skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This isn't even true anymore, though. Chrome doesn't display TLS as green, and I believe EV certs are on the way out. (Because anyone can register a company called "Valve Corp." and be issued an EV certificate.)
At the very least, maybe it turns back into a bookstore rather than a cafe/book/music/board game/toy store. It's the board games, comic/anime figurines, and kitchy junk (e.g., polaroid cameras, overpriced drawing and writing kits, etc.) that make me feel like they've kind of lost their way.
If they manage to do #2, they are still a genius, which contradicts the notion that geniuses must be humble.

Personally, I prefer a bit of arrogance so that people clearly state what they believe and why, even if it is a bit blunt. The clarity of this approach seems to lead to better ideas, since my personal observation is that great ideas also tend to be fairly simple and can be stated in a straightforward manner.

Plus, when an idea is clearly stated, it is easier to know if the idea is right or wrong, which is necessary for the humility bit of self questioning.
> after being crushed by the immense debt of a leveraged buyout

$680M is in the realm of a cash transaction for a hedge fund, and indeed, if you look at their SEC filing (below), this is an all-cash transaction. Expect aggressive cost-cutting from Elliot (BNs around me seem to be well staffed with lots of people standing around with little to do - so layoffs likely in the future) but the store itself should be able to survive.

http://investors.barnesandnobleinc.com/static-files/e605e233...
It's already gone through that, to make the sale more attractive.
I readily affirm that feelings are most important, but it's pretty common to refuse to abandon one's feelings or one's facts and logic in the name of consistency.

It's not that someone can expect you to feel differently because they've presented a logical argument. That's not likely or expected.
Keep in mind GE used to be a reliable dividend stock until they bet incorrectly on natural gas instead of renewables (and lost hundreds of millions of dollars in the process).
> You have to drive a car to travel interstate.

Uh… Airports? Trains? Walking? Taking the ferry?

You can literally touch four states at once at Four Corners.
100% agreed. I've always found it very ironic that governments want the best and brightest when they never pay market rates. Not only do they want the best and brightest, they want them to selflessly serve their country at the cost of financial advancement. Is it surprising that they end up getting the lower end of the crop?

https://18f.gsa.gov/ was a fantastic move and exactly what we need. Unfortunately, it took a group of extremely successful private sector individuals to give up their careers temporarily in pursuit of fixing something.
Replying to your edit: there are no jobs on that Dell site in Texas with engineer in the title. It's including some from Minnesota for some reason.
I feel more importantly they go to great lengths to create a brand image (because after all, everything else aside, they are a for profit company) and I imagine that reneging on the privacy angle would be considered to be damaging to the brand.

I feel of all the major tech companies, Apple is way more invested in retaining their brand image.
... Does this statement come from having actually used things like Hadoop on Sun Grid Engine or any of Sun's other products? Or... what? What knowledge are you drawing on?

Edit: I mean, this is the company that gave us the 8 Fallacies of distributed computing, as they were 20yrs ago
This is my favourite subject of late. I hope this trend will continue. My gut filling is that if in developed world, starting next Monday, everybody (with few exceptions) starts working 3 days a week (retaining pay) everything will be just fine.
Yes but couldn't they just use plain view to claim that in searching your phone the pirated videos became plain view? In that case you would literally be aiding your own prosecution of something even if you didn't intend to by giving up your password. The only real requirement is that the officer be legally allowed on the device, which a warrant allows and belief that the item is illegal, which is all but impossible to disprove. You literally open the door to further prosecution, even if the first accusation is thrown out. The laws were not written in such a way as to cover technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_view_doctrine
This might suffice as supporting data: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35535424

There are a lot of interesting things here, although some (like that first graph) are rather subtle. In particular, I'd point everyone to the graph over time of where straight Americans met their partners. To my eye, it has three distinctive elements.

First, finding romance at a traditional "third place" has been almost completely destroyed. Meeting a partner through family, neighbors, church, or college shows an undulation in the sixties, followed by a sharp downturn in the last decade.

Second, meeting partners through work or friends has ceased to be a replacement. The decline in e.g. church meetings was thoroughly offset by professional and social meetings until the mid-nineties, but those meeting sources have been declining since.

Third, the spike in online meetings, and the s-curve in bar/club meetings. Crucially, this happens after meetings through friends and coworkers flatline; they aren't just being displaced by online dating, they stopped prior to that explosion.

