skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If anything, shouldn't groups be represented proportionetly? Else the lack of viable inuit training photos is going to put a real cramp on everything.
When I used to practice competitive sports I spent a lot of time doing positive visualisation. This involved (track & field sprinting) visualising the timing of my foot strike, visualising of the stride motion and power transfers, (mtbing) day dreaming about railing difficult lines on my favourite tracks including visualising the bike physics (especially in the wet). Though it's only anecdotal and there were no doubt other genetic factors at play I excelled at a rate much ahead of my peers. I have tried the same with more cerebral tasks and whilst it definitely works I find I need to spend more time immersing myself in the practice with these types of tasks.
I am trying to comprehend how someone could simultaneously think:

1. Kuhn could have authored a critique (of any actual substance) of the way scientists regard the field as progressing, compared to the actual historical record on uptake of new theories & contests between competing theories.

2. Kuhn's criticisms become irrelevant or inapplicable because our society has created iphones and lasers.

If (2) is true, Kuhn surely wasn't saying anything of any gravity and (1) is false. Conversely, If (1) is true, (2) is hard to swallow.
It wouldn't be cheap but I definitely could do that, 17" wide strips of photo paper aligned very carefully.
The glowing up arrow this site displays is makes reading on mobile really annoying. Why distract from the content with a UI pulsar?
Do we really need this? - This is a major way that academic discoveries get moved into the private sector and into the commercial space. And, in my mind, one of the least harmful ones when compared to corporate funding of research directly or corporations just outright buying faculty-run startups.

Is there some lack of private venture capital that this is overcoming? - VC has some very specific requirements, and often has some expectations that many of the things funded through SBIR won't meet. VC money is not the be-all, end-all of small business finance.

I would much rather this money be granted for research that then becomes public domain. - A bunch of my research is in the public domain. But there's a leap from basic (or even highly applied) research to an actually commercially available product in the world.
And on a smaller scale, ordinary water plumbing :-).
I get a sense that some think Snowden is hiding somewhere in Russia, under some form of house arrest.

My understanding is that he's pretty much free to move about the country.
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Killing mites on their body is a common explanation or maybe it's fun.

How about this video, are they playing?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C59YIwMcg3Y
Hi, I am from Azure Cosmos DB Engineering Team.

The TLA+ specs are fairly up to date.

Thanks.
What? Competent can't have mental health issues such as anxiety?
I've been working on a blog post that is basically my answer to this question: http://blog.sagemath.com/2019/04/12/should-i-resign-from-my-...
Well, that's what I'm doing tomorrow, but it will be for my living room. It's a 135x242cm piece of wall, which is a not as a square ratio as the image, so I had to crop it from its upper left corner down. Inkscape exported it to a 666MB PNG (ugh) I don't know why. So let's see...
IPOB Reacts to APC’s Claim That Atiku Is Not Nigerian – Onyi News
that is the best comment section I've ever seen.
It's still a horribly-designed website.
Lots of Anti-EU Russo bots in this comment thread. Not reading.
I've noticed this with guitar as well.
We can't even predict, or agree how to predict which direction a hurricane will travel outside the span of a week or two. Weather predictions, like climate change predictions, are based on models- models which are based on different theories of how air masses, temperatures, and pressure interact to affect the atmosphere.

It's not unreasonable in the least to say, "Perhaps the climate is changing, but I am highly skeptical of the models that specifically implicate AGW in certain weather patterns, or insinuate that certain weather patterns are the direct result of climate change" In fact I think it's much more plausible that a few decades of "dry weather" would be categorized as weather phenomena and not climate phenomena, since such decades-long changes in weather patterns are frequently a part of the historical record.
> We took advantage of gcc’s __builtin_expect to change how the code was compiled. It didn’t make any difference in performance.
> Perhaps we have lots of non-CS-graduates here?

I think so. I'm an EE.
So the big winner here really is the US.

They got Assange in a virtual prison for ~7 years at no cost to them (that cost was borne by the UK and the Metropolitan Police). You can't argue that being holed up in an embassy is that much better than prison.

What's more none of that ~7 years counts towards actual jail time he'll like serve in the UK (for absconding) and the US (the publicized charges are only the beginning). The one (?) remaining charge in Sweden will quickly fall apart no doubt.

Arguments that Assange deserve protection as a journalist are (IMHO) a stretch at best. Getting a hold of classified information is one thing. Aiding in defeating security measures to obtain it is quite another story.

But to me at least, the big problem is that Assange lost all credibility as a journalist over the Wikileaks handling of the 2016 election and related hackings (eg the DCC emails). You'll have a hard time arguing that Assange (and Wikileaks by extension) wasn't picking a side here and doing what they can to influence the outcome of the election.

