skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Non-Americans are certainly protected by the Constitution while in the US, but I thought there was still a legal debate about whether the US Constitution fully applies to foreign nationals while outside the US. Hasn't that long been the legal excuse used for things like international mass surveillance and what goes on in Guantanamo Bay?
Do web companies use the master replica in data center nearest to the user?
I am interested how multi datacenter (multi homing in Google terms) systems handle writes to strongly consistent user data? Is master replica for each user placed in the same datacenter and writes are done through log structured queue (or directly forcing the user to wait)? Alternatively, do companies use an architecture when the user has some "home" cluster? Do they migrate user data if she travels around the globe?

Let's exclude Dynamo like databases with eventual consistency.

Could you reference whitepapers or any other available info about web scale companies (Facebook, Google, Uber)?
A service that exists in one city, (and can't even keep their appstore rating above 4 stars in that city) is not a good comparison.
My questions are rhetorical read between the lines.
FWIW, I have a loyalty to Lyft and will use its service even if Uber is a bit cheaper, but that's because I'm a techie that is aware of all the shady shit Uber has done.
99% Invisible has a nice podcast on this:

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/h-day/
https://scikit-learn.org/stable/tutorial/machine_learning_ma...
> 1st amendment protection even applicable to foreigners on foreign soil?

It seems to do so.

>The Constitution does distinguish in some respects between the rights of citizens and noncitizens: the right not to be discriminatorily denied the vote and the right to run for federal elective office are expressly restricted to citizens.12 All other rights, however, are written without such a limitation. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection guarantees extend to all "persons." The rights attaching to criminal trials, including the right to a public trial, a trial by jury, the assistance of a lawyer, and the right to confront adverse witnesses, all apply to "the accused." And both the First Amendment's protections of political and religious freedoms and the Fourth Amendment's protection of privacy and liberty apply to "the people."

https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?a...
It's not an either/or argument. It's an 'and' argument of autonomous cars are great, AND many believe do not solve the problems that many proponents of autonomous cars think they will.

In regards to world hunger - many of this planet's woes, would be helped by advancements in science, agriculture AND not endlessly having children.
They are almost certainly not allowed by their employment contract.
Huh? How much does a full time driver earn? Let's say $30000 for the sake of argument. A car that is run as a taxi or rideshare service full time will last maybe three years. So that eould mean $90000 for the driver plus around $40000 for a decent car. A mass produced self driving taxi car that costs more than $130000 seems very unlikely.
> I can't stress that enough.

You can stress an untrue statement all you like. Shout it to the heavens. It will still be untrue.

Thought for you to consider: the behavior might seem predictable to you but that's not a relevant standard. A chess opening, a volleyball play, a snowboard run might all seem straightforward to me, but that doesn't mean they'd suit everyone. It doesn't mean they're the best. It just means I've invested my time in learning to do those things those ways. It's too easy to say everyone should have to memorize the same lists of rules, to retreat into "we don't care about the blubs" arrogance, ignoring the fact that it just doesn't have to be that way. It is in no way necessary, for any purpose, to make every single programmer in a language spend so much of their time looking over their shoulder to make sure the compiler is doing the right thing. It's a waste no matter how good those programmers are.

> I feel you just throwing out keywords

And I feel that you're just not even trying to understand their relevance because you've already decided on a conclusion. The lengths to which people in this thread go to rationalize the time they've already wasted is astonishing. People who use C++ should be the first to demand its improvement, but I guess not all humans are rational.
Good thing its easy to manually trim then https://vimeo.com/329558134
1.5 billion on R&D, 3 billion on marketing.

Uber don't get the income from the rides without the marketing so I don't get why you get to ignore that when working out if they are profitable or not.
Because Dissenter was created by Gab, a far/alt-right online platform.

So what? I'm not trolling, I'm trying to understand. It's doesn't look like anybody was forced to use the extension, you don't like it - don't use it. If it's ok to use clear-cut ideological censorship for plugins/extensions, then it's ok to block websites. Personally, I find it hard to accept.
> 1. Uber is unprofitable and the only way it can become profitable is to get SDC's

So I'm not following this closely, but why is Uber unprofitable? I mean the app worked last time I was in the US and surely can't be that expensive to develop and maintain.
I personally feel like this falls clearly into the soundness hole catagory and should be allowed to be removed in a breaking way. I understand the desire to avoid breaking changes, but soundness issues like this chip away at what "safety" in Rust really means.

I think I'd expect to see warnings about the existing safe method being deprecated for a while, then it's complete removal at the time of another edition of Rust. Users of older versions of Rust can still use the removed function, but newer editions ban it.

