skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Hopefully they were buying some on the hundreds of Sunny Island MicroGrids being auctioned the last two days from the liquidation of DC Solar!

I was this | ... (insert hundreds of more dots here) ... | close to convincing my wife we should buy a lot of 90 - 275W solar panels (several of those lots sold for ~$4k).

The 25kWh 48v batteries look pretty awesome too, but where the heck I am going to put 2,000lbs of battery?!

EDIT: Puerto Rico is installing MiniGrids, which are an order of magnitude or two larger than the MicroGrids powered by the Sunny Islands, but anyway...

https://cagp.industrialbid.com/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/38...
Is iOS starting to get Fragmented?
Army size always correlates to more diplomatic power. You also have US military bases everywhere in Europe. Not the reverse. Europe relies heavily on US troops for their defense. So if the US perceives Assange as the threat, the rest of EU better does as well! It's that simple.
There's a pretty large body of twin study evidence that says as long as you don't abuse your kids, your parenting styles don't matter to their long term personality (or outcomes, when you adjust for parental income)

One such study here:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0741882070186459...
This article has 6 citations - not very much impact. A similar but more widely referenced one is this: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature02842
Think of it like a judge. You should be recusing yourself of anything that looks improper.

Public servants have a higher standard they need to adhere to and they simply aren't, it is endemic in the public space.
Stupid things I still sometimes do after 16 years of writing Python
I knew coworkers who worked for another company in the US that switched from 3-4 weeks of vacation time to unlimited vacation time. He said that people now generally took less than 1 and a half weeks of vacation because it was quietly frowned upon to be taking vacation time while other people are working. He said he had been better off with fixed vacation time because it wouldn’t come with this guessing game and stigma.
(Not the author.)

D is a vector of input data. If it's more than a single number, then beta D needs to be interpreted as a dot product.

There's no guarantee that in any specific case a linear function of D will be a good approximation to the log odds. (In the present instance, where D is the temperature, it won't be -- there'll be a narrow range of good temperatures and the further away you get from that range, the worse the coffee is likely to be.)

But a linear approximation is at least simple and log odds (unlike e.g. probability) at least can take any value from -oo to +oo. Sometimes you get lucky.
having a copy of a single ISO standard is virtually never gonna work. too many references.
The term "constant-time" is used in the complexity theoretic sense. Can you explain to me, concretely, how what you've said here

> as long as inputs have the same bit-length. Any 32-bit inputs will be handled faster than 1024-bit inputs, but any 1024-bit inputs will consume the same amount of time no matter their actual values. That is, 0x0001 and 0x000000001 are handled differently by the algorithm

indicates the algorithm is constant-time in one sense but not the other?
Ah, thank you! I had spent 15 minutes unsucessfully looking through the program for it.

I can't find his slides on the media server: https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20pre...

Usually everything from defcon is present. Weird.

Anyway, someone more motivated than me may be able to turn them up. Thank you for finding the speaker.
I have more empathy for people who are intellectually stunted and now buy into conspiracy theories. They really never had a choice. If the US or their parents had provided them with sufficient education, maybe it would have been different, but it's hard for me to get as mad at them as you are.

On the other hand, the doctor who knows better, but chooses his own pocket book over the well being of millions is far less empathetic in my mind.

Both people suck in their own way, but I'm less inclined to get worked up about the former.
Online forums are great, but I wonder if they're missing something nevertheless for lack of physicality.

One of the more interesting papers I read last year was "Knitting Community: Human and Social Capital in the Early Transition into Entrepreneurship", Kim 2018 https://goo.gl/1AfwZG on knitting enthusiasts on the Ravelry knitting forums https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravelry - despite being eminently digitizable, participation in offline knitting circles still appeared to be a big predictor of knitting success & innovation.
They are actively resisting scientific data, analysis, and research that overwhelmingly supports vaccines. They may not be stupid, but they are acting like it by putting their beliefs and bias over fact.

I'll stick with actively malicious over stupid as anti-vax is actually crippling and killing people by increasing the spread of diseases that were prevented or eradicated.
Also, Chinese people travel to Hong Kong pretty freely, where there is no Great Firewall at all.
Better put a legal notice about potential health implications, or you may get into troubles.
It's not a valid contract if you haven't had the opportunity to read it. A waiver without legal power though? Well, it never meant anything to begin with.
so this is why (sometimes) my hopes for the future depend on mediocrity and corruption, when the system is this stupid medocrity and corruption (which are terrible) can save the day!

does this mean that the system is even worse? (the answer depends on how well "it has treated" you).
I wrote "they are based on Chromium. I don't want this browser engine monopoly, controlled by Google."