A traditional media outlet with an op-ed section is one thing. Playing an active part in illegally obtaining emails and other materials as well as arguably passing on that information to a presidential campaign is quite something else.

Even Snowden filtered his classified material through reputable media outlets.

So now we have embassy (~7 years), fighting extradition to either the US or Sweden (2+ years probably), whatever prison time he has to serve in the UK (which will run concurrently to fighting extradition no doubt as it's typical to serve that time first) and then years, perhaps many years, in US prisons. He may not see the light of day until 2030, maybe 2040.
Met detective 'predicts' fatal stabbing areas in London
I feel the best use of metrics isn't trying to get your teams average time with a ticket opened down 10 minutes. That rewards people who are the best at meeting the metrics which aren't even nessecarily the best employees. They're generally ones that can do easyish jobs quickly and efficiently.

Metrics have rapidly diminishing returns yet companies seem to get addicted to them in ways that make them sick. I think of stack ranking. You do want to use SOME metrics though otherwise popular low performers will get promoted and unpopular high performers will get jaded.

It's also very appearant how the lower on the payscale jobs are more metric driven than the higher on the payscale ones. It comes off as a low-cost low-effort system that managers would never willingly impose on theirselves.
Sometimes I envy what appear to be more interesting parts of the universe.

That image evokes all those feelings.

Then I remember interesting probably = bad, and we may not be living to appreciate it all.
What is the very bright object with a bluish hue in the top left?
The Rise of Outrage Culture
You're also breathing in your sleep, exhaling carbon, which is normally how you lose weight anyways.
I work at this company:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyc

It's a survivor of the AI winter, and what we have is basically a generalized expert system. Every conclusion incorporates cross-domain knowledge and can fully explain itself. It's been a long, slow trudge of research and development over the past couple decades, but we're starting to poke our heads out and ride the current AI hype wave. We like to say that Watson is our marketing department.
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"underground networks", that made me laugh.
If China subscribed to such a system and agreed to operate on a level playing field, then I might give more credence to it. However they aren't, and they won't. No amount of sequestration in the United States or Canada will have a meaningful impact on world pollution unless the world's largest polluter is held accountable. Anything less than that is counter-productive, putting us economically at a disadvantage to a country, and a communist regime, that would like nothing more than to chip away at US hegemony in the world.
Ah yeah - missed that part on the first readthrough.
Demystifying HTTP Caching
Fellow IRC:ers, I salute you guys!
You may be underestimating the power of Guerilla warfare.
Not only that, but the seasons have different meanings to different people depending on where in the USA you live. In my hot and desert climate spring means late February, but in Minnesota it could mean mid-May.

When you see a season mentioned in American marketing it basically means they have no idea. If a company says "spring 2019" it could mean sometime in April, or on June 20, hours before the summer solstice.
Electronic publication and the narrowing of science and scholarship [video]
I love that this was done by five amateur astronomers. Here is a description of the group and their set up: http://www.cielaustral.com
Caring about the past is not the same as paying for the upkeep of a historic museum that costs as much as 3 museums when the historic museum was actually kind of a dump. The status quo is goddamned rediculous.

If I had to choose my position it would be less broad protection of historic buildings. However if I have to choose one extreme or the other I see homelessness exploding where I live and a bunch of money spent on bullshit. We're not talking about preserving the Sistine Chapel here.
What We Learn from One of the World’s Oldest Board Games
كلمات اغنية الزلمة جعفر الغزال
That's really cool, if you get it to work, do a 'show HN' for sure.
Lies and testosterone? It also allows you to do more work that you already know how to do, but makes any new work frustrating and difficult.
Hi, I am from Azure Cosmos DB Engineering Team.

The article is referring to the implementation details of automatic failover mechanisms inside of Cosmos DB service.

For the customers, automatic failover is available as a turnkey capability. Customers do not need to spend any time to implement automatic failover.

Thanks.
Less base is better anyhow but middle is way too big. Would glady eat.
What acronyms and abbreviations in source code are sensible?
I'm thinking things along the lines of "num" for "numberOf" and "max" for "maximumOf".
He has been critical of them the entire time[1], knowing the risks it entails. It's just not his focus as he has no influence in Russia.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/18/vladim...
The question is whether it's real collaboration or "Collaboration" with an open office, noise and everybody wearing headphones.
Interesting fact, Israel is one of the few countries on earth that regularly launches into retrogade LEO (first stage flight path over ocean), because of the extreme political considerations around lobbing something that looks like an ICBM over their eastern neighbours. And the problem with dropping spent first stages on everywhere east of them.
How does one develop a passion to be that nuanced and specific with his craft? I can't find anything that motivates me in my life beyond mindlessly scrolling through youtube videos.
You do understand that the air comes out hotter than it went in, right? And that the added heat came from the kinetic energy of the truck?
I have yet to find a time or location where Uber wasn't more than Lyft when I needed a ride. Sometimes it's really egregious (50% more)--maybe during surge times?
I did paid beer testing for market research once. It wasn’t fun! Had to take sips of dozens of out of date beers, all the same brand and fill in long forms about each one tasted.
And the funny thing is, that's not what CDA 230 does... If a company does no moderation whatsoever, they aren't liable for the content posted, and that's been the case for decades. It's why AT&T doesn't get sued every time someone plots a murder on the phone. CDA 230 just said that you don't become the publisher and assume liability for moderation.
> But to me at least, the big problem is that Assange lost all credibility as a journalist over the Wikileaks handling of the 2016 election and related hackings (eg the DCC emails). You'll have a hard time arguing that Assange (and Wikileaks by extension) wasn't picking a side here and doing what they can to influence the outcome of the election.

