skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This situation really pissed me off. FSB (Russian FBI) had problems with receiving bomb threats coming from Protonmail addresses. So, they secretly ordered (with an almost classified order) major ISPs to block Protonmail bypassing Russian's existing website/IP addresses blocking scheme.

Even worse, they ordered to __BLACKHOLE__ traffic coming to Protonmail. It means that ISPs were ordered to silently drop all traffic coming to Protonmail addresses. This raises problems not only for Russians, but for potentially for other countries as well.
So, for example, someone connects from Japan to Protonmail (server is located in Europe, for instance). So, if traffic decides to go through Russian channels, for a client in Japan it will be just like Protonmail is not just responding because a Russian ISP in the chain silently drops traffic.

Again. I want to repeat this once again. FSB had problems receiving bomb threats to their addresses. Instead of configuring their mail servers to ignore Protonmail incoming mail, they ordered major ISPs in Russia to block Protonmail for EVERYONE in the country. That's so dumb.

Moreover, another recent leak coming from another Russian ISP indicates that FSB also ordered to block sending and receiving mail for certain mail addresses regardless of their domain. They ordered an ISP to block Email for certain addresses. Like, they ordered to ban all Email going from/coming to Emails starting with "putin666", like putin666@protonmail.com, puting666@gmail.com, puting666@example.com, any email coming from an email staring with "putin666".

It's so dumb, oh god. They cannot configure their mail servers, but they have power to threat ISPs to ban Email for the entire country.
It's really hard to read an article that conflates moral or ethical concepts (should FAANG exist?) with legal ones (are FAANG vulnerable to existing antitrust laws?), particularly in the context of comparative international law.
There isn't (to my knowledge) a large enterprise-supported version of Debian like Red Hat / CentOS. You could argue Ubuntu, but Ubuntu is significantly different in focus to Debian, while Red Hat is almost identical to CentOS.

Debian also, unjustly, suffers from its non-corporate image/reputation.

Most of my professional sysadmin career has been spent managing RPM-based Linux distributions. The time I was asked to netboot and automatically configure multiple Ubuntu/Debian/Mint workstations, I found that there just wasn't the breadth of netboot/kickstart-type documentation available on Debian based systems. The smaller number of users doing that sort of thing led to less documentation. (I'm not saying that is definitively the case nowadays, it's just that lots of large scale deployments mean a lot of documentation and projects to support such activities)
Does local wifi count? I use KDE Connect for sending files over wifi and a bunch of other things.

You may also want to check Syncthing, which others have also recommended.
With HEVC 2.5GB is perfectly fine for a 2 hour movie.
Your comments imply that the aircraft industry functions in a manner that allows for human life to be calculated as a tradeoff. This shows an ignorance on how aircraft is expected to function and the industry standards for aircraft development and engineering. Given that loss of life of paying clients is the worst-case-scenario of an aircraft it makes total sense for it to be treated with severity, entirely without bringing virtue into the discussion.
Plugging in a USB cable still works fine. I think the problem is if its too easy then people will be copying files off of each others phones without permission.
I recently switched back to iOS after years on Android, and on this point I've been very impressed with Airdrop. Dead simple UI, very quick transfer speeds, uses WiFi or Bluetooth as available. It's just a shame that it's limited to Apple devices.
Copyright law in the US grants a copyright to all works without an application (so not the same as a patent)
Newspapers and Television networks have SUBSTANTIAL government regulation and oversight not present in Social Media. If you want to put Facebook on that level that those media types are competition, you need to accept that Facebook now gets greater FCC oversight.
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Is the source available for this? A self-hosted version of this would be nice...

(Update: Yep, just found it: https://github.com/mozilla/send, just before the comment below was posted :))
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> I'm sure people who know more than me will give me a list of great reasons why it's not straightforward to implement...

Nah, Android phones have done this forever, it's not technical difficulties stopping it from working. It's The Apple Way. They don't want you using your phone that way, or something.
But that would require more brain and effort. Since many users are usually behind a NAT, some NAT-traversal is neccessary. Combined with a robust detection (for shitty networks) and fallback to "normal" servers ... you get the idea.
Looks more like wetransfer.
By pulling on the stick to gain altitude, to a point where the plane stalls, then falls like a brick, nose up.
At least Google's Android isn't a walled garden. You can just download and install APKs from random websites.
It doesn't exactly meet the needs of "sending files to a non-technical person", but Magic Wormhole [0] has been truly great for flipping files around between me and anyone who is capable of being trusted to run `pip install --user pipe && pipe install magic-wormhole`. This is by no means everyone, but it's been very useful quite often.

[0] https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ has
Depends on the runtime. For low quality Netflix dumps (from Netflix, not because it got reencoded) it's usually enough, even for 1080p.