Why would I use a fork of Brave?

edit: From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network)

> Gab is an English-language social media website, launched publicly in 2017, known for its mainly far-right user base. The site has been described as "extremist friendly" or a "safe haven" for neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and the alt-right. The site allows its users to read and write multimedia messages of up to 3,000 characters, called "gabs". In financial filings, Gab stated that conservative, libertarian, nationalist and populist internet users were its target markets.

> Gab promotes itself as a vehicle for "free speech", "individual liberty", and "the free flow of information online"; these claims of free speech have been criticized by scholars as "merely a shield behind which its alt-right users hide" and "an echo chamber for right-leaning content dissemination". Gab primarily attracts far-right and alt-right users who have been banned from other social networks. A majority of Gab's users are white, a majority are male, and a majority are conservative. Antisemitism is a prominent part of the site's content and the platform itself has engaged in antisemitic commentary.

Well, not really interested (for context, Dissenter seems to be a browser built to integrate the Gab social network).
Yes, there is a price to pay for being a public servant.
Don't work while going to university, focus on your studies. If work doesn't provide learning opportunities, make your own side project to play with new tech. https://apollokit.org https://kubernetes.io
> I've seen documents circulated by the US military where they basically said 'we aren't sure we'd win against 2018 China'

This isn’t helpful without a source. China’s army is formidable. Its Navy, however, is relatively weak.

In any case, this would (intentionally) never become a military conflict. The stakes are too low for both sides. If it came to a fight, the most would be sanctions against CPC leadership under the Magnitsky Act.
How does it handle people who are unable to speak?
> if you are in a first world country you just work hard and the wealth will come pouring in? Still sounds like sarcasm tbh

No. Later in the writeup, the author talks about 'Habit of Progression' which adds more context:

> "There is one thing to clarify: this habit of progression must come with the right inputs. Being consistent with something leading you in the wrong direction will unsurprisingly lead you in the wrong direction. So if this is the way you are constantly moving (excluding short periods of local minima), pivot until you determine what the right inputs are."

So it's not just about working hard. It's about working hard in the right direction by analyzing the outcome of efforts and using it to refine the approach to move forward.
It's a physical object - and we all know that physical presence means instant own.

It's more like eventual own, depending on your time frame. If someone wants to to to lengths to physically secure something, it can probably withstand 1 seconds of intrusion time. It has closer to zero chance of withstanding 36000 seconds, and very close to zero chance of withstanding 360000 seconds.
They want a signature on paper in case you're not you.
> What we have here in the cryptography sense is different: the running time n(c+n) clearly does depend on n; it just does not depend on the actual input.

Can you explain to me what the input is, if not c and n?
Are you suggesting that no other country can possibly have police violence, because the US does?

If so, that's preposterous. Both can be heavy-handed!

If not, what is the point of your comment?
The major thing I struggled with transitioning to being a writer from the tech world is the challenge of creating feedback cycles. Writing can be a lonely affair, since outside of writing rooms, it's not naturally collaborative, unlike the business world, where you get constant feedback from peers, bosses, customers, the market, etc.

The advice from published authors I know is that the highest correlation with eventually getting published is to have a weekly (or regular) cadence with an intimate critique group of small size. The critiques themselves are useful, but even more important is the social pressure to produce.

I've always wondered how famous authors seemed to all hang out with each other, like C.S. Lewis and Tolkien. I realized the question was poorly formed: famous authors tend to cluster because they got to know each other before they were famous. They improved their craft together, and each person's success levels up the group.
Not everything is a soapbox for your pet hate, man. People are just sharing cool things you can do with webcams and computer vision.
I also think that's the right approach.
>people have typically labelled some of those clumpy groupings, "races".

Well no, not really. Racial labels aren't determined by DNA.
I know it's off-topic, but with all the attention FOSS and other Open-Source projects get these days, I've been thinking about the final consequences and paradigm changes they impose on businesses and societies. In a world where FOSS has won, what new businesses emerge and how do they operate? It's an interesting question for me, because I believe one reason we're not there yet is not that business owners have philosophical problems with the idea of Open-Source, but rather most don't know how that'll be profitable for them. I know there are successful examples in which Open-Source has helped the business model (RedHat, etc.), but the bigger question is how can it be successful in other businesses and contexts (such as medicine)?
In global survey everyone loves green energy. Also everyone hates coal (2017)
I have all that done, the "paperwork" part is the step I'm at now. It's the "paperwork" part that's a mystery for me, as unless I imagine you are in business or have been exposed to it, there's a lot of area you've never covered before (this is the way it is for me).
It's a word that immigrants use so they can continue to hate immigrants.
Basically, who do you expect gun control will be enforced against?
In a world where there were only a few hundred standards, sure.