This could be implemented as a reserved STD function list in the compiler if it must, since as you've mentioned we only have one STD lib atm.
> Back in 2017, the private ride-hailing company got rid of its dual-class voting structure that had enabled its previous CEO, Travis Kalanick, to make a lot of bad decisions.

What an interesting takeaway. Certainly bodes well for the average Uber investor, but really it only happened because of Travis.
and only 2% of the population is using it monthly right now. I hope they gradually decrease the minimum age for riders. Children can finally regain some of the mobility they have lost in the modern world. Just reducing the age from 18 to 16, would probably double their monthly active users. They should atleast allow <18 year olds with drivers licenses to be riders...
At the margin they’ll be cheaper on day one.
XSS coupled with a vulnerable JSONP endpoint can also be chained to a persistent client-side XSS via service workers. https://c0nradsc0rner.com/2016/06/17/xss-persistence-using-j...
That would still break existing code: you have to change it for it to compile. And if you are going to change the code, it makes more sense to change the code to use pre_exec in an unsafe block than to use before_exec with an #[allow] annotation.
> Obviously there are challenges, but if all people got to vote in their respective democraties for a global push to space - I would be surprised to not see it approved.

My point is that I would be very much surprised to see it approved, as it appears to be the people themselves who have become against these sorts of global pushes.

Yes, it should be the goal, I was raised on Star Trek, I'm just saying that doesn't seem likely.
First, I want to say I'm not dismissing the validity of the sexual assault charge. That's a serious change, and it should be addressed via proper legal channels.

That said, having watched (the film) "Untouchables" for the Xth time, it's certainly possible given the powers involved he could be getting the Al Capone treatment.

Put another way, how or why he ends up in jail isn't nearly as important as him ending up in jail. The 1A issue is a non-issue in the sense it's also part of the reason for getting him locked down for some other reason(s).
Right, good point. Almost everyone will only know Assange through media portrayal so if you run something like Wikileaks, which relies on reputation to remain relevant, it's important to have a leader that knows how stay out of the spotlight. It's difficult in such a polarized arena.
It's illegal if someone "intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains... information from any department or agency of the United States; or... information from any protected computer". It doesn't matter that much how you try and do it, cracking a password would seem to naturally count. It doesn't matter if you guess the password because you knew the owner's dogs's name and date of birth, it's still intentional access (and it doesn't matter if you failed because the password was too tricky, attempted crimes are still crimes).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act#C...
I never mentioned "stall"... .

EDIT: expanding: I understand "stall" as an end-result, and AoA as one of the sensors that might be an indicator of a "stall"

EDIT2: thx for that URL => I'll have a look at it - looks very interesting.
Sure, but I guess by that same logic not rigging a foreign election would impact a country too.
The First Amendment doesn't apply to anyone while outside the US. A US citizen in Saudi Arabia doesn't have First Amendment protections there.

For the US to prosecute Assange, they have to prosecute him in the US, where he does enjoy First Amendment protections, as the First Amendment limits what Congress (and via the Fourteenth, state/local as well) can do.
He's being prosecuted for allegedly extracting a password from a hash value on behalf of Manning and encouraging him to leak more information (Obama's DOJ refused to make this charge because it's something all journalists do).
A little bit of HN a day will make you happy. Too much HN a day will make you sad.
Funny how everyone on slashdot is still all in on driverless cars after years away.
He's charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act
> That's not news that's normal and accepted in China, and been like this forever :D.

What's normal and accepted in one place can be news someplace else.
I never said that all government information should belong to the people. I asked a question. I do believe there's a line. But I don't like where that line is now, in part because the line isn't well-defined.

Although, if I did have nuclear launch codes, I doubt I could do anything meaningful with them. As it should be. Simply knowing the codes is not enough to authorize one to launch nuclear weapons. That would be a catastrophic single point of failure.
So if dissenter was created by Antifa it would be ok?
This is false. US Government employees have whistleblower protections under the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 and PPD-19 which Obama issued in 2012.
I would say a more accurate distinction is breaking into someone's home vs trying to break into a military base. In the first case you're likely to get arrested, in the second they'll probably shoot first and ask questions later
can you share the two numbers you are using for comparison?

