skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Many folks, when hearing forecasts have improved, will disagree. They can think of many times when the forecast was wrong, perhaps hilariously or disruptively so.

This is textbook availability bias. You overestimate the failure rate because the failures were memorable, especially the major failures. But the far more frequent accurate predictions are not recalled, because they don't leave as much of an emotional impression. For the same reason folks regularly overestimate crime rates, deaths from terrorism or rare diseases.

Meteorology has an entire subfield devoted to studying the quality of forecasts[0]. Before you bandy about numbers and anecdotes, stop and tell me what measure you are using. Is it percentage of degrees centigrade? Well you can't, degrees centigrade is an interval measure, not a ratio measure. If you use Kelvins, which has a mathematically meaningful zero, the percentage accuracy is suddenly very good. How do you count near misses of very intense weather? Direct hits by systems that were less intense than expected? How do you account for systems with very gradual gradients over very wide areas? How do you account for being early by an hour or late by an hour, but nailing the storm surge? How do you score for confidence? What's your rule for weighting false alarms? How important is mean error vs absolute error vs variance, and why?

Solve these and dozens of other problems of describing "accuracy" and weather forecasters might take you seriously. But until then it's probably worth accepting that they are the most effective profession of their kind and that we have a lot we can learn from them.

[0] http://www.cawcr.gov.au/projects/verification/
I fail to see how Netflix is an example of cultural imperialism. Netflix is just a service that packages up Americana to sell around the world. It goes through the regular marketing channels, and it’s ultimately up to the consumer if they purchase a subscription or not. It’s a choice not a mandate.

I’m confused by the imperialist rhetoric in this article. I would think the more obvious narrative would be “if people buy Netflix they would be less willing to buy Canadian entertainment.” An economic argument, a numbers thing. Why evoke thought of imperialist expansion and the negative aspects therein?

I don’t understand the frame of mind that produces these types of utterances. To me, it seems silly to persuade this way.
Sadly true and most on HN probably know that but even more disturbing is not everyone knows.
FWIW I've used Uber like 4 times, never in Europe (twice in Seattle, twice in Buenos Aires). I got mixed results, including several drivers in BA cancelling on me after asking me where I'm going (??) and if I'm paying cash (I wasn't). It is annoying to book the service, wait about 10 minutes for the car to finish their previous run, get the driver on the chat asking you that then cancelling on you. It turned a 30 minutes drive in a 60 minutes trip because I had various cancellations.

On the other hand I can see how Uber might appeal to certain folks that like to be treated as royalty despite being working class like the majority of us are.

And no, the "technological advances" (sic) of Uber are not a difference. I can book cabs the same way with an app pretty much in any big city these days.
Amazon and Walmart hit hard after new e-commerce rules in India restrict sales
Honestly, I think you're reading too far into the phrasing.
Very few would infer that the author thinks there are things the universe does care about.
Facebook comes under fresh attack for its data-privacy practices
Echoing what others have said: Netflix is an opportunity to see more independent and even foreign-produced programming than was ever possible under the old broadcast/cable regime.

I would love it if the CBC worked with Netflix to offer some of their superior programming such as international sports including the Olympics here in the states.
Thank you.

It would have been useful, at least to me, if that had been the first paragraph. I gave up reading before I got that far because it seemed to be an article attacking a straw man.
I think a mobile/phablet with usb adapter(s) could do the job. I'm currently working on an IDE with built in terminal emulator for mobile phones, where the hard lifting is done by the IDE backend running on a server. I think you either want a "full" laptop experience, or something more mobile, that fits in your pocket. Not something in-between. But it would look cool in a hacker movie!
Does something about this remind you of systemd?
Funnily the postmodern family clan looks quite similar to the old fashioned non-nuclear family:
The grandfather would have multiple children, which all live in the same household. Each of the marrying sons will bring their wives (and then children) to the main household. The whole family will help each other and the responsibility of children will be shared between everyone.
The fact that they published it (or that they didn't publish something) is hard proof of endorsement.