Alongside all of those patterns, we can add the rising age of first marriage, the lowering frequency of sex (overall and within relationships), the rising gap in sexual intent versus outcome in both men and women (i.e. how much less sex people are having than they want), and the gap between intended and actual family size. A lot of the most obvious relationship shifts over the last ~70 years seem clearly good, and seem to benefit the people I know. But the data overwhelmingly suggests that people are forming relationships later and with more difficulty, with outcomes further from what they intend.
Might I suggest that maybe having imposter syndrome is not such a bad thing. You could interpret it as being keenly aware of gaps in your understanding. It's also much better to admit when you don't know something than to act as if you do.

It's also important to recognize that just because you're competent in one aspect of software engineering, doesn't mean that you would be in another. That being said, maybe you're weighing technical skills too highly. By now you must've realized that technical chops are only one variable in the equation that makes a good software engineer. Other things such as communicating through writing and speaking, understanding the needs of the business, being able to get different teams in an organization to work together are important. One could even argue that they're more important as you get promoted and move up the career ladder and are tasked with more leadership tasks.
It can be done on concrete. I've split logs for firewood on concrete before. Sometimes the wood is more cooperative than anticipated, and so the the axe goes right on through the log like it's not there, and kisses the concrete. There's sometimes a spark or two when it happens.
Sony Scraps Japanese-Style Egalitarian Salaries in Battle for AI Expertise
Baldur's Gate 3 Announced, from the Creators of Divinity: Original Sin
So, before we doom and gloom about B&N, it's important to remember that independent bookstores are doing great! https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/why-independent-bookstores-haved-...

So why is Barnes and Nobles struggling? A couple of important points:

Their inventory and footprint IS HUGE. Large inventory with low turnover is a margin-killer in retail. And I doubt they make much money off the books in their shelves - real money is in the piled selection and special coffee table books and new features and what have you.

Wide inventory is their advantage over the smaller stores, but it comes at a huge cost and forces them to keep prices high. Remember, in retail, selection costs money consumers have to pay. Smaller stores can get away with a random selection and stacking books all over the place (the hunt is part of the experience). If someone can't find a copy of the Republic at B&N, they probably lost a customer.

I suspect they will switch over to a more curated model (like AmazonBooks) - basically only new and select books. Smaller store, less footprint, and less product to buy and eat costs on. And then they can compete on costs more.
The majority of the remaining 6/10 have inadequate retirement savings. I believe the average 401k balance of 45-50 YO is between $96k to $108k.
Cities can regulate but you have to be able to move about the nation freely.

You are prohibited from walking on most rights of ways not to mention if you do you will be harassed by police as a potential indigent.

Undue burden is also a metric ;)
The board games, figurines, and the kitchy, disposable crap is what keeps them in business. The margins on those items are much higher then on books, and they sell faster than any random book on their shelves.

Source: My wife worked at Half-Price Books (Which is doing a bit better than B&N atm) for a few years. It also had multiple shelves of disposable crap, that made them a lot of money.
Hilariously because I read this my brain got into the "wait, what was the other option? which one should I be using?" state and I had to double check myself.

Thank you very much :p
In the spirit of the discussion of low cost lab electronics - may I throw in the Analog discovery 2[0]:

[0] https://analogdiscovery.com/
> Last year Microsoft President Brad Smith asked the US Congress to take on the task of regulating the use of facial recognition systems because they had "broad societal ramifications and potential for abuse".

> More recently, Microsoft rejected a request from police in California to use its face-spotting systems in body cameras and cars.

Sounds like they are actually starting to get some principles and are standing up for them.
They already own Waterstones in the UK which they seem to be treating ok so far: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48560539
Speaking of removing links... in Overwatch there is a character called D.va. The Overwatch League twitch chat removes all links, meaning that if you mention her, other users see it as "" instead of "d.va". It's amazing.
Amazon Isn’t Invincible: Here’s What Could Signal the Company’s Demise
B&N is surprisingly one of the few private establishments available in the US for the simple pleasure of going in for a nice sit without feeling an obligation to purchase something.

Would be a shame to see them go.
> Both 750kSPS and 1MSPS are hopelessly inadequate for serious work

It's perfectly fine if the serious work you're doing is audio.
The Socrates paradox: "I know that I know nothing"
I mean, Apple can push a software update that changes how this works. But what you describe is still a lot better than nothing.
If only more people used simple object structures to data mapping. Working on an overly normalized database, with in-database logging on all access via stored procedures for all access, and hitting bottlenecks on a few dozen users.

A "well structured" database can lead to performance issues. Every join and sub-query has a cost and they add up.

The funny thing is that on this project, I largely stepped back from anything to do with the Database because the target was only around 100 users or so on a deployment that could largely be dealt with by faster hardware. Now, stuck trying to scale to more users than that and stuck with layers of procedures/functions that don't perform well at all. I wanted a few loosely coupled tables with some destructured (json) data in them. Wouldn't be having half the issues today.

