skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
We've banned this account for trolling. That's what flamebait on inflammatory topics is, intentionally or not.
I think this is some BS that has to do with OSX's "security" and that applications like this are required to be in the Applications folder. I could be wrong.
Thought it was Pidgin, but might have been ICQ... it was a long, long time ago that I used any of these... can't remember specifically; maybe even MSN via Pidgin. Seems like it would have been more a function of the protocol that you were using than the client/plugin specifically (naturally that had to support it, too, but the more fundamental would have been the protocol.)
I think I misunderstood the point of your argument. at first I thought you were specifically singling out car insurance as being unfair, which seemed odd to me, as it seems pretty close to WAD to me.

if you are just using it as an example of a misleading dataset, we are probably in agreement.
All these stories on raising children confuse the issue and keep parents in paralysis.

If you want to take the pressure off - tell parents their kids won't be left out like millennials are. Give them a safety net. Let parents know their kids will have a pretty good life. On the other hand, if they know their kids will be in a dog-eat-dog world where even hard work gets you nowhere - they're going to raise their kids with a zero-sum game theory.
If I need a new pair of glasses with the same prescription I have now (Say, for example, I fall and break my glasses), I shouldn't be required to go get examined to get a new pair simply because it has been more than a year. I want the same thing I've been wearing, and the worst possible outcome from me getting them is that (if my prescription has worsened, which it hasn't in 4+ years) I can't see quite as clearly at long range as I ought to.
Trust me, "quantum computer, room temperature super conductors, (closer to) human level AI" get plenty of funding to the point where people don't even know where to put money.

> I'm all for investing in cutting edge engineering to build something new.

If you asked oven engineers 70 years ago to build the most efficient oven they can they probably would have build something that is 2 or 3 percent better than what was currently on the market. But nobody of those oven engineers would have build a microwave.

Hence, in order to solve the engineering problems of tomorrow we have to do blue shot fundamental research today because the solution to many problems is not always obvious.
Ah, silly blind copy-pasting on my part. With "jessie/updates" it works. Thanks!

The message I was referring to, which looks like it's indicating that security.debian.org is trying to redirect:

# apt -o Acquire::http::AllowRedirect=false update
...
Err http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Sources
302 Found [IP: 217.196.149.233 80]
Err http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages
302 Found [IP: 217.196.149.233 80]
Err http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free amd64 Packages
302 Found [IP: 217.196.149.233 80]
Err http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main i386 Packages
302 Found [IP: 217.196.149.233 80]
Err http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free i386 Packages
302 Found [IP: 217.196.149.233 80]
Fetched 422 kB in 2s (169 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/main/source/Sources 302 Found [IP: 217.196.149.233 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages 302 Found [IP: 217.196.149.233 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages 302 Found [IP: 217.196.149.233 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages 302 Found [IP: 217.196.149.233 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages 302 Found [IP: 217.196.149.233 80]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Current versions of antiX or Q4OS should run OK on it.
I've used Glasses Direct (based in the UK, but ship across Europe) before and I really liked the lenses. They seem to last longer than the ones I get from high street costs (maybe because they are polycarbonate?). My only complaint is the selection of frames they do are a bit on the small side for me.
I wasn't commenting on the options and treatment of asylum seekers to the US, I was pointing out that your own article shows it isn't ""cages" propaganda" and hasn't been "debunked". The separation part for families is not to be expected because, like the article you posted mentioned, it is unique to this administration.
The countries where kids are spending all their time studying are not “third world countries.”
It is. But... you're actually going to want help from them, so trolling them might not be in your best interest.

A related maxim: "Never be rude to an airline gate agent."
This is an area where I feel like AI could one day give you a comprehensive eye exam and even measure your face and head displaying a number of frames that would suit you. Once you decide on color and style, they would then be 3D Printed and the Lens could be ground while you wait. Perhaps just a tech to assemble would be all that is required.
I keep saying this to neural net enthusiasts: brains and neural nets don't have anything in common other than some nouns. Not network topology, not even level encoding (bio neural nets are pulse rate encoded -closest "neural net" to this is something like a liquid state machine, which is not easily simulated on a Von Neumann computer). We actually know an awful lot about how things in the visual cortex work. Nothing like a "deep network."
Calculator example breaks when attempting to divide by zero:

Uncaught abort(20) at Error
at jsStackTrace (https://webassembly.z19.web.core.windows.net/Calculator/mono.js:1063:12)
at stackTrace (https://webassembly.z19.web.core.windows.net/Calculator/mono.js:1077:11)
at abort (https://webassembly.z19.web.core.windows.net/Calculator/mono.js:18097:43)
at nullFunc_ii (https://webassembly.z19.web.core.windows.net/Calculator/mono.js:14694:2)
at b20 (wasm-function[10723]:31)
at emterpret (wasm-function[922]:12351)
at _do_icall (wasm-function[8343]:63)
at emterpret (wasm-function[922]:7917)
at _interp_exec_method_full (wasm-function[7977]:65)
at emterpret (wasm-function[922]:7129)

Which is weird, because in the actual code[1], there's a division by zero check which should pop up a message box:

case '/':
if (opr2 != 0)
{
result = (opr1 / opr2).ToString();
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Can't divide by zero");
}
break;

Given a closer look, I doubt this is a WasmWinforms bug, but rather mono-wasm (or somewhere else along the compilation pipeline).

