skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Unfortunately many open offices are just desk rows, no dividers, and everyone is on top of each other (in my experience). Extra bonus points if you've outgrown the space and meeting rooms need to be booked 3 weeks in advance.
Related presentation from SPJ et al.: https://www.slideshare.net/kfrdbs/peyton-jones.
Does this support all of the features of PyTorch?
Yeah, I was taking a bit of license with the term. The problem is that rolling your own non-crypto security is still fraught with danger, and not all languages provide good libraries that hide the dangerous choices for you. Even worse, those libraries often aren't written or audited by security experts either, which is a bigger problem.
It sure is. My colleagues in Mech E and atmospheric science all write fortran. I imagine this is common for technically proficient fields which aren’t computer science or engineering but still need efficient solutions, making starting from scratch in a more modern language prohibitively expensive.
i built a light microscope that could scan 96 well slides using a 3-axis stacked configuration of these linear actuators:
https://openbuildspartstore.com/c-beam-xlarge-x-y-table-bund... and
https://openbuildspartstore.com/c-beam-linear-actuator-bundl...

I used RAMPS to control the steppers.

not clear if it satisfies your open source criterion.
There are a lot of open-source SDR projects around for things like LTE - you'll never get the per-unit costs of fixed function taped-out designs but it should be doable. SDR stacks already exist for WiFi monitoring and analysis although most of the stacks are CPU based and therefore too slow to associate with networks because they can't send ACKs in time. With an FPGA based system the latency requirements are probably achievable.

The better approach is probably a fully open firmware for an existing ASIC - let someone else subsidize your production costs. Obviously there's still attack surface in the fixed-function ASIC components but the attack surface is way smaller and the boundary could probably be audited fairly well.
I think there is money to be made still. If you focus on niche websites you can definitely charge a premium. I know lawyers that pay 4-figure monthly subscription fees for their websites in return for professional looking site tailored for a law firm and some type of SEO guarantee.
I think https://www.facebook.com/ads/archive/ might do what you want. You can also view the ads that individual pages run if you go to their pages (it's under the 'Info and Ads' tab)

(I work for FB)
I'm curious how a rocket delivers multiple satellites spaced around a single orbit. Anyone know of something for laypeople that describes the process? I think it's really cool.
> We tolerate MIDI, but it's really pretty terrible. It's ubiquitous, but it's just barely good enough to have avoided being replaced.

OK, what I'm going to say is not constructive, but, boy, how I hate this type of comments. Where were you 40 years ago? Why did you not prevent it from being terrible? What did you do to replace it with something better?

Yes, it may be "suboptimal" by the 2019 "standards", but back then, I'm pretty sure, people put a lot of thought in to it and tried to make it as good as possible. Just because it looks childish on the current hardware does not make it "pretty terrible".

EDIT: It's almost like complaining that 555 is absolute rubbish comparing to 8266 that can do sooo much more, and why just did they not come up with something better back then.
The problem that seemed to be largely missed in the discussion yesterday, is that it isn't the lab work that is sloppy (granted, they aren't doing whole genome sequencing, but there is nothing to indicate that their actual lab work is shoddy--edit: particularly when part of their business model is selling their database to pharma). The ambiguity comes in from the analysis and the size of the reference samples and the extrapolation of what we can actually tell from that (a lot less than is commonly assumed). You're not solving the problem by avoiding that part of the equation altogether since that part is the problem. Raw data is largely useless to the vast majority of consumers.

Edit: There is also a reason why the sort of data that you are proposing to provide is usually accompanied by genetic counselling. You might want to consult a bioethicist about your proposal if you decide there is enough interest in the service.
Hundreds of billions of dollars are traded per day on the various US stock exchanges.

15 billion remains not a lot in the grand scheme of things.
Hah, I think you're getting downvotes because people think by "other country" you mean US and so on, and assume you expect Americans to be able to vote on EU politicians :)

Being from Poland, my first thought was "well, of course someone from outside EU cannot vote", and then realised you mean "from another EU country".
What an amazing gift to the world. Have literally been waiting for 35 years for something like this. Always wanted to get my hands on an Alto. Thank you so much
I guess now it is really time to admit that the complexity budget is completely gone and ISO C++ is in debt.

I was already on the border regarding SFINAE and CTAD with its deduction guides, but do confess that it wasn't clear to me how bad the language puzzles have gotten.
> None of the social network companies sell user data.

Twitter does [0] and it's worth noting that fb has considered it [1]. I think it's fair to say this may be more and more attractive as the industry matures and new avenues for marketing data emerge.

[0] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/twitter-earnings-growth-re...