But today's complex computer systems depend on hundreds of thousands of interfaces, and those interfaces are depended on by millions of organizations. Their business model inhibits standardization, instead of aiding it.
It's not just developers, just like Microsoft made web applications that only worked on IE (think Outlook.com and the introduction of AJAX) we've seen it here on HN all the time, they announce new products that are only known to work on Chrome initially. Some have even changed the user agent and it works on Firefox, so there's some old school Embrace Extend Extinguish nonsense going on from Google's end when they introduce new products.
I worked on a IIgs at the very beginning of my career, porting a word processor that had originally been developed for the Amiga and subsequently ported to DOS and Mac. Having worked on the Mac previously, I was a bit surprised that the IIgs OS was actually more advanced in some ways. Color, for one, but hierarchical menus are another one that stick in my mind. It was slow and weird, but the IIgs was a remarkably modern update to the already-venerable Apple II series.
The hero that we deserve!
Yeah, Slack is great, but have you ever Snacked? Founders get better here
And inconsistently moderated. Actual HN staff seem to hover between not caring about the obvious tactics at play - even calling it a "trope" a if we were in a movie, or flagging posts calling out the tactic while the originals stay preserved (as do the ensuing derailed conversations)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20169100

I tried emailing this same staffer to get my account deleted to escape this encroaching noise. They really don't give a shit. I'll be surprised if your post is still here later.
> getting into Heaven doesn't feed them or provide them shelter

That's quite the opposite of what Jesus says:

> Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A31...]

Jesus was ultimately concerned with each of us relieving the suffering of others while on earth, so much so that he did this constantly himself while on earth, and told all his disciples, for all future generations, to do the same. I'm sorry that there are many "Christianities" now that have considered this teaching optional.
Was going to post this as well, just watched it a few weeks ago when it came up on my feed. Veritasium is a good watch.
The "open source model" is good for far more than launching your career.

You can contribue, create, participate, enjoy open source your entire life.

Contrary to American beliefs (being an American myself) not evertying is about making the most money.
I'm so confused. I'm on Chrome for mac right now and half of those things seem to not exist in Chrome either.

- The 'x' is on the right of every tab.

- When I press '+', the cursor ends up over the new tab - I cannot immediately click '+' again.

- Pressing esc does not do anything for full-screen mode.
Is that wrong? Malware does exist for Linux, and that way you can also detect malware designed for other systems if it ends up on the machine.
The Church has always said that the same Bible verse can have multiple true, correct meanings, as long as they don't contradict one another.
You dont need that falsified data to come to the conclusion vaccinations in the US are a problem. Remove it from the picture.

Compare the US vaccination schedule to any other develop country. Compare our infant mortality rate.

Aside from the differences in the vaccination schedules what is the US doing different from other developed nations. Keeping in mind infants do little but eat food, sleep and see a doctor.

So it's food or healthcare causing the difference. With WIC and the fact poor people qualify for free medical care it's arguable economics dont play much into this.

so explain why the US is so bad at this ?
Still seems pretty light compared to what Assange may face when convicted (I seriously doubt there is an 'if' in this case).
No you didn't. You had to code exactly one copy: for IE6. Nobody cared about anything else.

Just like nowadays more and more pages only get coded for chrome and might or might not work on Firefox.
Exactly this is already a major problem in South Africa.
I wrote a tweet thread on building a writing habit:

https://twitter.com/nemild/status/1113441095323492352

Consistency and having social pressure were critical for me.

