skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Saying that C is more productive than <insert any language here> and this kind of thinking is making things worse for everyone: the poor bastards that have to debug the C code written by whoever believes the above, the security teams that are hopeless at securing said code and the SW development industry which already has a poor reputation.

Recommending C for anything except Linux kernel development in 2019 is a public disservice. If more of us were appropriately harsh towards C, instead of finding excuses for it based on nostalgia the SW world would really be a better place.
Question asking for the central theorem proof in a probability class happened to me too. Not answering this one gave me an A, though.
Forcing stupidly and mediocrity on our children is the opposite of morality. They could be so much more than us.
Has there been any thought as to how the REST API + database side of this could be replaced with ipfs/swarm? I'm not sure how it would work, and there would likely be additional trade-offs, but it would be nice if the "D" in DApps could be retained in full.
> > "There is no valid counterargument to the abstract idea. The fact is that if a company had better data and analyzed it more completely, they could obviously produce better experiences for their users."

> I think this is something that you don't need hindsight to understand is wrong. Modern ad driven companies work to maximize 'daily user interactions', not quality of experience. A lot of people think these are strongly correlated, but I think optimizing for that is likely to drive your products into bad directions for users.

Unfortunately that is also not a counterargument to "the abstract idea": this shows that companies don't produce better experiences, not that they couldn't produce better experiences. In fact I think, much as I am on your side on this, that the evidence shows that companies with more information can and do provide better experiences—for just long enough to normalise the privacy violation and lower expectations, at which point they turn from their users to the true audience of advertisers and other, uh, curious parties.
When you optimize too much for a proxy the overall correlation that made you choose this proxy doesn't matter anymore, because at the limits you are dealing with details, not the main picture.
Did you try Infinity Tab Pro (which is free)?

Sounds kinda similar to what you are looking. It does No. of sites, custom columns, custom pictures, and custom backgrounds. It really gives you a lot of control compared to all the other extensions I tried.
I was excited when I thought this was an opportunity to rate news sources.

The site's methods for preserving anonymity while ensuring first-hand knowledge could be useful in other similar sites.
That has a link to here, where he's listed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Writers_from_Santa_Fe...

Edited 2015. So they must not have pulled this data.
Some people use laptops, and want to move around with those laptops. Keeping an external drive connected kinda gets in the way :)
Waiting for Firefox on Android and macOS to become usable here :/
Birthplace isn't the criteria, residence is.
Yes, autocomplete, render the data in different ways just a few different initialization codes.

There are a lot of applications:
https://bossanova.uk/jtools/dropdown-and-autocomplete
"What is stopping them right now?"

Pirated video in any decent format are not easily findable on Google at any given moment; the DRM+IP controls etc. are doing their job.

Clearly your understanding of reality is 'laughable incorrect'.

The very fact that Avengers can make a billion dollars post-release is evidence that the overall IP controls are working on some level.

HN'ers need to grasp some reality breakfast on this issue.
Last time I checked Brave looked awful on 4k screen on linux Kde, may be 6 months back. Have they fixed it? I wanted to like it so much but no luck :-(
Bira maker raises $4.3M bridge round, eyeing larger fundraise
Yet it's easy to just keep a chromium installation for Google docs and Gmail and do everything else in Firefox.
It looks pretty dead to me.

AdSense team rescued Dart from certain death.

They also used to be heavy GWT users before, a stack now mostly discarded by Google.
Human-level performance in 3D multiplayer games with population-based RL
You can set custom icon in FF. But yea, only rows not columns are customizable.
Possibly --

You would need to actually validate certificates for your chosen DNS over HTTPS server cover the IP addresses you've connected with.

And, you would need to be sure that none of the CAs in your root store (or any certificate they've signed with CA privileges) will issue a certificate that covers that IP while the IP is BGP hijacked.

Unfortunately, if the IP is successfully hijacked, at least to a point near to where the CA does it's observation, it seems likely that the hijacker would be able to successfully demonstrate control over the IP.

> 3.2.2.5.1. Agreed-Upon Change to Website
Confirming the Applicant's control over the requested IP Address by confirming the presence of a Request
Token or Random Value contained in the content of a file or webpage in the form of a meta tag under the
"/.well-known/pki-validation" directory, or another path registered with IANA for the purpose of validating
control of IP Addresses, on the IP Address that is accessible by the CA via HTTP/HTTPS over an Authorized
Port. The Request Token or Random Value MUST NOT appear in the request.
This is risky behaviour though when dealing with other megacorps. Legal ramifications and antitrust suits come out of actions like that.
I like Chrome. I also like Firefox. I choose, now, to use Chrome. I respect the decision of others to use something else.
There is nothing specific to the "Pro" line of Apple products that couldn't be applied to the rest of the line. However, I'll keep my comment specific to MacOS on notebooks.