The Q4 numbers I see:

Uber Eats: $165 million
Grub Hub: $205 million*

* https://investors.grubhub.com/investors/press-releases/press...
This is "IoT" and "the cloud", circa 44 years ago

> Chaosnet was originally developed in 1975

> The Lisp Machine system is a multi-processor in which each active user is assigned a "personal" computer consisting of a medium-scale processor, a suitable amount of memory, and a swapping disk. Files are stored in a central file-system accessed through Chaosnet. This shared file-system retains the traditional advantages of a time-sharing system, namely inter-user communication, shared programs, and centralized backup and maintenance. At the same time, by giving each active user his own processor, the Lisp Machine system is much more capable than a time-sharing system at executing Lisp programs several million words in size efficiently and with rapid interactive response. Because Chaosnet is taking the place of the file disk in a conventional system, it must be fast (both in response and in throughput), it must be reliable (this is the reason why there is no centralized control), and it must allow connection of several dozen machines. However, it does not need to operate over long distances. Chaosnet is used to access other shared resources in addition to the file system; these include printers, tape drives, and one-of-a-kind specialized processors and I/O devices.
If your bar for "overly-complex" is "has a menu bar icon", your standards are far too extreme to be useful.
VS Code has had excellent git integration for a long time, as well as GitHub-specific integrations through an extension.

Atom may have started the move towards lightweight (relatively) IDEs, but VS Code is undoubtedly the more popular one. Honestly, when I saw this post on HN I was quite surprised to see that Atom is still actively developed - if there's anyone reading this that prefers Atom over VS Code, I'd really like to find out why?
Imagine these comments in pre-Obama era, I remember when the left and liberals considered Assange a hero because he exposed the American right wing government back then, no wonder that the tech industry is so left wing to an unbearable and dishonest degree, just because they lost an election to a TV celebrity that they can't imagine despite controlling the entire media and government, the American people could dare challenge them and elect an outsider even if he's a joke like Trump, it must be a Russian conspiracy! it must be everything except that there are other people with other views, right?! The people can't have a another view when we control everything? how dare they? We must destroy even the heroes we made to make sure the people don't dare and have a choice we don't like again ever!
Unfortunately too late for Chelsea Manning.
No. So in his proposed system, we would define the procedure for making that information protected. The failure of our current government in this regard is that the default for any information is to classify it. There is more burden to create open documents than classified.
Becoming profitable at the cost of growth. I think the market would punish that. The story of growth company is what drives high multiples to sales/profit. If that changes to a mature company analysts will start thinking about measuring by P/E.
This is likely part of it. Particularly for pedestrians. But for cyclists, I don't think that explains it.

It boils down to the fact that cyclists are unusual in most places in the US, and people are impatient and don't like dealing with things that are out of the ordinary.

But there's also just something dehumanizing about driving cars, which causes aggression. Road rage against other drivers is nearly as big of an issue as the issue of hatred towards cyclists.

Of course, even pedestrians get angry at slow walkers, but when they do so they aren't in command of multiple tons of metal that can move at high velocities.
For the drivers, Uber (and Lyft) tie some hurdle rates (rides/week or hours driven etc) to cash bonuses reward their loyalty. It seems like they have some status levels as well (e.g. Uber Diamond Pro) that I guess probably leads to better economics / bargaining power for the driver. So on margin drivers will specialize in one type of service especially in consistently high demand areas (i.e. cities). Unclear which one is better but on surface it seems Uber has more of these in place than Lyft IMO.

For the riders, Uber Rewards and Uber Cash (that actually forces you to reload if you have below whatever your current ride costs) also make the product quite sticky and make the rider less inclined to take other options on margin.

Small economic tools like these that exploit our psychological biases (e.g. loss aversion, gamification) may go a long way in protecting the moat in this commoditized, competitive environment, and Uber seems to be ahead so far.

(Of course, whichever player comes out with SDCs wins the whole pie)
My point really wasn't that these folks got what's coming to them for their arrogance. My point is that this isn't a mission of international we're-all-in-this-together cooperation. It is very much viewed by the Israeli's running the mission as a part of the nation-state space race.
> ...dead brown grass a foot either side of every row of vines, from insecticide which is applied every 6 weeks.

You must be talking about herbicide, not insecticide. Herbicide kills unwanted plants, that's the whole point. It generally doesn't kill insects or "everything around it". Numerous unsuccessful attempts were made to show that Roundup/Glyphosate was harmful to bees, for example.

> I do not want to eat fruit or plant byproducts from roots which are constantly exposed to weedkiller or insecticide so strong that it kills all around it (except the root itself).

You should be aware then that there is such a thing as organic pesticides/herbicides which are no less "harmful" than their non-organic counterparts. The difference between organic/non-organic is generally whether a compound is synthetic or not, which is a completely nonsensical distinction from a health/environmental standpoint.

Herbicides/Pesticides are indispensable tools for modern agriculture. They generally have been tested to be safe to use on produce for human consumption. You should probably be more worried about the natural chemicals that some of these plants contain.
Attempting to crack a hash locally is distinctly different from trying to gain access to someone elses computer.
One company with a lot of capital clears the road in a blue ocean, the others pursuit.

Just like in cycling, fast followers have it a lot easier in getting a % of the market share.
...which demands a fully independent FAA. Not the one we seem to have which appears on the face of it, compromised by the consequences of embedded self assessment and 'same type' rules. Why was it in the national interest to have Boeing get 'same type' ? Because of the cost of competing with airbus.