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/29/18117582/facebook-six4th...
My doctor has recommended updating Agile Manifesto
Looking at openbuilds.com, in terms of functionality it definitely fits the bill, I'll look at the designs with care.

I'd like to have a generic open source xyz gantry platform that I could just order on amazon for <$200 and tinker around with.
I don't think they meant that LITERALLY data is as important as oil. Obviously ALL economic activity is predicated on energy. (Oil or otherwise.)

But data is still extremely important. I think it might be more analogous to say that data has become as important as finance. Without finance a lot of things grind to a halt. Without data, I'd argue, a lot of things would grind to a halt. (Maybe even more things would grind to a halt than if finance disappeared?)

But yes, without oil, (or, even better, without energy in general), everything grinds to a halt. It all stops.
This proposed law is bullshit. Just like the US, Germany should withdraw from the Paris agreement.
Fahren.
> Also when I say FAANG - I kind of included similar large companies (Microsoft, LinkedIn, Salesforce, etc).

Ahhh I was including those sort of companies (baring Microsoft) as part of my counterexample. If the discussion was "any large / reputable organisation" then my comments would have differed a little.

In any case it sounds like London is very different to SV. It's very common for senior engineers to contracting and that's precisely because the difference in pay between permanent and contracting is night and day (the polar opposite to what you were describing in SV)
Framasoft:
https://translate.google.fr/translate?hl=fr&sl=auto&tl=en&u=...

https://www.debian.org/devel/

https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html
Tax carbon more. Then, if people want to pay more for the externalities of their adventures, they can still have them rather than sucking all of the cool out of the world with a "Culture of No."

"Anything fun in life is illegal, immoral or fattening." - Anonymous
SpaceX is moving some Mars spaceship and booster work to Texas
I agree.
However, the goal of the computer science classes is to teach basic algorithms and data structures, and not focusing on the language particularly.
For instance, in the national exam (written) you may use any printing function (printf / cout), but you are limited to use C-style string functions. No vectors, no additional containers C++. Pointers are being studied too, but there are no exercises which involve coding in exams for memory allocations, so you never get to choose between new/malloc.
I don't like this situation but this is the problem I am trying to address, any idea is well appreciated!
> There are a lot of really interesting reasons why Rust is slower in some benchmarks, like lack of constexpr or int generics, which at least one C++ benchmark uses heavily.

So the reason Rust is slow is because C++ has features that allow programmers to write faster implementations of the same algorithms? I think that's the point he is making.
You're taking a much narrower view than what I was going for in my comment. I never mentioned companies selling data and I never mentioned ad revenue either.

Data on its own is not that valuable, but it's a crucial commodity that when monetized generates value that I'd say are more valuable than oil. Companies are using data to optimize supply chains, reducing spending, generating value. Others are using data to recommend you products that you're more likely to buy, increasing profit, generating value. High quality data is the ultimate commodity, the insights derived from it can lead to much more value than oil, that's the main point of my comment.
Apache Kylin – Yet Another Hadoop Query Engine?
(Which means driving. So I'm going to have to dock the title a few points for accuracy.)
This was a requirement in a Speech course I took during community college. Each of my speeches was recorded while I gave it to the class. After each one, I had to watch the recording and write a short paper that analyzed the physical presentation that I gave including my ticks/mannerisms/etc.

Edit: We each brought in our own VHS tape (this was 2010-2011) on presentation day and https://www.svcc.edu/employees/directory/pa-fulfs/index.html would swap them in/out for each speech. Good memories... :)
Fully agreed. The part of GDPR that I don't like is that it doesn't let people and companies agree to the use of a service in exchange for advertising using their personal data. People should be allowed to decide they are OK with that. Sure, make the services be explicit about it or make it opt-in, but they should also be able to deny service to those who opt out.
Mostly the highly-significant role that social relations play, far beyond what I have experienced at <100ppl companies. This was also in vidya, so it was extra...I don't know if I'd say "vicious," but competitive for sure.
Excel support JS these days https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/excel/ex...
Well, it seems to me that a lot of developers that don’t really have a great in house engine aren’t super interested in starting one from scratch anymore unless they’re super constrained by what the current offerings are (UE4 or Unity or bitsquid or some open source alternatives). Almost all of those are going to box you into c++ with “scripting” coming from c#/lua/python/ or more c++. It seems hard to see how Rust makes a dent there significantly.
I suppose it all depends on how much weight and complexity. To me, the need to remember to charge my shoes makes the whole thing a nonstarter.
For GDPR and for VAT.

After the changes 2 years ago, you have to sign up for that system to track which country's citizens buy your stuff, and pay VAT on a per-country level, with no minimums.