Edit: I'm wrong, it's a WasmWinforms bug.

[1] https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsdesktop/Simple-Calcul...
Or it could be less. I think a secondary wave of innovation won't come until the bubble pops and there is a diaspora of out-of-work yet skilled engineers forced into jobs they would have otherwise felt were beneath them, and are then required to deal with the problems of the every-day worker.
See - messengers use push notifications to let you know about messages from humans. Most users of messengers get (understandably) upset if they don't receive notifications for incoming messages.

Note that you can always block notifications for apps you chose. The problem here is the other way around: You do want notifications, but even though you disable battery optimizations and some other things for the app you're using you can't get push notifications to be delivered reliably. That's a pain.
> your eye doctor must give you your prescription after your exam

In regard to the above quote, I wonder how effective or if anyone is familiar with: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/eyeque-visioncheck-world-...

It essentially promises to not only cut out the doctor's exam visit but actually improve the prescription (since measurements are taken throughout the day).

note: not affiliated but seems like an interesting product (if not now then certainly as the field of self-testing improves, example: https://tricorder.xprize.org/prizes/tricorder)
Yes, their concern is about the misuse and/or confusion of a limited lexicon. I understood that they propose adding words; and I suggested that there is power to be found in not doing so. It can be beneficial to some if we are unable to speak precisely and without misunderstanding. It can be beneficial to some to co-opt existing words for new uses.
Doesn't seem that expensive to comply with this.
I actually really miss the old basic NHS frames because of this. Perfectly fine to wear every day, even if you're Michael Caine, and simply not bother with anything more expensive. They were also great for ordering a cheap second pair for manual dirty work, decorating, spare for the car, and to tide you over when the expensive pair inevitably breaks (funny that) etc. A HUGE thanks to Thatcher for removing opticians from proper NHS coverage in the mid 80s. After the demise of NHS frames, even cheap glasses were expensive.

Decades later those NHS 524 frames became all the hipster (and Morrisey) rage. For hundreds a pair. Sometimes using original repolished frames as apparently they were well enough made to last forever.
Running (expensive) SQL on dynamodb tables.
I wish that it was more prevalent for people to just assume and know that any website, regardless of whether or not it has a chat function, has the ability to record what you're saying (read: typing). Everyone out there should act like everything they type into their web browser has the potential to be seen by, at the very least, the website they're typing it on and, at worst, by everyone online.

If you really need the kind of security or peace of mind that this situation is not suitable for, type everything into a text editor and paste it into the website when you're ready to send it. Otherwise, you can't ever have any expectation of privacy on the web.
This is true - the modern devices with real-time DSP _are_ amazing. I strongly suspect that the eye-watering prices are still massively overblown, though.
Absolutely. My more than 7 year old X220 now has 12GB RAM and would support up to 16GB afaik. Moreover it has a non-glossy screen, and a replaceable battery.
I dont understand arguments like this. It reads too closely to the anti-immigration narrative I hear all to much in USA lately. If you're hard working, critical thinker, creative then you deserve the opportunity to join us and lowering barriers to all these folks is not something we should perceive with skepticism. Discouraging opportunity so you can have more market share is just plain selfish and bad for society, not to mention the fact that if youre highly qualified you shouldnt be concerned with a growing field of tech workers.
Another very grateful Zotfile user who wants to say thank you for your hard work. I use it every day.
*Newspeak
It's not just the US. They weren't even the first. If I read the news reports accurately, Canada made the move first.

Look, I know we all Trump. I'm with ya. But that doesn't mean that every single decision his government makes is the wrong call. "Even a broken clock is right twice a day", yada yada.

By all accounts, Madura is an unelected tyrant responsible for the deaths of several protesters. I'm not there, so I can't say if these accounts are accurate. But there certainly seems to be an international consensus.