Also, check out Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (book)
Considering the total number of journalists that seems not very large.
This is a bit of a weird statement. Criminal courts don't "rule". Judges make rulings (which, if my understanding is correct, are binding and set precedent). Assange will be put in front of a jury. The jury will make a determination of guilt or lack thereof. But such a finding isn't a ruling in the legal sense. It's not precedent setting. It's that a prosecutor managed to convince a group of 12 randomish people that Assange really did whatever bad thing they claim he did, and Assange's own council wasn't able to convince them otherwise.
Although I doubt the UK or US are about to go to war with China, both have and do engage in 'sabre rattling' involving actual forces - eg deliberately sending aircraft carriers through disputed areas of the South China Sea.
All the ITU ASN.1 specs are free. Maybe other ITU specs, I haven't looked.
Because it costs money to sustain the armies of talentless paper-pushers who work for these organisations.
Also it's way to much trouble to make the purchase departement buy them. If the standard is not on some local file server due to someone dowloading it from some russian site, it doesn't exist and I just reverse engineer the needed part of the standard from some application using it and guess alot.
Is there something fundamentally wrong with rushing towards them & elevating your voice? It's not an emergency per se, but when our toddler stands up & teeters unwittingly towards the edge of our bed, or ventures to stairs unallowed, or almost snares a knife or hot mug on the counter, etc, it seems appropriate. Those circumstances are of course best avoided ahead of time but no one is perfect.
Had to quit the company I worked at for 4-5 years after the owner died his wife took over - and tried to force non competes that were forever and transferable if the business was sold etc..

The contract was so broad there was no way it was valid. The kicker was she was withholding my standard'ish larg'ish bonus. I just walked and finally she came around - took years for us to mend our relationship.
Public signal from Firefox:
https://twitter.com/jensimmons/status/1138980859728531456
I think it's better to be unpredictable.

Once or twice a year I like to throw my kids into a pit-maze, which I've been digging for the past several months, and fill it with various kinds of dangerous creatures and turn on strobe lights.

Do they hate it? Sure the ones who make it out definitely do, but that's life. I'm preparing them for life.
Donald Trump has 44% (as of June 12) according to FiveThirtyEight:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/
Toy Story 4 lowers the stakes and ramps up the whimsy
In my experience, this doesn't follow. For the most part, people who were broadly for or against wikileaks remained so after the leaks. The rest of the people judge things on a case by case basis, and taking a look at the facts, those people didn't seem to show very inconsistent application of critique across cases. I know it's easy and satisfying to accuse people you don't like of hypocrisy, especially because there always will be those who make decisions purely based on whatever represents their "side" at any given moment, but painting the broader population with the same strokes is something we should all strive to avoid.
Yes, but not in the USA. You did not bomb - you paid for it, in another country that should judge that.
The corruption won't help. [0]

[0]: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=puerto+rico+corruption+from+hurric...
A History of Decentralization
Build the software first (or at least a proof of concept). Don't get caught up in paperwork, because that ultimately won't matter if you don't have anything to sell.
The press plays a much more important role when it comes to power. Manufacturing Consent by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky is the classic text on the propaganda role of the press. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12617.Manufacturing_Cons...

This old BBC interview with Noam Chomsky about the topic is also illuminating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjENnyQupow
Parallel Computing Simplified – Starring Gordon Ramsay
I suggest you register all the bit-flipped domains. This is a must for all CDNs, given the ability to serve malicious JS from a bitflipped domain.
The valley San Jose is located in really is lovely underneath it all. We paved paradise, and put in a parking lot.
wikipedia is your friend:
“Assange breached bail conditions by staying in the embassy and faced arrest if he left. Assange's supporters, including journalist Jemima Goldsmith, journalist John Pilger, and film-maker Ken Loach, forfeited £293,500 in bail and sureties.[203][204] Goldsmith said she was surprised at his asylum bid and expected him to face the Swedish allegations.”

the guy ran from the law and the law caught up with him. like any one of us, breaching bail put him in prison.
I found this one from the table of reversals to be interesting:

Article: Efficacy of infant simulator programmes to prevent teenage pregnancy: a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial in Western Australia

Summary: The infant simulator is an example of persuasion technology or captology, where the use is intended to prevent teenage pregnancy.26 Their use is widespread in developed countries27 and is expanding into low-income and middle-income countries.28 However, in this study done in Australia, the infant simulator-based VIP program did not reduce teenage pregnancy. In fact, girls in the intervention group (n=1,267) were more likely to experience a birth (8% vs. 4%; HR=1.35; 95% CI=1.06-1.73; p=0.016) or an induced abortion (9% vs. 6%; HR=1.33 (1.00-1.78; p=0.049) than those in the control group (n=1,567) before they reached 20 years of age. This is a reversal of the practice of infant simulator programs to prevent teenage pregnancy.

A school district I contract with purchased some of these "infant simulators" a few years ago. I shared spooky photos of them entombed in foam in their storage cases (evoking visions of racks of "hibernating" astronauts from sci-fi) with my wife. She made a general observation that she thought some fraction of teenage girls would feel encouraged to have a baby after time w/ the infant simulator. Guess there was some truth to that intuition after all.