Also, not a fan of ORMs... it's usually easier to do simpler mapping directly or a simpler data mapper that isn't a more typical full on ORM.
Introducing Combine - Framework for Processing Values Over Time (WWDC 2019)
The Socrates paradox goes "I know that I know nothing".
From the top of the article:

>Now that the company is public, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he has more time to be involved in the day-to-day operations of Uber’s core businesses.

Ummmm what? Isn't it normally the opposite?
TF's deprecation velocity was way too high for my taste. Things we wrote would stop working randomly with their updates. I feel very similar to you about the models being "buried too deep" in their (ever-changing) machine. I much preferred how easy it was to hack Caffe V1 (once you got past the funky names, etc).

These days, I really like mxnet. Torch was a disaster, but Pytorch is much better. It's not bad in production, definitely my #2.
Which brings us to an even more important facet of humility, being aware enough to know you're uncomfortable with certain people _because you're unfamiliar_. Most people are not nearly as cosmopolitan as they imagine themselves to be.
that's not the 'fishy af' part. what's a bit fishy is the comedy of errors afterwards. only slightly though. it's entirely plausible. had he also tried unsuccessfully to urinate on the fire, then maybe i'd be doubtful.
Robocalls can now be blocked by your carrier by default
They’d be better off if they stopped selling books, profit wise.
All banks are effectively running a huge database at the core, yet that's not a common problem. They have procedures, they have backups and they have human oversight. The last element is key, if somebody manages to hack into the system and send all the money into their own account the bank's administrator can detect the problem and say "well, that's clearly not supposed to happen, let's roll that back".

On a decentralized, trustless blockchain you have no such thing. So you either end up hard-forking like Ethereum did after their DAO debacle (but then are you a decentralized trustless system anymore?) or you continue normally and basically the people who lost their money are screwed.
What's Amazon Ring selling? Fear?
No thanks, I'll pass.
Can't explain it but for some reason Tensorflow never felt "right" to me, even work keras.

Pytorch on the other hand feels so much more natural...
Especially WhatsApp, I would say. It is the absolute standard for communication in much of the world.
They oppose dependence on a black majority state. They were a-ok with whites running everything under apartheid.
If only there were a way for her to not be put in this situation in the first place.
A perspective I try to keep in mind ever since it occurred to me years ago, is that every utterance is a true statement, given the right context. No matter how mistaken or deliberately deceitful, it adds to your knowledge about the world if you figure out how it fits in. Conversely, every lie is an instance of not telling "the whole truth". It's common sense for most people that there is a clear and moral difference between a straight out lie and leaving out some context, but I think there is a smooth gradient and no bright line between them.
I can kind of see your point regarding paid apps, but for free apps, you aren't really losing anything, besides maybe a few seconds of your time. If you don't like the authentication options the app offers, you can just uninstall it, and for 99% of the apps in the app store there's multiple alternatives that will offer a different set of options.
Microsoft already tried a single login platform. They were one of the firsts. It’s a hard product to land.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account
This resonates with me to a surprising extent. My perceived threshold for expressing an opinion is very high, and I also find that I don't really have any particularly _strong_ opinions to begin with.

The "hedge my answers extensively" bit is spot-on, as is the isolating nature of this "trait", unfortunately.
same in Netherlands afaik. https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-expat-news/dutch-ta...
As mentioned, the app stores' UI could definitely help in getting rid of the dirty phishing app feeling.
I do believe though that the enlongated names in this scenario is probably to help newbies to find a new app that they didn't know of.
Slightly different from the enlogated book substitles scenario as the books are competing on Google's entire database of books, linkes, articles, etc. versus the apps are mostly only competing with other apps on their app stores.
Ok, I’ll try to explain in different words:

I, personally, would not choose an abortion. But I’m male and well enough off with a sufficiently good support network by friends and family so that I’m fairly confident I could make a good living even as a single parent. We do have a 2yo kid, so I have a rough idea of how much work even a single one can be :)
I wish that no abortions were necessary. It’s an ordeal. A human in the making doesn’t get to live. (I consciously avoid “killed”, I don’t consider 8 week old embryos living beings). In that sense I’m against abortions. I wish we wouldn’t need them. For the record: I’m not religious.

However, other people’s circumstances differ. A woman has to actually carry the child to term. Pregnancy is a major health risk. Kids rate high as risk factor for poverty. Men tend to leave families and leave the kid behind. They might not feel ready for a kid yet. I value their bodily autonomy higher than my limited personal view on the matter. I can’t possibly enforce my choice on them.

