skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I am experiencing the same thing. In average I loose 2 min per captcha, and that adds up in a day. I am loosing my mind over that, so irritating! I really don't like when some service implements Google recaptcha.
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That strategy is dumb because in practice people don't mind or prefer using distinct apps for each of their subnetworks; and when these networks start overlapping in the same app, they start posting less (Facebook's problem), creating multiple accounts ("finstas" on Instagram), or bifurcating their real friends to another app (Snapchat 3 years ago).

Hell the fact that Snapchat succeeded in growing a credible threat to Facebook with a fraction of the engineering and marketing resources as Google+ should tell you how wrong that strategy was...

Each of the networks grew initially by providing an insanely better experience specific to a subnetwork (FB for alumni networks, Insta for narcissistic hobby photographers with its filters, Snapchat for horny teens who want to send nude pics, or who want to be goofy with its funny face filters...)

There were a few niches where Google+ unintentionally ended up being successful, such as internal to enterprise, and for pro photographers who liked that pictures had an option to be hosted uncompressed. But the vision overall had poor market fit and would never have latched on to a dense enough subnetwork to succeed IMO.
>P.s. lithium is a conflict mineral now.

I'll try not to mention it next time I am in Cornwall then, so as not to start a fight - https://www.cornishlithium.com/
For those who haven't been watching this topic for the past few years: permafrost melt is the most probable factor for the possibility of a near-term extinction event.
Believe me, your skepticism in this matter is not unique!
Maybe Windows and Mac users use conda? In the linux world, it's distro-provided python + pip & venv.
Hey, thanks, and best of luck, what a cool company.

It seems like you're on the cusp of breaking even from yongjik's back of the envelope math, at least for the US commercial market. Is this a refinement of Fischer-Tropsch?

However, I think you're barking up the wrong tree. The US military pays $hundreds of dollars to get fuel into a warzone. If you can make diesel (which I think you can), you don't have to go after a $3 a gallon target, you go after a $300 target. You can perfect it on sweet sweet DARPA money at a price point that will make you rich and save the military a shitload of money.
there's also a middle-ground - take lower-paying positions that allow for a great deal of learning and responsibility; it can increase knowledge and employ-ability later.
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I fail to see how a barrister father helps with Branson’s first successful business venture, a magazine. Larry Page I absolutely concede, he seems to have had not just highly educated parents but a father in the field he eventually went into. Sergey Brin’s parents arrived in the US when he was six, as penniless refugees. If that qualifies as starting life on third base there are a lot of people endowed with similar or greater privilege.
Decent three-wheeler bikes have the two wheels at the front, so rather than training wheels, you have increased traction. Both of these bikes are highly rated:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_Tricity

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/2018-yamaha-niken-firs...
I give him credit for trying. The delivery wasn't bad. Maybe it wasn't the right audience. lol
Definitely appreciate the programmatic access, but in terms of straight search results it's very hard to improve on Google Image Search with the Usage Rights filter..
Info: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/29508?p=ws_image...
This is extremely common. 6 months is not that long, even among competent companies that have good security. You usually hear about it from the FBI. I think the FBI forwards tips from agencies like the NSA, but they don’t tend to give much information.
Totally agree - and it is truly a sad reflection on us as a species.

What's the real kick in the pants, we all will need medical care at some point in our lives...
So a relatively peaceful, orderly society with little violent crime, health care for pretty much everyone, fairly robust institutions ... is a 'dark future' ... compared to say, any time in Japan's past? I mean, you don't have to go back very far ...
Which one is doing well?
Which company has actually delivered something? And what is it?
Compare to the NTSB's "unnerving" silence on every investigation.
But all these renewable energy sources are already competing with fossil fuels and sometimes even winning! And even with these sources you can't make synthetic gasoline economically viable.

That leads to the question: if one can sell synthetic gasoline at profit, they must have a really cheap source of energy, in which case why go through the trouble of gasoline instead of selling the energy directly?
You can invest the money, the same as banks do. It's why they don't charge you to store money with them, especially if your balance is high.

You only need and should keep enough liquid cash needed to handle day to day withdrawals. Everything else is fair game up invest.

See:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-reserve_banking

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_run
Our python code does not handle user requests directly. Our team uses python to control the control plane of traffic — we flip dns records, control cross-region proxying, re-steer cdn-based reverse proxying and scaling of the hundreds of micro services that power the Netflix experience. We’ve improvised various custom traffic distribution patterns, operated outside of our normal traffic-shifting workflows, and written/run quick scripts to modify scaling fleetwide.
The Federal Reserve is the monopoly issue of US dollars within a legal and policy framework. Tether does not have that legal mandate to issue money!