If you think it isn't, I can only suggest you have a bizarre concept of reality.
Isn't small or light, but Getac ruggedized laptops seem to cover the high number of ports requirement: https://thecomputermarket.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/...

And, there's more ports on the sides too.
* Futurama - S01E06 - Didn't you have ads in the 20th century? - YouTube || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPGgTy5YJ-g

Leela: "Didn't you have ads in the 20th century?"

Fry: "Well sure, but not in our dreams! Only on tv and radio...and in magazines...and movies. And at ball games, on buses, and milk cartons, and t-shirts, and bananas, and written on the sky. But not in dreams! No sirree."
Mostly reminds me of https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer

On a serious note, I mostly disagree about the small size. The author mentioned his preferred size being A5, which is about half a letter. Having to type commands on machine that just fits under your palms is painful. I'd rather have a large keyboard, large screen and a large battery.

My current EDC setup is an X250 with a huge bag of adapter dongles, carried in a Falcon II.
right. climate is a more complex system. more variables. more unknowns. exponentially larger prediction area. unknown base states. so it should be much easier to predict right?
CBC is so well funded and yet fails miserably to provide good content. This is just an attempt for this horrifically inefficient media company to extract even more money from the Canadian people.
Shush don't let the civilians know that :-)
CBC also produces a lot of great original content. I echo your sentiment

Is the CBC streaming app available in the US?

Here they offer it all for free* on their own platform and it works great.

*Yes I know we pay for it in taxes and I’m happy to

Edit: Actually the BBC did just what you’ve suggested but rather than sports or news—which they seem to host themselves— they’ve licensed some shows to Netflix like the IT Crowd and Still Game.
Snake Game with Genetic Algorithm
Occam's razor suggests incompetent management.
Then they should have led with that instead of the general point about falsifiability.

When writing for an audience that has limited attention to give always put the executive summary first.
Well, postmodernism is about reverting the changes that illuminism and capitalism brought to the world and that are not working with society, so I feel it's totally fine to go back to more functioning structures.
>Smoking greatly increases risks of literally every possible health condition.

Is that actually true? Somehow I doubt it, but I'm open to reading research (or whatever) on the question. (I'm taking you literally because you specifically wrote "literally", but maybe you didn't mean it...literally)
I acknowledged this in my comment, I also raised a concern about quality of reporting. Sure they can have some good apples, but the bad apples are the ones that poison you.
yes, this is an active area of study. You could check out https://people.xiph.org/~jm/demo/rnnoise/
The issue they’re raising is one that started with the influx of US cable television. Canadian content was getting drowned out by the raw volume of other content. It’s one of the main reasons for the controversial requirements by the CRTC of a certain amount of Canadian-made content aired by Canadian broadcasters.
My geek sense goes a tingling for everything small and compact. BUT I used to be a sysadmin, still perform some of those duties, and I don't really need a tiny laptop. I have no issue with carrying a laptop bag containing a Thinkpad X1 anywhere I might need it.

So outside of geekvalue I fail to see the market for this if the market is supposed to be sysadmins. Who thinks modern ultrabooks are too heavy? Considering it's a trade-off for having a full size keyboard and screen.

If the author thinks their x200 is too heavy I can heartily recommend the x260 or even x280 which I saw recently at a friends place.
ZeroSpeech Challenge 2019: TTS without T
Lucky you. Seriously, enjoy your good fortune.

But paying for something via tax is a pretty weak way of ensuring accountability, which is the entire point behind the concept of voting with your wallet.
Well, material limitations always determinated societal structures. I don't see why it should be different or more sad now.
> If users willingly choose to give up their information in exchange for a $20 gift card, isn't that their choice?

My perspective - NO. When I choose to share something personal with someone, there is obviously an implicit understanding that I don't want it shared with others.