The regulator was hamstrung in the interests of 'efficiency'

(I'm not an American and this is an argument i read which resonates. I'd welcome good rebuttal)
Surely if a previous DOJ refused to prosecute the case it is 'weak' in some sense. Perhaps in the sense that while a crime can be proven, it's not an appropriate use of public resources to prosecute. Or perhaps because there is prima facie evidence of a crime but First Amendment arguments could potentially prevent the government from securing a conviction. I haven't yet found a source for the claim that the DOJ previously declined to prosecute, which might shed some light on this.
What moat? All the driver needs to do is load another app on their phone.
I do (I think...) the bands are atifacts:

https://imgur.com/a/dhN9Pf9
Does marketing and R&D cost grow linearly with number of rides though?
The idea, as far as I understand, is that the tunnels present new underground routes that can use central control of vehicles to manage congestion.

According to Elon, his investment in cheaper drilling tech will mean we will have many tunnels with relatively cheap to build entrance and exit points that are significantly smaller than subway stations.

These entry points will allow you to drive to and from your house, enter the tunnel system where some sort of conveyor belt/computer controls your car. You exit the tunnel and drive normal.

So the idea is that the tunnel exits will be _very_ near to your home. Otherwise it's dumb. I think what you are saying about large predictable roads is basically what Elon Musk is proposing but underground.

https://www.boringcompany.com/faq
It also limits what speech congress can make illegal, effectively controlling what the executive branch can do because of speech.
Yes, as I said below, this is technically a thing we’re allowed to remove. Maybe someday we will. But we want to be careful.

Editions cannot make this kind of change, as also discussed below.
>It takes tremendous capital expenditure to build that network

What I don’t understand with the gig economy is why the gig workers organize and cut out the platforms.

Do the drivers need uber/Lyft? Do renters need Airbnb? Let these companies take on VC build the tech platform, launch, verify the market...then fuck them, leave them holding their own bag while the workers ride off in the sunset.

Besides the Founders and VCs, who wouldn’t love to wake up tomorrow morning and read about all the uber drivers organizing, launching their own platform and getting equity?
Picking your own door lock is legal.

Picking someone else's door lock is legal if they ask you to.

Picking someone else's lock, if it's not actually in a door and isn't protecting anything, is not illegal, even if they don't ask you to or give permission. You're just picking up a lock and fiddling with it, there's no trespass.

Picking someone else's door lock to burgle their home is illegal.

Handing someone a lockpick so that they can burgle a home for you is illegal.
Not necessarily, the capital costs of SDCs means that Uber has time to continue development since their costs for cars is essentially zero.
> They make me nervous.

I understand this. I try to make sure I don't make drivers overly nervous in two main ways.

I try to adhere to the first rule of the road (applies equally to cars, bikes, pedestrians, etc.): never do anything unexpected.

The second is that, when I'm biking on the street and have to move toward the center of the road (to go around parked cars, for instance), I'll actually stop and let any cars behind me go ahead. As soon as I put my foot on the ground, cars know they have nothing to fear from me.
glad you're persuaded by a one-sided "debate".
Of course the navy tries to silence the damning internal report of the disaster on board https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/01/14/worse-th...,
and the navy actually got money from the innocent merchant vessel owner, whilst it was clear to everyone that only the navy ship was at fault here. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/01/11/ship-own...
There's nothing to refute, they posted an article that contradicts their own assertion.
>intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access

In this case it was Chelsea Manning accessing the computer. Assange didn't touch it.

>It doesn't matter if you guess the password because you knew the owner's dogs's name and date of birth, it's still intentional access

...by Chelsea Manning, not Assange.
Which I would imagine is a problem if Mozilla receives federal funding.
I take your point, abandoned is too far.

As I understand it: it's a bad sign if a city is not growing. If a city's population is steady, but the countries population is increasing that means people are leaving the city. It at least indicates a lack of growth which can be a marker of a weak economy.

Abandoned is too far, but I think it's true that many of these cities are in some form of decline from their historical peak.
So you prefer being serviced by a machine that records everything you say, do, think, than bearing an interaction with a living human being which may or may not be quite different and interest, question, amuse or revolt you? I must say i don't agree with that, anytime i would prefer a place where people authentically and actually speak their mind and act spontaneously (not considering whether or not i actually think their behavior is stupid, alienated or impolite), instead of being corporate zombies, their soul already exhausted by the system, silent and jaded, having lost faith in any kind of joy in the productive part of life we call "work".

> Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

Epictetus
The game controller is in a drawer.. I use a BT Harmony remote to control it. So I could not care less if the controller didn't work.