One can always split files.
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A lot is wrong, but I appreciate than Ben gives credit where due.

”Let me reiterate a point I have made twice now: I appreciate Senator Warren raising these issues; they are indeed critical not only for the world today, but also the world we wish to create in the future."

And

"This is why I have called Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram The Greatest Regulatory Failure of the Past Decade, and called for an end to social networks being allowed to buy other social networks."
When it comes to the federal budget process, as the saying goes: "The President proposes, and Congress disposes."

It's a good bet that EUS and SLS Block 1B will continue to be deferred. But the SLS program will keep going until it's well and truly obsoleted.

Speaking of which, Starhopper tanking test already!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqX9HXYMXrU1
That's going to happen whether they expand the stdlib or not. Witness Array.prototype.flat() (because .flatten() would break websites using MooTools). I think the staged process they use and compilers like Babel work to get the proposed API in use so it can be evaluated against actual in-the-wild use, without contributing to ossification.
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What are the best ones?
Resilio sync [1] is a great service I've used to transfer files using P2P technology. It still uses the Internet, but avoids any intervening parties.

If you're using Android, you could just use USB transfer using Android File Transfer [2]. Super easy, super fast.

[1] https://www.resilio.com/individuals/
[2] https://www.android.com/filetransfer/
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz indeed.
Top Marks hit the nail on head. Can't upvote you enough (:
How to they pay for the storage costs?
Perhaps this is because CF doesn't actually provide a location to host random files. When people say CF is a CDN, they're talking about its caches. You still need your own server. (although they seem to be pushing dedicated workers @ https://workers.dev)
I wish Mozilla focused on core Firefox functionalities instead of coming up with so many small side projects that don't target their typical audience. Since Chromium-based browsers are not an option, many of us are stuck with Firefox as the only remaining choice. But even Firefox has to be heavily customized before it's completely deGoogled and stops contacting various motherships.

As a side note Nightly build for Ubuntu has been broken since version 61 and there's no sign of any effort to fix it.
Agreed. Would much rather work in finance than at Heinz as a brand manager for ketchup (if you’re lucky) or even in tech there’s some just insanely boring careers: network engineer, database admin, etc.
How do they pay for the storage costs? What's the upside for Mozilla?
Visiting a bank for a 50 seems like a waste of £7
> Like if everyone got regular MRI scans

Actually, I think that scientists are wondering about this as well [1] [2]. If they determine that regular whole-body MRI checkups are a good idea, I guess that demand for cheap MRI machines will surge. People who'd invested into industrialized production lines for MRI machines would make a lot of money. Possible startup idea?

[1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4362601/

[2]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6248944/
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Maybe for 1080p. It's 10-15GB for 4k.
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UK CAA just grounded 737 Max, and not permitting overflight either.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47536502

"The UK Civil Aviation Authority has been closely monitoring the situation, however, as we do not currently have sufficient information from the flight data recorder we have, as a precautionary measure, issued instructions to stop any commercial passenger flights from any operator arriving, departing or overflying UK airspace"
I really like the idea of the same computer being used both for all my personal information and for looking up whatever particularly heinous pornography gets you through another "We won't change anything but the icon and call it 5G" mentally draining and demoralizing meeting.
> Is this a common theme across all Scala / Haskell communities or something ?

I worked at an employer who used Scala for their main product. It was a pragmatic style though (mainly a Java++ if you will). So, not all Scala places are like that.

That being said, I would probably not use Scala for the same product they were building today. Kotlin is much more pragmatic, better standard library, better IDE support, and better interoperability with Java. SBT is slow and sluggish, not excusable really. But the JVM is a superior platform for building almost anything today, especially after project Jigsaw where you can ship a stripped down version of it if you choose: http://august.nagro.us/small-java.html
This is really troubling.

I have a flight in a month from NY to Cali on Southwest and they use that same plane (according to a quick Googling at least).

Am I crazy to think about cancelling the flight or trying to use a different airline with a different plane?

I'm going to wait to see what the FAA has to say before making a final decision. I don't keep up with the airline industry, but hopefully they aren't too corrupt (aka. profit driven).

Edit:

I just discovered https://www.seatguru.com/. It's a site where you can pop in your airline, flight date and flight number (no sign up required) and it reports back which plane is being used in the flight.

In my case it is the 737-700 and 737-800 (I have 1 connection) which I think are different planes than the MAX?

In any case, if you're flying in the near future I recommend checking that site out. I just wonder how accurate that site is (it seems legit from an outsider's POV).
Companion post on their motivations to start this -- https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/keeping-open-source-...
> Pocket is owned by Mozilla.

