skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
From my understanding, HN doesn't like politically sensitive threads regarding China.
That reminded me of the arm on the iMac g4, I hope it’s better than that.
Where does this leave View Controllers? Is this available for those too? How does composition of multiple custom views work?
Yeah, I, too, am personally not a fan. It honestly looks like something the Empire from Star Wars would put together. I'm looking at my 'Two Towers' (named after the Lord of the Rings, not the disaster!) - a Quad G5 with a 256GB SSD/1TB HDD, and 16GB of RAM I use for my music production, and a 6-core MacPro5,1, with 32GB of RAM and 2 512GB SSD's I use for video editing.

They're just beautiful, and they already do more than I could ever need them to do, as a music label manager. I don't see myself replacing them.
> I don't need small size, I have enough room. I don't need portability, I work from one place.

It's like the previous generation of Apple computers were primarily designed for people in crowded metros like Tokyo. I still don't understand Apple designers' obsession with compactness for their desktops at the cost of everything else.
Interesting material. Thanks for sharing!

Maybe a dumb thought: is SAT solver good for verifying concurrent system design? (e.g. locks, distributed systems, etc.) Or are systems like TLA+ a must for these cases?
I can’t think of a single popular online multiplayer game where I would need permission or cooperation from the developer to operate a tournament with my friends/local community...
How to Choose a Database in 2019
The Cute Dog Project
Right. It's Microsoft's for the taking, so long as they don't screw it up.
The old Mac Pro has AMD FirePro GPUs. Not Nvidia
I’d like to think that the target market is people who want performance and a computer that is stable.
Does Apple allow employees to post comments like this now? :O

I thought they were crazy strict and would, like, fire people for posting on forums or Twitter
Pardon my ignorance, but could you elaborate?

What is Amp, and why is it so scary?
Yes, I wonder if 1:1 1920x1920 is worth it given that 2560x1600 is no longer available.

1920 might be a bit too narrow or short for doing splits, though.
That looks like exactly what SwiftUI is doing.
This is from 2017, and its been quite quiet on that front. So no idea why this is hitting the front page. There is no time stamped update in the post either.
Where do you host your mail server? I've been running my own for years on Rackspace, and it works great, except they recently started adding on a $5/month support fee that old accounts like mine had been grandfathered out of. With that, and other price increases over the years, it now costs about twice what I originally paid.

I originally picked Rackspace over AWS because Rackspace's cheapest acceptable option was about the same price I had been paying for space on a shared hosting service, and that was about half of the cheapest viable AWS option.

But now it looks like AWS is quite a bit cheaper than Rackspace, and it is getting time to build a new server anyway [1], so it is time to consider alternatives.

One thing I'm concerned about is IP blacklists. Every time someone posts an article about setting up your own email server, there are comments about this being a pain because spammers will set up service on neighboring IP addresses, and you'll often get caught up when that gets the whole block blacklisted.

I've never had that problem at Rackspace. I don't know if spammers just don't use them for some reason, or if they are really good at kicking off spammers...but in the 7.5 years I've been doing this at Rackspace I don't think my outgoing mail has ever been caught in an IP-based blacklist (or had any other delivery problems, for that matter).

While I'd like to spend less than I'm spending now, it would not be worth the savings if it makes my mail unreliable.

[1] I'm on Debian 8, which is in the last year of long term support. I prefer to built a new server from scratch with the latest and move to it rather than trying an in place update across major distro versions.
Left turn Option 1 - "Cross Stop and Pivot" is likely illegal. Also you are riding right in front of cars that might be trying to turn right. And you're riding in an unexpected direction so you're surprising the cars. That's dangerous. It also means you likely need to wait for the light to change to take your left. If you don't, that's another dangerous moving violation. If you do, it takes a lot longer.

Left Turn Option 2: This is the legal/safe way to do it. I don't understand where people think this requires great fitness. As traffic increases the cars move slower and slower and it gets easier to merge. The trick if you're slower is to merge earlier when you see an opening, then ride on the right or left side of the lane instead of right down the middle. Then you are not impeding traffic. People have trouble with this because they're afraid to be out in the lanes. Why would you think the gutter is safer? The cars whizz by you when you hug the right hand curb as well, and they actually can't see you as well. Using proper signals is key here. The only weakness of this method is a protected bike lane makes it almost impossible to do safely, even though this is the option that is written into the law as what you should be doing. The only other weakness is if you are taking a left and there are no cars around you will come across lights that won't change for a bicyclist! Some of these won't even change for a motorcycle... those are infuriating!

Option 3 - Nothing wrong with this as long as you actually get off your bike. If you ride your bike in the crosswalk it's a moving violation. This method is REALLY slow. You will have to wait through multiple cycles of the light. This is infuriating enough as a pedestrian.

