skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
In a system where we (richly) reward people who buy and sell securities back and forth, or who manipulate people into wanting to buy mountains of crap (with lovely side effects such as the above post mentions), or produce clothing and food, transport them half the world, then set it on fire, when the system rewards these behaviours then of course this is exactly what will happen.
Mozilla really hasn't helped their cause with various privacy-related issues over the last few years, like the Booking.com ads (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18800360).

The obfuscatory language around it are arguably more insulting than the ads themselves. As John Gruber so eloquently wrote:

> If you want to sell ads, sell ads. Own it. Don’t try to coat it with a layer of frosting and tell me it’s a fucking cupcake.

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/02/16/mozilla
Ask HN: Do you think technology progress will flatten out 100 years from now
Other than few areas like interplanetary travel, will there be enough frontiers for humans to explore once we hit the limits of physics
Edit: I really mean 100 years from now - that's a long period of time - to get a perspective - think about the progress we made just in the last 10 years in technology - and fact that we are doing this at an exponential rate
Are you challenging the fact that the U.S.S.R. had extensive espionage networks in the U.S. during the 1950s, including the Rosenbergs who were in fact guilty of spying for the Soviet Union?

McCarthysim per se was horrible, but the fact remains that the Red Scare was grounded in historical truth.

https://www.amazon.com/Venona-Decoding-Espionage-America-Com...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg
"Some marketing", ha. It was prominently advertised with a message that almost made it seem required, all by itself, on the otherwise almost blank Google search page. One of the most, if not the most visited pages on the planet.
active thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20037160
My first thought is usually to check the Arch Wiki[0]. As usual, it does not disappoint.

[0]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WireGuard
Yeah, that math is definitely wonky. I don't think the Philippines even has the physical space for 525 billion trees, and I think there was a decimal place missing.

175 million x 25 (years) is 4.375 billion, so 5.25 billion seems close. The article also mentions 10% of the trees being 525 million, so that fits 5.25 billion too.
I've seen dark patterns from Google, but in the case of Chrome I have a hard time remembering any.

Do you mean that they advertised for Chrome on their properties? Advertising on your own property is legitimate in my book. And simple advertising isn't a "dark pattern".

Or do you mean something else?
Still, they usually have absolute power to screw you over, if they fancy to do so.

Safest way to not give them any ideas is to minimize interaction.
Something which I found odd in the article:

In the beginning you write that "VBMI [...] is the only extension that we’ve seen before – it’s in Cannonlake." but later you write that "VPOPCNTDQ is older (from the MIC product line)"

So which is it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
Production is up, but jobs are down to about half as much as a proportion of the population, and by about a third in real terms. But then unemployment is quite low right now and there are plenty of un-filled jobs. Pay for low wage earners has seen some encouraging gains over the last few years.

It's not clear the US actually needs a huge boost in manufacturing jobs. Historically, attempts to preserve or boost jobs artificially through trade manipulations have had limited success at massively disproportionate costs. Anyway in absolute terms manufacturing jobs aren't exactly low, it's at about the same level as in 1949.
This new model announced in the OP will do that. Snapshots every 6 months that are taken through the W3C REC track.
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The Battle for Craig Wright's Wikipedia Page
Yes, also see e.g.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy)
Just send me your CV on Linkedin and I could connect you with some companies/recruiters in northern Germany, if you want to :)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephan-lerner-301ba091/
You can't push a country to a corner and expect them to do nothing. There are always consequences. Sometimes smart and sometimes stupid.
Those 70% numbers undersell it. It's basically impossible to use the internet today without touching Google servers. Even if you, personally, completely eschew all Google services, almost everyone you want to communicate with will be on a Google service. Sending an email? Watching a video? Reading a blog? Chances are good that Google's involved.
These fake meat products shouldn't be much healthier than pink slime burgers made of ground beef and fat.

Most burgers are made of 20 to 30% fat trimmings anyway, and the rest is ground beef.

All types of oils are not good for us, oil in general is not a health food, no even extra virgin olive oil.

The backlash against these fake meat products will come slowly but surely, these are not heath foods and should only be eaten sparingly.

Whole foods are the way to go, as opposed to highly processed foods like this plant-based burger.
How's the support for tables? IIRC there wasn't a single method to write tables that rendered in both Word doc files and pdfs. If I wrote the text in markdown and the table in HTML, it rendered fine in Word but not in pdfs, while the opposite was true for latex tables. I didn't try the different markdown flavours that natively support tables, like MultiMarkdown or github.