Perhaps a better comparison would be to banks (as the credit they create is essentially new money), but again, they are subject to restrictions (i.e capital requirements so they can absorb a reasonable level of defaults without ever touching deposits, etc.), operate within a legal framework, and have to stay solvent.

So at best you could say Tether is probably an illegal shadow bank that probably isn’t solvent.
They never caught the stuxnet attacks. They caught the malware that was spreading far outside of its target. Not quite the same thing.
Its an interesting question. If someone unauthorized was on your network exfiltrating data how would you know?
Boomers are satisfied with their Medicare.
I think you messed that up a bit.

You give the bank $1. The bank then goes ahead and loans $0.90 to Bob, who then uses it to invest in a business or a home. That $1 still exists, just most of its backed by the debt that Bob has to the bank. I don’t believe bob would take that $0.9 that the bank loaned him and put it back into the same bank.
What is less than worth though? $1 in my city goes a lot lot lot further than $1 in silicon valley. Sure, I could move to SV and get paid 400% more but I would end up with a worse quality of life and be poorer. I want to stay where I am and from what I have seen gitlab pays thats quite good for my city.
Cool, I’ll ping the folks responsible and have them reply here soon.
Each cancer is unique to the organism. Not all cancers are death sentences. Nearly every sunburn you or I have had has been cancerous to some degree; the inflammation and reddening are your body fighting those cancers (among many other issues). Some cancers can be benign, some can be handled quite easily, some can be treated in other ways. Again, each is unique.

The data on Ketogenic diets and cancer are showing a lot of promise, but you should follow the advice of you oncologist/s. They have dedicated some portion of their lives to helping you out with your cancer. You do not want to end up in a situation where you have convinced yourself that kale is better than chemo. Again, each cancer is unique though.
I would expect a VR adaptation of Half-Life and Team Fortress, but no new games are to be expected.
This is pretty rubbish. AOA disagree would have been a good clue to what was going wrong and it sounds like it should have been a standard safety feature. It's hard to believe that this was made optional. You have to question the level of testing and the certification process as a whole. This MCAS disaster is a stain on Boeing and the FAA's reputation. I hope the FAA is going to come down harder on the reintroduction of the 737 max than recent media reports indicate.
Too true! I'm college educated but (in my defence) not American, so I'm not surprised I got the details confused.
They’re claiming 74% “cash and cash like securities”, which is one hell of a caveat. We know that they’ve “loaned” 900m to Bitfinex, a company run by the same people as Tether. My bet is that some of those “cash like securities” are unrecoverable “loans”.
Cancer isn't something like measles, each one is super specific to the organism and evolves over time.

My preferred phrasing of this is "Cancer is a symptom, not a disease".
very exciting! Do we know yet if gasoline is the most efficient hydrocarbon to make from CO2 for a given amount of electricity? I would think there are a whole range of oil like things that could be produced. I always dreamed about using nuclear power to do all kinds of terraforming type things that would otherwise be energy inefficient.
IIRC, Sagan specifically mentioned that our radio signals are being beamed out into space (long ago, in the TV series Cosmos.)

The probability of decoding NTSC signals (ie, the old SD standard) without prior knowledge is probably going to be better than decoding the current digital MPEG broadcast standard. So the aliens have about 50 years of signals to look at before it suddenly looks like we encrypted everything.

I hope they like reruns of Mr Ed.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Buzz
https://www.instagram.com/socalitybarbie/ would fit into many of these
AirPods have plenty of viable competitors. They also sound bad, and aren't water-resistant to speak of. Their main competitive advantage is they come in Apple white and are conspicuous enough that people see them.

Add in that they were near the end of the release cycle and it's definitely weird how much they went up.
They did provide a link to it in the references, no?

https://doi.org/10.1090/mcom/3438
> Eric Schmidt was the anti-privacy leader who dismissed privacy concerns.

Well, he did understand how to turn the customers data into a product. He is one of the key persons who formed the whole data economy thing; that's quite a big deal - he formulated the way of making money for the 21st century.

Once upon a time money was in producing stuff, now stuff and people are so much varied so that the main problem is that of pushing adds. This is the way that this age got the tool to keep it going...

Of course the system has its bugs that can be called 'features'
The ad phrasing isn't meant to do much more than give you a reason to go to the website, which answers your question and goes into far more detail. It's effective, and no different than any other advertising.

I am disappointed they blocked the ads, but the Streisand effect is in full force here.
It actually makes me hate Google a lot more. I used to not care so much about what Google was doing even if they were harvesting all of my private Gmail emails.

It's almost like Recaptcha is the new banner ads from the 90s, but worst, because in addition to being annoying, they are also wasting a lot of your time...
I do not believe that spearphishing would not be prevented by a hardware token. The device would be responsible for authenticating the identity of the service being accessed. If the user can be fooled into handing over their hardware token, I do not see it far fetched that they will not be influenced to not hand over their 2FA token.