I’m pro reducing abortions. I’m against banning them. It’s their choice to make and I’ve know people go through that and I’ve never felt like it was an easy choice to them. I consider myself lucky that I was never forced to make that decision.

The only way out of that dilemma is to help people not end up facing that choice (sex education, easy access to birth control, ...) and to make it easier for people to decide against abortions (health care, child support, ...) Reduce total harm inflicted. I consider anyone calling himself pro-life without first tackling those issues to be a fake.

So that’s where I’m at.
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So, in other words, you want the internet to help you cement yourself in your current positions?
The particular one is YouTube as there is a large back catalogue of stuff.

WhatsApp is the one you needed to mention, if you have that then you are locked into a phone number based service.

Apps can go to PWA mode, if you think of the business case for a third party app going PWA then it is a good one - ease of adoption as no need to install.

If Huawei wanted to they could host videos and offer better monetisation to content creators. If you get notifications that your favourite channels have new stuff does it matter what logo is at the top of the page?

If the deal was a good one to upload the entire back catalogue to HuaweiTube then it could work. People already are used to uploading their blog post to half a dozen different places, no reason why people could not do this with video painlessly on Huawei 5G.

People who release stuff early on Patreon could be customers for this.

If HuaweiTube also allowed you to do images - as per Instagram and messaging all in one neat service (treating images as single frame videos and audio as video with no pictures) then it could be a better service.

I think that WhatsApp is the rub, people can go to the web version of Facebook on a Huawei phone, they don't need the app.
I sure hope Halliburton doesn't sue them for infringing on their SurvivaBall trademark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3a3XBnMe5Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUVgVEZx7U
My understanding is that putting SIWA first is in their Human Interface Guidelines, which (nominally) are not mandatory. Some apps have been rejected for HIG violations, however, so maybe they'd enforce that (but I doubt it). Plenty of HIG-violating apps make it into the App Store, so they definitely don't enforce all HIG violations.
It doesn't actually work that way. If it did, Baidu would have half the global market for search. Instead, they've stagnated after maxing out in China and Google has continued to expand globally.

Ctrip (20 years old) doesn't have a consequential business outside of China, where Booking and others are dominant. Ctrip's business is firewalled inside of China.

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram dominate globally, while eg WeChat has stagnated outside of China. WeChat's growth started to flatline about three years ago. Within another year they'll go entirely flat on growth (stalled at just over a billion monthly active users, most of which are in China and a few other countries).

Spotify and Apple own the global streaming music business. China's competitors are heavily domestic.

Netflix, Amazon and Disney (+Hulu) will own the global streaming movies & TV business.

Almost nobody outside of China listens to or can understand Chinese music, movies or TV shows. Outside of China it's a small market for their media content. This is a fundamental that can't be overcome, the world is not going to learn Mandarin.

On video gaming, China can never compete because there's a vast amount of content the Chinese Government will simply never allow. They barely allow their own video game giants like Tencent to function properly within China, it's a nightmare. The gaming segment will continue to be dominated by the US, Europe and Japan. As in the other cases, China's gaming companies are hamstrung by their system. The best they can do is buy foreign assets and try to operate them outside of China.

When it comes to social, China can never compete due to their extreme speech, cultural & political controls. There can be no global Chinese equivalent of Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, Imgur, et al. China's regressive approach is so extreme they've banned joke apps - that one ban probably wipes out a third of the social media landscape in terms of usage. You never have to worry about a Chinese company competing with you if you're eg Imgur or Twitter.

There is some potential for shopping & goods trade, however even mighty Alibaba has struggled in their quest for expanding outside of the domestic Chinese market.
You're free not to reply, but I'm not sure why you're calling me childish to ask for an actual reason you think it makes sense for Twitter to do all these things you're asking them to do.

Enlighten me. I could assume the worst of your intentions as you've done, but I'm honestly interested in why you think it makes sense for Twitter to "trust their users" to "take responsibility for their own choices".
It's a little tough to explain without resorting to a level of math nerd that is hard to type out here, but the basic problem with it is that there's too much gene flow between demes (partially isolated intra-breeding populations), and that swamps the relatively weak effects of natural selection. It's part of the reason that almost all speciation is allopatric, because without that isolation, the effects of selection get wiped out by cross-breeding.
It's well known that movie rankings do. This was key to the resolution of

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

The time series of reviews of movies like

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucker_Punch_(2011_film)

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_v_Superman:_Dawn_of_Jus...

tend to have many early bad reviews by mainstream people who can't get past things that they find squicky and the lack of the usual "Hollywood Happy Ending" but that get better reviews from "true fans" later on who enjoy the fact that the directors tried to make something different even if it was flawed.