In that respect, would something like asciidoc work better as a common source file?
Im surprised facebook was an afterthought for you. I immediately think of facebook whenever i think of bad things involving the internet. Google doesn't even really cross my mind, it's just the most prominent internet thing so of course it's bad in some ways, that's just entropy.
Isn't the example on how to make the referenced file better another contribution to the pool of "broken by default" images?
Either that or I don't get the argument.
I feel particularly good about this response. This has been our exact goal on describing the product. So thank you, "datenhorst".
For example it used to be the case that whatever you downloaded from google or 3rd parties (google earth, picasa, oracle java etc.) automatically installed google chrome by default and set it as your default browser. This is on par with IE toolbar spamming in installers.
'A white-collar sweatshop': Google Assistant contractors allege wage theft
I just saw the missing '!' and now I can't edit the title
> I work 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Then 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM. And in between, I'm "on call."

Yeah, don't do that. Primarily, make sure you get at least 10 consecutive hours off every day, to wind down and sleep usually 8 hours, some need more. And get some exercise every week, and don't forget to eat healthy. And make sure you are not so stressed that your primary social relationships involve yelling or worse.

That will go a long way to prevent burn-out, no matter what industry you are in.
They were never the same. The closest thing is that the DOM spec and W3C’s XML Schema spec were joint publications for several years.
So he points to glyphosphate in the impossible burger and canola oil in the the beyond meat burger as being unhealthy. It seems a bit dubious though as the glyphosphate is within fda approved levels and canola oil doesn't have a firm concensus of being unhealthy
"unnatural ingredients". What does it mean? Are "natural" ingredients better a priori? Is a molecule that is produced by a living organism better than the very same molecule synthesized in a lab? No, there is no scientific proof of that; that is just marketing.

"their most controversial ingredient is Soy Leghemoglobin. To make this ingredient, Impossible genetically engineers a yeast bacterium to produce a protein". So? What is the problem with that? It is scary because is made by a bacterium like most of the industrially produced vitamin C? Or is it because the bacteria has been genetically modified, like the ones who produce insulin for people suffering from diabetes? And what about "natural" meat produced from animals being fed with GMO soy then?

"In general, I think unwise to mess with the complex system of human biology by introducing large qts of foreign ingredients". Again, "foreign"? What do you mean with that?

Then it continues with "all non-organic" and so on, like the process is relevant, while the final result is not, similar to homeopathy.

I am very skeptical about this kind of criticisms.
I haven't read Propaganda so can't answer your question, but I do think you should watch the first part and see if it adds anything new. The documentary is not much about his work as it is about him and the impact of his work - it's a level meta. So might be worth it.
>The runtime changes yielded over 20k lines of changes - basically about 1/4th of the Go runtime has to change. Not to mention a large amount of semantics changed too

Well, isn't it a major typesystem change? Makes sense for it to apply to a big part of the runtime and semantics.
Many app installers, including Adobe Flash, would install Chrome along whatever they install. In the case of Flash, there was a checkbox to disable it, but if you don't pay attention, you don't see it. And I think in that case, you might even end up with Chrome as your default browser.

The most interesting part in all this is that the Adobe Flash you just downloaded and installed is not even used by Chrome, which ships its own.
You don't see it because either (a) people don't do it or (b) people are using HTML as a markup language for apps rather than documents.

HTML was created to be used for documents. It was coopted to be used for apps. They really should have come up with a different language for apps.
It seems OPs major complaint is that they are not healthy. But unless I'm mistaken, healthy isn't even part of their marketing. Their main thing is how it's better for the environment.
Hired employee implies control, it's not like becoming a part of a group of equals.
The largest ever fission explosion was, IIRC, something like a few hundred kT. It's just physically impossible to have a bigger yield from fission alone, as the bomb assembly blows apart before it has time to fission. And this was from a carefully designed weapon, not a reactor fueled with LEU melting. So yes, 5 MT is pure fantasy with absolutely no connection to reality.

As for prompt criticality, in a weapon the neutron multiplication time is around a million times faster than in a prompt criticality transient in a thermal neutron reactor. That's what allows a weapon to have any significant yield before it disintegrates.
Mars Probe Lost Due to Simple Math Error – 1999
If you've got a shader engine you could render real 3D. This is a very different approach.
"Vegetable oils are terrible for you?"

At that point, I knew something was up. He is one of those who consider soy harmful to you. Sheer insanity.

Also, he is making an argument on a false pretense: that eating processed meat is somehow okay because its already introduced to our diet. Guess what: it is not good for people. This is a product that is designed to be an alternative to that, not to home-cooked healthy italian meatless alternatives.
Err... I don't see either of these are relevant to the Chrome situation, given that the competitors are (and have been) also free. These aren't applicable for markets of free goods and services.
> Police in other countries usually works out of a desire to help.

Maybe I've only seen the uglier parts of the world, but that statement is what seems to be the exception rather than the norm, and a dangerously naive assumption.
Based on the ingredient list they are not healthy eaten in large amounts, for an occasional treat why not.

The science seems to point to whole plant foods as being the way to go in terms of optimal health, and this is highly processed food.