The thing with Left turn Option 2 is if you get proficient & comfortable with it you will have VERY few times car drivers yell at you. Because you're behaving the way they do. Also you will save time at every intersection. If you are following me and you take Option 1 or 3 and I take Option 2 I will get to my destination much faster if we have the same fitness level. The only way you'll keep up is if you break a bunch of laws and put yourself or pedestrians in danger.

I've been doing Option 2 for 20 years. I've done it in Manhattan if we have to have bragging rights about large cities. (I live in the Boston area, I've also bike commuted into Kendall Square near MIT.) It is no problem even across 3-4 lanes if you get good at it.
Most of this tax is bypassed by exporting cars as parts and assembly in EU though, for American brands...
Right. If you're working with multi-terabyte files that live on a NAS or an external directly-attached storage, the local drive is basically a cache of the OS plus whatever you're physically working on at that moment.
On this score, I don't see a huge difference between the two.
It's an issue with how municipalities are allowed to budget on a cash basis, rather than on an accrual basis. This has allowed a vast misallocation of resources - allowing a developer to put up houses for a one-time setup fee will, under a cash basis, create a paper "profit" for the increased tax burden and income that is more than wiped out by the eventual costs of maintenance. But since they used cash accounting, this was allowed, even though the initial set-up fees should have been higher to convince marginally cost-effective public service provisions to use well water and/or septic tanks instead (or just not have a permit issued in the first place).
I'm no pro on the subject but it's always worth remembering that statements of this form are almost always wrong:

"300m annual budget to help less than 5000 people. That's $60k/homeless person"

Maybe you have a killer source and I'm out of line, but the usual issues is that these numbers almost never come from one comprehensive study or source. You can't just grab two numbers without context and divide them to say anything meaningful. What exactly is that 300m/yr spent on? How many people did it successfully get off the streets or prevent from ending up there? How many new homeless people arrived over that same time span?

I don't have a meaningful answer to these questions and I'm sure you're right that there are better ways that the money can be spent. It's just that those numbers can be absolutely accurate and still fail to be a meaningful way to understand the problem.
True. FlexScan are sometimes not too expensive. With a discount, a 2k one can match Dell UltraSharp in pricing.

They also have those amazing 1:1 1920x1920 that are widely used in air traffic control.
I for one am wary of that same thing. But of course I'm also weary of it, all things considered. Funny that.
Maybe HN has an unexpectedly high hikikomori population? The type of person that can support himself financially without leaving the house is probably working remotely and a lot of remote work can be found in the tech sector.
I don't use VSCode, and I left GitHub after the purchase. The water here is fine!
I live in the US and consider helmets an absolute necessity here as I'm riding alongside cars, trucks, and various other things that could kill me instantly, and riding in streets that don't have bike lanes to begin with.

The reason most other countries are safer is because of awareness of bikes and proper design of bike lanes. Google image search "bike lane china" or "bike lane netherlands" to see how safe bike lanes should be designed. In these places it's just much less common to be knocked off your bike in a dangerous manner. I've biked all over China and feel a lot safer there than in e.g. Palo Alto or San Francisco.

However, personally, I'd still wear a helmet regardless. I like my brain.
I think it's a closer analogue to React.useState.
I'd have an easier time believing this if all those cases were definite investigations or actions taken. However, from my reading, the admin is publicly announcing that some action might be taken, DoJ is "considering actions" etc, i.e. nothing super tangible yet. I might well be wrong.

To me, this feels more like a not so subtle threat than a concerted, thoroughly considered plan that has finally come to fruition.
That would be unlikely, as they probably want to support everyone's old apps for a little while at least
So...

> In architecture and structural engineering, a space frame or space structure (3D truss) is a rigid, lightweight, truss-like structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern. Space frames can be used to span large areas with few interior supports. Like the truss, a space frame is strong because of the inherent rigidity of the triangle;

I don't see any triangles here.. All the examples on that wikipedia page show triangles. Does the frame they built actually count as a space frame or did they coopt the term?
Ask HN: Why so many stories from techcrunch.com?
Are the spam filters working ok? It seems that the hacker news algorithm has been gamed.
I love how quick we are to blame the problem on an algorithm or poor moderation when it is clearly a systemic issue, where by, the demand for such content is driving its popularity which in turn increases the likelihood of suggestion. As a society it's as though we look at youtube through a chicken and egg style of viewing. Did YouTube radicalize society or was society always radicalized but less visible? Either way there clearly has to be some action beyond hiding the problem which can actually address the underlying issue.
I can see Amazon and Google. What is the complaint against Apple and Facebook?
I'm not a lawyer, and I'm admittedly taking a bit of a devil's advocate position, but at the same time I also think that "reprocessing data requires additional consideration" is a reach to begin with, so the counter-reach of "new features are consideration" isn't completely insane.