From a perspective of SAAS / digital products it's a huge pain in the ass now. If I want to sell my app or online service now I have a lot of paperwork to fill in from the get-go.
Well, it does result in enriched nuclear material floating all over the ocean, ripe for the taking by pirates or nation-states that we'd rather not have access.
Why not limit just fossil fuel vehicles then? That would encourage adoption of electric vehicles while keeping the freedom of the autobahn and reducing emissions just as much.
I think software is often more complicated then it needs to be. I used to write a lot of vbScript, but now I use Node/JavaScript whenever I need to glue something together. And there are many modules in Node.JS that you can glue together in order to do something useful. I find it even easier then vbScript/Excel/VBA!
Yeah, I wish this was the approach for more things. There is something in between "free for all" and "no one is allowed to do it".
> I don’t deny that these companies do some good, but we should look at the totality of their output, not focus on the few good things they do. I am having a hard time objectively saying these companies are a net good for society.

What about their efforts to diversify their (very well-paid) workforce? Helping connect families and friends living across the world, particularly during natural disasters or other emergencies? All of the research they have done and shared with the world at top conferences?

> The existence of other communication mediums does not absolve Facebook and others of their role in consolidating the major communication mediums into their portfolio. A bunch of (mostly) white, male millennial Americans should not be controlling the worlds communication. And I say this as a millennial.

Is it any different from any other major media organization that exists today?

> I don’t quite understand why people’s concern over Facebook centralizing and controlling communication for the entire world (and censoring it) is somehow hysteria or an overreaction.

I definitely think people should be concerned. I think that we should make an effort to make more people concerned. I just think that having the government impose restrictions on Facebook (because too many people enjoy the benefits I described above) might not be the best approach to this problem.
That would fall under "unfair and deceptive business practices" which there are laws against.
Love the article's main photo. The first thought that came to mind: now THAT is a programmer.
A big problem I have with emacs, and I fully acknowledge that it's shallow and superficial, is that it looks bad.

I stare at this thing for hours a day, I like it to look nice.

That combined with the fact that I'm in JavaScript all day long, so it's super easy to extend and modify Atom, means that it just wins out.

Atom is also a LOT easier to pickup than emacs ever was for me, and I tried a few times.
The Living Computer Museum is one of the coolest museums I've ever been to. Computers from as far back as the 60's mainframes kept in working order, and freely usable by the public (though you do have to reserve time on the mainframes iirc). The first time I went there I spent hours programming on a paper terminal, which was just beyond cool to a kid who grew up in the 90s. If you're ever in the Seattle area, definitely don't miss this place.
From the creators of the Star user interface, here's a contemporaneous account of their work, published in BYTE magazine in 1982:

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/91ca/5fd33d2eb7c7b87f96ae59...

by Dr. David Canfield Smith, Charles Irby, Ralph Kimball, and Bill Verplank; Xerox
Corporation, 3333 Coyote Hill Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94304
and Eric Harslem; Xerox Corporation, El Segundo, CA 90245

About the Authors

These five Xerox employees have worked on the Star user interface project for the past five years. Their academic backgrounds are in computer science and psychology.

"We have learned from Star the importance of formulating the fundamental concepts (the user’s conceptual model) before software is written, rather than tacking on a user interface afterward. Xerox devoted about thirty work-years to the design of the Star user interface. It was designed before the functionality of the system was fully decided. It was even designed before the computer hardware was built. In fact, before we even began designing the model, we developed a methodology by which we
would do the design."
Can you imagine the traffic hazard when electrics going 200 come up on ICEs at 120? That’ll not be fun to see in action.
Yes, I'm sure most Russian trolls use the Russian nuclear test site as their home address when posting from Berkeley.
> I don’t know how you expect that happen ‘organically’ when nearly nobody outside most of our little bubbles don’t even know that this is a problem. Regulation is pretty much the only way to really stop user data misuse, with the minor problem that the regulators don’t know what they’re doing (or don’t care).

Any regulators that impose sactions on Facebook are only doing so on behalf of those they really work for (corporate interests jealous of Facebook's success, most likely).

When I say organically, I mean this way! Keep having the discussion with as many people as possible. Delete your social media profiles and tell your friends and family why. Voice your concerns in person, print, and online.
I agree; it is not the goverment's role, much less is it actually possible for them, to decide whether the needed cuts in carbon emission come from cars going slower on the roadways, from car buyers favoring hybrid cars or public transportation, from less goods being bought that require carbon to be made, or any of literally a million other options for carbon reduction. They should impose a pigovian tax on carbon, steadily increasing until they have achieved the level of carbon reduction desired, and let the free market sort out the particulars of where the carbon reduction happens.
I actually wrote a little application which mitigates this:

https://lettergram.net/

Basically, you follow topics and it sends you relevant material that has been vetted. You can get it on a monthly, weeekly, daily, or real-time basis.