Does this really matter from the user perspective? It's still bullshit.
Why is it a necessity to store information for 90 days? Why not 10 or 30?
UK grounded all Boeing 737 Max

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47536502
UK joins countries blocking Boeing 737 MAX
According to Wikipedia, it's run as an "independent subsidiary". Echoing AnIdiotOnTheNet, it's in your face bullshit that clearly tells us about Mozilla's mindset today.

The Firefox security story has sailed compared to Chrome's, Pocket was independent but bundled in from June 2015 to February 2017, the Mr. Robot stunt, and Cliqz. Through the lens of corporate governance, three strikes and you're out till a long period passes with good governance.

Support for X search doesn't matter in the start up a browser with a single tab to do a financial transaction and then close the browser, which is how I've been using a single installation of Firefox, and will now be using Chrome. That scenario doesn't demand a good session manager, something that Firefox's transition to Quantum has ruined as I say in another comment in this topic.
> A statistically higher salary works well for luring employees, but doesn't help much retaining them.

This is false. A high salary fixes the loyalty problem. It won't, however, fix the motivation or competence problems.

> As soon as that developer is used to his half a million take home, which takes roughly three years, he'll start looking for a new pasture.

He won't if you're paying above market rates. Especially if that salary comes with strings attached. (Bonuses, stock, etc.)
What about Dukto [0]?

IMO if something doesn't require the internet connection, it is more likely to be called "software", not a "service".

[0] http://www.msec.it/blog/?page_id=11
I've used Firefox Send for several months while it was still a test pilot program. It's been very useful for quickly sending files to family. The fact that the link expires as soon as the other party downloads it means I don't have to worry about clean up.
I've been building a fully featured CLI tool for Firefox Send, supporting this new release.

For anyone that is interested: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend
You can try WebTorrent (P2P) based solutions, maybe https://btorrent.xyz could help.
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this is an artificial apple restriction. other vendors allow you to do exactly this
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True. Android is closer to the PC vs Apple's iPhone being closer to a Mac. Not quite a perfect analogy, but it will be interesting to see how those 2 architecture decisions affect both platforms in 10 or 30 years time.
I suspect she's exactly the reason why you don't get portraits on the "tails" side.
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> sequenced at 23andme

Be careful. My wife, a geneticist, calls 23andme "for entertainment purposes only."
... unless you're being interviewed for a position in human resources.

They will tell you that all the bank is doing is simply putting right people in right places an managing them wisely.
Did you have to use http://www.danieltufvesson.com/makeresolvedeb ? I found the entire installation process on Ubuntu a bit of a pain (even though it did work) - I think the instability on my system is probably as a result of the rather convoluted installation steps.
That could make sense. Thanks.
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boop: https://github.com/mozilla/send
Yeah, it is registered but empty and has no real users so nobody can publish packages there.
To read about the technical failures, which lasted for many years, increases my respect for MongoDB, which was a bit more aggressive tackling the technical problems that haunted its early years. MongoDB had a partially deserved bad reputation for thinks like locks, but they worked hard to improve that. It had a bad reputation for consistency errors but they worked with Kyle Kingsbury to find the flaws and eventually overcome them. In contrast, it sounds like Ingres was not able to create row level locking, even after many years of it being a crucial factor that was allowing Oracle to win.

I wonder if Ingres was too careful with investment? Sounds like Oracle nearly destroyed itself during the hypergrowth phase. This phase of growth seems to be something investors now understand better. Indeed, rather than considering it a weakness, hockey stick growth curves have become a requirement.
Hypothetically, you could wrap this storage solution in a service that automatically creates new underlying links as old ones exhaust their quota or expire.
F5 acquires Nginx for $670M to move into open-source, multi-cloud services
They have an option to buy to maintain their stake. They are not locked in and get diluted like everyone else.
Also on FF65 on Ubuntu (KDE Neon) to be exact, and runs like a charm. Yes it hogs memory (with lots of tabs open), but Chrome does that too, so I consider something outside my realm of control.
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> What? CERN can't upload a coherent video+audio stream?

I would actually like to see a good explanation of the validity/nonvalidity of this. If too many people watch this video, FB maybe has the best tech to handle the load.
The article goes over a bunch of things, but IMO the most interesting paragraph is buried at the end:

> "As chairman of the appropriations committee, I have more than a passing interest in what NASA does. And I have a little parochial interest, too, in what they do in Huntsville, Alabama," where Marshall is located, Sen. Shelby said. "Jody, you keep doing what you're doing. We'll keep funding you."

Senate Appropriations Committee chairman is in NASA's corner, so that's something of a relief.

Out of curiosity though, can someone walk me through why it would be a big deal if the worst case scenario were to happen and NASA's entire new generation of launch vehicles were scrapped?