Every Windows flagship laptop I've tried to adopt since I made the switch has left me wanting to go back to Apple. I've become addicted to the trackpad. Everything else feels sluggish and gross. Even on devices with glass trackpads, I can't get the responsiveness that I feel like I get with Apple. Combine that with the battery life, and it's really tough for me to give in to what has now become comfortable.

Couple that with iTerm 2 and homebrew, and Apple has be deep in their clutches. Though honestly, I think I app switch far faster in Windows.

I hate that I can't find satisfaction elsewhere. I'm excited to see the next iteration of WSL and the new terminal interface. Maybe then, Windows will finally be able to give my brain some much needed competition.
That's not the same token at all.

-Demanding the owner not let someone say something
Vs.
-Demanding the owner let someone say something

I mean, they're both demands vis-a-vis the owner. But what they're demanding are the opposite of each other.
Uber Lowers Barrier to Drive for Those with Little Cash
I happily use Google services inside a separate Firefox container. I do have Chrome installed on one of my laptops but haven't used it for a long while.

Anyway, I am not a hater on Google, I appreciate their open contribution to deep learning tools and I happily pay for GCP, Play books and movies, and I use gmail as a backup email.

But for me, Firefox is just such a better experience than Chrome.

It is also a good idea to have a diverse ecology for Internet infrastructure, tools, and platforms. More choices are better.
"This has nothing to do with DRM, and everything to do with Google/YouTube removing search results "

DRM is absolutely part of the IP control strategy.

DRM is not 'easily broken'. 99.9% of people have no idea how to do it, and this slows the proliferation of content quite a lot.
Ask HN: What technical diligence questions do VC's forget to ask?
Beyond the checklists, what are some of the most important, and telling questions that should be asked during technical due diligence?
Getting to Know Keras for New Data Scientists
A few more Data Point, The total online population in China is more than online population of US, Canada and Whole of EU combined. And while US, Canada and EU are separated by 10+ time zone, China is in one time zone, the peak traffic of anything that gets small traction in China is likely to be 10x if not a lot higher.

The average salary of an entry level Ruby on Rails Dev in China is under 24K USD.

And while everything is cheap in China, for whatever strange reason their Cloud Compute Resources and Bandwidth are 2x of even Amazon in Hong Kong or Australia ( Some of the most expensive instances in AWS ).

And you get the idea why pretty no one outside of High Salaries Region, ( US, UK, Germany, France ) are using Ruby Rails. Sometimes the equation or selling point just doesn't fit.
This looks like a follow-up to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20050764.
We have some servers where the user home directory is on nfs. To keep separate history for each server, I add the following to .profile.

export HISTFILE="${HOME}/.bash_history.$(hostname)"
Is there an Electron backing that doesn't use Chromium?
All the issues mentioned here have been fixed. Thanks
Actually, no Larry Page isn't according to their stats [1].

So either it's a stats bug, or Magic Johnson is missing a link at all to Lansing in their data.

[1] https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.or...
I think the real question is recovery is not viable at $x/ton.

Given a high enough x, going to the moon/asteroids start looking attractive as well.
Sorta like trams, heh. But this solves one of the biggest issues with current electric vehicles: the long wait times for batteries to charge.

> The overhead line powers the electric motor and charges onboard batteries when the truck is connected to the line. When the truck leaves the overhead line, it can operate on battery power or with its diesel engine.
I agree. But it means the majority of Y are bad and should be punished. Things don't look too bright for Y on average.
Maybe there's a selection effect on who comments on the thread? People who know and heavily dislike Gab already might be more motivated, when scrolling past the thread, to comment on it.
Any Europeans here? How would you approach investing in such an ETF? I've heard investing in iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF (Acc) based in Ireland is a good way to avoid paying US estate and dividend taxes, as the only tax you pay is the trade deal %15 dividend tax between US and Ireland, but I guess dividend reinvesting ETFs avoid this tax. As far as I know there is also no capital gain taxes. Would appreciate if anyone here could give an advice!
You’re saying that intelligence agencies should infiltrate and spy on dissident groups?

