. I think this is more likely what happened here.

https://photofocus.com/2013/09/14/beware-lasers-can-kill-you...
Hello fellow hackers,
This is my first comment since I started reading HN around 4y ago. This comment thread mostly summarizes why I'm a lurker: most of the time when I read an article someone already made a point that I would like to make. Most of the time it would be superfluous ( objectively speaking this comment can be treated as such...). To make it slightly worthwhile let me share why I keep on consuming HN and lurking here: What I really like about HN in comparison to reddit is that HN is way less negative/aggressive. Many years ago I once tried there to discuss something - wanted to share my joy about some feature in some library on proggit. Instead of arguments I've received bunch of profanities and name calling. That effectively 'cured' me from participating in comments there. I really really enjoy that such negativity is missing here. That trait plus curated links makes my time spent here much better spent in comparison to alternatives. Thank you guys!
My app on the apple App Store is mostly trouble free but occasionally maybe once a year I have to issue a refund. I can’t do it via Apple I just use PayPal. They could be scammers or bullshitters but I doubt it. Besides is the cost of the app worth more than my reputation?
It's my understanding that refunds in the app stores (and Steam, etc) are entirely a feature of the store itself, and the product/app creator hasn't got a say in it or any control over it.
What if someone hijacks your domain?
regarding crappy SDK's from vendors - it is indeed strange they do not put more effort in this. I mean software is a huge cost in embedded as with other fields. My only theory is that it is usually the hardware team that decide what chip to use!? Would be interesting to know if respective tools for CAD/EE/hardware design is any better? (Hard to compare though)
"just" for ad targeting is a big hole in this caveat.
Which I totally accept, it's just dangerous for us to build a narrative that "this is better, therefore it's good", which I know you're not trying to do, but I see it a lot.
Nitpicky code standards should be the realm of automated sniffers and fixers.

Besides that there is no magic wand here. You have to do the work to create a good culture of code reviews in your team. This is not science, this is your engineering lead promoting good review practices and cracking down on harmful ones.
When corporate lawyers go out of their way to look like morons, why interfere?

It needs to hurt when someone tries to pull something like this. With no public feedback loop in place, these types of people end up running things.
The same 3 GB of data would have costed you $30 with Fi (or less if you were already near/over the 6 GB threshold). Given that 15 EUR is about 18 USD, you essentially saved 12 USD.

Personally, I would have gladly paid $12 to not have to go to a store in foreign country, switch SIM cards, have to worry about hitting the 3 GB limit, lose the ability to call or text anyone in the states, etc. But to each, their own.
Donella Meadows passed away 19 years ago, in 2001.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donella_Meadows
I use a simple getmail[0] script to download all my Gmail automatically, and I use an address on my own domain too. For Google Photos however I haven't found a great backup solution, especially one that can work on Linux/FreeBSD.

[0] http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/
The rule I follow is the same one I had for Y2K. If there is no interface to enter a date, you don't have to worry about it.

For example, on the sensationalized "documentaries" we had leading up to Y2K, they showed a stream of appliances and gadgets that had processors in them -- hair dryers, microwave ovens, dishwashers, food processors, etc saying they all would be vulnerable. Some of these display the time, but I haven't run across a microwave yet that accepted a date input.
f# is a multi-paradigm language. it allows you choose what paradigm fits the problem best and allows you to easily mix paradigms, and it does so in a clean way. haskell does not have this flexibility. this is f#'s power.
Sony does the same thing. It's a fraudulent activity on their part.

What happens: Your card gets used, or you bought something there that didn't work. Sony refuses to refund, if you escalate to a chargeback they'll ban your account and prevent you from accessing anything you bought on their network (even if it's not involved in the dispute).
Corporations are the first generation of general AI.
Ad location targeting at best is in a 3 sq. km area, not 1 km. For an average city in the U.S. (like St. Louis) that's an aggregate density of 6,000 people.

Knowing that someone in 6,000 people in an area clicked on your coffee ad is not leaking GPS data. Which is probably why bounty hunters are buying the data directly from cell carriers and not running targeted Google ads.
It's 10G for two lines.
Anyone have leads on where to buy these at auction?
Nord VPN because you get SOCK5 as well. If not Boxpn have been good for me.
Exactly, they probably don't have a license for ad-based audio streaming, only subscription-based.
It's weird oat milk is only recently becoming popular. It tastes great, it blends well in coffee or tea, it's easy to make, oatmeal is dirt cheap, and it froths up nicely for lattes or cappuccinos or what have you. I'm glad it's catching on!
The Germany/Denmark one goes past a huge dong/ørsted energy windfarm. Two experiences for the price of one!
And again, I think this is a naive way to look at things. It doesn't help anyone that cars have become nominally cheaper if healthcare has increased 900% above inflation since 1960.

Cheaper internet access can't possibly offset the fact that rent has added 130% above inflation (US average $610 in 1960, $1405 today, both in today's dollars).

You have to establish a hierarchy of needs if you want your analysis to have any utility whatsoever.
More like, now that regular Chromecasts can do it, why even have Chromecast Audio as a separate product any more? It's all just Chromecast now.
It works well with Spotify, for the record.
Wonder how many people there are who would be good programmers but never had the opportunity to code in the United States? Have there ever been studies on the programming capability of people who never coded before who are given some training?
In Poland speed cameras had been used by various municipalities to extract revenue from passing cars. They had been hidden in some deliberately deceptive places.
One municipality had been making 1/3 of their budget from the national road passing through. There had been private companies leasing cameras and servicing them in revenue-sharing schemes.

It had been forbidden by law few years ago. To make clear we still have speed cameras and perhaps more now but there is a process for deciding where they are and why...
Would love to know how you find their other products unacceptable, but giving them unfettered access to your private communication is okay...
Have you considered Piwik or a similar self hosted analytics solution?

I don't care if people run Analytics, its just when they go sharing all that data with a third party that it gets troubling.
National park campers cut down protected Joshua trees during government shutdown
Yes, that's right, it's messy when you are tackling legislation to play catch up with technology. We've seen how wrong it can go with stuff like the last generation of cookie laws that were too tightly coupled to implementation details. GDPR is actually a nice step forward into resolving these huge gray areas that the web and smart phones have enabled as they become mainstream.

The status quo where corporations make vast profits peddling ever finer-grained user data unbeknownst to the consumer with no oversight is not good. A cultural shift is necessary. I'm glad to see the EU has the stones to tackle the issue because there is zero political will stateside for any political action other than driving corporate profits masked by populist appeals to xenophobia and whatever other irrelevant distractions they can cook up.
What a strange article. I thought it was leading up to saying that control of DNSSEC is decentralized, or has a transparency process, or something.

But instead of 14 nerds, it's the US government (for .com).

I need to read up on DNSSEC.