Wouldn't that just create a massive opportunity and subsequent land-grab in the commercial space to fill the vacuum? SpaceX has proven it can be done. Other commercial entities are nipping at SpaceX's heels.

Especially if SpaceX starts successfully launching crewed missions this year, won't that prove that you can have a company that is significantly leaner and more efficient that can also produce vehicles containing tons of very explosive chemicals safe enough for humans to hitch a ride on?
> Interview with a financial firm and with high probability you will hear “We’re not a financial company, we’re a tech company that does finance”

Well...yes if you're interviewing with Silicon Valley Bank or Monzo. I'd be surprised if this is how Citi or Credit Suisse see themselves :-)
A number of Android File Managers these days (Amaze comes to mind) include a toggle option to turn your phone into an FTP Server. You would then just pull it up on your computer via ftp://192.168.X.X and put an optional user/pass over it. I've used that for many years if I need to quickly transfer some documents or songs between devices.

Not technically internet so much as intranet.
I had the expectation that it would use WebRTC before opening the link, disappointed on that side. But really glad of the privacy minded offer. I appreciate Mozilla's work and effort towards a more private and encrypted internet!
I use Syncthing, personally. It usually works pretty great, the only real issues I've seen are with locked down internet connections (the sort which also seem to meter or block VPNs).
This also suggests a failure by the FAA. Not to deflect any blame from Boeing, but regulators have to assume that companies will bend the rules as much as they can, if it’s to their benefit. Perhaps the rules on what requires a new type rating are too lenient.
One of the challenges with pancreatic cancer is that the tumours may be invasive while they are small and / or undetectable. In many cases when the patient is symptomatic and does not have any detectable metastasis they will still end up with mets after surgical resection of the primary tumour.
> How do they pay for the storage costs?

Using their revenue from search, like everything else they pay for.

> What's the upside for Mozilla?

"Our mission is to ensure the Internet is a global public resource, open and accessible to all. An Internet that truly puts people first, where individuals can shape their own experience and are empowered, safe and independent."
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I have no clue why you would suggest a tool that requires using a linux command line after telling firefox send doesn’t meet the needs of non-techical person.
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How is this using end-to-end encryption? It seems like the recipient just clicks a link to download. How can it have been encrypted for that person? end-to-end encryption normally means that there's no way for the intermediary to unencrypt the data but I can't see how that's possible in this case.
Much of this article sounds familiar and plausible to me, and yet my current project seems to prove it all wrong.

We're doing mostly javascript. A complex web application that displays massive amounts of complex, related data with all sorts of ways to search through it and visualise it in different ways. Fun stuff.

All javascript, so dynamic and untyped, but that doesn't matter; we're churning out new features at an amazing pace.

Still, quite often I'm wondering what kind of object I've got in my hands. Is this an Element, is it just the id of that Element, or is it something wrapped around the Element? No idea. So we quickly switch to typescript and move on. Problem is, we still haven't described our data structures, all our types are still `any`, and I still don't know what I've got in my hands. Doesn't matter, though, we're still churning out new features at a pace I've never seen before.

We switch to a graph data base, and we get our data in a completely different format, still without any description of its structure. It's not slowing us down from writing new features or refactoring our code at an amazing pace.

Alright, so someone writes up some actual classes. Only the Element type has just an id and an `element` field that contains an untyped object with all the actual data. I still have no idea what I've got in my hands, but it doesn't matter, we're still churning out new features, new designs and new visualisations at amazing speed.

So I'm not so sure that not knowing what my data looks like, actually slows down our development. We're doing fun stuff and that's what's making us productive. I would absolutely like to have all our data described by classes, and have our classes designed a bit more sensibly, and I'm sure I'm going to do that some day, as soon as I'm out of cool new features to write.

We're violating all the best practices I've always adhered to. I think we've got two whole unit tests in this project. And yet everything works, there aren't any serious bugs as far as I can tell, everybody loves what we're doing, and we're working at an unbelievable speed. So now I'm doubting everything I've always known.
Yeah, when I first started playing around with node I accidentally published one of my "hello world"-like apps to NPM's public registry. There was definitely no warning or indication of the severity of the action I was undertaking.

It's an easy mistake to make. What is concerning is that the bank didn't notice for three years... I feel like that should have been caught a lot sooner.
My experience of Google is that people are generally nice, respectful, and smart. I don't see any office politics - at least at my level. These things are a big part of why working here is attractive.
Well, that made me activate 2fa on my domain provider. Thanks!
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The absurdly low amount of both accidents and total fatalities in that entire page is honestly astounding. The reason it's chilling is that there's no comparative page for coal, or even non-nuclear sustainable power sources in general.
Hmm, yes, obviously I must have misquoted the figure -- something's wrong. Even at one US person per year, it's pretty egregious and would be hard for me to rationalize.