It sure helps to reduce the environmental impact of meat, so I'm all for them as long as people are well aware that they are not healthy.
On Android the problem is the same. The Client only resolves the IP once. When the server gets a new ip, no connections can be made, although the client seem to be still connected.
This is extraordinarily bad advice. If the police knocks on your door to talk to you about your behaviour (or business, or family), then you should definitely get a lawyer as soon as possible, no matter where you live.
> All types of oils are not good for us, oil in general is not a health food, no even extra virgin olive oil.

I don't buy this. Omega 3 is the obvious counter example, but I don't even believe that olive oil is outright bad for you.
The Ubuntu page is a little confusing. The "security support" on that page appears to be "Extended Security Maintenance" which is available for kernel security updates, and only if you have a subscription to the Ubuntu Advantage.

Normal security support is over for Ubuntu 14.04.
The web is a mature platform at this point, it's not really surprising everything has consolidated towards a single implementation, the economics of actually producing websites dictates that's an inevitability.
> In the case of Chrome, you can't blame Google. They made a good browser, did some marketing...

And paid lots of third party software vendors to bundle it as a drive-by installation 100% malware style.

There’s a good reason many of my technically inclined friends still today don’t trust Chrome.

It’s malware after all.
You can add me as a datapoint as well, it definitely factors into some of my decisions (eg. Should I layover in the US or somewhere with saner immigration + security controls?).
Yes, but they also made moves that are against Google's interests, repeatedly. If you have better ideas on how to monetize a browser, I'm sure they are open to suggestions.

As for their "battles at the W3C", you mean DRM and H.264, the patent-encumbered video codec?

The philosophy you're talking about is probably why they still have that 5% of the market, otherwise they would be irrelevant ;-)
>You really shouldn't use weasel words and just point out the sizes of the groups you're taking about.

You use this term, "weasel words". I don't think it means what you think it means.

What exactly are the weasel words here? I was quite clear.

Also how about some less hostility? Did I say anything personal about you?

>The problem is global and very likely tied to overlong work and education during prime reproductive time. Especially when there is virtual segregation in some branches. It is, no matter whatever is said, tied to belief.

Never said the reality of the issue was tied to belief. The issue however is tied to culture, lifestyle, beliefs, and how those influence people's decisions.
Or perhaps the title just went over your head.
This being the same USA that caps foreign ownership of airlines to 25%, for example. And which country was built on unlicensed use of European IP...

No country or bloc has a truly free market. Even the EU has rules preferring and protecting indigenous companies. Criticising China alone is just hypocrisy.
A different approach to beating Facebook
Just having dominant marketshare, especially in the presence of easily-accessible competitors (e.g. Safari, Mozilla, Opera, etc.), is definitively not a monopoly.
Imagine the quality of simulated worlds a hundred years from now. Even if we do hit the limits of physics in physical reality I think virtual reality could be limited only by our imaginations.
Ajay Bhatt on why USB plugs weren’t reversible:

> We had looked at [making the plug reversible], but the whole goal here was to make it very inexpensive, and at that point, we were trying to solve all the USB problems with two wires. At that point, if you added wires to make things flippable, you have to add wires, and you also have to add a lot of silicon. Wires and pins cost real money, so we decided to keep it as cheap as possible... In hindsight, a flippable connector would have been better.
The Algorithmic Populism of Salvini
> Never underestimate the dishonesty of a cop.

Or rather, the lack of incentive for a person in a position of power, to not use that power for their own interests and at their whims.
I would argue the 'auto update' feature is actually a bit of a dark pattern. (I believe chrome was the first major browser to start this trend?)

It is ostensibly for security and benefits developers because of less fragmentation. But it actually hurts users in the long run because of the centralizing effect. It also enables chrome to sneak in features that users wouldn't necessarily accept.
Looking into history, Stable China normally translates to stable East Asia, and developing China also brings development to East Asia.

I don't think we are heading in the right direction but let's assume politicians know what they are doing. (Which often turns to be a wrong assumption and almost always they are safe from the consequences)
Unprocessed foods or food with minimal processing are healthier. Unprocessed meaning: nothing good was removed and nothing bad was added.

The act of processing removes nutrients from the food and adds preservatives and other chemicals, it modifies a lot the chemical composition of the food.
Just clear your cache and cookies.
"but they tend to be temporary and easily fixed."

Only if your dependencies do the same, otherwise you have a new version of something and your dependency wants something old. Especially hard when older dependencies are no longer maintained.

For different environments and languages the problem might be bigger or smaller depending of the culture, strong/weak type coupling, cross compilation or runtime VMs.