Yes, you have the right to share your data. But you do not have the right to share my (or other people's data) without their consent.

(Side note: This is why privacy conscious email providers, like Tutanota and Protonmail, provide you an option to send a password protected email to parasitic providers like Gmail, so that Google / Gmail can't "read" it and create a profile on you even if you don't use their service).
There is already Cloud 9 and some other players. Some companies also were shutting down like Nitrous.
The liberal answer to the crisis in social media
Police stop people for covering their faces from facial recognition camera
> > Our modern equivalents of the library are being purged

> No, they aren't. Not in any way, shape, or form. Private companies don't have any obligation to continue showing anything.

True, but in the world today the overwhelming majority of accesses to these things is via paying for access to it from private companies. If private companies refuse then it becomes non-available, for most practical purposes.
Like a Macbook with a bag that has plenty of hubs and adapters and a Raspberry Pi in there just in case.
Perhaps the middle ground would be a box with all the ports this design has that you can plug into a USB-C laptop or tablet.
That scenario seems contrived if you ask me. How likely is it that one of these expensive laser devices will just happen to be available at the scene of an active shooter incident? And if so, what advantage would it have compared to general PA announcements?
Manipulating request data before performing validation in Laravel
I looked at the title and thought that the article is about rolling joints with hash by using some advanced robotic technology and software. Damn!
Congratulations, you have invented the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_apartment
> There is liability in frequency of transactions that requires human monitoring. The more frequent a transaction is the more liability there is. If the charges were automated would you risk the presence, trademark, and health of your business that your domain will always be there due to that automation?

I don't understand..large companies currently outsource domain management to others, effectively relying on automation for their business. Same goes for any business that pays any bill with automation. Do you also cut a check monthly for phone and internet service?
Ha! Love it. There are degrees of course. I used to be a coder, now I'm a professional Hack Shit Togetherer.
I grew up listening to rare classical treasures. Many of these were bootlegs of live performances by legends. These recordings will largely not last.
And getac keyboards are very interesting. If you love them you really love them.
my uneducated guess would be, there is still no way to do so.
Technology Assessment on Major Chatbot Offerings
Securing IoT devices connections with blockchain: does it make sense?
Phenylephrine Is No More Effective Than Placebo for Nasal Congestion (2015)
I mean, the US had programs for that too. See the X-20 Dyna-Soar.

The genius of using the shuttle as a bomber is stealth. Not regular steath, but hiding in plain sight.

The USSR were worried the airforce could launch a shuttle with a nuclear bomb into an orbit near Moscow (or other targets), but claim it was just a regular launch with a regular payload with totally legitimate reasons for that orbit. Actually, with the shuttle's cross range ablities the orbit could be several hundred kilometers off the target.

And it would look like a regular flight as it climed into orbit and spend 20-30min floating towards Russia. Soviet command wouldn't be able to identify it as a threat until 3.5min before impact.
This was a very interesting read. I’d love to see a similar write-up for a developer laptop.

This is a small nitpick but the battery should be listed as 42 Wh, not W/h.
It encompasses the same breadth, it just reflects a different etymology. "Comics" invokes how, in the US, the form was originally popularized by newspaper funnies. But the word isn't understood to imply that comics need to be about comedy anymore.