I don't think this action has any similarity to, say, the US's support in the 80s of the Sandinistas, or their involvement in the brutal drug wars, etc.
At some stores you don't even need your prescription. I recently purchased my best (and cheapest) pair while visiting Japan and an eye exam was part of the transaction - at no extra cost! As an American I was shocked at how seamless and quick I was able to walk out with a new pair of glasses
>Oracle pays its long-term employees less than newjoiners, that is no news

Not only Oracle, it's very common practices. In my first job in the UK I worked for fin-tech. My salary on start for only 5k lower than a person who worked 20 years in IT and 13 years in this company. 14 months later I got 7k pay rise.
I believe the EU is about to forbid geo-blocking.
The Soft Actor-Critic Algorithm: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotics
Sarcasm tends to depend on context, tone, and delivery. It is particularly difficult to interpret in written commentary such as blogs like this.
You may think so. When you see certain coworkers get new machines every 2 years but you don't, for example, it builds a power structure when one wasn't before. If you feel less valued as a result, I don't think it means you can't handle the "normal rigors" of being a professional. It means, if you can find somewhere else where you feel more valued, then more power to you.
>> there are lots of non-minority male nerds who spend ridiculous amounts of time... to the point that they have no social lives and may never have a family

> An alternative way to parse these same facts is that white men are more likely to be in an economic condition where it is possible to spend time on non-income-generating activities. For that matter I think at least some men believe a social or family life is not something they could have achieved. In any case I think it is harder to disentangle choices from cultural forces than you think.

Are you aware of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-equality_paradox , where, as one article puts it, "In countries that empower women, they are less likely to choose math and science professions"? That is a piece of evidence pointing in the opposite direction.

> However, the actual pro-diversity position is something like “I’m annoyed that our society values traits common to X group and not traits common to Y or Z.”

I think that, in the eyes of most regular people, all legitimacy of the "pro-diversity position" has come from its message of "discrimination is bad". When it starts getting into territory of "We should change how jobs and society and everything work, not for the purpose of making them work better, but for the purpose of equalizing demographic representation", then I think most people would jump ship. I think the pro-diversity advocates are generally aware of this, and that this is why they try to hide the differences in public as much as possible.

A good example of this is how some academics have come up with a new definition of "racism" as "institutionalized racism" or "power plus privilege". The word "racist" is conventionally defined to mean "harboring racial prejudice"; everyone understands why that's bad, which is why "racism" is a bad word in the eyes of the public and an effective smear. The academics could have chosen a new term or phrase if they wanted to be clear. But by reusing the word "racism", these academics can say things like "Policies that explicitly discriminate in favor of certain races aren't racist, as long as those races are 'minorities'" and "Policies that select the most qualified people for a job are racist, if being the most qualified happens to be anticorrelated with being a minority", and call their political opponents racist, and win arguments that way because the public understands that racism = racial prejudice and discrimination = bad. It is a sleight of hand, which depends on this confusion of terms; I don't expect them to try to clear up the confusion. It can also be interpreted as a motte and bailey: the motte is "I'm just saying racial discrimination is bad, I don't see how you can disagree with that", while the bailey is things like "If SAT scores are different between different races, then the SAT is racist, and college admissions should give extra weight to racial-minority candidates just because of their race."
I don't see anything wrong with Flying cars, conceptually. I would love to be able to cut my commute time by 1/3, imagine all the new job possibilities, and how many more candidates companies will have.

The problem is, maybe it can never be done cost effectively enough to make viable for everyone. I mean, we can't even make simple trains cheap: here in CA, it costs almost 250$ a month to BART back and forth
About 6-7 months after an exam I went back to get my prescription/PD measurement because I wanted to order something online instead from local shop because of their insane prices and they outright would not give me the measurement. Likely knowing I didn't want to buy frames from them.

They've been closed for years.
I don't disagree. But I don't think we can judge the intent of people who are discriminating in a racist way, aside from simply asking them what the think their intent might have been. At that point it's very likely we'll be dealing with a rationalization or a half-truth because not only is there a stigma attached to racist behavior but in many cases it is illegal as well and there are other punishments to contend with.

If we need to accurately gauge their intent, that's not really possible. In the case of an algorithm we've divorced the process from the source of intent (the author of the algorithm), there is no intent to evaluate.
It is obviously wrong to have a CBC IV that is straightforwardly predictable.
Heavy emphasis on "in the past," and probably also, "ESR claimed."
That's why you pass it with a measurable, visible reduction in other taxes -- "revenue neutral"

Which is generally what Democrats don't want to do b/c its not raising taxes, and Republicans don't want to do b/c its not lowering taxes… but it'd sure go a long way to actually incentivizing heavy CO2 producers to change their ways that multilateral, international agreements have so far failed terribly at actually accomplishing anything about.
Did you read the article? A huge chunk of it was focused on AWS and how most of the internet is basically inaccessible if you block it.
Are they, though? The relevant functions in Enum all seem to be zero-based, for example:

iex> [:foo, :bar, :baz] |> Enum.at(1)
:bar

Not that it really matters anyway. Like with Erlang, in the vast majority of cases where I'd normally reach for querying a list element by index, pattern matching is the better / more idiomatic option. Compare:

foo = list |> Enum.at(0)
bar = list |> Enum.at(1)
baz = list |> Enum.at(2)
rem = list |> Enum.slice(3..-1)

with:

[foo, bar, baz | rem] = list

Both give you the exact same values of foo/bar/baz/rem, but the latter is arguably more readable and concise, and entirely avoids the 0 v. 1 debate.
Slackware is the closest i know of, but only because there isn't anything better. Beyond that it isn't really comparable since Slackware is just a collection of software thrown in together and it has a ton of redundant software, a large part of which is "bloated". The reason i mentioned to try out COL was that it provided an integrated system (it is probably the only time i used a Linux system where things felt like they were meant to work with each other - and kinda sad that this was on the first distro i ever used) with little redundant functionality (beyond practical matters - it has both KDE's web browser - not called Konqueror yet at the time - and Netscape since in 1999 the latter was pretty much needed for browsing the web on Linux) yet with a lot of functionality provided in a small footprint. The full install is a little above 900MB - in comparison Slackware's full (and only supported) install is a bit above 9GB (so it is more of a 10x inflation :-P) with a couple different desktop environments, a ton of window managers and a bunch of duplicated things.

But as i wrote, Slackware is the closest which is why i have an ISO of the latest DVD available on my external HDD to throw in a VM whenever i want to try something on Linux. Also (and this is only tangentially related) i like that it still provides "full" distribution media (in comparison Debian has become so overloaded with packages that to download installation media for archival/offline use you need to build them manually yourself and even then it is several blu-ray disks).

FWIW i do not think it is impossible to make something similar, but it would require a lot of work, especially on the desktop environment front.
Yep. Some simple numbers. There are about 12M of illegal aliens in the US today. Between them they pay $11.6B in taxes (approximated). The math is just not very complicated, particularly if you consider that public schooling for a single kid in the US costs about $10k/yr.
I've heard that Cognito is very limited in terms of features and can be a headache to get working properly.

I haven't used Cognito, but I work for FusionAuth (https://fusionauth.io) and we have a number of developers that have switched from Cognito to FusionAuth because we cover more of their use cases outside of plain authentication.

Not sure if you have had similar experience with Cognito being limited.
Actually what I did was link to several articles which include a lot of reference materials, but as the saying goes:

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Here are a few more

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2016/10/02/3-rea...

https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/21819/concepts/lump-of-la...

https://www.econlib.org/archives/2017/02/the_lump_of_lab.htm...

https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/fall-2017/how-immigration-...

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/07/opinion/lumps-of-labor.ht...

When CATO and Paul Krugman agree on something, MAYBE it's worth paying attention.
Do you mean intermitten fasting or longer than 24h?
Did you consult your doktor before longer fast?
I am a former Oracle employee, white male from Canada, who was underpaid based on my immigration status and that continued after I became a permanent resident. This seemed routine–Oracle tries to underpay everyone and will use whatever advantages they have to do so. If you've worked at Oracle for any length of time you are probably not being competitively compensated unless you make a regular fuss. Even if you make a fuss they may still do nothing betting that you won't leave.

That said, I don't think it is entirely fair to pile on Oracle for this problem. Oracle doesn't seem especially atypical of the rest of the industry or even the bottom of the barrel. I saw much worse treatment at my first US employer for myself and others. Mid-tier employers and body-shop consultancy companies use underpaying people as a strategic core component of their profitability.

I had prospective employers directly say that they were pleased they could use my immigration status to pay me less, specifically that they would offer employer sponsored permanent residency application instead of paying me competitive rates, bonuses, promotions.

If you want to end the abuses decouple visas and permanent resident applications from the employer or make it much easier to maintain or continue status and applications when moving between employers.
Yes, it is mix of first and third world countries. I chose third world in my example as it relates to the tech industry from my perspective. Not sure why you felt like you had to point that out.
Calculator demo uses around 1.5gb of memory so I wouldn't be surprised if it runs into various memory pressure issues.
Facebook’s Plans for Space Lasers Revealed
London has some of the slowest broadband speeds in the UK. Why?
Utop: CLI tool for single process monitoring
However your ancient Thinkpad is now a hole in your network security...

Most virus scanners are security theater IMHO, so you're probably not much different than those other laptops. At the very least full disk scans are pretty unnecessary after the first if you're running in the default active protection mode. Anything the active protection misses your full disk scan is unlikely to find.
> We ended up cancelling it as it did not seem to offer any value whatsoever and was crazy expensive for our 300-odd users.

When you canceled Okta, did you build it in house, or was the AWS Cognito / AWS solution the replacement?

Did you look at anything on-prem like Keycloak or FusionAuth?