I don't think there have been more than a handful of privacy policy modifications from facebook in my memory (although I could be completely wrong!) but if it really is, as I perceive it, ~once a year, I think the argument that each year Facebook comes out with compelling enough features to justify additional data collection is, perhaps unfortunately, justifiable.
It seems evident that Apple views the "pro" market as movie studios, large corporations, and media entities that need serious computing power.

On HN "pro" is three guys at a co-working space using coupons to buy coffee. It's these people who will complain the loudest about the new Mac Pro.
Yes women. They’re an underrepresented demographic among cyclists where bike infrastructure is lacking. Here’s stats for the UK for example https://www.cyclinguk.org/statistics here’s an article discussing the topic https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2019/mar/0... Here’s data for SF https://w4c.org/case-study/women-and-biking-case-study-use-s...
Yeah, it does. And if I felt that HN was intruding on my ability to do other things the way Facebook and Twitter do, I'd quit it, as well.

edit: Maybe a better analogy would be that HN can be chewing gum when I'm trying to quit smoking.
Claim is pretty straightforward. Mohan blames viewers and takes no accountability for any extremism on YouTube, repeatedly failing to acknowledge the role of autoplay.
This paragraph summarizes it nicely:

"Even the reporter interviewing Mohan seemed surprised, at one point interrrupting him to clarify, “Sorry, can I just interrupt you there for a second? Just let me be clear: You’re saying that there is no rabbit hole effect on YouTube?” (The “rabbit hole effect” is when the recommendation system gradually recommends videos that are more and more extreme). In response, Mohan blamed users and still failed to give a straightforward answer."
Let's go back to your use of "society" instead of country, and you pretty quickly run into things like Boko Haram or ISIL, where murder is barely a punishable offense. And these are groups who _very clearly want_ to form their own countries. (and thankfully, so far are prevented from doing so, at high cost).

So: sure, it's reasonable to assume any well-intentioned group of people will come up with some kind of basic law book, but not everyone is well-intentioned, and the question about "who runs the court?", especially for a place as tiny as this, is an excellent question to pose, because you really can't rely on common sense to lead to fair trials.
Location: Europe/Russia

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: will consider

Technologies: JavaScript (react, d3, node, ...), HTML/CSS, userland C, Linux/Unix superuser, picking up Lisps (Common Lisp mostly)

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So its like 25% of Americans and much less everyone else. Plus you will be at the mercy of apple if they decide to remove your app, plus if you need an actual usable email, you have to ask for a second email. Sounds a bit confusing, they shouldnt have tied this to email address.
In a dark environment, I strongly prefer "dark mode"

In a bright environment, I strongly prefer "light mode"

The author here does have a point, but I'm not advocating for a world where we choose one over the other in every case. I appreciate designs that support both, because each has it's own advantages and disadvantages.
Otto Zero and Arms = NOVE Robotics Is Fun
“If you think the computer is expensive, you’re going to completely lose it when you find out the salary of the boffin who will put it to good use. Or, more mind-numbing yet, the cost of having neither.”
It seems you must first have an *OS app in order to use Apple Sign In on the web, a $100/year barrier to entry for web developers verses Google/Facebook auth.

"To configure web authentication, you must create a Services ID and associate your website to an existing primary iOS, macOS, tvOS, or watchOS App ID enabled for Sign In with Apple."

Source: https://help.apple.com/developer-account/#/dev1c0e25352
The fact that you have the courage to share your work speaks volumes about your ability to take risks and receive feedback.
This one boggles my mind. I probably wouldn't need it often, but there are some times where I wish I had it handy instead of needing to pick up my phone. (And without needing to install a 3rd party app.)
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I'm a software engineer with 15 years of experience in various areas including graphics, image processing, GPU programming, and performance optimization.

Technologies: C, C++, Python, CUDA, Common Lisp

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Does Microsoft really have any monopolies?

What's the difference between a monopoly/almost-monopoly and a really deep "moat?"

"...All these other companies are taking the heat now - not for our lack of trying to get into these spaces, though (laughs)."

We're #2. We try harder.
>that I had no way to turn off

Some people didn't realize that Black Mirror isn't an instruction manual.
But is it appropriate here? from that wikipedia page:

> The simplest form of space frame is a horizontal slab of interlocking square pyramids and tetrahedra built from aluminium or tubular steel struts

Do you see anything that looks like that?
They optimize this for max profit. Of course. So they found that this is the sweet spot, that generates the maximal volume while keeping fraud to minimum (also keeping users as happy as they can - that is not bothering them with preventative measures, and then of course making it easy to do chargebacks).
I don't faintly see the logic in this!