Again, if a hardware 2FA token can deal with key-loggers, so can a password token.

Why would someone be able to shoulder-surf a display-less password token? You log on to the website, insert the device and the website proceeds to authentication without revealing anything.

Evil maid is the only legitimate attack I can agree with.

>attacks on the distant end system, as well as attacks on the password device itself.

This is not something that a hardware 2FA token is also foolproof against.

>Passwords make it tricky to audit if they've been duplicated.

This is a valid point.

My point may not be applicable for super sensitive systems but for a lot of services it should be sufficient enough. I'm saying so because I'm having a hard time getting my family/friends to use a password manager (specifically 1Password). They do not see the need, find it additionally complex and are turned off by the subscription pricing (I'm paying for my family though!). Syncing is also hard. I was hoping that a pure hardware token would make it more convenient and a one time 20-40 USD price is more palatable than 60 USD every year.
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Like a lot of others here I really wish you good luck, this can become amazing!

Like a lot of others here I'm also afraid hat will happen as VC starts to demand profit, now.

For the record, I'm in no way against successful companies being wildly profitable, quite the contrary: I see that as a guard against being forced to do dumb things.

What I am wary of however is companies being forced by VC to do all kinds of crazy stuff, like back when Quora decided to publish everything one looked at and I left there and then never to return, or when short after WhatsApp joined Facebook talk would start about "integration" and I would immediately start moving my account and all groups elsewhere.

What I could hope for[0] - especially with companies that are hoping to crowdsource a lot of data - would be some kind of effective guarantee and/or escrow to prevent short sighted plays by VCs or hostile takeover by Google, Facebook or similar companies, i.e. that companies would "tie themselves to the mast" to escape the siren songs.

[0]: but don't really expect in most cases as it would limit a number of profitable exits. An upside I could see would be that it would be easier to get crowdsourced data, from both companies as well as from individual contributors if one could believe that the data would stay accessible and not be abused.
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It sounds like their system is working as intended. closes ticket
Frontend Development is dead. Long live Frontend Engineering
> Cars have finite lifetimes. You don't replace the ones on the road, you replace the ones we'll buy in the future.

Apologies... I realize upon rereading what I wrote that it was all a little hyperbolic.

My point is that renewable hydrocarbon fuels could extend the use of already manufactured cars in a way that saves energy on the supply end, much in the same way that thrift stores extend the lives of worn clothing and satisfy a lot of demand that might otherwise go toward pressuring suppliers to make new clothes. It pays, energetically, to reuse and recycle (two out of the three R's right there!) Renewable hydrocarbon fuels would effectively "recycle" existing cars. I don't have any hard numbers but my hunch is that economically this could be quite a significant effect.

Combined with hybrid conversion kits, renewable hydrocarbon fuels could make existing vehicles into a viable piece of the sustainable transportation puzzle.

> citation REALLY needed

http://gppreview.com/2018/02/07/motivations-unearthed-re-con...

https://www.globalresearch.ca/more-american-troops-to-afghan...

http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/the-united-st...

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.htm...

From the mouth of the beast itself: https://www.voanews.com/a/afghanistan-trump-mining-lithium/3...
In the realm of modern human-pedaled and electric-assist tricycles (e.g. for carrying kids, passengers, cargo, etc.) the single wheel at the back configuration is called a "tadpole" and it's common and considered stable. Caveat: "stable" is relative. Example: Bicycles are unstable at rest but stable at speed, compared to any tricycle which is stable at rest but unstable at speed, particularly when turning. But plenty of fun if you're willing to lean. See also: professional motorcycle sidecar racing. :-)
> is the provider's way of saying "reduces the income I am accustomed to.".

The "provider" is not a single person. So to reduce the income of the organization, you have to fire people or reduce their salary.

I think you are thinking you can reduce their profits, but you can't. Instead if you feel they are charging to much, that directly translates into lost jobs or lower pay.

It might be necessary, but just as long as you know what you are advocating.

Can you imagine a politician running on a platform of firing healthcare workers?
no its not.. the Australian Gov even went to great lengths to show how businesses would not bear the cost of GST in the days of implementing the legislation! All goods and services cost more in Australia by 10% by virtue of the GST.. It is aconsumption tax.. the consumer pays it. It is not a prodction tax

I suggest you talk to your accountant and have it explained in detail.
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In this context, the 1 in 500 million doesn't mean that there are 500 million other people to compete with - it's the chance of a huge success. So the number of other people trying it isn't relevant.
I, too, am interested to learn more about this totally risk-free 5%.
It's like the person who designed Ikea's floor plan now works on Facebook's UI.
It’s not thermodynamically possible to recapture carbon from the air without using more energy than was obtained by burning it the first place.
> Strangers, sure. Would you send one to a sexual partner?