Overall, I think this is essentially the “end” (if there ever was a beginning) of an informed population.
What Germans should withdraw from is coal.
Back in high school in physics we would get minus points if we indicated a too high precision in the numbers we used for calculations, it was considered plain wrong to say 2.232cm if you actually only were able to measure that it's roughly 2cm.
"But now that Facebook seems destined for irrelevance, I find myself wondering if there may be a positive use for the platform after all. No, not to make friends or communicate with people — neither of which were ever Facebook’s strong points anyway. The real value we can derive from Facebook comes from interacting directly and purposefully with its dark innards: the algorithms themselves."

Well, it has been and continues to be great for me, and millions/billions of others, for both communicating with people around the world, and making friends. What kind of blindness people have to be able to wonder "if there may be a positive use for the platform after all" I don't know.
Could you please try a bit harder to stick to the guidelines? They ask us not to complain about voting.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
People want apps. Sideloading apk is a recipe for being p0wned. Therefore, a store is neccessary, to build confidence and trust in the "ecology" of apps, to motivate people to buy apps, which then motivates app developers to write apps for purism, which therefore sells more units.

It's not diversionary: its neccessary. The lead question I see on alternate AOSP sites after how to make it work is "how do I get the google apps"
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
And media outlets like the NYT manipulate our opinions. An endless parade of articles written by non-experts with no incentives to get anything right, but plenty to keep the story going and traffic coming in.
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Yes, this is pretty cool. Amazing to think you can simulate the hardware in regular code on today's machines to virtualize not just the os but the entire machine from... (it can't be that long ago, can it, 2019-1985, wow!) 35 years ago. I was going to say 20 years ago :-)
A bit confused they used the nickname 'Iceman'. That's the nickname of the well known https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kuklinski
Where do you find clients? My bread/butter is basically reddit - /r/forhire, Upwork is total shit, so I don't even login there anymore.

I'm wanting to potentially do some sort of hosting/support plan...and work on a site that has a ton more inbound marketing related articles on my biz. Then hire some offshore or jr devs or techs wanting to become devs to support the easy issues, I'll take care of the harder stuff, or hire some tier 2 people to do that... basically have something like $200/month for hosting, unlimited non-coding issues, change fonts, update settings, fix white screen of death, etc...w/ backups/malware scans/etc... -- the idea being get some recurring income.

Then I can up-sell people who need custom apps, full-design, etc... But before I can move into agency, I need solid/steady income. I had a bunch of imposter syndrome/depression but I'm depression free since August (therapy), and I've lost 90 pounds, and just have more energy, and I'm a lot more focused now, and just want to take freelancing to where I know it can go.
Yet another fun ruined by a aristocratic bigots who want to reeducate and control the unwashed masses while using jets and energy wasting hyper capitalism without shame.
Simone Giertz Reveals Her Brain Tumor Has Returned
It can happen on the Autobahn today. Stay out of the passing lane.
To be clear, a corporate inversion is generally used to reduce taxes. I believe when you're simply doing it to avoid the IPO process it's just called a backdoor listing.
No utopian vision?
Don't leaving us hanging! If you want to comment about something, could you please give us some information? That's what we're here for.
How about Burgess v. Shampooch Pet Industries, Inc in Kansas...

Where the Pet Owner was awarded damages even though the 13 year old dog "negligible market value" given its age.

Summary of the Case:

This Kansas case presents an issue of first impression as to the proper measure of damages recoverable for injury to a pet dog. The plaintiff's dog, a 13-year old dog of negligible market value, suffered a dislocated hip after being groomed at defendant's establishment. The appellate court found the lower court's award of damages based on the veterinary bills was proper where the bills were not disputed and represented an easily ascertainable measure. Specifically, the court held that when an injured pet dog with no discernable market value is restored to its previous health, the measure of damages may include, but is not limited to, the reasonable and customary cost of necessary veterinary care and treatment. The court was unconvinced by defendant's "hyperbolic" claim that such an award would lead to a floodgate of high-dollar litigation on behalf of animals with low market values.
Kosmos 954 – Operation Morning Light
This is amazing and much-needed progress for Excel, which I think is arguably one of the greatest software products ever (except perhaps the web browser).

Unfortunately for Excel, it’s essential to Microsoft’s product strategy for keeping people on Windows, which means that Excel on other platforms feels almost as if it were sabotaged compared to the “native” experience in Windows. I feel like Excel could really thrive if only it could separate itself from the mothership and focus on its own interests.
Apple is once again selling its iPhone SE – for now
> where I can either get paid to take it or there’s a clear market for the skill

Maybe not Elm then
Which in future will be called the "rich men lane".
Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on its clearance store