This is the reason we've removed all Scala dependencies and now only depend on Java dependencies.
He has several a-prioris built into his argument, the most important hidden one is:
- Meat is inherently superior because we keep eating it (nevermind that we keep eating lentils and peas just fine for thousands of years)
- That your gut somehow cannot be introduced new things to it because the science is not clear on the long-term effects (regardless of how clear science are on the long term effects of processed red meat)
- Also, naturalistic fallacy, like hamburgers were natural entities that grow in gardens, and you just pluck them from the trees, and its oh-so-natural

+1: If he is so worried about canola oil, just check what quality of oil burger king is using for frying his meat.
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Churches file separate articles of organization for political donations, and members donate to those separately purposefully for influencing change.
That, and they paid money to surreptitiously bundle it with other software. Chrome is notorious for suddenly being mysteriously installed on relatives' computers: https://imgur.com/NIZk9Pd

And advertising something on your own property sure sounds reasonable, but I think it's a slightly different story when "your own property" is "the de facto homepage of the internet". That's what I meant by "abusing monopoly position".
While the US is a major market, but it's not the only-one. Isolation policies do not work in a globalised economy, China isn't trying to isolate itself, the US is.

If the US pulls this sort of erratic crap with one of its major trade partners, others will go look for alternatives too. Yes this will hurt China, but I think you underestimate how hard this would hit the US. This is the next economic crisis in the making, and at least some people in the US government seem to realise this, since the best solution for boosting the economy is going to war. Hello Iran?

This is not China that is at fault, it's the US that's being a little cry-baby.
Yes I remember that too, worded with scummy, deceiving wording, like most other malware/spyware at the time.

Instead of “Virus detected! Click here for free scan” it was “Old browser detected. Click here to upgrade”.

It was literally 100% out of the malware deployment hand guide.
Limit Ad Tracking will zero out the advertising identifier, which is a vendor-specific ID used to track a device.
> If you are Google and you're the good guy, why are you doing this?

What if you aren't actually the good guy?
that is a shame
Interesting point made in other threads is whether the trade war would reduce pollution.

There is, theoretically, an opportunity. As supply lines move away from China to other SE Asian countries, Western countries could make environmental standards a requirement for trade.

In new facilities, say in Vietnam, one could try to start with a blank slate. Since its new, prices likely would not rise much more than they would anyway.

But of course, Trump.
Not sure why you were downvoted. I think you raise a good point, chrome + adwords + dns + etc + etc.. is concerning.
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Having buggered up a half-lap joint the other month even though I measured things several times, I'd like to propose a change to this proverb.

"measure twice, think twice, cut once"

(or even "think twice, cut once" if you want to generalise it to other spheres)
Lonely dogs are not a problem but packs of stray dogs are a huge problem in the rural areas in Turkey. They are fearless and aggressive in a pack.
The scientific consensus is that it's the better detection and also that many places have started diagnosing things as autism that were previously diagnosed as something else, there's not been any real evidence yet that it's actually more common in anything but diagnosis.
Disabling background app refresh would break a lot of functionality a lot of users want in their apps.

People used to complain endlessly when background app refresh didn't yet exist that it wasn't there.
I don't get your point, it seems like you do not often use cli text processing tools

Just like Python, there are users who use cli and are comfortable using grep/sed/awk/sort/etc
Antitrust law is, I suspect, hopelessly outdated... both the laws and the understanding of monopolies/trusts that are baked into them.

These laws were based on 19th-century competition. The problems att were price fixing, predatory pricing (eg price low to kill competition then raise prices), supply chain bottlenecking (how you gonna sell your ore without my trains) ... industrial era trust stuff.

The precedents and laws are hair-splitting and specific. It's just not the kind of system that can "think" high level and apply abstract principles to totally new problems.

Google & Facebook mostly have no prices to fix. The ad markets where they make their money are competitive bid-based, ostensibly the opposite of a "monopolistic pricing" structure.

The economic/theory just doesn't match the pratices anymore. For example: Facebooks' revenue.

Imagine that tomorrow morning BMW's revenues are cut in half. BMW would need to produce fewer cars. Cars cost X to produce. Cut X in half, and you can expect half the volume.

What would happen if we did the same to FB. My guess is that they'd still make the same FB. If you take path dependency^ out of the mix (that it's hard to fire people and adjust downward), It's scary to think how big a company is required to make FB. Doesn't seem like a stretch to speculate that it can be done on a $5-$10bn budget... 1/10th of their current revenue. After all, Facebook was Facebook on that budget not long ago.

^By path dependency I mean imagine that FB's revenue had just never gotten to $80bn in the first place, the sahare price had never gotten so high. Etc.

IDK what exactly that implies about what antitrust laws should be, but it does mean that the theoretical foundation for the current ruleset is totally off. The way monopolistic power conerts to money in 2019 is fundamentally different from 1891... I mean genuinely fundamental, I'm not using it as a superlative. The definition of monopoly, benefits of owning one, the reasons why they're bad (or not).