Only if I had made up my mind that I would have no - or only a small - problem with the photo going public. I may conceivably trust the partner. I do not trust partner's ability to keep things under sufficient lock.
I for one would like to thank Larry for messing this up.

While current situation is far from perfect (looking at you Mark Z), I don't think having the Borg being the top dog on both Search and Social would have been a great thing at all.
I’m talking about the specific promises made by Tether. The question is not about whether or not fractional reserve banking exists, the question is how can Tether engage in fractional reserve banking (or any profit making activity) without being fraudulent when they explicitly claimed to hold 100% of their USD in cash reserves at all times?

“[...] each tetherUSD in circulation represents one US dollar held in our reserves (i.e. a one­to­one ratio) which means the system is fully reserved when the sum of all tethers in existence (at any point in time) is exactly equal to the balance of USD held in our reserve.”
Same here... I think Mozilla should implement a voice only captcha service to improve the common voice project like google does with image recognition... i would prefer to help mozilla with their AI instead of google ;)
Better yet, you can remotely plant discouragement on someone's phone. Catfish someone, send some nudes, reveal as slightly underage. You can then even explicitly mention the blackmail, since even if they could eventually prove it was just a catfish, it would be a huge hassle to do so.
Because whackamole. There's no ruleset that is foolproof. Every time some loophole or exploit is closed, two more pop up.

What's coinsurance? ACA regulates copays, deductibles, and so forth. Ah, but no one said anything about coinsurance. It's totally not a copay, premium, or deductible. See? It's different.

Surprise billing is how hospitals pushed back against insurers. Consolidate and then outsource all actual work, so the hospitals no longer get stuck with the bill. Oh, that specialist you saw in our hospital? Ya, she has nothing to do with us. Ya, you should have asked your insurer if her office has an arrangement (collusion).
> we wish to be at a more open standard than WP

As far as I can see, CC-BY-SA license only applies to the text and not the knowledge graph that users contribute.
Black Mirror's Nosedive episode did up all the sets, scenery, costumes, and makeup as one gigantic Instagram post.
It’s not thermodynamically possible to recapture carbon from the air without using more energy than was obtained by burning it in the first place.
Its multiple billions of USD they had. The most shrewd investments would yield tens of millions per year.
On reading this announcement, I can't help but think of Quora, and what an unmitigated disaster it is, as well as a cautionary tale of what happens when you accept VC funding for a human knowledge project. It's a few small steps from "well, we'll have to start making money" to "let's block the Internet Archive completely and hoard the world's knowledge for our own gain".

But worse than just being a cautionary tale, I guess I'm unhappy to see this announcement because Quora could seriously have been what we got instead of Wikipedia, you know? Who wins in a platform race seems like a function of factors like first mover advantage and luck, rather than any dispassionate analysis of what would be better for the world.

So I wouldn't have the guts to start a project like this with VC funding. You have to model the probability that you'll be pushed out and replaced with someone who doesn't share your ideals and is tasked with finding a path to profit. How could anyone have the stomach to create a potential Wikipedia replacement with that kind of liability attached?
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> brutal tech hiring process, sky high salaries and a whitepaper-producing workforce

The Google worship around here...
Clojure in JVM does hot reloading brilliantly.
When you can't fathom something between 6 and 7, it may be a smoot point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humorous_units_of_meas...
It may be common, but I'll disagree it's common for companies with "good security." Password spraying doesn't work with good 2FA, nor sane login limits. I set off a flag anytime logging in from a new IP, for example.
In this case it seems like it was just about approval. Those items were not approved to fly on that rocket and that's a pretty big breach of procedure.
Not malevolent, indifferent. There are vastly more possible goals that lead to everyone dying than there are of something that takes account of human values at all whether to maximise negative or positive utility in some fashion. AI safety was one of the first EA causes but it’s hardly hijacked the community, just look at the last ten episodes of the podcast. One of the ways to be effective is to focus on neglected problems, and avoiding “everyone dies” even with small probability may have a lot of money allocated to it but it’s not enough and it’s not distributed by expected value, at all.

> #57 – Tom Kalil on how to do the most good in government

> #56 – Persis Eskander on wild animal welfare and what, if anything, to do about it

> #55 – Mark Lutter & Tamara Winter on founding charter cities with outstanding governance to end poverty

> #54 – Askell, Brundage & Clark from OpenAI on publication norms, malicious uses of AI, and general-purpose learning algorithms

> #53 – Kelsey Piper on the room for important advocacy within journalism

> #52 – Prof Glen Weyl on uprooting capitalism and democracy for a just society

> #51 – Martin Gurri on the revolt of the public & crisis of authority in the information age

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So you're saying they caught the attackers using one of the most sophisticated pieces of malware ever created. Good, we agree.