How is this any different than most mainstream journalists?
The robotic telescope mount they use (Paramount MX+) is made by a small company in Golden, CO called Software Bisque [1].

These mounts are amazing pieces of engineering. I want one just to fondle the finely machined and anodized aluminum.

[1] http://www.bisque.com/sc/pages/ParamountLandingPage.aspx
How so? I know those terms get tossed around with a lot of musical acts, but what did it for you? Would you equate it to a religious experience? If so, what do you think that is?
That's a somewhat odd thing to say. StackOverflow would be better off not leaving dated topics for reference (as you can see when someone leaves a comment about how they wish the highest voted answer was actually up to date with the latest changes in that technology), and aspiring to be the StackOverflow of your niche is actually not such a bad idea (in the sense that they do allow and encourage updates to the answers). Besides, in some domains which overlap heavily with technology (e.g. marketing automation), writing timeless articles is pretty hard. Lastly, updating genuinely out of date content is a big favor for your readers and one that they will appreciate, even if your overall view is simply "Fk Google!".
If you're thinking of the LMC as an "intersting place", you're committing a pretty huge error of scale.
> miss-identifies 7% of white females as male, but 0% of white males as female is very odd.

Sounds like it was trained in San Francisco, I can relate to that
14/15" naval gunfire support will do that.
New Scientifically Accurate Board Game Is for the Birders
It says "Against Civilization" is "spreading versions of his message", meaning Kaczynski. But "Against Civilization" was written by John Zerzan, and Zerzan was saying these things before "Industrial Society and Its Future" was published.

In fact, while Kaczynski was more militant, Zerzan is more radical, he sees the problems not starting with industrial capitalism, but with the original agricultural slave empires of the Middle East.

Defining primitivism by Kaczynski is like defining Zionism by Baruch Goldstein, or the anti-abortion cause by Scott Roeder or so forth. Or US patriotism by the torture in Abu Ghraib.
>if you can build lots of housing on the same surface area, the land would appreciate

Optimally, however due to our property tax system, owners are taxed on any improvements which increases investment risk and provides a strong disincentive. Furthermore the city makes it difficult to build higher and often requires concessions like low-income units along with higher-density improvements.
Mutiny at HQ Trivia Fails to Oust CEO
The metric isn't exactly "newness" but relevance.

Timeless or "evergreen" content doesn't have to be updated. It's alright to keep them as is.

But keeping obsolete content online is a pain in the ass for users, so they will increase your bounce rate. Either update them or show a big notice on the top with a link to a newer article. Google will hopefully pick them up and the internet wins.
Did wikileaks filter the manning video through very reputable media partners?

The case is difficult to prove. But facts won't stand in the way here either. The charge isn't defeating a security measures either.
Rate limit by what? Username? IP?
Most Important Factors to Consider in Choosing a Payment Gateway
At the end of the article he mentions Jeffrey Weeks... I searched youtube and found this very interesting vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3BlLo1QfmU
Why does it matter if the top is expensive? There can be 60+ floors all at different price points as well as a commercial space on the ground floor.
> AT&T isn't responsible for the content of phone calls, and they also don't exert any editorial control over them.

AT&T is a common carrier for mobile and voice services so I'm not sure why you are raising them as a counter example. While they are not responsible for the content that is sent on their network, they do work with law enforcement and the intelligence community to ensure that specific crimes which occur only over telecommunications (i.e. threatening someone over the phone) can be investigated and proscecuted.

> and they also don't exert any editorial control over them.