If we're just focusing on the modern meanings, I'd say the two are about as close to perfect translations of each other as you could ask for.
It says at the end that this "postmodern family clan" is explicitly NOT "An extended or multi-generational family defined by consanguinity".
How to Start a Conversation Without Saying a Word – DEV Community
They’re not subject to antitrust/competition remedies because you have plenty of other choices. Instead of complaining that Apple’s principles aren’t the same as yours, you can support the other platforms that are consistent with your values. Personally, I prefer the centralized control of a trusted company, but i understand it’s not right for everyone. In this case, Apple’s moves against FB and Google were in my personal best interest.
In the image in the linked post, the "No Web Server" would be what you describe. "Parked" is where you point the domain at a generic page so that visitors see a page, but you're not actively hosting any kind of web server there.
A new petition calls for Amazon to donate reusable items to families in need.- A perfect one.!
From what I've seen a mediocre who feels the need to drape oneself would never speak such a word. They'd find other justifications for not getting that job or promotion.
And Italian, don't forget Italy... Hugo Pratt's Corto Maltese, Milo Manara, Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, and less known in the West Luciano Secchi aka Max Bunker with his Alan Ford... even Sergio Bonelli's pulp book comics are actually great...
While I agree, it's logical in its own way, in retrospect it's pretty humorous:

> Very early our calculations showed that the cost figures being used by NASA were unrealistic. [...] Because of our suspicion and distrust we decided to replicate the Shuttle without a full understanding of its mission.

I can imagine someone in NASA, looking at the massive budget overruns, reacting like that "Ha! Got 'em!" meme
Climatology works at a different granularity in time and space from meterology. You can abstract away a lot of detail in climate models and still come out with useful predictions (the article has an example). You can include items like Antarctic sheet melt and Tundra methane release that has almost zero 72-hour effect but will matter deeply in 5, 50, 200 years.
IMHO the 'Seriousness' of the industry is killing it.

What the article doesn't really touch on, is that the popularity of 'Bande-Dessinée' itself is actually plumetting, Manga now comprise the majority of the sales. 'Bande-Dessinée' used to be aimed at kids, but now it's mostly artsy circle-jerk that does not interest much people outside the artist scene; young people play video games instead.

Another big problem contributing to the popularity decline of the medium is the publication rate. The weekly publication of Manga is much more suited at keeping the reader engaged, and is better suited at animated adaptation that create a lot of additional revenue for publishers.
If the people denying climate change are the exact same people denying the effectiveness of vaccines, it is likely that their stance is based completely on ideology. I can’t think of another reason the same people would share the same stance on two completely different topics.
Incredible. This is real? It's like a fantasy wish list come to life.
Datasets info:

- The Voice Dataset contains one or two talkers, for around 2h of speech per talker. It is intended to build an acoustic model of the target voice for speech synthesis.

- The Unit Discovery Dataset contains read text from 100 speakers, with around 10 minutes talk from each speaker. These are intended to allow for the construction of acoustic units.

That's not a lot of audio to learn a while language system, so some breakthroughs will be needed to make this work.
>The book is almost entirely pointless fluff.

I thought it was a great read, fascinating, I learned a lot, it made me think, and I've been recommending it to selected people who I think would benefit as a must read etc. So I'm just wrong? You didn't learn anything, great, doesn't mean it's "complete garbage".

I don't understand this need (that I frequently see expressed on HN) to have the most packed into the absolute least number of lines. Do people hate reading or something? Sure, you could leave out the stories, the anecdotes about various places and styles of work..but what would be the point?! Indeed, leave out almost everything and almost nothing would be left. That is not surprising. That La Rochefoucauld or Mandeville can be summed up in a phrase doesn't make them less worth reading.
Pretty sure that they can use same tech as cigarettes.
I remember when laptops had all sorts of legacy ports all over them. Good times! While getting this thing built seems somewhat unrealistic, perhaps someone could build a USB-C dock that basically replicates the back of a late-90s ATX PC - if only for the geek value alone.
Yahoo and AIM. IB used to allow you to login to either just to keep you trapped in BBG.
How to design a successful crowdsourcing contest
It's just one specific use case for this technology that came to mind for the researcher? Mass shootings are a pretty big deal, even if the odds of it happening to anyone is fairly low. Risk mitigation and death prevention seems like a pretty healthy choice for applying this technology, as opposed to saying something like "This could let someone beam targeted ads that only the target can hear!"