The proof is in the pudding on Chrome's tangible open source impact:

1. V8 is used in a multitude of projects, node being the most impact-ful. And node has changed desktop (with electron and CLI apps), server and developer workflow

2. Brave, Edge, Opera are just some of the WideVine licensed Chromium based browsers

On the contrary, iOS has banned almost every tenet of common sense general purpose computing:

1. Safari for iOS is purposefully crippled to drive devs and users to it's app store

2. App store has fluid, whimsical, retroactively applied approval laws, ahem whims.

3. It's a general purpose computer that you can own the hardware of, but need the manufacturer's consent to run software on. You know, like needing your fridge maker's approval for the groceries you stock in it.

4. They purposefully stymie competition:

- Spotify, Google-Maps, etc. are denied APIs that give competing Apple offerings an edge.

- 30% tax on external apps again gives Apple's competing offerings unfair edge

- Complete ban on Just-In-Time compiled code and alternate browser engines is intentional - to stymie features and quality to a default of "below Apple's competing offerings"

How one rationalizes Chrome to be more "anti-trust-y" is contrary to logic
MacBook Pro could use a design update.
Unassuming robot could sneak into your home [video]
I concur the cyclist must have chosen that lane for a reason which is why I felt in the wrong but none of the reasons listed seem applicable in this case.

Also, are pedestrians walking into bike lanes a valid reason not to use bike lanes? For every pedestrian blindly walking into bike lanes staring at their phone I see an equal number of cyclists going at high speeds through pedestrian crossings (9 times out of 10 when they don't have the right of way). As a pedestrian I've almost been hit by cyclists four times (twice in Queens and twice in Manhattan). The one case in Queens was really bad as it was one of those powered food delivery bicycles and I was pushing a baby in a stroller.
I have had both Engineering jobs that would force me to be always on and other engineering jobs in which I would completely disconnect as soon as I leave at 5PM.

The ones in which you fully disconnect are so good for your private life. You leave the office and don't even think about opening the work laptop anymore, that's something special.
I work in Hollywood. The complaints are here too. But people are more concerned with upgrades and repairs. Loss of a machine for a few days/weeks for a repair is far more costly than anything else.

That said a lot of the industry is moving to the cloud anyway and doesn't require workstations. Some shops are entirely on Linux. Audio post/recording and editing are the last bastions of mac pro dominance, imo.
Mississippi River flooding is longest-lasting since Great Flood of 1927
You can very reasonably turn e.g. a damn or a water treatment plant into a usage charge. Say you want to pay it off in thirty years. Divide the cost by thirty & project the annual quantity of water it will provide. Set the rate to match.

The true(st) fixed costs are things like the last mile to your house, that only you benefit from.
MacOS does not support vendor-supplied drivers which has been the bane to every graphics engineer's existence. Supporting mac for games as a result, is a completely inane task we avoid like the plague. To me, because of the GPU, this machine is a giant paperweight.
The Telegram service has the capability to get the plain text of your chats, without any interaction with you.

I think that's what the parent wanted to say.

I think saying "chats are stored in plain text" is a reasonable way to convey that message and I think "plain wrong" is an overstatement.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/combine
Not here, hopefully.
Write code, blow minds, our review of Apple's keynote
well I think the parent sums it up best but basically there's going to be temporary meltdowns that eventually go away. jekyll and hyde type scenario. jekyll is helpful most of the time but sometimes outside factors (irl) bring out mr hyde more often. obviously no community has to tolerate mr hyde and they shouldn't, but permanently banning mr hyde also bans jekyll when the transformation (outside stress factors) wears off.

if you don't suspend mr hyde he won't take a second to look back and reflect. you have to kick him out for a bit for the sake of the site and to warn the user. a warning + ban is taken literally though.

it's like when your mom tells you that you can't go to the dance because you didn't clean your room. the dance is no longer an option. then you call her a name and she says "now you really can't go to the dance." which implies there was still a chance but you didn't understand the nuances about it. it makes no logical sense. even in the most extreme scenarios I can't see how a 1 year suspension from a site outside of doing something illegal would be worse for everyone involved than a ban. if they actually wait 1 year and come back without evading, they're probably going to be a lot more careful and whatever was going on may be resolved without forcing the user to have to disclose to online moderators that they were upset because of x at the time. the automated system takes care of it.
Indeed. I really hope the SMB native support in Files comes to iOS. For example, I currently use Documents by Readdle, but I would love to eliminate that step.
Neat. It sounds like this extra step prevents a situation where, for example, a dev's server-side database gets hacked and the users' relay e-mail addresses are exposed.

The attacker wouldn't even be able to send e-mail messages to the users. He'd also need to compromise the registered domain's mailservers, or their DNS servers (to modify the SPF records), or their Apple dev account to add their own registered domain.
Aerospace has been going heavily towards gpu accelerated simulation via CUDA, so the lack of NVIDIA support kind of kills the market potential there.
You can share components but have to carefully handle any platform-specific code.