Pretty sure they do that already, but weird to see people advocate for it.
But Electron app has full access to your system unlike normal web page. So it makes sense to run Electron apps from separate user account so that they cannot read your browser history, cookies, install you an extension etc.
I would've agree with you in the past, but I think there are a number of reasons that there is always a huge amount of "surprise" when things like this are posted:

1. Ignorance is bliss: People don't WANT to know about this kind of thing. It can be upsetting, anxiety inducing, uncomfortable, dystopian, etc. so it "feels" a lot better not constantly thinking about and analyzing the ways in which your tracked

2. Assumptions: This may be tied to the previous point, but I think a lot of people make assumptions that these massively successful, and in their eyes beneficial, organizations wouldn't be collecting, analyzing, or using data in any kind of malicious or questionable ways if they even think about it at all

3. Dark patterns/misdirection/dishonesty: companies do everything in their power to make sure user aren't able to easily opt out, don't have a clear understanding of what is actually happening, and make it very difficult to find answers about it in a way the average user would understand

4. Technical knowledge: While there are lots of highly technically skilled users here, many of them specialize in something not related to this topic in any meaningful way. Our company has plenty of developers, for example, that can code at a substantially higher level than I am able, but otherwise their computer literacy is completely non existent. I'm no longer surprised when technical users seem to lack basic knowledge about a particular technology, because no one can specialize in everything
> The only place where Safari falls short is 3D CAD programs (like OnShape), where Chrome is faster and better.

You completely disregard one of the biggest appeals to Chrome, which is its massive extension support (which Safari is miles behind on).
I've used a post-2016 MBP Trackpad only in passing and found it infuriating how many phantom touches it registered. With the ThinkPad I mainly use the Trackpoint and sometimes the Trackpad for gestures. No complaints however it was nicer to click anywhere on the MBP Trackpad whereas you have to aim your clicks more on the ThinkPad.

WSL is not Cygwin, it is so much better its not funny.
Do you guys use Firefox's password manager? Or something else?
That's fine for learning to get along. Many relationships are antagonistic though, and dealing with a bully in school can help with dealing with an abusive spouse/family member/boss/colleague later in life etc. There are bullies in adult life too, they're just more subtle.
> > The only service with DRM I'm aware of is Netflix and it's terrible anyway.

> Ha! Tell that to their 150 million subscribers. :)

I'm not sure that a large number of subscribers is a convincing argument of the non-terribleness of a service. A quick Google search suggests that Comcast, excuse me, Xfinity, has somewhere in the neighbourhood of 30 million subscribers. I don't think that you will find any argument telling them how terrible Xfinity is.
I think you already got me :) That's why I took it out.
No biotech isn't a moral offense to me, I see the usefulness of it. I'm just pointing out that we don't view the natural state of things as sacrosanct -- once given the tools we will attempt to engineer ourselves into a new vision of perfection. The most likely outcome is total disaster (see almost every bioengineering attempt around the world by introducing or modifying species). There are 99 ways to fail for every 1 that improves the situation (and most of the "improvements" are short-term and from one limited perspective e.g. GMO corn prevents short-term starvation, but has other unexpected consequences on water / land / politics).

Given our lack of moral / ethical maturity as a species in general (just look back at the early days of any tech and the experiments on humans), I'm just projecting out the likely outcome of having this at hand.

While most of us wouldn't abuse this, you're giving the tools to do this out to a species with 7 billion members, so even if 1 smart person in 7 billion or any person in the future decides to abuse this tech to harm humanity somehow, then it can / will happen. And even if every single person who ever uses it only tries to "improve things", then at best we can expect something like our current environmental engineering efforts (e.g. some good, mostly disaster).
Why? The comment that sparked this conversation is such a niche and unlikely problem that I really don't see backups as a good cost/benefit decision just to defend against things like that. All of the data I care about is backed up. I really don't see the point of full OS backups.
If you limit someone's selection, then yes they have no choice but to take the "best" option of what you've offered them. The question is are you limiting that selection because you're trying to help them find what they like and thus filtering out what you think they wouldn't like. Or are you limiting selection because you want them to like what you like so you strip away everything that you don't like.

The first is fine (although can be achieved with varying degrees of success). The second I would consider immoral but at the very least it's bad UX.

I think the best option is to offer suggestions based on what you think someone may like but also offer access to the raw data/all data so they can decide for themselves with 100% transparency.

For a dating site example, imagine that someone puts in that they're only looking to match with people greater than 6 feet tall. That could be viewed as either discriminatory or personal preference. If the platform views it as personal preference then they go ahead and filter out all people under 6 feet tall. If they view it as discriminatory, they continue to show the user people under 6 feet in hopes that they'll "learn the error of their ways". My argument is that the platforms have no business doing the later.
Last I checked it was still a pain to get everything working.

Speaking of, the original Pixel laptop was the best laptop I've ever used that wasn't a Mac. I wish they would update it and give a clean path to Debian.
I am working to improve keyboard / touch interactions, such as swipe left/right to move months, etc.