Also, this is a requirement of being a common carrier. They have to send everything from A to B regardless of (lawful) content. Facebook, Twitter, et al, seemingly want to create an environment in which they can self-editorialise but are not held up to even the basic standards of a common carrier.
What about time to learn? I am one of those older average devs stuck in small scale design and development tasks that start to feel like a burden when you are on the wrong side of 40s. Time or lack of it seems a bigger factor right now as compared to the points mentioned in the article. Finding time to learn something new while fulfilling one's responsibilities in life while trying to desperately hold on to the current job feels overwhelming. Time management in short might be more useful than all the other things combined. Or maybe i am just an old geezer.
Oops, my bad on the misread.
Ah, that's very interesting! Yeah, perhaps Edwin Brady has been better at marketing it to a wider audience - which is not a bad thing at all.
How important is A/B Testing?
I know people preach Lean methodology (Build, Measure, Learn) but how many people actually implement it?

I’m finding out, not many.

Specifically startups don’t have great A/B testing or feature validation processes even though most agree that they should. It’s seen as a “nice to have” given the piles of priorities that seem to be never ending.

Do you agree?

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p.s I’m also validating a related project I’m working on. If you’re interested, read on. If not, STOP HERE!

I’m building a tool that lets PMs deploy new features the same way FB, Twitter, and AirBnB do.

It will be extremely easy to toggle or split test new features from a dashboard. I’m talking about:

1. A/B Testing
2. Controlled Rollouts
3. Testing in production (forget expensive and inconsistent staging environments)
4. Beta releases
5. Location targeting
6. Feature kill switch (in the case of bugs)
and more...

I’d love to hear your thoughts. If you’re willing to have a chat I’d love to talk to you too!

I’ve built this solution for several companies already and know firsthand how valuable it can be in your feature release process. Not only can you push new feature with less risk, but you can test their effectiveness as well. All without adding complexity to the actual implementation.

I believe it’s something all devs teams should implement whether they use my tool or not. The problem is that most startups simply don’t have time to add this to their workflow. I want to solve this.
> Are print shops responsible for the leaflets printed in them?

A case could be made that, yes, they are if the leaflets are obviously threatening.

> Are phone companies responsible for the content of the conversations that take place over their lines?

No, but they are responsible for a) not self-editorialising them (which Twitter, Facebook, etc are) and b) are responsible for assisting investigations where such crimes take place. Facebook cannot even tell who is paying for their advertisements. This wouldn't fly for a telecoms company.
I still hang out on Freenode, irc still keeps some us together
I got a degree in EE, but spent a year in CS (don't ask). Some years back I totted up what have used since graduation that I actually learned in class. I didn't get a CS degree because it is too easy -- you just read the book. So I didn't learn any CS there, I had already read the book.

The only thing I have used since graduation, for work, that I actually studied for a class was big-O notation and reasoning.

But! Every week, in every engineering class, they assigned problem sets. Every week I read them through and knew, with certainty, there was no way I could do them. Then, every week I turned them in, completed correctly.

So that was what I really learned in school: that I have no real sense of what I can learn to do, and do. Since then, I have just done things, without worrying about whether I was really capable.
It seems unreasonable to assume the person you are replying to does not know the definition of "private phone".
Researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Bird Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone's relief, confirmed the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be vehicular impacts.

However, during the detailed analysis it was noted that varying colors of paints appeared on the bird's beaks and claws. By analyzing these paint residues it was determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while only 2% were killed by an impact with a car.

MTA then hired an Ornithological Behaviorist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills.

The Ornithological Behaviorist very quickly concluded the cause: when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger.

The scientific conclusion was that while all the lookout crows could say "Cah", none could say "Truck."
GDDR6 – HBM2 Tradeoffs: What Type of DRAM Works Best Where
Hi, I am from the Azure Cosmos DB engineering team.

All five consistency levels (strong, bounded staleness, session, consistent prefix, and eventual) are available for your Cosmos account, regardless of the number of regions it is associated with.

To answer your specific question, yes, if you choose strong consistency, you will read the latest write in any of the regions associated with your Cosmos database.

If you choose bounded staleness consistency, you can configure the number of versions (k) or time (t) up to which you are willing to tolerate the staleness for your reads in return for the write to get ack’d immediately (after it is quorum committed in the local region).

The documents below describe the consistency levels and tradeoffs:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/consistency...
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/consistency...

Thanks!
> Aiding in defeating security measures to obtain it is quite another story.

It is, especially if that actually happened. Fortunately, that will be tested beyond reasonable doubt sometime soon in an open and transparent court.
Lol, nostalgia. Watching that image load slowly from top to bottom is so 1994 for me.
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Did Assange fabricate anything that was released?

Or are you just mad that he told the truth about your preferred candidate, which as it turns out, was kryptonite to her campaign?
true, but doing that makes no sense, because people who made their software depend on major v18 are not switching automatically, because they first need to check if any breaking changes happened and if they need to modify their own software. Semver is "semantic" for a reason - to simplify this daunting task. Increasing major version even when there are no breaking changes is technically still semver, but without the helpful warranty, so it completely misses the point