"We made this thing, I wonder what we could potentially do with it that would benefit people as much as possible?"
Put the fucking cunts in jail!
I will do my best never to make a joke on HN again.
A bit small as others have commented but I like the 'Swiss army knife' approach. Perhaps a slightly larger version could be the future for the 'non-endpoint' laptop? Sound artists and so forth might find a use for such a thing.

I find my ancient Thinkpad X61s is the one I actually take around, even though my slightly newer X220 is faster, has more memory and has a brighter screen.
Sorry, Project Sunroof hasn't reached that address yet
Exactly, I never would have thought I would watch so many episodes of Brazilian series and Italian series. Thanks to Netflix, I somehow found them because of recommendations.
Actually it's more than just hiring practices and directly covers content.

One example would that the BBC now has to have a 50-50 gender split for experts brought onto its flagship Radio 4 Today programme. That was decided to presumably to broaden opinions given to be more inclusive.

Another example would be this speach by Ms White where she clearly states:

"So today we have announced that the BBC will have to agree with Ofcom a new Diversity Code of Practice. This will set out how the BBC will commission programmes that authentically portray the whole UK population." [1]

As to "stooping to my level", I've so far not said anything about whether this process is good or bad or if the ends justify the means. Just that it is going on and you can read about the details if you wish.

[1] https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/speeches/2...
Bloomberg mentioned Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, and Credit Agricole were mentioned in a separate bond trading "cartel". Would not be surprised if they were part of the eight.

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-6895_en.htm
Interesting read. I think this idea underestimated the challenges posed by having more adults in a family unit, especially when major decisions are made. Life events like moving to a new city, finding new employment, etc can be very difficult even for two people. Add in a few more and it seems that every major decision is being made by a committee—I imagine this could be very frustrating and problematic.

Jim + Sally create a family clan with Dan + Steve. Amongst them there are 5 children. Dan loses his job and the finances get tight. Steve is supportive of Dan taking a new job, but it is a two hr commute each way. That means that his duties taking the kids to school on tues and thurs will have to be shifted to Sally or Jim (Steve can’t drive due to a vision issue). Both Jim and Sally are already working long days and would prefer for Dan to just keep looking for another job closer to home. Many meetings and many arguments ensue.

In this way, a PMFC just seems to create more entanglement between adults who would otherwise be free to make independent decisions.
Ironically posted on the NYTimes?

I think what's happening isn't that suddenly they are posting fake news, but rather it has been fake news all along. Tons of celebrities have said how they've been misquoted or otherwise smeared by news for a very long time.

What's different today is that everyone has a smartphone where they can verify the facts of the story and discover that the news is fake.

The journalism crisis is self-created because they have been pushing a fake narrative and are now getting caught. Worse yet, in the face of getting caught they double down on going even further into their false narrative.
They call that a cluster in the NAG :P
Do French and Belgian comics / comic artists share some relationship? (Or did you just pull that out randomly because of "Asterix & Obelix" and Tintin? :).
Great write-up. Is the long-term vision to go completely to the vectorised query execution model, or are there cases where a row-oriented plan might be better, such as cases when there are complex computations involving multiple columns of a single row?
Google Play Camera Apps Send Users Pornographic Content, Collect Their Pictures
Using the laptop monitor as a display for external sources (and the video input port) is a good idea, I'm not sure why nobody is implementing it these days. Are there any technical challenges to this, or is it a feature considered useless by all of the laptop producers?
"In the lab, the researchers showed that commercially available equipment could transmit sound to a person more than 2.5 meters away at 60 decibels using the laser sweeping technique"

Granted, the laser sweeping technique trades off fidelity for the volume, this is still just laboratory tests and is not a "final product" in any sense.
It's more likely the algorithm behind this will encode one person or organization's bias as objective truth based on a biased view of what a fact is.
> Facebook is free too you know.

Only if you give away your privacy for free.
"Domain Usage, from a sample of 2,188 domains" isnt that to low sized sample to analyse data of more than 20 million domains?