Thank you for the suggestions.
Can you follow up with how many of those people spent 90% or more of their successful business days in their country of origin vs How many emigrated to America? Because foreign nationals needing America as a catalyst still makes it a U.S. built business.
Well, at least one person did. I can't say I agree with them though.
I thought Servo itself was mostly de-funded outside of Quantum; was that not correct? I'd love to hear otherwise.
I challenge DeepMind to a game of D&D, and I mean real roleplaying required, not just dice rolling!
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Same thoughts! Firefox is MUCH better at font rendering in my experience. (Also MUCH faster with uBlock Origin and uMatrix)
There should be addons that customize the new tab page. I’m pretty sure it’s a possibility with more recent additions to the webext api.
When you advertise a programmer vacancy how many applications do you get?
I used only Windows until ~5 years ago, and I still have a Windows desktop at home for gaming/casual computing, so I'm not really averse to Windows on UX grounds (especially since it's improved window management so much recently).
Ok, we'll switch to that from https://github.com/paulhodel/jtools, which is linked there.
JBP, at least, generally seems to come off better than the people criticising him.

And young people have rebellious tendencies, they form countercultures. The current world culture tilts to left-progressivism, so there's a right-ish counterculture.
Be aware that running multiple profiles at once can cause issues with updates. One instance can end up updating, which means that the other instance can no longer create new processes, because it is still on the old version, and it gets updated in place.
90% of bulldogs require c-section to deliver successfully.

It can become a problem in humans, but as our evolution may be self-directed, we might also decide that larger cranium-to-pelvis ratios make it easier to educate those babies to become obstetric surgeons.

And eventually, it might be prudent to gene-hack the plumbing, to reroute the birth canal so that it does not pass through the pelvic opening. Then enormous-head mutations could more easily survive without intervention.
IIRC there was some discussion about it on some Neo900-related forums, but it was a few years I'd looked over there. One of the reasons they had switches for both baseband modem and mic to be sure they aren't powered.
I personally use Firefox's sync to save passwords across devices, but most passwords I store in a normal lastpass/1password/etc service.

It comes in very handy to have a non-browser-based password store for when you are out and about and dont have access to on of your own laptops/desktops but do have your phone handly (where you can look up the passwords)
Increasingly as I see things used to extract money from people, rather than build a better world, I wonder why not?

If a program defaults to writing in a hidden folder, probably what it's writing is not for my benefit.

If it's for my benefit, and I approve of it, it can go in /home/name/clear-folder or c:\users\name\documents\folder in an open and documented format with an open API.

If it's going in /home/name/.hidden/cache/dont-look or c:\users\name\appdata\company\{GUID} in an undocumented opaque blob without my knowledge, approval or explicit consent, it's much harder to argue that it's "for my benefit" and expect that I'd agree with that claim.

Turn everything opt-in and your computer reverts to being a disconnected 1990s less-useful computer.

Turn everything opt-out and your computer is increasingly tempting to be someone else's tool, a wringer for your life, a cash-extracting manipulation and abuse tool that does things you don't know about and didn't agree too, for other people's benefit. And we're not talking a defensible social good benefit like herd immunity to vaccines, either.

The real shock in these comments is not that "HN is amazed Google gathers this" or "HN is blazé about Google gathering this", it's "HN hasn't been able to log their own plain text search queries locally onto a NAS if they want to"
And no pirate has been able to extract the key yet?
XML External Entity Vulnerability in Internet Explorer
You understated 2. Its more correctly described as hatred.

You inverted 3. I said majority of white people support Trump, not majority of Trump supporters are white.

Finally you are overstating my conclusion. Here I refer to to the majority rather then all.
> It's bad if law enforcement has your location data because...?

I'm on the lax and forgiving end of the privacy debate but even I find this statement breathtaking.

Would you be as cavalier about giving up other similar protections? i.e. unwarranted search, self-incrimination etc. They can all be attacked with similar "if you've done nothing wrong..." arguments.
Jobs shows up in Palo Alto, San Jose, Mountain View, Cupertino, and strangely, Portland, OR.
That post might have been wrong, but that doesn't make it dumb.

When something is wrong and a waste of time (in the sense that the author should have known better) that's dumb.

When something is wrong but not obviously so, and it helps us summarize existing opinions, or guide exploration, and/or otherwise advances the state of our understanding, it's not dumb.

For example, a wrong scientific hypothesis or a wrong startup thesis is not always dumb; they are only dumb when the author should have known better, but chose not to do the homework. Incidentally, this might be the easiest way to fail a YC interview - demonstrate that you think the homework is beneath you.

It's ok to be wrong, just make sure it's "the right kind of wrong".
>not bc of performance, but bc I hate OSXs Cmd-Tab ordering

That's a trivial but surprisingly reasonable reason for using two browsers. OSX has some annoying quirks sometimes.